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    Wesley Barbossa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino and American chess grandmaster, a three-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the first World Fischer Random...
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    blitz games. On the February 2015 FIDE rating list, Nakamura fell behind Wesley So, the first time since January 2013 that Nakamura had not been the top...
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    undefeated. The field consisted of world top ten players Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So; top 100 players Ray Robson, Sam Shankland, Gata Kamsky, and Alexander...
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    three-man race between Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Vladimir Kramnik. By mid-October 2017, Caruana and So had a near-decisive lead, but this was resolved...
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    out of 13, half a point ahead of Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So and Ding Liren. In February, Carlsen won the 3rd Grenke Chess Classic...
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    The participants were Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Domínguez, and Hikaru Nakamura. The event was won by So, beating Caruana on tiebreaks in the final...
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    John Wesley (/ˈwɛsli/ WESS-lee; 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a leader of a revival...
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    Championship 2019, brought additional prominence to the variant. It was won by Wesley So. In 2022, Hikaru Nakamura became the new champion. Before the game, a...
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  • played the Bongcloud against GM Vladimir Dobrov in the 3+1 section and GM Wesley So in the 1+1 section of the 2019 Speed Chess Championship, winning both...
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  • Global Champion title in the finals taking place in Toronto, Canada. Wesley So became the first Chess.com Global Champion, defeating Nihal Sarin in the...
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    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Wesley So and 1 loss against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Firouzja finished with 36½ points, ahead of second place Wesley So on 30 points and...
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    rapid match against Wesley So. He defeated So in game one, and after three games the score was tied at 1½–1½. In the last game, So defeated Praggnanandhaa...
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    were four directly seeded players: defending Fischer random champion Wesley So, classical chess champion and Fischer random championship runner-up Magnus...
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    playoff with Wesley So for a place at the 2018 London Chess Classic scheduled on the same day (Caruana would qualify to London after beating So in a playoff...
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    University with 6 points out of 10 ahead of Lê Quang Liêm, Ding Liren, Wesley So, Georg Meier, and Csaba Balogh. 2012: 1st-2nd of the first Al Ain Classic...
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  • Tournament 2026. Jan 1 – Alireza Firouzja confirms his position above Wesley So in the January rating list and qualifies for the Candidates Tournament...
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    Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Bærum, Norway. The winner of the final was Wesley So, defeating Magnus Carlsen 13.5–2.5, to become the first FIDE world champion...
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    in Armageddon, So Knocks Out Nakamura". Chess.com. Retrieved 6 January 2024. West (NM_Vanessa), Vanessa (7 November 2022). "Wesley So Becomes First-Ever...
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  • Look up Wesley in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wesley is a name with an Anglo-Norman etymology. The "wes" portion of the name refers to the Western...
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    Donald Wesley Bryan (born March 26, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Bryan attended Dutch Fork High School in Irmo,...
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    an upcoming championship in 2024. The inaugural champion in 2019 was Wesley So. The current champion in 2022 is Hikaru Nakamura. The concept of Fischerandom...
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  • April 20–28, 2022. Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Lenier Dominguez, Wesley So, Sam Shankland, Sam Sevian, Jeffery Xiong, and Ray Robson participated...
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    Wesley Jonell-Cleavon Bell (born November 5, 1974) is an American attorney and politician serving as prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri...
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  • Wesley Taylor (born August 13, 1986) is an American stage actor and writer, best known for his work in musical theatre and television. In summer 2008,...
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  • Conference will also be known as the Wesley So Cup for this season due to sponsorship of Filipino-American chess player Wesley So himself. Each team would be allowed...
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    Federation (USCF) as wildcards. The twelve qualifiers were Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Domínguez, Levon Aronian, Sam Shankland, Ray Robson, Samuel Sevian...
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    Caruana, Ray Robson, John M. Burke, Leinier Domínguez, Jeffery Xiong, Wesley So, Samuel Sevian, Samuel Shankland, Daniel Naroditsky, Lázaro Bruzón, Dariusz...
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  • UK garage producer, under the aliases Wesley 2 Play and Special T. His first single under the name 2Play, "So Confused", was released in early 2004,...
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  • ninth player to compete after 8th ranked Vladimir Kramnik and 10th ranked Wesley So declined to participate. Jon Ludvig Hammer was selected to participate...
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    Rotterdam and Haarlem) from 14 to 29 January 2017. The tournament was won by Wesley So, who finished one point ahead of defending champion Magnus Carlsen. Wikimedia...
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