So vs Nyb?ck tonight
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 27 Jan 2010
GM Wesley So plays the black pieces against GM Tomi Nyb?ck tonight in the tenth round of the Corus B tournament in Holland.
Nyb?ck was born in J?rvenp??, Finland. In 2003, When he was 18 years old he became the youngest ever Finnish grandmaster. In 2009, the 24 year old Nyb?ck won the Finnish championship with an unprecedented score of 9/9. Ryback is a usually a d4 player but has used the Reti and English openings.
The 16 year old So drew against Emil Sutovsky of Israel yesterday and trails leader Anish Giri of Holland by a point. Giri lost to female GM Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia yesterday. If So remains within striking distance,he will have a nail biting game against Giri on Friday using the white pieces.
Standing after 8 rounds:
1. A. Giri 6?
2. Ni, E. l'Ami 6
4. A. Naiditsch, W. So 5?
6. P. Negi, P. Harikrishna 5
8. D. Howell 4?
9. E. Sutovsky, A. Muzychuk 4
11. L. Nisipeanu 3?
12. T. Nyback 3
13. D. Reinderman 2?
14. V. Akobian 2
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