Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So settled for the runner-up trophy in the 2017 Shamkir Chess-Gashimov Memorial Chess Championship held at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Shamkir, Azerbaijan.

The 23-year-old So, who represents the United States Chess Federation in international tournaments, collected five points in the nine-round meet.

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