Who did Wesley So defeat to win the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship?
Vishwanathan Anand
Anatoly Karpov
Magnus Carlsen
Garry Kasparov
Answer
Wesley So defeated Magnus Carlsen to win the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship in 2017. The tournament was held in Georgia and So won the final match against Carlsen by a score of 13.5-12.5. This was So's first major victory in Fischer Random Chess, and it helped to cement his status as one of the top players in the world.
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