Wesley So Defending champion Wesley So clung to the lead with two others after drawing his ninth-round match Saturday in the 2021 US Chess Championships at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri. So halved the point with Daniel Naroditsky in 31 moves of a Bishop’s Opening to hike his tally to 5.5...
38880 Grandmaster Wesley So drew with Sam Shankland to stay at the helm with two others after eight rounds of the 2021 US Chess Championships Thursday. The defending champion So split the point after 42 moves of a Ruy Lopez duel to slightly hike his tally to 5 points with three rounds left in the...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So overpowered former child prodigy John Burke to seize a share of the lead after seven rounds in the 2021 US Chess Championships at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri Wednesday. Playing black, the Cavite-born So outplayed the 20-year-old Burke in 34 moves of a Ruy...
Wesley So Defending champion Wesley So drew with Leiner Dominguez Perez for a share of third place after six rounds in the 2021 US Chess Championships at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri Tuesday. The 27-year-old So split the point in 37 moves of a Queen’s Gambit Accepted to slightly improve...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So succumbed to tournament champion Magnus Carlsen, 2.5-0.5, in the ninth and final round to settle for fourth place in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Finals Monday (Tuesday in Manila). So forged a draw in their second game to keep things alive after losing...
Grandmaster Wesley So survived Polish foe Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the tiebreaker, 1.5-0.5, but slipped to third place after the eighth and penultimate round of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Finals Sunday (Monday in Manila). With Magnus Carlsen already assured of the title, the race for the...
Wesley So absorbed a second straight defeat and watched Magnus Carlsen virtually clinch the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Final crown Saturday despite two rounds left in the online tournament. So bowed to Armenia’s Levon Aronian, 2.5-1.5, to keep him in second with 21.5 points while...
Photo from tournament website Wesley So’s attempt at catching up with Magnus Carlsen on top of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Final took a blow Friday after yielding to Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov in Round 6. So lost in the regulation, 3-1, and watched Carlsen tighten his grip on...
Grandmaster Wesley So kept his grip on the second spot while Magnus Carlsen bounced back to remain at the helm after five rounds in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Finals Wednesday. So prevailed over Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the tiebreak, 1.5-0.5, after a 2-2 draw in the regulation...
Grandmaster Wesley So inched closer to solo leader Magnus Carlsen despite coming off a defeat at the hands of fellow United States bet Hikaru Nakamura after four rounds in the Meltwater Champions Chess tour Grand Finals Tuesday. So drew all his four games in regulation then lost the two-blitz...
Grandmaster Wesley So turned back Russian Vladislav Artemiev, 2.5-1.5, to stay in the title hunt after three rounds in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Finals Monday. So banked on a third-match victory – a rollercoaster 85-move duel of a Caro-Kann Defense – to prevail over Artemiev in...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So yielded to old nemesis Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, 2.5-0.5, to fall farther behind leader Magnus Carlsen after two rounds in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Finals Sunday. It was a stinging defeat for the two-time United States champion So as...
