Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So has decided to withdraw in the ongoing 2014 Spice Cup Open at the Crowne Plaza Clayton Hotel in Saint Louis, Missouri.

According to a statement published in the Spice Cup website, So opted to skip to protect his International Chess Federation (FIDE) rating in preparation for much bigger events such as the 2015 Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January in the Netherlands.

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