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So takes solo lead with win over Italian

Joey Villar - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - GM Wesley So crushed Italian Daniele Vocaturo’s King’s Indian Defense in 43 moves to seize a one-point lead over another Italian Sabino Brunello, Israeli Emil Sutovsky and Georgian Baadur Jobava in the ACP Golden Chess Classic in Bergamo, Italy Monday night. 

Vocaturo sacrificed a knight to open up So’s kingside but the Filipino ace parried his rival’s attack with sound counters and instead went a knight up after a brief skirmish.

“My opponent made very strong moves in a very short time and I had no chance at all. I was really impressed by the quality of his game,” said Vocaturo.

The win hiked the Webster U standout’s output to 2.5 points, leaving erstwhile co-leader Sutovsky, Brunello and Jobava behind.

So also moved to No. 12 in the world with a live rating of 2754.3, getting past Israeli Boris Gelfand (2754) and Russian Peter Svidler (2751).

So pulled off a marathon 69-move win over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, former European and Russian champion, while halving the point with Sutovski in the first two rounds.

 

BRUNELLO AND JOBAVA

EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN

GOLDEN CHESS CLASSIC

IAN NEPOMNIACHTCHI

INDIAN DEFENSE

ISRAELI BORIS GELFAND

ISRAELI EMIL SUTOVSKY AND GEORGIAN BAADUR JOBAVA

ITALIAN DANIELE VOCATURO

ITALIAN SABINO BRUNELLO

ITALY MONDAY

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