Who is the favorite to win the semifinal match between Ding Liren and Wesley So? #TbilisiChess2017 @TbilisiWorldCup — Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) September 17, 2017 Who is the favorite to win the semifinal match between Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave?...
GM Riazantsev: Webster University has all the conditions for training and growth of top young talents
Fast and furious: Chess regains popularity with intense, quicker games Published time: 21 Aug, 2017 17:48 Interest in chess has been growing in the US and Russia since the intense showdown between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin, says Russian...
So rebounded from Paris to dominate Leuven Rapid ahead of MVL & Carlsen
Final standings 1. So, Wesley g USA 2812 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 7 2993 2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2796 ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 6 2900 3....
So leads GCT Leuven after 6
Standings after 6 rounds 1. So, Wesley gm USA 2812 * ½ 1 ½ . . 1 . 1 1 5 2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime gm FRA 2796 ½ * ½ ½ . . . 1 ½ 1 4 3....
Shocking start in Shamkir, Mamedyarov beat So with black
Round 1 Eljanov, Pavel – Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey – Harikrishna, P. ½-½ So, Wesley – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Topalov, Veselin – Adams, Michael ½-½ Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½
Former Webster U student Wesley So wins US Championship in playoff
Wesley So – Alex Onischuk (game 1) 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf57. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxd5 Bc5 11. Ne3 Bg612. Qxb7 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. d3 Nc5 15. Qb5 Rb816. Qc4 Ne6 17. f4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Qd4 19. Rxb2 Rxb2 20. Bg4 Rb421. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. f5 Nf4 23. Nc2 Ra4 24. Bxf4 h5 25. Bd1 Bh726. Ne3 Rxa2 27. e6 fxe6 28. Bb3 Re2 29. fxe6 Re8 30. e7+ Kh831. Bg5 1-0 Alex Onischuk – Wesley So...
Onischuk vs So in playoff for US Championship title
Final round results Kamsky, Gata – Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru – Akobian, Varuzhan 1-0 Naroditsky, Daniel – So, Wesley ½-½ Robson, Ray – Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 Shabalov, Alexander – Shankland, Samuel L ½-½ Xiong, Jeffery – Zherebukh, Yaroslav...
So scores lone win, leads US Championship after 4
Round 4 results Caruana, Fabiano – Xiong, Jeffery ½-½ Kamsky, Gata – Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Naroditsky, Daniel – Robson, Ray ½-½ Shabalov, Alexander – Akobian, Varuzhan ½-½ Shankland, Samuel L – Zherebukh, Yaroslav ½-½ So, Wesley – Onischuk, Alexander...
Wesley So wins Tata Steel by a full point over Carlsen
Round 13 Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin [1/2-1/2] Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Wesley So [0-1] Dmitri Andreikin vs Levon Aronian [1-0] Yi Wei vs Radoslaw Wojtaszek [0-1] Loek Van Wely vs Pentala Harikrishna [1-0] Richard Rapport vs Baskaran Adhiban [0-1]...
1 game to decide: Carlsen v Karjakin, Wei Yi v Wojtaszek, Andreikin v Aronian, Nepo v So
Round 12 Pavel Eljanov vs Magnus Carlsen [0-1] Baskaran Adhiban vs Anish Giri [1/2-1/2] Radoslaw Wojtaszek vs Dmitri Andreikin [1/2-1/2] Levon Aronian vs Loek Van Wely [1-0] Wesley So vs Yi Wei [1/2-1/2] Sergey Karjakin vs Ian Nepomniachtchi [1/2-1/2]...