There were nine rounds played on Day One. All Games – Round By Round – are below. Winners are in BOLD. Round 1: Nakamura versus Caruana (Left) Kasparov versus So (Right) Round 2: Caruana versus So (Left) … Continue reading
The VIII Grand Slam Masters Final took place in Bilbao, Spain… October 25 – November 1 2015. American GM Wesley So Wins Bilbao Masters 2015 ……. defeating Anish Giri in Tie breaks 1.5 – .5 GM So, Wesley (2767) – GM Giri, Anish (2778) 8th Grand Slam Masters TieBreak Bilbao… Continue reading
{Spain} Bilbao Chess 2015 : Oct.25-Nov. 1 2015. The players Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Ding Liren and Wesley So Wesley So playing white of a King’s Indian against China’s GM scores 3 points taking the lead winning the first round of six………. Official Site/ Photo {http://www.bilbaomastersfinal.com/} Classification of the VIII Final of Masters… Continue reading
By National Life Master Loal Davis Hikaru Nakamura Nakamura blew So out of the water – multiple times and rocketed himself into a three way tie for second place. It wasn’t just that he won, but the way he won – and won – and WON ! Wesley So … Continue reading
Levon Aronian Aronian propelled himself into a tie for first with the sole victory today. It was far from perfect, but it showed that Levon is not only fearless, but knows when to sacrifice material to demonstrate a localized material superiority – Quite a spirited game. Black (Aronian) To Play… Continue reading
Magnus Carlsen There were two decisive games this round. Carlsen versus Vachier-Lagrave and So versus Grischuk. Both of these White victories appear to be greatly influenced by the clock. Be that as it may, Carlsen is now in a three way tie for second; Topalov is still in the lead. … Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis These are the parings for the first round. Notice the parings versus the top 12 rated players from the current Live Ratings. The ONLY two swaps/deviations from the top 10 in the Live Ratings list (above) and the 3rd Sinquefield Cup line-up are: Ding… Continue reading
The 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial takes place in the Heydar Aliyev Center in Shamkir April 17th to 26th 2015. Vladimir Kramnik and Wesley So 1-0 after round one of the 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir. Rd1 GM So (2788) – GM Giri (2790) 1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3.… Continue reading
2014 was a good year For Wesley So .. Big Winner at Vegas.. Best College Athlete in St. Louis.. Champion with STL Arch Bishops and ending the Year in the Top 10 . Millionaire Chess Open 2014 Las Vegas USA , 10.09,2014 Rd1 GM So, Wesley (2755) – Perez, Robert M… Continue reading
Best College Athlete St. Louis 2014 – Wesley So Eighth youngest in the world to achieve Grand Master status. Wesley age 20 is now ranked No. 14 worldwide and is a member of the top collegiate chess team in the country at Webster University. He has also won multiple national and international titles,… Continue reading
