Check out the pictures taken during the Sinquefield Cup 2016 awarding (closing) ceremony:
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- Wesley So, the champion of the Sinquefield Cup 2016 holds out his trophy.
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- Wesley So is the winner of the Sinquefield Cup 2016.
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- Wesley So is sharing jokes with former world champion Garry Kasparov at the awarding ceremony of Sinquefield Cup 2016.
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- The trophy for the champion and the prize money represented by the check for the champion of Sinquefield Cup 2016.
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.
Great performance Wesley !! Congrats
Proud to be Filipino!
He is the greatest filipino wood pusher.
Salamat wesle! š kala ko nakalimutan mo na ang bayan natin…
cool
It’s in the blood
Yeebah Wesley, show them what you’ve got boy!
Wow na wow!
Congrats wesley!
Congrats supra GM Wesley So proud pinoy.