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.
Topalov-Aronian's ending is mate in 38 for White. With accurate play Topalov will play a tiebreak with So tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/PObMa4YNIa
— Lennart Ootes (@LennartOotes) August 14, 2016
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
Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Veselin Topalov | 2761 | 1/2-1/2 | Levon Aronian | 2792 |
Peter Svidler | 2751 | 1/2-1/2 | Viswanathan Anand | 2770 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2807 | 1-0 | Anish Giri | 2769 |
M. Vachier-Lagrave | 2819 | 1/2-1/2 | Wesley So | 2771 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2791 | 1-0 | Ding Liren | 2755 |
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
# | 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 |
With this tournament win, Wesley So now leads the Grand Chess Tour 2016 race with 30 points.
Look back at what happened in Grand Chess Tour Paris and Leuven.
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
Photos credit: Grand Chess Tour.
Genesis Pabilario
Go boy!
Erik M. Luzong Jr.
not sure on chess, wesley represent on USA he earn lot of money this time lol
Benzene Riverzone
@ congratulations GM Wesley! ..
Lopa Nnek
Congratulations GM Wesley So!
Tirzo Bumanglag
Congrats wes.
Kado Huerto
Nice !
Chevruel Canulo
Congratz wesley
Aim Anelle
Wow! Congrats po!
Paulino IV Dantes Pingol
Happy that wesley won. Sad that the philippine flag is not waved.
Jhun Quinones
Wow! Super GM. Congratulations wesley so.