U.S. Champ Wesley So Off to a Rousing Start to Champion Chess Tour

Wesley So (Source: Manila Mail)

Filipino-American Grandmaster Wesley So won recently the Skilling Open, kicking off his Champion Chess Tour campaign that runs until Sept. 2021. So beat fellow GM Magnus Carlsen in a tiebreak, earning $30,000 in what was the first leg of the online Champions Chess Tour (See Manila Mail for story).