Top 10 facts about Wesley So

Wesley So was born in the Philippines in 1993 to Filipino-Chinese William and Eleanor So.^[5] He has one older sister, Wendelle So, and one younger sister, Wilma So. So attended the Jesus Good Shepherd School and Saint Francis of Assisi College in Bacoor.^[6]

A former chess prodigy, So became the youngest player to pass a 2600 Elo rating in October 2008, breaking the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen.^[2] This record has since been broken by John M. Burke.^[3] In early 2013, So passed 2700 and in January 2017 he became the 11th player to pass 2800 Elo.

Happy 24th Birthday to Wesley So! He has a chance to qualify for Candidates 2018 by Rating https://t.co/Sq25625Lub Photo: @NastiaKarlovich pic.twitter.com/Jm9kDnLMJc

— 2700chess (@2700chess) October 9, 2017