Draw, win hand So share of fourth spot
Grandmaster Wesley So picked up 1.5 points in two rounds to gain a share of fourth place in the third round of the World Juniors Chess Championships in Gaziantep, Turkey last Monday.
So, who opened his bid with a smashing win over Fide Master Djuraev Sokhib of
With 2.5 points, So joined 14 others in fourth place, half-a-point behind the troika of GMs Bassem Amin of
Amin defeated Indian GM Parimerjan Negi, Safarli stunned Martin Kravtsiv with the black while Sanikidze trounced IM Dzhurabek Khamrakulov of
Earlier, Sanikidze posted the tournament’s biggest upset when he upended top seed super GM Rauf Mamedov in the second round.
So, ranked 11th in a field of 109, goes for another win in the fourth round as he takes on Mexican GM Manuel Leon Hoyos.
Meanwhile, NM Haridas Pascua, the only other Filipino in the fold, bowed to third seed GM Dmitry Andreikin of
He plays Slovak FM Milan Pacher in the fourth round.
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