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Wesley So loses to Cuban GM
By Marlon Bernardino PhilBoxing.com Wed, 22 Jan 2014
Round 8 Standings: Aronian 6pts, Karjakin 5.5pts, Caruana, Dominguez, Giri 5pts, Harikrishna, Van Wely, So 4pts, Rapport, Nakamura 3pts, Gelfand 2pts, Naiditsch 1.5pts
Round 9 Thur 23rd Jan 2014 1pm GMT: Rapport-Giri, Nakamura-Caruana, Naiditsch-Harikrishna, So-Van Wely, Gelfand-Dominguez, Aronian-Karjakin.
Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So (ELO 2719) yielded to Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez (2754) after 21 moves of Petroff Defense in the eight round of Category A 76th Tata Steel Tournament Masters in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam on Tuesday.
So remains at 4.0 points and was dropped into a tie for 6th to 8th places in the company of GM Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands (2678) and GM Pentala Harikrishna of India (2708).
Top seed GM Levon Aronian of Armenia (2803) split the point with GM Anish Giri of the Netherlands (2737) after 48 moves of Catalan Opening to raise his total 6.0 points and maintained the lead. GM Sergey Karjakin of Russia (2756) defeated GM Boris Gelfand of Israel (2777) after 60 moves of Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation for solo 2nd place with 5.5 points.-Marlon Bernardino-
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