Wesley So doesn’t know the rules of chess

A curious incident happened yesterday at the Fischer World Chess Championship in Reykjavik. In one of the games against Ian Nepomniachtchi, the American grandmaster Wesley So, the king was under the check. He decided to castling anyway, although according to the rules of chess, castling is impossible in such a situation. The judges explained this to So and he immediately gave up.

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