Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Final: Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So Tie for first place and each earns 45,000..
WESLEY wins his last 3 games..
Nepomniachtchi – So 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8. f3 d6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nge2 b5 12. Nc1 Ne5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 b4 16. N3e2 a5 17. Nf4 a4 18. h4 Qe7 19. g4 a3 20. b3 Bxg4 21. fxg4 Nexg4 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxe4 25. Rd7 Ngf2 26. Bc4 Nxh1 27. Bxf7+ Kh7 28. Nce2 Nhg3 29. Bg6+ Kh8 0-1
Wesley So: "A very shocking day. I’d like to thank Ian, because he played very aggressively in our game and I offered a draw, but he declined. I wasn’t expecting anything, I was just hoping to secure 2nd place…" #STLRapidBlitz
— chess24.com (@chess24com) September 19, 2020
Big win for the World Champion! #STLRapidBlitz pic.twitter.com/qiJ3APQVHM
— Saint Louis Chess Club (@STLChessClub) September 19, 2020
And now another $45,000 for Carlsen taking the total to $470,750. #STLRapidBlitz https://t.co/qgjEmUkhnb
— Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS) September 19, 2020
GAME of the Day..
@GMHikaru plays the bongcloud vs Jeffery Xiong and WINS! #stlrapidblitz pic.twitter.com/rAoM4ebidU
— ChessGG (@gg_chess) September 19, 2020
Nakamura -Xiong 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Ngf3 Qd7 8. b4 O-O-O 9. a3 Kb8 10. Bb2 g6 11. Ke1 Bh6 12. Rd1 Rhe8 13. Be2 Nh5 14. b5 Na5 15. c4 Nf4 16. Bf1 dxc4 17. dxc4 f5 18. c5 fxe4 19. c6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxe5 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Qc4 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bb7 25. Qh4 Qf5 26. Qxh6 Rxe5+ 27. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 28. Qe3 Qxh2 29. Kf1 Qh5 30. f3 Bc6 31. Qg5 Qh3+ 32. Kf2 Qh2+ 33. Rg2 Qd6 34. Re1 Rf8 35. Kg1 Rf5 36. Qe7 Qf4 37. Qd8+ Kb7 38. Qxd3 Rd5 39. Qe3 Qh4 40. Qf2 Qa4 41. Re3 Qd1+ 42. Qe1 Qa4 43. Rc3 Rh5 44. Rg4 Qa5 45. Qc1 Qe5 46. Nf1 Qe6 47. Rgc4 Bb5 48. Rxc7+ Ka6 49. a4 Be2 50. Re3 Rg5+ 51. Kf2 Qh3 52. Kxe2 1-0
Magnus says he thinks the real Bongcloud is f3 Kf2, then goes on to reel off line after line of theory 🙂 #STLRapidBlitz pic.twitter.com/qZrmpekcGo
— chess24.com (@chess24com) September 19, 2020
