Wesley So

Chess.com Global Championship

The final of the tournament started in Toronto Chess.com Global Championship, the final game day of the final will be held today. In the final, Wesley So leads with a score of 3:1, the player who scored 4.5 points first wins. Prize fund: $1,100,000 (1st place — $200,000).

Chess.com Global Championship

To the final of the tournament Chess.com The Global Championship was won by U. So and N. Sarin. Technical results: H. Nakamura 3-5 W. So;A. Giri 4-5 N. Sarin. Format: 8 games in a match with 15+ time control2. The player who scored 4.5 points first wins. In case of a draw, the opponents play…

First day of the 1/2 finals Chess.com Global Championship

Four of the eight games of the 1/2 final were played today in Toronto (Canada) Chess.com Global Championship. Technical results:H. Nakamura 2-2 W. So;A. Giri 2-2 N. Sarin. Format: 8 games in a match with 15+2 time control. The player who scored 4.5 points first wins. In case of a draw, the opponents play armageddon.Prize…

The list of participants for The 2022 Speed Chess Championship has been announced

Chess.com presented the list of participants of the upcoming Speed Chess Championship. The tournament will be attended by:Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Dmitry Andreikin, Arjun Erigaisi, Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi , Nihal Sarin, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Dommaraju Gukesh.The names of two more participants will be announced after the…

Tata Steel Chess: updated list of participants

The names of six participants of the Wijk aan Zee super tournament, which takes place annually in January, have become known. The competition will be attended by:Dommaraju Gukesh;Arjun Erigaisi;Wesley So;Nodirbek Abdusattorov;Anish Giri;Jorden Van Foreest. The Wijk aan Zee Super tournament will be held from January 13 to 29, 2023. Official page

The 1/4 finals stage has ended Chess.com Global Championship

Final score in matches:H. Nakamura – J-K. Duda 5:2W. So – D. Andreikin 4.5:1.5A. Giri – T. Radjabov 5:4 (taking into account Armageddon)S. Nihal – S. Sevian 4.5:3.5. Nakamura-So and Giri-Nihal will meet in the semifinals. The matches will start on November 4th. Format: 8 games in a match with 15+2 time control. The player…

Meltwater Champions Chess Tour starts on November 14

The last tournament of this year Meltwater Champions Chess Tour starts in San Francisco. The tournament will be held in a unique hybrid format, four players will compete in San Francisco, and four will play online. composition of participants: M. Carlsen, Jan K. Duda, Wesley So, S. Mamedyarov, Praggnanadhaa R., Arjun Erigaisi, Anish Giri, Liem…

World’s Top Chess Players According to FIDE Ratings

How does one identify the world’s top chess players according to FIDE ratings? To answer this quite reasonable question, an American physics professor Arpad Elo invented a special rating calculation system for a 2-player game. FIDE started using Elo’s ratings back in 1970. Since 2012, separate ratings were implemented for rapid and blitz chess. These…