Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 2012, So ya sami tayin tallafin karatu daga Jami'ar Webster, wanda ya kasance haɗin gwiwa na shekaru biyu da rabi kafin ya zama ƙwararren cikakken lokaci. A watan Agusta 2012, So ya yi hijira zuwa Amurka. A watan Satumbar 2012, So ya sami nasara a matsayi na farko a Quebec International, inda ya zira kwallaye 71⁄2/9, rabin maki a gaban Lazaro Bruzon kuma a gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 40
ya yi wasa da manyan 'yan wasa da yawa ciki har da Levon Aronian, wanda ya bayyana So a matsayin "mai hazaka dan wasa daga wata kasa tare da babban al'adun wasan kwaikwayo".