[Event "PHI Age Group op"]
[Site "Philippines"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Layugan, Gabriel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nd5
Nxe4 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Qxa8 Qe7+ 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe4+ Be7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rad1 Bd8 16. Qd3 a5 17. c3 Ba6 18. c4 d5 19. Rc1 Re8 20. Rfe1 Be7 21.
Qd2 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. b3 Qe5 24. Rxc4 Bd6 25. f4 Qh5 26. Rec1 Qh4 27. Rc8
Rf8 28. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pipan, Tim"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Be2 Be6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rh2 Qa5+ 14. Bd2
Qb6 15. c4 Be4 16. Nb5 Bc5 17. f3 Bg1 18. Qb3 Bxh2 19. Be3 Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Bg3+
21. Kd1 Rad8 22. Nc3 Rxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Rd8+ 24. Ke3 Qc5+ 25. Kxe4 Qd4+ 26. Kf5
Qf4# 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Galopoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bc5 5. Be2 dxe4 6. dxe4 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8.
Qc2 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Bf1
Qh4 15. g3 Qf6 16. f4 Bc5+ 17. Kh2 g5 18. fxe5 Qf2+ 19. Bg2 Qxe1 20. Nf3 Qf2
21. Qxf2 Bxf2 22. Bxg5 Rg8 23. b4 Bxg3+ 24. Kxg3 h6 25. h4 hxg5 26. hxg5 O-O-O
27. Bf1 c5 28. bxc5 Bxe4 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Nd4 Rg7 31. Kf4 Bd5 32. Rb1 Kb7 33.
Nb5 Rdg8 34. Nd6+ Kc7 35. c4 Bc6 36. c5 bxc5 37. Rc1 Rxg5 38. Rxc5 Rg3 39. Be2
Kb6 40. Rc2 Rg2 41. Nc4+ Kc7 42. Na5 R8g4+ 43. Ke3 Re4+ 44. Kd3 Rexe2 45. Rxc6+
Kd7 46. Rd6+ Ke8 47. Kc4 Rxe5 48. Nc6 Rd5 49. Rxd5 exd5+ 50. Kxd5 Rxa2 51. Nd4
Ke7 52. Ke5 Ra5+ 53. Ke4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Ngf3 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Qd4+
8. Ke1 Qxe5 9. Nc4 Qxe4+ 10. Be2 Qe6 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Rf1 Nf6 13. Nxc8 Qxc8 14.
Qd6+ Ke8 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qxf6 Rg8 17. Bc4 Qc7 18. Bg5 Rxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe7+ 20.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Kd2 Nd7 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Re3 Rd8 24. Ke2 Nb6 25. Bd3 Nd5 26. Rf3
h6 27. a3 Nc7 28. Bc4 Rd7 29. Rd3 Re7+ 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Rd6 Ne8 32. Rd3 Nf6 33.
h3 Ne4+ 34. Kf1 Nc5 35. Rd4 Ne4 36. Bd3 Nc5 37. Bc4 Ne4 38. g4 Kf6 39. Kg2 Ke5
40. Rd3 Kf6 41. Rf3+ Kg7 42. Re3 Re8 43. h4 Nf6 44. Rxe8 Nxe8 45. Kf3 Kf6 46.
Kf4 Nd6 47. Bd3 Nc8 48. g5+ hxg5+ 49. hxg5+ Ke7 50. c4 Nb6 51. b4 Na4 52. Ke5
Nb2 53. Be2 Na4 54. Bf3 a6 55. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 Qd7 17. g4 e4 18. Bc2 Bf7 19. Bb3 fxg4 20. Nb6 Qa7 21.
Nxa8 Ne5 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. O-O-O Nd3+ 24. Rxd3 exd3 25. Qd5 Kh8 26. Nxg4 Rf8
27. Rd1 Rxa8 28. Rxd3 Rd8 29. Rh3 Qe7 30. Qd3 Qg5+ 31. Kc2 h6 32. Rg3 b4 33.
Nxh6 Qxh6 34. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. a4
O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. h4 Rb8 11. h5 b5 12. c3 Bd7 13. Nf1 b4 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3
cxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. Rc1 e5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Qd3 Kh8 22.
h6 Bxh6 23. Bxh6 Rg8 24. Bd2 exd4 25. Nxd4 Ne5 26. Qa3 Nc8 27. Nf3 Be6 28. Nxe5
fxe5 29. Bg5 Rf8 30. Ne3 Qf7 31. Rf1 Rb3 32. Qa1 Nb6 33. Rc6 Nc4 34. Nxc4 Bxc4
35. Rxd6 Bxf1 36. Qxe5+ Kg8 37. Rf6 Re8 38. Qf4 Qc4 39. Bh6 Rbb8 40. Bxf1 Qxa4
41. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Na3 Rb8 9. Nd5 b5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Qg6 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. Qd3 Be7
15. f3 O-O 16. Qd2 Bc8 17. b3 Be6 18. Bd3 Bh4+ 19. g3 Be7 20. O-O Rfc8 21. Rad1
a5 22. Kh1 Nd8 23. Bf2 Nb7 24. Ne3 Nc5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qf6 27. Be4 Bf8
28. Be3 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Qe7 30. f6 Qb7 31. Qg2 g6 32. Rd5 a4 33. Qh3 axb3 34.
axb3 Qa8 35. Bh6 Kh8 36. Bg7+ Bxg7 37. fxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qd7 Rf8 39. Qxd6 Qa2 40.
Qxe5+ Kg8 41. Rd3 Qe2 42. Rdf3 Rbe8 43. Qc5 Qxe4 44. Qxb4 Qc2 45. Qc3 Qa2 46.
R3f2 Qa8+ 47. Kg1 Qa3 48. Ra1 Qc5 49. b4 Re3 50. Qd2 Qe5 51. Raf1 Re4 52. Rf4
Re2 53. Qd4 Qe6 54. b5 Re8 55. R1f2 Rxf2 56. Qxf2 Ra8 57. Qd4 Ra2 58. Qd8+ Kg7
59. Qd4+ Kg8 60. Qe4 Qd7 61. Rf1 Kf8 62. Rf2 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Ra1 64. Kh3 Qd7+ 65.
Qg4 Qc7 66. Qd4 Qc8+ 67. Kh4 Ra8 68. Qh8+ Ke7 69. Qf6+ Kd7 70. Qxf7+ Kd6 71.
Qd5+ Kc7 72. Rf7+ Kb6 73. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "ASEAN-ch5 U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2004.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ho En Tian, Mark"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. Qe1 Ne5 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rf3 b5
15. Nd2 b4 16. b3 Ba6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 bxc3 20. Ne4 Bxe5 21.
Rd1 Qb6 22. Ng5 Bf6 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. Rh3 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. Ng5 h6 27. Qxe7
hxg5 28. Rf1 Qf2 29. Rf3 Bxf3 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. gxf3 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "ASEAN-ch5 U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2004.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bui, Manh Hung"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Qd2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Na5 12. Nce2 Bd7 13. c3 Rc8 14. Rad1
Bh6 15. h3 Qb6 16. Rf3 e5 17. Nc2 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qxb3 19. Nb4 Be6 20. Nc1 Qc4
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Rfd8 24. Ne2 Rc5 25. g4 Bg5 26. Kg2 Rc4 27.
Ng3 Bh4 28. Rf1 Bxg3 29. Kxg3 Rxe4 30. Kf3 Ra4 31. Rfd1 Ra2 32. b4 Rc8 33. Rxd6
Rxc3 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Re8 Rh2 36. Rxe5 Rxh3+ 37. Kf4 Rc7 38. Ra1 a6 39. Rb1 f6
40. Re4 g5+ 41. Kf5 Kf7 42. Rf1 Rd7 43. Rd4 Re7 44. Rd5 Rhxe3 0-1

[Event "ASEAN-ch5 U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2004.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ak Hafizon, Omar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Na3 a6
9. h3 b5 10. Nc2 Bb7 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Qe1 f5 13. exf5 exf5 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nfxd4
Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bh4 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qe8 19. Rfe1 Qg6 20. Bxh5 Qxh5 21. Ne6
Rf6 22. Kh2 Rg6 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Re7 Bd5 25. Qd2 Ba8 26. Ra7 Be4 27. Nxe4 fxe4
28. Re1 Qf5 29. Rxa6 h6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Qxf4+ 32. Qxf4 Rxf4 33. Kg3 g5
34. Re2 h5 35. Kh2 Kf7 36. Kg1 Kf6 37. Rf2 Ke5 38. Kf1 e3 39. Rxf4 gxf4 40. h4
Kf5 41. Ke2 Kg4 42. c4 bxc4 43. a4 Kg3 44. a5 Kxg2 45. a6 f3+ 46. Kxe3 f2 47.
a7 f1=Q 48. a8=Q+ Kh3 49. Kd4 Qd3+ 50. Kc5 Kxh4 51. Qh1+ Kg4 52. Qg2+ Kf4 53.
Qh2+ Ke3 54. Qxh5 Qd4+ 55. Kc6 Kd2 56. Qh2+ Kd3 57. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN-ch5 U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2004.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Doan Vu Hoang, Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nge2 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. f4 b5 12. f5 Qc7 13. g4 Rfc8 14. Ng3 e6 15. Bh6
Ne8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Nh5+ Kg8 19. Rxf7 Ne5 20. Re7 Qd8 21. Qg5
Bc6 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxf6 Qf8 24. Qxe6+ Nf7 25. Rf1 Be8 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. Nf6
Bc6 28. Nh5+ Kh6 29. Rfxf7 Qh8 30. Nf6 Qd8 31. Rh7+ Kg5 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5+
Kf4 34. Qf7+ Ke3 35. Qf2# 1-0

[Event "ASEAN-ch5 U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2004.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chua, Zheng Yuan Terry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. g4 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Kf8 19. c3 Rab8 20. Ne2 Rb7 21. Bd4
Bc6 22. Bxg7+ Nxg7 23. Ne3 Bb5 24. Rhd1 Ba4 25. Rg1 Rb5 26. Kc1 Rcc5 27. Nd5
Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN-ch5 U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2004.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Do, Duc Minh"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. b4 e4 14. Be2 Bf6 15.
Qb3 f4 16. Rb1 Qe7 17. Re1 Bd4 18. Bf3 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlos, Leonardo M"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Be2
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. h3 f5 14. Qc2 Bb7
15. Na3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 c5 17. Rb1 Bc6 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. c4 Nb6 21.
Qe2 Re8 22. Re1 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rd4 24. Rbc1 h6 25. Qh5 Rf8 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27.
Rxe6 Rd7 28. Rc3 Rh7 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Qxf5 Nd7 31. Qc2 Qf4 32. Rf3 Qd4 33. Rd3
Qa1+ 34. Rd1 Qg7 35. Rg6 Qe7 36. Rgd6 Nb6 37. Rg6 Nd7 38. Rgd6 Ne5 39. Qc3 Qg7
40. Rd8 Nf3+ 41. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sales, Jesse Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5
exf4 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qh4+ 11. Kf1 c6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. c3 g5
15. Qf2 Qh5 16. Bd2 Rhe8 17. Re1 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd1 Qg6 20. Qf3 Bd3+ 21.
Kf2 Rf8 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Qh7 24. Kg1 Kb8 25. Kh2 g4 26. Qxg4 Rg8 27. Qh4 Bc4
28. Bf3 Bxa2 29. Bxf4 Bd5 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Ne6 Qc2 32. Qh3 Bf2 33. Nxd8 Bxe1
34. Bxd6+ Ka7 35. Bc5+ Kb8 36. Rxe1 Rxd8 37. Bb6 Rg8 38. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roca, Petronio"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. e3 e5 12. d5 Nd8 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd7 15. a4
Qe7 16. b4 Nf7 17. Qb2 c6 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. e4 fxe4 21. b5 Bd7 22.
Rxe4 Ng5 23. Rh4 Be6 24. Qb4 Bf6 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Bb2 Nh3+ 27. Bxh3 Bxh3 28.
Rhe4 Bg5 29. Qc3 Qf5 30. f4 Bf6 31. Qe3 d5 32. fxe5 Bg5 33. Rf4 Bxf4 34. gxf4
dxc4 35. Ne4 Qe6 36. Kf2 Qg4 37. Qf3 Qh4+ 38. Qg3 Rxf4+ 39. Kg1 Rxe4 40. Rxe4
Qxe4 41. Qxh3 Rf8 42. Qe6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fazon, Fame"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Qa4 c6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxc6 Rc8 12. Qb5 Rxc4 13. e4 Rb4 14. Qd3 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Rd1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Be3 Rxb2 20. d5 exd5
21. Rxd5 Qa8 22. Rad1 Rxa2 23. Qc4 Ra3 24. g4 h6 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Bxg5 27.
Rxg5 Qc8 28. Qd4 g6 29. Qf6 Qc2 30. Rd4 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Qb1 32. Rh4 Qf1+ 33. Kg3
Ra3+ 34. f3 Qg1+ 35. Kh3 Rxf3+ 36. Qxf3 Qxg5 37. Qc3 Qf5+ 38. Kg3 f6 39. Qc4+
Rf7 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Rh7+ Kxh7 42. Qxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Perez, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Be2 d5 7. d3 g6 8. c3 Bg7
9. Be3 b6 10. e5 Nf5 11. Bf2 h5 12. d4 Bf8 13. g3 Be7 14. h3 Bd7 15. Kg2 Na5
16. Nbd2 Bb5 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. g4 Ng7 20. Rh1 Qc6 21. Bh4 Bxh4 22.
Nxh4 Kd7 23. Ndf3 Nc4 24. b3 Na3 25. Rac1 Qb7 26. Ng5 Ke7 27. Qf2 Qc6 28. f5
exf5 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Nxf5+ gxf5 31. Kh2 f6 32. Nf3 Kd7 33. Rhg1 Rh7 34. Rg6
Rf8 35. exf6 Kd8 36. Ne5 Qc7 37. Qf3 Rd7 38. Rg7 Rxg7 39. fxg7 Qxg7 40. Qxd5+
Kc7 41. Qc6+ Kd8 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ Kf6 44. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nolte, Rolando"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
f4 d6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. g4 Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Nxa5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxa5 14. O-O Rac8
15. g5 Nd7 16. Nd5 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Qa4 18. c4 Ne5 19. b3 Qc6 20. f6 exf6 21. gxf6
Bf8 22. Qh4 Qd7 23. h3 h5 24. a4 b6 25. Ra2 Nxc4 26. bxc4 Rxc4 27. Ne7+ Bxe7
28. fxe7 Rxe7 29. Bh6 Qe6 30. Qf6 Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Rexe4 32. a5 Re6 33. Rxe6 fxe6
34. axb6 axb6 35. Ra7 Kh8 36. Rb7 Rc6 37. Be3 Kg8 38. Kg2 e5 39. Bxb6 d5 40.
Bc7 e4 41. Be5 Re6 42. Bd4 e3 43. Kf1 Re4 44. Rb4 Kf7 45. Ke2 Ke6 46. Rb6+ Kf5
47. Bg7 d4 48. Rd6 Rh4 49. Bxd4 Rxh3 50. Bxe3 g5 51. Rd5+ Ke4 52. Rd4+ Kf5 53.
Kf2 g4 54. Rd5+ Ke4 55. Rd4+ Kf5 56. Rf4+ Ke5 57. Ra4 Kf5 58. Ra5+ Ke4 59. Ra4+
Kf5 60. Rf4+ Ke5 61. Rc4 Kf5 62. Bh6 Rf3+ 63. Kg2 h4 64. Rc5+ Ke4 65. Rc4+ Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Donguines, Fernie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bg4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nc6 9. O-O Nd4 10. Qe3 Bd6 11. c3 Nxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. Qf3 Bc7 14. Re1 Qe7
15. Bf4 e4 16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Qe3 O-O 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Ra4 Nd5 21.
Qg5 e3 22. Qxd5 Red8 23. Qg5 exd2 24. Rd1 Rd3 25. Rxd2 h6 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Diaz, Rodolfo"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Nc7 13. Qa5 Qc8 14. Bb2 e5 15.
Rfd1 Nfe8 16. b5 e4 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Nb3 cxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxc4 20. Bxg7 N6xg7 21.
Nxd6 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Be6 23. e3 Bf7 24. Rc1 Qe2 25. Bf1 Qb2 26. Rd2 Qf6 27. Nd4
h5 28. h4 g5 29. Rc6 Qe7 30. Nxf5 Nxf5 31. Qxf5 gxh4 32. Rd7 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Maga, Mirabeau"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 f5 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nf3
Bh6 16. g3 Nd7 17. O-O Nc5 18. Ne1 Bd7 19. Bf3 Re8 20. Ng2 Bc6 21. Bxg4 fxg4
22. Qxg4 Ne6 23. Bf2 Qa5 24. Ne3 Bg7 25. Ned5 Nd4 26. Qd1 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Nf3+
28. Kg2 Ne1+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30. Qxf3 Bxf3 31. Nb5 Re2 32. a4 Rae8 33. Nxd6 R8e6
34. Nb5 a6 35. Nc7 R6e3 36. Rb1 Bd4 37. Nd5 Rd3 38. Bxd4 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d4 Nd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1
Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. b3 Nfd7 14. h3 Nc5 15.
Be3 h5 16. Rd2 h4 17. g4 f6 18. Rad1 Nf7 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nf3 g5 21. Ne2 Bf8 22.
Qb3 Kh8 23. Qc3 Kh7 24. a3 Ne5 25. Nfd4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Qf7 27. Rc2 Bd7 28. Nf5
Bxf5 29. exf5 a6 30. Bb6 Rac8 31. Bf1 Qe7 32. Rcd2 Qf7 33. Kh1 Kh8 34. Be3 Nf3
35. Rd3 Re4 36. c5 Ne5 37. R3d2 Nc4 38. Bxc4 Rxc4 39. Qb2 d5 40. Bxg5 Be7 41.
Re2 Bd8 42. Re6 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxc7 Ba6 12. Qe5 Qc6 13. Qf4 Rc8 14. Nh3
Qc2 15. Qd2 Qb3 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Rc3 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qa4 19. Nf4 Rc8 20. Qe3 Bb7
21. Kf2 Nf8 22. g3 Rc2 23. b4 Ra2 24. Qe7 Ba6 25. Nxd5 Qd1 26. Qe3 Bxe2 27. Nc3
Bxf3+ 28. Nxa2 Bxh1 29. Nc3 Qb3 30. Nb5 Qa4 31. Qe8 Qc2+ 32. Qe2 Qf5+ 33. Kg1
Ba8 34. Nc7 Bb7 35. Bg2 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Qd7 37. Qc4 h6 38. d5 Qe7 39. Nb5 a6 40.
Nc3 b5 41. Qd4 Nd7 42. Ne4 Kf8 43. Nc5 Qe2+ 44. Qf2 Qxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Nb6 46. d6
Nc4 47. Nxa6 Nxd6 48. Nc5 Ke7 49. a4 bxa4 50. Nxa4 Kd7 51. Nc3 Kc6 52. Ke3 Nb5
53. Ne2 Nc7 54. Nd4+ Kd5 55. Kd3 h5 56. Ne2 g6 57. Nc3+ Kc6 58. Kc4 Ne6 59. b5+
Kb6 60. Nd5+ Kb7 61. Nf6 Ng5 62. h4 Nf3 63. Ne4 Kb6 64. Ng5 Nd2+ 65. Kb4 f6 66.
Ne6 Ne4 67. Nf4 Nxg3 68. Nxg6 Nf5 69. Kc4 Nd6+ 70. Kd5 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Senador, Emmanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
f5 O-O 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. dxe6 Qe8 11. Nf3 Qh5 12. d4 cxd4 13. e7 Bxe7 14. O-O
Nc6 15. Qd1 Bc5 16. Kh1 Ne4 17. Qe1 Bd6 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Barbosa, Oliver"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5
Nd4 9. Rb1 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. b4 Nec6 13. a3 Rb8 14. f4 Bd7 15. Nc1
b6 16. b5 Ne7 17. a4 f5 18. Nd1 e5 19. c3 Ne6 20. Ne2 Bc8 21. c4 Bb7 22. Ndc3
Nd4 23. Bf2 Qd7 24. a5 bxa5 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Nd5 fxe4 27. dxe4 Bxd5 28. exd5
exf4 29. gxf4 Nf5 30. Be4 Qc7 31. Qd3 Qb6 32. Kh1 Rb7 33. Rg1 Rbf7 34. Rg2 Qc5
35. Rbg1 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.27"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dableo, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Ba4 a5 6. c3 Ne7 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Nd2 Bd3
9. Nf4 Bg6 10. h4 b5 11. Bb3 a4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bc2 Nf5 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Kf1
Kd7 16. g3 Na6 17. Kg2 Nc7 18. Bf4 Kc8 19. Ng5 Nh6 20. Qd2 Qg8 21. a3 Qe8 22.
Qe2 Qd8 23. Rh3 Kb7 24. Rah1 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. h5 gxh5 27. Rxh5 Re8 28. Nf3
Ng8 29. Rh7 Bf8 30. Ng5 Qd7 31. Rh8 Bc5 32. R1h7 f6 33. Nf3 Ne7 34. Rxe8 Nxe8
35. Bd3 Ka6 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Nc6 38. exf6 Nxf6 39. Rh4 Qd6 40. Rxa4+ Kb7
41. Rxa8 Kxa8 42. Qb6 Nd7 43. Qa6+ Kb8 44. Bxb5 Kc7 45. Nd4 Ndb8 46. Qa4 Nd8
47. Bd3 Qb6 48. Nb5+ Kb7 49. Qg4 Nd7 50. Qxg7 Kc8 51. Qe7 Nc5 52. Be2 Ne4 53.
Na7+ Kb8 54. Qxd8+ Qxd8 55. Nc6+ Kc7 56. Nxd8 Kxd8 57. f3 Nc5 58. Bd1 Nd3 59.
b3 e5 60. Kf1 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.28"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
Qc2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. f4 Ng6 13. f5 Ne7 14. e4 h6 15.
Nf3 Nh5 16. g3 Qa5 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Bd2 Ba4 19. Nh4 Rab8 20. g4 Nh7 21. Nf3 f6
22. h4 Be8 23. Qg2 Qc7 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Nxg5 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Nc8 28.
Rf3 Qf7 29. Raf1 Ne7 30. Rh3 g6 31. f6 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2004.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Garma, Chito"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nb3 g5 14. h3 Qd8 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Na5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qe2 h5 21. fxg5
hxg4 22. hxg4 Kd7 23. Rxf7 Rh3 24. Nf3 Qa5 25. g6 Qc3 26. Rc1 Qxa3 27. Bg5 Re8
28. g7 Rg3+ 29. Kf2 Rxg4 30. Rg1 Rxg1 31. Kxg1 Nb2 32. Rxe7+ Rxe7 33. Bxe7 Nxd3
34. g8=Q Qc1+ 35. Qe1 Kxe7 36. Qxc1 Nxc1 37. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. h3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bf3 Qc5 14. c3 Nc6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qd5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Rae1 Rab8 20. b3 Rb7
21. g4 c5 22. Bxc5 Qd2 23. Bd4 Qxe3+ 24. Rxe3 a5 25. f5 Bd5 26. Bc5 e6 27. c4
1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 e5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e4 7. Ne5 f5 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Nc4 Nxd4 11. Bh6 Ne6 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Qd2 a6
15. O-O-O b5 16. g4 h6 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Bxe4 Rb8 19. Rhg1 Rh7 20. Qd4 fxe4 21.
Qf6+ Kg8 22. Nd5 Nc6 23. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alonso Rosell, Alvar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. h4 Nf6 7. Nge2 Ne4 8. Bxe4
fxe4 9. Nf4 O-O 10. h5 Rf5 11. Bh4 g5 12. g4 Rxf4 13. exf4 gxh4 14. g5 h6 15.
Qd2 Bg4 16. Rg1 Qd7 17. gxh6 Bf3 18. f5 Qxf5 19. hxg7 Qxh5 20. Qf4 Nd7 21. Rg5
Qh6 22. Rg4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Kxg7 24. Rxh4 Rg8 25. Ne2 Kf7 26. Ng3 Nf6 27. Kd2 Ke6
28. Ne2 Kd6 29. Rg1 Rf8 30. Rg6 Kd7 31. Nf4 Rf7 32. Rh8 Ne8 33. Ne6 b6 34. Nf8+
Kc7 35. Nh7 Bh5 36. Rg2 Rf5 37. Ng5 Nf6 38. Ne6+ Kd7 39. Ng7 Bf3 40. Nxf5 Bxg2
41. Ra8 Ng4 42. Rxa7+ Ke6 43. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kanmazalp, Ogulcan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 g6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe1 e6 10. Kh1 Rb8 11. b3 Ba6 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bd2 d5 14. Na4 Qe7 15.
c4 f6 16. Be3 d4 17. Bc1 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rf5 19. Ba3 Qc7 20. Bxc5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rf8+ Kg7 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxd4 Kf6 26. Rf1+ Ke7 27.
Bxe5 Bc8 28. Nc5 a5 29. Ne4 1-0

[Event "ASEAN-ch6 U12"]
[Site "Thailand"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neubronner, Shannon Scott"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. f3 a6 13. Nc3 Bg5 14. Qc2 Nd7 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Rf3 e4 19. Rff1 Qd6 20. Rab1 Be3+ 21.
Kh1 Rf6 22. b4 Rh6 23. g3 f4 24. Qxe4 Rxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "ASEAN-ch6 U12"]
[Site "Thailand"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ho En Tian, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 Qc7 8.
Ne5 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nxg4 15. hxg6 Nxe5 16. gxf7 Nxf7 17. Qxe6+ Rd7 18. Qe8+ Qd8 19. Bxf7 Be7 20.
Qxd8+ Rdxd8 21. Bf4 b6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Be6+ Kb7 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Bf6
26. Ne4 Be7 27. Be5 g6 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. Bxd6 b5 30. b4 a6 31. f4 Kb6 32. Bf7
a5 33. Bxg6 axb4 34. f5 b3 35. axb3 h5 36. f6 h4 37. f7 h3 38. f8=Q h2 39. Qb8+
Ka5 40. Qa7# 1-0

[Event "ASEAN-ch6 U12"]
[Site "Thailand"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dang, Duy Linh"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. d5 Ne4 6. Qc2 Qf6 7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.
Ke2 Bxb2 9. Rb1 Bxc1 10. Rxc1 O-O 11. g4 exd5 12. cxd5 d6 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. g5
Qb2+ 15. Rc2 Qa3 16. Nd2 Ba4 17. Rc4 b5 18. Rxa4 Qxa4 19. Qxa4 bxa4 20. Ne4 Na6
21. h4 Nc7 22. Nc3 Rab8 23. f4 Rb2+ 24. Kd1 Rfb8 25. h5 Rf2 26. h6 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "ASEAN-ch6 U12"]
[Site "Thailand"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Chan, Yi Ren Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6
axb6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4
15. Qxf4 Qd7 16. d4 Rae8 17. Rf3 Nd8 18. Raf1 Re7 19. Rg3 Ne6 20. Qg4 g6 21.
Rf6 Kg7 22. Rgf3 b5 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Rxf8 Kxf8 26. Qf3+ Ke7 27.
Qxb7 Kf6 28. Qf3+ Kg7 29. Qe4 c6 30. Qe5+ Kh6 31. h4 Qe7 32. g3 b4 33. Qg5+
Qxg5 34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. cxb4 Kf6 36. a4 Ke7 37. g4 Kd6 38. Kf2 1-0

[Event "ASEAN-ch6 U12"]
[Site "Thailand"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lo, Kin Mun Dominic"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Nce3 Bg5 14. h4 Bxe3
15. Nxe3 Ne7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. O-O Rbc8 19. Rad1 g6 20. h5 Qc6 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. f3 Kg7 23. Qf2 Rh8 24. Rfe1 Rcd8 25. c4 Rh7 26. Nd5 Rdh8 27. Qb6
bxc4 28. Qxc6 Nxc6 29. Bxc4 f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Nc7 Nd4 32. Ne6+ Nxe6 33. Bxe6
Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 Rh1+ 36. Ke2 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 Kf6 38. Bc4 d5 39. Bd3
Kg5 40. Ke2 e4 41. fxe4 fxe4 42. Bc2 Kf4 43. b4 d4 44. a4 Bd5 45. g3+ Kxg3 46.
Bd3 Bb7 47. a5 Kf4 48. Bc4 Ke5 49. Kd2 Bc8 50. Ke2 Kf5 51. Kd2 Kf4 52. Be2 Kg3
53. Bd3 Kf3 54. b5 exd3 0-1

[Event "ASEAN-ch6 U12"]
[Site "Thailand"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Chung, Juen Sen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. a4 O-O-O 14. a5
a6 15. b4 Bd6 16. g3 f5 17. Bf1 f4 18. Qf3 fxg3 19. hxg3 Rhg8 20. c4 Be7 21.
Nxg6 Rxg6 22. b5 Rdg8 23. Bg2 Rf6 24. Qd3 Bd6 25. bxc6 Nf8 26. cxb7+ Kb8 27. c5
Bxg3 28. Qxa6 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 1-0

[Event "ASEAN-ch6 U12"]
[Site "Thailand"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chen, Kai Jr Sin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. f4
exf4 15. Bxf4 Qc8 16. Qf2 f5 17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. Qf1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Bxc3 20. Bc4+
Kh8 21. Be6 Qe8 22. Bd7 Qf7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Re3 Ba5 25. Kh1 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+
Rxd8 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Qd5 29. Qxd5 cxd5 30. Kg1 Kg8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke3
Ke6 33. g3 Bb6+ 34. Kd3 h6 35. h4 Bc5 36. c3 Bd6 37. Kd4 Bxf4 38. gxf4 Kd6 39.
h5 a5 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kd4 g6 42. hxg6 h5 43. Ke3 h4 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Kg2 Kxg6
46. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN-ch6 U12"]
[Site "Thailand"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hua, Thien Tan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bg4 6. exd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN-ch6 U12"]
[Site "Thailand"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Farid, Firman Syah"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. h4 Bh6
15. g4 Bf4 16. Nc2 Rb8 17. Nce3 b4 18. c4 b3 19. a3 Nd4 20. Qd1 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Nc2+ 22. Bxc2 bxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb6 25. Kd2 Rfc8 26. b4 a5 27. Rab1
axb4 28. Rxb4 Qc7 29. Rhb1 Ra8 30. a4 Qd8 31. Rh1 Qa5 32. Qc3 Rc5 33. Rhb1 Rac8
34. e4 Qd8 35. g5 f6 36. Rg1 fxg5 37. Rxg5 Qf6 38. Qe3 Rxc4 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40.
a5 Ra4 41. Qc3 Qf2+ 42. Kd3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dimovski, Aleksandar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 a6 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Qc2 g6 14. g4 Nf6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. g5 Nxd5 17. h4 Nf4 18. h5 Bxg5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. f3 Bxh6 21. Rxh6
Qg5 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Meribanov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nc2
O-O 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Ne3 Na5 12. Qa4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
Rac1 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Ned5 Nd4 18. Qd2 a6 19. f4 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 gxf4 21. Bh4
Re8 22. Nxf4 Qb6 23. Ncd5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxb2 25. Qg4 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Ne6 27. Bxe7
Qd2 28. Rcd1 Qc2 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Qf5 Bxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Bf6+
1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. O-O Be6
15. Nce3 Ne7 16. Bf3 a5 17. a3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qd7 19. Qd3 g6 20. Rfd1 Rfc8 21.
g3 Rc5 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Rc4 24. Ra3 Qc6 25. h4 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qe8 27. hxg5
e4 28. Qe3 exf3 29. Qxf3 Qe5 30. Qf6 Re8 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Rd3 Rxg5 33. Ra6 Re5
34. Rxd6 Kg7 35. Rd8 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Rc1 37. d6 R1xc3 38. Rd5 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8
40. Rxb5 Kf6 41. Rb6 Ke6 42. Kf3 Rd8 43. Kf4 f6 44. g4 Rxd6 45. Rxd6+ Kxd6 46.
g5 fxg5+ 47. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rzayev, Bahruz Iqbal Oglu"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d3 d5 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. g3 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. c3
Nge7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 a5 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Bh6 15.
Ng5 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Ndf3 N7c6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rd5 Rae8 20. Qd2 Bg7 21.
b3 Bb7 22. Rd6 h6 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 g5 25. Rd7 Qc8 26. Rc7 Qb8 27. Qd7 Bc8
28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Bxb8 Bxc3 31. Rd1 Bd4+ 32. Kf1 Bh3+ 33. Ke2 Rb7
34. Bd6 Rd7 35. e5 f6 36. Bc6 Bg4+ 37. Kd3 Bxd1 38. Bxd7 fxe5 39. Bc7 Bf3 40.
Bxb6 c4+ 41. Kxc4 Bxb6 42. Kb5 Bd8 43. a3 e4 44. Bc6 Be2+ 45. Ka4 e3 46. Be4
0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aghasaryan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4
Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qh5 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bd3 Ne5
15. f4 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 b4 17. f5 Qd8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh6+ Kh8 20. g6 fxg6 21.
fxg6 Rf7 22. gxf7 Bf8 23. Qh5 bxc3 24. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. Be3 d6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. g3 b5 7. Qd2 b4 8. Nd1
Rb8 9. Bg2 Nd4 10. O-O e6 11. f4 Ne7 12. g4 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. f5 exf5 15.
gxf5 gxf5 16. Nf2 Ng6 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Kh1 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Be5 20. Ne4 Qh4 21.
Bf3 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rbe8 23. Qg2 f5 24. Bxf5 Bxh2 25. Bg5 Qh5 26. Qxh2 Qxg5 27.
Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxd6 Kg7 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Qd7+ Rf7 31. Qh3 Rf4 32. Rg1 Qd5+ 33.
Rg2 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ospanov, Nazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. Be3 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. g5 Kb8 14. a3 Rc8 15.
h4 Na5 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 Be7 19. h5 Qa5 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rh3
Rhe8 22. Bg1 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Re3 Nc5 25. f5 Bc6 26. Bh2 Bd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6
28. Nxc4 Qf4 29. Ne5 Kb7 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Qxg5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rb3+ Kc7
34. Qxa6 Rexe5 35. Rb7+ Kd8 36. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Nf5 Rg8 14. Nxe7
Kxe7 15. f4 h6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 hxg5 18. exf6+ Kxf6 19. Qh5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 g6
21. Qh6 Qf8 22. Ne4+ Ke7 23. Qxg5+ f6 24. Qc5+ Kf7 25. Nd6+ Kg7 26. Qc7+ Kh8
27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Ne5+ Kh6 29. Ng4+ Kh5 30. Re4 Rg7 31. Qg3 g5 32. Qh3+ Kg6 33.
Ra1 Qd8 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Na4 c5 12. c4 d4 13. Be4 Bb7 14. Qf3 Rb8 15.
Bd2 Be7 16. Rae1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb7 18. Qc2 g6 19. b3 O-O 20. Rf3 Ra8 21. Rh3
Qc6 22. Nb2 a5 23. Qd3 Nb6 24. Rh6 Kg7 25. Qh3 Rh8 26. g4 Nd7 27. f5 a4 28. f6+
Nxf6 29. exf6+ Bxf6 30. g5 Be7 31. Nxa4 Qc7 32. Qf3 Rhf8 33. Qh3 Rh8 34. Rh4 e5
35. Rhe4 Bd6 36. Rf1 h5 37. gxh6+ Kh7 38. Rf6 Rhf8 39. Qf3 Ra7 40. h4 Rg8 41.
Bg5 Qb7 42. Kg2 Qc7 43. Re1 Rb8 44. Rf1 Rbb7 45. Qd5 e4 46. Qxd6 Qc8 47. R1f4
Rxa4 48. Rxf7+ Rxf7 49. Rxf7+ Kg8 50. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Narayanan, Srinath"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 h6 10. Nf1 Kh7 11. a3 a5 12. h4 f5 13. N1h2 d5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. h5
Bd7 16. Nh4 Bf6 17. Ng6 Rg8 18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Qb3 Be8 21. Qxb7+ Rg7
22. Qb3 a4 23. Qc2 Bxh5 24. Kh2 f4 25. Rh1 fxg3+ 26. fxg3 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Bh4 28.
d4+ e4 29. Bf4 Bg5 30. Be5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Bf4 32. Bxe4+ Kh8 33. Bf5 Rxg3 34. Qg2
Qh4+ 35. Bh3 Rxh3+ 36. Kg1 Rxh1+ 37. Qxh1 Be3+ 38. Kg2 Rg8+ 39. Kf3 Qd8 40. Qd1
0-1

[Event "Nice op 21st"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bc1 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Qb4 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qxe4+
15. Qxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 e3 17. Ne4 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 b6 19. c6 Nxe5 20. Bb2 Ng4+ 21.
Kf3 O-O 22. h3 f5 23. hxg4 fxe4+ 24. Kxe4 h5 25. gxh5 e5 26. hxg6 Bf5+ 27. Kxe5
Bxg6 28. Kd6 Bh7 29. Raf1 Rfd8+ 30. Kc7 Rdc8+ 31. Kb7 Rab8+ 32. Kxa7 Ra8+ 33.
Kb7 Rab8+ 34. Ka6 Rxc6 35. Rf3 b5+ 36. Ka5 Rg6 37. Rfh3 Rg4 38. c4 bxc4 39. Bc3
Rxg2 40. a4 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nice op 21st"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leer Salvesen, Bjarte"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 Nf5 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nfxd4 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. Qd2
Be6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Rc1 Be6 17. Rcd1 Bg4 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rc8 20. Ba3 Re8
21. Nb5 Be5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Rcd8 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Re2
27. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 08th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. a3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qd2 b6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ng3 Rfe8 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Rfe1 e5 15.
c3 Rad8 16. Bg5 Nf8 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Bb1 h6 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2
Kh7 22. Ree1 c5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qe2 c4 25. Nd2 b5 26. Nf1 a6 27. f3 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Nd7 32. Bf2 Bf6 33. Kf1 Be7 34.
Bc2 Kg7 35. a4 Nc5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Ke2 Bc8 38. Nf1 Ne6 39. g3 Bc5 40. Bxc5
Nxc5 41. h4 Be6 42. Ne3 Kf8 43. f4 f6 44. f5 gxf5 45. exf5 Bf7 46. g4 Ke7 47.
Nf1 Bd5 48. Ke3 Nd7 49. Ng3 Nb6 50. Nf1 Bc6 51. Nd2 Nd5+ 52. Kf2 Be8 53. Be4
Nf4 54. Ke3 Kd6 55. Bf3 Bd7 56. Be4 Ke7 57. Nf3 Nh3 58. Ke2 Kd6 59. Ke3 Be8 60.
Bc2 Bc6 61. Nd2 Nf4 62. Be4 Bd5 63. h5 Ke7 64. Bxd5 Nxd5+ 65. Ke2 Nb6 66. b3
cxb3 67. Nxb3 Na4 68. Kd3 Kd6 69. Nd2 Nc5+ 70. Ke3 Kd5 71. Kf3 Nd3 72. Ne4 Ne1+
73. Ke3 Ng2+ 74. Kf3 Nh4+ 75. Ke3 Ng2+ 76. Kf3 Nh4+ 77. Ke3 Ng2+ 78. Kf3 Nh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 08th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e4 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. a4 Ba6 10. Na3 Rc8 11. Re1 d6 12. Be3 e5 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Qb3 Rcd8 15. Rad1
h6 16. Bc1 Kh7 17. Ne3 exf4 18. gxf4 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21. Nh4 Rf6
22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Qe2 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Be4 Rf6 26. Qg2 Bc8 27. Re3 Be6 28.
Rg3 Qf7 29. Re1 Re8 30. Bd2 d5 31. Bf3 Qd7 32. b3 Bf7 33. Re5 Rd6 34. Rxe8 Qxe8
35. f5 Qe5 36. Bg4 d4 37. c4 gxf5 38. Bxf5+ Qxf5 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Rg3 Rg6 41.
Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qxa7 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 08th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "El Taher, Fouad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Ng4 6. f5 h5 7. Nh3 Ne3 8. Bxe3
Bxe3 9. Qf3 Bc5 10. Qg3 Rg8 11. Rf1 c6 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qg6+ Kf8 14. f6 gxf6
15. Rxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxf6+ Ke8 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. Qg6+ Kd8 19. Na4 Bf2+ 20. Kd2 Ke7
21. Qg7+ Ke8 22. Nh7 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 08th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 Be2 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. Bc7
Rd7 21. Bf4 Rad8 22. h3 c5 23. Qb2 Bd3 24. Qc1 c4 25. Qa3 Qb5 26. Be3 e5 27. h4
Qa4 28. Qc1 f6 29. h5 Qc2 30. Qxc2 Bxc2 31. Rec1 Bd3 32. a4 Rc7 33. Ra2 Nd7 34.
Rb2 Rb8 35. Rxb8+ Nxb8 36. a5 Na6 37. Ra1 Nc5 38. f3 Rc6 39. Ra3 a6 40. Bh3 Kf7
41. Kf2 Rc7 42. h6 g6 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Ra2 f5 45. g4 Kf6 46. gxf5 gxf5 47.
Bxf5 Kg5 48. Bxh7 Kxh6 49. Bf5 Kg5 50. Ke3 Kf6 51. f4 exf4+ 52. Kxf4 Re5 53.
Ke3 Ke7 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Rh2 Rxa5 56. Rh6+ Ke7 57. Be6 Be2 58. Bd5 Ra1 59. e5
Rg1 60. Rh7+ Kf8 61. e6 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 08th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sareen, Vishal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. f5
Qc5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Nc1 a5 18. Qe2 a4 19. Bc4 h5 20. Bd5 a3 21. Nd3
Qb6 22. Bxc6+ Qxc6 23. Nxb4 Qb7 24. c3 axb2 25. Rd5 Rg8 26. Kxb2 Qa7 27. Kb1
Rg4 28. g3 Kf8 29. Ka1 Qa3 30. Rd3 d5 31. Nxd5 Rxe4 32. Qc2 Rea4 33. Rd2 Qc5
34. Qd3 e4 35. Qe2 e3 36. Qxe3 Rxa2+ 37. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 38. Kxa2 Qxd5+ 39. Kb2 Qxh1
40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Qxh5 Qb7+ 42. Kc2 Qe4+ 43. Kb3 Kg7 44. Qh3 Bd6 45. Qf1 Be5 46.
Qf2 Qd3 47. Qe1 Qxf5 48. Qe2 Qe6+ 49. c4 Qb6+ 50. Ka4 Bc3 51. Qe7 Bd4 52. Qe2
Bc3 53. Qe7 Be5 54. c5 Qb2 55. c6 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 08th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bistric, Faruk"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Bd2 Bg4 9. Bc3 Ne8 10. Nbd2 e5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc7 13. Qg3 Qe7 14. a4 b5
15. b3 Qd6 16. Nf3 f6 17. h4 Ne6 18. h5 g5 19. Nh2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Ng4 h6
22. Qf3 Qe6 23. Ra2 Rf7 24. Rea1 a6 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Ra5 Rfa7 27. Kh2 Kf7 28.
g3 Bf8 29. Qe2 Kg7 30. Rg1 Bd6 31. Kh1 Rc8 32. Rga1 Rca8 33. Rf1 Re8 34. Rfa1
Rea8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 08th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.05.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Nd7 16. h4 Re8 17. h5 Qa6 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Re1 Red8 20. Qe3 Nc5 21.
Rc3 Nd7 22. Bc7 Re8 23. h6 Qb7 24. Rec1 Nf6 25. Be5 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxe4 27. Qc1
Qg6 28. hxg7 Nd5 29. Rb3 f6 30. Bh2 Qxg7 31. Ne5 Qf8 32. Qc6 fxe5 33. Qxe6+ Kh8
34. Qxd5 Bf6 35. Bxe5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Rc8 37. Qd2 Qf5 38. Re3 Re8 39. e6 Rxe6 40.
Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marie, Patrick"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mauritius"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. a3
d5 9. Ba2 Nd4 10. Qd1 dxe4 11. Nxe4 b6 12. d3 Bb7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nfd2 Rad8 15.
Nc4 b5 16. Ne3 c4 17. c3 Ndf5 18. Ng4 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Brittner, Serge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. O-O Qa4 12. f4 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ra2 Bd7 15.
h4 Rf5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Raf8 18. g4 R5f7 19. Kg2 Ne7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. f5
exf5 22. gxf5 Ref7 23. Ng3 Be8 24. Qg4 Qa5 25. Rf3 Qb6 26. Ra1 Qb2 27. Raf1
Qxc2+ 28. R1f2 Qb1 29. Rf1 Qc2+ 30. R1f2 Qb1 31. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mendoza, Rafael Enrique"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Columbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "COL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6
8. Ne2 d6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Qd2 g5 12. f3 h5 13. h3 Qg6 14. g4 h4 15.
c4 b6 16. Nc3 c6 17. Nd1 f6 18. Ne3 Qg7 19. a4 Bd7 20. Ba2 c5 21. Bb3 Be6 22.
Rfb1 Kh8 23. Kg2 Nc6 24. c3 Qc7 25. Rb2 Rab8 26. Rab1 Na5 27. Bd1 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Ecuador"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ECU"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. Nd5 Na6 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Bc3 f6 9. b4 Qf8 10. Ne3 Nxb4 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nc4 Qc5 13. Bb2 Bh6 14. Qd1 d5
15. Ba3 Nb4 16. exd5 exd5 17. c3 a5 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qe2+ Kf8 20. Bb2 dxc4 21.
Bd4 Qc6 22. Qxc4 Be6 23. Qxb4+ Kf7 24. Qb2 Re8 25. Be3 Bc4 26. Bxc4+ Qxc4 27.
Rc1 Qe6 28. Rc7+ Re7 29. Nd4 Qe4 30. Qb3+ Kf8 31. Rxe7 Nxe7 32. Ne6+ Ke8 33.
O-O Bxe3 34. fxe3 Nf5 35. Nc5 Qe7 36. Ne6 Ng7 37. Nxg7+ Qxg7 38. Qe6+ Qe7 39.
Qc8+ Qd8 40. Qxb7 Qe7 41. Qc8+ Qd8 42. Qxd8+ Kxd8 43. Rxf6 Ke7 44. Ra6 Rb8 45.
Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. a4 h5 49. h4 Rb1 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. g3 Kg7
52. a5 Rf1+ 53. Kg2 Ra1 54. Ra8 Kf6 55. e4 Ra2+ 56. Kh3 g5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58.
a6 Kf6 59. a7 Kg7 60. e5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. f5 Nb4 10. Bc4 gxf5 11. exf5 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nxb5 Nbxd5 14. c4 a6 15.
Na3 Nb4 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Be4 18. Bd3 d5 19. Rb1 Rb4 20. b3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
dxc4 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Ba3 c3 24. Bxb4 cxb4 25. Rbd1 Nd5 26. Ne1 Bh6 27. Nc2
Bd2 28. Rf2 Rd6 29. Rfxd2 cxd2 30. Rxd2 Kg7 31. Rd4 a5 32. a3 Kf6 33. g4 Ke5
34. Rc4 bxa3 35. Nxa3 Rb6 36. Ra4 Rxb3 37. Nc4+ Kf4 38. Nxa5+ Rb4 39. Rxb4+
Nxb4 40. Nc4 Kxg4 41. Ne5+ Kxf5 42. Nxf7 Nc6 43. h4 Kg4 44. Kf2 Kxh4 45. Kf3
Kh5 46. Kf4 Kg6 47. Ng5 e5+ 48. Kg4 Nd4 49. Ne4 Nf5 50. Kf3 Ng7 51. Ng3 Nh5 52.
Ne4 Nf6 53. Ng3 Kg5 54. Nf1 e4+ 55. Kg3 Nh5+ 56. Kf2 Nf6 57. Kg3 h5 58. Ne3 Ng4
59. Ng2 Nh6 0-1

[Event "San Marino op 2nd"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2006.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Omeri, Silvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 e5 13. f5 Bb7 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Nh7 16. Bf2 Nf6 17. Bh4 Nh7 18. Bg3 Rfd8 19. Rae1 Nf8 20. Nd1 Nd7 21. Ne3
a5 22. Rf2 Bg5 23. h3 Qb6 24. Ng4 Nf6 25. Nh2 h5 26. Nf3 Bh6 27. Bh4 Re8 28.
Nh2 d5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Ref1 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Be3 32. Rf3 Bf4 33. Rb3 Qc7 34.
Qxh5 Ba6 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. Ng4 Rxe4 37. Nxf6+ Kg7 38. Nxe4 Rh8 39. f6+ 1-0

