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Wesley So, an Uncommon card
Wesley Barbossa So is a Filipino and American chess grandmaster.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 156
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 156 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Wesley So quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wesley So card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2019, So said his ______ form of chess is chess960.
Answer
favorite. In 2019, So said his favorite form of chess is chess960. From the Wesley So article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
On the March ____ FIDE rating list, he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2822, making him the fifth-highest-rated player in history.
Answer
2010s. On the March 2017 FIDE rating list, he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2822, making him the fifth-highest-rated player in history. From the Wesley So article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Tommy Haas. Tommy Haas 86 · College 81 · Wesley So 76 · Popol Vuh 73 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is a three-time Philippine Chess Champion, reigning four-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the first World Fischer Random Chess Champion.
- On the March 2017 FIDE rating list, he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2822, making him the fifth-highest-rated player in history.
- In 2019, So said his favorite form of chess is chess960.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wesley So article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Wesley So
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wesley So (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Frans Peeters, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
