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On to the semifinals
On the second day of play in the quarterfinals of the New in Chess Classic, the three players who had taken the lead on the first day maintained their advantage.
In the match between Wesley So and Levon Aronian, the Armenian, who recently switched to the US Federation, had won the first set clearly 3-1. The first two games of the second set ended drawn, which meant Wesley So needed a win in the third game. But it was Aronian who scored a full point, ending the second set prematurely, as So could at most equalize in this set, but no longer the overall score.