As we have mentioned before, Wesley So now leads the Grand Chess Tour 2016 race with 30 GCT points:
Many congratulations to America's #3 player Wesley So for winning the 2016 Sinquefield Cup!!! #SinquefieldCup pic.twitter.com/OChiv4qFlD
— Grand Chess Tour (@GrandChessTour) August 15, 2016
But let’s find out how did the rest of the players fared so far:
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 Topalov | 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.
Remember that for the overall Grand Chess Tour race, only the top 3 scores will be tallied, and the lowest score will be dropped. Moreover, you need to play in at least 3 events in order to be in contention for the tour title. The fourth leg, the London Chess Classic 2016 will start 9 December 2016.
Thus, Wesley So, now with 30 points, is now guaranteed a 3rd place in the tour. If you do the math, only two players have chances to beat his score:
- Magnus Carlsen — that is if he springs a surprise and plays in London (remember up until now there’s still no wildcard player for London)
- Hikaru Nakamura — that is if he finishes sole first place (and thus score 13 GCT points) and Wesley So to finish fourth or lower (and thus score 7 GCT points or lower) in London
Click below to find out more about:
- Grand Chess Tour 2016
- Grand Chess Tour Paris 2016
- Your Next Move 2016
- Sinquefield Cup 2016
- London Chess Classic 2016
Replay all the games from:
- Sinquefield Cup 2016
- Your Next Move — Grand Chess Tour 2016 Rapid Games
- Your Next Move — Grand Chess Tour 2016 Blitz Games
- Grand Chess Tour Paris 2016 – Rapid Round
- Grand Chess Tour Paris 2016 – Blitz Round
Looking back:
Percival De Guzman
hindi na kasali carlsen sa overall
Deuts
So far, un ang press release. Malay mo, baka sumali pa sya ng London Chess Classic sa December pwede pa sya mag-qualify sa overall.
Soulrock Ydil Nocde
Wow hopefull mapildi niya akong idol na si carlsen hehehe
Bart K. Villegas
tama po ba first super-tournament win pa lng ni wes and sinqfield cup???
Jonald F. Olandres
congratz bro!!
Ismael Co Ting Jr.
Nga lang USA n sya
Rayne Abriza
Samantalang ang Prize pool ng dota2 . D man lang umabot sa kalahati nian. Why not make it as a sports
Resvin Diocares
Well done!
Khunie Barbasa
Gogo Wes
Alvin Laser Borinaga
Nicky Cat!!
Nicky Cat
OMG ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Carlsen-So
Bruce Garcia
Playing for us of A.. ok