Round 6 results and standings. Wesley So is the sole leader going into the last game of rapids #GrandChessTour
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Three #WorldChampions at the 1977 Tilburg chess tournament. Karpov (left), Euwe (bottom) and Smyslov (right).
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Garry Kasparov vs Mikail Tal, 46th USSR Championship, Tbilisi, 1978. Geller and Tukmanov watch on.
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Exactly 99 years ago, Richard Réti arrived in the Netherlands. He gives many trainings, lectures and Simultaneouss. He also plays and analyzes a lot with the other, who will call him one of his teachers.
In the picture, Réti plays in 1923 against the game, while WATS is watching ...
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In the picture, Réti plays in 1923 against the game, while WATS is watching ...
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♦️ Wesley So, American-Filipino chess Grandmaster and leader of "Paris Grand Chess Tour 2018" in the end of day two!!
♦️ Review one of his games in this tournament (Round 4)👇👇
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♦️ Review one of his games in this tournament (Round 4)👇👇
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🛄 Paris Grand Chess Tour 2018
June 20-24, 2018
RAPID GAMES - DAY TWO
ROUND 4
🔹Vladimir Kramnik- Wesley So
🔹 Download PGN file👇
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June 20-24, 2018
RAPID GAMES - DAY TWO
ROUND 4
🔹Vladimir Kramnik- Wesley So
🔹 Download PGN file👇
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Paris GCT 2018 Kramnik - So , Round4.pgn
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🛄 Paris Grand Chess Tour 2018
June 20-24, 2018
RAPID GAMES - DAY TWO
ROUND 4
🔹Vladimir Kramnik- Wesley So
🔹 PGN format
🔹 Analysed by CHESS.COM
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June 20-24, 2018
RAPID GAMES - DAY TWO
ROUND 4
🔹Vladimir Kramnik- Wesley So
🔹 PGN format
🔹 Analysed by CHESS.COM
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🛄 #about_Wesley_So
🔹 Wesley So
🔹 American-Filipino chess Grandmaster
🔰 Wesley Barbasa So is a Filipino-American chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Filipino Chess Champion and was U.S. Chess Champion in 2017.
🔘 Full name: Wesley Barbasa So
🔘 Country: Philippines (until November 2015)
United States (since November 2015)
🔘 Born: October 9, 1993 (age 24)
Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2008)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2778 (June 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2822 (March 2017)
🔘 Ranking: No. 7 (April 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (March 2017)
🔰 A former chess prodigy, So became the youngest player to pass a 2600 Elo rating in October 2008, breaking the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen. This record has since been broken by John M. Burke. In early 2013, So passed 2700 and in January 2017 he became the 11th player to pass 2800 Elo.
So represented the Philippines until transferring to the United States in 2015. He won the 2015 Bilbao Chess Masters, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour title after claiming victory in the Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic, and the 2017 Tata Steel Masters. He represented the US on board 3 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, winning team and individual gold.
🔰 So was born in the Philippines in 1993 to parents William and Eleanor So. So attended the Jesus Good Shepherd School and went on to Saint Francis of Assisi College in Bacoor.
He was nine years old when he began competing in junior tournaments. So took first place at the 2003 Philippine National Chess Championships in the U-10s section. As a junior player, he also competed in various sections of World Youth Chess Championships, finishing 19th in the U-10s in 2003, 13th in the U-12s in 2004 and fourth place in the U-12s in 2005. He also took part in the ASEAN Open U-10s in 2004, securing individual golds in the standard and rapid sections along with team silver medals in the standard and rapid along with winning individual golds in the standard, rapid and blitz sections in the U-12s in 2005.
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🔹 Wesley So
🔹 American-Filipino chess Grandmaster
🔰 Wesley Barbasa So is a Filipino-American chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Filipino Chess Champion and was U.S. Chess Champion in 2017.
🔘 Full name: Wesley Barbasa So
🔘 Country: Philippines (until November 2015)
United States (since November 2015)
🔘 Born: October 9, 1993 (age 24)
Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2008)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2778 (June 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2822 (March 2017)
🔘 Ranking: No. 7 (April 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (March 2017)
🔰 A former chess prodigy, So became the youngest player to pass a 2600 Elo rating in October 2008, breaking the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen. This record has since been broken by John M. Burke. In early 2013, So passed 2700 and in January 2017 he became the 11th player to pass 2800 Elo.
So represented the Philippines until transferring to the United States in 2015. He won the 2015 Bilbao Chess Masters, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour title after claiming victory in the Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic, and the 2017 Tata Steel Masters. He represented the US on board 3 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, winning team and individual gold.
🔰 So was born in the Philippines in 1993 to parents William and Eleanor So. So attended the Jesus Good Shepherd School and went on to Saint Francis of Assisi College in Bacoor.
He was nine years old when he began competing in junior tournaments. So took first place at the 2003 Philippine National Chess Championships in the U-10s section. As a junior player, he also competed in various sections of World Youth Chess Championships, finishing 19th in the U-10s in 2003, 13th in the U-12s in 2004 and fourth place in the U-12s in 2005. He also took part in the ASEAN Open U-10s in 2004, securing individual golds in the standard and rapid sections along with team silver medals in the standard and rapid along with winning individual golds in the standard, rapid and blitz sections in the U-12s in 2005.
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Giri tactically exploits the weaknesses in his opponent's kingside.
20.B×g7! K×g7 21.Qe5+ Kg8 22.Qg5!
With the idea of Nh5.
22...f6 22.Q×f6 +-
20.B×g7! K×g7 21.Qe5+ Kg8 22.Qg5!
With the idea of Nh5.
22...f6 22.Q×f6 +-