Wesley So – World Champion – Fischer Random Chess
Set Up For Today
Carlsen vs So 1/2-1/2
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkbqnbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBQNBR w – – 0 1”]1. Nb3 f5 2. f3 Nb6 3. e4 fxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Ne3 Ne6 6. c3 Bg5 7. Bc2 O-O-O 8. O-O-O Bf7 9. Kb1 Bh5 10. Rc1 Rf8 11. h4 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Nf4 13. Rg1 Bg4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. g3 Rf6 16. d4 d6 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. Ka1 Qf7 19. d5 Rf3 20. Bb1 Rf8 21. c4 Nd7 22. Qb4 b6 23. Na5 Nc5 24. Nc6+ Kb7 25. Na5+ Ka8 26. Nc6 Kb7 27. Na5+ Ka8 28. Nc6 ½-½
Final Position
Nepomniachtchi vs Caruana 1-0
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkbqnbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBQNBR w – – 0 1”]1. f4 Nb6 2. Nb3 f6 3. Qg3 g6 4. e4 c6 5. Be3 Bc7 6. Qf2 O-O-O 7. d3 Kb8 8. Nfd2 d5 9. a4 dxe4 10. a5 Nc8 11. dxe4 e5 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bd5 14. Re1 h5 15. Ra1 Nd7 16. Ra4 a6 17. Be2 Nd6 18. Qf1 c5 19. Rh4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qg8 21. g3 e4 22. Nxc5 Ne5 23. Ndb3 Ndc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Bf4 Rh7 26. Kb1 Ka8 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. fxe6 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 f5 30. Rd7 Rh6 31. e7 Rf6 32. Rxh5 Qe8 33. Rc7 e3 34. Rxc8+ Qxc8 35. Qxc4 1-0
Final Position
Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi 1/2-1/2
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkbqnbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBQNBR w – – 0 1”]1. Nb3 Nb6 2. f4 c6 3. e4 Bc7 4. Be3 f6 5. d3 h5 6. Nfd2 d5 7. Bf3 Nfd7 8. O-O-O e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxa7 Ra8 12. Bf2 Nb4 13. Kb1 Rxa2 14. d4 c5 15. dxe5 Qa4 16. Qe4 Rxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Bxe5+ 18. Bd4 Qa2+ 19. Kc3 cxd4+ 20. Kxb4 Bd6+ 21. Nc5 Bxc5+ 22. Kxc5 Qa7+ 23. Kb5 Qa6+ 24. Kc5 Qa7+ 25. Kb5 Qa6+ 26. ½-½
Final Position
So vs Carlsen 1-0
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkbqnbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBQNBR w – – 0 1”]1. f4 Nb6 2. Nb3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Qxe4 Nfd7 5. Ne3 c6 6. Bf2 Bc7 7. Nf5 e6 8. Nxg7 Qf8 9. Nh5 h6 10. Be2 Bh7 11. Qf3 Rg8 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ng3 Bxf4 15. O-O g5 16. Ne2 e5 17. g3 O-O-O 18. gxf4 exf4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rbe1 Ne5 21. Qc3 Qd6 22. Ned4 g4 23. Nf5 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Qd7 25. Ne7+ Kb8 26. Nxg8 Nxe1 27. Qe5+ Ka8 28. Nf6 Qf7 29. Rxf4 1-0
Final Position
Set Up For Final Game
Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi 0-1
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkbrnbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBRNBQ w – – 0 1”]1. f4 Nb6 2. Nb3 f6 3. e4 e5 4. f5 c6 5. g4 Bc7 6. d3 O-O-O 7. Bf3 Kb8 8. Nfd2 d5 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Ne4 h5 11. h3 Nfd7 12. Be3 hxg4 13. hxg4 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Qf8 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. b4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 a6 19. Rde1 Bb6 20. Qg2 Nc7 21. g5 Nb5 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Rg4 Rd4 24. Be4 Red8 25. c3 R4d7 26. Rg6 Qf7 27. Bh6 Nd6 28. Kc2 Nxe4 29. dxe4 Qa2 30. Bc1 a5 31. bxa5 Bxa5 32. Qe2 Rd6 33. Rg3 c5 34. Qb5 Rb6 35. Qxc5 Qa4+ 36. Kb1 Rc8 37. Qd5 Bxc3 38. Re2 Bd4 39. Rg8 Rbc6 40. Rxc8+ Kxc8 41. Rg2 Kb8 42. Qg8+ Ka7 43. Re2 Qd1 44. Qa2+ Kb6 0-1
Final Position
Images Below Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto
