Tata Steel Chess: Wesley So seeks revenge vs Anish Giri
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Round 3 Standings: Aronian, Wesley So, Harikrishna, Caruana, Nakamura and Giri 2pts/3, Karjakin, Rapport, 1.5pts, Van Wely, Dominguez, 1pt, Gelfand, Naiditsch 0.5pts
Round 4 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Wed 15th Jan: Giri-So, Gelfand-Naiditsch, Aronian-Nakamura, Karjakin-Rapport, Dominguez-Caruana, Van Wely-Harikrishna
Manila, Philippines -- After getting the much needed rest, Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So (Elo 2719) is ready for war when he goes up against local bet GM Anish Giri (2737) in the fourth round of the super-tough Category A of the 76th Tata Steel Tournament Masters in new venue, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The first three rounds hosted by Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.
After three rounds of play, So notch 2.0 points on account of two draws and a win, the same output of fellow leaders Giri, top seed GM Levon Aronian of Armenia (2803), GM Pentala Harikrishna of India (2708), GM Fabiano Caruana of Italy (2782) and GM Hikaru Nakamura of the USA (2789).
It shall be recalled that So suffered a heart-breaking loses to Giri during the 11th round of 2010 Corus Open with the former (So) in a winning position.
Last Monday (Tuesday morning in Manila time), So settled for his second straight draw against German GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2737) after 35 moves of Ruy Lopez Berlin using the black pieces.
Meanwhile, Aronian drew with GM Richard Rapport (ELO 2691) of Hungrary after 41 moves of Trompowsky Opening; Harikrishna defeated GM Leinier Dominguez of Cuba (2754) after 75 moves of Sicilian Najdorf; Caruana nipped GM Sergey Karjakin of Russia (2756) after 71 moves of Catalan Opening and Nakamura split the point with GM Boris Gelfand of Israel (2777) after 59 moves of English Symmetrical. GM Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands (2678) with Giri after 30 moves of Trompowsky Opening.-Marlon Bernardino-
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