So beats Reinderman for second straight win
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 24 Jan 2010
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GM Wesley So played the white pieces in his 7th round game against Dutch GM Dimitri Reinderman and won after 36 moves of a Dutch defense.
The 16 year old So played 1. d4 and the 37 year old Reinderman employed the Stonewall variation of the defense which is his favourite against d4.
With the battle waged on the queenside, So produced an advantageous endgame position with a passed pawn on the a file with his queen, rook and two bishops versus Reiderman?s Queen and two rooks.
The game ended with So?s white square bishop skewering the Dutch GM?s rooks.
After five straight draws, So won his sixth round game against Romanian GM Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu with the black pieces. So now has 4.5 points. He entered the seventh round trailing leader Anish Giri by 1.5.
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