Check out the pictures taken during the Sinquefield Cup 2016 awarding (closing) ceremony:
Photos credit: Lennart Ootes: Website | Twitter
In case you missed it, here is the final ranking of the tournament:
Sinquefield Cup 2016 Final Ranking
# | Name | Pts | SB |
---|---|---|---|
1 | So, Wesley | 5.5 | 24.50 |
2 | Anand, Viswanathan | 5.0 | 22.25 |
Aronian, Levon | 5.0 | 21.75 | |
Caruana, Fabiano | 5.0 | 21.50 | |
Topalov, Veselin | 5.0 | 21.00 | |
6 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 4.5 | 20.25 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 4.5 | 18.50 | |
8 | Ding, Liren | 4.0 | 17.50 |
9 | Svidler, Peter | 3.5 | 15.25 |
10 | Giri, Anish | 3.0 | 14.50 |
And the tally so far of the Grand Chess Tour 2016:
Grand Chess Tour 2016 Ranking After Paris, Leuven, and St. Louis
Player | Paris | Leuven | St Louis | Total | Prize Money |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wesley So | 7.00 | 10.00 | 13.00 | 30.00 | $120,000 |
Magnus Carlsen* | 10.00 | 13.00 | - | 23.00 | $67,500 |
Levon Aronian | 6.00 | 8.00 | 7.75 | 21.75 | $66,250 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 13.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 21.50 | $62,500 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 8.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 17.50 | $40,000 |
Fabiano Caruana | 3.00 | 6.00 | 7.75 | 16.75 | $58,750 |
Viswanathan Anand | - | 7.00 | 7.75 | 14.75 | $51,250 |
Veselin TopalovĀ | 2.00 | 1.00 | 7.75 | 10.75 | $51,250 |
Anish Giri | 5.00 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 8.50 | $30,000 |
Vladimir Kramnik | 4.00 | 2.50 | - | 6.50 | $15,000 |
Ding Liren* | - | - | 3.00 | 3.00 | $15,000 |
Peter Svidler* | - | - | 2.00 | 2.00 | $15,000 |
Laurent Fressinet* | 1.00 | - | - | 1.00 | $7,500 |
* Considered as wildcards for the tour.
Edgar Caindoy
Matt Murdock
s nk2ta q mukhang tinatrget mo ang pggng world no.1!
Joel Bonete
Congrats Wesley! Proud to be Pinoy!
Paul Vincent Setias
congrats
Joxam Oculares
proud being Chinese…you proved we could always outsmart everybody…
Gregizki Nuevz
Congrats. Wesley.
Bernard Joy Maynopas
Wow… One tough chess grand master. Congratulations Wesley So. That’s a blessing from God. You are telling that you are a Filipino hero with your Barong
Joseph Ian T Ocampo
Suot mo ay Barong kahulugan ay hindi paglimot sa lupang sinilangan.
Mikhail James Tal
congrats idol wesley
Mario Lusanta
Ewan ko ba sa gobyerno natin. Kung bkit klangan pa ni Wesley magpaampon sa US tapos saka kikilalanin na pilipino pag sikat na dahil sa ruling ng ibang bands.