Grand Chess Tour in the News

Wesley So wins in Wijk
BusinessWorld Online Edition
With the victory he was also awarded a crystal cup (and an additional $100,000) for winning the overall Grand Chess Tour. And now this Filipino playing for the USA (yes, he considers himself an OFW) has won the first big event of 2017, the Tata Steel ...

Indian Sports news
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 ...
So hangs on; Wei closes inInquirer.net

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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 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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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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Chess in Africa: the Miracle  Chessbase News

After visiting Africa on a tour, GM Maurice Ashley was deeply moved by the extreme poverty, underlying beauty, and promise of hope. Instead of just writing ...

Wesley So is Player of the Year
BusinessWorld Online Edition
These two victories plus a 3rd and 2nd place in the Grand Tour events in Paris and Leuven catapulted him to the top place in the 2016 Grand Chess Tour ahead of chess legends Anand, Kramnik, Topalov and other elite players like Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, ...

Huffington Post
Chess Champions and Their Queens
Huffington Post
He won the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) that made him $295,000 richer. According to the former world champion Kramnik, So played the best chess of the year and could be a serious challenger to Carlsen in the future. In the final GCT tournament last month in ...

Rappler
Wesley So draws world champion, now 44 games without a loss
Rappler
He also triumphed in the Sinquefield Cup, where he bombed out two years ago, and the London Chess Classic which made him overall champion of the Grand Chess Tour. So, born in Bacoor, Cavite, played for the Philippines until he decided to switch to the ...

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Harikrishna begins campaign with hard-fought draw
Press Trust of India
Grand Chess Tour winner So Weseley (United States), Sergey Karjakin (Russia) and Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri, all ranked in the top 10, are other prominent stars. The 14 Grand Masters, all with ELOs over 2650, will take on each other in a round robin format ...

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Tata Steel Masters: Harikrishna begins campaign with hard-fought draw
Times of India
Grand Chess Tour winner So Weseley (United States), Sergey Karjakin (Russia) and Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri, all ranked in the top 10, are other prominent stars. The 14 Grand Masters, all with ELOs over 2650, will take on each other in a round robin format ...

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Inquirer.net
So good for 2016 Player of the Year
Inquirer.net
Super Grandmaster Wesley So performed so well in 2016, he handily emerged Player of the Year. The Philippine-born So, now representing the United States, earned the nod of online voters in a poll conducted by chessbase.com, besting reigning world ...

Pestaño: Tata Steel starts tomorrow
Sun.Star
BEFORE the advent of the Grand Chess Tour, the Tata Steel was traditionally one of the strongest tournaments when it started in 1937. It was called the Hoogovens tournament until 1999 before Dutch sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel ...

St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017
St. Louis Public Radio
Similar to the Grand Slam of tennis, the Grand Chess Tour is a high-stakes tournament series featuring the world's best players. Over the course of five tournaments in Paris; Leuven, Belgium; St. Louis and London, $1.2 million will be given out in prizes.

On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017  St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017  St. Louis Public Radio

Last year was a historic one year for chess. Magnus Carlsen defended his World Championship title in a tense showdown against Russian challenger, Sergey.

Best of 2016: the results of your voting  Chessbase News

We asked, you voted: who was player of the year 2016, who was female player of 2016, what game was the best of 2016 and what move? And which endgame ...

On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017  St. Louis Public Radio

Last year was a historic one year for chess. Magnus Carlsen defended his World Championship title in a tense showdown against Russian challenger, Sergey.

Performance in 2016 was steady, will look to build on: Anand
Times of India
I hope to be playing the grand chess tour and the World Cup as well," said Anand. Queried on the takeaways from the World Rapid Tournament, Anand said, "Well slightly disappointing end to the year for me. It was a very tough tournament because the main ...

Chess with Sam Collins
Sunday Business Post
The final event of the Grand Chess Tour 2016, the London Classic, took place in December. Both the tournament and the GCT were convincingly won by US GM Wesley So, but a game between two of his compatriots was the most striking of the tournament.