Published June 27, 2021, 3:08 PM
Anish Giri, left, and Wesley So in file photo (Grand Chess Tour)
Wesley So bucked a fourth-round defeat to Anish Giri of the Netherlands by scoring three points in the first five rounds of the Goldmoney Asian Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour late Saturday, June 26.
So was quick to bounce back from the loss to Giri by trouncing Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland in 47 moves of a Nimzo-Indian Defense for a share of sixth place with Giri and Duda with identical 3 points.
The trio were just half a point behind the five-man co-leaders composed of Magnus Carlsen, world No. 3 Ding Liren of China, Armenia’s Levon Aronian, and Russians Vladislav Artemiev and Daniil Dubov with 3.5 points each.