Filipino-American chess Grandmaster Wesley So keeps his lead in the 2020 US Chess Championship by defeating GM Jeffery Xiong in the ninth round on Thursday (Manila time). He has a full-point lead going into the final two rounds.

With eight points going to the 10th round, he is pitted against fellow Olympian GM Ray Robson before facing defending champion GM Hikaru Nakamura. Both games are scheduled tonight.

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