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Published February 11, 2021, 2:35 PM
Wesley So
Grandmaster Wesley So made short work of Polish Jan-Krzysztof Duda in their quarterfinal duel to barge into the semifinals of the Opera Euro Rapid of the Champions Chess Tour Thursday, Feb. 11.
After winning the first of the two four-game duel Wednesday, 2.5-1.5, the 27-year-old So went for the kill early as he smashed Duda twice to negate the last two games as it was all the former needed to leapfrog to the semis.
The win arranged the reigning world Fischer-Random and two-time United States champion a semis tussle with Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov, who needed an extra two-game tiebreaker to eliminate Netherland’s Anish Giri.