Published March 15, 2021, 12:53 PM
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Grandmaster Wesley So bounced back from a shaky start as he scored four points in his next five games to storm back into contention in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Carlsen Invitational Monday, March 15.
So barged from outside the share of ninth in Day 1 to joint No. 3 after trouncing Armenia-born Levon Aronian, Russian Daniil Dubov and the Netherlands’ Jorden Van Foreest, while splitting the point with fellow United States bet Hikaru Nakamura and France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
The Cavite-born So has 6.5 points after 10 rounds to tie with Nakamura.
So’s recent effort was in stark contrast to his opening day performance when he dropped two games and wound up with just 2.5 points.