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GM Wesley So fell to French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 0.5-1.5, in their fourth round duel Monday night and crashed out of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Grandmaster Wesley So fought French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in 41 moves of a Ruy Lopez in the first game of their two-game fourth round showdown in the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday here.

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Grandmaster Wesley So outlasted ex-Webster University teammate Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in the tiebreaks to score a 2.5-1.5 victory and advance to the fourth round of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Saturday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So outlasted ex-Webster University teammate Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in the tiebreaks to score a 2.5-1.5 victory and advance to the fourth round of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Saturday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So split the point anew with former Webster University teammate Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in 35 moves of an English Opening to end up tied at one point apiece in their third round duel and force a two-game tiebreak in the  Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Friday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So split the point anew with former Webster University teammate Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in 35 moves of an English Opening to end up tied at one point apiece in their third round duel and force a two-game tiebreak in the  Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Friday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So drew with former Webster University teammate Le Quan Liem of Vietnam in 49 moves of a Queen’s Gambit Declined in the first of their two-game third round duel in the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Thursday.

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Wesley So bested Hungarian GM Csaba Balogh for the second straight time to fashion out another two-game sweep to roll into the third round of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Tuesday.

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Wesley So went on a sacrificial attack and overran Hungarian Csaba Balogh in 34 moves of an English Opening yesterday to sweep his way to the third round of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday.

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Wesley So flashed endgame brilliance to beat Hungarian grandmaster  Csaba Balogh in 67 moves of a Ruy Lopez game in the first of their two-game second round match of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Monday.

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GM Wesley So fell to French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 0.5-1.5, in their fourth round duel Monday night and crashed out of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Grandmaster Wesley So fought French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in 41 moves of a Ruy Lopez in the first game of their two-game fourth round showdown in the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday here.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-21 03:58:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20150114/GM-Wesley-So.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1502253 [Title] => Wesley eases out Le, reaches 4th round [Summary] =>

Grandmaster Wesley So outlasted ex-Webster University teammate Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in the tiebreaks to score a 2.5-1.5 victory and advance to the fourth round of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Saturday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So outlasted ex-Webster University teammate Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in the tiebreaks to score a 2.5-1.5 victory and advance to the fourth round of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Saturday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So split the point anew with former Webster University teammate Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in 35 moves of an English Opening to end up tied at one point apiece in their third round duel and force a two-game tiebreak in the  Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Friday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So split the point anew with former Webster University teammate Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in 35 moves of an English Opening to end up tied at one point apiece in their third round duel and force a two-game tiebreak in the  Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Friday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So drew with former Webster University teammate Le Quan Liem of Vietnam in 49 moves of a Queen’s Gambit Declined in the first of their two-game third round duel in the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Thursday.

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Wesley So bested Hungarian GM Csaba Balogh for the second straight time to fashion out another two-game sweep to roll into the third round of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Tuesday.

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Wesley So went on a sacrificial attack and overran Hungarian Csaba Balogh in 34 moves of an English Opening yesterday to sweep his way to the third round of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday.

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Wesley So flashed endgame brilliance to beat Hungarian grandmaster  Csaba Balogh in 67 moves of a Ruy Lopez game in the first of their two-game second round match of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Monday.

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