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...Puzzle 2568 Wesley So v Alireza Firouzja, Chessable Masters 2024. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...The men’s team has performed poorly on the pitch despite hefty spending on players such as Argentine World Cup winner Enzo Fernández, Wesley Fofana and Ukrainian Mykhaylo Mudryk....
...Carlsen defeated US champion and world number 2 Fabiano Caruana in the semi-final and the world number 6 Wesley So in the final, both by 2-0 in the best of three sets across the board in Toronto....
...Fischer first won the crown at age 14 in 1957-58, scored a “picket fence” perfect 11 out of 11 in 1963-64, and won all the eight titles he contested, always finishing at least one point clear of his nearest...
...in Monday’s third round tie-breaks by China’s Wang Hao, who advances into the final 32 along with the top seeds, who include world No1 Magnus Carlsen, the US trio of Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley...
...Wesley So, in particular, finished fourth and could easily have made a bid for first, but chose not to vary from his usual solid game....
...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...
...Wesley So hoped for either a queen exchange or 2... Qf3 3 Qg2 with repeated moves but he missed 2...Rh1+! and wins. Chess 2408 1...g4+! 2 Bxg4 Rh2+! 3 Kxh2 Qxh4+ 4 Kg2 Qxg3+ and Qh2 mate....
...In the decade since 2012, when the rapid/blitz championships became annual events, he has won three rapid and four blitz crowns, more than anyone else....
...During his time at Chelsea, the German manager won the Uefa Champions League, the most prestigious club tournament in Europe; the Super Cup and the Club World Cup....
...Magnus Carlsen, the world champion, has directly accused Hans Niemann of cheating following their games at the Sinquefield Cup at St Louis in early September, which Niemann won, and last week in the online...
...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....
...In the penultimate round, Wesley So had a winning position against Firouzja, but spoilt it and lost....
...The United States, led by the world top 10 trio of Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian and Wesley So, are odds on to regain the trophy in the absence of Russia (banned) and China (Covid concerns)....
...Under his leadership, Chelsea also won the Super Cup and the Club World Cup. Those titles meant he would “rightly have a place in Chelsea’s history”, the club said....
...Additions included Raheem Sterling for £50mn from Manchester City and Wesley Fofana for about £70mn from Leicester City....
...Wesley Paul William Streeting began his political journey in a very different place to Jeremy Corbyn, Labour’s previous leader, and they arrived at very different destinations....
...Internationally, US champion Wesley So won the online Chessable Masters, the penultimate event on the Meltwater Tour....
...However, Carlsen has never won the biennial knock-out World Cup, so has entered for its 2021 edition at Sochi this month....
...Carlsen’s play was uneven, but he still won some fine games in the event....
...The US champion, 27, tied their main match 4-4 then won the speed tie-break in an impressive performance....
...“It’s a feeling of fear, because who is going to be the next Wesley?”...
...The champion won elegantly against France’s No1, but more tests lie ahead....
...The 27-year-old ex-Filipino world No9 won the $40,000 first prize with an unbeaten 9/11, a points total only Fischer has equalled or surpassed, notably in his 11/11 sweep of 1963-64....
...Now England is outside the top 10 countries. 2409 Wesley So v Magnus Carlsen, St Louis v Norway, online 2017....
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