Wesley So Wins Sinquefield Cup 2016

With a score of 5.5 out of 9 games, with draws in the last three games, Wesley So emerged as the victor in this year’s Sinquefield Cup, the third leg of Grand Chess Tour 2016. That, despite of in the last round, Veselin Topalov had a winning position, which would have guaranteed him playoff games against So to determine the ultimate champion.

But in the end, Levon Aronian was able to hold off Topalov to a draw.[replay]

Results of the Round 9 games follow:

Sinquefield Cup 2016 Round 9 Results

NameRtgRes.NameRtg
Veselin Topalov27611/2-1/2Levon Aronian2792
Peter Svidler27511/2-1/2Viswanathan Anand2770
Fabiano Caruana28071-0Anish Giri2769
M. Vachier-Lagrave28191/2-1/2Wesley So2771
Hikaru Nakamura27911-0Ding Liren2755

Thus, Wesley So was the clear winner of the tournament by 1/2 point over Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, and Veselin Topalov.

Sinquefield Cup 2016 Final Ranking

#NamePtsSB
1So, Wesley5.524.50
2Anand, Viswanathan5.022.25
Aronian, Levon5.021.75
Caruana, Fabiano5.021.50
Topalov, Veselin5.021.00
6Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime4.520.25
Nakamura, Hikaru4.518.50
8Ding, Liren4.017.50
9Svidler, Peter3.515.25
10Giri, Anish3.014.50

With this tournament win, Wesley So now leads the Grand Chess Tour 2016 race with 30 points.

wesley-so-leads-grand-chess-tour-2016

Look back at what happened in Grand Chess Tour Paris and Leuven.

Replay all the games from:

Photos credit: Grand Chess Tour.

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  1. Look at our media, they would readily broadcast & sensationalize minor events but blackout on Wesley So’s achievements. Wesley has won the Bilbao, Capablanca, Las Vrgas Millionaires, and this Sinquefield, but nothing covered by the stupid tv media. I’m glad he joined the USCF.

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