Wesley So won by defeating Nakamura
Wesley So won by defeating Nakamura
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The Berlin Grand Prix, the final tournament of the FIDE Grand Prix series, is set to conclude with The Us' Vesli So becoming the winner, in the final tiebreaker match, Wesley defeated compatriot Hikaru Nakamura by a score of 1.5-0.5 to clinch the title. However, even after this title, Wesley has not been selected for the FIDE candidates, although he is also going to be given a place in the event of a player's withdrawal. Despite the defeat in the final match, Hikaru Nakamura had already decided his place in the Candidates Tournament 2022 and was the best player of the Grand Prix Series 2022 with 23 points. Hungary's Richard Report finished second with 20 points and has also formally made it to the candidates, while Wesley So has taken third place in the series.

Playing with white pieces in the first tiebreaker game between Wesley and Nakamura, Hikaru played the Bishop opening and completely surprised Wesley at one point he appeared to be winning, but Wesley managed to defend and the match has ended in a draw in 56 moves. 

Let us tell you that in the second match, Wesley was playing with white pawns and Rai Lopez Berlin defence was played and Wesley managed to take the lead from the beginning and the victory was away, but as soon as he played, in the 32nd move, Hikaru made a terrible mistake of 32...c6 and Wesley came in a very good position and in 65 moves Nakamura has conceded defeat.

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