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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 2025 FIDE Circuit. 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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    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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    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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    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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    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 principal leader...
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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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  • 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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  • above 2700 points. United States' team, consisting of Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez, Levon Aronian and Ray Robson as a reserve player,...
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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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    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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    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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    town of Şəmkir, Azerbaijan. Anand scored an overall +3 score, defeating Wesley So, Michael Adams, and Shakriyar Mamedyarov. He finished the tournament undefeated...
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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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    world championships in 2019 and 2022. The inaugural champion in 2019 was Wesley So. The current champion in 2022 is Hikaru Nakamura. The concept of Fischerandom...
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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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    in history to achieve a rating above 2600, breaking the record held by Wesley So. This record has since been broken by John M. Burke. In June, Wei won...
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    Xinghua, Jiangsu, 1st with 9/11 Chess World Cup 2011: knocked out by Wesley So April 2012: Chinese Individual Championship in Xinghua, Jiangsu, 1st with...
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    Snuggerud – professional ice hockey player drafted by the Buffalo Sabres Wesley So – Chess Grandmaster David Stenshoel — musician (Boiled in Lead) Judy Traub...
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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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    represent Hungary. On the other hand, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian and Wesley So, all ranked in the top ten, played for the United States. In the absence...
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    Sevian shared fifth place in the US Chess Championship 2015, beating Wesley So, a world top ten ranked player, and drawing with Hikaru Nakamura as well...
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    The winner of the Chess World Cup 2007, Gata Kamsky, was defeated by Wesley So in the third round. Matches consisted of two games (except for the final...
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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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