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Wesley So lost to American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in the playoffs for the last Final Four spot yesterday, blowing his back-to-back title bid goodbye in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Wesley So lost to fellow American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in the playoffs for the last Final Four spot on Monday to kiss his back-to-back title bid goodbye in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Philippine-born American Grandmaster Wesley So bounced back from a heartbreaking fourth round defeat by beating GM Kayden Troff of the US and Cuban GM Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez to storm back to title contention in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada yesterday.

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Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Oliver Barbosa downed their respective foes to move up to a share of third and stay in World Cup contention after the eighth and penultimate round of the Asian Zonals 3.3 Championship in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam yesterday.

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Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Oliver Barbosa downed their respective foes to move up to a share of third and stay in World Cup contention after the eighth and penultimate round of the Asian Zonals 3.3 Championship on Saturday in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

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Grandmaster Wesley So made shortwork of Croatian GM Ivan Saric in just 28 moves of a Ruy Lopez to move to solo second, half a point behind leader GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway going into the last two rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Friday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So made shortwork of Croatian GM Ivan Saric in just 28 moves of a Ruy Lopez to move to solo second and half a point behind leader GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway going into the last two rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Friday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So fought his way back from an inferior position to salvage a 43-move draw with French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as they remained tied at second after nine rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Tuesday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So failed to cash in on his slight positional advantage and settled for a 41-move draw with Azeri GM Teimour Radjabov but remained within striking distance of the leaders after seven rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters ion Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Saturday night.

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GM Wesley So forced world No. 2 GM Fabiano Caruana to a 31-move draw of a Ruy Lopez to stay in the thick of things after four rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee in The Hague, Netherlands Tuesday night.

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Wesley So lost to fellow American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in the playoffs for the last Final Four spot on Monday to kiss his back-to-back title bid goodbye in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Philippine-born American Grandmaster Wesley So bounced back from a heartbreaking fourth round defeat by beating GM Kayden Troff of the US and Cuban GM Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez to storm back to title contention in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada yesterday.

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Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Oliver Barbosa downed their respective foes to move up to a share of third and stay in World Cup contention after the eighth and penultimate round of the Asian Zonals 3.3 Championship in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam yesterday.

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Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Oliver Barbosa downed their respective foes to move up to a share of third and stay in World Cup contention after the eighth and penultimate round of the Asian Zonals 3.3 Championship on Saturday in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

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Grandmaster Wesley So made shortwork of Croatian GM Ivan Saric in just 28 moves of a Ruy Lopez to move to solo second, half a point behind leader GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway going into the last two rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Friday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So made shortwork of Croatian GM Ivan Saric in just 28 moves of a Ruy Lopez to move to solo second and half a point behind leader GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway going into the last two rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Friday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So fought his way back from an inferior position to salvage a 43-move draw with French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as they remained tied at second after nine rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Tuesday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So failed to cash in on his slight positional advantage and settled for a 41-move draw with Azeri GM Teimour Radjabov but remained within striking distance of the leaders after seven rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters ion Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Saturday night.

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GM Wesley So forced world No. 2 GM Fabiano Caruana to a 31-move draw of a Ruy Lopez to stay in the thick of things after four rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee in The Hague, Netherlands Tuesday night.

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