Wesley So continues to defy the seeding in the online chess tournament among super Grandmasters.
INCHING CLOSER. Wesley looks on track of securing another finals berth. Photo from So’s Facebook
The Filipino-born So won the first, the second and the vital fifth game while drawing the third, fourth and sixth to lead fellow Team USA stalwart Fabiano Caruana, 6-2, after the first half of their 12-game round of 4 tussle. So is seeking a decisive victory over Caruana, his victim in the first Clutch Chess Champions Showdown finals last month.
Though ranked only 7th among the 8 super Grandmasters entered in the rapid knockout tournament, So is defying the seedings anew after dumping second seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 13-5, in the quarterfinals.
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