Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - N'afọ 2012, So nwetara onyinye agụmakwụkwọ site na Mahadum Webster, nke bụ njikọ ya maka afọ abụọ na ọkara tupu ọ bụrụ ọkachamara oge niile. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 2012, So kwagara Amerịka. Na Septemba 2012, So nwetara ihe ịga nke ọma n'ọnọdụ mbụ na Quebec International, na-agụta 71⁄2/9, ọkara isi karịa Lazaro Bruzon na na 40th Chess Olympiad
O meriri ọtụtụ ndị egwuregwu kachasị elu gụnyere Levon Aronian, onye kọwara So dị ka "onye egwuregwu nwere onyinye sitere na mba nwere nnukwu ọdịbendị egwuregwu".