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Published March 15, 2021, 12:53 PM Photo from FIDE Grandmaster Wesley So bounced back from a shaky start as he scored four points in his next five games to storm back into contention in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Carlsen Invitational Monday, March 15. So barged from outside the share of ninth in Day 1 to joint No. 3 after trouncing Armenia-born Levon Aronian, Russian Daniil Dubov and the Netherlands’ Jorden Van Foreest, while splitting the point with fellow United States bet Hi...

Wesley So Officially Becomes U.S. Citizen Reigning U.S. chess champion GM Wesley So is now officially a U.S. citizen. The Filipino-born 27-year-old super-grandmaster got his American citizenship on February 26, 2021, at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in St. Paul/Minneapolis, reports US Chess. Interviewed by Debbie Cannon of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, So called America "the land of opportunity" as he explained why he wanted to be come a citizen: I want ...

48th International Dortmund Chess Days to launch digitization initiative and Deutschland Grand Prix  The chess world is expecting a major highlight in the heart of Germany’s Ruhr region this summer: with Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and Viswanathan Anand (India), the 14th and 15th chess world champions will duel in an innovative chess variant at the No-castling (NC) World Masters. In addition, Germanys top players will compete with international grandmasters at the Deutschland Grand Prix. Both ...

€29.90 so dangerous to Magnus Carlsen? Wesley So is probably the man who poses the most formidable threat to Magnus Carlsens throne in the world of chess today. Yet, surprisingly, one hardly suspects that to be the case, when one listens to this 27-year-old Filipino-American champion speak. From his refreshingly unassuming mannerisms and happy demeanor, theres no way one can guess that he is the current World Champion of Fischer Random Chess, a two-time US Champion, and above ...

United States superstar Wesley So dealt world champion Magnus Carlsen another sound beating to rule the US$100,000 (P5 million) Euro Opera Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Monday.

Reigning world Fischer Random champion Wesley So brought down world classical titlist Magnus Carlsen to salvage a 2-2 tie in the first of their two four-game title showdown in the Opera Euro Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Sunday, Feb. 14.

Published February 13, 2021, 1:46 PM GM Wesley So and GM Magnus Carlsen (Fischer Random / Nick Barton / File Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So made short work of Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov to set up a title rematch with reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in the Opera Euro Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Saturday, Feb. 13. The 27-year-old So, who took the first of two four-match semifinal matches last Friday, 2.5-1.5, needed just three games to eliminate Radjabov, 2-1, and advanc...

Grandmaster Wesley So drew all his four games including one against recent tormentor and fellow United States bet Hikaru Nakamura in the fifth round to keep his grip of the lead with five others and stay in quarterfinal contention in the Airthings Masters of the Champions Chess Tour Monday.

Published December 27, 2020, 12:57 PM GM Wesley So and GM Magnus Carlsen (Fischer Random / Nick Barton / File Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So smashed Dutch GM Anish Giri and drew his other three games including one against world champion Magnus Carlsen to grab a piece of the lead with four others after four rounds of the Airthings Masters of the Champions Chess Tour on Sunday. So, who topped the Skillings Open that served as the season-ushering leg of the tour last month, shared the top spot with ...

How a chess grandmaster tried to outwit the computer When artificial intelligence began beating the world’s greatest players, a chess grandmaster devised his own way to give human ingenuity an upper hand against the machine. The result, however, was not quite what he expected Thinking that chess had lost much of its spontaneity, American grandmaster Bobby Fischer developed his own variation of the game that is still played today On Sunday 23rd July 1972, the American grandmaster Bobby Fische...