[Event "San Marino op 2nd"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2006.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Na4 O-O 11. e4 Nf6 12. Qe2 c5 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. b3 h6 15. Bh4
g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Bxb8 Bxa4 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bxd8 Rxc1+ 21. Kd2
Rxh1 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Ne1 Rxc7 24. Qxh5 Bxb3 25. e5 Bf8 26. Qg4 Bxa3 27. Qxd4
Bd5 28. Qa4 Bf8 29. h3 Bc6 30. Qg4 Rd7 31. Qc4 Bc5 32. Ke2 Kg7 33. Qa6 Rd4 34.
Qc8 Ba4 35. Qa6 Rb4 36. Nc2 Bxc2 37. Bxc2 Rb2 38. Qd3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "San Marino op 2nd"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8.
Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qg5 O-O-O 14. a3 f5
15. Rhe1 h6 16. Qg3 Kb8 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Bc6
21. g3 Kc7 22. Rd2 Rcf8 23. Ne2 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 g5 26. c4 gxf4 27.
Nxf4 Nc6 28. b4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rf5 30. Nxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Marino op 2nd"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Nd5
21. Rac1 Ne7 22. Rc4 Kg8 23. Nf3 Rab8 24. b3 f6 25. Ra4 Rb7 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Kf1
Rd5 28. Ra6 Kf7 29. Rc4 Rdd7 30. Ne1 Rb6 31. Ra5 Rb5 32. Ra6 Rb6 33. Rca4 Nc8
34. Nc2 Ke7 35. Ne3 Rdb7 36. Nc4 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Kd7 38. Ke2 Ne7 39. Na5 Rc7 40.
b4 Nd5 41. a3 Nb6 42. Nb3 Ke7 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Nc5 Ke7 45. h4 Nc8 46. g3 Nd6 47.
Ra5 Nf5 48. Ra6 Nd6 49. a4 h5 50. Ne4 Nf5 51. Nc5 Nd6 52. Ra5 Nf5 53. Kc3 g6
54. Kd3 Nd6 55. Ne4 Nf5 56. Kc3 Rd7 57. Nc5 Rc7 58. Ra6 Nd6 59. Kd3 g5 60. hxg5
fxg5 61. Ne4 Nxe4 62. Kxe4 h4 63. Ra5 hxg3 64. fxg3 Kf6 65. Rc5 Rb7 66. Rc4 Rb6
67. g4 Rb7 68. Rxc6 Rxb4 69. Ra6 Rb7 70. d5 Rb4+ 71. Kf3 Rf4+ 72. Kg3 Re4 73.
Kf3 Rf4+ 74. Ke3 Ke5 75. dxe6 Kf6 76. a5 Rxg4 77. Rxa7 Kxe6 78. a6 Ra4 79. Rh7
Kd5 80. a7 Ra3+ 81. Kf2 Kc5 82. Rf7 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Qf3 a6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rae1 Nb4
15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Qh3 e5 17. f5 d5 18. exd5 Nbxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qh5 Nf6 21.
Qh4 Bd7 22. Bg5 Rfe8 23. Re3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Bf8 25. Rfe1 Qd6 26. Nd2 b5 27. Ne4
Nxe4 28. Bxe4 f6 29. Rh3 h6 30. Rd3 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Ba2 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2+ Be7 11. d3 Be6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. h3 Qd7 14. Qf3 Rad8
15. a5 Kh8 16. Ne2 Ng8 17. Be3 d4 18. Bd2 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Nf6 20. Ng3 Qd5 21.
Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Re1 Rfe8 23. Kf1 Kg8 24. Raa1 g6 25. Re5 f5 26. Ne2 Bf8 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Ng1 Bd6 29. Nf3 Bf4 30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. Ra4 Rc8 32. Rc4 Rc6 33. b4 cxb4
34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. Nxd4 c5 36. Nc6 Ne6 37. Nb8 Nc7 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. d4 Ke6 40.
dxc5 Kd5 41. c6 Kc4 42. Kd2 Kb5 43. Kd3 Ne6 44. g3 Kxa5 45. Kc4 Kb6 46. Kxb4
a5+ 47. Kc4 Kc7 48. Nd7 Kxc6 49. Nf6 Ng5 50. h4 Ne4 51. Nxh7 Nxf2 52. Nf8 Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Amrutha, Mokal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. f4 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 e5 12. h3 exf4 13. Qxf4 Be6 14. O-O-O
Ne5 15. Be2 Qb6 16. Qg5 Rg8 17. Nd4 O-O-O 18. g4 Qa5 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. Qf4 h6 21.
Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Ka8 23. h4 g5 24. fxg6 Rxg6 25. h5 Rxg4 26. Qxf6 Rb4 27. Nd5
Re4 28. Qf2 Re8 29. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hamid, Rani"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. O-O a5
15. b4 axb4 16. cxb4 Be6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Ne7 19. b5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21.
Na3 Qb6 22. Qb3 Rfc8 23. h4 Bh6 24. g4 Bf4 25. Kg2 g6 26. Rb1 Qd8 27. Ra7 Qxh4
28. Rh1 Qd8 29. Qh3 h5 30. Qd3 Bxg4 31. Bxg4 Qg5 32. Qh3 Bc1 33. Qg3 Qxg4 34.
Qxg4 hxg4 35. Rh4 Bxa3 36. Rxa3 Rxb5 37. Rxg4 Rxd5 38. Ra7 Rdc5 39. Rd7 R5c6
40. Rg3 R8c7 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Rd3 Kf6 43. R3xd6+ Rxd6 44. Rxd6+ Kf5 45. Rd2 Rc3
46. Ra2 Kg5 47. Ra5 f6 48. Rb5 Kf5 49. Ra5 g5 50. Ra8 e4 51. Re8 Kf4 52. Re6 f5
53. Ra6 g4 54. Ra5 e3 55. Ra4+ Kg5 56. fxe3 Rxe3 57. Kf2 Re4 58. Ra5 Kf4 59.
Ra2 Rc4 60. Kg2 Rd4 61. Rb2 Rd5 62. Ra2 Kg5 63. Rb2 f4 64. Ra2 Kh4 65. Rb2 Re5
66. Kg1 f3 67. Rh2+ Kg5 68. Ra2 Re1+ 69. Kf2 Re2+ 70. Kg3 Kf5 71. Ra5+ Ke4 72.
Ra4+ Ke3 73. Ra3+ Ke4 74. Ra4+ Ke3 75. Ra3+ Kd2 76. Kxg4 f2 77. Ra2+ Kc3 78.
Ra3+ Kc2 79. Ra1 Kd2 80. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bao, Khoa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. Qd6 Nd4 10. Bd3 Re8 11. a4 Re6 12. Qa3 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qc7
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. c3 Nf5 17. O-O-O Kg7 18. Bc2 Rc6 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Qb4 Rc4 21.
Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Be6 23. Nh5+ Kh8 24. Nxf6 Rf4 25. Ne4 Bd5 26. f3 f5 27. Nd2
e4 28. g3 Rxf3 29. Nxf3 exf3 30. Rf1 Bc6 31. Bd1 Rb8 32. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Irwanto, Sadikin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Nc4 b2 18. Bxb2 Bxc4 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. cxd7 Rc7 22. Rac1 Be6 23. Qa4 Rxd7 24. Rfd1 Qb2 25. Rb1 Qxa2 26. Qxa2 Rxd1+
27. Rxd1 Bxa2 28. Ra1 Bc4 29. Rxa7 Rb8 30. Bf1 Bd5 31. Bb5 g6 32. Rd7 Be6 33.
Rd6 Kf8 34. f4 Ke7 35. Rc6 Bd5 36. Rc2 Ra8 37. Bc4 Bxc4 38. Rxc4 Kd6 39. f5 Ra5
40. fxg6 fxg6 41. Rf4 Rf5 42. Rd4+ Kc6 43. Rc4+ Kb7 44. Re4 Rf7 45. Rb4 Kc6 46.
Rc4+ Kd5 47. Rb4 Kc5 48. Rb1 b5 49. Rc1+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 f6 7. Ng3 f5 8. c3 Be7
9. h4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nb8 11. Ne2 c5 12. g3 Nc6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Ne1
Qb6 16. Kg2 a5 17. Bb1 Rf7 18. f3 Raf8 19. Bc2 h6 20. Ba4 g5 21. fxe4 fxe4 22.
Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. b3 c5 26. Be3 Bb5 27. Nc3 cxd4 28.
Qxd4 Qb8 29. Nxb5 Qxb5 30. Bf2 Qe2 31. Qe3 Qb2 32. Rd1 Qxe5 33. Rc1 Qf5 34.
Rc8+ Kg7 35. Nc2 e5 36. Rc7 Kg6 37. Rc6+ Bf6 38. Rd6 Rh7 39. g4 Qxg4+ 40. Qg3
Qh5 41. Kf1 d4 42. Qxe5 Qh3+ 43. Ke1 Qc3+ 44. Kd1 Rh1+ 45. Be1 Rxe1+ 46. Nxe1
Qa1+ 47. Kd2 Qc3+ 48. Kd1 Qa1+ 49. Kd2 Qxa2+ 50. Nc2 1-0

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7
15. Qh5 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. f4 e5 12. f5 Qb7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rad1 Rd8 15.
Kh1 a5 16. b3 Rd7 17. Qf3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wynn, Zaw Htung"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nd5
d6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12. Qc1 f6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 b5
15. b3 Bd7 16. h4 Bc6 17. e4 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Kh8 20. Rb3 Rf7 21.
Qd2 Ng8 22. Qb2 Rc7 23. Bh3 Qe7 24. h5 Rb7 25. Nh4 Kg7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bf5
Rxb3 28. Qxb3 g5 29. Ng2 Qb7 30. Qd1 Ne7 31. Ne3 Bd7 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Qh5 Qc8
34. Kg2 Qb7 35. Qe8 Qc7 36. Kf3 Qb7 37. Kg4 Qc7 38. Nf5+ Nxf5 39. Kxf5 Qf7 40.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 41. g4 a6 42. a3 1-0

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. O-O-O+
Nbd7 8. f4 exf4 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bxf4 c6 11. Nd4 Bc5 12. Be2 Ke7 13. Bf3 Rhd8 14.
e5 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Ne8 16. Rb4 Rab8 17. Ne4 Nc7 18. Nd6 Nb6 19. Bg3 Na6 20. Rd4
Nc7 21. Rhd1 Nbd5 22. Ne4 g5 23. Bf2 b6 24. g3 Ne8 25. h4 g4 26. Be2 Bf5 27. c4
Nb4 28. Nc3 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Ke6 30. a3 c5 31. Rf4 Nc6 32. Nd5 Nxe5 33. Ne3 Nd6
34. Nxf5 Nxf5 35. Kc2 h5 36. b4 Rc8 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Kc3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moreno Garcia, Alfonso"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. c3 f6 14. Be3 f5
15. Bc2 O-O 16. Qh3 f4 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. f3 Ng6 19. g3 d5 20. O-O-O dxe4 21. gxf4
exf4 22. fxe4 Qe7 23. Rhg1 Ne5 24. b4 Ne6 25. Bb3 Rae8 26. Rdf1 Bxe4 27. Nc2
Kh8 28. Ne1 Nc4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Nf3 Qd7 31. Nd4 Qa4 0-1

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Heberla, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 Qd8 13. Kb1 Be7 14. f5
Qa5 15. Qg3 Qe5 16. Qxe5 dxe5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. Rhf1 Rf8 20. Rxf8+
Bxf8 21. Rf1 Bc5 22. Be2 Ke7 23. Bh5 Be8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rf3 Rd8 26. Kc1 Rd4
27. Rd3 Rc4 28. b3 Ba3+ 29. Kd2 Rc8 30. Nd1 Bc5 31. c3 Rf8 32. Rf3 Rf4 33. Rxf4
exf4 34. Ke2 h5 35. Kf3 e5 36. Nb2 b5 37. a4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qd2 Nf8 11. Bh6 Ne6 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. a3 f6 14. Nh2 O-O
15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Bd7 17. Rf2 b6 18. Raf1 Rf7 19. Nf3 Raf8 20. Qh6 Ne6 21.
Ne2 Qd6 22. Nh2 Ng7 23. Nf4 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. h4 Bg4 27. Nh2
Bc8 28. Rf4 Qe5 29. b3 Qe7 30. Nf3 Bd7 31. Re1 Be6 32. Kh2 Qc7 33. g3 Qe7 34.
Re2 Rg7 35. Re3 Rgf7 36. Re2 Re8 37. Rf2 Ref8 38. Kg1 Re8 39. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fokin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Na3 Qc7 11. Nc4 Ngf6 12. Bh6 b5 13. Nca5 Ne5 14. h3 Bd7 15.
Bd2 Rc8 16. Bc3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 O-O 18. Qd2 e5 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. Bb4
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. f3 Bf8 25. d4 Qc7 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Bxf8
Kxf8 28. Qb4+ Kg7 29. Qc5 Ne8 30. Qxc7 Nxc7 31. Nc5 Be6 32. a3 f6 33. h4 Kf7
34. Nc6 Bc8 35. Kf2 Ne6 36. Nd3 Ke8 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. Na5 Kd6 39. g3 Nc5 40. Nf2
Na4 41. Nd3 Nc5 42. Nxc5 Kxc5 43. Nb3+ Kd6 44. g4 Be6 45. Nd2 a5 46. g5 fxg5
47. hxg5 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. f4 exf4+ 50. Kxf4 Bg8 51. Nf3 Kc5 52. Ke5 Kc4 53.
Nd4 Kd3 54. Nc6 b3 55. Nb4+ Kd2 56. Kd4 Ke2 57. e5 Kd2 58. Kc5 Kc1 59. Nd3+ Kc2
60. Kd4 Bf7 61. Nb4+ Kxb2 62. Kd3 Be6 63. Kd2 Ka3 64. Kc3 Bf5 65. e6 b2 66.
Nc2+ Bxc2 0-1

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 e5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Qd1 a6 15.
Bf1 f6 16. exf6 Qxf4 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxd4+ Qxd4 19. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Guennoun, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh5 f4 14. c4 b4 15.
Nc2 Rb8 16. b3 a5 17. g3 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. Be2 Qg6 21. Bf3 Qxh5
22. Bxh5 Ke7 23. Rad1 Rhg8 24. Ne1 f5 25. Bf3 fxg3 26. fxg3 Rgf8 27. Nd3 fxe4
28. Bxe4 Bg4 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rd2 h5 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Nxf2 Be2 33. Kg2 Ke6 34.
Bd5+ Kf5 35. Bf3 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Bf8 37. h3 Be7 38. g4+ hxg4+ 39. hxg4+ Kg5 40.
Ke4 Bf8 41. Kf3 Be7 42. Nd1 Bd8 43. Ne3 Bb6 44. Nf5 Bc5 45. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galiana Salom, Juan Ramon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nc2 Be6 14. a4 O-O
15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxb5 Nd4 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. cxd4 Qa5+ 20. Qd2
Qxb5 21. d5 Bd7 22. Na3 Qa6 23. Qe2 Qa5+ 24. Qd2 Qa6 25. Qe2 Qa5+ 26. Qd2 Ra8
27. Nc6 Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Bxc6 29. dxc6 Rc8 30. b4 Rxc6 31. b5 Rb6 32. Rb1 d5 33.
Nc2 f5 34. Rb3 Bf8 35. f4 Bh6 36. g3 exf4 37. gxf4 Bxf4+ 38. Kd3 Kg7 39. Kd4
Kf6 40. Kxd5 Bxh2 41. Ne3 h5 42. Nc4 Rb8 43. b6 Rd8+ 44. Kc6 Kg5 45. b7 h4 46.
Ne3 Bb8 47. Rb5 Rd6+ 48. Kc5 Re6 49. Nc4 h3 50. Kd5 Re1 51. Nd2 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Re1 Be6 14. c5 d4 15.
Ne2 Nf5 16. Qd2 Nh4 17. Bg3 Qg5 18. Nf4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Nf5 20. b4 h5 21. Bxf5
Qxf5 22. Nd3 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Kh7 24. Bf4 Bf6 25. h3 Qd5 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Qb3
28. Qd2 Re8 29. Kh2 Re4 30. f3 Re8 31. g4 Nxb4 32. gxh5 Nxd3 33. hxg6+ fxg6 34.
Qxd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Re2+ 36. Kg3 Rxb2 37. Bc7 Kg7 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Be5 Rc2 40.
Bxf6 Kxf6 41. Rb3 Rxc5 42. Rxb7 Ra5 43. Rb6+ Kg7 44. Rd6 Ra4 45. Kg5 Ra5+ 46.
Kf4 Ra4 47. Kg5 Ra5+ 48. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hernandez Carmenates, Holden"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 Re8 18. Qb2 Qf6 19. Rae1 Rac8 20. g3 Qf3 21.
Qd2 Bc6 22. Ba6 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bc6 27.
Kf2 f5 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. Kf4 Kf6 30. h4 h6 31. Bc8 Bb5 32. Kf3 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Strasser, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 c6 7. c3 e6 8.
Bc4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bb3 N7f6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Re1 Rc8
15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Re2 N5f6 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Rae1 Bd6 21.
g3 Qd7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Red8 24. h4 c5 25. Bg5 Re8 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Be3
Rf5 28. Qg4 Bc5 29. Rd1 Qc6 30. Rxe6 Nxe6 31. Qxf5 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Qb6 33. Rd7
Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 Rf8 35. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Niebergall, Gerhard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qa4 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6 Bg4 12. h3 Rc8 13. Qa6 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Ng5 16. Kg2 Qd7 17. Rh1 Qf5 18. Qa3 Ne6 19. Nc3 Nf4+ 20. Kf1 Qd3+
21. Kg1 Qxf3 22. Rh2 Nxh3+ 23. Kf1 Nf4 24. Qxe7 Rb8 25. Qh4 Rxb2 26. Qxh7+ Kf8
27. Qh4 Ke8 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. fxg3 Rxh2 30. gxf4 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
b6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Nd1 O-O 11. c3 f6 12. Bd3 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Ng5
g6 16. Ne3 h5 17. Rae1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 cxd4 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Nxd5 Qf7 21. Re7
Qf5 22. Qxd4 Nf6 23. Re5 Qd7 24. Qd3 Nxd5 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Qe6+ Qf7 27. Qh6
Qf6 28. Rg5+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nd2 Nbd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. Qc1 e6 8. Ngf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. b4 e5 15.
Bg3 Rfe8 16. Rf2 Bd6 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Kg2 Re7 19. a4 Rae8 20. Ra2 exd4 21. exd4
Re3 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Bf1 Qf4 24. Rae2 Nxg4 25. fxg4 Qxg4+ 26. Kh1 Rxe2 27.
Bxe2 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Nc5 Nf6 30. Qf4 b6 31. Nb7 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Bf3 Qd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd6 Bxd6 14. Nd2
Ke7 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Bc7 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Rd1 Bc7 20. g4 b6
21. Kg2 Be5 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nd2 Ba4 24. Nb3 a5 25. Rd2 Bxb3 26. axb3 Bf4 27. Rd1
Rg8 28. Be4 h5 29. Kf3 Bd6 30. Rd4 hxg4+ 31. hxg4 Rh8 32. Kg2 Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Rh4
34. Bf3 Rh8 35. Kg2 Rg8 36. Kf1 Rg5 37. Be2 Bc5 38. Rc4 b5 39. Re4 b4 40. Rc4
Kd6 41. Rf4 f5 42. gxf5 e5 43. Rf3 e4 44. Rf4 Ke5 45. Rh4 Rxf5 46. Rh5 Rxh5 47.
Bxh5 f5 48. Ke2 f4 49. f3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 Qe7 11. Bd3 g5 12. Bf2 Nh5 13. g3 f5 14. Qe2 Ng7 15.
O-O fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 O-O 18. Rae1 Qf7 19. g4 e5 20. d5 Nf6 21. Qd3
a6 22. h4 b5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rd1 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Rae8 26. Bg3 Qd7 27. Qg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 d5 7. Ba2 b6 8. exd5
cxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 1st"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2006.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fernandez, Dandel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 Bd7 9. Qd3 Bc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. f5 Bg5 12. Ng3 Bxc1 13. Raxc1 Nf6 14. Rcd1 a6
15. a4 Qb8 16. Kh1 a5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 b6 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Nc3 h5 21. Rde1
Ng4 22. Qg3 Rh7 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Ng5 h4 25. Qh3 Rh5 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qg5
28. Kg1 Rh6 29. Rg4 Qf6 30. Qf3 O-O-O 31. c3 h3 32. g3 Re8 33. Qe4 Rh5 34. b4
Qh6 35. Rgf4 Kd7 36. R4f2 Ra8 37. f6 g6 38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Rf5 40. Rxf5 gxf5
41. Qxf5+ Ke8 42. Qf2 Kf8 43. c4 Re8 44. cxd6 cxd6 45. c5 dxc5 46. Qxc5+ Kg8
47. Qf2 Qg5 48. Qf5 Qe3+ 49. Kh1 Qh6 50. d6 Rd8 51. d7 Qg6 52. Qxg6+ fxg6 53.
Rd1 Kf7 54. Rd6 g5 55. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 1st"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paragua, Mark"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qh4 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Be3 b5 13. Nf4 Bxc4 14. b3 e5
15. bxc4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rxc4 17. Rad1 d5 18. Qh3 Ne4 19. Rd3 Nc3 20. Bf3 Re8 21.
Re1 d4 22. Bd2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. e3 Rc2 25. a3 Qd5 26. Qf1 h5 27. Rd1 Qf5
28. Bc1 Bh6 29. Bd2 Qe6 30. Re1 Qf5 31. Bc1 Qe6 32. Bd2 Qc6 33. h4 Kh7 34. Kh2
a5 35. Kg1 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Qg2 b3 0-1

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 1st"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nbd7
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. exd5 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5
14. Nxd4 Nf6 15. Qe3 Qb6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. N2b3 Rc8 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. f3 b6 20. Re3
Qd6 21. Qf2 a5 22. Qg3 Qf8 23. Qe1 Qd6 24. Qg3 Qf8 25. Qe1 Qd6 26. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 1st"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. d3 Ne6 13. Ned2 Qd5 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Rd8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Be3 Kg8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. c4 Qd6 20. Bxc5 Bh2+
21. Nxh2 Qxc5 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Qd2 Nd4 24. Qc3 Rhe8 25. Re4 e5 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27.
Rde1 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 f6 29. b4 Qf8 30. d4 exd4 31. Rxd4 Rd8 32. c5 Rxd4 33. Qxd4
bxc5 34. bxc5 Qe7 35. g3 Kf7 36. h4 h5 37. Kh2 g5 38. Qc4+ Qe6 39. Qa4 Qf5 40.
Qxa7+ Kg6 41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 1st"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. exd5 Bb4 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Rd8 11. Ne4 Qf4 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. c3 Bc5 14. Bd3 Nc6
15. Ne2 Qd6 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. c4 a6 19. Ng3 Qc7 20. Ne4 Bf8 21.
Rac1 Rac8 22. Qd1 b5 23. cxb5 Qxc1 24. Qxc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 axb5 26. b3 b4 27.
Kf1 Bd5 28. Nd2 Be7 29. Rc2 g5 30. Nc4 Kg7 31. Re2 Bf6 32. f3 h5 33. Kf2 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 1st"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 h6 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15.
Nc2 b5 16. Bxb4 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Na3 bxc4 19. Nxc4 d5 20. Ne3 Rfd8 21.
Bxe7 Rxb1 22. Qxb1 Qxe7 23. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 1st"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf5 9. exf5 Nd4 10. Bd3 Nxd5 11. O-O Bb4 12. Be4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1
O-O 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rxb7 Qxa2 18. Qg4 Qe2 19. Qh4 Bd2 20. Rfb1 h6
21. Bd5 Nxf5 22. Qh3 Nd6 23. Rd7 Bb4 24. Qf3 Qc2 25. Qb3 Qf5 26. Rc7 a5 27. Rd1
e4 28. Qc2 Qe5 29. Rd7 Qf5 30. Rc7 Qe5 31. Rd7 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 1st"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. h3 Be7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 b5 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Re8 13. b4 a5 14. Nd2 Qc8 15. Nb3
Bd8 16. Bd6 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nd4 Rb8 20. Rad1 Ne4 21. Nxe4
Rxe4 22. f3 Re5 23. e4 axb4 24. axb4 Bf6 25. Nf5 Qe6 26. Nd6 Be7 27. Nf5 Bf6
28. Nd4 Qe8 29. Nf5 Qe6 30. Rfe1 dxe4 31. fxe4 g6 32. Qg3 Re8 33. Rf1 Bg7 34.
Rd6 Qc4 35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. Rdf6 Rxe4 37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qc7+ R8e7
40. Qxc6 Rxb4 41. Qd5+ Kg7 42. c6 Rc4 43. Qxb5 Re1+ 44. Kh2 Rec1 45. Qe5+ Kh6
46. Qe7 Rxc6 47. h4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 1st"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2006.11.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Qh3 g6 13. Rf1 Bg7 14. f5 exf5 15.
exf5 O-O 16. Be3 Re8 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nbd7 20. Nxd6 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 bxc4 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rxd7 Rxe3 24. Rfxf7 Bxb2+ 25. Kb1 Rxh3 26. Rxc7 Be5
27. Rce7 cxb3 28. axb3 Rxh2 29. Rf1 Bg7 30. Re6 Kh7 31. Rc6 a5 32. Ka2 Re8 33.
Rf7 Re1 34. b4 a4 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. b5 Ree2 37. Kb1 Re5 0-1

[Event "Singapore Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2006.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Rd1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Qa3 Qc7 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. Nb5 Bxb5
15. Rxb5 Nce4 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Rdb1 b6 18. Re5 Rad8 19. Qb2 h6 20. h4 Qa4 21.
Bxe4 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Singapore Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2006.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zinmar, Min Than"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 b4 17. Ba4+ Kf8 18. cxb4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bg7 20. Nc4 Rb8 21.
Ne3 f4 22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. Qxf5 Qh4 24. Qxe4 Rg8 25. Rfc1 Be5 26. Rc7 Rg6 27. Bd7
Qh5 28. h3 f3 29. Bg4 Qh4 30. Qxf3 Rf6 31. Qe3 Bf4 32. Qd3 Be5 33. g3 Qh6 34.
f4 Qg6 35. Rd1 Bb2 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Bxc8 Qg7 38. Kh2 h5 39. h4 Rg6 40. Bf5 Rh6
41. Qxa6 Qc3 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qxc3+ Bxc3 44. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Singapore Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pham, Le Thao Nguyen"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Na3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nb4 14. Qd2 bxa4 15.
Nc2 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 c5 17. Qxa4 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Qd5 19. Qa3 Qh5 20. Rd2 Bd5 21. Qa4
Qh6 22. Kf2 Rb3 23. Rd3 Rxb2 24. Nd2 cxd4 25. e4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Qxd2 27. exd5 d3
28. Qe4 dxe2 0-1

[Event "Singapore Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xu, Yuanyuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Kb1 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Rd3 Kf8 20. Rhd1
Ke8 21. g4 Be7 22. c4 a6 23. Rb3 b6 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Rbd3 Nc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Kc2 Bd4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Kd3 e5 32. b4 Kc7 33.
c5 Kc6 34. Kc4 Kc7 35. a4 Kc6 36. b5+ axb5+ 37. axb5+ Kb7 38. b6 Kc6 39. Kb4
Kb7 40. f3 Kc6 41. Kc4 Kb7 42. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Singapore Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Madjidov, Jasur"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. O-O Be6
15. Ncb4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Qb6 17. a4 a5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 bxa4 20. Rfb1 Rfc8
21. Bc4 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxa4 Bd2 24. Ba2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxb1+ 26. Bxb1
Rxc3 27. f4 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rxb1 29. Rxa5 f6 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Ra7+ Kg6 32. f5+ Kg5
33. g3 Rb2+ 34. Kf3 Rb3+ 35. Kf2 g6 36. Rg7 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Rb4 38. h4+ Kh6 39.
Rf7 Rxe4 40. Rxf6 Rd4 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Kf2 Kg7 43. Rf3 e4 44. Rf4 d5 45. Ke2
Rd3 46. Rg4 Kf6 47. Rg5 d4 48. Rd5 Ke6 49. Rg5 Re3+ 50. Kd2 Ra3 51. Rxg6+ Kd5
52. Kc2 e3 53. Rg5+ Kc4 54. Re5 Ra2+ 55. Kb1 Rg2 56. Re8 e2 57. Kc1 Kc3 58.
Rc8+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "Singapore Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 O-O 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. g4 Rac8
21. f3 Nd6 22. a4 f6 23. Ng6 Kf7 24. b3 b5 25. c5 Ne8 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Kc2 a6
28. Ra1 Rc6 29. b4 Nd6 30. Rhd1 Nc4 31. Bg1 Rd7 32. f4 Bd8 33. f5 a5 34. fxe6+
Rxe6 35. Re1 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 a4 37. Nh8+ Kf8 38. Ng6+ Kf7 39. c6 Rc7 40. d5 Be7
41. Bc5 Bd6 42. Re6 Bxc5 43. bxc5 a3 44. Nh8+ Kf8 45. d6 Rxc6 46. d7 1-0

[Event "Singapore Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Rb8 11. f4 Be7 12. b3 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Bd4 14. Ne2
Bxa1 15. Qxa1 d6 16. Ng3 Re6 17. f5 Re5 18. Nh5 Kh7 19. Qe1 d5 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Qh4 Qe7 22. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Singapore Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Li, Shilong"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. Qd3 a5
15. Rd1 Be6 16. Na3 b4 17. Nb5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne7 19. Ndc7 Bxa2 20. h4 Bh6 21.
c4 Nc6 22. Qa3 Nb4 23. Kf1 Qc8 24. Qxa5 Bb3 25. Nxd6 Nc2 26. Rh3 Nd4 27. Rxd4
exd4 28. Rxb3 Qd8 29. g3 Rb7 30. Ra3 Bc1 31. Rd3 Qe7 32. Rxd4 Bb2 33. Nd5 Qe5
34. Rd2 Bc1 35. Ra2 Qxe4 36. Kg1 Bh6 37. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Singapore Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2006.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bui, Vinh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. g4 Nd7 13. g5 Re8 14. Qh5 g6 15.
Qh4 b5 16. Rf3 b4 17. Rh3 Nf8 18. Nd1 Qd8 19. Nf2 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Qh6 Qd7
22. Rd1 d5 23. Bf1 Bb7 24. Nd3 Rad8 25. Ndc5 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Qf7 27. Nxb7 Qxb7
28. Bg2 Qb5 29. Bf2 Qc4 30. Rhd3 Ne6 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Nxf4 33. Rd7 Ne2+
34. Kf1 Nf4+ 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Kg1 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Phu Quoc zt 3.3"]
[Site "Phu Quoc"]
[Date "2007.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bao, Khoa"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. Bg4 Be6
15. Nce3 g6 16. h4 Bxh4 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Qh3 Bxg4 19. Nxg4 h5 20. Qxh4 Qxh4 21.
Rxh4 hxg4 22. Rxg4 b4 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. cxb4 Rxb4 25. O-O-O Rc8+ 26. Kb1 f5 27.
Rh4 Rc6 28. f3 g5 29. Rh3 fxe4 30. a3 Rd4 31. Rdh1 exf3 32. Rh7+ Kg6 33. R1h6+
Kf5 34. Rf7+ Ke4 35. gxf3+ Kd5 36. Rg6 Rf4 37. Rb7 Rxf3 38. Rxg5 a5 39. Rg6 a4
40. Rb5+ Rc5 41. Rb6 Rc6 42. Rb5+ Ke4 43. Rg2 Kf5 44. Rd5 Rf1+ 45. Ka2 Rcc1 46.
b4 Ra1+ 47. Kb2 Rfb1+ 48. Kc3 Rxa3+ 0-1

[Event "Phu Quoc zt 3.3"]
[Site "Phu Quoc"]
[Date "2007.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5
Nd7 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nd6+ Qxd6 17. exd6 Bg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg7 Rh4 20. Bd4
f6 21. Bf2 Rh6 22. h4 Kf7 23. Rh3 gxh4 24. g3 e5 25. gxh4 Rc8 26. a4 b4 27. b3
f5 28. Bc4+ Rxc4 29. bxc4 f4 30. c5 Bc6 31. a5 Ke6 32. h5 Kf5 33. Rg1 e4 34.
Rf1 Bb5 35. c6 Ne5 36. c7 Rh8 37. Bd4 f3 38. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Phu Quoc zt 3.3"]
[Site "Phu Quoc"]
[Date "2007.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Qh3 g6 13. Rf1 Bg7 14. f5 exf5 15.
exf5 O-O 16. Be3 Re8 17. O-O-O b4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Qh7 Ne5 21.
Bxg6+ Nxg6 22. Bd4 Ne5 23. Rf1+ Ke7 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nc5 Bc6 26. Rd1 Kf8 27.
Rf1+ Ke7 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. g6 Kd8 31. Rf7 Qd6 32. Qxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Phu Quoc zt 3.3"]
[Site "Phu Quoc"]
[Date "2007.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wynn, Zaw Htung"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "Philippinen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. h3 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd7
15. Re1 Re8 16. Bg5 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Rxb7 Qc8 19. Rb6 Bxh3 20. Bxh3 Qxh3
21. c5 Qg4 22. Be3 h5 23. Qe2 Qe4 24. Qd2 Qf5 25. c6 h4 26. Kg2 hxg3 27. fxg3
Qe4+ 28. Kf2 e6 29. Rb4 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. g4 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Phu Quoc zt 3.3"]
[Site "Phu Quoc"]
[Date "2007.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Bg5 g6 11. h4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O-O Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Qd5 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 h5 17. Kc2 Bg7 18. Rhe1 Bf6 19. g3 Ke7 20. a4 a5 21.
Nd3 Rhd8 22. Rb1 b5 23. Ra1 b4 24. Rad1 Kf8 25. Nc5 Rd5 26. Nb3 bxc3 27. bxc3
Be7 28. Re5 Bd6 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Re1 Be7 31. Rb1 Bd6 32. Re1 Be7 33. Rb1 Bd6
34. Re1 Be7 35. Rb1 Bd6 36. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Phu Quoc zt 3.3"]
[Site "Phu Quoc"]
[Date "2007.01.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bui, Vinh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2007.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O e6 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. a4 a6 12. Na3 Qc7 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Qd4 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 Be7 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Bb3 h5 18. f4 Qc5 19. Qd3 h4 20. Qh3 Bc6 21. f5 e5
22. Rfd1 Bd8 23. Rd3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nd5 b4 26. Rad1 Bb5 27. Re3 Ra8 28.
Qg4 Kf8 29. c3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 Qf2 31. Rc2 Qa7 32. h3 Rb8 33. Nc3 Be8 34. Bc4 Qe3
35. Rxd6 Qc5 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Nd5 Qd6 38. b4 Ra8 39. Qf3 Bc6 40. Kh2 Rb8 41.
b5 Bxd5 42. Bxd5 Qb4 43. Rc7 Rh7 44. Qe3 Qxb5 45. Qa7 Qe8 46. Bxf7 Qb5 47. Bd5
Rxc7 48. Qxc7 Qe8 49. Qh7 Rb6 50. Be6 Rxe6 51. fxe6 Qxe6 52. Qxh4 Qc6 53. Qh8+
Kf7 54. Qh7+ Ke6 55. h4 Qc1 56. Qg8+ Ke7 57. Qg7+ Ke6 58. Qg4+ Ke7 59. h5 Qh6
60. Qf5 Kf7 61. Kh3 Qe3+ 62. g3 Qh6 63. Kg4 Qg7+ 64. Kh4 Qh6 65. Qg4 Qe3 66.
Qg6+ Ke7 67. Kh3 Qc1 68. Qh7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Phu Quoc zt 3.3"]
[Site "Phu Quoc"]
[Date "2007.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mariano, Nelson"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. O-O Be6
15. Qd3 a5 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. Qg3 h6 18. h3 b4 19. Nce3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxd5 21.
Nxd5 Rb2 22. Bc4 a4 23. h4 Bd8 24. Rab1 Qb7 25. Nb4 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Ne7 27. Qd3
Qd7 28. g3 Bb6 29. Nd5 Bc5 30. Kg2 a3 31. Qf3 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Qe7 33. Rb7 Qf6 34.
h5 Qd8 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Be6 Bb6 38. Bf5 Bc7 39. g4 Bb6 40. Kf3
Bc5 41. g5 hxg5 42. Kg4 Qg8 43. Qg6 Bxf2 44. h6 1-0

[Event "Phu Quoc zt 3.3"]
[Site "Phu Quoc"]
[Date "2007.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2007.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. h3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f6 13. exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Phu Quoc zt 3.3"]
[Site "Phu Quoc"]
[Date "2007.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Tu, Hoang Thong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Na4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. c4 Be6 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. b3 Rb4 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 Rc8 20. Nxe6
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 fxe6 22. Rc6 Rb6 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. g3 Kf7 25. Kf1 Bc5 26. Ke2 Ke7
27. f3 Kd6 28. Bg6 Ke7 29. Bd3 Kd6 30. Bg6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 15th"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ari, Ahmed"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.03.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sulaymaniyah"]
[BlackTeam "Tagaytay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRQ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. c4 Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. a3 Bb7 14. Re1
Qb6 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Red1 h6 19. Nh3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Kh8
21. b4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qc3 23. Rxa7 Qc7 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qc6 26. Qf1 Rd4 27.
Be3 Rxb4 28. Rc1 Qd5 29. Rc5 Qd8 30. Rb5 Ng8 31. g3 Rxb5 32. Bxb5 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 15th"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ghane Gardeh, Shojaat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.03.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tagaytay"]
[BlackTeam "Tehran Rah Ahan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 f6 7. Ng3 fxe5 8. Bb5
exd4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxd4 Qd5 11. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 a6 13. Nd4+ axb5 14.
Nxb5 Bd6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Nxe4 Be5 17. h3 b6 18. Re1 Ba6 19. c3 Rfd8+ 20. Bd2
Rd5 21. Kc1 Bc4 22. a3 h6 23. Be3 Rad8 24. Nd2 Bd3 25. Nf3 Bd6 26. Rd1 c5 27.
Ne1 Be4 28. c4 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 Bf4+ 30. Ke2 Be5 31. f3 Bg6 32. Ra2 Bb1 33. Ra1
Bg6 34. Ra2 Kf7 35. a4 Ra8 36. Nd3 Bf6 37. b3 e5 38. Nf2 Ke6 39. Rd2 Be8 40.
Ne4 Be7 41. Nc3 Bc6 42. Nd5 Bd8 43. Bf2 Be8 44. Bg3 Rc8 45. Rd3 Bg5 46. Nxb6
Rb8 47. a5 Bg6 48. Rd5 Bf6 49. Rxc5 Bc2 50. Rc6+ Kf5 51. a6 1-0

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 15th"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2007.03.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tidewater Hormozgan"]
[BlackTeam "Tagaytay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 c5 4. Bf4 Be7 5. h3 b6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bb7 9. Rc1 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rxc8 Qxc8 13. Qb1 Ba6 14. Rc1 Qb7
15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. a3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 15th"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.03.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pavlodar"]
[BlackTeam "Tagaytay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rg8 14. Rg1
bxc4 15. Nxc4 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. O-O-O Rxg2 19. Bxh7 Rxg1 20.
Rxg1 Rc8 21. b3 Qd4 22. Qb4 Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Qxg1 24. Qxb7 Qxf2+ 25. Kb1 Rd8 26.
Bc2 Nd5 27. h4 Qe1+ 28. Kb2 Qc3+ 29. Kb1 Nb4 30. Qg2 Nxc2 31. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 32.
Kxc2 e4 33. Ne3 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 15th"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2007.03.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mahjoob, Morteza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.03.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tagaytay"]
[BlackTeam "Tehran Saipa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Ra7 14. f5
Qc5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 Bh6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rf1 O-O 19. Qh4 Bg7 20. Nf4 Qe5
21. Bc4 Bd7 22. Nh5 Kh8 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf3 Be8 25. Qg3+ Bg6 26. Rxd6 Qc5 27.
b3 a5 28. Rxe6 a4 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxe4 31. Rg3+ Bg6 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. Rb6
Rc8 34. Bb3 Ra5 35. Rxb4 Rac5 36. Rf4 Rd8 37. Rf2 Rd1+ 38. Kb2 Rh1 39. h3 Rg1
40. Re3 Re5 41. Ref3 Be4 42. Rxf6 Rxg2 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Rxg2+ Bxg2 45. h4 Be4
1-0

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 15th"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2007.03.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Alzaim, Talal"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.03.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Damascus"]
[BlackTeam "Tagaytay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SYR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bf3 Be6 13. Be3 Na5 14. O-O
Rc8 15. Rc1 Nc4 16. Qb3 Bg5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxe3 19. Bxc4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1
Qxd4 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. g3 Rf8 24. Qe6 Qxb2 25. Qe7 Qc1+ 26. Kg2
Qc6+ 27. Kg1 Rc8 28. Bh5 Qc7 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qh4 Qd6 31. Bf3 Qf6 32. Qe4 Rf8 33.
Kg2 b5 34. Qe3 Qd6 35. h4 b4 36. axb4 Qxb4 37. h5 h6 38. Qd3 Qc5 39. Qe2 a4 40.
Be4 a3 41. Bb1 Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Rd8 43. Qe7 Qd6 44. Qh4 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qd5+ 46. Kh2
Qd4 47. Qe7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg4 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 15th"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Muralidharan, MB."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.03.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tagaytay"]
[BlackTeam "Kozhikode"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh5 f4 14. c4 bxc4
15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. b3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. Qh4 f5 20. Nxf4 exf4 21.
Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxc6 fxe4 23. Rcxd6 Qe8 24. Nc4 e3 25. fxe3 fxe3 26. Re1 e2 27.
Qg4 Rf1+ 28. Rxf1 e1=Q 29. Rd1 Q1e2 30. Qg3 Be5 31. Nxe5 Q8xe5 32. Qxe5+ Qxe5
33. Rf2 Qc5 34. g3 Rf8 35. Rdf1 Kg7 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Re8 38. Rf5 Qd4+ 39.
Kg2 Re2+ 40. R5f2 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qd4 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Kg1 Re5 44. Rf4 h5 45. R1f2
a5 46. Rf1 Kg6 47. Rf6+ Kg7 48. R6f4 Qc5+ 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Kg1 Kg6 51. R1f2
Re1+ 52. Rf1 Rxf1+ 53. Rxf1 Kg5 54. Rf4 Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Rf2 Qd5+ 57. Kh3
Qe6+ 58. Kg2 Qe4+ 59. Kh3 h4 60. gxh4+ Qxh4+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Rf3 Kg4 63. h3+
Kh4 64. a4 Qc2+ 65. Rf2 Qg6+ 66. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 15th"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.03.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shanghai"]
[BlackTeam "Tagaytay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15.
Qd2 Bb7 16. g4 h6 17. Qf4 Rfd8 18. h4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rad1 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
a6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxh4 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Qd3 Re8 26. e3 Qe6 27. Rf4 Rcd8
28. Qd4 Rd6 29. Rf5 Qg6 30. Rf4 Bc8 31. Rc1 h5 32. gxh5 Qxh5 33. Rh4 Qg5 34.
Qf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Be6 36. Rd4 Red8 37. Rcd1 f5 38. f3 Kf7 39. e4 R6d7 40. Rb4
dxe4 41. Rxd7+ Rxd7 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Bxe4 Rd6 44. Kf2 g5 45. Bf3 a5 46. Rb5
Kf6 47. Ke3 Bd7 48. Rd5 Rxd5 49. Bxd5 Be6 0-1

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 15th"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2007.03.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.03.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tagaytay"]
[BlackTeam "Amman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "JOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. b3 O-O 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. O-O Rfe8 14. h3 a6
15. f4 b5 16. f5 Bd7 17. Qf2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 gxf5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qc5 21.
Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "World ol U16 12th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lehmann, Marco"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. O-O Ng6 8.
e5 Be7 9. Na3 f6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Rb1 Bxc4 13. dxc4 fxe5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qh5 Rf5 17. Qh3 Qa5 18. c3 Qxa2 19. Qd3 Bf8 20. Bd2 Rf7
21. b4 Qa6 22. Be3 cxb4 23. cxb4 d5 24. b5 dxc4 25. Qe4 Qc8 26. b6 axb6 27.
Rxb6 Ra6 28. Qxc4 Rxb6 29. Bxb6 Qb7 30. Bc5 Qb5 31. Qxb5 cxb5 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33.
Re5 Rb7 34. Rxe6 Re7 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Kf1 Kd6 37. Ke2 Kc5 38. Kd3 Kb4 39. Kc2
Kc4 40. h4 h5 41. f3 Kd4 42. Kb3 Ke3 43. Kb4 Kf2 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Kg3 0-1

[Event "World ol U16 12th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Khandelwal, Ankush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O Qd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Bb5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 a6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 h6 14. Qf5 Rd8
15. Be3 Qd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 O-O 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bc5 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rad1 Nd2 23. Rfe1 Rd6 24. b3 f5 25. c4 b6 26. Kh1 Kf7 27. Re2
Ne4 28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. Re3 Nc5 30. Kg1 b5 31. b4 Na4 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Kf2 Kf6
34. Re8 f4 35. Kf3 Nc3 36. a3 g5 37. Rc8 Na4 38. Rh8 Kg7 39. Rd8 Nb6 40. Rxd6
Nc4 41. Ra6 Nd2+ 42. Kg4 Nc4 43. a4 bxa4 44. b5 a3 45. b6 Nd6 46. b7 1-0

[Event "World ol U16 12th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rajapaksha, RMCM."]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. e4 c5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxc2 14. Bxc2
Rc8 15. Ba4 Bd6 16. O-O Bxe4 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 g5 20. Rc7 b5
21. Bxb5 Rxb5 22. Rc8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 gxh4 24. f4 Rb2 25. Rf2 Rb3 26. Rxh6 Rxa3
27. Rxh4 Ra1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 a5 30. Ke2 a4 31. Rh3 Bxg2 32. Rc3 Bd5 33.
h4 Kf8 34. Kd2 Nb6 35. Kc1 Kg7 36. Kb2 Bb3 37. Rg3+ Kh7 38. Rd3 Nd5 39. Rd4 Kg6
40. Ka3 Kh5 41. Kb2 Kxh4 42. f5+ Kg5 43. fxe6 fxe6 44. Rd2 Kf5 45. Re2 Nf4 46.
Re3 Ng6 47. Kc3 Nxe5 48. Kd4 Ng4 49. Rf3+ Kg5 50. Rf8 a3 0-1

[Event "World ol U16 12th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qa5 8. a3 c4
9. Be2 Nb6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. b4 cxb3 13. cxb3 Bxa3 14. Ra2 Rc8 15.
Rfa1 Bb4 16. Rc1 Ba3 17. Rca1 Bb4 18. Rxa5 Nxa5 19. Rxa5 Bxa5 20. Qa2 Bxc3 21.
Qxa7 Na8 22. Qxb7 Ke7 23. f5 Rc7 24. Qa6 Bb4 25. f6+ gxf6 26. exf6+ Kxf6 27.
Bf4 Rhc8 28. Bxc7 Nxc7 29. Qd3 Bb5 30. Qe3 Bxe2 31. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "World ol U16 12th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khademi, Mohammad Miran"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Rc8 12. Be3 e6 13. Bxa7 Rxc3 14.
Bd4 Rc2 15. Bd3 Rxa2 16. O-O Be7 17. Be4 Bc6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Be3 Ra5 20.
Rfc1 O-O 21. Bb6 Rd5 22. Nd4 c5 23. Bxd8 Bxd8 24. Nc6 h5 25. Rb5 c4 26. Rxd5
exd5 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Rxd5 Bb6 29. Kf1 c3 30. Ke2 c2 31. Kd2 c1=Q+ 32. Kxc1 Rc8
33. Rd6 Kh7 34. e6 Bc5 35. Ne7 Rf8 36. Rd7 fxe6 37. Nc6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "World ol U16 12th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mustafaev, Jamshid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Rg3 a6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3 e5 14. Bc4 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. h5 Ra7 17. h6 Rf7 18. O-O-O gxh6 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Qe2 Nh5 21. Qxh5
Bxh4 22. Rg6 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Ke7 24. Qh3 Qc8 25. Na4 Bf6 26. f4 Rg7 27. Rxh6 Rxh6
28. Qxh6 exf4 29. Qxf4 Qb8 30. Rf1 Be5 31. Qf2 c5 32. b3 Rh7 33. Nb2 Qg8 34.
Nc4 Rh5 35. b4 Bd4 36. Qf4 Be5 37. Qf3 Rg5 38. bxc5 Rg1 39. cxd6+ Bxd6 40. Qf6+
Kd7 41. Nxd6 Qb8+ 42. Kc1 Rxf1+ 43. Qxf1 Kxd6 44. Qf4+ e5 45. Qf6+ Kc5 46. Qxa6
Qb4 47. Qc8+ Kd4 48. Qd7+ Ke3 49. Qd3+ Kf4 50. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "World ol U16 12th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 O-O 8. Nxc5
dxc5 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be3 exf4 11. Bxc5 Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 g6 14. Bd5 Ne5
15. Qf2 c6 16. Bb3 b6 17. Bd4 Ng3 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Bc3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. a4
c5 22. a5 c4 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxc4 Rxa5 25. d4 b5 26. Bb3 Ra6 27. d5 Rh6 28.
e5 Qf5 29. Qf3 Rh4 30. Rd4 a5 31. e6 fxe6 32. dxe6 Re8 33. e7+ Kg7 34. Qc3 Qf6
35. Rd8 Qxc3 36. bxc3 1-0

