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KEY PLAYER. Wesley So seeks to help the United States team annoy China, which is in first place, in the title game of the online chess tournament. File photo of Chess.com
MANILA, Philippines – Philippines-born Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana surrendered as the United States took revenge on China, 2.5-1.5, in the tenth round on Saturday, May 9 at night and forged a title duel with their rival in the FIDE Chess.com Nations Cup online.
So he knocked Yu Yangyi down on board 3, while Caruana foiled Wang Hao on board 4 while EE. USA He beat Europe through a career tiebreaker for the right to challenge China in Sunday’s finals of the six-team $ 200,000 tournament.
Irina Krush kept reigning women’s world champion Ju Wenjun in a draw at table 4 when the Americans defeated Hikaru Nakamura’s loss to Ding Liren at table 1.
Although it surpassed the USA. USA, 2.5-1.5, in the ninth round, Europe stood in a 2-2 match for the rest of the world, the basement dweller, in the tenth and paid the price.
The fourth classified of EE. USA And Europe’s second seed finished with 13 match points after the double round robin group stage, but the Americans emerged with higher score points, 22-21.5.
It was a huge disappointment for the Europeans, as they also left the Americans 3-1 in Round 4.
The fight between the United States and Europe saw So tie with Anis Giri from the Netherlands, and also Caruana against Levon Aronian from Armenia and Nakamura against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France.
After drawing his first 3 games, So regained the shape that made him the world’s first Fischer Random chess champion and won 3 of his last 5 games.
At the height of its first place, China defeated the US. USA In Round 5, 2.5-1.5, he secured the first seat of the final on Friday and finished with 17 points after a 2.5-1.5 victory over India in Round 9.
Russia settled for draws with RoW and India, respectively, and came in fourth with 8 points, dragging the Indians (5 points) and the RoW bets (4 points).
All teams are insured $ 24,000 each with the United States and China ready to contest an additional $ 24,000 for the champion and $ 12,000 for second place. – Rappler.com
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