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...The US championship lasts 11 rounds, and it is highly likely that by its end one of the favourites such as the holder Fabiano Caruana or the world top-10 player Wesley So, will be on top....
...The second American Cup, a $200,000 event at St Louis for the top US grandmasters, ended suddenly on Sunday evening after Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So had each won a match and were deadlocked at 1.5 points...
...Hans Niemann, 19, remains the centre of attention as the $262,000 US championship in St Louis passes half-way....
...In the penultimate round, Wesley So had a winning position against Firouzja, but spoilt it and lost....
...There his opponents will be led by the American grandmaster elite, including three grandmasters ranked in the world top 10: top seeded Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana and Levon Aronian....
...The No6 seeding is significant because the top five are the grandmasters from the US Olympiad team, led by the world top 10 players Caruana, Wesley So, and Levon Aronian....
...years, there are currently only four elite tournaments left limited to top grandmasters and which would invite Carlsen — the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Stavanger, the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis...
...Wesley So, the US world No5, led most of the way in Bucharest until France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat him in a speed tiebreak....
..., in a wine-coloured velvet Saint Laurent jacket with a silky black bow knotted at his throat, and presenter Wesley Snipes, who wore a maroon Givenchy suit jacket, shorts, and leggings....
...Next up, in October, are the US championship in St Louis and the British championship at Hull....
...Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura have up to 1m followers on Twitch streams and chose not to play in Sochi....
...On Thursday, the over-the-board Tour, halted in 2020 by the pandemic, resumes in Bucharest, followed by events in Paris and St Louis....
...The final of the $100,000 Skilling Open last Monday coincided, perhaps intentionally, with the Norwegian’s 30th birthday, but Wesley So proved the spoiler....
...Now England is outside the top 10 countries. 2409 Wesley So v Magnus Carlsen, St Louis v Norway, online 2017....
...Last week’s $150,000 US Championship, played online and organised by America’s chess centre at St Louis, ended with its winner, Wesley So, harking back to Bobby Fischer’s brilliant performances in the 1960s...
...The annual US championship is being played online this week as St Louis, its traditional home and a major global chess centre, adapts to the coronavirus pandemic....
...Both ended in a tie between Carlsen and an American, Hikaru Nakamura in the Showdown and Wesley So in the Rapid/Blitz....
...Magnus Carlsen suffered the worst defeat of his career last week as Norway’s world champion was crushed by Wesley So of the US in the first official title contest in Fischer Random....
...Puzzle 2295 Etienne Bacrot v Wesley So, chesscom.2018. Material is level and there seems nothing decisive, but France’s No2 (White, to play) beat the US No2 with a concept several moves deep....
...Number eight Louis Picamoles, returning after illness, is reported to have impressed mightily at France’s pre-tournament training camp....
...Other than the “Golden Triangle” of Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie, van Gaal knows he has mostly mediocre players....
...Holland’s coach Louis van Gaal cautions: “We still have nothing.”...
...When Louis van Gaal was a teenager in Amsterdam-East in the 1960s, he used to cycle to the Ajax training ground to watch the club’s great coach Rinus Michels lead training sessions....
...Police ordered news crews to stop filming and two reporters, Wesley Lowrey of the Washington Post and Ryan J Reilly of the Huffington Post, were arrested though released shortly after....
...Post Dispatch) – Yamiche Alcindor (USA Today) – Matt Pearce (LA Times) We also recommend the curated feed of St Louis Public Radio....
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