So pummels Gareev

Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So defeated GM Timur Gareev and is now only a half point behind leader American GM Hikaru Nakamura going into the sixth round of the US Chess Championships being held in Saint Louis, Missouri, the chess Mecca in the United States.

So, who now carries the American flag after switching federations last year, subdued Gareev in 42 moves of French Robinstein while Nakamura made a short work of GM Daniel Naroditsky in 35 moves of Sicilian Modern Dragon.