Wesley So agreed to a quick draw with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura to arrange a playoff tiebreaker in the FIDE Grand Prix finals in Berlin, Germany Sunday. Photo from chessbase.comSo and Nakamura drew after only 14 moves of a Ruy Lopez Berlin via repetition of moves to force the two tiebreaker matches using rapid time control Monday. But regardless of the outcome, So would still end up third overall while Nakamura is the uncontested first. 2 after topping the second leg in Belgrade Serbia also last month. It went to Nakamura and Rapport.

Source: Manila Times April 04, 2022 17:27 UTC