[Event "World ol U16 12th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chan, Wei Xuan Timothy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. h4 Be7
15. Nce3 Be6 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. Rd1 Bd8 18. Be2 Ne7 19. g4 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 a5 21. h5
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 b4 23. c4 Qe7 24. b3 Bb6 25. O-O Ra8 26. Kg2 a4 27. Bd1 axb3 28.
Bxb3 Bc5 29. Qg3 g6 30. Rh1 Qg5 31. Rd3 Kg7 32. Rf3 h6 33. Rh4 Bd4 34. Rd3 Rfe8
35. Rh3 Re6 36. Rf3 Rf6 37. Rxf6 Qxf6 38. Qf3 Qg5 39. Rg3 Bc5 40. Qe2 Re8 41.
Ba4 Re6 42. Bc6 Rf6 43. f3 Qc1 44. Bd5 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qh1+ 46. Qh2 Qe1 47. hxg6
fxg6 48. g5 hxg5 49. Kg4 Be3 50. Qg2 Rf4+ 51. Kxg5 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "World ol U16 12th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ly, Moulthun"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 fxe4 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. Bxe4 Be6 14. Qh5 Rc8
15. c3 Ne7 16. Rd1 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qd7 18. O-O Rc5 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Nc2 O-O 21.
Ne3 f5 22. Qh3 e4 23. a3 Rf6 24. Kh1 Rh6 25. Qg2 f4 26. gxf4 Rg6 27. f5 Rxf5
28. Qh3 Rf3 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rd5 Be5 31. Ng4 h5 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Rd2 e3 34.
Re2 exf2 35. Rfxf2 Rd3 36. Rf5 Rg6 37. Rfxe5 Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rgd6 39. Rxd1 Rxd1+
40. Kg2 Rd2+ 41. Kh3 Rxb2 42. Rxh5 Rb3 43. Rc5 Rxa3 44. Kg4 Ra4+ 45. Kg5 Kf7
46. Rc6 a5 47. Rb6 Rc4 48. Rxb5 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World ol U16 12th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nc5 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Bh5 14. Be3 Ne6
15. Nd4 Ng4 16. Nf5 Nxe3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxe3 Rac8 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. a5 Bg6
21. b4 Re8 22. Rae1 Ng5 23. Qa7 Rb8 24. Qd4 Re5 25. Nf4 Qe7 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27.
Bc4 Rc8 28. c3 Kh8 29. Bd5 Qc7 30. c4 Re7 31. Qe3 Nh7 32. Rf4 Kg8 33. Ref1 Nf6
34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Qh6 Re5 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qxf6 Rxd5 38. exd5 Rd8 39. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rac1 Bh3 14. b3 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Qxd5
Rxa2 21. Qxb5 h5 22. h4 Qe6 23. Be3 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Bf6 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. Qc4 Qf5
27. b4 Rb2 28. Bd4 Rd2 29. Bxf6+ Qxf6 30. Rc2 Rd4 31. Qc3 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Qxc3 33.
Rxc3 Rb1 34. Rc7 Kf6 35. Rb7 d5 36. b5 Ke6 37. b6 Kd6 38. Rb8 e5 39. Rd8+ Ke6
40. Re8+ Kd6 41. Rd8+ Ke6 42. Re8+ Kf6 43. Rb8 Kf5 44. b7 d4 45. Kf3 Rb3+ 46.
Kg2 Ke4 47. f3+ Kf5 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Kg2 Rb2 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Kf1 Ke7 52. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. a3 Ngf6 14. b3 Qb5 15.
c4 Qa6 16. O-O Bd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qh4 b5 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Rfe1
Qb7 22. Rad1 Bxa3 23. Ba5 Rc8 24. b4 O-O 25. Re3 Bb2 26. Rb3 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Qb5
28. Nxb2 Nxh5 29. Rh3 Nf6 30. Rdd3 Nh7 31. Rde3 f5 32. Re5 Qb8 33. Nd3 Rf6 34.
Rhe3 Qd6 35. Re1 Ng5 36. Nc5 Rg6 37. Kh1 Rf8 38. f4 Qxd4 39. Qg3 Rff6 40. Qe3
Qb2 41. Nd3 Qa2 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. Bd8 f4 44. Qe2 Qxe2 45. R1xe2 f3 46. Bxf6
gxf6 47. gxf3 fxe5 48. Nxe5 Rf6 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. Ra2 Rf4 51. Nxc6 Rc4 52. b5 Kf6
53. Kg3 e5 54. Rxa7 e4 55. fxe4 Rxe4 56. b6 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 {Zhang Pengxiang remains true to his beloved
variation against the Sveshnikov Sicilian.} Nxe7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c4 Bb7 13.
Bd3 Rg8 {This has proved to be a reliable way for Black against White's set-up.
} (13... bxc4 14. Nxc4 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. O-O-O Qc5 18. f3 Kg7
19. Qa5 Rac8 20. Kb1 Rhd8 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Ne3 $14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Zhang
Pengxiang (2519)-Shirov,A (2726)/Bastia (rapid) 2004 (54)}) 14. Rg1 (14. cxb5
Rxg2 15. bxa6 Bxa6 $13 {/=}) 14... bxc4 15. Nxc4 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Nd6+ $5
$146 (17. Qa4+ Kf8 {was good for Black in 1/2-1/2 Motylev,A (2651)-Shirov,A 
(2726)/Bastia (rapid) 2004 (38)}) 17... Kf8 18. Bxh7 Rh8 ({The alternative} 
18... Rxg2 19. Rxg2 Qxg2 20. Qh5 Bd5 21. Be4 $1 {looks risky for Black, but it
seems that he can defend:} Qg1+ 22. Ke2 Qg7 (22... Qg5 23. Qh8+ Qg8 24. Qxf6
$16) (22... Qxa1 $2 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Nxf7+ Bxf7 26. Bg6+ $18) 23.
Rg1 Qxg1 24. Bxd5 Ng6 $1 {The only move, enough to hold the position.} 25. Qh6+
Ke7 26. Nf5+ (26. Bxa8 $2 Nf4+ $19) 26... Kd7 27. Qd2 Nf4+ 28. Ke3 Rb8 {
and my computer believes that this messy position is equal!}) 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20.
Be4 Rd8 21. Bxd5 Rxd6 (21... Nxd5 22. Nf5 Rxh2 23. Rd1 $14) 22. Bc4 Rxh2 23.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 a5 25. Kd2 $14 {/= White has a better pawn structure and
the bishop is slightly stronger than the knight. Nevertheless due to little
material left Black should be able to achieve a draw rather easily.} Nf5 26.
Kc3 Nd6 (26... Nh4 $6 27. Bd5 $14) 27. Bd3 Ke7 28. a3 e4 ({The easiest is} 
28... f5 29. b4 axb4+ 30. axb4 f4 {[%cal Gf4f3]} 31. f3 (31. b5 f3 32. gxf3
Rxf2 $11) 31... f5 {[%cal Ge5e4] and Black has nothing to fear}) 29. Ba6 Rh5
30. b4 axb4+ 31. axb4 Rf5 $6 {Black loses the thread. He must advance his
pawns instead, trying to exchange them.} (31... Rd5 $1 32. Rb1 f5 $11 33. b5
Rd3+ 34. Kb4 (34. Kc2 Ra3 $1 {[%csl Ra6]}) 34... Rd4+ {and White goes nowhere}
(34... Rd2 {is also enough})) 32. Rf1 Kd7 $6 33. Kd4 $1 Kc6 $2 34. Ke3 Re5 35.
g4 $16 f5 $6 36. g5 {Being wrongly worried only about the opponent's passed
pawn Black completely misplayed the position. Now his kingside will collapse.}
Re8 $2 ({More stubborn was} 36... Kd7 $1 {(a difficult move after the previous
play)} 37. Rb1 $140 f4+ $1 38. Kxf4 Rf5+ $11) 37. Rc1+ $1 Kb6 $6 38. Be2 Rh8
39. b5 Kb7 (39... Rc8 40. Rxc8 Nxc8 41. Kf4 Nd6 42. Ke5 Kc5 43. Bf1 $18) 40.
Rc6 Ne8 41. Rh6 $18 Rf8 (41... Rg8 42. Kf4 $18) 42. Bc4 f6 (42... Nc7 43. Kf4
$18) 43. g6 Kb6 44. Rh7 Kc5 45. Be6 Kxb5 46. g7 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mahjoob, Morteza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Nc7 9. Qe1 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 Nfd5 12. Ne4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Nxd6 Nd5
15. Qg3 Qf8 16. Rae1 Ne7 17. Ng5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 g6 8. d3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Ne6 11. Qd2 Nd4 12. Nh2 Bf5 13. Ng4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Qd7
15. Qd1 f5 16. g5 Ne6 17. g3 Rad8 18. Re1 Qd4 19. Ne2 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa2 21.
Rxb7 Rfe8 22. Qb1 Qxb1 23. Rexb1 Ra8 24. Ra1 a5 25. Ra4 Ra6 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. Nc1
c4 28. Rxc4 a4 29. d4 a3 30. Na2 h6 31. gxh6 Nxf4+ 32. gxf4 Bxh6 33. Kf3 Bg7
34. Rb1 Rh8 35. Kg3 Rh5 36. Nb4 Ra4 37. c3 g5 38. Rxc6 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rh3 40.
Na2 Bh6+ 41. Kxf5 Rh4 42. e6+ Kg7 43. Rb7 Ra5+ 44. Rc5 Rxc5+ 45. dxc5 Rh5+ 46.
Ke4 Kf6 47. c6 Kxe6 48. Nb4 Rh4+ 49. Kd3 Bg7 50. c4 Rh3+ 51. Kd2 Bc3+ 52. Ke2
Bxb4 53. Rxb4 Kd6 54. Rb6 Rc3 55. Ra6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nbd7
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Rab1
Rad8 15. Qe3 Bg6 16. Nh4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 dxe4 18. Qe2 e3 19. Bxg6 exd2 20. Bxf7+
Kxf7 21. Red1 Qa5 22. Nf3 e4 23. Qc4+ Qd5 24. Nxd2 e3 25. fxe3 Rxe3 26. Qxd5+
Rxd5 27. Nc4 Re6 28. Re1 b5 29. Rxe6 Kxe6 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. Ne5+ Kc7 32. Re2 a5
33. Nf3 Kd6 34. Kf2 b4 35. c4 Rd3 36. Ke1 a4 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 Kc5 39. Kd3
Nh5 40. Ne1 Nf4+ 41. Ke3 Ne6 42. b3 axb3 43. axb3 Kd6 44. Nc2 c5 45. Ke4 g6 46.
h4 Nd8 47. Ne1 Nc6 48. Nf3 h6 49. g4 Na5 50. Nd2 Nc6 51. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yap, Kim Steven"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. Bd3 a6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qh5 Nd7 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Qf3 b5 14. a3 Bb7
15. g4 Rc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bg4 Rc4 19. h4 Nb6 20. Rd1 Na4 21. Nxa4
bxa4 22. h5 Rf8 23. c3 Bxg5 24. Qe2 Re4 25. Bf3 Rh4 26. Rxh4 Bxh4 27. Qc4 f5
28. Qxa4+ Kf7 29. Qb4 Qe7 30. c4 f4 31. Bb6 e4 32. Bg4 e3 33. Kf1 Qe4 34. Rd4
Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Qxd6 f3+ 37. Kxe3 Bxf2+ 38. Kd2 Qe1+ 39. Kc2 Qe8 40. h6+
Kh8 41. Be6 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. b4 Ncd7 15.
Qh4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nb5 Rxb5 18. axb5 Nxe4 19. Rae1 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 e6 21.
Nc4 Nc5 22. Qg3 f5 23. Qe3 Bf6 24. Be2 Be4 25. Nd2 d5 26. c4 Qd6 27. cxd5 exd5
28. Rd1 Kg7 29. Qa3 Rd8 30. Bf3 Bd3 31. Rfe1 Bxb5 32. Nb3 Nd3 33. Qxd6 Rxd6 34.
Re2 Nxf4 35. Red2 Ba4 36. Rb1 Bc3 37. Ra2 Bd7 38. g3 Nd3 39. Rd1 Nb4 40. Ra7
Kf6 41. Nc1 Be5 42. Be2 Nc6 43. Ra3 Nd4 44. Bd3 b5 45. Na2 Ne6 46. Ra5 d4 47.
Nb4 Nc5 48. Kg1 f4 49. gxf4 Bxf4 50. Rf1 g5 51. h4 h6 52. hxg5+ Kxg5 53. Ra2
Bh3 54. Rf3 Bg4 55. Rg2 h5 56. Rf1 Re6 57. Bc2 Re2 58. Bd1 d3 59. Bxe2 dxe2 60.
Re1 Be3+ 61. Kh2 Bd2 62. Rexe2 Bxb4 63. Rb2 Nd3 64. Rb3 Bd6+ 65. Kg1 Ne1 66.
Rxb5+ Kh4 67. Ra2 Kg3 68. Rb3+ Nf3+ 69. Kh1 Be5 70. Rg2+ Kf4 71. Rf2 Bd4 72.
Rfxf3+ Bxf3+ 73. Rxf3+ Kxf3 74. Kh2 Be5+ 75. Kg1 h4 76. Kh1 h3 77. Kg1 h2+ 78.
Kh1 Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ardeshi, Mehrdad"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14. Bg3 Nd4
15. Nf3 O-O 16. Rae1 Be6 17. e5 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 cxd4
21. Ne4 Bd5 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Nc5 Qf7 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. b3 b6 26. Ne4 Qe6 27. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Bb3 Na5 9. f4 Nxb3 10. axb3 exf4 11. Nxf4 O-O 12. Qf3 c6 13. Nh5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1
Qh4 15. h3 Be6 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Bg3 Qd8 18. Rae1 g6 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Bh2 Nb6 21.
Nh5 Nd7 22. Ng3 Be6 23. Nge4 Bd4 24. Bd6 Re8 25. Bf4 Nc5 26. Bg5 Qc7 27. Nxc5
Bxc5 28. Ne4 Bf8 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Re4 Red8 31. Rh4 h6 32. Bxh6 Bxh6 33. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 6th"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2007.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 c5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qb3 Na6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Pileckis, Emilis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 Qc8 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Kh1 Ng6 19. Bb1 Re8 20. Nc2 f4 21. Nb4
Re5 22. Qd1 Qc4 23. b3 Qxc3 24. Nc6 Rg5 25. Bxe4 Kh8 26. g3 f5 27. Bc2 Rg8 28.
Qd3 Qc5 29. b4 Qb6 30. Qf3 Ne5 31. Qxf4 Rh5 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Rxe5 Qd6 34. Rxf5
Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Rc8 36. Bb3 Re5 37. d6 Rd8 38. Rd1 Bf8 39. d7 Re7 40. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bulski, Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. O-O a5
15. b4 axb4 16. cxb4 Be6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. b5 Bb3 21.
Ra3 Qe6 22. Qd3 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 Bd8 24. Bc4 Qe7 25. Rf3 Bb6 26. Ra1 g6 27. Ra6
Kh8 28. g3 Bd4 29. Rc6 Bc5 30. Kg2 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Qxf5 Rf8
34. Rc8 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamikonian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Qf3 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. h3 Be7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Rd1 Be6 11. b3 Qc7 12. a4 Rad8 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. Qxf5 g6 16. Qf3 Ng8 17. Qe3 a6 18. Bb2 Qc8 19. Ne2 Qe6 20. Nf4 Qc8 21. Nd3
f6 22. f4 Rfe8 23. Rf1 Bf8 24. Qg3 Bg7 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rf3 c5 27. a5 Qc6 28.
Re1 Qc7 29. Bc3 Ne7 30. Qf2 Nc6 31. Qxc5 Qd7 32. Qf2 Qe7 33. h4 h5 34. Rf1 Kh7
35. Kh1 Nd4 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. Nf4 Rxe4 38. Nd5 Qd7 39. Nxf6+ Bxf6 40. Rxf6 Re7
41. Rf7+ Kh6 42. Rf8 Kh7 43. Qf7+ Rxf7 44. R1xf7+ Qxf7 45. Rxf7+ Kh6 46. Rxb7
Rxh4+ 47. Kg1 Rd4 48. c5 Rd5 49. b4 Kg5 50. c6 Rd4 51. c7 Rc4 52. b5 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Bc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 Bb5 18. axb3 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxa7 Bf6 21.
Nc4 Nc5 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ne3 Nxb3 25. Nf5 Rc1 26. Rxc1 Nxc1 27.
Rb7 b5 28. Kg2 h5 29. Rxb5 Nd3 30. Rb6 Nc5 31. Rxf6 Ne4 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Nxf7
Rd5 34. Rf4 Nc5 35. Rf3 Ne6 36. h4 Nd4 37. Rf4 Ne6 38. Rf3 Nd4 39. Rf4 Ne6 40.
Rf3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Bf4 Nh7
15. Bxh6 Ng5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nxd5 Bd8 19. Ne3 Rb8 20. b3 Qe5
21. Rd1 Bc7 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qf5 Qe8 25. Rd4 g6 26. Qe4 Qf8 27.
Qxc6 Bb6 28. Rd3 Rc8 29. Qf3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Rxc2 31. Qxa7 Qe8 32. Qe3 Qc8 33.
Qe7 Qf5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Qf8+ Kf6 36. Qd6+ Kg5 37. h4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Qg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8. g4
h6 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Ng4 13. g6 fxg6 14. Bd2 Be7 15. e5
O-O 16. Qe2 dxe5 17. Bxg6 Ndf6 18. Bxh5 Nxh5 19. Qxg4 Nf6 20. Qg5 exf4 21. Bxf4
Qc6 22. Rg1 Rf7 23. Qg2 Qxg2 24. Rxg2 Ne4 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Nxc3 27. bxc3
e5 28. O-O-O Bf5 29. Re1 Re8 30. Nd2 Rc7 31. Re3 Rc5 32. Nb3 Rd5 33. g6 Rd6 34.
Rg5 Rf6 35. Nd4 Bxg6 36. Rexe5 Kh7 37. Rxe8 Bxe8 38. Re5 Bf7 39. a4 g6 40. Kd2
Kh6 41. Re7 b6 42. a5 bxa5 43. Re5 a4 44. Ra5 g5 45. Rxa4 g4 46. Ke3 g3 47. Nf3
g2 48. Ra1 Bc4 49. Rg1 Bd5 50. Rxg2 Bxf3 51. Rh2+ Kg7 52. Rh4 a5 53. Rc4 Bc6
54. Rc5 a4 55. Ra5 Kf7 56. Kd2 Ke6 57. Kc1 Kd6 58. Kb2 Rf2 59. Ra7 Kc5 60. Ra5+
Kd6 61. Ra7 Re2 62. Ra5 Kc7 63. Rc5 Kb6 64. Rc4 Kb5 65. Rb4+ Ka5 66. Rh4 Be4
67. Rh5+ Kb6 68. Rh6+ Kc5 69. Rh5+ Kc4 70. Rh4 Rxc2+ 71. Ka3 Re2 72. Rg4 Kc5
73. Kxa4 Bd5 74. Ka5 Rc2 75. Rh4 Rxc3 76. Rg4 Rh3 77. Rf4 Rh8 78. Rf6 Be4 79.
Re6 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bg5 Bf5 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. a4 Nd7 14. Bh6 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 Be6 16. b3 Qa5 17. Rfc1 Nf6 18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Qb4 20. Qd3 Rc5 21.
e4 Bd7 22. Bf1 Rbc8 23. Re1 b5 24. Na2 bxc4 25. Nxb4 cxd3 26. Nxd3 Rc3 27. e5
Nd5 28. exd6 exd6 29. Re4 a5 30. Rd4 Be6 31. b4 axb4 32. Bg2 Ne7 33. Nxb4 Rc1+
34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rc4 36. Rb1 Bf5 37. Bf1 Rd4 38. Rb2 Rd1 39. Kg2 Be4+ 40.
f3 Bxf3+ 41. Kf2 Be4 42. a5 Nd5 43. Nxd5 Bxd5 44. Be2 Rh1 45. h4 Rh2+ 46. Ke3
Rg2 47. Kd4 Ba8 48. Rb8+ Kg7 49. Re8 Bc6 50. Re3 Rg1 51. a6 Ra1 52. Rb3 Ra4+
53. Ke3 d5 54. Bd3 d4+ 55. Kf4 Bd5 56. Rb5 Be6 57. Rb7 Ra3 58. Bb5 Bc8 59. Bc4
d3 60. Rxf7+ Kh6 61. a7 d2 62. Be2 Be6 63. Re7 Bc4 64. Bd1 Bb3 65. Bxb3 Rxb3
66. a8=Q Rb4+ 67. Ke3 d1=Q 68. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qe7 7. Nxc6
Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Qxc6 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. c4 Nxd3
14. Qxd3 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Bf4 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bf5 19. d6 Rac8 20.
Rad1 Rfd8 21. f3 a6 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Re7 g5 24. Bg3 Rb8 25. Rc7 Rbd8 26. d7 Re2
27. Rc8 Rxc8 28. dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rxc8 Rxa2 31. h3 b5 32. Rc7 Kg6
33. Rb7 Ra4 34. Kh2 Ra2 35. Rb6+ Kh7 36. Bd6 Ra4 37. Kg3 Ra2 38. Be7 f6 39. Rb7
Kg8 40. Kg4 Rxg2+ 41. Kf5 Kh7 42. Bf8 Rc2 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Kg6 f5 45. Be7 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. f5
Qc5 15. Bd3 a5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 b4 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. Rf1 Rc8 20. Qh4 a4 21.
Qh5+ Qxh5 22. Nxh5 O-O 23. Rd2 Be8 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Bb5 Rc5 26. Bxa4 Re5 27. Rd4
f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Rfd1 e5 30. Nd5 Bg5 31. R4d3 e4 32. Rg3 Bxd5 33. h4 e3 34.
Bb5 Be4 35. Ba6 Rf2 36. Rc1 e2 37. Rxg5+ Kh8 38. Bxe2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rohit, Gogineni"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. O-O
Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bd6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb8 12. Bb2 Be5 13. Qd2 h5 14. Rad1 h4
15. Nb5 hxg3 16. fxg3 O-O 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxe4 20. Bxf6
Bxf3 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rxf3 Rfd8 23. Rfd3 Rac8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 a6 26. a4
b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. axb5 Rb8 29. Rd2 Rxb5 30. Rb2 e5 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. b4 e4 33.
Ke3 Ke5 34. h3 f6 35. Rb3 f5 36. Rb2 f4+ 37. gxf4+ Kf5 38. Rb3 Rb8 39. b5 Rh8
40. Ke2 Kxf4 41. b6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Na5 10. Qa4+ c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 c5 13. Ndf3 Qe8 14. Qd1 cxd4
15. Nd3 Nc6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf4 Qb4 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Rc2 Rfe8 21.
Qd2 Re7 22. a3 Qa4 23. Rec1 Ne4 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qg5 Ne4 27. Qh4 Rd7
28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 d3 30. Rd2 Nd4 31. Rxd3 Re8 32. e3 Ne6 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34.
Qe5 Rf7 35. Bh3 Qe4 36. Qxe4 dxe4 37. Rd4 Kg7 38. Bg2 e5 39. Rd2 Ree7 40. Kf1
Ba6+ 41. Ke1 Bd3 42. Bf1 Bxf1 43. Kxf1 Rc7 44. Rdc2 Rxc2 45. Rxc2 Kf6 46. Rc4
Kf5 47. h3 h5 48. Ke2 Rd7 49. a4 Rd3 50. g4+ hxg4 51. hxg4+ Kf6 52. b4 Ra3 53.
b5 Ke6 54. Rc6+ Kd5 55. Rxg6 Rxa4 56. g5 Ra1 57. Rc6 Rg1 58. g6 a6 59. Rxb6
axb5 60. Rxb5+ Ke6 61. f4 exf3+ 62. Kxf3 Kf5 63. e4+ Kxg6 64. Rxe5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Margvelashvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 O-O 19. Ne5 Rfc8 20. g4 b5 21.
f3 Ng5 22. c5 Rc7 23. f4 Ne4 24. Kc2 Rd8 25. b4 Nf6 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Ra1 Nd5 29. Bd2 Bf6 30. Nf3 Be7 31. g5 f6 32. g6 Bf8 33. Rhe1 Re7 34. Ra6 Rc8
35. Kd3 Kh8 36. Nh2 Kg8 37. Ng4 Ree8 38. Ra7 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Nxc7 40. f5 exf5 41.
Rxe8 Nxe8 42. Ne3 f4 43. Nf5 Nc7 44. Bxf4 Nd5 45. Bd2 Be7 46. Ne3 Kf8 47. Ke4
Nxe3 48. Bxe3 Ke8 49. Kf5 Kd7 50. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Asian Indoor Games 2nd"]
[Site "Macau"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shrestha, Keshav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Nd5 Be6 8. Nxf6+
gxf6 9. f5 Bxc4 10. dxc4 h5 11. c3 a5 12. a4 Qe7 13. Qe2 Qf8 14. Bd2 h4 15. h3
Qg7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Nh2 Qf8 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Ng4 Qe7 20. Be1 Rdg8 21. Rd3
Rg7 22. b3 Kc8 23. g3 hxg3 24. Rxg3 Rgh7 25. Rd3 Rg7 26. h4 Rhg8 27. Rg3 Nb8
28. h5 Nd7 29. h6 Rh7 30. Bd2 Qf8 31. Qg2 Rgh8 32. Rh4 c6 33. Nh2 Kc7 34. Rg7
Qb8 35. Kc2 b5 36. cxb5 cxb5 37. axb5 Qxb5 38. Qf1 Qxf1 39. Nxf1 Kd8 40. Rhg4
Ke7 41. Rxh7 Rxh7 42. Rg8 Bf2 43. b4 axb4 44. cxb4 d5 45. exd5 Nb6 46. Kd3 Nxd5
47. Nh2 Bh4 48. Ng4 Bg5 49. Bxg5 fxg5 50. b5 Kd7 51. Rg7 Rh8 52. Nxe5+ Ke7 53.
Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Asian Indoor Games 2nd"]
[Site "Macau"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 Rfe8
15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 17. Bf2 Red8 18. e4 N5f6 19. Be3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Ne8 21.
Nf2 Nc5 22. Rd1 Nb3 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rd8+ 25. Kc2 Nc7 26. Kxb3 Nxb5 27.
Bf6 Rd2 28. h4 Nd4+ 29. Ka2 Rxf2 30. hxg5 Ba6 31. Bxd4 Bc4+ 32. Kb1 Rf1+ 33.
Rxf1 Bxf1 34. gxh6 Bxg2 35. Kc2 Kh7 36. Bg7 e5 37. Kd3 Bxf3 38. Ke3 Bd1 39.
Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Indoor Games 2nd"]
[Site "Macau"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 a5 11. b3 a4 12. b4 Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 b5 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. O-O bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qb6 19. a3 f5 20. g3 Rc7 21. Rc2 h5
22. Be2 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Kh7 24. Qd1 Bb2 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qxa4 Qc1+
28. Kg2 Bxa3 29. Qd7 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Indoor Games 2nd"]
[Site "Macau"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Batchuluun, Tsegmed"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Bc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 Bb5 18. axb3 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxa7 Bf6 21.
Ne4 Bxc3 22. Rxd7 Qc8 23. Nxc3 Rxc3 24. Qd5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Rb7 c4 27. b4
g6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. b5 Rb3 30. Ree7 c3 31. Rec7 Kf6 32. Rc6+ Ke5 33. b6 Kd5 34.
Rbc7 Rb8 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Rxb6 37. Re3 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Indoor Games 2nd"]
[Site "Macau"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. h3 Rb8 13. Ne2 Be7 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bh4 Rb4 17. c3 Rxb2 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 g6
21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qf4 dxe4 23. Qxh6 Qf6 24. Qe3 Rd8 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxa2
27. Qd4 Qf5 28. Re1 c5 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qh4 Qe5 31. Qxe4 Qxc3 32. Qe5+ Qxe5 33.
Rxe5 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Ra5 35. Re4 Rb5 36. g4 a5 37. Ra4 Kf6 38. Kg3 Ke5 39. h4 Kd5
40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 c4 42. h6 Kd4 43. Kg4 Rb1 44. Rxa5 Rg1+ 45. Kf4 c3 46. Ra7
c2 47. Rd7+ Kc3 48. Rc7+ Kd2 49. h7 Rh1 50. Rd7+ Ke2 51. Rc7 Kd2 52. Rd7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Indoor Games 2nd"]
[Site "Macau"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 Be4 12. Qe3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Qb3 Qxd4
15. Qxb7 Ra7 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Rb7
21. Rd2 Nd7 22. b4 Nd5 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Bxd5 Rc7 27.
Rb2 Rc5 28. Be4 Ne5 29. f4 Nc4 30. Rb4 g5 31. Ra7 gxf4 32. gxf4 Re8 33. Bd3 Re6
34. Rb7 Rb6 35. Rxc4 bxc4 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rxb6 c3 38. Rb1 c2 39. Rc1 Kg6 40.
Kf2 Rc8 41. Kf3 Rh8 42. Rxc2 Rxh2 43. Rc6+ Kg7 44. e4 Rh1 45. e5 Ra1 46. Kg4
Ra4 47. Kg5 Ra1 48. Rc7 Rg1+ 49. Kf5 Kg8 50. Kf6 Rg6+ 51. Ke7 Ra6 52. f5 Ra8
53. Kf6 Ra6+ 54. e6 fxe6 55. Rc8+ Kh7 56. fxe6 1-0

[Event "PGMA Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhang, Jilin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. fxe5
Nxe5 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. Qd4 Be6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Bc5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Bxc5
Rxc5 15. Qd4 Rc8 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Qe3 Bc4 19. Kh1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Re8
21. Qf3 Qb4 22. Rab1 Nxe4 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rf4 h6 25. Rbf1 Qd4 26. Qf5 Qc5 27.
Rxe4 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxc2 30. h3 Rxb2 31. Rf7 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 b5 33.
Rf8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "PGMA Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bitoon, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. O-O f5 19. Be2 Be6 20. Ra3 fxe4 21. Bc4
Rb7 22. Qe2 Rbf7 23. Nd1 Bf5 24. b4 axb4 25. Nxb4 Rc7 26. Bd5 Nxb4 27. cxb4 Rc8
28. Bxe4 Be6 29. Nc3 Qb6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Qxb4 32. Rf3 Qc5 33. Qd3 Be7 34.
g3 Rxf3 35. Bxf3 Rf8 36. Rd1 Rf6 37. Rd2 Kg7 38. Kg2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PGMA Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bancod, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 Qc7 16. g4 Be6 17. h5 a5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bd4 a4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kf8 23. Rxh7 e6 24. Rxc7 exd5 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Nd2 b5 27. f4 g5
28. fxg5 Be5 29. Nf3 Kg7 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. a3 Kg6 32. Rd5 Re8 33. Rxb5 Kxg5 34.
Rc5 Kxg4 35. Rxc4 Ra8 36. Ka2 Kf4 37. b3 axb3+ 38. Kxb3 Rb8+ 39. Kc3 Ke3 40. a4
Rb7 41. a5 Rb5 42. Ra4 Rc5+ 43. Kb3 Rc7 44. a6 Ra7 45. Kb4 Kxe4 46. Kc5+ Kf3
47. Kb6 1-0

[Event "PGMA Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Nc3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. e4 Bb7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. dxc5 Qb5 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PGMA Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yu, Lie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. g4 b4 20. cxb4 Nxd5 21.
gxf5 Kh8 22. Rg1 Bxb2 23. Qh6 Qc3 24. Rxe4 Qf6 25. Qh3 Rg8 26. Rf1 Qc3 27.
Qxc3+ Nxc3 28. Rh4 Nd5 29. Bb3 Nxb4 30. Nc4 Bf6 31. Rh3 Rgd8 32. Ne3 d5 33. Ng4
Bb2 34. Rb1 Bd4 35. Rd1 Bb2 36. Rb1 Bd4 37. f6 Rg8 38. Nh6 Rgf8 39. Rg1 Bxf6
40. Rhg3 1-0

[Event "PGMA Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dableo, Ronald"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2007.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e3 e5 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Na4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PGMA Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 a5 10. h4 Ne5 11. Be2 d5 12. Ndb5 Be6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. exd5 Nxf4 15.
Qxf4 Bxd5 16. O-O-O e6 17. h5 Rc8 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. Qh2 h6 20. Nxd5 exd5 21.
Kb1 Qb6 22. Rxd5 Qe3 23. g3 Rce8 24. Bc4 Ne5 25. Bb3 a4 26. Bxa4 Nxf3 27. Qh5
Nd2+ 28. Ka1 Nc4 29. Bb3 Nxb2 30. c3 Nd3 31. Rd1 Nf2 32. Rf1 Rc8 33. Kb1 Ne4
34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qd7 Nxc3+ 37. Kc2 Rf8 38. Rd2 Nxb5 39. Qxb5
Qc3+ 40. Kd1 Qa1+ 41. Kc2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "PGMA Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nc3 b6 8. e3 Bb7
9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb1 Ng5 18. Nd4 Rfd8 19. f3 e5 20. Nf5 Qf6 21.
Ng3 Qe7 22. Nf5 Qf8 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. Be2 b5 25. b4 g6 26. Ng3 Qe7 27. Qb2 h5 28.
Nh1 a6 29. Nf2 f6 30. Rd2 Kg7 31. Rfd1 Bf7 32. h4 Ne6 33. Ne4 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Rd8
35. g3 Be8 36. Qc3 Rxd2 37. Nxd2 Qb7 38. Kf2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PGMA Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Senador, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rad1 Rfc8 13. b3 Ne8 14. f4
Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. f5 Bd7 17. b4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. e5 Ra3
21. exf6 Rxc3 22. fxe7 Re8 23. Rxd6 Rxe7 24. Bf3 Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rc2
27. Kh1 Ra7 28. h3 Raxa2 29. Rg1 Rab2 30. b5 Kg7 31. Kh2 Kh6 32. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Legaspi, Rhobel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2007.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. f4 Qb8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nf3 h6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
e5 Ng4 16. Bc1 h5 17. Bb1 dxe5 18. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nolte, Rolando"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Bf1 Nec6 7. c3 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Qg3 d5 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. Nd2 d4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Rac1 Kh8
15. Bf4 b6 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Nd6 Qd7 18. b3 Rad8 19. Nc4 Nc6 20. e5 Be7 21. Bd2
Nd4 22. Bc3 Bb7 23. Nd2 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Ne4 Rg6 26. Qe3 Nf5 27. Qh3 Rf8
28. g3 Nh4 29. Re3 Nf3+ 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Be2 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 Qxd3 33. Nd2 Bg5
34. Qf1 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Li, Ruofan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5 11. c4 Nde7 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Qd2 Ncd4 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. c5 Be6 16. Qf4 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe4 Rfe8 20. g4 Ne7
21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Nc6 23. Re4 Rxe4 24. dxe4 Re8 25. f3 Re5 26. Rd1 Rxc5
27. Bxd4 Rxc2 28. Bf2 Rc3 29. Kg2 Rxa3 30. f4 Ra4 31. Kf3 Ra3+ 32. Be3 Rc3 33.
e5 a5 34. e6 Kf8 35. f5 Ne5+ 36. Kf4 Nxg4 37. Rd8+ Ke7 38. Rd7+ Ke8 39. Bd4 Rc4
40. Kxg4 c5 41. Rxg7 cxd4 42. f6 d3+ 43. Kf3 Kd8 44. e7+ Kd7 45. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2007.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paragua, Mark"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. Qa4
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc4 dxc4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxc6+ Bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14.
dxe5 Qd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 c5 17. Rc1 b5 18. O-O Nb6 19. b4 Ke7 20. bxc5
Nd7 21. a4 a6 22. Rb1 Rhb8 23. f4 Nxc5 24. Bb4 Rc8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rfd1 Ke8
27. Rd5 Ne4 28. f5 c3 29. Rc1 Ra2 30. Rxb5 c2 31. f6 gxf6 32. exf6 Nc3 33. Re5+
Kd8 34. Kf2 Rb2 35. Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Ke1 Rc6 37. Rd5+ Ke8 38. Kd2 Rxf6 39. Rxc2
Rxc2+ 40. Kxc2 Rf2 41. Rh5 Rxe2+ 42. Kd3 Ra2 43. Rxh7 Kf8 44. Ke3 Kg8 45. Rh4
Ra3+ 46. Kf2 Kg7 47. Rg4+ Kf8 48. h4 f6 49. Kg2 Kf7 50. Kh3 Ra5 51. Rf4 Kg6 52.
Kg4 f5+ 53. Kh3 Ra2 54. Rc4 Ra6 55. Kg2 Kf6 56. Kf3 Ke5 57. h5 Ra3+ 58. Kg2 Kf6
59. h6 Ra7 60. Rh4 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2007.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 h6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 Bb4 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd5
Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2007.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. c3 O-O 14. Bf4
Rad8 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. Nd4 Ndf6 13. Be2 g6 14. Bxh5 Nxh5
15. Nd5 Re8 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Rxf4 Qb6 19. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nouri, Hamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 f5 14. f3 b6 15. Rad1
Nc8 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 Ra7 18. Qe1 Rd7 19. Nd5 N6e7 20. Qf2 Bxd5 21. cxd5 b5
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Ng6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa6 Qg5 27. Rc1 Nce7
28. Bb5 Rb7 29. Bc6 Rc7 30. Rc3 f4 31. Bb6 Rcc8 32. Bd7 Rxc3 33. Be6+ Kg7 34.
bxc3 Ne5 35. Bc7 Rf6 36. h4 Qg3 37. Bxd6 N7g6 38. h5 Nc4 39. Qxg3 fxg3 40. h6+
Kxh6 41. Rxf6 Nxd6 42. Bf7 Ne4 43. Ra6 Kg7 44. Bxg6 hxg6 45. d6 Kf7 46. d7 1-0

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosasih, Cecep"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2
Qxf2 15. Bg3 Qc5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qe2 Be6 18. h3 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Kh2 Raf8
21. a4 Kh8 22. Rd1 Qg5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 R6f7 25. Rb1 Bf5 26. a5 h6 27. a6
Bxd3 28. cxd3 c5 29. Rb7 Kg8 30. d4 Re8 31. h4 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. Kg3 Re6 34.
Rb8+ Rf8 35. Rb7 Rf7 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Rb7 Ree7 38. Rb5 cxd4 39. cxd4 Re6 40.
Rb7 Kg8 41. Rb8+ Rf8 42. Rb7 Rg6 43. Rxa7 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. h5 Raxa6 46.
Rxa6 Rxa6 47. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c3 d5 7. Bb3 Bd6 8. Bg5
Qc7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. h3 b6 13. Bg3 Ba6 14. d4 exd4 15. e5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxc3 17. Ndf3 cxb2 18. Rb1 Re6 19. Rxb2 Rae8 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bc2
c5 22. Bd3 Qb6 23. Rbe2 b4 24. Bh4 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 c4 26. Qb1 Qc7 27. Qf5 Ne4 28.
Ng4 Qc5 29. Rd1 Nc3 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rd2 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nf4 33. Nd4 c3 34. Nxe6
Qc4+ 35. Rd3 fxe6 0-1

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c4 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rac1
O-O 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Ne5 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qh3 Raf8 20. Re2 Rh5
21. Qe3 Rf7 22. h3 g5 23. Ne4 Ng6 24. c5 d5 25. Ng3 Rh4 26. Qxg5 Rhf4 27. Nh5
R4f5 28. Qg4 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Rxf2 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Kxf2 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 Qxc1 33.
Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 Bg4 9. Be3 Qd7 10. O-O Nb4 11. b3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. Ng3 Bh4
15. f3 Be6 16. Nh5 O-O 17. Qd2 Bd8 18. Rae1 f6 19. Re2 Bf7 20. Nf4 Ne7 21. Rfe1
Nc6 22. Bf2 Be7 23. b4 a6 24. a4 Rfe8 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Na5 27. Ncxd5 Bxd5
28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Nb3 31. Qc3 Ra1+ 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1
Kf7 34. Qc3 Ke6 35. h4 h5 36. Be3 Kd7 37. Qc2 f5 38. Qc3 g6 39. Bf2 Qe6 40. Bg3
Qd5 41. Be5 c6 42. bxc6+ Kxc6 43. Qb4 Nc1 44. Qb6+ Kd7 45. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tirto"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Bf1 Nec6 7. c3 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Qg3 Kh8 11. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxb4 7. Nb5 Nc6 8. axb4
Bxb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Ba3 a6 11. Bxe7 Ngxe7 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qh5 Nd8
15. Ne2 Bd7 16. O-O Nc8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. f4 Qb6 19. Rab1 Qa7 20. Kh1 b5 21. f5
exf5 22. Bxf5 Rc6 23. Nf4 Rxc3 24. e6 Bc6 25. Rbe1 Qxd4 26. e7+ Ke8 27. exd8=N+
Kxd8 28. Qxf7 Qf6 29. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ginting, Nasib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. h4 Rd8 12. Qe3 h6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qg3 Kh8
15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Ng8 17. Qf4 Be8 18. Bd3 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
g4 e5 22. Qf1 Bc6 23. g5 Ng8 24. Rg1 e4 25. gxh6 Nxh6 26. Qg2 Nf5 27. Bxe4
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Ne3 29. Qg6 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Rc8 31. c3 Nxd1 32. Ng5 Rxc3+ 33. Kb1
Rc1+ 34. Kxc1 Qc5+ 35. Kb1 Nc3+ 36. bxc3 Qb5+ 37. Ka1 1-0

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Purnama, Tirta Chandra"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 h5 13. Be2 Kb8 14. Rhf1
Be7 15. Rf3 Rdg8 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Rh3 h4 19. Qe1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qc5
21. Rxh4 f5 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Bd3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qh5 25. Be2 Qxh2 26. Nxd6 Bxd6
27. Rxd6 Qxg2 28. Qc3 Rc8 29. Qe5 f6 30. Qe3 Rc7 31. Bc4 Qh1+ 32. Ka2 Qh7 33.
c3 Qe7 34. Qb6 Rc6 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Bxa6 e5 37. fxe5 Qxe5 38. Bc4 f5 39. b4 f4
40. b5 Bd7 41. Qd8+ Bc8 42. Bd5 Qc7 43. Qxc7+ Kxc7 44. Bf3 Kb6 45. c4 Kc5 46.
b3 Kd4 47. Ka3 Ke3 48. Bd5 f3 49. Kb4 f2 50. Bg2 Bg4 51. c5 Kd4 52. c6 bxc6 53.
bxc6 Bf3 54. c7 Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ASEAN Masters Circuit GM-A"]
[Site "Tarakan"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Situru, Nathanael"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Bf1 Nec6 7. d3 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 g6 9. e5 Bg7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Na3 f6 12. f4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Rf5 14. Nc4 Qf8
15. d4 cxd4 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. a4 b6 18. b3 Ba6 19. Ba3 Qb8 20. Bd6 Qe8 21. h4
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Ne7 23. Qg4 Nf5 24. h5 Bh6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qxd4
Qf7 28. Rf1 Rf4 29. Qd3 Qf5 30. Rxf4 Bxf4 31. Rf1 Qxd3 32. cxd3 Be3+ 33. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 b6 9. Qb5+ Nd7 10. Qb2 f5 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. e3 h6 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Qb3 Bb7 16. Ba6 Bc6 17. Bb5 Qe6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxe5 c4 20. Qb2 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Qc5 22. Qd2 Nxe3 23. Ke2 Rfe8 24. f4 Ng4 25. Rhd1 Rad8 26. Qc1 Qc6 27. Nf2 Qxg2
28. Rf1 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Rxe5+ 30. Qe3 Rde8 31. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 32. Kd2 Qd5+ 33. Kc1
Re2 34. Rd1 Qf3 35. a4 Qxc3+ 36. Kb1 Qc2# 0-1

[Event "Manila op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. c4 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6
21. Kb1 Rd7 22. Rc1 Kb8 23. Nb3 Qc6 24. c5 Bc7 25. Rh4 Rhd8 26. Rc4 Rd3 27. Nd4
Qe4 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Kc2 Nxf2 30. Rf1 Bxg3 31. c6 Rd6 32. Ne2 Nd1 33. Rxd1
Rxd1 34. Nxg3 b5 35. Rc5 Kc8 36. Ne4 R6d5 37. Bxg7 R1d2+ 38. Kb3 R2d3+ 39. Kb4
R3d4+ 40. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 41. Ka5 Rxe4 42. Kb6 f5 43. Rc3 e5 44. Rc5 f4 45. Rc1 Rc4
46. Rg1 Kd8 47. b3 Rc2 48. Rg7 Ke8 49. Rg6 Ke7 50. c7 Rxc7 51. Kxc7 f3 52. Rg3
e4 53. Rg4 Kf6 54. Rxe4 Kg5 55. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Manila op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. a3 a6
9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. h3 h6 14. e4 Be6 15. Bd2
Qd7 16. Kh2 g5 17. d4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Rb3 Rfd8 22.
Re1 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qg6 24. Qe2 Qh5 25. Ra3 Rbc8 26. Rc1 g4 27. Nh4 Nxd4 28. Qd1
Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Be6 30. Nc5 Nc3 31. Qh1 gxh3 32. Bb7 Qe2 33. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 34. Kxh3
Nxe6 35. Qf3 Qc2 36. Bxh6 Ne2 37. Be3 Ng1+ 38. Bxg1 Ng5+ 39. Kg4 Nxf3 40. Nxf3
Qc7 41. Ra7 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Manila op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Qd7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. f4 Qd7
15. Be3 a5 16. a4 Bg4 17. Qd4 O-O 18. h3 Bf5 19. Qd1 bxa4 20. Nd4 a3 21. Nxf5
Qxf5 22. bxa3 Rfd8 23. Qd2 h5 24. Qf2 Rab8 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 Rb2 27. Rf2
Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Rb8 29. Rf1 Rb1 30. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 31. Kh2 Qc1 32. Qd4 Qxa3 33. Qxd5
Qxc3 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qd5 h4 36. Qxf7 Qg3+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nouri, Hamed"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Qxd7
Nxd7 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Bg2 Nb6 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Rd4 19. Bc6 Nd7 20. Be3
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rc7 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxd7 Rxc3 26.
Rxe7 Ra3 27. e4 Rxa2 28. Ra7 h5 29. h4 Re2 30. Rxa6 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donguines, Fernie"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d3 d6 7. Re1 Nh6 8. h3
O-O 9. e5 Nf5 10. Nbd2 Nd4 11. Nc4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 d5 13. Nd2 f6 14. e6 Qd6 15.
Nb3 g5 16. Qf5 c4 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Nc3 d4 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. dxc4 Bb7
22. h4 h6 23. Bf4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 Qe5 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qg3 Qd6 27. Rad1 Bc6 28. b4
Be8 29. b5 Kh7 30. Qf3 Rd8 31. a4 a6 32. g3 h5 33. Rb1 Bh6 34. Nd3 f4 35. Qe4+
Bg6 36. Qe5 fxg3 37. f4 axb5 38. cxb5 c4 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Ne5 Bxc2 41. Nxc4
Rdd8 42. Rb2 d3 43. a5 Rxf4 44. Ne3 d2 45. Nxc2 dxe1=Q+ 46. Nxe1 Rd1 47. Re2
Rf2 48. Rxf2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Manila op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nolte, Rolando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qe1 d5 15.
Bxc5 Bxc5 16. exd5 Bb4 17. Qg3 Bh5 18. Qh4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd5 20. Ng5 h6 21.
Rxf6 Qxg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Rb6 Bg6 24. c4 Rfd8 25. Rb3 Rc7 26. Kg1 Re8 27.
Rab1 Ree7 28. Kf2 Be4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxb7 Rcxc4 31. R1b2 Rxa4 32. g3 g4 33.
Ra7 Rac4 34. Rxa6 Rc3 35. Ra1 Rf3+ 36. Kg1 Re2 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Rxh2 39.
Rb4 f5 40. Rb5 g6 41. Rb6 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Rb6+ Ke5 44. Rxg6 Rxc2 45. Ra6
Kd4 46. Ra4+ Rc4 47. Rxc4+ Kxc4 48. Ke2 Kc5 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Kd2 Kd5 51. Kd3 Ke6
52. Ke2 Kf6 53. Kf2 Kg5 54. Ke3 Kg6 55. Kf2 Kf7 56. Kf1 Ke6 57. Ke2 Kd5 58. Kd3
Ke5 59. Ke3 Kd6 60. Kd2 Ke5 61. Ke3 f4+ 62. gxf4+ Kf5 63. Ke2 Kxf4 64. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc3 Nd5
15. Qc1 Nb4 16. Qf4 Bd5 17. Nc5 Bd6 18. Qc1 Nxa2 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. b3 Nb4 21. Qc3
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. e3 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Ra8 26. c6 Qd6 27. Ra5
Rfb8 28. Rc1 Rb6 29. b4 h5 30. Ra2 Re8 31. Rd2 Re6 32. Qb3 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Qxc6
34. Rxd5 h4 35. Qd3 h3 36. Rd8+ Re8 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. Qf5 Qe6 39. g4 Qc4 40.
f4 g6 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Kf2 Qc2+ 43. Kg3 Qg2+ 44. Kh4 Qf2+ 45. Kxh3 Qxe3+ 46.
Kg2 Qxf4 47. h4 Qxb4 48. h5 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Manila op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bitoon, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Nbd7 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 Nxf3
15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bg3 hxg5 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Rhf1 Rf8 20. Qe3 O-O-O
21. Qa7 Ne5 22. Be2 Nc6 23. Qa8+ Nb8 24. a4 Bc6 25. Qa7 Nd7 26. Qa8+ Nb8 27.
Qa7 Nd7 28. Bh5 Nf6 29. Rxf6 Bxf6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Qxf8 Be7 33.
Qxf7 Qd8 34. Bxd6 Kxd6 35. Bg4 Bd7 36. e5+ Kxe5 37. Qf2 Qf8 38. Qe3+ Kd6 39.
Qd4+ Kc7 40. Qc4+ Kd8 41. Bf3 Bc8 42. Kb1 Bd6 43. Ne4 Be7 44. Qd4+ Kc7 45. Qe5+
Kb6 46. Nxg5 Qf5 47. a5+ Ka7 48. Qc7 Qc5 49. Qxc5+ Bxc5 50. Bg4 Be3 51. Bxe6
Bxg5 52. Bxc8 Bd2 53. c3 Bf4 54. h4 Bc7 55. b4 b6 56. axb6+ Kxb6 57. Kc2 a5 58.
bxa5+ Kxa5 59. Kd3 Kb5 60. h5 Be5 61. g4 Kc5 62. c4 Kd6 63. Ke4 Bf6 64. Kf5 Bd4
65. g5 Ke7 66. Kg6 Be3 67. h6 Bf4 68. c5 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 10th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Al Sulaiti, Ahmad"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. b3 Ng6 7. Bb2 f6 8. d3
e5 9. Nbd2 d5 10. Ne1 Bd6 11. c4 d4 12. Qh5 O-O 13. g3 f5 14. Nef3 Be7 15. h4
Qe8 16. a3 fxe4 17. dxe4 Bh3 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd7 20. Kh2 Rae8 21. f3
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Bd6 23. Qh5 Re5 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 10th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wu, Xibin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5
15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 21.
O-O Nce5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 Bd7 24. Nxb7 Qb4 25. Nc5 Bb5 26. c3 Ng4 27. cxb4
Nxe3 28. Ra1 Rb8 29. Nxa6 Bxa6 30. Rxa6 Nd5 31. b5 Nd7 32. Ra7 N7b6 33. Rc2 g6
34. Bf3 Kg7 35. g3 h5 36. Bg2 Nc8 37. Rd7 Ncb6 38. Ra7 Nc8 39. Ra5 Nd6 40. Bf1
Rb7 41. Rb2 Nc8 42. Bg2 Ncb6 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Bxd5 Nxd5 45. Kf2 Rb7 46. Rc6 Kf6
47. Ke2 Nc7 48. b6 Nd5 49. Kd3 Ke7 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. Kc5 Nc3 52. Rd2+ Ke8 53.
Rc8+ Ke7 54. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 10th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2008.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 Bc6 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Nc3 a6
15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Qxc6 b5 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Qf3 Qe6 19. e4 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21.
Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bf8 23. e5 Nd7 24. Qb7 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxa6 b4 27.
Na4 g6 28. Qc4 Qh5 29. Rf1 Qf3 30. Nb6 Rd8 31. Qc2 Bg7 32. Nc4 Bd4 33. Na5 Qa8
34. Nb3 Qxa2 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. Rd1 d3 37. Qd2 Qc4 38. Rc1 Qe4 39. Re1 Qd4 40.
h4 h5 41. Rd1 Re8 42. Qf4 Qxb2 43. Qd6 Re2 44. Qb6 b3 45. Kg2 Qc2 46. Ra1 b2
47. Ra8+ Kh7 48. Rb8 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 10th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 Nxf3
15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bg3 hxg5 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rdf1 Rh7
21. h4 gxh4 22. Qg4 Rh6 23. g3 Rg6 24. Qf3 Rf6 25. Qh5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 hxg3 27.
Qxf7+ Kd7 28. Rd1 Kc6 29. Qg6 Bh4 30. Nd5 Qd6 31. Qe8+ Bd7 32. Qxa8 exd5 33.
Bxa6 Qc7 34. Rxd5 Bg5+ 35. Kb1 Qb6 36. Bb5+ Qxb5 37. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 10th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 e4
15. Bc2 Bg7 16. Qh5 O-O 17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. g4 b4 20. cxb4 Bxb2 21.
Qg5+ Ng6 22. gxf5 Bxa3 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bxe4 Qd8 25. Qg3 Bxb4 26. Bxg6 Bxe1
27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Rxe1 Rf6 29. Qh3 Rf4 30. Bf5+ Qh4 31. Qc3+ Rd4 32. Rd1 Rbb4
33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 10th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2008.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qb3
Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Qa3 a5 14. Be1 c5
15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Rac8 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Rd3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. dxc5 Nxc5
21. Rdd1 Qe6 22. Bc3 Ng4 23. Bd4 h5 24. Ng2 g5 25. h3 Ne5 26. h4 gxh4 27. Nxh4
Ng6 28. Nxg6 fxg6 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Bxe3 Red8 31. Rd4 Kf7 32. Rcd1 Ke6 33. f3
Rd7 34. Kf2 Na6 35. Rf4 b5 36. Bd4 Rf7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Bb6 Ke6 39. Bxa5 b4
40. Bb6 Rc2 41. Rb1 Rc6 42. Bd4 Nc7 43. a4 Kd6 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. Bf6 Rc2 46. Rd1
Nc5 47. a5 Kc6 48. Be7 b3 49. Rd2 Rc4 50. Bxc5 Kxc5 51. Rd3 d4+ 52. Kf2 Rb4 53.
f4 Kc4 54. Kf3 Rb8 55. Rd1 Ra8 56. Ra1 Ra6 57. Ra3 Kb4 58. Ke4 Kc5 59. Kd3 Kd5
60. Ra4 Kc5 61. Rc4+ Kb5 62. Rxd4 Rc6 63. Rd5+ Kb4 64. a6 Rxa6 65. Rd4+ Kc5 66.
Kc3 Ra1 67. Rd3 g5 68. fxg5 Ra4 69. Kxb3 Rg4 70. Kc3 Rxg5 71. b4+ Kc6 72. e4
Rg8 73. Kd4 Kb5 74. e5 Kc6 75. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 10th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. Qe2 Be6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Ba6 Qd5 9. O-O Ng6 10. d3 exd3 11. Bxd3 O-O-O 12. Rd1 Kb8 13. Bc2 Qxd1+ 14.
Bxd1 Bc5 15. Be3 Rhe8 16. Nd2 Bb6 17. Bb3 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Nc4 f5 20. Rd1
f4 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Qb5 Re5 24. Bd2 Nh4 25. Kf1 g5 26. Qd7 f3
27. g3 Re2 28. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 10th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bg5 Rad8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Re1 d6 14. Bf1 Ne5 15.
Nd4 Ng6 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Ne5 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Bg3 Rc8 20. b3 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 10th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2008.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. g4 hxg4 15.
f4 Nc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Bg7 18. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa m"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2008.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.04.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. c4 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6
21. Kb1 Rd7 22. Rc1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qf5+ 24. Rc2 Bc7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. c5 Rd5 27.
c6 b5 28. Qe3 Kd8 29. Qa7 Re8 30. Nc5 a5 31. Na6 Qe5 32. Rhc1 Qd6 33. Qa8+ Ke7
34. Qb7 Kd8 35. Rc5 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 f5 37. Rc2 Rg8 38. Nxc7 1-0

