So wins first game in Tata Steel

Philippines’ only hydra Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So (Elo 2719) won his first assignment in the 76th Tata Steel Tournament Masters 2014 in Wijk ann Zee, The Netherlands by defeating Super GM Richard Rapport (2691) of Hungary after 56 moves of Larsen’s Opening.

So has one full point together with three others, second seed hydra GM Hikaru Nakamura of the United States (2786), third seed hydra GM Fabiano Caruana of Italy (2782), and fifth seed hydra GM Sergey Karjakin of Russia (2756) who also won their first games.