Wesley So Won the 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016

Wesley So finally won his major super elite tournament as he top the final standings in Sinquefield Cup 2016. Sinquefield Cup 2016 is super elite chess tournament that part of Grand Chess Tour, fills by top ten chess players. After nine rounds, Wesley So grab the first place with his 5.5/9 points that unable to be surpassed or equalized by his rivals.

The nine rounds shown Wesley So to comfortably drew French player, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, securing his 5.5 lead. All the three closest rival can't adding more points as Levon Aronian must relied on miracle to save himself with a drew against Veselin Topalov. Anand was hold to a draw by Peter Svilder in Anti-Berlin system. Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura won their last round game against Anish Giri and Ding Liren.

Wesley So who previously a chess child prodigy from Phillipines switch to US federation. He started the Sinquefield Cup 2016 with a round one victory against Hikaru Nakamura. A solid performance throughout the tournament resulted in solid rock first position in Sinquefield Cup 2016. Sinquefield Cup takes place from August 5th, 2016 to August 14th, 2016 in Saint Louis USA. Lex Sinquefield is the patron of this tournament. Wesley So will be rewarded USD 75,000 for first place.

List of Sinquefield Cup chess winners :
2013 - Magnus Carlsen
2014 - Fabiano Caruana
2015 - Levon Aronian
2016 - Wesley So

Sinquefield Cup 2016 Final Standings

1		So, Wesley	2771	2859	5.5		½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½
2		Anand, Viswanthan	2770	2822	5	½		½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½
3		Aronian, Levon	2792	2820	5	½	½		½	½	0	1	½	1	½
4		Caruana, Fabiano	2807	2818	5	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	1
5		Topalov, Veselin	2761	2823	5	0	½	½	½		½	½	1	1	½
6		Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2819	2774	4.5	½	0	1	½	½		½	½	½	½
7		Nakamura, Hikaru	2791	2777	4.5	0	½	0	½	½	½		1	½	1
8		Ding Liren	2755	2738	4	½	½	½	½	0	½	0		1	½
9		Svidler, Peter	2751	2701	3.5	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	0		1
10		Giri, Anish	2769	2654	3	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	0

Para pecatur di Sinquefield Cup 2016 

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Wesley So Juara Piala Sinquefield 2016 di Saint Louis

Pecatur USA yang asal Filipina Wesley So akhirnya menjadi kampiun di turnamen catur super elit Sinquefield Cup 2016. Wesley So menjalani turnamen ini dengan performa solid. Di round pertama Wesley So mengalahkan Hikaru Nakamura, kemudian juga menagalahkan Veselin Topalov untuk akhirnya mengumpulkan point 5.5 dari sembilan rounds. Viswanathan Anand menjadi runner up dan Levon Aronian di posisi ketiga.

Wesley So akan memperoleh hadiah 75 ribu dolar America untuk kemenangannya. Turnamen catur elit Sinquefield Cup adalah bagian dari seri Grand Chess Tour, mempertemukan pecatur-pecatur elit dunia untuk bertarung di beberapa kota di belahan dunia.