[Event "Japfa m"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2008.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.04.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 a6 8.
Ba4 Nc6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. e5 c5 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. Ne4 Bb7
15. Qh5 Qb6 16. b3 f6 17. f3 Bd5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Ng3 Rg8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Qf7
Qd8 22. Kh1 Bc6 23. Ng3 Rg6 24. Ne4 e5 25. Bg3 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 27. Bh4 Rag8
28. g4 Kg7 29. Bg3 Kf7 30. Rg1 R6g7 31. Raf1 d6 32. Rf2 h5 33. Kg2 hxg4 34.
fxg4 Rxg4 35. Kf3 f5 36. Ke2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Japfa m"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2008.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.04.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6 14. g3
O-O-O 15. a4 f5 16. a5 a6 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Ng2 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Nf4 e5 22. dxe5 Rd2 23. Re2 Rhd8 24. h4 h5 25. e6 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Qf6 27.
exf7 Bxf7 28. Qe3 Re8 29. Qa7 Rg8 30. Kh2 Rd8 31. Bd3 Nd2 32. Rd1 Ne4 33. Re1
Bd5 34. Re2 Qf7 35. f3 Nd6 36. Nxd5 Qxd5 37. Qe3 Qxa5 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 b5
40. b4 Rf8 41. Re7 Rh8 42. Kg2 Rh6 43. Kf2 Kd8 44. Ra7 Kc8 45. Ke3 Re6+ 46. Kf4
Re1 47. Rxa6 Kb7 48. Ra2 Kb6 49. Rc2 c5 50. Bxf5 c4 51. Bg6 Kc6 52. Bxh5 Nc8
53. Bg6 Kd6 54. h5 Ne7 55. Be4 Rh1 56. g4 Ke6 57. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Japfa m"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.04.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 a6 8.
Ba4 Nc6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Nf3 b5 12. Bb3 Qb6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Bb7
15. Nh4 Qc5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Qh3 Qh5 18. g4 Qe8 19. f4 g5 20. fxg5 fxg5 21. Nf3
Qg6 22. Rf1 Qg7 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Rf2 Be5 25. Nxe5 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Nxe5 27. Ke2 Rf8
28. Rf1 Rxf1 29. Kxf1 Qf6+ 30. Ke2 d5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. h3 Kg7
34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Kf6 36. Bb4 Kg6 37. Bc5 Nc6 38. b4 h6 39. a3 Kf7 40. Kg3
Kg7 41. h4 Kf7 42. h5 Ke8 43. Kf3 Ne5+ 44. Kg3 Nc6 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa m"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.04.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d5 exd5 8. exd5
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 h5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. f4 Ned7 13. g3 c5 14. Bg2 O-O 15.
g4 b5 16. g5 Nh7 17. Qxh5 b4 18. Ne4 Qa5 19. Kb1 Rab8 20. f5 Rfe8 21. Bf4 c4
22. Bxd6 Nhf6 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Qh4 Nxe4 25. Bxe7 Nc3+ 26. Kc1 b3 27. cxb3 cxb3
28. axb3 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Rbc8+ 31. Kd2 Qxb2+ 32. Ke1 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "Japfa m"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.04.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. d3
Be7 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Nc4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne3 O-O 15.
Ncd5 Qd8 16. c3 Nc6 17. g3 g6 18. Bg2 Bg7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Kh7 21. Qf3 Qh4
22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 b5 24. a4 b4 25. a5 Rab8 26. Nc4 bxc3 27. bxc3 Bxd5 28.
exd5 Na7 29. Re7 Bxc3 30. Rf1 Nb5 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rxf5 Kg6 33. Rf1 Bf6 34. Rd7
Rfd8 35. Bh3 Rxd7 36. Bxd7 Nc3 37. Bc6 Be7 38. Re1 Bf8 39. Nb6 Na2 40. g4 Nb4
41. Bd7 Kg5 42. Re3 Bg7 43. Kg2 Bd4 44. Rf3 f6 45. Be6 Nc2 46. Kh3 Ne3 47. Bc8
c4 48. dxc4 Bxb6 49. axb6 Nxc4 50. Bxa6 Nxb6 51. Bd3 Nd7 52. Bh7 h5 53. Rf5+
Kh6 54. Rxh5+ Kg7 55. Bf5 Nf8 56. Kg3 Rb2 57. Rh1 Rd2 58. Ra1 Rxd5 59. Ra7+ Kg8
60. Kf4 Re5 61. g5 fxg5+ 62. Kxg5 Re1 63. Kf6 Rf1 64. Rg7+ Kh8 65. Rb7 Kg8 66.
Kg5 Rg1+ 67. Kf6 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garma, Chito"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. cxd4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Be3 O-O
15. Rac1 Qb4 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. a3 Qc4 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. Nde4 Qa5 20. Qb3 Rd7 21.
Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 f6 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Rdc1 h5 27.
Ke2 Nf5 28. Kd3 g5 29. Rc7 Rfd8 30. R1c5 Kf8 31. Bd2 Ke7 32. Bb4 Ke6 33. Rc2
Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8.
Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Rc8 11. O-O Bc5+ 12. Kh1 h5 13. e5 f5 14. a4 b4 15.
Na2 a5 16. c3 b3 17. Nc1 h4 18. h3 Rh6 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. Ba6 Rg6 21. Bxb7 Qxb7
22. Rf3 Qe4 23. Qd3 Rg3 24. Rxg3 hxg3 25. Qxe4 fxe4 26. Ne2 Bf2 27. Be1 Rc4 28.
Nxg3 e3 29. Ne2 Ne7 30. g3 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxa4 32. Kg2 Ra2 33. Rb1 Nd5 34. Kf3
a4 35. c4 Nb6 36. Nc3 Nxc4 37. Nxa2 Nd2+ 38. Kxe3 Nxb1 39. Nc1 Nc3 40. Kd2 Ne4+
41. Kd3 a3 42. Nxb3 axb2 43. Kc2 Nxg3 44. Nd4 Kf7 45. Kxb2 Kg6 46. Kc3 Nh5 47.
Kc4 Nxf4 48. Kc5 Kf7 49. Kd6 Ke8 50. h4 Ng6 51. Nf3 Kd8 52. Kc5 Kc7 53. Kc4 Kb6
54. Kb4 Ne7 55. Kc4 Nf5 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. Ke4 Kc6 58. Kf4 Kc5 59. Kg4 Kd5 60. Kf4
g6 61. Kg5 Ke4 62. Ne1 Kxe5 63. Nd3+ Kd4 64. Nf4 Nxh4 65. Kxh4 Ke4 66. Nxg6 d5
67. Nf8 e5 68. Nd7 Kf4 69. Kh3 e4 70. Kg2 Ke3 71. Nf6 d4 72. Kf1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paragua, Mark"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. e4 d6 16. Qxc8 Rxc8 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Nxd6 Rc7 19. e5 Be7 20. b4 cxb4 21.
Rac1 Rd7 22. Rd4 a5 23. Rdc4 Bxd6 24. exd6 Rxd6 25. Ne5 Bxg2 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27.
Kxg2 f6 28. Nf7 Rd7 29. Rf8 a4 30. h4 g6 31. Nd8 Na6 32. Ne6 Rda7 33. Rxf6 Nc5
34. Nxc5 bxc5 35. Rxc5 Rb8 36. Rc1 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Pascua, Haridas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Be6 15.
Bh3 Rb8 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bg2 f5 19. Rd1 Rbd8 20. Qe3 f4 21. gxf4
f5 22. c5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qxd4 dxc5 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Bh3
Be6 28. Rg1+ Kf7 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. exf5 Re8+ 31. Kd2 Re4 32. Rg4 h5 33. Rg6
Rxf4 34. Ke3 Rxh4 35. Ra6 Rc4 36. b3 Rc2 37. Rxa5 Kf6 38. Ke4 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Re5
1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Bc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Re1 b5 14. e4 bxc4 15.
bxc4 dxc4 16. Qc2 Ba3 17. e5 Nb6 18. Bxc6 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rab1 Be7 21.
Qe4 Qd7 22. h4 Bb7 23. Qe2 Bd5 24. Ne4 Qa4 25. Rbc1 Rb6 26. Qc2 Qc6 27. Re3
Rfb8 28. Rce1 h6 29. Kh2 Bb4 30. Kg1 Bxc3 31. Nxc3 Bh1 32. d5 exd5 33. Kxh1 d4+
34. Re4 dxc3 35. Qxc3 Rb1 36. Kh2 Qc5 37. R1e2 Rf1 38. Kg2 Rbb1 39. Qxc4 Qe7
40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Rd4 Rg1+ 42. Kf3 Qa3+ 43. Re3 Qxa2 44. h5 Rbd1 45. Qf5+ Kg8
46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Kg8 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Red3 Rxd3+ 50. Rxd3 Qa5 51. Rd8 Qa3+
52. Kg4 Qb4+ 53. f4 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6 5. d5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bc4
a6 9. a4 d6 10. Qd3 e5 11. a5 Qd8 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Ra3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rfa1 Bc8 16. e4 Kh8 17. Rb3 Qc7 18. Qe2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. Nfd2
Nb6 22. Rba3 a5 23. b3 Bh7 24. R3a2 Bf6 25. Ra3 Be7 26. R1a2 Bg8 27. Nc3 Bg5
28. Ra1 a4 29. Nde4 axb3 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rxa8 Nxa8 32. Nxg5 bxc2 33. Qxc2
hxg5 34. Qg6 Bf7 35. Qxg5 Kg8 36. Bd3 Nb6 37. Be4 Kf8 38. g3 Qe7 39. Qc1 Nd7
40. Qb2 Qd8 41. Qb7 Nf6 42. Bf3 g6 43. Qa7 Qe7 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Ne4 Bxd5 46.
Nxf6 Bxf3 47. Ne8+ Kh7 48. Nxd6 e4 49. Nc4 Qd7 50. Qd6 Qxd6 51. Nxd6 Kh6 52.
Kf1 Kg5 53. Ke1 Kg4 54. Kd2 Kh3 55. Nb7 e3+ 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nolte, Rolando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O-O Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc7
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rb8 18. Rhe1 Rb5 19. c4 Rb4 20. Qd4 a5 21.
Nc5 e5 22. Qc3 f6 23. b3 Rb8 24. Rd2 Qb6 25. Na4 Qc7 26. f3 Re8 27. Qd3 Be6 28.
Qd6 Qf7 29. Qc5 h6 30. Rd6 Rb4 31. Qxa5 Reb8 32. Nb2 Kh7 33. Rxc6 R4b7 34. Ra6
Rd7 35. Qc3 Rbd8 36. f4 Rd4 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Qe3 e4 39. Rd1 Rxd1+ 40. Nxd1 Bc8
41. Qxe4+ Kh8 42. Ra5 Qf6 43. Re5 Be6 44. Nc3 Bg8 45. Qe3 Qf1+ 46. Kb2 Rd3 47.
Qe2 Qxh3 48. Re8 Rd6 49. Nd5 Qh4 50. Ne7 Qf6+ 51. Kb1 Re6 52. Rxg8+ Kh7 53.
Qd3+ g6 54. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Qd2 Qa6 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. Be5 Bxf3 18. exf3 Rxc4 19. Bf1 Rxc1 20. Bxa6 Rxd1+
21. Kg2 d6 22. Qe2 Rd5 23. Bc3 Rc5 24. f4 Nd5 25. Bd4 Rc7 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. f3
Bf6 28. Bf2 g6 29. a3 b5 30. Kh3 Rb8 31. b3 Rc3 32. Qd1 Rc7 33. Qd3 Bb2 34.
Bxb5 Bxa3 35. Bc4 Bc5 36. Be1 Nb4 37. Qe2 Nc6 38. Bc3 d5 39. Ba6 Rxb3 40. Bf6
Be7 41. Ba1 Bf8 42. f5 exf5 43. Bf6 d4 44. Bc4 Re3 45. Qf1 Be7 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. dxc5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Qh4 Qc7 12. O-O e5 13. Qg3 Nc6 14. Re1 Nh5
15. Qh4 g6 16. Bh6 e4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. c4 exf3 19. cxd5 Qd8 20. Qe4 Bf5 21.
Qxf3 Nd4 22. Qe3 Qxd5 23. Qh6+ Ng7 24. Re7 Nde6 25. Re1 Qd4 26. R7xe6 Bxe6 27.
Rxe6 Qa1+ 28. Bf1 Rd8 29. Rd6 Re8 30. Qf4+ Nf5 31. Rd7 Qxa2 32. g4 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nodado, Jerry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Nb4 Qd6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21.
Qb3 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Rc5 h5 26. h4 Rb7 27. Rd5
Qg4 28. Rxb5 Rxb5 29. Qxb5 Qxe2 30. Be3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bitoon, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qf3
Be7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Rg1 O-O 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 b5 13. f5 Nde5 14. Qf2 Re8 15.
Bh3 Bf8 16. Nce2 Bd7 17. Nf4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rac8 19. g6 hxg6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21.
Kb1 g5 22. Rxg5 Nf3 23. Rg6 d5 24. Nh5 Kh7 25. Rg2 Nxd4 26. Qh4 Kg8 27. Nxg7
Kf7 28. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dela Cruz, Noel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Nce3
Ne7 15. g3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 O-O 17. Bg2 f5 18. O-O a5 19. a3 Rb8 20. Qh5 Qd7 21.
Rad1 Kh8 22. Rd2 e4 23. Kh1 Be5 24. f4 exf3 25. Qxf3 Qg7 26. Rdf2 Qh6 27. Qe3
Qg7 28. Qd2 Rf7 29. Nf4 Bc4 30. Rd1 Qh6 31. Nd5 Qh5 32. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Habla, Jony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bd7 7. d4 Qe7 8. O-O h6
9. Re1 g6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. b3 f6 13. Ba3 Qf7 14. Nc4 Bb5 15. Ne3
Ne7 16. c4 Bc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 O-O 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Qd2 g5 21. Rc4 Ng6
22. Rec1 Qd7 23. Qc2 Rf7 24. Bb4 Nf4 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Nh2 h5 27. Qd1 Bh6 28.
R1c2 Rg7 29. Ba5 c5 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Bd2 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34.
Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Qd5+ Kh7 36. Rxc6 Rg6 37. Rb6 Qd8 38. Rb7+ Kh8 39. Qf5 Qg8 40.
Rc7 g3 41. Rc8 gxh2+ 42. Kh1 Rxg2 43. Rxg8+ Rxg8 44. Qf6+ Kh7 45. Kxh2 Rg6 46.
Qf5 Bg7 47. b4 Be5 48. a4 Kg7 49. f3 Bd4 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qc6 Bg1+ 52. Kh1 Be3
53. Qxa6 d5 54. Qc8 dxe4 55. Qh8+ Kg5 56. Qd8+ Kh5 57. Qd5+ Kh4 58. Qxe4 Rg7
59. Qe5 Rg8 60. Qe6 Rg5 61. Qe7 Bd2 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gatus, Edmundo"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Be3 b6 10. h3 Ne6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne4 f5 13. exf6 exf6 14. Qc1 f5
15. Neg5 Nc7 16. Bf4 h6 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Kf7 20. Qe3 Rae8
21. Re1 Qd7 22. Ne5+ Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8
Kxe8 27. f4 Kf7 28. c4 Kf6 29. Kf2 Ke6 30. Kf3 a5 31. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlos, Leonardo M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Rhe1 Na6 13. Bf1 Bd8 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Rd8 17. Nf3 Nc7 18. Nd4 Be6 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bc4
Kf8 21. Re3 Ke7 22. Bxe6 Kxe6 23. Red3 Rd7 24. Kd2 Rad8 25. Ke3 f6 26. f3 Ke5
27. R1d2 Ke6 28. Rd1 Ke5 29. R3d2 Ke6 30. Rd3 Ke5 31. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. Ba3 Ng6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. c4 c5 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Re1 f5 14. e5 Nf4
15. Qe3 g5 16. Nbd2 Kh8 17. Red1 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 g4 19. Qf4 gxf3+ 20. Kf1 Rg8 21.
Nxf3 Rg4 22. Qe3 Rag8 23. Nd2 f4 24. Qc3 Qg7 25. Ke2 f3+ 26. Nxf3 Re4+ 27. Kd2
Rf8 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.07.13"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bancod, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8.
g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Be4 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 f5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Qd5
15. c4 Qd7 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 O-O-O 19. Ne4 h5 20. Qf3 Rh6 21. Rad1
Rg6 22. Kg2 Rd7 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qc3+ Qc7 27. Nxf6
Qxc3 28. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Djuraev, Sokhib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Qe2 Bf2+ 8. Kf1
Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. f5 Qh4 11. h3 Nf2 12. Rg1 c6 13. Be3 Nxh3 14. Rh1 Bxe3 15.
Rxh3 Qf6 16. Qxe3 g6 17. g4 gxf5 18. gxf5 h5 19. Rg3 h4 20. Qg5 Ke7 21. Qxf6+
Kxf6 22. Rg4 Bd7 23. Kf2 Rh7 24. Rh1 Rah8 25. Kg2 h3+ 26. Kh2 b5 27. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Be4 Bg7 14. Qh5
Rc8 15. c3 Ne7 16. Rd1 Rc5 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Qg5 Kf8 19. Qe3 f5 20. Bb1 a5 21.
Nd3 Rc6 22. Nc2 Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 f4 24. Nf1 Rg8 25. Nd2 Bh6 26. O-O Nf5 27. Ne1
d5 28. Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Ndf3 e4 30. Rxd5 Be6 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rxg8+ Bxg8 33. Nd4
Rc5 34. Nec2 Kg6 35. Re1 Re5 36. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bc4 Ke8 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bh4 Ng4 11. Bg3 f6 12. Nd2 b5 13. Be6 Nc5 14. Bxc8
Rxc8 15. f3 Nh6 16. Bf2 Rc7 17. Nb3 Ne6 18. Rd2 Nf7 19. Rhd1 h5 20. a3 g6 21.
Be3 h4 22. h3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Na2 c5 25. Nc3 Nd4 26. f4 Nxb3+ 27. cxb3 e4
28. Nd5 Rc6 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Rd7+ Ke6 31. Rxa7 Rg8 32. Rdd7 Nd6 33. Bf2 Nc8
34. Rg7 Rd8 35. Bxh4 Rdd6 36. Raf7 e3 37. Rf6+ Kd5 38. Rxf5+ Kd4 39. Re5 c4 40.
Be1 Rg6 41. Rd7+ Rcd6 42. Rxd6+ Nxd6 43. Rg5 Re6 44. Bc3+ Kd3 45. Kd1 e2+ 46.
Ke1 Ne4 47. Rd5+ Kc2 48. Re5 Rxe5 49. Bxe5 Kd3 50. bxc4 bxc4 51. f5 Nc5 52. Bc3
Ke3 53. Bd2+ Ke4 54. f6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Kh1 Na5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. c3 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Rxc4 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd2 Rc7 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qd3 Be5 20. Re3 Qg4
21. h3 Qf4 22. g3 Qh6 23. h4 f5 24. Ng5 f4 25. Rf3 Rcc8 26. Ne6 Rf5 27. g4 Rf7
28. Rh3 f3 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rxh5 Qf6 31. Qf1 Kh8 32. Qh3 Rg8 33. Rg1 Qg6 34. Ng5
Qxg5 35. Rxg5 Rxg5 36. Qh4 Rfg7 37. Qh3 Rf7 38. Qh4 Bf4 39. Qh3 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf1 b5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne5 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 15.
Bd3 c5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 h6 18. Bh4 c4 19. Be4 Nf4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qg4 g5
22. f3 Rfd8 23. Bf2 Rd2 24. h4 Qe7 25. Re4 Kf8 26. hxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Qc2 d5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. e4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxc4 15.
Nd2 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bd3 17. Qxa7 Ra8 18. Qb7 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8 20. Nf1 Ba6 21.
Rac1 Bb4 22. Ne3 h6 23. g4 g5 24. Bg3 Bb7 25. h3 Ra3 26. Nc2 Rxc3 27. Nxb4 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 c5 29. e5 Bxg2 30. exf6 Bxh3 31. f3 Ra8 32. dxc5 bxc5 33. Nd3 Nxf6 34.
Nf2 Bxg4 35. Nxg4 Nxg4 36. fxg4 Rxa2 37. Rc4 Rb2 38. Bd6 Rb4 39. Rxb4 cxb4 40.
Bxb4 Kg7 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Kg3 h5 43. gxh5+ Kxh5 44. Bc3 Kg6 45. Kg4 f6 46. Bb2
e5 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Kg3 e4 49. Bd4 Kg6 50. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Arun Prasad, Subramanian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5
Qc5 15. Nxf6+ Kd8 16. Nxd7 Qxb5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qa3 Ke8 19. Qxd6 Qc6 20. Qd4
Rc8 21. Rd2 Qc7 22. Re3 Rd8 23. Qa4+ Qc6 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Rd3+ Ke8 26. Qa5
Ke7 27. Qb4+ Ke8 28. f5 Qc7 29. g3 Rg8 30. Rb3 Bc8 31. f6 a5 32. Qb5+ Bd7 33.
Qb8+ Qd8 34. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Qc5 20. Kb1
Rd4 21. Qh3 Be4 22. Rc1 Rxd2 23. Rxe4 Rad8 24. Bd3 Qf2 25. Rb4 h6 26. Rg4 Kf8
27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. Rxg3 Nd7 29. Rf1 Nxe5 30. Kc1 R2xd3 31. cxd3 Nxd3+ 32. Kb1 e5
33. Re3 Rd4 34. a3 e4 35. Kc2 Rc4+ 36. Kd2 Ra4 37. Kc3 b6 38. g4 b5 39. Rf5
Rc4+ 40. Kd2 Nxb2 41. Rxb5 Nd3 42. Ra5 Ke7 43. Rxa7+ Ke6 44. Ra8 Ke5 45. Ra7
Ke6 46. a4 g6 47. a5 f5 48. gxf5+ gxf5 49. a6 Ra4 50. Ra8 Ra2+ 51. Kd1 Ke5 52.
a7 Kf4 53. Re2 Ra1+ 54. Kc2 Ra2+ 55. Kb1 Rxe2 56. Rb8 Re1+ 57. Ka2 Re2+ 58. Ka1
Re1+ 59. Ka2 Re2+ 60. Ka1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rfe1 Nc5 17. Ne3 b5 18. axb5 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Bxb5 20. Red1 Bd7
21. b4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Nd5 Qe8 24. Rc1 Be6 25. Nxb4 Qd7 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27.
exd5 Rb8 28. h3 f6 29. b4 Rb7 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. Kh2 Qa4 32. Rb1 Qb5 33. f4 f5 34.
Qd4+ Kg8 35. Rc1 Qxb4 36. Qe3 Kg7 37. Rc8 h5 38. h4 Kh7 39. Re8 Qe4 40. Qxe4
fxe4 41. Ra8 Kg7 42. Ra4 e3 43. Re4 Kf6 44. Rxe3 Rb4 45. Rd3 Rxf4 46. g3 Re4
47. Kg2 Ke5 48. Rd2 Rd4 49. Re2+ Kf6 50. Rf2+ Kg7 51. Re2 Kf7 52. Rf2+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15.
Bc2 Qd7 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. h3 Be6 20. Qg3 Ba3 21. Qh4 Be7
22. Qf4 a5 23. h4 Ra6 24. Re2 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. h5 Qe7 27. g3 Bc8 28. Nf3
f6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qh4 Qg7 31. exf6 Raxf6 32. Ng5 Nd6 33. Rae1 Qh8 34. Qxh8+
Kxh8 35. f4 Kg8 36. Rh2 Re8 37. Re5 c6 38. Rh6 Kg7 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rc7 b4 41.
Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Braun,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 {A rarely played move. Ein selten
gespielter Zug.} (11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 {is the
main line. ist die Hauptvariante.}) 11... c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 ({Besser erscheint
mir} 12... cxd4 {appears better to me. After Nach} 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd1 Bxd5 {
Black has good chances of equalising. hat Schwarz gute Ausgleichschancen.}) 13.
Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 Rfe8 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 17. Bf2 {Retains the bishop pair.
Bewahrt das Läuferpaar.} (17. Bxd7 Red8 18. Bf2 Rxd7 $11 {1-0 Khenkin,I
-Ulibin,M 1990}) 17... Red8 18. e4 N5f6 19. Be3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 {Up till this
point we were both playing quickly. Now my opponent thought for a long time.
Bis hierhin spielten wir beide schnell. Nun dachte mein Gegner längere Zeit
nach.} Rac8 ({In a previous game my opponent played In einer Vorgängerpartie
spielte mein Gegner} 20... Ne8 {and managed to draw. However, I think that
White ha a solid advantage in view of his bishop pair. und konnte Remis halten.
Ich denke jedoch, dass Weiß aufgrund seines Läuferpaars soliden Vorteil hat.}
21. Nf2 Nc5 22. Rd1 Nb3 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rd8+ 25. Kc2 Nc7 26. Kxb3 Nxb5
27. Bf6 Rd2 28. h4 Nd4+ 29. Ka2 Rxf2 30. hxg5 Ba6 31. Bxd4 Bc4+ 32. Kb1 Rf1+
33. Rxf1 Bxf1 34. gxh6 Bxg2 35. Kc2 Kh7 36. Bg7 e5 37. Kd3 Bxf3 38. Ke3 Bd1 39.
Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K (2661)-So,W (2531)/Macau 2007/EXT 2008}) 21. Nf2 a6 (
21... Nh5 $2 22. Ng4 Kh7 23. h4 $40) 22. Be2 e5 (22... Nh5 $5 23. g3 f5 24. O-O
$14 f4 (24... Ndf6 25. Rad1) (24... b5 25. Rad1) 25. Kg2 e5 26. Bc3 Nhf6 27.
Rfd1 $36) 23. Bc3 Re8 (23... Nh5 24. g3) 24. O-O-O $1 {Brings the white king
over to the queenside, where it provides a reliable defence for the white
pawns. Black's position is already becoming very hard to play. Bringt den
weißen König zum Damenflügel, wo er zuverlässig die weißen Bauern deckt. Die
schwarze Stellung ist nun schon sehr schwer zu spielen.} Nc5 25. Kb1 Kg7 26.
Rd6 (26. Rhe1 $5) 26... Na4 (26... Bxe4+ $5 27. fxe4 Nfxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29.
Rd3 (29. Rxb6 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Nxc3+ 31. Kc2 Nxe2 32. Rxa6 $14) 29... Nf2 30. Re1
Nxd3 31. Bxd3 $16) (26... Rc6 27. Rhd1) 27. Bd2 Red8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Be3 Nc5
30. Rc1 Nfd7 (30... Ncd7 31. Rc7 $16) (30... Rc8 {Here I wanted to play Hier
wollte ich} 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 (31... bxc5 32. Nd1 $16) 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. Kc2 $16 {
The white position is probably winning. spielen. Vermutlich ist die weiße
Stellung gewonnen.}) 31. Rd1 $1 $16 Rb8 ({After Auch nach} 31... Ne6 32. Bc4 {
too, Black's position is critical. ist die schwarze Stellung kritisch.}) 32.
Rd6 Bc8 33. Ng4 Ne6 {Now White wins a pawn and has a lasting intiative. Nun
gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern bei anhaltender Initiative.} ({After Auf} 33... h5 {
I was planning plante ich} 34. Nh6 Ne6 (34... f6 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Bxc5 $18) (
34... Nf6 35. Bxg5 Ncxe4 36. fxe4 Nxe4 37. Nxf7 $1 Bf5 38. Kc1 Kxf7 39. Bxh5+
Kg7 40. Rd8 $18) 35. Nf5+ $16) 34. Bxa6 $1 $18 Bxa6 35. Rxd7 Nf8 36. Rd6 Bf1
37. Nxe5 Bxg2 38. Bd4 Ne6 $2 {But in any case there was nothing more which
could be done to save Black's position. Die schwarze Stellung war aber ohnehin
nicht mehr zu retten.} 39. Rxe6 (39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Nc6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5
9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nf3 Qc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ra7 Kg7 20. Bd5 Re7 21.
b4 c6 22. Bb3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qa1 Re8 25. h3 Qb7 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Rd2 Qb8
28. Qd1 Be8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxd8 Qxc3 32. Qxe8 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. h3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World ol U16 13th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaya, Emel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.08.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Be3
Nxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Re1 Be7 12. e5 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Qb6
15. d4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rg8 19. g3 O-O-O 20. c4 Rg4
21. f4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc5 24. Kg2 d5 25. Rxe6 Bxd4 26. Raxa6 Rg7
27. Ra8+ Kd7 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rd6+ Rd7 30. Rxd5 Bxb2 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Rxd7+
Kxd7 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. g4 Ba3 35. Kd4 Bb4 36. c5 Ba5 37. Ke4 Bb4 38. f5+ Kd7 39.
Kd5 Ba5 40. c6+ Ke7 41. h4 h6 42. Kc5 Bc7 43. Kd5 Bg3 44. Kc5 Bxh4 45. Kb6 Bg3
46. Kb7 Kd8 47. Kb6 Kc8 48. Kb5 Kc7 49. Kc5 Be5 50. Kd5 Kb6 51. c7 Kxc7 52. Ke6
Kc6 53. Kf7 Kd5 54. Kg6 Ke4 55. Kxh6 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "World ol U16 13th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.08.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 Nd7
15. e5 Nc6 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Be4 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rac8 19. h3 Be6 20. Ng5 h6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bc1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 Be7 25. f4 Rc7 26. b3 b4 27. Ne2
a5 28. Be3 a4 29. Nc1 Kf7 30. Nd3 axb3 31. axb3 Nd4 32. Nc1 Nb5 33. Ne2 g6 34.
g4 Na3 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Bxf5 Rc6 38. Nf4 Bg5 39. Be4 Bxf4 40. Bxf4
Re6 41. Bf5 Rc6 42. Be4 Re6 43. Rf1 Ke7 44. Bg3 c4 45. Bf5 Rc6 46. Bh4+ Ke8 47.
e6 Rxe6 48. Bxe6 c3 49. Rd1 Kf8 50. Bf6 1-0

[Event "World ol U16 13th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2008.08.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Bc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Re1 b5 14. c5 e5 15. b4
e4 16. a4 Ra8 17. e3 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bb5 19. Ra2 a6 20. Bf1 f5 21. Qa1 g5 22.
Bxb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Qc8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Qxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra1 Rxa1+ 27. Bxa1 Kf7
28. Bc3 Ke6 29. Nf1 Nf8 30. Kg2 f4 31. h3 Ng6 32. Bd2 Bf6 33. Bc3 Ne7 34. Bb2
Nf5 35. Bc3 h5 36. Bb2 Bd8 37. Bc3 Bc7 38. Be1 Nh6 39. Bd2 Nf5 40. Be1 Kf7 41.
Bd2 Kg6 42. Be1 Bd8 43. Bd2 Bf6 44. Bc3 Nh6 45. Bd2 Nf5 46. Bc3 Bg7 47. Kg1 Bh6
48. Bd2 Bf8 49. Kg2 Be7 50. Kg1 Bd8 51. Kg2 Bc7 52. Be1 Nh6 53. Bd2 Kf5 54. Be1
Bb8 55. Nh2 Bc7 56. Bd2 Ke6 57. Nf1 f3+ 58. Kg1 g4 59. hxg4 Nxg4 60. Be1 Kf5
61. Bd2 Kg5 62. Be1 h4 63. gxh4+ Kxh4 64. Kh1 Kh5 65. Kg1 Bd8 66. Nh2 Nh6 67.
Nf1 Kg6 68. Bd2 Bh4 69. Nh2 Kf5 70. Be1 Nf7 71. Nf1 Nh6 72. Nh2 Kg6 73. Bd2 Kg5
74. Be1 Kf5 75. Kh1 Nf7 0-1

[Event "World ol U16 13th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.08.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd5 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Bg2 Qe5+ 14. Qe3
Qa5+ 15. c3 Nd7 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. O-O-O a5 18. Nd4 Ra6 19. Bf1 Rb6 20. Nb5 Qc5
21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Be2 Bd7 23. Nd6 Bc6 24. Nc4 Ra6 25. Ne5 Ra7 26. Rd6 Be8 27.
f3 Ra8 28. Rgd1 f6 29. Nd3 Nxd3+ 30. Bxd3 Bc6 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Rae8 33.
Rb6 Re7 34. Rb5 Ra8 35. a4 Rc7 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. Kc2 Re7 38. c4 g5 39. Rdb6 Ra7
40. e5 fxe5 41. Rxe5 h6 42. Rbb5 Kf6 43. Rxa5 b6 44. Rxa7 Rxa7 45. Rb5 Rxa4 46.
Kd3 Ra1 47. Rxb6 Rh1 48. c5 Rxh3+ 49. Kc4 Ke5 50. b4 Rh4 51. Kb5 Rxg4 52. Rb8
h5 53. c6 Kd6 54. Rd8+ Kc7 55. Rd7+ Kc8 56. Rh7 h4 57. Kc5 Rf4 58. b5 Rf8 59.
Ra7 Kb8 60. Kb6 Rc8 61. Rb7+ Ka8 62. c7 1-0

[Event "World ol U16 13th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.08.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Bxb2 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Ke2 fxe4 19. fxe4 Be5 20.
Rb1 Bxh2 21. Rb6 Kf7 22. Ra6 Ke6 23. Rxa5 h5 24. Rg5 Kf6 25. Rc5 Bd6 26. Rc4 g5
27. a4 g4 28. a5 c5 29. a6 Ra8 30. Ra4 h4 31. e5+ Kxe5 32. Rxg4 Rxa6 33. Rxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World ol U16 13th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2008.08.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Qf3 d6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. a4 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Rd1 Rfd8 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Be3 Qa5 15.
Bd2 Qc7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Bc1 Rd7 20. Ng3 Rad8 21. Ba3 Qa5
22. Rd3 a6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Ra2 b4 28.
Bc1 Qb6 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc7 31. Qg4 Kh7 32. Qe2 Rb8 33. Bd2 Qc6 34. Qd3
Bf8 35. f4 Kg8 36. f5 Be7 37. Kh2 Kh7 38. Rda5 Qb7 39. R5a4 d5 40. exd5 e4 41.
Qxe4 Bd6+ 42. Bf4 Re8 43. Qd4 Bc5 44. Qd3 Rd7 45. d6 Qe4 46. Qxe4 Rxe4 47. Bg3
Bxd6 48. Bxd6 Rxd6 49. c4 Rd1 50. Ra7 Kg8 51. Ra8+ Kh7 52. Rf8 Re7 53. Raa8 g5
54. f6 Re6 55. Rxf7+ Kg6 56. Rff8 Rd2 57. f7 Ree2 58. Rg8+ Kxf7 59. Raf8+ Ke6
60. Re8+ Kd6 61. Rxe2 Rxe2 62. Rb8 Kc6 63. Rxb4 Rb2 64. Rb5 Rb1 65. Kg3 Rb2 66.
Kf3 Kc7 67. g3 h5 68. h4 g4+ 69. Kf4 Rf2+ 70. Kg5 Rf3 71. Kxh5 Rxg3 72. Kg6 1-0

[Event "World ol U16 13th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.08.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15.
Nh2 Nc5 16. Bh6 Rd8 17. Ng4 Qe7 18. f4 e5 19. f5 Kh8 20. Qf2 gxf5 21. exf5 Qf7
22. Bc2 b6 23. Rab1 Rb8 24. Be3 Qe7 25. Qh4 Rf8 26. Nxf6 Nd7 27. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "World ol U16 13th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhou, Yang Fan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.08.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 Bg5 12. cxb5 Nd4 13. Bd3 Rb8 14. b6 O-O
15. O-O Be6 16. Nc4 f5 17. Nc7 Bxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kh8 19. Nd5 fxe4 20. Qg4 Qc8 21.
Qxc8 Rfxc8 22. Bxa6 Rc5 23. Nc3 d5 24. a4 Rxb6 25. Bb5 Bd2 26. Ra3 Bxc3 27.
bxc3 Nxb5 28. axb5 h6 29. f3 exf3 30. gxf3 Rcxb5 31. Re1 Rb2 32. Ra4 Rc2 33.
Ra5 d4 34. cxd4 exd4 35. Rd1 Rbb2 36. Rd5 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Rxh2+ 38. Kg1 Rbg2+ 39.
Kf1 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 Rhg2+ 41. Kh1 Rg3 0-1

[Event "World ol U16 13th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.08.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 b5
9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. a4 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15.
Nd2 Rh5 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Bg3 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rb5 19. e5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 dxe5 21.
Rxa6 Rab8 22. Bc4 Rxb2 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxe5 Rd7 25. Rc5 Rb7 26. Be5 Nh5 27.
Rxg6 Kh7 28. Rg4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Ng7 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Kg6 32. Re7 Nf5 33.
Bxf7+ Kf6 34. Rd7 Nh4 35. Kf1 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Rb2+ 37. Kd3 c6 38. Bc4 Rxf2 39. Ke4
Kg5 40. Rg7+ Kf6 41. Rc7 Kg5 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Rf8 Kg7 45. Rf4 Rxh2
46. Rf7+ Kg6 47. Rc7 Rh1 48. Rxc6+ Kg7 49. Rc7+ Kf6 50. Rf7+ Kg6 51. Be6 Re1+
52. Kd5 Ng2 53. f4 h5 54. Kd6 h4 55. d5 Kh6 56. Rf8 Kh7 57. f5 Nf4 58. f6 Ng6
59. Bf5 Kh6 60. Rg8 Ne5 61. Be6 Ng6 62. Bf5 Ne5 63. Rg7 Nc4+ 64. Kc5 Rf1 65.
Bd3 1-0

[Event "World ol U16 13th"]
[Site "Mersin"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zeytinoglu, Nasir Ekin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.08.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. g3 O-O
15. Bg2 f5 16. O-O a5 17. Nce3 Rb8 18. f4 e4 19. g4 Qd7 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5
Qxf5 22. Ne3 Qc5 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Qxc5 dxc5 25. Bxe4 Rfe8 26. Bxc6 Rxe3 27.
Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vung Tau Dragon Capital op"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Kieu Thien Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. d5 Re8
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Ng4 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Nc4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxg3 20. Qxg3 Bd7 21.
Rd1 Nf6 22. Qf4 b5 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. d6 cxd6 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd6 Re8 27. h3
Qb7 28. a3 a5 29. Rd4 Rb8 30. Qe5 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 f6 34.
Qe6+ Kh7 35. Rd4 Qb5 36. Rd7 Qg5 37. Qd6 Rb6 38. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Vung Tau Dragon Capital op"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen, Van Huy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. O-O-O Qd6 11. g4 a5 12. Nh4 a4 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Kb1 c4 15.
g5 Nh5 16. dxc4 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxc4 18. Bxb6 f6 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 fxg5 21.
Ng2 Rf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bxf1 23. b3 a3 24. g4 h5 25. Be3 Rf8 26. Bxg5 Rf3 27. gxh5
Rg3 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. h6 Rxg5 30. hxg7 Kxg7 31. Ne3 Bxh3 32. Kc1 Bg2 33. Ra8
Bxe4 34. Rxa3 Rg1+ 35. Kd2 g5 36. Ke2 Rg3 37. Ra4 Bf3+ 38. Kf2 Rh3 39. Ra5 Kf6
40. Ra8 e4 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. Re8 Rh2+ 43. Kg3 Re2 44. Nf5+ Kf7 45. Nd6+ Kg6 46.
a4 Rg2+ 47. Kh3 g4+ 48. Kh4 Rxc2 49. Nxe4 Re2 50. Nd6 Rh2+ 51. Kg3 Rg2+ 52. Kf4
Bd1 53. Re3 Rf2+ 54. Kg3 Rb2 55. Nc4 Rxb3 56. Rxb3 Bxb3 57. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vung Tau Dragon Capital op"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.08.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dang, Bich Ngoc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 15.
Bh3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Nde3 Qf6 19. O-O Ke7 20. Qe2 Bxe3 21.
Qxe3 Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qd3 Rac8 24. a3 Rc7 25. axb4 axb4 26. f4 Rhc8 27. b3
Rf8 28. Ra5 Rb7 29. e5 dxe5 30. Rxe5 Rd8 31. Rfe1 Rb6 32. f5 Kf8 33. c5 Rc6 34.
fxe6 1-0

[Event "Vung Tau Dragon Capital op"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goh, Wei Ming Kevin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Bf4 Nd4 10. Qe4 Bc5 11. Rd1 f5 12. exf6 e5 13. Bg5 gxf6 14. Bh4 c6 15.
Qb1 Qe8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be2 Ndf5 18. Qe4 Qg6 19. Nd4 exd4 0-1

[Event "Vung Tau Dragon Capital op"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nh4 Ng4
15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Rxf5 Qh4 17. h3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxf2 20. Ne4 Qf5
21. Nxd6 Qe6 22. c3 Qxd6 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Qxb7 Rf8 26. Bg5 Nc5
27. Qe7 Qxe7 28. Bxe7 Rf5 29. Rd1 Ne6 30. Re1 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Re8+ Kg7
33. Rd8 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rd1 35. Rd7+ Kg6 36. Rxa7 d3 37. Kg3 Rb1 38. Rd7 Rxb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vung Tau Dragon Capital op"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Bc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 Bb5 18. axb3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vung Tau Dragon Capital op"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 O-O-O 13. Qf3 g6 14. g4 Bh4
15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. g5 Rhe8 18. c4 Qxd4 19. Rb1 c6 20. Bf4 Qc5 21.
Nxc6 Rd3 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Nxa7+ Qxa7 24. Bxe3 Qa8 25. Qe4 Bd7 26. Qxh4 Qxa2 27.
Re1 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vung Tau Dragon Capital op"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nolte, Rolando"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vung Tau Dragon Capital op"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nc6 7. Qb3 e6 8.
exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Rd1 Nf4 11. Nc3 g5 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. d5 Nb4 14. dxe6
Bc5 15. Ne2 Qf6 16. Qc4 g4 17. Nfd4 Bd6 18. exf7 Nd5 19. Nb5 Qxf7 20. Nec3 Qf4
21. Nxd6+ Qxd6 22. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yu, Lie"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2008.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg5
15. Qd3 Be6 16. a3 bxa3 17. Qxa3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Qc3 Qb6 21.
b4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Qc7 23. Na3 Nf5 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Bg4 Be7 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qb3
Qc5 28. Qd3 Rfc8 29. g3 e4 30. Qd4 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Qxc4 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 33. Ra8+
Kg7 34. Ra7 Rc5 35. Nc7 Kg6 36. Na6 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Bf6 38. Rd7 Be5 39. f4 exf3+
40. Kxf3 Rc2 41. Nb4 Rxh2 42. Nd3 Rd2 43. Ke3 Ra2 44. Nf4+ Kf6 45. Kf3 Ra5 46.
Rd8 Bxf4 47. gxf4 Rxd5 48. Ke3 Rd1 49. Ke2 Rd4 50. Ke3 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Ke6 52.
Re8+ Kd5 53. Rh8 Ra4 54. Rxh7 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ke4 56. Rxf7 Kxf4 57. Rd7 Ra2+ 58.
Ke1 Ke3 59. Re7+ Kf3 60. Rd7 Re2+ 61. Kf1 Rd2 62. Ke1 Rd4 63. Ra7 f4 64. Ra3+
Kg2 65. Ra2+ Kg3 66. Ra8 Rb4 67. Rg8+ Kf3 68. Rd8 Rb1+ 69. Kd2 Kf2 70. Rxd6 f3
71. Rf6 Rb8 72. Rd6 Kg2 73. Rg6+ Kf1 74. Ke3 f2 75. Ra6 Re8+ 76. Kd2 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qf2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Nd2 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. O-O-O Ne7 18. g3 Rc8 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Nb6 Qc7 21. Nxc8
Rxc8 22. Bd4 e3 23. Qe2 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bxh1 25. c3 Qxf4 26. Bh3 Bf3 27. Bxe6+
Kh8 28. Qxe3 Bg5 29. Bxc8 Qh4 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rg1 Bg2 0-1

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yang, Kaiqi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Nxc6 Nxe3 11. Nxd8 Nxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Rxd8 14.
e5 Ra6 15. Rd4 d6 16. Kd2 Bd7 17. Re1 e6 18. exd6 Be8 19. Re5 Raxd6 20. Rxa5
Rxd4+ 21. cxd4 Rxd4+ 22. Ke3 Rd8 23. Rc5 Bc6 24. g4 Kf8 25. a5 Ke7 26. a6 Kd6
27. Ra5 b6 28. Ra1 Kc7 29. g5 h6 30. h4 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rh8 32. f4 Kd6 33. a7 Kc5
34. Ba4 b5 35. Bb3 Ba8 36. Rd1 Rh3+ 37. Ke2 Rh2+ 38. Ke3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nguyen, Van Huy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Be2 a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. b3 Qb6 13. O-O Qb4 14. f4 Rfe8
15. Bf3 Bg4 16. Bxf6 Bxf3 17. Bxg7 Bxd1 18. Bd4 e5 19. Be3 exf4 20. Bd4 g5 21.
Qxd1 Re5 22. Nd5 Rxd5 23. exd5 a4 24. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. f3 Rc8 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Nxb5 Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Ra8 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. Nc3 Nd7 20. Na4 Nc5
21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Kf2 Bd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Rd1 Rxa2 25. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bitoon, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 Re8 7. a3 Ba5 8. Be2
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bg3 Be6 12. Bh4 f6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Bd3 h6 15.
Nc3 Kh8 16. Bg6 Re7 17. Bg3 Bc7 18. Rfc1 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 b6 21. Bb1
Rd7 22. Qc2 Bg8 23. Qg6 Rd6 24. Qg4 Rc7 25. Bf5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. d3 Qf6
28. Be4 Be6 29. Qh5 Bf7 30. Qg4 Rcd7 31. Rc3 Be6 32. Qg6 Qxg6 33. Bxg6 Bg4 34.
Be4 Be2 35. Bf5 Rd8 36. a4 g6 37. Be4 Bxd3 38. Bxd3 Rxd3 39. Rcc1 a5 40. Rab1
R8d6 41. Kh2 Rf6 42. Rb2 g5 43. g4 Kg7 44. Rc4 Rfd6 45. Kg3 Rd2 46. Rcc2 Rxc2
47. Rxc2 e4 48. Rc4 Re6 49. Rc3 Kf6 50. f4 gxf4+ 51. Kxf4 Ke7 52. g5 hxg5+ 53.
Kxg5 Kd6 54. Kf5 Re5+ 55. Kf6 Rd5 56. Rc2 Rd3 57. Re2 c4 58. g4 c3 59. g5 Rd2
0-1

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wang, Li"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8.
Bf3 Qc7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qe2
O-O 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Rad1 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Rd4 Qb6 20. c3 Ne7
21. Rb4 Qc7 22. Qe5 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. e5 Ne7 6. Na3 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. Nc4 Nc6
9. Bd3 Nf4 10. Be4 Nxg2+ 11. Kf1 Nf4 12. Ng5 f6 13. Nh3 fxe5 14. Nxe5 d5 15.
Bf3 Bd6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Bxh5+ Kd7 19. Rg1 Qxh4 20. Rxg7+ Kd6
21. Bf3 Rag8 22. Rxg8 Rxg8 23. d4 Be3 24. dxc5+ Bxc5 25. Qe1 Qf4 26. Ke2 Bb5+
27. c4 Bxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Manila PGMA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Rc8 11. Qd3 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. d5 Ne5 15.
Qc2 Nxc4 16. Qa4 Nxe3 17. Bxa6 Nxg2+ 18. Kf2 Nxh4 19. Qxh4 exd5 20. Qh3 Rc7 21.
Rhg1 h5 22. Qf5 g6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Kg7 25. Rad1 Qh4+ 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Bc4
Re7 28. b3 Re6 29. Kh1 Qf4 30. Rde1 Rf6 31. Rgf1 Rf5 32. Qb7 d5 33. Bd3 Rg5 34.
Qe7 Rd6 35. Qe3 Rf6 36. Qxf4 Rxf4 37. Re7 c4 38. bxc4 dxc4 39. Be4 Ra5 40. Ra1
b5 41. Rb7 Rf6 42. Kg2 Raa6 43. Ra2 Rfb6 44. Rc7 b4 45. Rxc4 b3 46. Rb2 Rxa3
47. Rc7 a5 48. Bd5 Ra2 49. Rxf7+ Kh6 50. Rxa2 bxa2 51. Bxa2 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Rxa2
53. h4 a4 54. Ra7 a3 55. Kh3 Ra1 56. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 4th"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. f3 Nd7
15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nd1 h5 17. Kf2 Rc6 18. Bg5 Rac8 19. Rab1 f6 20. Bd2 Bxc4 21.
Bxc4+ Rxc4 22. Ne3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Bh6 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. Ke2 Bxe3 27.
Bxe3 Ke6 28. Kd3 d5 29. exd5+ Kxd5 30. Kc3 b5 31. Kd3 Ne5+ 32. Kc3 Nc6 33. Kd3
e5 34. Bd2 Nd4 35. Be3 g5 36. Bf2 h4 37. f4 e4+ 38. Kd2 gxf4 39. Bxh4 f3 40. g4
f5 41. g5 f4 42. Bf2 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 4th"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dableo, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 h6 11. O-O-O c6 12. h4 Qc7 13. g4 Qf4+ 14. Qe3
Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 g6 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Bg7 19. Ne5 Bd7 20. Ng4 e5
21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. gxf6 O-O-O 23. dxe5 Be6 24. Rh7 g5 25. Rg7 g4 26. Bd3 Rd5 27.
Rg5 Kd7 28. b4 a5 29. Bc4 axb4 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxg4 c5 32. Kb2 Ke6 33. a3
bxa3+ 34. Kxa3 b5 35. Rg5 b4+ 36. Ka4 Bc6+ 37. Kb3 Bd5+ 38. c4 Bf3 39. Rg8 Bd1+
40. Kb2 Be2 41. Re8+ Kf5 42. e4+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 4th"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Nc3 f5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Rb1 Bg5 15.
b4 b6 16. a3 a5 17. Nb5 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Rf6 19. f4 axb4 20. axb4 Ra2 21. Nc3 Ra7
22. Qe3 exf4 23. Qxf4 Ne5 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rf8 26. Ra8 Qe7 27. Qd4 f4 28.
Ne4 Ng6 29. Bf3 Bf5 30. Ra1 Ne5 31. Nd2 Nxf3+ 32. Nxf3 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 fxe3 34.
Re1 Re8 35. Nd4 Bd3 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 dxc5 38. Ne6 Bc4 39. Nxc5 Bxd5 40. Nd3
Bc4 41. Nf4 g5 42. Nh5 Kf7 43. Ng3 Kg6 44. Nf1 Bxf1 45. Kxf1 Kf5 46. Ke2 Ke4
47. Ra1 Rd8 48. Ra4+ Rd4 49. Ra2 h5 50. Rb2 h4 51. Ra2 g4 52. Rb2 Kf4 53. Ra2
Ke4 54. Rb2 Ra4 55. Rc2 Kd4 56. Rb2 h3 57. gxh3 gxh3 58. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 4th"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Li, Shilong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qc7 9. Ra2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Kd1 h5 12. Qg5 Bd7 13. Qf4 f6 14. exf6 Qxf4
15. Bxf4 gxf6 16. c3 Rc8 17. Bd3 Na5 18. a4 Rg8 19. Re1 Kf7 20. Bxf5 exf5 21.
Bd6 Rce8 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Ke1 Nc4 24. Bf4 Rxg2 25. Bg3 f4 26. Bxf4 Bd7 27. Nd2
Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Rg1+ 29. Ke2 Bxa4 30. Rb2 Bc6 31. Bc7 a6 32. Kf3 Bb5 33. Rb3 Ke6
34. Bg3 Kf5 35. h4 Ra1 36. Bf4 Re1 37. Bg3 Ra1 38. Bd6 Rc1 39. Bf4 Rd1 40. Bh6
Rh1 41. Kg3 Rg1+ 42. Kf3 Rg4 43. Rb1 Rxh4 44. Rg1 Re4 45. Be3 Rg4 46. Rg3 Ba4
47. Bc1 Bd1+ 48. Ke3 h4 49. Rh3 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 4th"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Li"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. h4 Be6 14. g3 Bxd5
15. cxd5 Ne7 16. Nxb4 Qb6 17. Nd3 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Nf4 Qxb2 20. Rc1 Rac8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Ne2 Bc3+ 23. Nxc3 Rxc3 24. Bh3 Rc1 25. O-O Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxa2
27. h5 g6 28. Bd7 e3 29. fxe3 Qe2 30. Rb1 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 4th"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. dxc5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qc7 8.
Nf3 Qxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qg5 Nd7 14. O-O Nc6
15. c4 d4 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Qg3 Ba6 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Be4 Rc8 20. Bd5 Nd8 21. Nxe6
Nxe6 22. Bg5 Ndc5 23. Qa3 Qf7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxa6 Nxa6 26. Rxe6 Qd8 27. Rd6+
Kg7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Rxd4 Nxa2 31. f4 Nc3 32. Kf2 b5 33. Ke3 bxc4
34. Bf3 Re8+ 35. Kf2 a5 36. Rxc4 Nb5 37. Bc6 Rb8 38. Ra4 Rb6 39. Bf3 Ra6 40.
Be2 Nc3 41. Bxa6 Nxa4 42. Ke3 Nb2 43. Kd4 a4 44. Bc4 h5 45. g3 Kf6 46. Kc3 a3
47. Bd3 g5 48. fxg5+ Kxg5 49. Kb3 Nxd3 50. cxd3 Kg4 51. Kxa3 Kh3 52. d4 Kxh2
53. d5 Kxg3 54. d6 h4 55. d7 h3 56. d8=Q Kg2 57. Qg5+ Kh1 58. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 4th"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. b3 Qc8 11. Bb2 Bh3 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Ba1 a6 14. Nd5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 e6 18. Nde3 Nf6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc5 21.
Qb2 Qe5 22. Qxe5 dxe5 23. Rc2 Kf8 24. c5 Rac8 25. Rfc1 Nd5 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. c6
b5 28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Rc7 30. Rb1 Ke7 31. Rb6 Kd6 32. Rxa6 Rdc8 33. e3 Rxc6
34. Rcxc6+ Rxc6 35. Ra7 Rc7 36. Ra8 Rc2 37. a5 Ra2 38. a6 h5 39. a7 Ke7 40. Kf1
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 4th"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh4 12. Nd4 Nf5 13. Nde2 h5 14. Ne4
h4 15. b3 a5 16. a4 b6 17. Bb2 Rh6 18. Nf4 Be6 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.
Nxe6+ Rxe6 22. Kf1 Ke8 23. Rd1 c5 24. Nd2 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Nf3 c5 27. Re1
g5 28. Re2 Kd7 29. Ke1 Kc6 30. Kd2 b5 31. axb5+ Kxb5 32. Kd3 Ra6 33. c3 dxc3
34. Kxc3 a4 35. Ra2 axb3 36. Rxa6 Kxa6 37. Kxb3 Kb5 38. Nd2 f6 39. exf6 Bxf6
40. g3 hxg3 41. fxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Pichay Cup 4th"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2008.09.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Ne4 Be6 12. g4 Ne7 13. Re1 h6 14. Nd4
Bd5 15. Bf4 Kd7 16. Rad1 Kc8 17. Bg3 Kb7 18. e6 Rd8 19. Nc3 f6 20. Nxd5 cxd5
21. Nb5 Rc8 22. c4 a6 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. cxd5 Nc8 25. Bxc7 Kxc7 26. Rc1+ Kd8 27.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 28. e7 Bxe7 29. Rxe7 Rd8 30. Rxg7 Rxd5 31. Rg6 Rd2 32. Rxh6 Rxb2 33.
Rxf6 Kd7 34. a4 Ke7 35. g5 Rb4 36. Kg2 a5 37. Kg3 Rxa4 38. Rxb6 Ra1 39. Ra6 a4
40. Kg4 a3 41. f4 a2 42. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sebih, Kamel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Algeria"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Ne5
c6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bc3 d6 11. Nd3 d5 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Rc7 16. Qe2 Qa8 17. Rfd1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rd8 19. Rc2 Nf6 20. Bg2 Rcd7 21.
Ne5 Rd6 22. Rcd2 c5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. dxc5 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 bxc5 27.
f3 Qc7 28. Kg2 h6 29. Nd3 Nd7 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Qe4 f5 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Nf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. b3
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bb4+ 10. Ke2 Qe7 11. Bb2 Ba3 12. Bc3 Bb4 13. Bb2 Ba3 14. Bc3 Bb4
15. Bb2 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. b4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxb4 19. Rab1 Qa3 20. Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Nd7 12. a3 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. f3 Be6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxe5 Nc6 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. b4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nc5 Rc7 21.
Qc2 Ne5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. f4 Ng4 24. Qe2 Bc8 25. Bb1 Re8 26. Nxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Qxg4 Qe6 29. Bf5 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Re8 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+
Ke7 34. Qxg7 Rb6 35. h3 Rc6 36. Kh2 Qc3 37. Qg5+ Qf6 38. Qg4 Rd8 39. Re1+ Kf8
40. Bd3 Re6 41. Rd1 d4 42. a4 Re3 43. b5 a5 44. Rd2 Re1 45. Rb2 Re3 46. Rd2 Rd6
47. Qc8+ Re8 48. Qg4 Qg7 49. Qh4 Qh6 50. Qg4 Rf6 51. Bf5 Rd8 52. Rd3 Qg7 53.
Qh4 Qh6 54. Qg4 Qg7 55. Qh4 Re8 56. Qh5 Re3 57. Rxe3 dxe3 58. Qf3 Qh6 59. g4 e2
60. Qa8+ Kg7 61. g5 e1=Q 62. gxh6+ Rxh6 63. Qg2+ Kf8 64. Qa8+ Ke7 65. Qa7+ Kf6
66. Bg4 Qd2+ 67. Kg3 Kg7 68. Qc5 Qe1+ 69. Kg2 Qd2+ 70. Kg3 Qe1+ 71. Kg2 Qe4+
72. Kg3 Qxa4 73. Qe5+ Rf6 74. Qg5+ Rg6 75. Qe5+ Kh7 76. f5 Qa3+ 77. Kg2 Qa2+
78. Kg3 Qa3+ 79. Kg2 Rd6 80. Bf3 Rd2+ 81. Kg3 Qd6 82. Kf4 a4 83. b6 Qxb6 84. f6
Qd6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 exd5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb5 dxc4 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Nxb7 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
cxb3 21. axb3 Nc6 22. Kf2 a5 23. Rd6 Rb8 24. Rxc6 Rxb7 25. Rc5 Rxb3 26. Rxa5
Rb2+ 27. Kg1 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 Rb2+ 29. Kg1 Rb1+ 30. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Cekro, Ekrem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe1 c5
9. dxc5 dxc5 10. e5 Nd5 11. f5 c4 12. Be4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxe4 15.
Qxe4 Qc6 16. Qh4 gxf5 17. Ba3 Ra7 18. Nd4 Qh6 19. Qf2 Bxe5 20. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Re1 Bxa3 19. Bb5 Bd6 20. Ne5 Bxe5
21. Rxe5 a6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qe2 Be6 24. Ra5 Bd5 25. Rxa6 Re8 26. Be3 Qe6 27.
Ra1 h6 28. Re1 f5 29. Qd1 Qf7 30. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3
dxe5 9. dxe5 N8d7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Nd4 Be7
15. b3 O-O 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. g3 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Rac1 Kf7 20. Nf3 Bc6 21.
Nd4 Bd7 22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Njili, Kamel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tunisia"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng8 9. Bd4 f6 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 fxe5 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4
Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bf7+ Kd8 17. Bxg8 Rxg8 18. Rf7 d5 19. Re1 d4 20. Ne2 c5
21. a3 Ra7 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. Nd5 Bxc2 24. Nxb6 d3 25. Rf2 Bb3 26. Re3 c4 27. Rf4
e5 28. Rxe5 d2 29. Rd5+ Kc7 30. Rxc4+ Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Rd8 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2
Kc6 34. Kf2 Rb7 35. b3 Re7 36. h4 Kd5 37. Nc4 Kd4 38. Na5 Re3 39. a4 Rc3 40. b4
Ra3 41. Nc6+ Kd5 42. Ne7+ Ke6 43. Nc6 Rxa4 44. Kg3 h5 45. b5 Kd6 46. Nd8 Rb4
47. Nf7+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Ba3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qd2
b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Qd6+ Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rc8 20. Rxe5
Rxc3 21. Rd8+ Ke7 22. Rb8 Bd5 23. Re2 Ne4 24. Re8+ Kf6 25. Rd8 Nc5 26. Rc8 Ne4
27. Rd8 Nc5 28. Rc8 Ne4 29. Rd8 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Alsharfi, SS."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 h6 8. h3 d5
9. Ba2 dxe4 10. Nxe5 exd3 11. cxd3 Bd6 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Bf4 Bf5 15.
Qf3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ng6 Re8 18. Ne4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qf6 21.
Rae1 Rad8 22. Qg4 Rf8 23. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 24. Kh2 Nd5 25. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gundavaa, Bayarsaihan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. e4 Nb4 13. e5 Ne4 14. a3 a5 15. e6
O-O 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc8 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Nf3
Rxf7 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Qb3 c4 24. Qe3 Qc6 25. Rd4 Bf6 26. Rf4 Re7 27. Qd2 Bxa1
28. Qxb4 Re4 29. Rf7 Qd5 30. Rd7 Re6 31. Bf4 Rf8 32. Qxb6 Be5 33. Qb7 Qxb7 34.
Rxb7 Bxf4 35. gxf4 h6 36. Nd4 Re4 0-1

