GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Wesley So won their respective matches in the Clutch Chess Champions Showdown on Wednesday. Caruana defeated GM Leinier Dominguez Perez with a 15-3 score, while So beat GM Hikaru Nakamura by a score of 9.5-8.5. Caruana and So have both advanced and will meet in the finals on Thursday.
The Clutch Chess Champions Showdown began on Tuesday with the top four American grandmasters participating in this knockout event with a twist: the last two games of each day are worth more points. Each match consists of 12 games with six games played each day. The final two games of each day are "clutch" games that are worth double the points on day one and triple on day two as well as a $2,000 bonus per game on day one and $3,000 on day two.
