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 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.
s nk2ta q mukhang tinatrget mo ang pggng world no.1!
Congrats Wesley! Proud to be Pinoy!
congrats
proud being Chinese…you proved we could always outsmart everybody…
Congrats. Wesley.
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
Suot mo ay Barong kahulugan ay hindi paglimot sa lupang sinilangan.
congrats idol wesley
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.