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Djuraev, Sokhib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. Ba2 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Nh4 exd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Ng6 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Nf4 Re8 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Qe2 Nc6 21. Nb5
Qf6 22. Nd5 Qxb2 23. Ndc7 Qb4 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. c3 Qxa4 26. Ra1 Qb3 27. Reb1
1-0

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4
Bh4+ 22. Kd2 Ne7 23. Qg1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Qh2 g5 26. fxg5 Bxg5+ 27. Kc2 h6
28. Raa1 Rg8 29. Rag1 Rg6 30. Nf4 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Qf6 32. Rxg6 Qxf4 33. Rhxh6+
Qxh6 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Rh5 Bxc4 36. bxc4 Rc8 37. Rxa5 Rxc4 38. Kd3 Rc6 39. Kd4
Kf6 40. c4 Ke6 41. Rh5 Ra6 42. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laxman, Rajaram"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rac8 14. Qd2 Nd7
15. Na4 Qb4 16. Nc3 Nb6 17. b3 Rc7 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Na7 20. Be2 Kf8 21.
Bd3 h6 22. Kf1 Ke8 23. Ke1 a5 24. Ne2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Bxc2 Qxd2+ 27.
Kxd2 Nb5 28. Bd3 Nd6 29. f3 g5 30. Nc3 f5 31. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bui, Vinh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8. Qf3
Nd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. N1d2 b6 11. g4 Bb7 12. g5 O-O-O 13. Qe2 a5 14. Nd4 Kb8 15.
Nb5 Qc6 16. O-O-O e5 17. Bc4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Rc8 19. c3 Ne5 20. Bd5 Qe8 21. Bxb7
Kxb7 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nc4 Bxg5+ 24. Kb1 Qe6 25. Nbd6+ 1-0

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5
f6 9. Bg3 e5 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 g6 12. b4 Ng7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Bg3 e4 15. f3
exf3 16. gxf3 O-O 17. Nb3 f5 18. Qd2 Nh5 19. f4 Nhf6 20. a4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4
22. Na5 Qc8 23. Qc3 Bd8 24. Kd2 Nf6 25. Bh4 Bg4 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. Rag1 Qf3 28.
Nb3 Bc7 29. Kc2 Qe2+ 30. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qd4 Nc6 12. Qb6 Qe5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Qf2 O-O
15. f4 Qc7 16. Bd3 d6 17. Qh4 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 e5 19. Rhf1 b4 20. Bd2 a5 21. Kb1
a4 22. Nc1 Bg4 23. Rde1 Rfc8 24. Rf2 Bd7 25. f5 Nd4 26. Bh6 Ne8 27. Bxg7 Nxg7
28. f6 b3 29. axb3 axb3 30. Qg3 Nde6 31. cxb3 Qa5 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Kxc2 Rc8+
34. Kb1 Bb5 35. Rd1 Bxd3+ 36. Rxd3 Qb4 37. fxg7 Qxe4 38. Qe3 Qg6 39. Qg3 Qe4
40. Qf3 Qg6 41. Qg3 Qf5 42. Qh3 Qxh3 43. Rxh3 Nd4 44. b4 Rb8 45. Nb3 Ne6 46.
Na5 Rxb4 47. Nc6 Rb6 48. Ne7+ Kxg7 49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Ne7+ Kg7 51. Nf5+ Kf6 52.
g4 e4 53. Rxh7 Nc5 54. Kc2 Na4 55. b4 Rxb4 56. Nxd6 Ke5 57. Nxf7+ Kd4 58. g5
Rb2+ 59. Kc1 Rg2 60. Rh8 Nc5 61. Rd8+ Kc3 62. Kd1 Nd3 63. Rc8+ Kd4 64. Nd6 Rg1+
65. Kc2 Rc1+ 66. Kb3 Rxc8 67. Nxc8 e3 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qd5 Be6 23. Qxb5 Qg5 24. h4 Qf6 25. b3 axb3 26. Bxb3 Bxb3 27.
axb3 Rab8 28. Qd3 Qxh4 29. Ra5 Rb6 30. Rxe5 Rh6 31. Qh3 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Rxh3 33.
Rb1 f6 34. Rc5 Re8 35. Kg2 Rd3 36. Rc4 Re5 37. b4 Rb5 38. Kf1 Rd7 39. Rc5 Rxc5
40. bxc5 Rd4 41. Ke2 h5 42. Rc1 Kf7 43. Ke3 Rd8 44. f4 h4 45. f5 h3 46. Kf3
Rd3+ 47. Ke2 Rd8 48. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Bd6 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 g6 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qc7 17. g3 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Be7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. h4 Bf6 21. h5
Rd7 22. Kg2 Rfd8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rh1 Bxd4 25. Qd2 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 e5 27. Rxe5
Rd4 28. Qe2 c5 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qe3 Qc6+ 32. f3 Qf6 33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Qxh8 36. Rxh8+ Ke7 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Kf2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 f5 19. fxg4 fxg4 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Qg2
Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Rf2 23. Qg1 Bxg3 24. Qxg3 Qe2 25. Qg1 Kh8 26. Bd1 Rxh2+ 27. Qxh2
Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. a3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nc6 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Nd2 Ne7 19. Rd6 Rb8 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21.
Ne4 d5 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Nxd5 Qe6 24. Qc3+ f6 25. e4 Qe5 26. Qxe5 fxe5 27. Re1
Nxd5 28. exd5 Kf6 29. Kf1 b5 30. Re3 b4 31. a4 c4 32. Ke2 c3 33. b3 c2 34. Kd2
Rbc8 35. Kc1 Rc5 36. Be4 Rdc8 37. Re2 Rc3 38. Rxc2 Ke7 39. Kd2 Rxc2+ 40. Bxc2
Rc3 41. h4 Kd6 42. g4 Rh3 43. Be4 Rxh4 44. f3 Rh1 45. Kc2 Kc5 46. Kd2 Rh2+ 47.
Kc1 Kd4 48. d6 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Nd7 11. a4 Nde5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nde2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
g5 Ng6 16. f4 h6 17. gxh6 Bxh6 18. Kh2 Kh7 19. Qd2 Rg8 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. Nd5 Rd8
22. b4 Rb8 23. c4 Qf7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nd8 26. Nb6 Be6 27. Nd4 Nh4 28. Bh1
Qh5 29. Qf2 Bf7 30. Nf3 Rg4 31. Ng5+ Bxg5 32. fxg5 Re4 33. Nd7 Ra8 34. Rxd6
Rxe3 35. Rh6+ Qxh6 36. gxh6 f4 37. Qxh4 Ra2+ 38. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Harika,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is my game against Wesley So in the 7th round of Corus Chess 2009. My
opponent was the top seed for the tournament and eventually won the
championship.} 1. d4 {As my opponent, in all his games so far, played either
Nimzo Indian or ... a6 Slav. It was easy for me to prepare new lines (which I
had never played before) for both the openings.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {
He has opted for a Slav.} 4. e3 {This was probably already quite a surprise
for my opponent, since I almost always go for the main Slav or the Anti Slav
with Nc3 and e3. After a long think, he decided to play} Bf5 {Usually, Wesley
had been going for the 4...a6 systems. So when he had chosen this line over
the board after a long think, it was clear that he didn't have much idea of
the theory from here on.} 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Bd6 {This is completely
a rare move.} ({The main line is:} 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3) 8. g3 Nbd7 9.
O-O {converted in to main line} dxc4 {has been played in a very few games.} (
9... O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {is the main continuation.}) 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 {
Everything that happened so far was more or less known to me. But I had
already spent a considerable amount of time (as had my opponent), not being
able to remember the theory.} e5 $2 {This is too early and clearly a bad move.}
(11... O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 e5 14. f4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Qe7 {This position was
reached in Topalov - Kramnik, Elista 2006.}) 12. a4 {However I did not manage
to make use of my chances. My idea with a4 is to either to gain space on the
queenside with a5, or if Black plays ...a5, I want to play Qb3 at some point
and threaten Black's queenside structure.} ({The unusual} 12. f4 $1 {move is
just killing Black. To be frank, somehow I did not even consider this move.
Neither did my opponent, or he would never have played ...e5.} exf4 (12... exd4
13. exd4 {is the same}) 13. exf4 h6 (13... h5 14. Nxg6 (14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxg6
fxg6 16. Bd3 $16) 14... fxg6 15. Qc2 $16) 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Bd3 $16) 12... a5 (
12... exd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. Bg5 {is slightly better for White}) 13. Bf3 $6 {
This is clearly equalising.} (13. f4 $16 {is still possible.}) 13... O-O 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qb3 {Continuing my plan and the position is
roughly level.} Qc7 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bd4 {This is an interesting plan.} 19.
Nd5 cxd5 (19... Nbxd5 20. Bxd4 Nb4 21. Rad1 {is preferable for White with
active piece play.}) 20. Bxd4 Nc4 {I couldn't find the right continuation from
here as I was left with little time and 20 moves to play. So I tried to at
least equalize the position as early as possible.} 21. Bxf6 ({The best try for
White is} 21. Rfc1 Qe7 (21... Qb8 22. Rc2 dxe4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Bxe4 Nd2 25.
Qxb7 $14) 22. exd5 Nd2 23. Qd3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Nxd5 $11) 21... gxf6 22. Rfd1 (
22. Rfc1 Qe5 23. exd5 Nd2 24. Qd3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rxd5 26. Re1 Qf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5
$11) (22. Qc2 Qb6 23. exd5 Rac8 $11) 22... dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd2 24. Qe3 (24. Qxb7
Qxb7 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. Bc6 Rxb2 $11) 24... Qd6 $6 (24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 $11) (
24... Qe5 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qxe4 $11) 25. Rac1 $1 {Seizing the
oppurtunity.} Qe7 26. Rxd2 (26. Bxb7 {The last chance for White to try for a
win.} Qxb7 (26... Qxe3 27. fxe3 Rab8 28. Rc7 $14) 27. Rxd2 $14) 26... Rxd2 27.
Qxd2 Qxe4 $11 {And the game continued for few more moves.} 28. Qc2 Qb4 29. Qc3
Qxa4 30. Qxf6 Qd7 31. h4 Re8 32. h5 Qd2 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 gxh5 35. Rc5 a4
36. Rxh5 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Ra5 (38. Rb5 Kg7 39. Rb4 {even though it will
end with a draw, Black is the one who has to be careful.}) 38... Rxb2 39. Rxa4
b5 40. Ra6 b4 41. Rb6 Rb3 42. Kh3 Rf3 43. Kg2 Rb3 44. Kh3 Rf3 45. Kg2 {Finally
the battle ended with a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. dxe5 Nc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nxa4 12. Nxa4 d5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6
cxd6 15. Qd4 b5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Ne3 Qd8 20. Rd1 Rb7
21. Rd3 Rd7 22. h4 Qf8 23. h5 h6 24. c4 Rc7 25. Qb6 bxc4 26. Rxd6 Qe7 27. Rc6
Rxc6 28. Qxc6 Be6 29. Qxa6 Qb4 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ Kg8 32. Qc2 Qe1+ 33. Kh2
Qa5 34. Nxc4 Qc7+ 35. Kg1 Qxc4 36. Qxc4 Bxc4 37. b3 Bd5 38. f3 Kf8 39. Kf2 Ke7
40. Ke3 Kd6 41. g4 f5 42. Kf4 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 a6 6. O-O Rb8 7. d3 d6 8. Bg5 b5
9. Qc1 Bg4 10. Rb1 Qd7 11. b3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 f5 15.
Nc3 b4 16. Nd5 e6 17. Re1 Kf7 18. Nf4 h6 19. Nxe6 Re8 20. Nd8+ Rxd8 21. Bxd8
Qxd8 22. a3 a5 23. axb4 axb4 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. f4 Bc3 26. Re2 Nf6 27. Qf3 Qa7 28.
Rc1 Qa8 29. Kg2 Qxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Ra8 31. h3 h5 32. Rb1 Ra3 33. Rc2 d5 34. cxd5
Nxd5 35. g4 Ne7 36. gxh5 gxh5 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qd4 Be7 12. Qb6 Qxb6 13. Bxb6 d6 14. a3 O-O
15. Na5 Bd7 16. f4 Nc6 17. Be2 Rfc8 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Ba5 Nd7 21.
Bb4 Nc5 22. Rd2 Kf8 23. Rf1 Nb7 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Bxb4 27.
axb4 Rc4 28. Rd7 Nd8 29. Rd6 Rxb4 30. Rfd3 Ke8 31. Rxa6 Rg4 32. Rad6 Rxg2 33.
Nxb5 Rc8 34. Rd2 Rg1+ 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Ke7 37. Nd6 Rc7 38. b3 f5 39. Nc4
Rc5 40. Rg1 g6 41. h4 Nf7 42. Re1 h6 43. Kd2 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kc3 g4 46.
Re2 Rd5 47. b4 g3 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
c6 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Qb3 Ra7 14. c4 b5 15.
Rfc1 Bd6 16. Be5 bxc4 17. Rxc4 Nd5 18. Nc3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qg5 20. Re1 Nd7 21.
Rxc6 Nxe5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5 Re7 24. Re3 h6 25. Rxa6 Qf5 26. Kg2 Qc8 27.
Ra4 Rd8 28. Qb5 Rd2 29. Rxe5 Rxb2 30. Rc5 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qxh3 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33.
Rh5 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qc7 8. Nc3
e6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a5 Nb8 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Ke2 Bd6 14. Na4 O-O 15.
Qb6 Qe7 16. Nc5 Rab8 17. f4 Bc7 18. Qb3 Bxf4 19. Qc3 e5 20. Nb3 Rfc8 21. dxe5
Bxe5 22. Qc5 Nd4+ 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Ne4 25. Rag1 g6 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. h4
Rc4 28. Bc3 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Qc7 30. Kf1 Qxa5 31. h5 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qxc3 33. hxg6
fxg6 34. Rh4 Re8 35. Rb1 b5 36. Rhh1 Qc5 37. Rbc1 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Rf8 39. Rh2 Qxe3
0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 11. d4 Nxe4 12. Nxe5 f6 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Bf4 Nc4 15. b3
Nb6 16. Qc1 Re8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Nf4 f5 19. a4 bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Filippov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. b3 Nb6 15. Be3
Rfc8 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Ng3 a5 18. Bb1 a4 19. Nh2 axb3 20. axb3 Qa7 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Qf3 Be6 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Nf3 Nbd7 26. Ng5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Ra3 28.
Bc2 c4 29. bxc4 Rxc3 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 bxc4 33. Bg5 Qd6 34.
Qf3 Nf6 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Bd5 c3 37. Bb3 Qc6 38. Qg3 e4 39. Rc2 Qc5 40. f6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Qf3 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6
15. g4 Bf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Be2 Bxg4 19. Ne3 Be6 20. h5 f6 21.
Rg1 Qe7 22. Qh4 Rae8 23. f4 Nc6 24. O-O-O b3 25. axb3 Rb8 26. Rg3 Rxb3 27. Rdg1
Kh8 28. Rxg7 Qxg7 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. f5 Rg8 32. Qh4 Rg5 33. fxe6
1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Ng3 h6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 g6 24. Bb3 a5 25. Rad1 Ra6 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Qf3 Kg7
28. Rd3 Ra7 29. g5 Qe7 30. Nh5+ gxh5 31. Qxh5 Kh8 32. Rg3 Bd7 33. Ree3 Be6 34.
Ref3 Bxb3 35. axb3 Bg7 36. gxh6 Bf6 37. Qf5 d5 38. Qxf6+ Qxf6 39. Rxf6 dxe4 40.
Rb6 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Rf1 42. Rf6 Re6 43. Rxe6 fxe6 44. Re3 Rxf2 45. Rxe4 Rc2 46.
Re3 Kh7 47. Rh3 e4 48. b4 Rd2 49. Kg1 e5 50. Kf1 Rd6 51. Ke2 Rg6 52. Ke3 Rxg2
53. Kxe4 Rg5 54. Kd5 Rf5 55. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4
Bh4+ 22. Kd2 Ne7 23. Rh2 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 f5 25. Qh1 g5 26. Kc2 Rb7 27. Ba6 Rbf7
28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. fxg5 Bxg5 30. Rxa5 Qe6 31. exf5 Qxf5+ 32. Kb2 Qg6 33. Qg1 Qg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Rd1
Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. d3 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. a3 Bf8 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. b4
Nc6 16. Ne3 d4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ng4 c4 20. Qf3 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Qb6
22. dxc4 Rxe4 23. Qg3 Qe6 24. Qd3 Re8 25. Bd2 Qg6 26. Qh3 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 Rd8 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. h4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 h6 15.
Be3 c5 16. b4 Bd7 17. bxc5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Red1 Rac8 20. Rab1 b6 21. Qc4
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 c4 13. Na5 Bc5+ 14. Kf1
b5 15. Nd5 c6 16. Bc7 cxd5 17. Bxd8 d4 18. b3 Ba7 19. bxc4 Kxd8 20. cxb5 Kc7
21. a4 axb5 22. Rdb1 Ne7 23. axb5 Rb8 24. Nc4 Nc8 25. Ra5 Bc5 26. b6+ Bxb6 27.
Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Ra7+ Rb7 29. Rxb7+ Kxb7 30. Rb4 Ba4 31. Rxd4 Bxc2 32. Rd8 Kc7 33.
Rh8 Kd6 34. h4 Ke7 35. Rxh7 Kf7 36. Rh5 Nd7 37. Ra5 Kg6 38. Kf2 Ne5 39. Ra3 f5
40. Ra6+ Kf7 41. exf5 Bxf5 42. Ke3 Be6 43. h5 Nd7 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. g4 Kf7 46.
Ra7 Kf6 47. Ra5 Kf7 48. Kg5 Nf6 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. h6 Bf7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ajrapetjan, Yuriy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6+
gxf6 15. Nfd2 Bd7 16. e3 Be8 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Rac1 Rd3 20. Nc5 Bxc5
21. Rxc5 Rb3 22. Nc4 b6 23. Rh5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Rxh6 Bxa4 26. Ra1 b5 27.
Rc1 Rd8 28. Rc7+ Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. h4 Rxb2 31. h5 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Kg1
Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rb2 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qh4 f6 12. Nc3 g5 13. Qh5 d6 14. exf6 exf6
15. Be3 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. f3 Kf7 20. Kf2 h6 21. h4
Rab8 22. b3 a5 23. Nde2 Be6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. f4 d5 26. fxg5 dxc4 27. Bf4 Rb7
28. Ne4 cxb3 29. Nxf6 Rc8 30. axb3 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Nd4 Bc5 33. Be3 Bxd4
34. Rxd4 Rb4 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng7 10. Bg3 Nf5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qa4 Bg7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxd7+
Qxd7 15. Qxe4 O-O-O 16. O-O Qd3 17. Qa4 h5 18. Qxa7 h4 19. Na3 Qa6 20. Qxc5+
Qc6 21. Qa5 Rd5 22. Qa7 hxg3 23. c4 Rxh2 24. Qa8+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Be7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Bc2 Bxg5 14. Nexg5
N7f6 15. Qe5 Qc5 16. Rd4 b6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. c4 Nb4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Be4 Qxe5
21. Nxe5 Rb8 22. a3 Na6 23. b4 f6 24. Nd7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Rf7 26. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. a3 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Na2 b5 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15.
b4 Nc4 16. Qc1 a5 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. bxa5 Qa6 19. Nb4 Qxa5 20. Nc6 Qxa3 21.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qb2 Qd7 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Rc1 Be4 25. Be2 Nd5 26. Bg3 Bd3 27. Bf3
c3 28. Qb3 Qc6 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qa3 Ra8 31. Qe7 c2 32. h3 h6 33. Bf4 Qc3 34.
e4 Bxe4 35. Kh2 Qxd4 36. Qb7 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nolte, Rolando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. O-O a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Be3 Bc6 13. Bf3 exf4 14. Bxf4 d5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. Nd4 Ng5 17. Bg4 Bc5 18. Be3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne6 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Bc3
Qg5 22. Bf5 Rad8 23. Ng3 d4 24. Ne4 Qh4 25. Be1 Qe7 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. cxd5
Qxb3 9. axb3 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Nfd7 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Ke2 Ke7 14. Rhc1
g5 15. Nf3 g4 16. Ne1 a6 17. Nd3 Nb6 18. Ba4 N8d7 19. Nc5 Rab8 20. Rc2 Rhc8 21.
Rac1 Nf6 22. f3 Bxh2 23. Be1 gxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Bd6 25. Bh4 e5 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27.
Nd7+ Nxd7 28. Rxc8 b5 29. Rxb8 e4+ 30. Ke2 Nxb8 31. Rc8 Ke7 32. Rh8 Nc6 33.
Rxh7 Nb4 34. g4 bxa4 35. bxa4 a5 36. Kd2 Nd3 37. Kc2 Ne1+ 38. Kd1 Nf3 39. Ke2
Bb4 40. Rh5 Ke6 41. Rh6+ f6 42. Rh8 Ne1 43. Rh6 Kf7 44. Rh7+ Kg6 45. Rh5 Nd3
46. b3 Nc1+ 47. Kd1 Nxb3 48. Rxd5 Nd2 49. Rb5 Nc4 50. Ke2 Nb2 51. Rb8 Nxa4 52.
Kf2 0-1

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. O-O Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. d3 Ne6 13. Ned2 Qd5 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 Rd8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Be3 Kg8 18. c4 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rd7 Kf7 24. Rxa7 Bxb2 25. Rb7 Ra8 26. Rxb6 Rxa2 27.
Rxc6 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Ra4 29. Bxc5 Rxc4 30. Rb6 Bf6 31. Be3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dableo, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. O-O Qd7 8. Ne2
c5 9. c4 Ne7 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Be4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nbc6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Be3 Nd5
15. Nc3 Ncb4 16. a3 Nxe3 17. axb4 Nxd1 18. Bc6+ Ke7 19. Bxa8 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bb5
21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Ra7 Kd8 23. Bc6 Bxc6 24. Nxc6+ Kc8 25. Rxf7 g5 26. Ra7 b5 27.
Nd4 1-0

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paragua, Mark"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Nc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bg7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qb3
Rac8 15. h3 e6 16. Qd3 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Rxe5
Rf7 21. Re1 Qc4 22. Qxc4 dxc4 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. Rxe6 Bxd4 25. Re4 Bxc3 26. bxc3
Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd2 28. Rxc4 Rxf2 29. a4 b6 30. Kg3 Rf7 31. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qb6 14. Qd2 Kh8
15. Ng5 Nxd4 16. Qe3 e5 17. Qxe5 Ng4 18. Qe7 Bf5 19. Rae1 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Qg6 21.
Ne6 Nxe6 22. Qxe6 Qxd3 23. Qxg4 Qc4 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Re7 b5 26. Rd1 Rfd8 27.
Rdd7 b4 28. Rxg7 c3 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rhg7+ Kh8 31. bxc3 bxc3 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33.
Kf1 c2 34. Rdg7+ Kf8 35. Rc7 Kg8 36. Rhg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bitoon, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. g3 f5 16. Qh5 b4 17. Bg2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Kh8 19. O-O Rc8 20. Rad1 Ne7 21.
Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Qe2 e4 23. Qxa6 Be5 24. Qe2 Rxc3 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc7 27.
Rfd1 Qc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. f4 exf3 30. Bxf3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dapitan"]
[Site "Dapitan"]
[Date "2009.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Rd8 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 Qa6
15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rc8 18. a4 Qa5 19. Rfb1 Rfe8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Nd6 Qa6 22. Nxe8 Bxd4 23. Ra2 Rxe8 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. a5 h5 27.
Rc2 Bd4 28. Rb7 e5 29. Rcc7 Rf8 30. Kf1 h4 31. Ke2 g6 32. f3 Kg7 33. Rc6 Rd8
34. Rcc7 Rf8 35. Kd3 Bg1 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. Re7 Bf2 38. Rxe5 Rd8 39. Rd5 Re8+ 40.
Kd3 Re3+ 41. Kd2 Ra3 42. Ke2 Bg1 43. Rd6+ Ke5 44. Rxa6 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Rxg2 46.
Rxf7 g5 47. Raf6 Rg3 48. Rf5+ Ke6 49. Ke4 Kd6 50. R7f6+ Kd7 51. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gundavaa, Bayarsaihan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 Be2 14. Re1 Ba6
15. Ndf3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. a4 Ne4 18. Ba5 Bd6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rec1 Nc5 21.
Qa2 f6 22. b4 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. b5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Rcd8 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Qe2
e4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rd3 30. Rf1 h6 31. Bxe4 Rb3 32. Bg2 Rb2 33. Qc4 Kh8
34. h4 Qf5 35. Qd4 Qf6 36. Qc4 Qf5 37. Qd4 Rxb5 38. Ra1 Kh7 39. g4 Qc2 40. h5
Rb1+ 41. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 42. Kh2 Qc2 43. Kg3 b5 44. f4 Qc4 45. Qe5 Nd7 46. Qd6 Nf6
47. Bf3 Ne4+ 48. Bxe4+ Qxe4 49. Qc5 b4 50. Qb6 Qc4 51. f5 exf5 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53.
Qxf5 b3 54. Qf8+ Qg8 55. Qb4 Qd5 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qe8 Qd6+ 58. Kh3 Qc6 59. Qe5
Qf3+ 60. Kh2 Qxg4 61. Qb5 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rhe1 O-O
15. Nf5 cxd4 16. N3xd4 Bc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Bxh6 Qb6 20. Bxg7
Qxe6 21. Rxe6 Rxg7 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. g4 Kf7 24. Re2 Re8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Re1+
Kf7 27. f3 Nd5 28. Kd2 N7f6 29. a3 Bf2 30. Re2 Bg3 31. c4 Nf4 32. Re3 Ne6 33.
Kc3 Nd7 34. b4 Ne5 35. h6 Kg6 36. g5 Nxg5 37. c5 Kxh6 38. b5 Kg6 39. a4 Kf6 40.
a5 Ne6 41. Re2 Nxc5 42. a6 bxa6 43. bxa6 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xiu, Deshun"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. e5
Bb7 9. Bg2 Ng4 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ne4 Nc6 12. Bf4 Ngxe5 13. c5 d3 14. Qa4 bxc5 15.
a3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 e5 17. axb4 Nd4 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rfe1 Ne2+ 22. Rxe2 dxe2 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bf3 Rxb2 25. Qg4 Qc3 26. Kg2 e1=Q 27.
Qxg7 Qexe3 0-1

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Nd4 Nf5 11. Nde2 Ke8 12. Rd1 a5 13. b3 Bb4 14. Bb2
Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Be6 16. Ne4 b6 17. Rd3 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 c5 20. h3 Ne7
21. g4 h5 22. Ng5 hxg4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. hxg4 Ng6 25. f3 Rh3 26. Bc1 Nh4 27.
Kf2 Rh2+ 28. Kg3 Rxc2 29. Kxh4 Rxc1 30. Kg5 c4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Kg6 b5 33.
Kxg7 Ke7 34. g5 b4 35. Rd2 a4 36. g6 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. Rb2 Rc3 39. Kh7 Rxf3
40. Rh2 Rg3 41. g7 b2 42. Rxb2 Rh3+ 43. Kg8 Rh1 44. Rf2 Rh3 45. Rc2 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bd5 13. Qb5 Nb4 14. e4 Bb3 15.
Ra3 Bc2 16. Qc4 Nd7 17. Rc1 c6 18. Qe2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bd3 20. Qg4 g5 21. d5 cxd5
22. exd5 Bf5 23. Qh5 exd5 24. Rd1 Bg6 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Rb3 Qe6 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28.
Nxd5 Bd8 29. Re3 Qa6 30. Qd2 Rc8 31. Bc3 Rc6 32. Qd4 f6 33. Ne7+ Bxe7 34. Rxe7
Rf7 35. Qd5 Qc4 36. Rxf7 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxf7 38. Rf5 h6 39. Rxa5 Ra6 40. Rxa6
bxa6 41. Bxf6 Bb3 42. a5 Kf7 43. Bc3 g4 44. Kf1 Ke6 45. Ke2 h5 46. f4 gxf3+ 47.
Kxf3 Kf5 48. Bb4 Ba4 49. Be7 Bb3 50. Ke3 Kg6 51. Kf4 Bc4 52. b4 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gao, Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Bc3 Nxe4
15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxe4 Bd7 17. O-O-O Be8 18. Kc2 f6 19. f4 g6 20. h4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 f5 22. Bf3 Bxh4 23. g5 Rc8 24. c5 h6 25. gxh6 Be7 26. Be2 Ra8 27. h7+ Kxh7
28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Bc4 Bd8 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Rh7 g5 32. Be5 1-0

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Al Sayed, Mohammed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4
b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Qd2 c6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. d5 cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxc2 18. Rc1 Qxa4 19. Rc7 Rac8 20. Ng5 Rxc7
21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Ne6 Bd8 23. Nxc7 Bxc7 24. Qxc7 Qb4 25. Re3 Qxb2 26. h3 Rg8
27. Qxd6 a5 28. Rg3 a4 29. Rxg7 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Rg3 h5 32. Qe6 Rxg3 33.
fxg3 Qxe4 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36. Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. e5 Bc5 7. Be3 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. c3 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Qxb2 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bg4
Qa3 15. c4 Qb4 16. cxd5 Nxd4 17. Re4 O-O 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rfd8 20. Rc1
Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. h3 Kf8 23. Bxd7 Rc5 24. d6 Rxe5 25. Be6 Ke8 26. Bxf7+
Kd7 27. Bb3 Bc6 28. Rd2 a5 29. f4 Rf5 30. Rd4 Rf6 31. Bc2 h6 32. f5 h5 33. g4
Rxd6 34. Rxd6+ Kxd6 35. f6 gxf6 36. gxh5 Ke7 37. Kf2 b5 38. Ke3 b4 39. Kd4 Bd7
40. Kc5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. d5 Ne7 8. Bxd7+
Nxd7 9. Be3 Bg7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Nd2 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. b4
Rf6 16. c5 Rg6 17. Rc1 a6 18. Kh1 h5 19. Nc4 g4 20. Bg1 Nf6 21. b5 axb5 22.
Nxb5 Nc8 23. Qc2 g3 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. h3 Nh7 26. Nd2 Qh4 27. Qc7 Ng5 28. Qd8+
Kh7 29. Rxc8 Rxa2 30. Rd1 Rf6 31. Qg8+ Kh6 32. Rc7 Rg6 33. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qf2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nce2 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15.
O-O O-O 16. Nc1 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. c3 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 e5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Nf3
Qc7 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bd4 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Re6 25. Kh1 Rae8 26. Rg1 g6 27. Raf1
Bc8 28. Qh4 Qe7 29. Qh6 Qf8 30. Qg5 Re2 31. Qxd5+ Be6 32. Qg5 Bh3 33. Qh4 Bf5
34. Rf2 Re1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kg2 h5 37. Rd2 Qe7 38. Bf6 Qe6 39. Bd4 Re2+ 40.
Rxe2 Qxe2+ 41. Qf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Kf7 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. c4 Kd6 45. b4 Kc6 46. Bc3
Be6 47. Kd4 Bf7 48. Bb2 Be6 49. Bc3 Bf7 50. Bb2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 08th"]
[Site "Subic Bay"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Qxc4 12. Nd5 Qxa2 13. Nc7 Na6 14. Nxa8
Nxe4 15. Nc7 Nxc7 16. Rxc7 Qa5+ 17. Rc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Qd2 Qa1+ 20.
Qd1 Qa5+ 21. Qd2 Qd5 22. O-O Rc8 23. Rb1 b6 24. Kf1 f5 25. Nb5 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 a6
27. Nxd6 exd6 28. Rxb6 Ra8 29. Ba5 Be5 30. g3 f4 31. gxf4 Bxf4 32. Rb7 Be5 33.
Kg2 Bd4 34. Rd7 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Ho Chi Minh City zt 3.3"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ly, Hong Nguyen"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O a6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. e5
Nd5 15. c4 Nf4 16. Qd2 g5 17. g3 Bb4 18. Qe3 c5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ng6 21.
Qxg5 Rb2 22. Rae1 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Ke7 26. Rb6 Nc6 27.
Rxa6 Rb8 28. f4 Rb2 29. Bf3 Kd6 30. Bxc6 dxc6 31. Ra7 f5 32. Rxh7 Rc2 33. Rg7
Rxc3 34. h4 Rxc4 35. h5 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Rxa2 38. h6 Ra1 39. Kg2 Ra2+
40. Kh3 Ra8 41. h7 Rh8 42. Kg2 e5 43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. Kf3 Kd4 45. Rd7+ Ke5 46.
Rc7 Kd6 47. Rg7 Ke5 48. Rc7 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ho Chi Minh City zt 3.3"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ton That Nhu, Tung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Rc8 8.
O-O Qa5 9. Bh4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc5 11. Qd2 Qb4 12. Rab1 Nxe4 13. Qf4 f5 14. a3
Qd4 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxc2 18. Bd3 Qb3 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Qf3
Rc5 21. b4 Re5 22. Re1 Qd4 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Be4 g6 25. Rd1 Qc4 26. Bd5 Qf4 27.
Qc3 Qxh4 28. Qxe5 e6 29. Bxe6 Bxe6 30. Qxe6+ Be7 31. Qc8+ Bd8 32. Qd7+ Kf8 33.
Qxd8+ Qxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kg7 35. Rxh8 Kxh8 36. f4 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Kf3 Ke6 39.
Ke4 h5 40. g3 1-0

[Event "Ho Chi Minh City zt 3.3"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2009.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nguyen, Van Huy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. c4 a6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bf3 Bb7
15. Qa4 Bd6 16. g3 Be5 17. Bg2 Rfc8 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Qg4 Bb5 21. Rd1
Be2 22. Re1 Bd3 23. Ra1 Rab8 24. a3 Qc2 25. Ng5 Bf5 26. Qf3 Bd4 27. Ne4 Bxe4
28. Rxe4 Bxb2 29. Bxb2 Qxb2 30. Ree1 Nc3 31. h4 h6 32. Qe3 Rb3 33. Qa7 Ne2+ 34.
Kh2 Nc1 35. Raxc1 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Qxc1 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ g6 39. h5 Qg5 40.
hxg6+ Qxg6 41. Qh4 Qg5 42. Qe4+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Qf6 44. Qg4+ Kh8 45. Qa4 Rb2 46.
f4 e5 0-1

[Event "Ho Chi Minh City zt 3.3"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Chan, Wei Xuan Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. e3 e5 11. d5 b5 12. dxc6 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 bxc4 14. a3 b3
15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Nxc4 e4 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. c7 Rfe8 20. Bh3 Be6 21.
Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Ke2 Re7 23. Rhd1 Rexc7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nxe4 Rc2+ 26. Ke1 Kf8
27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. Rd2 Rc1+ 29. Ke2 Kg7 30. e4 Kg6 31. Ke3 a5 32. h4 h6 33. Rd5
a4 34. Rd4 Rc2 35. Rxa4 Rxb2 36. Rb4 Rb1 37. Kd4 Rf1 38. Rxb3 Rxf2 39. Kc5 Re2
40. a4 Rxe4 41. a5 Re5+ 42. Kb6 Re6+ 43. Kb7 Re7+ 44. Ka8 Re8+ 45. Rb8 Re6 46.
Ka7 Re7+ 47. Rb7 Re3 48. Rb5 f5 49. a6 Rxg3 50. Kb7 Ra3 51. a7 Rxa7+ 52. Kxa7
f4 53. Kb6 f5 54. Kc5 Kh5 55. Kd4 Kg4 56. Kd3 h5 57. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Ho Chi Minh City zt 3.3"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2009.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e3 Bc6 12. a4 a5 13. b3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ho Chi Minh City zt 3.3"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2009.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Qc2
e5 9. Rd1 Re8 10. b3 Qa5 11. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ho Chi Minh City zt 3.3"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paragua, Mark"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2009.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Bxb4 axb4 8.
Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ho Chi Minh City zt 3.3"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2009.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bf1 a6 14. e4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf8 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qh5 Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. g3 c5 21.
Bg2 Kg8 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 b5 25. f4 Ng6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27.
cxb5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 axb5 29. Rd7 Bf8 30. Kf3 b4 31. Be5 Ra8 32. Rd2 Rc8 33. Ke2
Be7 34. h4 Rc1 35. Rd7 Bf8 36. Rc7 Rg1 37. Kf2 Rd1 38. Ke2 Rg1 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40.
Kg2 Rd1 41. Ra7 Rd3 42. Kh3 Rd2 43. Ra5 Kf7 44. Bc7 Rc2 45. Bb6 Bd6 46. Bd4 Bf8
47. Bb6 Bd6 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Bd4 Bf8 50. Ra4 Bd6 51. Ra6 Bf8 52. Rxe6 Rxa2 53.
Rxg6 Ra3 54. h5 Kh7 55. Rg5 Rxb3 56. Rxf5 Kg8 57. Rb5 Rd3 58. Be5 Re3 59. Rb8
Kf7 60. Rb7+ Kg8 61. Kh4 Ra3 62. g4 Ra6 63. g5 1-0

