Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So is now No. 7 in the world rankings of the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

The 21-year-old So has an Elo rating of 2778, good enough to improve three notches better than his previous ranking early this year. He ruled the North American Open in Las Vegas, Nevada, finished fourth in the 77th Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk an Zee, Netherlands then wound up third in the 2015 Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan.

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