Wesley So swapped punches with Magnus Carlsen as their two-match fight for the Skilling Open crown went back to scratch.
It means whoever wins the second match on Monday will emerge king of the online event kicking off the $1.5 million Champions Chess Tour. The Bacoor, Cavite-born So, now representing the United States, showed depth in game 4 when he moved Rh5, leaving commentator Vladimir Kramnik, the world champion from 2006 to 2007, to remark to former world title contender Peter Leko:"It's a different chess now, we are dinosaurs!"
"Very surprised, because my goal in this match is to make it interesting, to try to put up a good fight, at least, because Magnus is really the better player and he’s the best player in the world right now,” said So in the post-match interview.
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