[Event "Ho Chi Minh City zt 3.3"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. b3 O-O
9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfd1 Rfe8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe3 c5 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Bf3 b5 19. Rac1 bxc4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Nxc4 Bf8 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Qg3 Qe7 24. Be5 g6 25. Bb2 Nd5 26. h4 Red8 27. a3 f6
28. b4 Bd6 29. Nxd6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Ra8 e5
34. Ra7+ Kh6 35. Bc1+ g5 36. hxg5+ fxg5 37. Bb2 e4 38. Bg7+ Kg6 39. Bf8 Rf6 40.
Bc5 Nc3 41. Kh2 Nb5 42. Re7 Nxa3 43. Rxe4 Nb5 44. Re1 h5 45. f3 Nc7 46. Kg1 Nd5
47. Re5 Nf4 48. Be3 Rf5 49. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. Qc2 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
c5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Rfb8 20. Rc2 Rb4 21.
Nf3 Rxe4 22. Rxc6 Bd5 23. Rd6 Rb4 24. Rd1 e4 25. Nh4 Rb5 26. Nf5 Kf8 27. g4 Re8
28. a4 Rc5 29. Ne3 Be6 30. h3 h5 31. R1d4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rg5 33. f4 exf3 34.
Bxf3 Rb8 35. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne3 e6 9. a5 Nbd5 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. a6 b6 12. g3 Bb4 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bg2 Qe7
15. O-O Rac8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e3 Rfd8 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Qb3 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5
21. Rfd1 g6 22. Bb7 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rc7 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Rd1 h5 26. Rd6 Qc1+ 27.
Rd1 Qc4 28. Rd6 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Nc2 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Rd8 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Rc2+ 33.
Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kh4 Qc4+ 35. Rd4 Rxh2+ 36. Kg5 Qc7 37. Qd6 f6+ 38. Kxf6 Qg7+ 39.
Ke6 Qg8+ 40. Kd7 Rc2 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Rd6 Rc5 43. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bh4 Bd6 14. g3 Bd7
15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd3 a6
21. Qa4 Bc5 22. Rfd1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd8 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. Qf4 Qb6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8
27. Bxb7 Qb6 28. Be4 f5 29. b4 Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 fxe4 32. h4 f5 33.
h5 Ke7 34. Ke3 e5 35. c4 Kd6 36. a3 Kc6 37. Kd2 Kb6 38. Kc3 a5 39. Kd2 axb4 40.
axb4 Kc6 41. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. b3 a6 13. Be2 Qa5 14. O-O b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Qb2 b4 17. Na4 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Qd4 Nh5 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. Qb6
Qe5 22. Qxb4 Qf4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bd1 Rc1 25. Qd4 Nd5 26. Re1 Nf6 27. g3 Qg5
28. Kf2 Qa5 29. Re3 Bd7 30. Nc3 Qa3 31. Qd2 Ra1 32. Re2 Rc1 33. Re3 Ra1 34. Re1
Rc1 35. Bc2 Qc5+ 36. Re3 Ra1 37. Bb1 Bh3 38. Qb2 d5 39. exd5 Qd4 40. Qxa1 Nxd5
41. Ke1 Nxe3 42. Qb2 Ng2+ 43. Ke2 Qe3+ 44. Kd1 Qg1+ 45. Kd2 Qe3+ 46. Kd1 Qg1+
47. Kd2 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Qxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nxd4 9. O-O-O e5 10. f4 Bg4 11. Nf3 Nxf3 12. gxf3 Bxf3 13. fxe5 Bxh1 14.
exf6 h6 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Nd6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qxb3 12. axb3 Bd6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bd3
Ng3 15. Rhe1 Nf5 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Qxc4 Qa5 12. Bg5 Rfd8 13. Rc1 b5 14. cxb6 Qxb6
15. Nbd2 Na5 16. Qa2 Bc6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rac8 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Qf4 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qxe2 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rb7 Bd6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxf6
Qe4+ 27. Qf3 Qxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Rc2 29. Rd7 Bc5 30. Nd2 Ra2 31. Ne4 Bb4 32. Ng5 Bc5
33. Ne4 Bb4 34. Ng5 Be1 35. Kf1 Bxf2 36. Nxf7 Be3 37. Nd8 e5 38. Re7 Bd4 39.
Ne6 Rxa4 40. Nxd4 exd4 41. Ke2 Ra2+ 42. Kd3 Rxh2 43. Kxd4 Rh6 44. Ke4 Rg6 45.
Kf4 h6 46. Ra7 Kf8 47. g4 Ke8 48. g5 hxg5+ 49. Kf5 Rb6 50. Kxg5 Kd8 51. Kf4 Kc8
52. Ke5 Kb8 53. Rf7 a5 54. Kd4 a4 55. Kc3 a3 56. Rf2 Rb2 57. Rxb2+ axb2 58.
Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3
e5 9. Bg3 Be7 10. Be2 exd4 11. exd4 Nh5 12. Bxh5 Bxh4 13. Bg4 Bxg3 14. Bxd7+
Kxd7 15. Qg4+ f5 16. Qxg3 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Qf6 18. Qf4 Bf7 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Re6 21.
Re1 Qg5 22. g3 Rae8 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Rh4 Ke7 25. Qc7+ Kf8 26. Qb8+ Be8 27. Qf4
Kf7 28. Ne2 Kg8 29. Nc3 Bf7 30. Rh1 Qg4 31. Rh4 Qg5 32. Rh1 Qg4 33. Rh4 Qg5 34.
Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qf4 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O e6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 Nf6 8.
Qg3 d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 e5 12. Nd5 Nh5 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. O-O-O Be6
15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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{Since I had already annotated my first game against Kamsky for New In Chess I
decided to present instead this game against Guseinov,which turned out to be a
very difficult match as expected. I could mention that my opponent was the top
scorer for the Azerbaijan team in Olympiad and besides,his rating was 2667 in
the previous quarter. Therefore before the tournament I had to prepare
accordingly if I wanted to try and reach round 2 of the World Cup.} 1. d4 {
(1:30)} Nf6 {(1:30)} 2. Nf3 {(1:31)} g6 {(1:31) The King's Indian is in the
repertoire of most Azerbaijani players. They practise it in lots of games and
usually achieve good results, even if they don't get the desired position in
the opening in some cases.} 3. c4 {(1:31)} Bg7 {(1:31)} 4. Nc3 {(1:31)} O-O {
(1:31)} 5. e4 {(1:30)} d6 {(1:32)} 6. h3 {(1:31)} ({My opponent is a
well-known expert with the rare line} 6. Be2 Bg4 $5 7. Be3 Nfd7 {and he has
lots of experience with it. With 6.h3 I want to prevent ...Bg4 once and for
all, and I may also consider g2-g4 in some positions.}) 6... c5 {(1:31)} 7. d5
{(1:31)} e6 {(1:32)} 8. Bd3 {(1:31)} exd5 {(1:32)} 9. exd5 {(1:32)} Qe7+ {
(1:29) Gadir had already played this move just 1 month before our game,
although I didn't expect him to play like this as I think that the queen move
is inaccurate.} ({Probably preferable is} 9... Re8+ 10. Be3 Bh6 11. O-O Bxe3
12. fxe3 Nbd7 {and compared to the game, White is forced to recapture back
with his f-pawn. Many games have continued like this; Black has an outpost on
e5 and a reliable position, but on the other hand White has some pressure on
the f-file and his plan of Bc2-a4 (which helps to weaken Black's control over
the e5-square by hitting the knight) is quite unpleasant. Objectively this
position must be about equal.}) 10. Be3 {(1:31)} ({In a previous game by Gadir,
his opponent played} 10. Kf1 {although after} Na6 11. g3 Nc7 {intending ...
b7-b5, I don't think White has much. In general this strange plan of manual
castling with Kf1, g2-g3 and Kg2 is too slow to give me anything.}) ({While
theory's main recommendation} 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Re8+ 12. Kd1 Na6 13. a3
Nc7 14. Bf4 Rd8 {does not seem to give White much as well. Black's position is
not easy to infiltrate, while he can create counterplay on the queenside and
his dark-squared bishop is quite powerful in this case.}) 10... Bh6 {(1:26)}
11. O-O {(1:28)} Bxe3 {(1:26)} 12. Qe2 $1 {(1:26)} Nbd7 {(0:57) Up to now we
both played fast, as I was still following my preparation. But my opponent
used about half an hour for his last move, which I actually find quite strange.
} ({Taking the pawn on f2 is clearly inadvisable, as Black is still
undeveloped to meet White's initiative:} 12... Bxf2+ $2 13. Qxf2 Nh5 14. Rae1
Qd8 15. Qe3 Kg7 (15... f6 16. Qh6 Ng7 17. Ne4 $16) 16. Ng5 $16 {and White has
too many threats.}) ({I think Black's best way to continue is:} 12... Re8 13.
Rae1 a6 (13... Nbd7 {fails to} 14. Nb5 $1) 14. fxe3 Nbd7 {when White was
forced to recapture with his f-pawn,and now the pawn structure is altered.
Black has a nice outpost on e5, although my pressure on the f-file would
compensate for it.}) 13. Rae1 {(1:25)} a6 {(0:46)} ({My opponent again thought
for some time before making his move, as the obvious} 13... Re8 $6 {is not
good due to} 14. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5c7]} Qf8 15. fxe3 Rd8 16. e4 Nh5 17. Qe3 $16
{and White is ready to push with e4-e5, with a clear advantage.}) 14. Qxe3 {
(1:22)} Qxe3 {(0:46)} 15. Rxe3 $14 {(1:22) Now I have a slightly better ending
due to my space advantage, although during the game I was sceptical as to
whether I could win this as Black is quite solid and I didn't yet see a clear
plan for me. But now I think that my position is easier to play, although good
positional technique is required from me (but unfortunately I'm still weak at
it :)).} b5 {(0:35)} ({After the game Gadir suggested} 15... Re8 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8
17. Re1 Kf8 18. g4 $14 {but I'm sure 15...b5 was correct, as this creates more
pressure on my d5-c4 pawn structure.}) 16. Nd2 {(1:10)} ({Of course I would
prefer to keep my pawns on d5 and c4 intact, but unfortunately} 16. b3 b4 $1 {
would misplace my knight and Black has good counterplay after} 17. Na4 (17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 19. Re7 a5 $132) 17... Bb7 {followed by ...Rfe8.}) ({I also
considered} 16. cxb5 Nb6 17. Rd1 {but after} c4 $132 {all Black's pieces would
suddenly come into play, and he has sufficient resources to maintain the
balance.} (17... Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Ree1 Nf6 20. a4 d5 21. b3 axb5 22.
Bxb5 $14 {may still give White some pressure, as suggested by the computer.}))
16... Ne5 {(0:22)} (16... Nb6 17. b3 $14) 17. Be2 {(0:57)} Nxc4 {(0:14)} 18.
Bxc4 {(0:34)} bxc4 {(0:14)} 19. Nxc4 {(0:35)} Rd8 {(0:15)} 20. g4 $14 {(0:27)
White still maintains some advantage here due to his space. After the game my
opponent also mentinoned that playing against the knight on c4 is quite
unpleasant. But during the game I wad not sure if I could win this, as Black's
only weakness on d6 is relatively easy to defend.} Bb7 {(0:09)} 21. Rd1 {(0:24)
} h6 {(0:07)} 22. f4 $6 {(0:18) Now this is very dashing and too inaccurate,
and it shows my weaknesses in positional play. It's not clear if I really
needed f2-f4, and it could easily turn out to be a weakening move.} ({The
computer immediately gives} 22. Re7 $1 Rab8 23. Na5 Ba8 24. b3 $16 {when
Black's defence would have been highly unpleasant. During the game I missed 24.
b3, for reasons still unknown to me.}) 22... Re8 $1 {(0:06) Now Black gets to
exchange a pair of rooks, which eases his defence. Here I used almost all of
my time trying to search for something.} 23. Rxe8+ {(0:09)} Nxe8 {(0:06)} 24.
Ne4 {(0:08)} Rd8 {(0:07)} 25. Rd3 {(0:08)} Kf8 {(0:06)} 26. a4 $5 {(0:06) I
want to control the b6-square for my knight after a4-a5, although this
shouldn't give me any advantage as well, and the computer even assesses this
position as completely equal.} Ke7 {(0:06) My opponent offered a draw here,
which is reasonable as we were both in time trouble, about 6 minutes each to
reach move 40 and anything can still happen. I decided to continue playing a
bit even though the most likely result is a draw.} 27. Re3 {(0:05)} Kf8 {(0:04)
} 28. Nb6 {(0:05)} f5 {(0:03)} 29. gxf5 {(0:04)} gxf5 {(0:03)} 30. Nc3 {(0:04)}
Nc7 {(0:02)} ({The easiest way for a peaceful result is} 30... Kf7 31. Kf2 Nf6
32. a5 Nh5 33. Kf3 (33. Ne2 Nf6 $11) 33... Rg8 $11 {and Black has no problems.
However as I said before we were both in time trouble, and Gadir only had
about 3 minutes for 10 moves, and so our inaccuracies were quite
understandable.}) 31. a5 {(0:03)} Kf7 {(0:01)} 32. Kf2 {(0:03)} Bc8 {(0:01)} (
32... Rg8 33. Re1 h5 $11 {[%cal Gh5h4]}) 33. Nc4 {(0:03)} Ne8 {(0:01)} (33...
Bb7 34. Rd3 Ke7 $11) 34. Re1 {(0:02)} Nf6 {(0:01)} 35. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4] (0:03)
Here we were both down on our last minutes, and I quickly went for the last
available plan I had left.} Ke7 {(0:01)} 36. b4 {(0:03)} cxb4 {(0:01)} 37. Rxb4
{(0:03)} Bd7 {(0:01)} 38. Nb6 {(0:03) My pawn on a5 turns out to be very
helpful in stabilising my knight on b6 and suddenly I got some pressure on the
queenside. Of course with some accuracy Black should still draw without
trouble.} Rg8 {(0:00)} 39. Rb1 {(0:02)} Kd8 $6 {(0:00) With only seconds
remaining on his clock my opponent panics and gives me real winning chances.} (
{Black could still hold the game after} 39... h5 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gg8g3]} 40. Nxd7
Nxd7 41. Rb7 Rc8 42. Na4 Ke8 $11) 40. Nc4 {(0:32)} Kc7 $2 {(0:30) A terrible
blunder, and it is quite unfortunate that my opponent had to make a difficult
choice on the 40th move.} 41. Rb6 $18 {(0:31) Black has managed to reach the
time control only to find himself in a lost position!} h5 {(0:15) My opponent
used more than 15 minutes for this move, although there is no longer any way
for him to save the game.} 42. Rxd6 {(0:26)} Ne4+ {(0:12)} 43. Nxe4 {(0:26)}
fxe4 {(0:13)} 44. Rxa6 {(0:26)} Bxh3 {(0:13)} 45. Ra7+ {(0:25)} Kb8 {(0:13)}
46. Rh7 {(0:25)} Rc8 {(0:09)} 47. Ne5 {(0:23)} Rc3 {(0:09)} 48. a6 {(0:23)} e3+
{(0:07)} 49. Ke2 {(0:23)} Ra3 {(0:07)} 50. a7+ {(0:22)} Ka8 {(0:07)} 51. Rxh5 {
(0:22) And Gadir finally resigned. I must say that objectively this game
should have been a draw of course, but due to time trouble my opponent badly
blundered. He used a lot of time in the opening and this turned out to be the
decisive factor in the end. In general, I'm happy with my result on this h3
King's Indian and I will certainly continue playing this interesting system.} (
51. Rxh5 Bc8 52. Rh8 Kb7 53. d6 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 {More common is 5.exd5.} Nc6 (
5... Nf6 {is also possible.}) 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 {Black has got a strong
centre, but he is left with a passive light-squared bishop.} ({Even though So
needed to draw this game, he did not trade the light-squared bishops with} 7...
Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 {Apparently, he considered the theoretical position after}
9. c4 {as better for White.}) 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 {Preventing the normal
development of Black's kingside knight to f6.} Qc7 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 (11.
Bxe4 {is less aggressive and looks worse than the capture with the queen:} Nf6
12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f6 {covering the g5-square. Now it is not
that easy for White to develop an initiative without light-squared bishop.} 15.
b3 O-O 16. Bd2 c5 17. Rad1 Rf7 18. h3 Bf8 19. Bf4 e5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Qc8
22. Bxb8 Qxb8 23. Re2 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Timman,J (2569)-Kortschnoj,V (2561)/London
2009/CBM 131 Extra (59)}) 11... Nf6 12. Qh4 h6 {The present position is
similar in some sense to the Nimzowitsch variation of the Caro-Kann: Black's
king stays in both positions in the centre for a long time. To my mind, it
seems that Black is worse off in comparison to B17, since Black's
light-squared bishop is misplaced on d7 and the removal of White's d4- and
b7-pawns plays into White's hands, since it gives the first player more open
lines and diagonals.} (12... Rb8 13. O-O Nd5 (13... h6 14. b3 c5 15. Bb2 Bc6
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 $16 {1-0 Godena,M (2510)-Baumegger,S (2360)/Elista 1998/
CBM 066 ext (35)}) 14. Re1 Be7 (14... Nb4 15. Be4 h5 16. a3 Nd5 17. c4 $16) 15.
Qg4 g6 (15... O-O 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Qe4 $16) 16. c4 f5 $2 (16... Nb4 17. Bb1 $16)
17. Bxf5 $1 Nf6 (17... gxf5 18. Qh5+) (17... exf5 18. Qd4 Rf8 19. cxd5) 18. Qf4
Qxf4 (18... Bd6 19. Qg5) 19. Bxf4 Rxb2 20. Bxe6 {1-0 Yudasin,L (2605)-Gulko,B 
(2635)/Biel 1993/CBM 037/[Ftacnik] (23)}) (12... O-O {is bad due to} 13. Bg5)
13. O-O c5 $146 {Preparing to transfer the light-squared bishop to the long
diagonal.} ({In previous game Black continued} 13... Rb8 $5 14. Bd2 {[%cal
Yd2c3]} Nd5 $6 (14... c5 $5 15. Bc3 Bc6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 Rg8 18. g3 Bxg3
19. hxg3 Rxg3+ 20. fxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 15. c4 Nf4 16. c5 $1 Nxd3 17.
cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Rb5 19. Bc3 O-O 20. Be5 $2 (20. Ne1 Rd5 21. Nxd3 Rxd3 22.
Bb4 $16) 20... Qd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne1 Qg5 23. Qd4+ e5 24. Qxd3 Rd5 25. Qe2
Bg4 26. f3 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Rd8 28. Qb3 Be6 29. Qc3 Kg8 30. Rf2 Qf4 31. b3 Rd1 32.
Re2 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y (2515)-Shulman,Y (2435)/Vladivostok 1994/CBM 043 ext})
14. Bg5 (14. b3 {is too slow:} Bc6) 14... Nd5 $6 (14... Ng4 $5 15. Qxg4 hxg5
16. g3 Be7 17. Nxg5 Rb8 18. Nf3 Bf6 $13) 15. Be4 {Threatening with c2-c4.} Rb8
16. c4 $2 (16. Rfe1 $1 {seems more natural and stronger:} Bc6 (16... Kf8 17.
Bxd5 exd5 18. Be7+ $16) (16... O-O 17. Bxh6 gxh6 (17... f5 18. Bxd5) 18. Qxh6
f5 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Ng5 Bc8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Nxe6 $18) (16... Nf4 {is now met
by} 17. Rad1) 17. Rad1 O-O 18. c4 $14) (16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rfe1+ {is refuted by}
Be6) 16... Nf4 17. Rfd1 (17. b3 $6) 17... Rxb2 18. Kf1 (18. Rxd6 {does not
work out:} Ne2+ 19. Kf1 Qxd6 20. Bf6 $1 Nd4 $1 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Qxh6 Nxf3 23.
gxf3 Rd2 (23... Rxg7 24. Qxg7 Qd2 $11) 24. Qh7 Rxg7 25. Qxg7 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4
$132) 18... Rf8 $1 (18... e5 19. Bf6 $3 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 gxf6 21. Qxf6 Rg8+ 22.
Kh1 $13) 19. Rxd6 {This gives White better practical chances.} (19. Bxf4 Bxf4
20. g3 Bd6 $15) 19... hxg5 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxg5 f5 $1 {Eliminating White's
active bishop and opening the f-file for the rook.} (21... Qd6 22. Qxg7 Re2 $1
23. Bh7 Qa6 24. Bd3 (24. Rb1 Qxc4 {[%cal Ye2e1]} 25. Kg1 Qd5 $19 {[%cal Ye8e7]}
) 24... Rxa2 25. Rb1 Qd6 26. Be4 $13) 22. Qxf4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf6 $6 {After a
series of precise moves, So failed to find} (23... Rf4 $1 24. Qa8+ (24. Qxf4
Qd3+ 25. Kg1 Rb1+ 26. Ne1 Rxa1 $17) 24... Ke7 25. Re1 Qd3+ 26. Kg1 Rb1 27.
Qxa7+ Kf6 28. Qxc5 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qe2 $17) 24. Re1 Qb7 ({Fearless Fritz
suggests grabbing another pawn:} 24... Rxa2 25. Qh7 (25. Qa8+ Qd8 26. Qc6+ Kf7)
25... Kd8 26. Qb1 Qa4 27. Rd1+ Kc8 28. Qd3 Ra1 $11) 25. Qh7 Qf7 $11 {Black's
active pieces and slight material advantage compensate for his vulnerable king.
} 26. Qh8+ Qf8 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. Qe5 Rb6 {Protecting the e6-pawn, which enables
the other rook to move along the f-file.} 29. Rd1+ Kc8 30. Qe4 Kc7 31. Qe3 Rf4
32. Qc3 Kc8 33. Qd3 Qe7 {Covering the d7-square.} 34. h4 {White does not have
too many useful moves, so Gadir decided to push his h-pawn to h5.} (34. Ne5 {
is met by} Rd4) 34... Rb7 {[%cal Yb7d7]} 35. Re1 Rb4 36. Kg1 Qd7 (36... Rbxc4
37. Ne5 $36) 37. Qa3 ({White could have equalised after} 37. Ne5 Qxd3 38. Nxd3
Rxh4 39. Nxb4 cxb4 $11 {, but, it was a must-win-game for Guseinov.}) 37... Kb7
38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Ne5 Qd4 $6 (39... Rxh4 40. Qg5 Rd4 41. Qxg7+ Ka6 $15) 40. Qg3 {
After both opponents had played according to the first line of Fritz for a
long time, Black blunders in the time trouble.} Qd2 $4 ({Black was still OK
after} 40... Rf5 $1 41. Qxg7+ Ka6 42. Qg3 Rb2 43. Nd3 Rb6 $11) 41. Nd3 $1 $18 {
Now Black's position collapses.} Rd4 {Everything else loses as well:} (41...
Rfxc4 42. Qxg7+ Ka6 43. Nxb4+ Rxb4 44. Rxe6+ Rb6 45. Re7 $18) (41... Rb6 42.
Qxf4 Qxd3 43. Rxe6 $18) 42. Qxg7+ Ka8 (42... Kc8 43. Qf8+) 43. Qf8+ Kb7 (43...
Rb8 44. Qf3+ Rb7 45. Rb1 {with inevitable mate.}) 44. Nxc5+ (44. Nxc5+ Kb6 (
44... Kc7 45. Na6+ $18) 45. Qb8+ Kxc5 46. Qc7#) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Qxd1+
8. Kxd1 Bxc5 9. Ke2 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f3
a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 Bd6 17. Nd3 Rac8 18. c3 a5 19. a3 Rhd8 20. Be3 Nd5 21.
Bd4 g5 22. Rac1 h5 23. g3 h4 24. gxh4 gxh4 25. Bf2 Rh8 26. h3 Rh5 27. Bd4 Rg8
28. Rcg1 Rg3 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Ne1 Rf5 31. Bf2 Bc4+ 32. Kd2 Rd5+ 33. Kc1 Bf4+
34. Kc2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
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1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nxd5
cxd5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15.
Rae1 Rae8 16. Qg4 a6 17. h4 Ne7 18. h5 Nf5 19. Bd2 gxh5 20. Qxh5 Qh4 21. Qxh4
Nxh4 22. g3 Nf5 23. Kg2 Re7 24. Rh1 Nh6 25. Rh5 Ree8 26. g4 Kf7 27. Kg3 Ng8 28.
Rxh7 Nf6 29. Rhh1 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. f5 e5 32. dxe5 dxe5 33. g5 Nd7 34. f6
Bf8 35. Bf5 Nb6 36. Rxe5 Bd6 37. Bf4 Bxe5 38. Bxe5 Rg8 39. Kf4 Nc4 40. Bd4 Nxb2
41. Bg4 Nc4 42. Bh5+ Ke6 43. f7 Rf8 44. g6 Nd6 45. Bg4+ Ke7 46. Bc5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Nb3 b5 13. a3 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. g4
h6 16. Nd4 Rab8 17. h4 h5 18. gxh5 Rfc8 19. Bf3 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. exf5 e4 23. Bg2 Qg3 24. Bf2 Qe5 25. Bg1 Bd6 26. Rc1 Rc4 27. Qe2 Rbc8 28.
Qe3 Nxh5 29. Ne2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Qg5 Rxe2 32. Qxh5 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{First I would like to thank CBM Magazine for inviting me to annotate a game
for this issue. This is the first time I have annotated for them and this is
always good experience.   After winning my rapid tie break against Gadir
Guseinov from Azerbaijan, in the next round I had to face one of the top seeds
in the tournament: Vassily Ivanchuk. Of course I had to play very carefully in
the match (if I were not to lose immediately) and in general I would be happy
if I managed to reach the tiebreaks. What happened was quite unexpected, but
OK this is only a 2 game match.} 1. e4 {(1:30) Even his first move came as a
surprise to me. Before the game I mostly prepared for 1.d4 and the English but
against Vassily you never know.} e6 {(1:30)} 2. d4 {(1:30)} d5 {(1:30)} 3. Nc3
{(1:30)} Bb4 {(1:30) I had prepared this variation specially for my match
against Guseinov, but unfortunately in our games he chose 3.Nd2, which had
rarely occurred in his games before.} 4. exd5 {(1:30) He played this quite
quickly, even without thinking much but I'm not sure why, as this line should
not give Black too many problems and during the game I could even relax a bit.
Of course I expected 4.e5 and Vassily also plays this line with both colours.}
exd5 {(1:31)} 5. Bd3 {(1:31)} Nf6 {(1:31)} ({In recent years Black has
experienced some problems after} 5... Nc6 6. a3 $1 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qh5
$36 {when his dark squares are quite vulnerable. What I played in the game is
simpler.}) 6. Nge2 {(1:30)} O-O {(1:29)} 7. O-O {(1:31)} Bg4 {(1:27) I'm not
sure what Black's best setup here is, and so I decided to try and exchange my
light-squared bishop right away.} 8. f3 {(1:11)} (8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10.
f3 Bh5 11. Nf4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 $132 {followed by ...c5 should give Black
sufficient counterchances as well.}) 8... Bh5 {(1:26)} 9. Nf4 {(1:07)} Bg6 {
(1:22)} ({I was playing my moves quite quickly,as my position is relatively
easy to play although maybe even simpler is} 9... c6 {when White has nothing
after} 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. g5 $5 Ne8 $11 {and this is fine for me.})
10. Nxg6 {(1:07)} hxg6 {(1:21)} 11. Bg5 {(1:04)} c6 {(1:17) During the game I
wanted to keep a compact pawn structure, and since he had played 4.exd5 I was
trying to play as solidly as possible and to avoid any complications. I don't
know if this is a correct approach, but against Ivanchuk I didn't want to take
too many risks.} ({It is probable that a better continuation is:} 11... c5 12.
dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 $132 {when Black has good counterplay.}) 12. f4 {(1:04)
} Qb6 $1 {(1:11) I think this is a strong move for me, as it removes the pin
from my knight while at the same time gaining time by attacking the d4-pawn.}
13. Na4 $1 {(0:34) He thought for a long time at this position, for about 30
minutes. While he was thinking, I suddenly 'saw' that he can continue with 13.
Na4! and for some time I thought that I'm simply losing. But fortunately the
complications seems to work out just fine for me.} ({When I played 12...Qb6, I
was expecting lines like} 13. Ne2 Nh7 14. Bh4 Nd7 15. f5 g5 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. c3
Bf8 18. Qd2 Ne5 $1 $132 {but is is obvious that this is not going to trouble
me.}) (13. f5 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Nbd7 15. fxg6 fxg6 $15) 13... Qxd4+ {(0:51) Of
course I had no choice but to go for complications,as otherwise he simply
plays f4-f5 and gets a devastating attack. So much for me trying to keep the
game quiet or so I thought :) .} 14. Kh1 {(0:33)} Ne4 $1 {(0:40) I used a lot
of time for this move, as it is neccessary for Black now to defend accurately.
Even now I think that this is the simplest for me, and indeed the computer
cannot find a way for White to gain an advantage.} ({The only other way for
Black to continue is} 14... Bd2 {although it certainly is very risky, and the
lines are getting too complicated. I'll give a few lines:} 15. Qxd2 Ne4 $1 (
15... Qxa4 $2 16. f5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Rf4 $18 {would lose immediately.})
16. c3 ({After} 16. Qa5 b6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rfe1
Re8 {Black has a fine ending. During the game, I thought I would be slightly
worse here, but this is not the case, for example after:} 21. Kg1 f6 22. Bh4
Na6 23. a3 Nc7 24. c4 f5 $1 25. Rad1 Ne6 26. g3 $6 Ra4 $1 27. Rc1 Nc5 $17 {
Black even manages to seize the advantage.}) 16... Qxa4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 (17...
dxe4 $6 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 {would give White a very strong attack, for
example after} f6 20. Bxf6 $1 $18) 18. f5 $1 Nd7 ({The computer also gave} 
18... Qg4 19. f6 $1 (19. fxg6 f6 20. Qe3 Qe4 $132) 19... Nd7 20. fxg7 Rfe8 21.
h3 Qh5 22. Qf4 f5 23. Rfe1 $40 {although it seems that White's position is
easier to play, and in a tournament game this is very difficult to defend for
Black.}) 19. Rf4 (19. Rae1 Qg4 $1 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. Rf4 Qh5 22. Rh4 Qxf5 23. Rf4
Qh5 $11 {leads to a draw. It seems that if White tries for more, he can only
get in trouble.}) 19... Qe5 20. Re1 Qc7 21. fxg6 f6 22. Bh4 Rfe8 $132 {and
apparently Black has sufficient resources to defend! Of course I did not see
all these lines during the game,and I still think that 14...Bd2 is too risky.})
15. c3 {(0:29)} ({White does not have enough resources for an immediate attack
with:} 15. Bxe4 Qxe4 16. f5 f6 $5 17. Rf4 Qe1+ $3 18. Qxe1 Bxe1 19. Bxf6 Bd2
20. Rf2 Be3 21. Rf3 d4 $17 {of course, this line was given by Rybka (who else?
:) ).}) 15... Nf2+ {(0:40)} 16. Rxf2 {(0:29)} Qxf2 {(0:40)} 17. cxb4 {(0:29)} (
{After} 17. Rc1 $5 Bxc3 (17... Bd6 $2 18. Rc2 Qe3 19. Re2 $18 {traps Black's
queen.}) 18. bxc3 Re8 $15 {Black has no problems at all as well, and White's
initiative on the kingside has run out.}) 17... f6 $1 {(0:37)} 18. Qg4 {(0:28)}
fxg5 {(0:36)} 19. Qe6+ {(0:28)} ({The computer assesses this position as (0.00)
and so this game should probably end in a draw. One way to do that is} 19. g3
gxf4 20. Bxg6 fxg3 21. Qe6+ Rf7 22. Qc8+ Rf8 23. Qe6+ Rf7 $11 {with perpetual.}
) 19... Kh8 {(0:36)} 20. Nc5 {(0:14) OK this came as a surprise for me, but
then I noticed that I have enough resources to be able to defend.} ({While he
was thinking, I mostly calculated the lines after} 20. Rf1 Qh4 21. g3 ({
During the game I also saw} 21. Qe7 Na6 $1 22. Qxb7 Rae8 23. Qxa6 Rxf4 24. Rg1
Qf2 25. Nc3 Rh4 26. h3 g4 27. Rf1 Re1 $17 {and Black has a clear advantage.}) (
{While} 21. Rf3 {fails to} Na6 $1 22. Rh3 Rae8 23. Rxh4+ gxh4 $19 {and Black
wins the queen back, due to the back rank mate threat.}) 21... Qh6 22. fxg5 (
22. Qe7 Nd7 23. Qxd7 gxf4 $17) 22... Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qxg5 24. Qc8+ Kh7 25. Qxb7
Qc1 26. Kg1 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Qd2+ 28. Kg1 {And now I calculated up to this
position during the game, when I thought this ends with a perpetual. The
computer now gives} Nd7 $1 29. Qxa8 Ne5 30. Qf8 Ng4 31. Ba6 $3 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1
Qd2 33. Be2 Ne3+ 34. Kf2 Nd1+ 35. Kf1 $11 {and White still manages to save the
game.}) ({While simply dubious is} 20. Qxg6 $6 Qh4 21. Nc5 (21. fxg5 Nd7 22. g3
Qh3 $19) ({Or} 21. g3 Qh6 $17) 21... Qh6 $1 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. fxg5 Rf2 24. Nxb7
Nd7 $1 $17 {when Black will be able to consolidate, and the extra exchange
should give him the win.}) 20... Qxb2 $1 {(0:18)} 21. Qh3+ {(0:01)} Kg8 {(0:18)
} 22. Qe6+ {(0:02)} Kh8 {(0:18) Here Vassily had used most of his time, and
only had 2 minutes left to make it to the time control on move 40. He was
looking for a way to win immediately, but unfortunately there isn't one (the
computer gives (0.00)!). The most logical would be to draw of course, but my
opponent wanted more.} 23. Rf1 {(0:02)} Qf6 {(0:18)} 24. Qh3+ {(0:01)} Kg8 {
(0:18)} 25. g3 $2 {(0:01) But this came to me as a surprise, although I
realized that I don't have anything to fear here.} ({I was expecting} 25. Ne6 {
although I could defend after} g4 $1 26. Qxg4 Nd7 27. Ng5 (27. Qh3 Rfe8 28. Ng5
Nf8 $19) 27... Rfd8 28. Qh4 Nf8 29. f5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Qh6 $17 {and White runs
out of resources for his attack.}) ({But White could still draw after} 25. Ne4
$1 dxe4 (25... Qf5 $2 26. g4 $18) 26. Bc4+ Rf7 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ $11 {
but of course,having decided to play for a win with 23.Rf1,there is no turning
back.}) 25... Re8 {(0:13) I still had about 12 minutes around this point,
while my opponent was on his last minute, so our next few inaccuracies can be
explained.} 26. Nxb7 {(0:00)} gxf4 {(0:12)} ({I played my move quite quickly,
but it transpires that even more accurate would be} 26... Nd7 $1 27. Qxd7 Re7
$17 {and Black regains the knight on b7, but only the computer will be able to
find this move so quickly.}) 27. Rxf4 $6 {(0:01)} ({My opponent also continued
quite quickly, as he was in severe time trouble here. But the computer
suggests the very strong} 27. Nc5 $1 {and suddenly it is easy to develop
Black's pieces on the queenside, while all White's pieces are well-coordinated
(for example, his c5-knight completely dominates my knight for the time being).
After} a5 28. Qg4 $1 {White creates strong threats on the kingside, and
suddenly he gets serious counterchances!} ({And not} 28. Rxf4 Qg5 $17)) 27...
Re1+ $6 {(0:12) Even now I don't know why I gave this check, as it only helps
White to improve his king position.} ({Of course} 27... Qe6 $19 {would have
been even more decisive, as White has no other choice but to exchange queens.})
28. Kg2 {(0:01)} Qe6 {(0:11)} 29. Qxe6+ {(0:02)} ({I used a few minutes for 28.
..Qe6, as I hallucinated and thought that} 29. Rf8+ $5 Kxf8 30. Qh8+ {is
possible, simply missing that I have} Qg8 $19 {:)}) 29... Rxe6 {(0:11)} 30. Nc5
{(0:02)} Re7 $6 {(0:11)} ({An even more accurate way to win is} 30... Rd6 31.
b5 cxb5 32. Bxb5 Rb6 33. Be8 Rf6 $1 $19 {but OK, we were in time trouble.}) 31.
b5 {(0:02)} ({Black wins as well after} 31. Rg4 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxg6 Rc7
34. Rd6 Kf8 35. h4 a5 $19) 31... Nd7 {(0:06) I want to develop my knight as
quickly as possible,although objectively this is not Black's best way to
continue.} (31... cxb5 32. Bxb5 Re5 $17 {intending ...Rf5 was suggested by the
computer, but during the game I did not see this.}) 32. Nxd7 {(0:03)} Rxd7 {
(0:07)} 33. bxc6 {(0:03)} Rd6 {(0:07)} 34. Bb5 {(0:03)} Re8 {(0:07)} 35. Rd4 $6
{(0:03) Now this makes things very easy for me. I'm not sure, but it seems
that Vassily has given up hopes on saving the game already.} ({Maybe} 35. Ba4 {
intending to put the bishop on b3 is more stubborn, but Black should still be
able to win after} Rc8 $17 {intending ...Rf6.}) 35... Kf7 {(0:07) Now my king
helps to restrain White's passed pawn on c6.} 36. Rf4+ {(0:03)} (36. Bc4 Ke7 $1
37. Rxd5 (37. Bxd5 Kd8 $19) 37... Rxd5 38. Bxd5 Kd6 39. Bb3 Re2+ 40. Kh3 Kxc6
$19 {also wins easily.}) 36... Ke6 {(0:07)} 37. Rg4 {(0:03)} Ke5 {(0:08)} 38.
Kf3 {(0:03)} Rf6+ {(0:08)} 39. Ke3 {(0:04)} Kd6+ {(0:08) and my opponent
resigned, just before he reached the time control. Having won the first game,
I then managed to draw the second game with White after great difficulties
even though I played the Exchange Slav. Of course I'm happy to win a match
against such a player as Ivanchuk, but OK 2 games do not prove anything and I
still think he is one of the world's very best players.} 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 $2 {Ivanchuk badly need to win, and chooses the Slav!} 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. cxd5 $1 {#} cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10.
Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Qa8 15. Nb1 Rc8 16. Bd3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc6 $1 {To unbalance the position a bit.} 18. Rc2 Nb6 19. Rfc1
Nc4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 a5 22. Qd3 a4 23. f3 Raa6 24. e4 Qd8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6
26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Bf2 h5 28. Be3 Qa5 29. Kf2 h4 30. g4 $2 h3 $1 31. Kg3 Qe1+
32. Kxh3 dxe4 33. Qxe4 {#} Qf1+ {Missing a golden chance.} (33... Qe2 $1 {
This threatens ...Bd6.} 34. Bf4 (34. a3 {(just to use a random move to
illustrate)} Bd6 35. f4 g5) 34... Qf1+ 35. Kg3 g5 $1 36. Bc7 Bb4 $1 {being the
point - creating a mating net.}) 34. Kg3 Bd6+ 35. Bf4 Bb4 36. g5 Be1+ 37. Kg4
Qg2+ 38. Bg3 Bxg3 39. hxg3 Qxb2 40. Qxc6 Qxd4+ 41. f4 g6 42. Qc2 a3 43. Kf3 e5
44. fxe5 Qxe5 45. Qd3 Qb2 46. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b6 14. Be2 Ba6
15. Bd1 Qb5 16. b4 Rc8 17. Nb2 Qc6 18. Rc1 O-O 19. a4 Bc4 20. Bg4 Bb3 21. O-O
Bxa4 22. f5 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Re3 f6 25. fxe6 Nxe5 26. Bf5 g6 27. Bh3 Qd6
28. Rd1 Rcd8 29. Rd2 Qe7 30. Rf2 Nc6 31. Qd2 d4 32. Re4 dxc3 33. Qxc3 Rf8 34.
g4 Rd6 35. Bg2 Ne5 36. g5 Rxe6 37. gxf6 Rfxf6 38. Rxf6 Qxf6 39. Re3 Bc6 40. Nd1
Qg5 41. Rg3 Qf4 42. Nf2 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 Nc4 44. Qd3 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nf5 46. Qd5 Qc1+
47. Nd1 Kf7 48. Rc3 Qg5+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Kg2 Qg4+ 51. Kf2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe1+
53. Kg2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 11. gxf4 Bg4 12. Nd5 Na6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qd5+ Be6
15. Qxb7 Nc5 16. Qb5 Nd3 17. Qxe8 Raxe8 18. Rd1 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5 Bg7
21. Nd4 Kh8 22. Bc6 Re7 23. Bd5 Bh3 24. Rd3 Rxe5 25. Rxh3 Rg5+ 26. Kf1 Bxd4 27.
Re1 Bc5 28. Re6 Bd6 29. Rb3 Rh5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Rb7 Kh6 32. Bf3 Rxh3 33. Kg2 Rh4
34. Rb5 Rf7 35. Rd5 Bf8 36. c5 Bg7 37. b4 Bc3 38. a3 Bb2 39. Ra6 Re7 40. Rxa7
Re1 41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5
9. Qb3 e6 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Na2 Nxa2 14. Qxa2 Ne4 15.
Be1 Nd6 16. b3 Qe7 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Red8 20. a5 Be8 21. Qb3 Bf8
22. Bc5 f6 23. Nf3 Rdb8 24. Ra1 Qd8 25. Rdb1 Bf7 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Qb4 Ne4 28.
Bxf8 Qxf8 29. Qb6 Nc3 30. Rb2 Nxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Ra6 32. Qc7 Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34.
Rb2 Rda8 35. Rxb7 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. h4 c5 38. dxc5 Rxc5 39. Nd4 h5 40. Kh2
Rc8 41. Rd7 Re8 42. g3 Kf8 43. Kg2 Re4 44. Kf1 Re8 45. Ke2 Ra8 46. Kf3 Ra2 47.
Rd6 Ke7 48. Rb6 Be8 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Rd6 Ra5 51. Kf4 Ke7 52. Re6+ Kf7 53. Rd6
Ke7 54. Rb6 Bd7 55. Rb8 Rc5 56. Ra8 Rc1 57. f3 Rf1 58. Rh8 Bg4 59. Rg8 Kf7 60.
Rd8 Bxf3 61. Nxf3 g5+ 62. hxg5 fxg5+ 63. Kxg5 Rxf3 64. Rxd5 Rxg3+ 65. Kxh5 Rxe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 O-O
9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O Be6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Rfa8 16. Rxa5 Rxa5 17. Qb3 Ra8 18. Rb1 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Qb4 f6 21.
exf6 Nxf6 22. Qb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Kf7 24. h3 Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rb6 Rc8 27.
Kf2 Rc7 28. Ke2 Nd7 29. Ra6 e5 30. Kd3 Nf8 31. dxe5 Nd7 32. Na4 Nxe5+ 33. Ke2
Nc4 34. Nb6 Nxd2 35. Kxd2 Bh6 36. Ke2 Bg5 37. Kf3 Re7 38. Ra3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. f3 Be6 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfc8
15. Nb5 Nd7 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Kf2 Bd7 19. Rb1 Ne6 20. Nb5 Raa8 21.
Nc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bc6 23. g4 f6 24. h4 Kg7 25. g5 Rf8 26. Kg3 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5
28. f4 Nc5 29. Bg4 Ne4+ 30. Kh2 Raf8 31. Rf1 e5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rbc1 Kf7 34.
fxe5 dxe5 35. c5 Ke6 36. c4 a3 37. Rce1 Ba4 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rxf5 Kxf5 40. Rf1+
Kg6 41. Rf8 Bc6 42. Rg8+ Kf5 43. Rg7 Nc3 44. Rxh7 Nxa2 45. Bd2 e4 46. Rf7+ Ke6
47. Rf6+ Ke5 48. Rf1 Kd4 49. Ra1 Nc3 50. g6 Bd7 51. g7 Be6 52. Bxc3+ Kxc3 53.
Rxa3+ Kxc4 54. Ra7 e3 55. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5
9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. e6 fxe6 14. bxc4 Nd7 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Bxe4 Rxb4 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qd1 a5 21. O-O
Kg7 22. a3 Rb8 23. Qa4 Rf8 24. Rac1 Rf7 25. Bb5 Nf8 26. Rc5 g5 27. Qg4 h6 28.
a4 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. h4 Qd8 31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Qd4+ Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34.
Rc1 Ra7 35. Kf1 Ng6 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. Rc8 Nf7 38. Rc6 Ne5 39. Rc5 Nf7 40. Rc6 Ne5
41. Rb6 Rc7 42. f4 Rc2+ 43. Kd1 Nc4 44. Kxc2 Nxb6 45. Kd3 e5 46. g4 Ke6 47. Bc6
Kf6 48. Ke2 d4 49. exd4 exf4 50. Kf3 Kg5 51. d5 Nc4 52. Bb5 Nd2+ 53. Ke2 Ne4
54. Kf3 Nd2+ 55. Ke2 Ne4 56. Kd3 Nd6 57. Bd7 Kh4 58. Ke2 Kg3 59. Kf1 f3 60. Bc6
Nc4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 b6 16. Bb7 Rcd8 17. a3 Nf6 18. Bg5 Bb8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Ba6 Rd5 22. Bc4 Rf5 23. Qg4+ Rg5 24. Qf3 Rf5 25. Qg4+ Rg5 26. Qf3 Kh8 27.
d5 Rfg8 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Bf1 Be5 30. b4 Rf5 31. Qc6 Qg7 32. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bb4 6. d3 d6 7. O-O a5 8. Nd5
Bc5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Kh1 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. f4 Be3 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. d4 Bxd4 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Bg4 Qg5 19. Bc8 Be5 20. Rf3 Qe7 21.
Bxb7 Rb8 22. Qxa5 Bxb2 23. Rd1 g6 24. Qb4 Be5 25. a4 Kg7 26. a5 Qh4 27. g3 Rxb7
28. Qxb7 Qxe4 29. Rdf1 g5 30. Qb5 Ra8 31. Qd7 Qxd5 32. Qxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxf7+ Kg6
34. Rxc7 Rxa5 35. Rc2 h5 36. Kg2 Ra4 37. Rc8 h4 38. Rg8+ Kh6 39. Rf2 Ra3 40.
gxh4 gxh4 41. h3 Rg3+ 42. Rxg3 Bxg3 43. Rf3 Kg5 44. Rf8 Be5 45. Kf3 Bg3 46. Ke4
Kg6 47. Kd5 Kg7 48. Rf1 Kg6 49. Ke6 Be5 50. Rf8 Kg7 51. Ra8 Kg6 52. Ra4 Bg3 53.
Rg4+ Kh6 54. Kf5 Kh7 55. Rg6 Be5 56. Kg5 Bf4+ 57. Kh5 Bg3 58. Rg5 Be1 59. Rg6
Bg3 60. Rg4 Be1 61. Re4 Bg3 62. Re7+ Kg8 63. Kg6 Kf8 64. Re4 d5 65. Rd4 Ke7 66.
Rxd5 Ke6 67. Rd4 Ke5 68. Ra4 Bf2 69. Kg5 Bg3 70. Kg4 Ke6 71. Re4+ Kd5 72. Kf5
Kd6 73. Re2 Kd5 74. Rd2+ Kc6 75. Rd1 Kc5 76. Ke4 Kc6 77. Rd5 Bh2 78. Kd4 Bg3
79. Kc4 Kc7 80. Kb5 Be1 81. Re5 Bg3 82. Re6 Kd7 83. Rh6 Kc7 84. Kc5 Kd7 85. Kd5
Ke7 86. Ra6 Kf7 87. Ke4 Ke7 88. Kf5 Kd7 89. Re6 Bh2 90. Kf6 Bd6 91. Re4 Bg3 92.
Rd4+ Kc6 93. Ke6 Kc5 94. Rg4 Bf2 95. Rg5+ Kc4 96. Ra5 Kd4 97. Rd5+ Ke4 98. Rd1
Kf4 99. Ra1 Kg3 100. Ra3+ Kf4 101. Ra2 Be1 102. Kf6 Kg3 103. Re2 Ba5 104. Re3+
Kf4 105. Rb3 Be1 106. Rb1 Bf2 107. Rf1 Kg3 108. Kg5 Bb6 109. Rh1 Bf2 110. Rf1
Bb6 111. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Bd2 Bb5 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nd3 b6 14. Rc1
Ne4 15. Be1 Rd8 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 b4 18. Rb3 Nc6 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4
Bxb4 21. Rxb4 Rxa2 22. Rc1 Rd2 23. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Bb4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Rfc1 Rad8 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. e3 f5 18. Bxc6 f4 19. a3 fxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 Rd6 22. Be4 Rfd8 23. d5 Bxd5 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Re3 h6 26. Qf5 Re6 27. Rae1
c3 28. Qh7 c2 29. Bxd5 Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Kg2 Rxd5 32. Qxc2 Re6 33. Qb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Kh1 h5 12. h3 Bb7 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Kg1 Qf4
15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Rd8 17. Na4 Be7 18. e5 Nd7 19. c4 d4 20. c5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5
Bxc5 22. Rac1 Bb4 23. Red1 c5 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Ke7 26. a3 Bc3 27. Bxc3
dxc3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxc3 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. a4 Ra3 32. Rxc5 Rxb3 33. Rc6
Rb4 34. Rxa6 Rxe4 35. Ra7+ Kf8 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14.
Qxc4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Qe3 Qa5 18. Qf4 Qxc3 19. Be3 Qc4 20.
Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxa7 Bxe2 22. Rfc1 Rd7 23. a4 Rfd8 24. a5 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 g5 26. h3
h5 27. Rxd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxd1 29. f3 f6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Bb6 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4
33. hxg4 Bxg4 34. a6 Bc8 35. a7 Bb7 36. Bxc7 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. Ba5 Kc8 39.
Bc3 Bc6 40. Bxf6 Kb7 41. Bd4 Bd7 42. Kf4 Ka8 43. g4 Bxg4 44. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be5 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. Qe2
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Rd1 e5 17. a4 Qxc3 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. h4 Nc5 20. Rdc1 Qa5
21. Qc4 b6 22. Bb4 Qa6 23. Qxa6 Nxa6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bd6 Nc5 26. Rc1 Nfd7 27.
Bh3 Rc6 28. Rd1 h5 29. a5 Nxe4 30. Ba3 Ndf6 31. Bb2 Nxf2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Bg2
Rc2 34. Bxe5 Rc1+ 35. Bf1 N6g4 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{As was true of Howell, so was So anxious to bring himself into contention in
the B group. Faced with a favourable pairing against Reinderman, who
languished at the bottom of the crosstable, So took full advantage of his
opportunities.} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7.
b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Rc1 a5 12. e3 Na6 13. Qe2 a4 14.
bxa4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. a5 Nac5 17. Bc3 $146 {leaving Sturua-Vaisser (1996),
where} (17. Nb3 {proved ample for a white victory.}) 17... bxa5 18. Nb3 Nxb3
19. axb3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Bb2 a4 22. bxa4 Ba6 23. f3 Ng5 24. cxd5 Bxf1 25.
d6 Qa7 26. Bd4 Qa6 27. Rxf1 {to this point, Black's position might have been
fairly described as tolerable, but with} c5 {spurning} (27... Qxa4 {things
simply got worse for him.}) 28. Bxc5 Rfc8 29. Rc1 Rc6 30. h4 Rac8 31. d7 Rd8
32. hxg5 Rxd7 33. f4 Rc8 34. Bf1 Qb7 35. Bc4 Re8 36. Bb5 {Faced with the
prospect of an unopposed wing pawn, which, in order to stop, would require an
investment of material he could not afford, Reinderman shook hands with his
Filipino adversary.} 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Bd2 e6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Ne3 Qc6 17. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. e4 e5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bxc4 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nd4 15.
O-O Bh6 16. f4 Nc6 17. h3 Be8 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. fxe5 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxd2 21. Nxd2
Nd7 22. e6 Nxc5 23. exf7+ Bxf7 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. Bd5 Nd3 27. Rf1
Nce5 28. Nxa7 Nxb2 29. Rb1 Ned3 30. Nb5 Kg7 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Nf3 Kg7 33. Ng5
Rc8 34. e5 Re8 35. e6 h6 36. Nc7 Re7 37. Nd5 Re8 38. Rf1 Ne5 39. Nc7 Re7 40.
Nf7 Nbc4 41. Rc1 Nxf7 42. Rxc4 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Qc2 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Re1 a5 15.
Bh6 Bh8 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qf4 Bf5 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Red8 20. Ne2 a4 21. a3
Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. h3 Qb7 24. Rcd1 Be4 25. Qe3 Bc2 26. Rd2 Bb3 27. Nf4 b4
28. Ned3 bxa3 29. bxa3 Rd7 30. Ne5 Rdd8 31. h4 Nd5 32. Nh5+ Kg8 33. Qh6 gxh5
34. Rd3 Bc2 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qxh5 e6 37. Rf3 f6 38. Rg3 Rc7 39. Qh6+ Rg7 40.
Nxc6 Re8 41. Nb4 Bb3 42. Nxd5 Bxd5 43. Ree3 f5 44. h5 Ree7 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. h6
Rg4 47. Rxg4 fxg4 48. Re5 Rf7 49. Rxe6+ Bxe6 50. Qxe6+ Kd8 51. Qd6+ Kc8 52.
Qe6+ Kd8 53. Qd6+ Qd7 54. Qe5 Kc8 55. Qe4 Kd8 56. d5 Qf5 57. Qd4 Qf4 58. Qh8+
Rf8 59. Qb2 g3 60. fxg3 Qe3+ 61. Kh2 Qxh6+ 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15.
Ba3 Kh8 16. Qb2 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng6 19. f3 Nxe5 20. Bf1 Qf6 21. fxe4
fxe4 22. Kh1 b5 23. Nb3 Qh4 24. Qd2 Rf5 25. Nd4 Rh5 26. h3 Rf8 27. Re3 Rf2 28.
Qe1 Qf6 29. Kg1 Rf4 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Rh3 Rxh3 32. gxh3 Nf2 33. Qe3 Qg5+ 34.
Bg2 Nd1 35. Qc1 Qg3 36. Ne2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Qa5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qc2 Qa6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e5 Nd7
15. f4 g6 16. Kh1 Nb6 17. Rac1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rfd8 19. Ba1 Qa4 20. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Rc8 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 14. Bg3 e5 15.
Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qa5+ 18. Qc3 Qxa6 19. Nf4 Rfe8 20. O-O-O Rb8
21. Rd4 Rb5 22. Re1 Reb8 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Rg4 f6 25. b4 R5b7 26. Kb2 Qb5 27. e4
d4 28. Qxd4 Ne5 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qxe5 Rd8 31. Rc1 Rd2+ 32. Ka1 Rbd7 33. Qe6+
Kh8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Bd3 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Qc2 h6
15. Qd2 Bc8 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bg3 Bd6 20. c4 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 Kg7 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Be4 Qa5 24. Qb2 Ra7 25. Re3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8.
O-O-O b4 9. Na4 Nf6 10. f3 Ne5 11. Nb3 Rb8 12. Qf2 Be7 13. Ba7 Rb7 14. Bb6 Qc6
15. Bd4 Qxa4 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. Kb1 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bd3 Qc6 20. Rhe1 Bd8 21.
g4 Re7 22. g5 Nh5 23. Qh4 g6 24. Qxb4 Rfe8 25. f4 Bg4 26. Rc1 Bb6 27. Bd4 Rxe1
28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Nxf4 30. Bxb6 Nxd3 31. Qg1 Nb4 32. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. e5 Ne8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nf1 Nc7 13. Ng3 c5 14. Bf4 d4 15. Ne4
Nd5 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. h4 h6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nfxg5 c4 20. dxc4 Rxc4 21. b3 Rc7 22.
a3 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Nc5 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. gxf6 Kh7 26. Qxd4 Rh8 27. Bf3 Nxf6 28.
Qxd8 Rxd8 29. exf6 Rcc8 30. b4 Na4 31. Kg2 Bxc2 32. Rec1 Bf5 33. Rh1+ Kg6 34.
Be5 Rh8 35. Rag1 Bd3 36. Bxb7 Rcg8 37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38. f4 Rh4 39. Kg3 Rh5 40. Bf3
1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. b3 h6 8. h4
e6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. O-O-O a6 11. c4 b5 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Nd2 b4 14. Be2 a5 15. Ne4
Nxe5 16. Rd2 Qc6 17. f3 Ng4 18. Qg1 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qf1 O-O-O 21. fxg4
dxe4 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bb5 Qf6 24. Qd1+ Qd4 25. c3 bxc3 26. Qe2 g5 27. Rd1
gxf4 28. Qc4 Rh7 29. Rxd4+ cxd4 30. Qxd4+ Kc7 31. Qd7+ Kb6 32. Bc4 Ba3+ 33. Kc2
Bc6 34. Qd8+ Kb7 35. Qg8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5
9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. c5 e5 15. f4
Bh4+ 16. Kf1 exd4 17. exd4 b4 18. Na4 O-O 19. Kg2 Re8 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Nb6 Ra7
22. Be1 Rxe1 23. Rhxe1 Qxf4 24. Re8 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxh3+ 26. Qh2 Qf3+ 27. Kg1
Qxg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Rxb8 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1
f5 34. Rg1 Qf3+ 35. Qg2 Qxd3 36. Qh2 Re2 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nd7+ Ke8 39. Qb8+
Bd8 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. Qc1 Rg6 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. a4 a6 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. Bxh5 Rh6 19. Qf3 O-O-O 20. h3 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bg7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bxf7 Bxe5 25. Bh5 Rh8 26. Bg4 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. Qc5 Kd7 30. Nd5 cxd5 31. exd5 Bd4 32. dxe6+ Ke8 33.
Bh5+ Kd8 34. e7+ Qxe7 35. Qxd4+ Kc7 36. Kf1 Qe4 37. Qxe4 Bxe4 38. g3 b4 39. Bf7
c3 40. bxc3 bxc3 41. Ke2 Kd6 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. Bb3 Bf5 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Bg6
46. Ba4 Kf6 47. Bd7 Ke5 48. Ba4 Kf6 49. f3 c2 50. Kd2 Bh5 51. Bc6 Bxf3 52. Bxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. c5
Bg4 9. Be3 Nxc5 10. dxc5 d4 11. Bxd4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxd4 13. Bb5 Qxc5 14. O-O e6
15. Rac1 Be7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Nd4 O-O
21. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. d5 Na6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qa5 12. Be2 Nc7 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Qb6 15. Qc2
Bd4 16. Bd2 e6 17. Kh1 exd5 18. cxd5 Ne8 19. f4 Bg7 20. h4 Qd8 21. g3 Nc7 22.
h5 b5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. b3 Nf6 25. Bf3 Qd7 26. Kg2 Rfe8 27. Rfe1 Rab8 28. Rcd1
bxa4 29. bxa4 Ng4 30. Bc1 Nh6 31. Rh1 Ng4 32. Rhe1 Bd4 33. Ne2 Bg7 34. Nc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 Bb7 10. O-O Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 09th"]
[Site "Olongapo City"]
[Date "2010.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thanh Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3
c5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. Ba3 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Nf4 14. exf4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Asian Continental op 09th"]
[Site "Olongapo City"]
[Date "2010.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. e5 Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. h4 Rfd8 15.
Bb5 c6 16. Be2 c5 17. e6 Bxe6 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa4 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Rxd8+ Kf7 22. Rf8+ Kxf8 23. Nxe6+ Kg8 24. cxb4 Qxb4+ 25. Kc2 Nd5 26. Bd2 Qa4+
27. Kb2 Nb4 28. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 29. Kc2 Kf7 30. Ng5+ Kg7 31. Kd3 Qa3+ 32. Kd4 Qxa2
33. Bc4 Qd2+ 34. Ke5 Qc3+ 35. Kd5 h6 36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. Nd4 e6+ 0-1

[Event "Asian Continental op 09th"]
[Site "Olongapo City"]
[Date "2010.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Barbosa, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. e3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. g4
h6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. h4 e5 12. c5 Qd8 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15.
a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 e4 17. Qf4 g5 18. Qg3 h5 19. Ba5 b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Bb4 Qe6
22. hxg5 Nxg4 23. Rde1 Qf5 24. Rhf1 Qf3 25. Bd1 Qxg3 26. fxg3 Rh7 27. Rf5 Rg8
28. Kd2 Rhg7 29. Be7 Re8 30. Bd6 Re6 31. Bf4 f6 32. Rh1 fxg5 33. Rxg5 Rxg5 34.
Bxg5 Nf2 35. Rxh5 Nxd1 36. Kxd1 Rg6 37. Bf4 Rg7 38. a4 Kb7 39. Rh6 Nf8 40. b4
Ng6 41. Bd6 Kc8 42. b5 cxb5 43. axb5 Kd7 44. Bb4 Ke6 45. g4 Kf6 46. Rh5 Ne7 47.
Re5 Nc8 48. Rxd5 Rxg4 49. Rd8 Rg1+ 50. Kc2 Rg2+ 51. Kb3 Na7 52. Rd7 Nxb5 53.
Kc4 Re2 54. Kxb5 Rxe3 55. Re7 Re2 56. d5 1-0

[Event "Asian Continental op 09th"]
[Site "Olongapo City"]
[Date "2010.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bg1 Be6 15.
f5 Bc4 16. a5 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bb6 Qc8 21. Qf3
Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bc5 23. b4 Bd4 24. Rad1 Qc3 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qxb7 Qxc2 27. f6
Qe4 28. Qb6 Rab8 29. Qxd4 Rxb4 30. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 09th"]
[Site "Olongapo City"]
[Date "2010.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Nf4 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19. h4 Qxh4 20. Qg2 Rae8 21. Rxe8
Rxe8 22. Nf1 Bh3 23. Qxc6 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. Qb7 Bc7 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Ng3
Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Bg4 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Bd5 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Re8 33. Bg5
Qe2+ 34. Bg2 Bh5 35. Qf4 Qxb2 36. Re1 Qxa2 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. d5 1-0

