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Grandmaster Wesley So finished only fifth out of 10 participants in the Superbet Rapid and Blitz in Warsaw, Poland Monday night but still stayed at second in the Grand Chess Tour overall race.

Wesley So suffered yet another heartbreaker as he blew what could have been the title and settled for a second place finish in the 2022 Grand Chess Tour’s Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania Saturday.

Wesley So fought world No. 2 Alireza Firouzja to a draw and stayed at the helm with fellow American Levon Aronian after the eighth and penultimate round of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour’s Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania Friday.

Wesley So drew with Romanian Bogdan-Daniel Deac to retain the lead with fellow American Levon Aronian after seven rounds of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour’s Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania Thursday.

Wesley So downed fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the second rapid tiebreaker to rule the third leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Monday.

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.

Wesley So blew away his winning chances and settled for a draw in the first of his two-game title duel with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Saturday.

Wesley So crushed Iranian Amin Tabatabaei in their semifinal tiebreaker playoff Friday for a 3-1 win and forge a title duel with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany.

Wesley So blundered with a one-pawn advantage and succumbed to Amin Tabatabaei of Iran to force another semifinal tiebreaker in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Thursday.

Wesley So kept his world title bid alive as he downed nemesis Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France to seize a share of the lead in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Sunday.

Wesley So settled for a fourth straight draw, this time against fellow American Sam Shankland to seize a share of the lead after four rounds of the group stages in the FIDE Grand Prix Tournament Leg 3 in Berlin, Germany Friday.

Wesley So halved the point with fellow American Sam Shankland to remain tied for second in Pool C of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix’s third tournament in Berlin, Germany Wednesday.

Wesley So bowed to fellow American Leinier Dominguez Perez, 1.5-0.5, in their tiebreak matchup for a semifinal berth in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 in Berlin, Germany Friday.

Wesley So drew with Alexei Shirov to inch closer to advancing to the semifinals of the FIDE Chess Grand Prix 1 2022 in Berlin, Germany Wednesday.

Wesley So outplayed fellow American Leinier Dominguez Perez to seize the solo lead in Pool D of the FIDE Chess Grand Prix 1 2022 in Berlin, Germany on Monday.

Wesley So outlasted Alexei Shirov to seize a share of the lead with fellow American Leinier Dominguez-Perez in Pool D after three rounds of the FIDE Grand Prix Series in Berlin, Germany on Sunday.

Wesley So escaped with a draw against India’s Pentala Harikrishna to slip to second in Pool D after two rounds in the first leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series in Berlin, Germany on Saturday.

Grandmaster Wesley So squeaked past teen prodigy Nihal Sarin, 15-14, to barge into the finals of the Speed Chess Championships 2021 Tuesday.