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Wesley Barbossa So (conceived October 9, 1993) is a Filipino and American chess grandmaster, a three-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the primary World Fischer Arbitrary Chess Champion. He is likewise a three-time Philippine Chess Champion. On the Walk 2017 FIDE rating list, he was positioned number two on the planet and had an Elo rating of 2822,[1] making him the fifth-most elevated evaluated player ever.

In 2019, So said his number one type of chess is chess960 (otherwise called Fischer irregular chess).[2] Sometime thereafter, So turned into the debut World Fischer Arbitrary Chess Champion subsequent to overcoming Magnus Carlsen to win the FIDE World Fischer Irregular Chess Championship.[3]

A previous chess wonder, So turned into the most youthful player to pass a 2600 Elo rating in October 2008, breaking the record recently held via Carlsen.[4] This record has since been broken by Wei Yi and John M. Burke.[5] In mid 2013, So passed 2700 and in January 2017 he turned into the eleventh player to pass 2800 Elo.

So addressed the Philippines until moving to the US in 2014. He won the 2015 Bilbao Chess Bosses, the 2016 Thousand Chess Visit title in the wake of guaranteeing triumph in the Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Exemplary, the 2017 Goodbye Steel Experts and the 2021 Thousand Chess Visit. He addressed the US on board 3 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, winning group and individual gold.

Early life
So was brought into the world in the Philippines in 1993 to Filipino-Chinese William and Eleanor So.[6] He has one more established sister, Wendelle Barbossa Thus, and one more youthful sister, Wilma Barbossa So.[7] So went to the Jesus Great Shepherd School and Holy person Francis of Assisi School in Bacoor.[8]

Profession
Addressing the Philippines (2003-2014)
Early years
So was at ten years old years old when he started contending in junior competitions. So defeated all comers at the 2003 Philippine Public Chess Titles in the U-10s section.[9] As a lesser player, he likewise contended in different segments of World Youth Chess Titles, completing nineteenth in the U-10s in 2003,[10] thirteenth in the U-12s in 2004 and fourth spot in the U-12s in 2005.[11][12] He additionally participated in the ASEAN Open U-10s in 2004, getting individual golds in the norm and quick segments alongside group silver decorations in the norm and fast alongside winning individual golds in the norm, quick and barrage areas in the U-12s in 2005.

Ascending to first class status
So made his competition debut at the Decent Worldwide Open in August 2005, completing in sixteenth spot (from 159) with 4/7.[13] He additionally finished three Global Expert standards over the course of about four months, turning into the most youthful Filipino to accomplish that status subsequent to scoring 5/9 at the Dubai Open, 5½/9 at the San Marino Open and 6½/11 at the Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open. During this period, So made his most memorable Olympiad appearance on second hold board at the 37th Chess Olympiad held in Turin in 2006.

So’s structure went on with 5½/9 at the Calvia Open, his most memorable GM-standard with 7/9 at the Terrible Wiessee Open, tying for 6th with 4/8 at the GMA Presidents Cup in Parañaque and finished 2006 by scoring 6/9 at the Singapore Bosses. In January 2007, So qualified for the Chess World Cup 2007 through the Zonal competition held in Phú Quốc, Vietnam, scoring 5½/9. Between January 2006 and April 2007, So had expanded his FIDE rating by 303 to 2519.

In May 2007, he proceeded to become Philippine Public Junior Chess Champion.[14] So got his second GM standard by scoring 7½/13 at the 2007 World Junior Chess Title in Yerevan. He accomplished his third and last Grandmaster standard on December 8, 2007 at the Pichay Cup Global Open (Manila, Philippines), subsequently turning into the most youthful Filipino grandmaster at 14 years old and the seventh most youthful to arrive at the title.

January 2008 saw So finish fourth with 7/11 at the ASEAN Chess Circuit occasion held in Tarakan, Indonesia. In April 2008, So shared in front of the pack at the Dubai Open, scoring 7/9.[15][16] He likewise completed in third spot with 7/9 at a barrage competition held during the rest day. So then crushed Susanto Megaranto 4-2 in a six-game match as a feature of the JAPFA Chess Celebration held in Jakarta, won the “Skirmish of Grandmasters competition” with 8½/11 (+6−0=5) in Manila, came 10th with 7½/11 in the Philippines Open followed promptly with second spot at the Subic Open with 6½/9.

So at Dresden Olympiad 2008
In July 2008, So came next with 12½/17 in a competition to conclude the group for the 2008 38th Chess Olympiad, trailed by sharing eighth spot at the World Youngsters Title held in Gaziantep, Turkey. He imparted second to Zurab Azmaiparashvili scoring 6½/9 at the Vietnam Open yet completed well back at the Arroyo Cup in sixteenth spot. During the past 3-month rating period So finished 69 evaluated games.

In the wake of contending in the Asian Club Cup, So showed up at a significant chess competition by winning the Corus Gathering C in January 2009, a point in front of Anish Giri and Tiger Hillarp Persson with a score of 9½/13,[17] procuring a spot in Gathering B the following year. He scored 5/9 and shared seventeenth spot at areas of strength for the Open held in Moscow.[18] He showed his solidarity against home resistance scoring 9/11 at the Dapitan City Skirmish of GMs, however found it troublesome at the Asian Mainland Titles in Subic, scoring 6½/11 and sharing eighteenth spot. So won a seat in the 2009 Chess World Cup by completing second at the Zonal Title held in July 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[19] In the wake of contending in the Chinese Chess Association, So shared fourth spot at the Flavor Cup Gathering A with a strong 4½/10.