The Darwinian logic of your typical weekend Swiss tournament dictates that the big sharks usually with "GM" or "IM" before their name on the wall chart prey on the smaller fry in the early going and then square off against one another for the big prizes in the money rounds.
Wesley So Wesley So crushed Iranian Amin Tabatabaei in their semifinal tiebreaker playoff Friday for a 3-1 win and forge a title duel with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany. After blundering away his winning chances in the second game of their two-game semis
Photo from tournament website Defending champion Wesley So drew his final round match to forge a three-player playoff for the 2021 US Chess Championships title Monday (Tuesday in Manila) at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri. So split the point with Ray Robson after 26 moves of a Nimzo Indian