[Event "Asian Continental op 09th"]
[Site "Olongapo City"]
[Date "2010.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gopal, Geetha Narayanan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5
15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 21.
O-O Nce5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 Bd7 24. Nxb7 Qb4 25. Nd6 Bc6 26. Rd4 Qa5 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Bb5 29. Rcf4 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 f6 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 09th"]
[Site "Olongapo City"]
[Date "2010.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5
9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. Qg4 c5 14. f3 cxb4 15.
fxe4 O-O 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Bxc4 Qxe5 18. O-O Nc6 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. Qe4 Ne5 21.
Rac1 Qb8 22. Bd5 Ra7 23. Rf5 Re7 24. Rc5 Rfe8 25. Qf4 Qd6 26. Qd4 Kh8 27. Bc6
Qxd4 28. exd4 Nxc6 29. Rxc6 g6 30. Ra5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 R8e2 32. Raxa6 Rd2 33. Rf6
Kg7 34. Rf4 f5 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Rf3 Ree2 37. Rg3 f4 38. Rg4 f3 39. Rf4+ Kg5 40.
Rg4+ Kf6 41. Rf4+ Ke6 42. Ra6+ Kd7 43. Ra7+ Kc6 44. Rxf3 Rxg2+ 45. Kh1 Rh2+ 46.
Kg1 Rdg2+ 47. Kf1 Rc2 48. Kg1 Rhg2+ 49. Kf1 Rh2 50. Kg1 Kd5 51. Rg3 Rhd2 52.
Kh1 Rh2+ 53. Kg1 Rhd2 54. Kh1 Rxa2 55. Rd7+ Ke4 56. Rxh7 Ra1+ 57. Rg1 Rxg1+ 58.
Kxg1 Rd3 59. Rd7 Rxh3 60. d5 Rxb3 61. d6 Kd5 62. Kf2 Kc6 63. Rd8 Rd3 64. Rc8+
Kd7 65. Rb8 b3 66. Ke2 Rh3 67. Kd2 Kc6 68. Rd8 b2 69. Kc2 Rh2+ 70. Kb1 Rg2 71.
Ka2 g5 72. Kb1 g4 73. Ka2 g3 74. Kb1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Asian Continental op 09th"]
[Site "Olongapo City"]
[Date "2010.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Rc8
8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bd2 O-O
15. Rac1 b5 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc4 19. Be3 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc6
21. c3 h5 22. Kf1 g6 23. Ke2 f5 24. f3 Kf7 25. Kd3 Ke6 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. b4 Rbc8
28. Bd2 Rc4 29. a4 Rxe4 30. Rxd6+ Bxd6 31. fxe4 Rc4 32. axb5 axb5 33. exf5+
gxf5 34. Ra6 Rc8 35. Be3 Kd5 36. g3 e4+ 37. Kd2 Be5 38. Bc5 Kc4 39. Rh6 Rd8+
40. Ke2 Bxc3 41. Rxh5 Rd2+ 42. Ke3 Rd5 43. Ke2 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Rd3+ 45. Ke2 Rf3
46. Rg5 Bxb4 47. Bxb4 Kxb4 48. g4 Kc5 49. gxf5 b4 50. f6+ Kc4 51. Re5 Rxf6 52.
Rxe4+ Kc3 53. Re8 Rh6 54. Rc8+ Kb2 55. Kd3 Rh3+ 56. Kd4 Rxh2 57. Rb8 b3 58. Kc4
Kc2 0-1

[Event "Asian Continental op 09th"]
[Site "Olongapo City"]
[Date "2010.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbc6 13. Qxc3 O-O-O 14.
Rb1 Kb8 15. Qd3 d4 16. Bd2 Bc8 17. g3 b6 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. O-O Qc8 20. a4 Nd5 21.
a5 Nxa5 22. Bxa5 bxa5 23. Rb5 Nb6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxa5 Rh8 26. Nxd4 Rd7 27.
Rfa1 Qc8 28. Qe4 Qc3 29. Nc6+ Kc7 30. Rxa7+ Kc8 31. Nb4 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 f5 33.
Ra8+ Nxa8 34. Qxa8+ Kc7 35. Na6+ 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pascua, Haridas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Be5
Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nf3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. c6
Qxc6 15. Rd1 Nb6 16. Rd4 Bf5 17. O-O Rac8 18. Ne5 Qf6 19. f4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4
21. Qxc4 Qb6 22. Re1 Be6 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. cxb4 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Bd5 26. Ra5 Rd8 27.
Rxa7 Rc8 28. g4 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Kg3 Rg2+ 31. Kh3 f6 32. Nd7 Rf2 33. Ra8+
Kg7 34. e4 Rf3+ 35. Kg2 Bxe4 36. Kg1 Rxf4 37. Re8 Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Garcia, Jan Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Be3 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qe8 21.
Qb3 c4 22. Qxb6 Rb8 23. Qc5 Rxb2 24. Bd4 Rxc2 25. Rfe1 Qa8 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Rd5 Rxf4 28. Re7+ Kh6 29. Rh5+ gxh5 30. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Na3 Ne5 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Bf4 Rc8 15.
Bd3 e5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. c4 O-O 18. Rac1 Be6 19. f3 Nd7 20. Nd2 Qd8 21. Nf1 Bg5
22. Qd2 Bxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Rfd8 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Kg7 27. Rc3 Nf6
28. Be4 Qc7 29. a4 Qe7 30. b3 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. axb5 d5 33. Bd3 Rxc3 34.
Qxc3 d4 35. Qa5 Nd5 36. b6 Qb7 37. Re1 Qxb6 38. Qxb6 Nxb6 39. Rxe5 Rc8 40. Kg1
Rc3 41. Rb5 Nc8 42. Be4 Nd6 43. Rd5 Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nb6 11. b3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nge2 Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Ba3 Bg4 16. Rc1 Rd3 17. Bxc5 Rad8 18. h3 Bf3 19. O-O e5 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21.
Ne4 Bh8 22. Nf2 Rd2 23. Kg2 Rxf2+ 24. Kxf2 exf4 25. gxf4 Kf7 26. a4 Rd3 27. a5
Nc8 28. b4 Rxh3 29. b5 cxb5 30. cxb5 Rb3 31. Bd4 Bxd4+ 32. Nxd4 Rb2+ 33. Ke3
Nd6 34. Rc7+ Ke8 35. Rxa7 Nxb5 36. Rb7 Nd6 37. Rxb2 Nc4+ 38. Ke4 Nxb2 39. a6
Na4 40. Ne6 Nb6 41. Ke5 Ke7 42. a7 h5 43. Nc7 Kd7 44. Nd5 Na8 45. Kf6 h4 46.
Ne3 h3 47. Ng4 Kc7 48. Kxg6 Kb7 49. Kg5 Nb6 50. Kh4 Kxa7 51. Kxh3 Kb7 52. Kh4
Kc7 53. Kg5 Nd5 54. f5 Kd8 55. Kh6 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.05.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nolte, Rolando"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 Ne8 12. Rb1 f5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nf6 15. f3
c6 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Bb2 h5 18. c5 fxe4 19. fxe4 dxc5 20. d6 cxb4 21. dxe7 Qxe7
22. Na4 Ng4 23. Nb6 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Qe1 Raf8 26. Nxd7 Qg5 27. g3 R8f7
28. Nc5 Qe3 29. Bc4 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rf2+ 31. Kh3 Qxc5 32. Nb3 Qf8 33. Be6 Qf6
34. Bf5 Rf3 35. Nd2 Rd3 36. Qe2 Rd8 37. Nc4 gxf5 38. Qxh5+ Kg8 39. Bxe5 Qe6 40.
Bxg7 fxe4+ 41. Qg4 Qxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Kxg7 43. Rxb4 b5 44. Ne3 Kf6 45. Kf4 Rb8 46.
Kxe4 c5 47. Rb2 b4 48. Kd5 Re8 49. Nc4 Rg8 50. Rb3 Rg5+ 51. Kc6 Kf5 52. Nd6+
Kg4 53. Ne4 Rf5 54. Nxc5 Rf3 55. Rxb4+ Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bitoon, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. h4 b5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4
15. g4 Qb6 16. Qc1 Qa5 17. Ka1 Rb6 18. Nde2 Rb7 19. g5 Nh5 20. Qd2 Rfb8 21. Rb1
Ng3 22. Nxg3 Rxb2 23. Bd4 Rxa2+ 24. Nxa2 Rxb1+ 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. e4 Bb7 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. e5
Ne4 9. Bd3 Qh4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. g3 Bxd3 12. gxh4 Bxb5 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Nc3 Nxe5
15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Be3 g6 18. Qxb5 Rb8 19. Qd3 d5 20. b3 Bg7 21. Rc1
O-O 22. Bxc5 Ne5 23. Qh3 Rf5 24. O-O Re8 25. Kg2 h5 26. Bd4 Ng4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7
28. Rc7+ Kh6 29. Qc3 Rg8 30. h3 Nf6 31. Rf7 e5 32. Qc6 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dableo, Ronald"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O d4 8. Na3
Nd5 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nfe5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 dxe3 13. dxe3 Rd8 14. Qe1 Nb4
15. Qc3 Nd5 16. Qe1 Nb4 17. Qc3 Bf5 18. Bd1 Rd7 19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Bf3 Bxc2 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 {Obviously, this scheme is not the way
to fight for an opening advantage.} Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 (5... Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3
Bh5 8. Nf4 Nf6 9. Nxh5 Nxh5 10. O-O e6 {is another reliable continuation for
Black.}) 6. Bf4 {Covering the important diagonal.} Bg4 {Black should take out
the bishop before continuing the development with e7-e6.} 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6
9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Kf1 $2 $146 {Really? Well, if I were following the game
transmitted live on playchess.com server, I would have thought that White in
fact played 10.0-0, while 10.Kf1 is just a mouse slip by someone relaying the
game. However, before continuing to be harsh and putting a glaring question
mark to the move in the text, let's think what could be White's ideas behind
10.Kf1? White assumes that the king is safe enough on f1, while the rook on h1
will support the advance of White's h- and maybe also g-pawn. This is how he
is going to attack Black's king's residence. Sounds too good to be true? Yes,
it is, and the continuation of the game proved it. A standard play would
include, obviously, castling followed by Nf3-e5 at some point. Here is one
recent example:} (10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. O-O Ndxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Bg6 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nf3 a6 18. Qf4 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. b3 b5
21. a4 Kg8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe3 Kh7 $11 {0-1 Benjamin,J (2583)-Kamsky,G (2720)
/Saint Louis 2009/CBM 130 (50)}) (10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 Bh5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 {is equal and has appeared in quite a number of games
as well.}) 10... Bh5 {The bishop is going to g6. Naturally, the exchange of
light-squared bishops favours Black.} 11. Re1 a6 {Preparing the standard plan
of a pawn minority attack on the queenside.} 12. Qc2 (12. a4 {would stop Black
from playing b7-b5, but not for very long. After the exchange of light-squared
bishops Black would prepare b7-b5 advance by Ra8-b8.}) 12... b5 13. b4 $5 {
This is an interesting way to hold Black's play on the queenside. The Pc3 is
hopelessly weak, but it won't be easy for Black to attack it.} (13. h3 Bg6 14.
Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 O-O $15 {followed by b5-b4 at the right moment.}) 13... Bg6
14. Bxg6 hxg6 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc6b4,Gc8c2]} 15. Qd3 a5 16. a3 (16. Qxb5 $2
axb4 17. Ne5 Qa6 {leads to a total collapse for White.}) 16... axb4 17. axb4
Qb7 18. Nb3 O-O 19. h4 ({If White tries to cover the e4-square by} 19. Nfd2 $6
{, then Black can break through the centre by} Nh5 $1 20. Be3 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Qe2 Rfe8 $17 {White's uncastled king is the main factor in the position.})
19... Ne4 20. Nfd2 Ra3 21. Rb1 (21. Nxe4 dxe4 (21... Rxb3 $6 22. Qc2 Ra3 23.
Bc1 Ra1 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rfa8 26. h5 R8a2 27. Qd3 {is exactly what White
is striving for.}) 22. Qc2 f5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rfa8 $15) 21... Rfa8 22.
Kg1 (22. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 23. Qxe4 $2 {[%tqu "En","Can you spot the right move?",
"","","a3b3","",10]} Rxb3 $1 24. Rxb3 {[%tqu "En","And now?","","","c6d4","",
10]} Nxd4 $3 25. Qxd4 (25. Qxb7 Ra1+ {is mate. Very neat tactics!}) 25... Ra1+
26. Ke2 Rxh1 27. g3 Bf6 28. Be5 Qa8 $1 $19 {[%cal Ga8a2]}) 22... Nd8 $1 {
A good manouevre. The knight is doing nothing on c6.} 23. Rh3 $1 {White didn't
succeed with his kingside assault, but, at least, managed to develop all his
pieces.} Qc6 {[%cal Gd8b7,Gb7d6]} 24. Na5 {Principled, but makes Black's play
easier.} (24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qe3 Qd5 26. Nd2 (26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 Nc6 28. Rxb5
Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Rf1 $36 {[%csl Rf2,Rh2][%cal Ga8a1,Ga8a2]}) 26... f5 27. Qg3 Kf7
28. h5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 Nc6 30. Rh7 Bf6 31. Bg5 Rxc3 $1 32. Qxc3 Bxg5 $17) 24...
R8xa5 $1 {Of course!} (24... Qxc3 $2 {would fall into} 25. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Gh3a3]
}) 25. bxa5 Nxc3 26. Rb3 (26. Re1 b4 27. Nb1 Rxa5 28. Nxc3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 bxc3
30. Rxc3 Bb4 $17) 26... Ra1+ 27. Nb1 b4 28. Bd2 Na2 29. Re3 $2 {The decisive
mistake.} (29. Rb2 $1 {would still keep White pretty much in the game. For
instance:} Qa4 30. a6 Nc6 31. Kh2 Bd6+ (31... Bf6 32. Rc2 $1 $13) 32. f4 Nb8
33. h5 Qxa6 34. hxg6 Qxd3 35. gxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rxd3 Nc6 $15) 29... Nc1 $1 30.
Bxc1 Qxc1+ 31. Kh2 Nc6 32. g3 {In time-trouble definitely missing that Pa5 is
hanging, but the position is lost anyhow.} Nxa5 {[%csl Rb3]} 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. b3 Be6 8. Nbd2
Qa5 9. a4 Na6 10. Ba3 Ne4 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Na6 14. Bxe4 Qc7
15. e3 c5 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. d5 Bh3 18. Re1 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Bc3 21.
Rb3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxc4 23. Rb4 Qc5 24. Rc1 Qa5 25. Bg2 Bd7 26. d6 exd6 27. Qxd6
Rfd8 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Bxa4 30. Qa3 Qb6 31. Bf3 Bb5 32. h4 Qf6 33. Kg2 a6
34. h5 g5 35. h6 Qxh6 36. Qe7 Re8 37. Qb7 Qf6 38. Bd5 Bd3 39. e4 Qe7 40. Rc7
Bxe4+ 41. f3 Bxd5 42. Rxe7 Bxb7 43. Rxe8+ Kg7 44. Kf2 Bc6 45. Re5 Kg6 46. f4
gxf4 47. gxf4 f6 48. Rc5 Bd7 49. Kg3 Bf5 50. Kh4 Bd3 51. Rd5 Be4 52. Ra5 Bd3
53. Rc5 Bf5 54. Rc6 Bd3 55. Rd6 Bc4 56. Rd4 Bb3 57. Rb4 Bc2 58. Rc4 Bd3 59. Rc3
Bb5 60. Rc5 Bd3 61. Kg3 Bf5 62. Rd5 Be6 63. Rd4 Bb3 64. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. cxd4 exd4 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Nc6 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nxd4 gxf5 20. exf5 Kh8 21.
Rad1 Bb7 22. Rf4 Qd5 23. Bf1 Rg8 24. Kh1 Rad8 25. Qf2 Rg4 26. Rd2 Rdg8 27. Ne6
Qc6 28. h3 Rxf4 29. Nxf4 Qe4 30. Nh5 Qc6 31. Kh2 Qc7 32. Kh1 Qc1 33. Kh2 Qc7
34. Kh1 Qf7 35. Nf4 Be4 36. Rd6 Qg7 37. Nh5 Qh6 38. Qh4 $4 {#} Bxg2+ $1 39.
Bxg2 Qc1+ ({White is mated after} 39... Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Nf3+ 41. Bxf3 Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rac1 c5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Qb5 Rac8 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Qxb6
axb6 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Nxb6 Rb8 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxb2 25. a4 Rb4 26. Rxb4
cxb4 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. g4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 {This flexible move is one of the 2 main continuations, the
other one being the immediate Meran-like advance} (9... b5 {- see
Aronian-Shirov, Shanghai 2010.}) ({On the other hand, top players have
gradually abandoned the once popular} 9... e5 10. h3 $14 {- here the central
tension is usually in White's favour, as} exd4 11. exd4 {[%cal Gc1h6,Yf1e1,
Ge1e8] only furthers his development. Therefore currently Black strives to
play e5 only after White has played e4 himself.}) 10. Ng5 $5 {[%mdl 512];Anand,
V (2791)-Aronian,L (2750) Linares 26th 2009 (2) 0-1 An interesting and almost
unplayed sortie, connected with a P-sacrifice. The idea is better known at a
later stage of the opening, Caruana was possibly inspired also by the game} ({
White's attempts to get an advantage from the opening are usually associated
with} 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 {More circumspect is the restrained} Qc7 $142 (11...
c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 (13. Ng5 Bb7 14. Nce4 {Peng,Z (2405)-Zhukova,N (2478)/
EU-chT Gothenburg/2005/} Qe7 $5 15. Rxd7 Bxe4 16. Rxe7 Bxc2 17. Rc7 Rac8 $11)
13... Be7 14. Ne5 (14. a4 $5) 14... Nd5 15. Nc6 Qe8 {Khalifman,A (2655)-Anand,
V (2765)/Groningen/1997/} 16. a4 $1 $14) 12. Ne4 {is more testing.} (12. e4 e5
13. g3 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. Bf3 c5 17. Nf5 Nb6 {[%cal Gc8f5] Here
Black profits from the fact that he didn't commit his B to b7 earlier on -
this allows him to challenge the potentially dangerous Nf5.} 18. Bg5 (18. a4 b4
19. a5 bxc3 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. Be3 Qb3 23. Qxb3 Rxb3 24. Ra5 g6 25.
Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Bh3 $11 {<=>,Markos,J (2565)-Ragger,M (2528)/Bundesliga0708/
2007/}) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Rac8 20. Rac1 Nc4 21. Bd5 Nb6 22. Bg2 Nc4 23. Bd5
Nb6 $11 {Georgiev,K (2647)-Galkin,A (2591)/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/}) 12... Nxe4
13. Qxe4 e5 {A more recent idea of Kasimdzhanov is} 14. Qd3 $5 (14. Qh4 Re8 $1
15. Bd3 h6 16. Bc2 (16. Bd2 Be7 17. Qg3 Bd6 18. Qh4 Be7 19. Qh3 Bd6 $11 20. Bf5
$6 e4 21. Ne1 {Zhu Chen (2476)-Munguntuul,B (2428)/Nalchik/2010/} Nf6 $15)
16... exd4 17. Qxd4 Bf8 18. b3 Nf6 19. Qh4 g5 $5 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 c5 22.
Bb2 Bg7 23. Rd6 Be6 24. Rad1 Rec8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Be4 Ra7 27. Bf5 (27. Bd5
Bxd5 28. R1xd5 Kg7 29. Rd2 Be7 30. Rb6 Bd8 31. Rbd6 Be7 $11 {Karpov,A (2735)
-Anand,V (2770)/FIDE WCh Lausanne/1998/}) 27... Bxf5 28. Rxf6 Bc2 29. Rc1 (29.
Rd2 Kg7 30. Rdd6 c4 $36) 29... Kg7 30. Rd6 Bf5 31. Rd5 c4 $1 32. Rxf5 $2 (32.
bxc4 Be6 $11) 32... cxb3 $1 $36 {DIEP-CLUSTER TOGA/Paderborn/2007/} {/\} 33.
Rxc8 b2 34. Nd2 Rd7) 14... exd4 15. Qxd4 Be7 {Possibly more promising is the
less tested} 16. Qe4 $5 (16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. exf4 Bf6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Bf3 Ra7 20.
Nc6 (20. Nf5 Nb6 21. Nd6 {Brodsky,M (2522)-Duzhakov,I (2326)/Peterhof/2010/}
Rd7 $5 $11) 20... Rc7 21. Bd2 b4 22. Rac1 Bb7 23. Nxb4 Bxb2 24. Rc2 Bxf3 25.
gxf3 Bf6 26. Nxa6 (26. Be3 Rfc8 27. Nd5 (27. Nxa6 Rc6 28. Rxd7 Rxa6 {-26.Na6
only transposes}) 27... Rc6 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxc5 h6 31. Be3
Rc4 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 Nd5 34. Be3 Nc3 35. a3 f5 $11 {Grachev,B (2684)
-Balogh,C (2620)/CRO-chT Sibenik/2009/}) 26... Ra7 27. Be3 Rxa6 28. Rxd7 Rc8
29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxc5 Rxa2 31. Be7 Bxe7 32. Rxe7 f5 33. Kg2 Ra1 34. Re5 {
1/2, Georgiev,K (2685)-Ragger,M (2628)/CRO-chT Sibenik/2010/}) 16... Nf6 $5 (
16... Bf6 17. Qc2 c5 18. a4 Rb8 (18... b4 $142 19. Bd2 $14) 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Nd4 $1 c4 21. b3 Ne5 22. bxc4 Nxc4 23. Ba3 $16 {Riazantsev,A (2660)-Sjugirov,S
(2602)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2010/}) 17. Qc2 c5 18. b3 Re8 19. Bb2 Bb7 20. Bd3 h6 21.
Rd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Qc8 23. a4 Qc6 24. Rc1 Rd6 $132 {Abegg,B (2358)-Woznica,M 
(2304)/corr/2006/}) (10. a4 {is played less often mainly due to} c5 $1 11. Rd1
cxd4 12. exd4 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qxd4 Bc7 15. Bd2 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7
17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Bf3 e5 19. Nb3 e4 20. Be2 Be5 21. Ba5 Rdc8 22. Nd4 h6 23. h3 {
Carlsen,M (2733)-Gelfand,B (2737)/Wijk aan Zee/2008/} g6 {/\Kg7=}) 12... Qc7 $1
(12... b6 $6 13. d5 e5 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 a5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3
$36 Nc5 $6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 $16 {Maiorov,N (2510)-Caruana,F (2680)/EU-ch
Rijeka/2010/}) 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 b6 16. Rac1 (16. Bg3 Bxg3 17.
hxg3 Qa7 18. Ba2 Bb7 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Nc4 Nf8 21. Rd2 Ng6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5
Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rc1 b5 $11 {Le Quang Liem (2681)-Leko,P 
(2734)/Dortmund/2010/}) 16... Bb7 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd6 19. Ne5 Red8 20.
Ba2 Rac8 21. Nc4 Qb4 22. Ne3 Re8 23. d5 {Anand,V (2783)-Leko,P (2751)/Miskolc
m/2009/} exd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nexd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxe2 27. Rxc8+ Qf8 $11) ({
Straightforward development} 10. b3 {allows} b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bb2 c5 $11 {
with easy equality - all in all in this line it's difficult to get a tangible
advantage against a well prepared opponent.}) 10... c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black
ignores the gift and comes up with a logical liberating break.} (10... Bxh2+
11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg1 Qxg5 13. f3 Ngf6 14. e4 Qh4 15. Qf2 ({Caruana's
intention was} 15. Be3 $5 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge3,Ge4] ^^,[+]}) 15... Qxf2+ 16.
Kxf2 e5 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 c5 19. Be3 b5 20. Be2 Bb7 21. g4 h6 22. Rfd1 Rfc8
23. Rd6 Nf8 24. Rc1 c4 25. a4 Bc6 26. Na2 $44 bxa4 (26... Ne6 {/\} 27. Nb4 Bxe4
$1) 27. Rxc4 Bb5 (27... Bxe4 $5 $132) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nb4 Ng6 30. Bxb5 axb5
31. Rb6 Nd7 32. Rxb5 Nde5 33. Bd4 $14 {1/2,Zvjaginsev,V (2654)-Krasenkow,M 
(2609)/FIDE WCh Tripoli/2004/}) 11. Nce4 (11. Nge4 Be7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 $11) (11.
Bd3 Bxh2+ $5 (11... h6 12. Nge4 (12. Nh7 c4 $5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bxc4 Qc7 $11
{<=>}) 12... Bb8 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. f4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 $11) 12. Kh1 h6 13. Nh7
c4 14. Nxf8 cxd3 15. Qd1 Bc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Kg1 (17. g3 b5 18. Qxd3 Bb7+ 19.
e4 $8 f5 $44) 17... Qh4 18. g3 Bxg3 $11) 11... Qc7 {Black's reaction is not
quite ideal.} (11... Be7 12. dxc5 Nxe4 (12... h6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxc5 17. Bd2 $32 {+/=}) 13. Nxe4 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 (14. Rd1 Qb6
15. b3 $5) 14... Bxc5 15. Bd3 (15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxc5 Rc8 17. Qb4 Rc2 $1 $44)
15... h6 (15... f5 16. Qxc5 Qxd3 17. b3 Bd7 18. Bb2 $36 {[%csl Gb2,Rd7][%cal
Gb2h8] ^-}) 16. Rd1 (16. Bd2 $14) 16... Qe7 17. Be4 $14 {gives White a slight
pull.}) ({However, both players had missed the simpler} 11... Nxe4 $142 12.
Nxe4 Bb8 $1 {/\} (12... Be7 13. dxc5 {-11...Be7}) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qc7
15. g3 Qxc5 $11 {The resulting position is symmetrical and equal.}) 12. Nxd6
Qxd6 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4,Rg5] White's exposed Ng5 causes him some worries, but the
^^ should compensate for this.} 13. Bd3 {Playable, but it leads to immense
complications.} ({Boring, but objectively probably slightly better was} 13. Rd1
cxd4 (13... h6 14. Nf3 (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe5 (16. Qc2 cxd4 17.
Rxd4 Qc6 {[%cal Ye6e5,Yc8e6] /\e5,Be6=}) 16... Rd8 17. Qxd6 Rxd6 18. b3 cxd4
19. Bb2 e5 20. exd4 e4 $13) 14... b5 15. Be2 Bb7 16. dxc5 (16. b3 $11 {/+/=})
16... Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bd2 $11 {/+/=_|_}) 14. Be2 $5 (14. Rxd4 Qc5 15.
Nf3 b5 {/\Bb7=}) 14... h6 15. Rxd4 Qe7 (15... Qc5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Nf3 $14)
16. Nf3 e5 17. Rd1 $11 {/+/=}) 13... h6 14. Nh7 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rd6h2]
[%mdl 64] The enterprising choice, which steers the game into tactical waters.}
({On the other hand,} 14... Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 ({or} 17.
Bd3 $5 $11 {[%csl Gc1,Gd3] /+/= leads to an _|_, in which the ^^ gives White a
minuscule, but durable edge.})) 15. g3 (15. f4 Rd8 16. h3 (16. Be2 cxd4 17. Rd1
e5 $5 (17... Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. exd4 Ne4 20. Bxg4 Kxh7 $11) (17... Ngf6 18.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Rxd4 $14) (17... f5 18. Rxd4 Qe7 19. h3 Nge5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. b3 Kxh7 23. Bb2 $44 {=}) 18. Bxg4 Nf8 19. Be2 Nxh7 20. Qe4 exf4
21. Rxd4 Qb6 $11) 16... cxd4 $1 (16... Nxe3 17. Bxe3 cxd4 18. Bf2 f5 19. Bh4 $1
Re8 20. Rae1 {[%cal Rd3f5] /\Bf5->}) 17. hxg4 Nc5 18. Rd1 $1 $13 (18. e4 Bd7 $1
19. e5 Qd5 20. Bc4 d3 21. Qc3 Qe4 $36 {[%csl Rh7] and the Nh7 finally drops,
leaving White in big trouble.}) {leads to immense complications. A possible
unforced line is} 18... e5 19. g5 Bg4 20. Rf1 dxe3 21. Bc4 Nd3 (21... e2 22.
Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qg6+ $11) 22. Bxe3 exf4 23. gxh6 Qxh6 24. Bxd3 fxe3 25. Rxf7 $5
Rxd3 $1 (25... Kxf7 $2 26. Bc4+ $16 {->}) 26. Qxd3 Kxf7 27. Qe4 Kg8 28. Qxg4
Kxh7 29. Qe4+ $11) 15... Rd8 16. h3 (16. f3 $5 Nxe3 (16... Nde5 17. fxg4 cxd4
18. g5 $1 dxe3 19. Be2 $36 {Caruana}) (16... Ngf6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxf6+ gxf6
19. Be2 Bd7 $132 {/\} 20. e4 Qd4+ $1 21. Kg2 Ba4 $11) (16... cxd4 17. fxg4 Nc5
(17... Ne5 {-16....Nde5}) 18. g5 $1 $36) 17. Bxe3 cxd4 18. Bd2 $5 (18. Bf4 e5
19. Bd2 g6 20. Bxh6 Kxh7 21. Bg5 Re8 22. Rac1 $44 {/=/+}) 18... f5 19. Bf4 Qc5
(19... e5 20. Bg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Nf6 22. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Yd3c4,Yd3f5] /\Bf5,Bc4}
Bd7 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 d3 $132) (19... Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rac1 Kxh7 22.
Rxc6 Nf8 23. Rb6 $44) 20. Bc7 Re8 21. Rae1 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 g6 23. Be5 Kxh7 24.
Bxd4 Nb8 $5 {[%cal Yb8c6,Ye6e5] /\Nc6,e5=}) 16... cxd4 $5 {Seems to be the
safest choice.} (16... Nxe3 17. Bxe3 cxd4 18. Bd2 f5 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bg5 hxg5
21. Nxg5 Nf6 22. Rfe1 $5 (22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 $11) 22... b5 $5 (22... e4 23.
Bc4+ Kf8 (23... Nd5 $2 24. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 25. Qxe4 $40) 24. Nf7 Qb6 25. Nxd8 Qxd8
26. Rad1 $36) 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 $13 {/+/=}) 17. exd4 $6 {White is willing
to fight, but this move gives Black a strategic advantage, which will not be
so easy to compensate.} (17. hxg4 $142 Ne5 18. g5 $5 {was objectively the best.
White tries to help his waylaid N, this after} (18. exd4 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxd4 20.
Qc3 (20. Qb1 f5) 20... e5 $36 (20... Bd7 $5) (20... f5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Be3
Be6 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Qxd4 Qc6+ 25. Be4 Qxe4+ 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Ng5 $11)) (18.
Be4 d3 19. Qb3 Bd7 $1 $36 {/\} 20. f4 Nxg4 21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Bb5 $19)
18... Nxd3 (18... dxe3 $2 19. Be4 $16) 19. Qxd3 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Kxh7 21. gxh6 Qd4
22. hxg7 (22. Qe2 $5 gxh6 23. Be3 $44 {is more enterprising, but Black holds
the balance after} Qf6 $11) 22... Qxe3 23. Bxe3 Kxg7 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 b5
{[%cal Yc8b7] /\Bb7 leads to a drawn _|_.}) 17... Ngf6 ({Black doesn't have to
go for complications anymore:} 17... Nc5 18. Bg6 $5 Qxd4 (18... fxg6 19. dxc5
Qd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. hxg4 Kxh7 $11) 19. Bg5 $1 Ne5 $5 (19... fxg6 20. Rad1 Nd3
21. Bxd8 Ngxf2 (21... Nge5 $2 22. Bf6 $1 gxf6 23. Nxf6+ Kf8 24. Ng4 $16) 22.
Rxf2 (22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Bxf6 Qe3 24. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Kf7 $11)
22... Qxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Kxh7 25. Bb6 $1 $44) 20. Bxd8 Nf3+ 21. Kh1
Qd5 22. Rad1 Nd4+ 23. Kh2 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 $11) 18. Bf4 Qe7 (18... Qxd4 19. Bc7 (
19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bc7 $44 {leads to the same position}) 19... Re8 20. Nxf6+ (
20. Rfd1 $5) 20... Qxf6 21. Rfe1 $32 {is unnecessarily risky - Black's forces
are underdeveloped.}) 19. Nxf6+ {This is practically forced, Caruana
calculated that} (19. Bc7 $2 Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} 20. Bxd8 Qxd8 21. Qe2 (21. Be4
N7b6 $17) 21... Nb8 22. Qg4 f5 23. Qg6 Nc6 {/\Nce7-+ doesn't work for White.})
19... Nxf6 20. Rfe1 b5 $6 {Black wants too much. Although now he will occupy
the long /^ h1-a8, White will consolidate his position by a Q-swap. Caruana
points out two options he was more worried about:} (20... Nd5 $142 $5 21. Qd2
Bd7 $11 {/=/+,/\} 22. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Re4 f5 25. Rh4 Qg7 $17) (
20... Bd7 21. Qc5 (21. Qc7 Nd5 22. Qxb7 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Qd6 24. Qe4 g6 $44) 21...
Qe8 $1 (21... Qxc5 22. dxc5 Bb5 23. Bc2) 22. Rac1 Rac8 {[%cal Yd7c6,Yc6b5,
Rc6h1] /\Bc6,Bb5=/+}) ({Taking the P is again rather premature:} 20... Rxd4 21.
Rad1 Rd5 22. Be5 $44 {/~~ and although White can't claim a real advantage, he
has a lot of play for the material.}) 21. Bc7 $1 Rd7 (21... Rxd4 22. Qc6 Ra7 (
22... Rxd3 23. Qxa8 Qxc7 24. Rac1 Rxg3+ $8 25. fxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxh3+ 27. Ke2
Qg4+ 28. Kd2 $16) 23. Bb6 Bb7 24. Qc3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Ra8 26. Rac1 $14) 22. Qc6
Ra7 23. Bb6 Bb7 24. Qc5 Ra8 (24... Qxc5 25. dxc5 (25. Bxc5 Ra8) 25... Ra8 26.
Rad1 $14) 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. a4 $1 $36 {White's problems are over, he has a
small and riskless _|_ edge.} Nd7 (26... b4 27. Bc5 Rd7 28. a5 $14) (26... bxa4
$142 27. Rxa4 Nd5 28. Bc5 Rd7 29. Rea1 Rb8 30. b4 $14 {/= is pleasant for
White, but he has no obvious way to break down Black's defences.}) 27. Ba5 bxa4
28. Rxa4 Nb8 {Black's pieces start getting tangled up.} (28... Ree8 29. Rc4 $14
) (28... Nf6 $5 29. Bb4 Rd7 30. Bc5 Nd5 31. Rea1 Rb8 {-26...bxa4 leads to the
position from the previous note.}) 29. Bb6 Bc6 (29... Nc6 $142 30. Be4 Rd7 $14)
(29... Rd7 $5 30. Bc5 Nc6 $132) 30. Rb4 a5 {While this sacrifice is still a
plausible option it's very committal.} ({Black could have done without
concessions,} 30... Bd5 31. Bc5 Re8 $11 {/+/= is still fully playable}) 31.
Bxa5 Rea7 32. Bb6 Ra1 33. Rf1 (33. Kf1 $5 Bf3 (33... Bg2+ 34. Ke2 Rxe1+ 35.
Kxe1 Bxh3 36. Be4 $36) 34. Bc5 Nc6 $14) 33... Rxf1+ $2 {Only this is a really
serious mistake, as it allows White's K to escape into the [+].} (33... Bf3 34.
Rb3 Nc6 35. Bc5 Bd5 36. Ra3 R1xa3 ({Caruana points out} 36... Rxf1+ $2 37. Kxf1
Rb8 38. b4 $1 {/\} Nxb4 39. Bd6 Rb6 40. Bc7 $16) 37. bxa3 e5 $14 {gives Black
reasonable <=>, but the computer insists that}) (33... Bd5 $1 34. Bc5 Nc6 35.
Rb6 e5 $44 {is even stronger, Black should hold with without too much trouble.}
) 34. Kxf1 Bf3 35. Ke1 $16 Nc6 36. Rb5 Ne7 37. Kd2 Bc6 38. Ra5 Rb8 39. Bc5
Rxb2+ $2 {Loses a piece and hastens the end.} ({However,} 39... Nd5 40. Kc2 $16
{/+- should also lose in the long run.}) 40. Kc3 Rxf2 (40... Rb7 $2 41. Ra8+
$18) 41. Bxe7 $18 Rf3 42. Kd2 Rxg3 (42... Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rf3 44. Ra3 $18 {
is hopeless, but now White winds up the game with a final mating ->.}) 43. Rc5
Bd7 (43... Bb7 44. Rc7 $18) 44. Rc7 Be8 (44... Rg2+ 45. Kc3 $18) 45. Rc8 f6 (
45... f5 46. Bd6 Rg2+ 47. Kc3 Kf7 48. Bc4 {[%cal Rd4d5] /\d5+-}) 46. Bd6 Rg2+
47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Bh7 $1 {[%cal Rc8c7] /\Rc7} e5 49. d5 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 e5 14. Qc2 exd4
15. exd4 Bc7 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. g3 Rad8 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Kg2 g6 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 {
White is not afraid to admit, that Black has made a useful move a7-a6.} a5 9.
Qb3 e6 {Black has to be careful despite the potential for a symmetrical
position. One example of the possible problems was delivered in a fresh game
from the Russian-chT.} (9... Na6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Nb4 12. Rfc1 Bd7 13. Ne5
Rb8 14. Be1 Bh6 15. Na2 Nc6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. b4 axb4 19. Nxb4
Nxb4 20. Bxb4 Bf8 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2750)-Wang Yue 
(2749)/Dagomys 2010 (77)}) 10. Rd1 (10. Bd2 b6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 (11... Bb7 12.
Rac1 Nbd7 13. Be1 Qe7 14. c5 Rfb8 15. cxb6 Qb4 16. Qxb4 axb4 17. Na2 b3 18. Nc3
Nxb6 19. Ra1 Ne4 20. a5 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5
$16 {1-0 Lauber,A (2424)-Ottstadt,R (2184)/Hamburg 2001 (46)}) 12. Rac1 Re8 13.
Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 Nc5 17. Qc2 d4 18. Be3 Bxe5 19. f4
Qc7 20. Rxd4 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 $17 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2742)-Kamsky,G (2723)/
Moscow 2008 (41)}) (10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. f4 Na6 12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Rad1 b6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Na2 Nxa2 16. Qxa2 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Be6 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Qg5 20. Bxf8
Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Bxf8 $11 {1-0 Dziuba,M (2587)-Gdanski,J (2509)/Warsaw 2010 (50)})
10... Qe7 {Nguyen is trying to play cleverly and prepare for all White's plans.
Black prefers to commit the queen first in order to preserve the freedom of
the knight to move to either a6 or d7.} (10... Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 (11... Re8 12.
b3 Qb6 13. Bb2 Qa7 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qb6 17. Qc2 e5 18. c5 Qd8
19. dxe5 Qe7 20. e6 Qxe6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd2 Qf5 23. Qc3+ Kg8 $11 {1-0
Bruzon Bautista,L (2619)-Alonso,S (2441)/Mendes 2009 (24)}) 12. b3 dxc4 13.
bxc4 e5 14. Ba3 Re8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bd6 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qd7 18. Rab1 Qe6 19.
Ne2 Qf5 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. c5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,
Y (2505)-Murey,J (2487)/Ramat Aviv 2000 (34)}) (10... Na6 11. Bd2 Re8 (11...
Nb4 12. Be1 b6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Na2 Nxe5 15. Nxb4 Nxc4 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. h3 Bb7 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qc5 $17 {0-1 Lahno,K (2535)
-Kryvoruchko,Y (2609)/Paleochora 2010 (54)}) 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Na2 Nxa2 14. Qxa2
Ne4 15. Be1 Nd6 16. b3 Qe7 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Red8 20. a5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 So,W (2640)-Malakhov,V (2706)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009 (65)}) 11. Ne5 (11.
Bd3 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 (13... e5 $1 14. d5 Qb4 $11) 14. Nxe4 h6 15.
Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 g5 17. Bg3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Re1 Bxg3 20. Qxg3 Bf5 21. Nd6
Qf6 22. h4 $16 {1-0 Ftacnik,L (2605)-Horvath,M (2270)/Slovakia 1995 (44)})
11... Nbd7 12. f4 {So finds an ambitious plan, but his chances are hampered by
the undeveloped bishop on c1.} (12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. b3
Qc7 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Be2 Nd5 $11) 12... Nxe5 13. fxe5 (13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Qc2 f6
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. b3 b6 17. Ba3 c5 $11) 13... Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 $1 {[%mdl 4]
Opening the way for the c8 bishop seems to be the natural solution. The open c
file would be of benefit only to the first player.} (14... cxd5 $6 15. e4 Qb4
16. Qxb4 axb4 17. Nb5 dxe4 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Bd2 $16) 15. e4 (15. Bf3 Qb4 16. Qa2
Nb6 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Nf4 Bf5 $11) 15... Qb4 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 d4
18. Nb1 Be6 19. Qd3 Qxe5 20. Nd2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qb3+ Be6 23. Bc4 $16) 16.
Qc2 $2 {White players often suffer from the delusion, that nothing really bad
can happen to the player with a spare tempo.} (16. Qa3 $1 f6 17. exd5 fxe5 18.
dxc6 bxc6 19. d5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nf6 $11) 16... Nxe5 $1 17. h3 $6 {In shock and
disbelief White makes a meek move just to avoid the critical line 17.dxe5.} (
17. dxe5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 d4 19. Bf4 dxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Re8 22. Rd6 Kf8
23. Rf1 Bxe5 24. Bc4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 f5 26. Rf6+ Kg7 27. Rf7+ Kh6 28. exf5 Re1+
29. Bf1 Bxf5 $15) (17. exd5 Bf5 $1 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 $17) 17... Nd7 (
17... Be6 $1 18. dxe5 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 d4 20. Bf4 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rae8
23. Rab1 Bc8 $17) 18. exd5 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 (19... Re8 $1 20. dxc6 bxc6 21.
Bf3 Ne5 22. Qe4 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Bd2 Qb2 $17) 20. Bh6 Be5 {Black is
eager to play interesting, rather than the strongest moves. His lack of clear
focus will cost him the lion's share of the advantage.} (20... Re8 $1 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. Bf3 Bb7 $17) 21. Bf3 $1 (21. Bxf8 Qf4 22. Kg1 Bxh3 $1 23. Bf3 (23.
gxh3 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Qxh3+ 25. Kf2 (25. Ke1 Bg3+ 26. Kd2 Bf4+ 27. Ke1 Qh1+ 28. Kf2
(28. Bf1 Re8+) 28... Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Be3 $19) 25... Bg3+ 26. Ke3 Re8+ 27. Kd3 Qf5+
28. Kd2 (28. Kc4 Qxc2) 28... Qf4+ 29. Kd3 Re3+ 30. Kd2 Rf3#) 23... Qh2+ 24. Kf1
Rxf8 $17) 21... cxd5 (21... Re8 22. dxc6 Ra6 23. Re1 bxc6 24. Bg5 $15) 22. Nxd5
(22. Bxf8 Qf4 23. Kg1 Bf5 24. Qf2 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Rxf8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Be6
28. Rad1 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 $17) 22... Nxd5 23. Rxd5 {Finaliy White is consolidated
and has fair chances of survival.} Bf5 (23... Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Bxf8 Bxa1
26. Rd8 h5 27. Re8 Kh7 28. Bd5 Kg8 29. Bf3 $11) (23... Re8 24. Qd2 Bxb2 (24...
Qxb2 25. Re1) 25. Rb1 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Bf6 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Bxa5 Re3 29. Bxb7
Bxb7 30. Rxb7 Ra3 $15) 24. Qe2 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rb5 (26. Rb5 Qd4 27. Rxb7
Rae8 28. Rd1 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 c6
15. Bg5 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. h3 Qe1+ 19. Kh2 Bxh3 20. Bxf6
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 dxc4 22. Qxb7 gxf6 23. Qc8+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. dxc4 Qe6 26. Qf4
Kg7 27. c5 a5 28. a4 Kf8 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qf4 Kf8 31. Kh2 f5 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33.
Qd8 Qh6+ 34. Kg2 f4 35. Qh4 Qxh4 36. gxh4 Kf6 37. Kf1 Kf5 38. f3 h5 39. Ke2 Ke6
40. Kd3 Kf5 41. Kc3 Kf6 42. Kc2 Ke6 43. Kd2 Kf6 44. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rac1 Ng4 12. Bd2 Ngf6 13. h3 Qb8 14. Be3 b5 15.
a3 Bb7 16. b4 Bf8 17. d5 Rc8 18. Nd2 Be7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qd3 Nb6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Qb7 23. Qb1 Na4 24. Qa1 Bd8 25. Bd3 Bb6 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Nb3 Nh5 28.
Na5 Qd8 29. Rc6 Nf4 30. Bf1 Rxc6 31. Nxc6 Qg5 32. g3 Ng6 33. Qc1 Qxc1 34. Rxc1
Rc8 35. h4 Kf8 36. Bh3 Rc7 37. Kf1 Ne7 38. Ke2 Ke8 39. Rc2 Nxc6 40. dxc6 Nb6
41. Rc3 Ke7 42. Kd3 Nc4 43. Bd7 Nb2+ 44. Ke2 Na4 45. Rc2 Nb6 46. Bh3 Nc4 47.
Bd7 Nb6 48. Bh3 Kd8 49. f4 Re7 50. Kf3 Kc7 51. Bf1 Nc8 52. Bh3 Nb6 53. Bf1 exf4
54. gxf4 d5 55. Bd3 Nc4 56. Kf2 Kxc6 57. exd5+ Kxd5 58. Bxh7 Kd4 59. Bg8 Nxa3
60. Rc6 Nc4 61. Rxa6 Kc3 62. h5 Kxb4 63. h6 gxh6 64. Rf6 Re8 65. Bh7 Re7 66.
Rxh6 Kc3 67. Rf6 b4 68. Bg8 Re8 69. Bxf7 Rf8 70. Rf5 b3 71. Bg6 Rxf5 72. Bxf5
Na3 73. Be6 Nc4 74. Bf5 b2 75. Ke2 Na3 76. Kd1 Nc4 77. Bb1 Nd2 78. Ba2 Nc4 79.
Bb1 Na3 80. Ba2 Nc2 81. Bb1 Ne3+ 82. Ke2 Nd5 83. f5 Kd4 84. Kd2 Ke5 85. Kc2
Kxf5 86. Kxb2+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6
15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ke2 f6 17. Rhd1 Ke8 18. Rac1 Be7 19. a5 Kf8 20. Na2 Kf7 21.
Bb6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bd6 23. Bc7 Ke7 24. Ke3 Kd7 25. Bxd6 Kxd6 26. Nc3 Be8 27.
Rd1+ Ke7 28. Kd4 Bd7 29. Kc5 Rc8+ 30. Kb6 Rc4 31. Kxb7 Rb4+ 32. Kc7 Rc4+ 33.
Kb6 Rb4+ 34. Kc7 Rc4+ 35. Kb6 Rb4+ 36. Kxa6 Bc8+ 37. Ka7 Rb7+ 38. Ka8 Rxb2 39.
Ra1 Rxg2 40. a6 Bxa6 41. Rxa6 Rxh2 42. Ra7+ Kd6 43. f4 Rh4 44. Nb5+ Kc5 45. Nc7
e5 46. Ne6+ Kc4 47. fxe5 Rxe4 48. Nxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 {Caro-Kann sieht heutzutage wie eine unantastbare Festung
aus. Zusammen mit der Russischen Partie sind das die zwei Eröffnungen, die die
meisten Probleme vor die Weißspieler stellen. Doch im Vergleich zu Russisch
erlaubt es Caro-Kann auch, auf einen Konter zu spielen.} 3. e5 {Heutzutage ist
der Vorstoß 3.e5 auf hohem Niveau öfters anzutreffen als die alte
Hauptvariante 3.Nc3. Das Problem nach 3.Nc3 liegt in der Stellung, die nach
den folgenden Zügen aufs Brett kommt:} (3. Nc3 {Die "klassische Hauptvariante".
} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 $11 {Die Erfahrungen der letzten
Jahren haben gezeigt, dass diese Stellung, die fast forciert aufs Brett kommt,
ausgeglichen ist.} 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 $11 {Früher spielte man diese
Stellung mit dem Bauern auf c2 (ohne Bb4-Be7). Der Unterschied ist, dass
Schwarz sehr gutes Gegenspiel mittels b5 bekommt. Deswegen greift Weiß öfters
zu 3.e5.}) (3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 {Der Panov Angriff.} Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 {
führt ebenfalls zu Stellungen mit gleichen Chancen für beide Seiten.}) 3... Bf5
{Nun hat Weiß eine Menge an spielbaren Varianten.} ({Eine Alternative ist} 3...
c5 {, wonach Weiß zu einem kleinen Vorteil kommen kann.} 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4
(5... e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. c3 Nf5 8. Bd4 Bd7 9. Qd2 a5 10. Be2 a4 11. O-O Qa5 12.
Bd3 Nfxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2 14. Nbxd2 $14 {Socko - Dziuba (Lubniewice, 2005)}) 6.
Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Qc7 11. O-O Bxf3 (11... axb5 12.
Nxb5 Qb8 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Nxf7 $16) 12. Qxf3 Qxe5 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Na4 $14 {
Navara - Landa (Erfurt, 2008)}) 4. Nf3 {Eine der vielen Fortsetzungen, aber im
Angesicht der letzten Partien wieder die Hauptfortsetzung.} (4. Nd2 $5 {
Ist eine zu beachtende Alternative.} e6 5. Nb3 c5 $1 {Der direkteste und
stärkste Versuch!} ({Nach} 5... Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 (6... c5 $2 7. dxc5 Nxc5 (7...
a6 8. Nbd4 Bg6 9. b4 $16) 8. Nxc5 Bxc5 9. Bb5+ $16) 7. Be2 $14 {hat Weiß sein
erstes Ziel erreicht - Schwarz kann kein c5 spielen, und damit ist dem Weißen
ein kleiner Vorteil gesichert.}) 6. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Nf3
Ne7 10. Qa4+ Nbc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bf4
Rc8 16. O-O-O Ne7 $11 {Rublevsky - Erenburg (Beer Sheva, 2005). Der Vorteil
des Läuferpaares ist nicht spürbar, weil die Stellung geschlossen ist.} 17. h3
Ng6 18. Bh2 Nc4 19. Re1 O-O $11 {Kosintseva N. - Chiburdanidze (Krasnoturyinsk,
2006). Zwar hat Weiß den Vorteil des Läuferpaares, doch die Stellung ist
ziemlich geschlossen und Schwarz kann sie wohl halten.}) ({Zu scharfem, für
Caro-Kann eher nicht typischen, Spiel führt} 4. Nc3 $5 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
$132) (4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 {führt zu einer Stellung ähnlich der
Partiestellung.}) (4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 $132 {Weiß hat
das Feld d5 aufgegeben, hat dafür jedoch einen Raumvorteil. Die Stellung ist
gut spielbar für beide Seiten.}) 4... e6 5. Be2 Ne7 (5... c5 $5 {Noch bis vor
Kurzem galt diese Variante als ausgleichend, doch die letzten
Theorieentwicklungen haben gezeigt, dass Schwarz doch kein leichtes Leben hat.}
6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 (8. Bg5 Qd7 $1 9. Bxe7 (9. Nc3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11.
Bf4 Nec6 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. h5 Bh7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Qg3 a6 $132 {
Charbonneau - Erenburg (Baltimore, 2008)}) (9. c4 Nbc6 10. Bxe7 Bxe7 11. Nxf5
exf5 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc3 a6 15. Qd4 Bd6 16. a4 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rad8
18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Qg5 $36 {Shabalov - Kacheishvili (Philadelphia, 2008).
Schwarz kann eigentlich nur besser stehen.}) 9... Bxe7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Bf3 (
11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Bc5 $132 {Nijboer -
Erenburg (Dieren, 2006). Der Bauer e5 ist genauso schwach wie der Bauer d5.'})
11... Qb5 {'!'} (11... d4 $6 {Man sollte dem weißen Läufer nicht so viel Platz
machen.} 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd3 Rb8 15. b3 Rb5 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Nd2
Bb4 18. Nc4 Bc3 19. Rad1 $14 {Volokitin - Bareev (Warsaw, 2002)}) 12. Qxd5 Qxb2
13. O-O Nc6 14. Nd2 (14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Kd7 16. Nc3 Rhd8 17. Rfd1+ Ke6 $11 {
Almasi - Vallejo Pons (Heviz, 2008)}) 14... Rd8 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Kd7 17.
Rfd1+ Kc7 $11 {Mamedov - Rodshtein (Plovdiv, 2008)}) (8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4
10. O-O Bxf3 (10... Nxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 {Der Abtausch bring Schwarz
keine Erleichterung, im Gegenteil, er gerät in einen Entwicklungsnachteil, der
entscheidend ist.} Nc6 13. c4 $1 Be7 (13... Nxe5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rac1 Be7 16.
Rfd1 $16 {/\Nc6/Nb5}) 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nf5 $16 {Bologan - Bakker
(Gibraltar, 2006)}) 11. Nxf3 g6 $1 (11... Nf5 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Bd3 Nh4 14. Nxh4
Bxh4 15. Qg4 g6 {Kritz - Miton (Lubbock, 2008)} 16. Rad1 $1 h5 (16... O-O 17.
c4 $14) 17. Qe2 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f4 Qe7 20. c4 $14) 12. c4 $5 Bg7 $11 {
Kamsky - Topalov (Sofia, 2009)}) 8... Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qa5
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. g4 Nh4 17. Bxc4 g5 18.
f5 Nxe5 19. Bb3 Bc5 20. Ba4+ $1 (20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6 Ke7 $11 {
Bologan - Le Quang Liem (Moscow, 2010)}) 20... Ke7 21. f6+ Kxf6 22. Ne4+ Kg7
23. Nxc5 Nc4 24. Ba7 $14 {Caruana - Arutinian (Rijeka, 2010)}) (5... Nd7 6. O-O
Ne7 (6... c5 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3 $14) 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
11. Nf3 $14) (5... h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bh7 9. Bd2 $14 {In allen
Varianten, wo Schwarz es nicht schafft, den Vorstoß c5 durchzuführen, steht
Weiß besser.}) 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 {Die einzige ernsthafte Alternative ist 7.c4}
(7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3 (8. Nc3 dxc4 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Na4 Ndb4 $11 {und Weiß hatte
keinen Vorteil in Alekseev - Ponomariov (Kallithea, 2008)}) 8... dxc4 9. Nxc4
Nd5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Be3 b5 13. Na3 a6 14. dxc5 Be7 $44 {Motylev -
Riazantsev (Poikovsky, 2010). Die schwarze Kompensation basiert auf der
Schwäche des Bauern e5, dem schlechten weißen Springer a3 und der Drohung Nxe3
wonach die weiße Bauernstruktur ruiniert wird.}) 7... Nec6 8. a3 (8. Bg5 {
sieht logisch aus.} Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Na3 c3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13.
Bb5 Qxc5 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Qxd7 Qxb5 16. Nd6 $14 {Naiditsch - Le Quang Liem 
(Dortmund, 2010)}) (8. Be3 {wird oft gespielt, ist aber seit langer Zeit auf
hohem Niveau abgestellt.} Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Na3 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc4
O-O 13. Qc1 Nd3 14. Qe3 Qd5 $11 {Ivanchuk - Karpov (Monte Carlo, 1998)}) 8...
Nd7 $5 $146 {Bis jetzt wurde nur 8....Bxc5 gespielt, wonach Weiß etwas bessere
Chancen hatte. Der Partiezug sieht gut aus.} (8... Bxc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Nd7
11. c4 dxc4 12. Nbd2 $14 {Inarkiev - Simutowe (Goa, 2002)}) 9. b4 (9. Bf4 $2
Bxc5 10. b4 Bb6 $15) 9... a5 $1 {Das ist die Idee hinter 8....Nbd7. Das Nehmen
auf e5 würde Weiß in Vorteil bringen.} (9... Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb2 Nc6
12. Nd2 $14 {Der Läufer auf der langen Diagonale sieht sehr unangenehm aus.
Vor allem kann Schwarz die Entwicklung nicht vollenden, weil der Bauer g7
hängt.}) 10. Nd4 ({Interessant ist der direkte Versuch} 10. b5 $5 Ncxe5 11. Nd4
$1 (11. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Nc4 $1 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qf3 (14. Nd2 Qd5 $17)
14... Bxc5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Qxb7 Qc8 $1 (16... Rxg7 17. Qc6+ $16) 17. Qxc8+
Rxc8 18. Bc3 Bh3 19. g3 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 a4 $17) 11... Nxc5 (11... Bg6 12. c6 bxc6
13. bxc6 Nb8 14. Bb5 $16) (11... Bxc5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Nd2 $14 {Weiß steht klar besser.}) 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qd4 f6 14. Nc3 Ne4 15.
Na4 $1 (15. Nxd5 Bc5 16. Qd1 O-O $36 {Die schwarzen Figuren stehen zu aktiv.})
15... Rc8 16. Ra2 $44 {Der nächste Zug von Weiß ist Rd1 und der Bauer d5 kommt
in Gefahr. Weiß hat sicherlich gute Kompensation, ob das für einen Vorteil
reicht, ist jedoch fraglich.}) 10... axb4 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Bb2 (12. Qxd5 Bxc5
13. Rd1 Ra5 $15 {Weiß kann auf keinen Vorteil hoffen, wenn seine Figuren fast
alle auf der Grundreihe stehen.}) 12... Bxc5 13. axb4 {Der stärkste Zug.} (13.
Qxd5 Ra5 14. Qd3 Ndxe5 15. Qxf5 $2 Bd4 $1 $17) 13... Rxa1 14. Bxa1 Nxb4 15. Nc3
Nb6 (15... O-O 16. Nxd5 Nc6 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Nf4 Re8 19. Bc4 $14 {Die weiße
Aktivität verspricht mehr als Kompensation.}) 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Qxf5
{Beide Spieler machen die besten Züge und enden in einem ausgeglichenen
Endspiel.} (18. Rd1 $2 Nd4 19. Qe3 Nb3 20. Qf4 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Qe7 22. Rd1 Qe6
$17) 18... Nd4 (18... Qe7 $5 19. Ne2 $1 Rd8 20. Qf4 $14 {Weiß kontrolliert das
Feld d4 und bereitet Ng3-Nf5 vor.}) 19. Qd3 Qh4 20. g3 Qg4 {Weiß kann den
weißfeldrigen Läufer sowieso nicht retten.} 21. Ne2 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 Qc4 $6 ({
Stärker war} 22... Nc4 $1 23. Qxc5 (23. Nf4 b6 24. Nxd5 $2 Nd2 25. Rc1 Nf3+ 26.
Kg2 Qe4 $19) 23... Qxe2 24. Qxd5 Nd2 25. Rc1 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Ne1+ 27. Kg1 Nf3+ $11
) 23. Rb1 $1 Ra8 (23... Qxc2 $4 24. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Qe4 26. Qxb6 $18) 24.
Bc3 h6 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Bd4 ({Auch stark war} 26. Rb5 Na4 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28.
Nxd4 Rd8 29. Nf5 $14) 26... Nd7 27. e6 $1 {Svidler spielt sehr stark. Der
einzige Fehler des Gegners im 22. Zug hat ihm gereicht, um großen Vorteil zu
erzielen.} (27. Rxb7 $2 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Nxe5 $11) 27... fxe6 28. Rxb7 Rd8 (28...
Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Nc5 30. Rb4 $16) 29. Rc7 (29. Nf4 $1 {konnte den Punkt sichern!}
Bxd4 30. Nxe6 Bxf2+ (30... Nc5 31. Nxd8 Nxb7 32. Nxb7 $18) 31. Kxf2 Re8 32.
Nxg7 Kxg7 (32... Rf8+ 33. Ke3 Nc5 34. Ra7 $18) 33. Rxd7+ Kg6 34. Rc7 Re4 35.
Rc6+ Kg5 36. Kf3 Rd4 37. h3 h5 38. Ke3 $18) 29... Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Nc5 31. Nc6 (
31. Nb5 Rd5 32. Nc3 Re5 33. f4 Re3 34. Nb5 Ne4 35. Rxc4 g5 $1 $44) 31... Rd1+
32. Kg2 Ne4 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Nd5+ Kg8 35. Ne7+ (35. Ne3 $1 {gewann leicht,
aber vermutlich waren die Spieler in Zeitnot.} Rd2 36. Rxc4 Nxf2 (36... Rxf2+
37. Kg1 $18) 37. Nf1 Re2 38. Kf3 $18) 35... Kf7 36. Nc8+ Kf6 37. Rxc4 Re1 (
37... Nd6 $2 38. Nxd6 Rxd6 39. h4 $18) 38. Na7 {Weiß hat zwar den Bauern
gewonnen, doch während er seine Figuren mobilisiert, bekommt Schwarz
Initiative.} Ke5 39. Nb5 Re2 40. Kf3 Re1 $4 {Nur Zeitnot kann erklären, warum
Schwarz nicht auf f2 genommen hat.} (40... Rxf2+ $1 41. Ke3 Rf3+ 42. Kxf3 Nd2+
43. Ke2 Nxc4 $11) 41. Nd4 Kd5 42. Rb4 Nc3 (42... Nd2+ 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. Nb3 $1
Nxb3 (44... Rxc2 45. Rd4+ Ke5 46. Rxd2 $18) 45. cxb3 $16) 43. Nb3 e5 44. Rb7
e4+ 45. Kf4 $2 {Normalerweise muss der König im Endspiel ins Zentrum laufen,
doch in diesem Fall wäre es besser gewesen, wenn er zu Hause geblieben wäre.} (
45. Kg2 Re2 46. Rd7+ Kc4 47. Rd4+ Kb5 48. Rd2 $16) 45... Re2 {Forciert das
Remis.} 46. Rd7+ (46. Rxg7 $2 Rxf2+ 47. Kg4 Rxc2 $15) 46... Ke6 47. Rd2 Nd5+ $1
48. Kg4 Rxd2 49. Nxd2 e3 50. fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bh6
Rfd8 15. Qf3 Qxc3 16. Qf6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. Rfc1 Qb2 20. Rcb1
Qc3 21. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8.
d4 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 a4 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Nd4 Qc8 15.
Bd2 Bxd4 16. exd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. g4 h5 20. Rac1 Red8 21. Qe4
Nac4 22. Bg5 Nxb2 23. Rd2 a3 24. Rg2 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Re8 26. Rc2 c6 27. dxc6 bxc6
28. Rcg2 Nd5 29. Bh4 Qxg4 30. Rxg4 Nxc3 31. Qxc6 Nxa2 32. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6
15. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 Bd5 15.
Be7 Rfc8 16. Bd6 Qb7 17. a4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc2 19. Bd3 Rc6 20. Bb5 Rcc8 21. h4
Bf8 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Be2 Rc2 24. Rfc1 Rac8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. h5 gxh5 27. Nh2
f5 28. exf6 Qf7 29. Bd3 Rc8 30. Nf1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Qh4 d6 10. Bh6 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. b3 Rc5 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Re8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nge4 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. a4 Bb7 13. Bd2 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 c5 16. Qh4 Nf6 17. Be1 a5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd2 Qc6 21. Bf3
Qa6 22. Qc4 Qb6 23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Nc4 Qa6 25. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. Na3
Rd8 9. Naxc4 Qa6 10. Qb3 Rxd4 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Rac1 c6 13. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1
h6 15. e4 Nb6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Bd7 18. g4 Qa5 19. Qd1 Be8 20. h4 g5 21.
hxg5 hxg5 22. Bg3 Qxa2 23. Qd2 Qb1+ 24. Kh2 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxg5+ Kf8
27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Qxd8 Qh7+ 31. Bh4 Qh8 32. f4 Nd5 33.
Kg3 Kg7 34. Nf3 c5 35. f5 Qf8 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Qe5 Bd7 39. Qh5+
Kg8 40. Qg5+ Qg7 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qb8 Qxb2 43. Qd6 Qg7 44. Qxc5 Bc6 45. Qxa7
Qc7+ 46. Kf2 Nc3 47. Qd4 Ne4+ 48. Ke3 Qa5 49. Kf4 Qa3 50. Ng5+ Nxg5 51. Bxg5
Qf3+ 52. Ke5 Kg6 53. Bd8 Qe2+ 54. Kd6 e5 55. Qb6 e4 56. Qd4 Qf3 57. Qh8 Qf4+
58. Kc5 Qe3+ 59. Kd6 Qg3+ 60. Kc5 Qg1+ 61. Kd6 Qd1+ 62. Kc5 Qg1+ 63. Kd6 Qg3+
64. Kc5 Qf2+ 65. Kd6 Qf4+ 66. Kc5 Qf2+ 67. Kd6 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nbd7 9. f4 e6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. c5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bg2 f5 14. f3 exf3 15.
Bxf3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Bh4+ 17. Kd1 Nf6 18. Rg1 O-O 19. Be1 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 a5 21. a3
Rf7 22. Ra2 Nd5 23. Rag2 Rcc7 24. Kc1 Ra7 25. Rg5 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Campomanes Memorial op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roca, Petronio"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. c4 bxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. Re1 c5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. e4 Ba8 13. Rxb8 Qxb8 14. Qe2 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. e5 Nh5 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. N2f3 d6 19. Qc4 Rc8 20. exd6 exd6 21.
Re7 d5 22. Qb5 a6 23. Qa5 Bf8 24. Re2 Ne4 25. Bd2 Qb7 26. Ng5 Nhf6 27. Nxe4
Nxe4 28. f3 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Rc5 30. Qd8 Rxc3 31. Ne2 Rxf3 32. Qxd5 Qb6+ 33. Nd4
Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Manila Campomanes Memorial op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qa5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Ng5 Rb8 13. Ne4 c4 14. Ba3 Re8
15. Nc5 b6 16. Bb4 Bf5 17. e4 bxc5 18. Bxa5 Bd7 19. Bc7 Rb5 20. Rxb5 Bxb5 21.
Rb1 Rc8 22. Bf4 a6 23. Bf1 e5 24. Be3 Bf8 25. f3 Bd6 26. a4 Bxa4 27. Bxc4 Bb5
28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 c4 30. f4 f6 31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Bf4 Ke6 34.
Rb6+ Kd7 35. Rb7+ Rc7 36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 37. Ke3 Kc6 38. d4 cxd3 39. Kxd3 Kc5 40.
c4 Kb4 41. Bd2+ Kc5 42. Bc3 g5 43. g4 Kc6 44. Bxe5 fxe5 45. Kc2 h6 46. Kb3 Kc5
47. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Manila Campomanes Memorial op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2010.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nolte, Rolando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. Qc1 Ng4 15.
Bxg4 hxg4 16. Qxg5 Rg6 17. Qf4 Be7 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Bb8 Qd8 20. Bc7 Qd7 21. Ba5
Kf7 22. e5 Rh8 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nc5 Qc8 25. Bd2 Rh5 26. b3 c3 27. Bxc3 Rgh6 28.
Bd2 Bg5 29. Qxg5 Rxg5 30. Bxg5 Rg6 31. Bf4 Rg8 32. a4 b4 33. Rac1 Rd8 34. Be3
a5 35. Nd3 Ba8 36. Rc5 Qa6 37. Rd2 Rd5 38. Rxd5 cxd5 39. Rd1 Bc6 40. h4 gxh3
41. gxh3 Qa8 42. Rc1 Qa6 43. Rd1 Qa8 44. Kh2 Qe8 45. Rc1 Bxa4 46. Rc7+ Kg8 47.
bxa4 Qxa4 48. Nc5 Qb5 49. Nd7 Kf7 50. Nf6+ Kg6 51. Kg3 Qf1 52. Ne8 Qg1+ 53. Kh4
1-0

