GM SO DRAWS GEORGIAN IM, TIES FOR 8TH IN WORLD JUNIOR CHESS
By Marlon Bernardino
Cebu Daily News
15:05:00 08/12/2008
Philippines
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So (Elo 2577) salvaged a fighting draw
to Georgian International Master (IM) Tornike Sanikidze (Elo 2486)
in the eighth round of the 2008 World Junior Chess Championship for
Boys and Girls in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Sunday.
So, currently the world’s youngest GM at 14, increased his running
total to 5.5 points in three wins and five draws to share 8th to 14th
places along with ninth round opponent Ukrainian IM Martyn Kravtsiv
(Elo 2555), who also drew his eighth round match against Armenian IM
Hrant Melkumyan (Elo 2507).
National Master (NM) Haridas Pascua (Elo 2174), on the other hand,
bowed to Indian IM Arun Prasad Subramanian (Elo 2492) to remain at
4.0 points. His next round opponent will be Lithuanian Fide Master
(FM) Matas Narmontas (Elo 2369).
Meanwhile, Chinese GM Li Chao (Elo 2590) bounced back in contention
by demolishing English GM David Howell (Elo 2561) to create a two-way
tie for the lead with German IM Arik Braun (Elo 2533), who drew his
match against Azerbaijan GM Eltaj Zafarli (2527).
Li and Braun, have so far tallied identical 6.5 points.