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So, Wesley

So, Wesley

GM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 5202213· Male· United States of America· Born in 1993

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Wesley So, a 33-year-old American Grandmaster, is rated 2753 and ranked 3rd among American players, and 9th worldwide. He has held steady between 2750 and 2775 for 10 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈68/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The American Cup 2026 - Open Champions Bracket, FIDE World Cup 2025, and 2025 US Championship. Also played 6 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 8 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He took a 14-month break between Jan 2005 and Apr 2006. His peak of 2822 was reached at age 24 (Feb 2017, World #2 at the time); he spent 15 months in the world top 5.

Competes for United States of America since Nov 2014. Awarded GM in 2008 (age 15), IM in 2006 (age 13), and FM in 2005 (age 12). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U16 and U14, World #2 in U20, World #2 in U18 and World #14 in U12.

Current rating

2753

Standard

Rpd2719·Blz2776

All-time high

2822

69 pts below
Feb 2017 · age 24

Activity

45

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#3

#3 · American players · of 5,026
15 months in World top 5 (2016–2022)

Career timeline

26 entries
2025
Re-crossed 2750
at age 32
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2750
at age 32
May 2025
2022
15 months in world top 5
since Dec 2016
Oct 2022
2017
1,000 career games
at age 24
Oct 2017
Peak American rank: #1
at age 24 · rated 2822
Mar 2017
Peak World rank: #2
at age 24 · rated 2822
Mar 2017

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 GCT Sinquefield Cup
perf 2830 (+74) · 5.5/9 · #1
Evolution
+8
27452753
Tournaments
5
38 games
Score
22/ 3857.9%
8W28D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Round-Robin
May 20264/8#72741-1.4
Knockout
Mar 20264.5/8F2760+1.0
Knockout
Nov 20250.5/2R2562353-10.6
Round-Robin
Oct 20257.5/11#22810+8.4
Round-Robin
Aug 20255.5/9#12830+10.7

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

/
United States of America
#3
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#3
in continent
World
#9
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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1
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6
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7
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7
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