GRANDMASTER Wesley So advances to the knockout round of the Skilling Open, a part of the multi-event Speed Chess Championship, with seven others, including World No.1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway and defending champion Hikaru Nakamura of the United States like him. So will meet Radjabov while the number one, Carlsen, will meet the number eight, Giri, and so on. So scored 8.5, the same score as Nepomniachtchi and Aronian and just half-point behind the leaders Carlsen and Nakamura. The remaining eight players will go through the match-up round of the six-day knockout. The former Philippine board one player is now playing for America after switching chess federation in 2014.

Source: Manila Times November 25, 2020 16:18 UTC