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Filipino-born Wesley So has been declared the winner of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Grand Prix Berlin, defeating tour champion Hikaru Nakamura in the final tiebreaks.
With clear victories in Friday's tiebreakers, American GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So were set to meet in the final of the third leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix series. The first game of the final, with So playing the white pieces, saw the combatants play a relatively short and correct draw in a line...
American GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So also drew their second game in the final of the third and final leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix. The players quickly repeated moves in a line in the Berlin Ruy Lopez which they have played several times before. The final will now be decided in a tiebreaker which...
Wesley So has decisively won his first semifinals match and is moving closer to a finals berth at the FIDE Grand Prix Berlin.
GM Hikaru Nakamura demonstrated his superiority in quicker time controls by defeating fellow-American GM Levon Aronian with a clean 2-0 score in the rapid chess tiebreak of the final to emerge as the winner of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg in Berlin. In two absorbing games in the 15+10 time control,