The biggest smile in chess goes to Wesley So

The biggest smile in the Tata Steel Masters 2017 goes to Wesley So. Who managed to win another tournament victory after winning the Grand Chess Tour in 2016. Managing to gain victories against the lower half of the draw and draws against the top contenders he managed to win the tournament by a clear point from Magnus.

I would highlight Magnus's loss against Richard Rapport and draw against Anish Giri when he could have checkmated his opponent as possible reasons why Magnus didn't finish on 9/13 and level with Wesley So.

All in all it was an exciting tournament with exciting games with excellent coverage from various studios around the world. Richard Rapport in particular brought novelties to the for with unusual openings. Lots of endgame studies with Rook and pawn endings being the destination of choice of many a super grandmaster.

Check out chess24's round up of the Tata Steel tournament and video below of Wesley So's interview at the end of the tournament from Tata Steel's very own Anna Rudolf.

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