Wednesday, 28 July 2010 08:20
GM Wesley so failed to avenge his loss to GM Anish Giri in their last encounter in Corus Group B early this year, this time losing again to the young Dutch grandmaster in the penultimate round of the 43rd Biel International Chess Festival. The match-up card between So and Giri now stands at two wins and a draw in favor of Giri.
Wesley's loss to Giri put him out of the title contention and perhaps even in the top 3 spots - which happens to signal the impending death of this blog (remember my wager?).
Nonetheless, I strongly believe that this loss cannot dampen the spirit of Wesley in pursuing his dream. All those who believe in him - including me - will always be behind him, through laughters, tears and pain, as he climbs up the ladder of greatness.
Go, Wesley!
| 8th round RESULTS: |
| Evgeny Tomashevsky |
- |
|
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son |
0 - 1
|
(45) |
| Anish Giri |
- |
|
Wesley So |
1 - 0
|
(44) |
| Dmitry Andreikin |
- |
|
Fabiano Caruana |
½ - ½ |
(55) |
| David Howell |
- |
|
Parimarjan Negi |
1 - 0
|
(52) |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
- |
|
Maxim Rodshtein |
1 - 0
|
(54) |
| 9th round PAIRINGS: |
| Maxim Rodshtein |
- |
|
Evgeny Tomashevsky |
|
|
| Parimarjan Negi |
- |
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
|
|
| Fabiano Caruana |
- |
|
David Howell |
|
|
| Wesley So |
- |
|
Dmitry Andreikin |
|
|
| Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son |
- |
|
Anish Giri |
RANKINGS after Round 8
| 1. |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
(FRA, 2723)
|
5.0 |
|
Fabiano Caruana |
(ITA, 2697) |
5.0 |
| 3. |
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son |
(VIE, 2617)
|
4.5 |
|
Dmitry Andreikin |
(RUS, 2650)
|
4.5 |
| 5. |
Anish Giri |
(NED, 2672)
|
4.0 |
|
Wesley So |
(PHI, 2674) |
4.0 |
|
Evgeny Tomashevsky
|
(RUS, 2708)
|
4.0 |
|
Maxim Rodshtein |
(ISR, 2609)
|
4.0 |
| 9. |
David Howell |
(ENG, 2616)
|
3.0 |
| 10. |
Parimarjan Negi |
(IND, 2615)
|
2.0 |
source:
http://chesswindows.blogspot.com/2010/07/anish-beats-wesley-again.html
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