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So wins Tata Steel chess crown, climbs to no. 2 in world rankings
The Standard
So extended his unbeaten streak to 56, winning the Sinquefield Cup, the London Chess Classic and taking the overall crown in the Grand Chess Tour last year. Wei, who was in contention for a playoff for the crown had So lost, went down in a 70-move ...
Wesley So wins 2017 Tata Steel Chess TournamentRappler

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So wins Tata Steel chess crown, climbs to no. 2 in world rankings
The Standard
So extended his unbeaten streak to 56, winning the Sinquefield Cup, the London Chess Classic and taking the overall crown in the Grand Chess Tour last year. Wei, who was in contention for a playoff for the crown had So lost, went down in a 70-move ...
Wesley So wins 2017 Tata Steel Chess TournamentRappler

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Minnetonka chess player ranked No. 2 in world after latest super ...  Star Tribune

Minnetonka chess player ranked No. 2 in world after latest super tournament win  Star Tribune

For the third time in a row, a Minnetonka chess player has won an international super tournament and now stands as the No. 2-ranked player in the world.

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Wesley So wins 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament
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This is the third straight tournament victory for So, after winning the Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic. So stretches his career-best unbeaten streak to 56 games while showing that winning a strong tournament and staying unscathed can be ...
So draws with Chinese GM, stays in the leadThe Standard

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Wesley So wins 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament
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MANILA, Philippines - Wesley So has won the 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament by beating Ian Nepomniatchi of Russia in the 13th and final round on Sunday, January 29. This is the third straight tournament victory for So, after winning the Sinquefield ...
So draws with Chinese GM, stays in the leadThe Standard

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So draws with Chinese GM, stays in the lead
The Standard
FILIPINO grandmaster Wesley So and young Chinese GM Wei Yi played to a draw in 32 moves of a Reti opening in Round 12 of the 2017 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. With So's eighth draws against four wins, ...

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So draws with Chinese GM, stays in the lead
The Standard
FILIPINO grandmaster Wesley So and young Chinese GM Wei Yi played to a draw in 32 moves of a Reti opening in Round 12 of the 2017 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. With So's eighth draws against four wins, ...

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2017 Tata Rd13: Deserved Winner  Chessbase News

It is a 56 non-losing streak. It is his second super-tournament victory in two months. He is the new #2 player in the World. Wesley So has rocked the chess world, ...

2017 Tata Rd13: Deserved Winner  Chessbase News

It is a 56 non-losing streak. It is his second super-tournament victory in two months. He is the new #2 player in the World. Wesley So has rocked the chess world, ...

Wesley So wins 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament  Rappler

The Cavite-born chess grandmaster defeats Ian Nepomniatchi of Russia in the 13th round to take an insurmountable lead.

So hangs on; Wei closes in
Inquirer.net
A win by So, 23, will give the 2016 Grand Chess Tour champion the title in the tough, all-Grandmaster event. But a draw will revive the fading bids of Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen, Armenian Levon Aronian and Ukrainian Pavel Eljanov, all with ...

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Wesley So matches career-best 54-game unbeaten streak
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The results are victories at the Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic, which propelled him to fourth in the world based on the January FIDE ratings. Tukmakov has made his training philosophies known in the book Modern Chess Preparation, where ...

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Wesley So matches career-best 54-game unbeaten streak
Rappler
The results are victories at the Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic, which propelled him to fourth in the world based on the January FIDE ratings. Tukmakov has made his training philosophies known in the book Modern Chess Preparation, where ...

Wesley So partners with Tukmakov  Chessbase News

The coach-player relationship is one that goes back in time and has marked almost every great sportsman. It allows (hopefully) a player to achieve their goals ...

St. Louis Public Radio
Tata Steel Chess Tournament kicks off the year with some of the best
St. Louis Public Radio
Wesley So is the current lead of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, pictured here at last year's London Chess Classic. Saint Louis Chess Club and Spectrum Studios. Every year the first and longest elite tournament starts in January: Tata Steel! The ...
So extends lead at Tata Steel ChessThe Standard

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So extends lead at Tata Steel Chess
The Standard
He gained a full point advantage over five close rivals which included world no. 1 GM Magnus Carlsen. It was So's 53rd straight win since winning the Sinquefield Cup, the London Chess Classic, and taking the overall crown in the Grand Chess Tour last year.
Wesley So leads by a point with 3 rounds left, unbeaten at 53 gamesRappler

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So extends lead at Tata Steel Chess
The Standard
He gained a full point advantage over five close rivals which included world no. 1 GM Magnus Carlsen. It was So's 53rd straight win since winning the Sinquefield Cup, the London Chess Classic, and taking the overall crown in the Grand Chess Tour last year.

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Wesley So leads by a point with 3 rounds left, unbeaten at 53 games
Rappler
He won the Sinquefield Cup and the London Grand Prix last year, two career breakthroughs that made him fourth strongest player in the world. But in that sacred space of thought around one or two hours before a game, So decides whether to play for a win ...

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Aronian’s first opponent in London Chess Classic to be Michael Adams  ARMENPRESS