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.
congrats wes..
Nice one idol
As usual.:) grats idol..
Good decision on moving to US. Keep it up.
Wow the Filipinos are proud of you
sana maibalita ito sa tv channels, bakit mga fil-am sikat na sikat eh si wes 100% pinoy!… could somebody close to Pres Digong pls pakibalita para mabigyan pansin ang naging sacrifice ni wes para makarating sa ganyang level… agree?
Congrats
lupet ni wesley so puro super grand master kslaban nya
Kano naman yan la ako pakelam jan… Next time post nyo rin pag nanalo si nakamura at svidler… Mga banyaga…
Congrats Wesley So. Kababayan namin. 🙂