[Event "Manila Campomanes Memorial op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2010.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
e6 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. c5 Qa5 15.
b4 Qc7 16. Qb2 O-O 17. a4 Rfb8 18. Rfb1 Qc8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Qxa1
Ra8 22. Qb2 Kf8 23. Ra1 g6 24. b6 Ke8 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. bxa7 Qa8 27. Qa3 Ng8 28.
e4 Ne7 29. exd5 exd5 30. Bf1 f6 31. h4 Nc8 32. Qe3+ Kf7 33. Qh6 Kg8 34. h5 Ne7
35. Qf4 Kf8 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. dxe5 Ng8 38. e6 1-0

[Event "Manila Campomanes Memorial op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2010.08.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Barbosa, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. Bxc4 Nbc6
8. Be3 O-O 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qg6 13. Bc5 Bg4 14. Qb3
Rfe8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Bb6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Rd7 Ra5 20. Qb3
Rc5 21. Rfd1 h6 22. Rd8 Kf8 23. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lee, Sanghoon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Korea"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Qd5 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Nd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Qd7 13. Ne4 a6 14. Nc5 Qc8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Qa1 Nd7 18. Qa7 Nf6 19. O-O O-O 20. Ra1 Re8 21. e4
Qb8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Ra7 b4 24. cxb4 c3 25. Bd1 Rd8 26. Bc2 h6 27. Kf1 Kh7 28.
Rxe7 Kg8 29. Ra7 Rxd4 30. Rxa8+ Kh7 31. Ra7 Rd2 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Rxf7+ Bg7 34.
Bb3 Rb2 35. e5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 b6 21. g4
Bg6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Bd6 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. f4 Bd3 27. Bc6 Rec8
28. d5 Kf8 29. a4 Ba6 30. a5 b5 31. Rab1 Bb7 32. Rxb5 Bxc6 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34.
dxc6 Rc8 35. Rb1 Rxc6 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Rxa7 Rxc3 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+
9. c3 Bg4 10. Be2 e6 11. Bf2 Nf5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h4 14. O-O Nd7 15. b4 Qc7
16. Be2 Bh6 17. Qd2 f6 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. dxe5 O-O 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rf7 22.
Qe2 b6 23. Bd6 Nxd6 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. Qg4 Rf6 26. Bxg6 Rxf4 27. Qh5 Qf8 28.
Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Rf1 Qg5 30. Bf7+ Kg7 31. Qxg5+ Bxg5 32. Bxe6 Be3+ 33. Kh2 Rf8 34.
Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paraguay"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bh6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Nc3 Ne7 16. Rae1 Rac8 17. Nd1 Be8 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21.
h4 Qd6 22. h5 Ne7 23. e4 Qg3 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Nd5 27. Kg3
f5 28. Rxe6 Bf4+ 29. Kh4 fxg4 30. Kxg4 Bc1 31. Re5 Rcd8 32. Rf2 Rg8+ 33. Kh4 h6
34. Rf5 Bf4 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Nxb4 37. Re4 Nc6 38. Rff4 Rg2 39. Nf2 Rh2+
40. Nh3 Rd2 41. Re6 R2xd4 42. Rxh6+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kh8 44. Rh6+ Kg7 45. Rg6+ Kh8
46. Rh6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uruguay"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 e6 5. f3 Nf6 6. e4 exd5 7. exd5 d6 8. Bb5+
Nbd7 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. O-O-O Qxe2 13. Ngxe2 b5 14. g4
Bb7 15. Ng3 h6 16. Nge4 Ne8 17. Rhe1 Rd8 18. g5 Be7 19. gxh6 gxh6 20. Re2 f5
21. Ng3 Ng7 22. Rg2 Rde8 23. Nb1 Bf6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Na3 Bd4 26. Nxc4 Bxd5 27.
Nxd6 Ref8 28. Rgd2 Bxf3 29. Rf1 Bg4 30. Nc4 Ne6 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33.
Rxd4+ Ke6 34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Nd6 h5 36. Rf1 Ke5 37. Rxg4 fxg4 38. Nf7+ Kd4 39.
Nxd8 Rxd8 40. Nxh5 Rh8 41. Rf5 Nd3+ 42. Kc2 Ke3 43. Nf6 Rxh2+ 44. Kc3 Rh4 45.
Ra5 Nf4 46. Ra3 Ke2 47. Kc2 Ng2 48. Nxg4 Ne1+ 49. Kc3 Rxg4 50. Rxa6 Rg3+ 51.
Kc4 Rg4+ 52. Kc3 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5
Bd7 15. exf5 Rb8 16. a4 Rg8 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. h4 h5 21.
Nxe5 Bd2+ 22. Kxd2 dxe5 23. Kc2 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qb6 25. Ra8 Rxa8 26. Qxa8+ Kd7
27. Rd1+ Kc7 28. Qa4 Rg4 29. Qa8 Rg8 30. Qa4 Rg4 31. Qa8 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 {This move is not too
popular but quite decent.} Ne5 (12... Qa5 {is the main line.}) 13. Bb3 (13. Bd5
e6 14. dxe5 exd5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. exd5 Bxe5 17. f4 (17. Ng3 f5 18. f4 Bd6 $15 {
0-1 Gligoric,S (2565)-Savon,V (2540)/Ljubljana 1977/MCD (42)}) 17... Bg7 18. d6
Qc6 19. Be7 b5 20. f5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Ng3 c4 $13 {0-1 Gligoric,S (2565)
-Tseshkovsky,V (2590)/Ljubljana 1977/MCD (32)}) 13... Ng4 (13... c4 $6 14. Bc2
Ng4 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 Qa5 17. Rfd1 (17. Bh4 $6 Rxd4 $1 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. h3
Ne5 20. f4 Nd3 21. Bxd3 dxc3 22. Qe2 cxd3 23. Qxd3 b5 $44 {0-1 Ftacnik,L (2535)
-Dvoirys,S (2470)/Sochi 1982/MCD (49)}) 17... Bh6 18. f4 exd4 19. cxd4 Qxd2 20.
Rxd2 b5 21. h3 Ne3 22. Bb1 b4 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 axb4 25. Kf2 c3 26. Ra2 $1 $16
{1-0 Kluve,S (2568)-Pfretzschner,R (2506)/corr ICCF 1999/80 telechess (50)})
14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 (15. Bg5 $2 exd4 $1 16. g3 d3 $1 17. Bxd8 Qxd8 18. Kg2 Bh6
19. f4 Qc7 20. Ng1 c4 21. Bd1 Qe7 $17 {[%csl Gd3] 1/2 Schrader,A-Kapfenstein,A/
www.desc-online.de 2005/Telechess CBM 113 (33)}) 15... Qe7 (15... Bh6 $2 16.
Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 17. Qxh6 Qxe4 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 19. Qxh7+ Kf6 (19... Kf8 20. Qh8+
Ke7 21. Qg7+ Kd6 22. dxc5+ Kc6 23. Nd4+ Rxd4 24. cxd4 Be6 25. Rce1 Qf5 26. f3 {
1-0 Tarjan,J (2525)-Castro Rojas,O (2430)/Bogota 1979/EXT 2003}) 20. Ng3 Qe7
21. Ne4+ $1 Qxe4 22. Rce1 $18 {1-0 Muratov,V-Kremenietsky,A/Soviet Union 1974/
EXT 2010 (27)}) 16. h3 (16. f3 Bh6 17. Qb2 Ne3 18. Rfe1 c4 19. Ba4 f6 20. Rb1
Qd6 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Bf2 Qf6 23. Ng3 Rd3 $36 {0-1 Petidis,K-Nemeth,L/LSS 2006/
Telechess CBM 127 (38)}) (16. Bd5 Bh6 $1 (16... exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Rc7 Rd7
19. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Spassky,B (2565)-Roos,D (2410)/France 1993/TD (23)}) (16...
Be6 17. dxe5 c4 18. f4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc5+ 20. Nd4 Rxd5 21. Qe2 Qc8 22. Rce1 $14
{1/2 Toth,B (2390)-Castro Rojas,O (2420)/Rome 1980/MCD (42)}) 17. f4 exd4 18.
cxd4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Bh4 Re8 21. Nc3 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Bg7 23. e5 f6 24. Nd5
Rad8 25. Rcd1 Ne3 26. Qxe3 Rxd5 27. Qxa7 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 fxe5 29. fxe5 {1/2
Valeinis,J-Bendig,F/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 127}) 16... Nf6 (16... Bh6 17. f4
Nf6 {1-0 Jeremic,V-Manescu,T (2070)/Cannes 1997/EXT 2000 (59)} 18. Bh4 $16) 17.
Qe3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (17. f3 Nh5 18. Bf2 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Be6 $11
{0-1 Vakhidov,J-Faizulaev,A/Tashkent 2007/CBM 119 ext (49)}) 17... exd4 18.
cxd4 cxd4 (18... Qxe4 19. Be5 $1 {and White keeps unpleasant pressure:} cxd4
20. Nxd4 Bf5 (20... Qxe3 21. fxe3 Nd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. e4 Nf6 24. Rc7 $1 $16)
(20... Bh6 $5 21. Qxh6 Qxe5 22. Nf3 $1 $36) 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rc7
Rf8 24. Rxb7 $14) 19. Nxd4 Ng4 $5 {This tactical trick doesn't solve Black's
problems.} (19... Qxe4 20. Be5 {- see previous annotation.}) 20. hxg4 Bxd4 21.
Qf3 $1 Be6 (21... Bb6 22. g5 {[%cal Yf3f6]} Be6 23. Be5 $1 $36) 22. Rc7 Rd7 23.
Bh4 $1 Qxh4 (23... Qd6 $2 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) 24. Rxd7 Bxd7
25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qd5 $1 (26. Qxd7 $143 Rd8 $132) 26... Qf6 27. g5 $1 Qg7 (
27... Qe5 28. Qxd7 Qxe4 (28... Rf8 29. Qd5) 29. Rd1 Bg7 30. Bd5 {- White keeps
an extra pawn in a much more favourable version.}) 28. Rd1 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 $16 {
[%csl Ge4,Rh8] The material is equal now but White keeps the better prospects
due to his strong passed pawn and the poor position of the black king.} Rf8+ (
29... Bc6 30. Qd8+ $1 Qf8+ 31. Qf6+ $1 Qxf6+ 32. gxf6 Bxe4 33. g4 $16 {[%csl
Gf6]}) 30. Kg3 $2 {Alas! Deep home preparation (I am 100% sure that this
position had been on Topalov's computer long before the game) has only one but
an essential drawback: it is impossible for a human to remember everything.
The text move lets White's advantage slip.} (30. Kg1 $142 $1 Bc6 31. Qc5 {
avoiding the checks on c7 and e5 and keeping a clear plus, e.g.} Re8 (31...
Bxe4 $4 {loses due to} 32. Rd7 $1 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Re8 34. Qc7) 32. Rf1 {etc.})
30... Bc6 31. Qc5 Re8 32. Rf1 h6 (32... h5 {was even more accurate, e.g.} 33.
Rf6 (33. Rf7 Qe5+) (33. gxh6 Qc7+ $1 34. e5 Qxe5+ 35. Qxe5+ Rxe5 $11) 33...
Qc7+ 34. e5 Qxe5+ 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. Rxg6 Re2 $11) 33. Rf7 Qe5+ 34. Qxe5+ Rxe5 {
[%mdl 4096]} 35. gxh6 Rxe4 {Black easily holds his ground in this ending as
the white king is cut off.} 36. Kh3 ({The rook ending after} 36. Bd1 Rd4 37.
Bf3 {is drawn, e.g.} Ra4 38. Bxc6 bxc6 39. Rg7 Rxa2 (39... g5 $5 40. Rxg5 $140
Kh7) 40. Rxg6 c5 41. Kh4 (41. Rc6 Kh7 42. Kh3 Rb2 43. g4 Rb6 $1 $11) 41... Kh7
42. Kh5 c4 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. g4 Ra5+ 45. g5 Rc5 46. Rxa7 c3 $11) 36... Re5 37.
g3 (37. Bd1 Rf5 $5) 37... Rc5 38. Kg4 a5 39. Rg7 a4 40. Be6 Re5 41. Bc8 (41.
Bf7 Bd7+ 42. Kf4 Rf5+ 43. Ke4 (43. Ke3 Re5+ 44. Kd4 Re7 45. Kc5 Be6 46. Bxe6
Rxe6 47. Kb5 (47. Rxb7 Re2 48. a3 Re3 $11) 47... Re2 $1 48. a3 Rb2+ 49. Kxa4
b5+ 50. Ka5 Rb3 51. Rxg6 Kh7 $11) 43... Rh5 $1 44. Rg8+ Kh7 45. Bxg6+ Kxg8 46.
Bxh5 Kh7 47. a3 Kxh6 48. Be2 (48. Bd1 b5 49. Kd3 b4 50. axb4 a3 51. Kc3 Kg5 $11
52. Kb3 Ba4+ $1) 48... Kg5 $1 (48... b5 $2 49. Kd4 b4 50. axb4 a3 51. Kc3 Kg5
52. Kb3) 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Kc5 Ke4 51. Bb5 Be6 52. Bxa4 Kf3 53. Bd1+ Kxg3 $11)
41... Bd5 42. a3 b5 43. Ra7 (43. Rxg6 $6 b4) 43... Re8 44. Bb7 Re4+ $1 {
The simplest.} 45. Kg5 Re7 46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. Bxd5 Re5+ 48. Kf6 Rxd5 49. g4 Rc5
50. Rb8 Rc6+ 51. Kg5 Rc5+ 52. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TKM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Rd1 Bc4 13. Qc2 a4 14. e4 Nb4 15.
Qb1 c5 16. Be3 Bd3 17. Rxd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 e5 20. Nd5 exd4 21.
Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. a3 Rac8 25. Qxa4 Re2 26. Qd4 Rcc2 27.
Rd1 Rxb2 28. Bf3 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Kf8 31. a4 Qc5+ 32. Ke2 Qc2+ 33.
Rd2 Qxa4 34. d6 Ke8 35. d7+ Kd8 36. h3 b5 37. Bb7 Qc4+ 38. Rd3 f5 39. Bd5 Qc2+
40. Rd2 Qc3 41. Bf3 b4 42. Rd3 Qc2+ 43. Rd2 Qc7 44. g4 Qh2+ 45. Ke3 Qxh3 46.
gxf5 Qxf5 47. Rd3 b3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Ne8 10. b4 b6 11. Rb1 g6 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Ne1 Kh8 15. Nd3
Ng8 16. Be3 f5 17. f3 Nf6 18. Kh1 f4 19. Bf2 Ngh5 20. Na4 Nd7 21. g4 Ng7 22.
Rg1 Ne8 23. Rgc1 Bh4 24. Qe1 Bxf2 25. Qxf2 g5 26. Nxb6 Qxb6 27. bxc5 Qa7 28.
cxd6 Qxf2 29. Nxf2 Nc5 30. Rb6 Rf6 31. Nd3 Nxd3 32. Bxd3 Rxd6 33. Rcb1 Rxb6 34.
Rxb6 Kg7 35. c5 Nf6 36. Bc4 h5 37. gxh5 Bh3 38. Kg1 g4 39. h6+ Kg6 40. Be2 Kg5
41. c6 Kxh6 42. c7 gxf3 43. Bf1 Rg8+ 44. Kf2 Bxf1 45. Kxf1 Kg5 46. Rb8 Rg6 47.
c8=Q Nxe4 48. Qc2 Nf6 49. h4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 a6
15. Na3 b5 16. Nc2 Nc6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qc1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21.
Bxd4 Rxd4 22. c6 Bc8 23. Qc5 Rd2 24. Rf2 Qa7 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26. a4 b4 27. Bf1
Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nd7 15.
Ne4 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Ne5 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Bf3 a5 21.
Rac1 Rc7 22. Kg2 h6 23. h4 Bf6 24. Rc2 Nd3 25. Rxd3 Bxe5 26. Qd2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2
Rd8 28. Qc6 Bd4 29. e3 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 Bf6 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Bxb5 Bf6 33. b3 Bc3
34. h5 Kf8 35. g4 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kd6 37. Ke4 Be1 38. f4 Bb4 39. Kd3 e5 40. Ke4
exf4 41. exf4 Kc5 42. Bc4 f6 43. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Nc5 14. Nd2 Bxf5 15. f3
Nd3 16. Nde4 Nf4 17. c5 Bg6 18. Bf2 Nf5 19. Re1 Nd4 20. Bf1 dxc5 21. Nxc5 Nc2
22. Rc1 Nxe1 23. Qxe1 b6 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. dxe6 c6 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Rxc6 Rac8 28.
Qc3 Rxc6 29. Qxc6 Rd8 30. Be3 h6 31. h3 Kh8 32. Ba6 Bf8 33. a3 Qe8 34. Qc7 Rd1+
35. Kh2 Qxe6 36. Qxa7 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Qf6 38. Bc8 Bc5 39. Bf5 Qe7 40. Qxe7 Bxe7
41. Bxb6 Bd6 42. a4 Rb1 43. a5 Rxb2 44. Bc8 Rc2 45. Bb7 Bc5 46. Bxc5 Rxc5 47.
a6 Ra5 48. h4 g4 49. h5 Ra3 50. Bc8 Kg7 51. Bxg4 Rxa6 52. Kg3 Kf6 53. Kh4 Ra1
54. Bf5 Rf1 55. Bg6 Rf4+ 56. Kh3 Kg5 57. Kg3 Rf8 58. Kh3 Rc8 59. Bf7 Rc3+ 60.
g3 Rc2 61. Bg6 Re2 62. Bf5 Re1 63. Kg2 Kxh5 64. Kf2 Ra1 65. Kf3 Kg5 66. Kf2 Ra3
67. Be6 Kf6 68. Bf5 Ra7 69. Kg2 Ke7 70. Kh3 Kd6 71. Kh4 Rg7 72. g4 Rg5 73. Bh7
Kc5 74. Bf5 Kd4 75. Bh7 Ke3 76. Bf5 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5
Qb7 15. b3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Qa5 Qc6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. c4 Qe6 20. Rhe1 Rab8
21. Bf4 Qf6 22. Be5 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Rd7 Rxc4 26. Bd4 Rbb4
27. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 Kh8 17. Re3 Rg8 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Qxf7 Rxg2+ 20. Kf1 Rf8
21. Qxf8+ Bxf8 22. Kxg2 Bc5 23. c3 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Bc6+ 25. Kf1 Bd5 26. Rg3 h5
27. Be2 h4 28. Rh3 Qf4 29. Rd1 Qg5 30. Bf3 Bxa2 31. Re1 a5 32. Re3 a4 33. Bxb7
Bc4+ 34. Ke1 Qg1+ 35. Kd2 Qxf2+ 36. Kc3 Be2 37. Reg3 Qe1+ 38. Kc2 Bd1+ 39. Kd3
Qe2+ 40. Kc3 Qc2+ 41. Kb4 Qxb2+ 42. Kc5 Qc1+ 43. Kd6 Qh6 44. Bf3 Bb3 45. Bc6
Qf6 46. Kc5 Qe7+ 47. Kb5 Kh7 48. Rf3 Qd8 49. d5 Bxd5 50. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 51. Kxa4
Qc4+ 52. Ka3 Kg6 53. Rc3 Qa6+ 54. Kb2 Qb6+ 55. Kc2 Qf2+ 56. Kd1 e5 57. Rcf3
Qg1+ 58. Ke2 Qg2+ 59. Ke1 e4 60. Ra3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Na4 Qd6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Na5 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qe1 Qc7 15.
Nb5 Qd8 16. Nc5 Bc6 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd7 Nxc4 21.
Nxf8 Qxb5 22. Nd7 Bg7 23. e4 Nd6 24. e5 Qxd7 25. exd6 exd6 26. Rd5 Rc8 27. Qd2
Bf8 28. Rb1 Rc6 29. Rdb5 b6 30. a4 Bg7 31. Qd5 Bc3 32. Rc1 Rc7 33. h4 h5 34.
Kg2 Ba5 35. Rc4 Bc3 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Rb3 a5 38. Qf3 Bd4 39. g4 hxg4 40. Qxg4
Bxf2 41. Rf3 Bc5 42. h5 Qe7 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. Qxg6+ Qg7 45. Qg3 d5 46. Rf5
Qxg3+ 47. Kxg3 d4 48. Kf4 Kg7 49. Ke4 Kg6 50. Rf3 Kg5 51. Rf1 Kg6 52. Ke5 Kg7
53. Ke6 Bb4 54. Rf3 Bc5 55. Rg3+ Kf8 56. Rg5 Ke8 57. Rd5 Kf8 58. Rd8+ Kg7 59.
Rb8 Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kh5 61. Kf5 Kh4 62. Rg4+ Kh5 63. Rg6 Kh4 64. Rg8 Kh3 65. Kf4
Kh2 66. Kf3 Bb4 67. Rg2+ Kh1 68. Kf2 Be1+ 69. Kf1 Bc3 70. Rg6 Kh2 71. Ke2 Kh3
72. Kd3 Kh4 73. Ke4 Kh3 74. Rxb6 Kg2 75. Rf6 Kg3 76. Rf4 Bd2 77. Rf3+ Kg2 78.
Rf5 Bc3 79. Rf7 Bb2 80. Rf8 Bc3 81. Rf5 Kg3 82. Rg5+ Kf2 83. Rg6 Bb2 84. Rg8
Ba1 85. Rg7 Bb2 86. Rg4 Ba1 87. Rh4 Kg2 88. Rg4+ Kf2 89. Rg6 Bb2 90. Rh6 Kg2
91. Ra6 Bc3 92. Rg6+ Kf1 93. Rg8 Kf2 94. Rg5 Kf1 95. Kf3 Ke1 96. Rg2 Kd1 97.
Ke4 Ke1 98. Kd3 Kf1 99. Re2 Bb4 100. Re4 Bc3 101. Rf4+ Kg2 102. Ke2 Kg3 103.
Re4 Bb2 104. Kd3 Bc3 105. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2010.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc6 19. Bf2 Na5 20. O-O-O Ne5 21.
Kb1 Nec4 22. Ka2 Rc6 23. b4 Nxa3 24. bxa5 Rxc3 25. a6 Bc6 26. Bd4 Rd8 27. Bxc3
Rxd1 28. Kxa3 Bb5 29. Bxb5 Rxh1 30. Be5 Rb1 31. Bd7 b5 32. Bc8 1-0

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2010.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. a3 Be7 12. Qc2 Be6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. e4 Nb6 15.
e5 Qc7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. f5 Bd7 19. f6 Bf8 20. Nf3 Rg8 21. Bh7 Rh8
22. Bd3 Rg8 23. b4 a5 24. Qb3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Qxc4 axb4 27. axb4 Be6 28.
d5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Qxc7+ Kxc7 32. Kc2 Bxb4 33. Rxh6 Kd7
34. Rh7 Ke6 35. g4 Bc5 36. Rg7 Ra8 37. Nxg5+ Kxe5 38. Rxf7 Ra2+ 39. Kd3 Ra3+
40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Ke2 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f4 e6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qa5 13. O-O Kf7 14. f5 Be7
15. Qe3 Re8 16. Qg3 Nc5 17. Nxg7 Rg8 18. Ne6 h6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxg5 21.
Nxg5+ hxg5 22. Rfe1 Bf8 23. Rbd1 Bd7 24. Nd5 Nce4 25. Rxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Bc5+
27. Kf1 Qa4 28. Qe2 Bb5 29. Rd3 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Kf8 31. Qh5 Qh4 32. Qxh4 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bf6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Qb5 Qe6 14. Qxc5
Qxa2 15. Rfe1 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Nd2 Bc3 18. Rec1 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 Nc6 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Ba5 Be6 22. Rxc6 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. f3 Bd5 25. Kf2 Bc6 26. g4 f6
27. h4 Kf7 28. Bd2 h5 29. g5 f5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Ra5 a6 32. Rc5 Rc8 33. Bb4 Bd7
34. Re5 e6 35. e4 Rb8 36. Bc3 Rb5 37. exf5 Rxe5 38. fxg6+ Kxg6 39. Bxe5 a5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. O-O
d6 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Rb1 c6 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Bg4 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. h3 Be6 18. e3 Bb6 19. b5 Bc5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bb2
Qg6 22. Rfd1 h5 23. Kh1 Bf5 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Ra8 26. Bb2 Rb8 27. Bc3 Qe6
28. Rb1 Rxb1+ 29. Qxb1 Bxh3 30. Bxc6 Bf5 31. Bd5 Qg6 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qf8 Be6
34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Qa8 Qf5 36. d4 exd4 37. exd4 Bb6 38. Kg2 Qd3 39. Qf3 Qxc4 40.
Qxh5+ Kg8 41. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia rap (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mohammad, Samir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Nf6 12. c5 h5 13. a4 f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. a5 g4
16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 g3 18. Bxa7 Nd7 19. Kh1 Ng6 20. Bg1 gxh2 21. Bf2 Nf6 22.
Qc2 Ne8 23. b4 h4 24. Kxh2 Bd7 25. Rh1 Qe7 26. Kg1 Rc8 27. Qd2 Nf6 28. a6 Nh5
29. axb7 Rb8 30. Nxd6 Ng3 31. Nb5 Nh5 32. Nd6 Ng3 33. Rh2 Rf6 34. Bc5 Bf8 35.
Ra6 Qd8 36. Bb6 Qe7 37. Bc7 Rxd6 38. Bxd6 Qxd6 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Asia rap (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lee, Sanghoon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Nb1 Be7 12. Nc3 Bc5 13. Nxc4 Nc6 14. Na4 Ba7
15. Nab6 Bxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Bxb8 Rxb8
21. Nxd5 Kf8 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. h4 Re8 24. f3 Ne5 25. Rac1 Bd7 26. Kf2 Bc6 27. Nd3
Nxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Bb5 29. Rdd1 Bc6 30. Rd3 Bb5 31. Re3 Rd8 32. Rc7 Bc6 33. Ree7
Bd5 34. b3 Be6 35. Rxb7 Rd2 1-0

[Event "Asia rap (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Odeev, Handszar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qf3 Qc7 8. Qg3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. f3 g6 13. Be2 Be7 14. Bh6 e5 15. Nb3
Ne6 16. Qf2 g5 17. h4 gxh4 18. Be3 Rg8 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. Rfd1 Ng3+ 21. Kh2 Bg5
22. Bxb5+ Kf8 23. Bf1 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nf4 25. Rd2 h3 26. gxh3 Qe7 27. Bg2 0-1

[Event "Asia rap (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nb5 Na6 11. d5 c6 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. Nbd4 c5 14. Nb5 Qc8 15.
Qc2 Nb4 16. Qb1 Nf6 17. a3 Be4 18. Qc1 Nc2 19. Ra2 Rd8 20. e3 Qb7 21. Nh4 e5
22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Nc3 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Nd4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nd5 Bd8
28. Qe1 f6 29. a4 Be7 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. b3 f5 32. Re2 Rae8 33. Qd2 Qf3 34. Nh4
Qg4 35. Rfe1 f4 36. Qd3 g5 37. Nf5 Re6 38. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Asia rap (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8.
dxc6 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxd4 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. e3 Bf6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Bb5 Rfd8 14.
O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rab8 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Rc2 Rdb7 18. Rb1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia rap (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gundavaa, Bayarsaihan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 c5 13. e4 cxd4 14. exd5 exd5 15.
Nxd4 Bc5 16. cxd5 Ng4 17. h3 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Nxc5 Qxc2 20. Nxc2 Rxc5 21.
Nb4 1-0

[Event "Asia rap (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bc4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bh4 Nhf6 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nf1 c5 13. Ne3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bb3 e6 17. f4 Ng6 18. f5 exf5 19. Ndxf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Qf6 21.
O-O Qe5 22. Qxd6 Kh7 23. Rad1 Kg8 24. Ra1 Kh7 25. Rad1 Rae8 26. Qd7 Ne7 27.
Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Qxb7 a5 29. Rd7 h5 30. Qc7 Qxe4 31. Qxa5 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qxg3 33.
Qc5 Ng6 34. Bxf7 Kh6 35. Qc6 Rxf7 36. Rdxf7 Re1 37. R7f6 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 g4 39.
Qf6 h4 40. Qf2 Qe5 41. Qd2+ Kh5 42. Qd4 Qe2 43. Qf2 Qc4 44. b3 1-0

[Event "Asia rap (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. cxd4 exd4 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. f4 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. f5 Nb7 20. f6+ Kh8 21.
e5 Nc5 22. Nf4 g5 23. Bxh7 Kxh7 24. Nh3 Rh8 25. Qxg5 Ne6 26. Qg4 Qf8 27. Rf5
Nf4 28. Ng5+ Kh6 29. Qxf4 Kg6 30. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Asia rap (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Filippov, Anton"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Nb3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Kh1 h6 14. Bd2 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rac8 20. Qe2 Ra8 21.
Qe4 Rac8 22. Qe2 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd2 Rc7 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Nd2 Nd7 27. Nf3
Nf6 28. Rfc1 Rfc8 29. Ne1 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kg1 Ne4 32. Bd4 Rc4 33. Rd1 b4
34. Kf1 Nd6 35. Ra7 Nf5 36. Rd7 h5 37. Bb6 Bf6 38. b3 R4c6 39. Rb7 Nd6 40. Rc7
R6xc7 41. Bxc7 Nc4 42. Bd6 Nxd6 43. Rxd6 g5 44. Rb6 Be7 45. Rb7 Bd6 46. Rb6 Be7
47. Rb7 Bd6 48. Rb6 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-chT 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.11.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Ne2 Bd5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ng5 f6 19. Nf4 Nh4 20.
exf6+ Kxf6 21. Nxd5+ cxd5 22. Rxd5 Re8 23. g3 Re1+ 24. Kh2 c6 25. Ra5 b6 26.
Rxa7 Kxg5 27. gxh4+ Kxh4 28. Rxg7 Re2 29. Rg2 c5 30. f3 Re3 31. Rf2 Kg5 32. Kg3
h4+ 33. Kg2 Kf4 34. Rd2 Re1 35. a3 Ke3 36. Rf2 Kf4 37. Rd2 Ke3 38. Rd3+ Kf4 39.
Rc3 Re2+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 41. a4 Kg3 42. f4+ Kxf4 43. a5 bxa5 44. Rxc5 a4 45. Rc3
Ke4 46. Ke1 Rh2 47. b4 Kd4 48. Ra3 Kc4 49. Rxa4 Rxh3 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Kg1 Rxc2
52. b5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-chT 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.11.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bangladesh"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nxc5 9. Nb5 a6 10. Bc7 Qe8 11. Nc3 Qc6 12. Be5 e6 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Ncd7
15. Bg3 Qd8 16. Bd6 Re8 17. a4 b6 18. a5 b5 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Qd2 Nb6 21. Bb4 Nc4
22. Qc1 Nd7 23. g3 Nde5 24. Bg2 Nc6 25. Bc5 N6xa5 26. e4 Rc8 27. exd5 Nxb3 28.
cxb3 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2010.11.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Bb2 Nh5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. c4 b4 19. c5 exd4 20. cxd6 Nc5 21. Nc4 Bxd6
22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Bc4 Nxe4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 a5 26. Bb6 Nd6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8
28. Bf1 Nf4 29. Bc7 Re6 30. Nd4 Re4 31. Bxd6 Rxd4 32. Be5 Re4 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34.
Rxa5 Rd4 35. Bc4 Be4 36. Rb5 Bd3 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. Rxb4 h5 39. h4 Kg7 40. Kf1
Rd2 41. Rf4 Rb2 42. Rb4 f6 43. Rb7+ Kh6 44. Rb6 Kg7 45. g3 g5 46. Kg2 g4 47.
Kf1 Kg6 48. Rb5 Kh6 49. Rb8 Kg7 50. b4 Kh7 51. b5 Kg7 52. b6 Kh7 53. Rb7+ Kh6
54. Ke1 Kg6 55. Rb8 Kg7 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. Rb8 Kg7 58. b7 Rb5 59. Ke2 Rb6 60. f4
Rb1 61. Kd3 Rb6 62. Kc4 Rb1 63. Kc5 Rc1+ 64. Kd6 Rd1+ 65. Ke6 Re1+ 66. Kd7 Rd1+
67. Ke6 Re1+ 68. Kf5 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-chT 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.11.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6
15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Ne5 g5 17. Qg4 Nf4 18. Rfe1 Rg8 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Rad1 c5 21. Be4
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ke7 25. h4 Rd8 26. Re1 Ng6 27. hxg5
h5 28. g3 Qd7 29. Bc3 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Kf3 Rh8 33. a4 Kf8 34.
Rd1 Kg7 35. Rd7 h4 36. Kg2 hxg3 37. fxg3 Ra8 38. a5 bxa5 39. Bxa5 c4 40. bxc4
Rc8 41. Rxa7 Rxc4 42. Rc7 Rg4 43. Bd2 Rd4 44. Be3 Ra4 45. c4 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 Kf8
47. Bc5+ Kg7 48. Bd6 Rd2 49. Rc8 Rd4 50. c5 Rd5 51. c6 Nxe5 52. Be7 Ng4 53. Rd8
Rxd8 54. Bxd8 Ne3+ 55. Ke2 Nd5 56. c7 Nb6 57. Ke3 Kf8 58. Kd4 Ke8 59. Kc5 Nc8
60. Kc6 e5 61. Kd5 Na7 62. Kxe5 Nc6+ 63. Kf6 Na7 64. Be7 Kd7 65. Kxf7 Nc6 66.
Bd8 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2010.11.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Qc2 f6 14. Rfd1 Qe8
15. Rab1 Qf7 16. Ba1 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Ba2 18. Rb2 Bd5 19. Rbb1 Ba2 20. Rb2 Bd5 21.
Rbb1 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-chT 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shukuraliev, Algis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.11.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 e4 10. dxc6 exf3 11. d4 fxg2 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Qxg2 Bh5
15. Nd2 Qd6 16. Re5 Bg6 17. Rae1 Kf8 18. Bh4 Ng8 19. Bg3 Qf6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Qg6 22. Qe2 Rad8 23. d5 f6 24. Bc2 Qf7 25. Re6 Rxd5 26. Bb3 Rg5 27. Re3
1-0

[Event "Asia-chT final 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nd2 a4 13. Rd1 f5 14. Rb1 Bf7 15.
b3 axb3 16. axb3 Nd5 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. Na4 b6 19. Nf3 Na5 20. Ng5 Nxb3 21. Nxf7
Rxa4 22. Nd6 Qxd6 23. Qb5 Rd8 24. Qxa4 Na5 25. Rdc1 c6 26. Ba3 Qe6 27. Bc5 Nxe3
28. Bxb6 Nxg2 29. Bxd8 f4 30. Bxa5 Ne3 31. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT final 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. cxd5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Nb5
Nxb5 15. Bxb5+ Kf8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bf4 Qxf4 18. Qxe7+ Kg8 19. Rad1 h5 20. Rd6 c4
21. Ba4 Qxf3 22. Re5 Rh6 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kh7 25. Bc2+ g6 26. Rc5 Qg4+
27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Qe6+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30. Ke2 Qe6+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qe6+
33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qe6+ 35. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfd1 Qe7
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 a5 19. Rac1 c6 20. f4 Qd7 21.
Nd2 Rac8 22. Nf3 b5 23. Qc2 bxa4 24. Qxa4 Qb7 25. Qxa5 Qxb2 26. Qd2 Qb7 27. Qe3
Bf8 28. Rd3 c5 29. dxc5 Rd5 30. Qe4 Rcxc5 31. Rxc5 Bxc5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxd5
exd5 34. Ne5 f5 35. Kf3 Bd6 36. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 d6 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Be2 dxe5 13. O-O Qc5 14. Be3 Ne4 15.
Qf3 Qxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Bc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. fxe5 O-O 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Nf3 Ne6 21.
Bd3 Bb7 22. Be4 Nc5 23. Bc2 Ne6 24. Be4 Nc5 25. Bc2 Ne6 26. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. Bc6 cxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Rd8 21.
Rc3 Ba6 22. Rfc1 Be2 23. Ne5 Rxd4 24. R3c2 Bd1 25. Rc3 Nd5 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27.
Nxd3 Rc8 28. Bxd5 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 exd5 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke1 Bh5 32. Kd2 Kf8 33. Nb3
Ke7 34. Nd4 Bg6 35. g3 Kd6 36. a3 Kc5 37. Kc3 a4 38. f4 g4 39. b4+ axb3 40.
Nxb3+ Kb5 41. Nd4+ Ka4 42. Kb2 Be4 43. Ne2 Bf3 44. Nd4 h5 45. Nb3 Be4 46. Nd4
Bf3 47. Nb3 Be4 48. Nd4 b5 49. Nc6 d4 50. Nxd4 b4 51. axb4 Kxb4 52. f5 Kc4 53.
Ne2 h4 54. gxh4 Bxf5 55. Ng3 Bh7 56. Nh5 Kd4 57. Nf6 Bf5 58. Kc1 Ke5 59. Nh5
Bg6 60. Ng3 Kf4 61. Kd2 Kf3 62. h5 Bh7 63. h6 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. e3 Rad8 16. a3 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. a4 g6 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Qb3 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qc8 25. f3 Qb8 26. Qd3 h5 27. Kg2 a6
28. Ne5 Bd6 29. Nc4 Bc7 30. Nd2 Qd8 31. Qxd8 Bxd8 32. b3 Bc7 33. Kf2 Kf8 34.
Ke2 Ke7 35. Nde4 Nxe4 36. fxe4 Kd7 37. e5 Bd8 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. Ke4 b5 40. axb5+
axb5 41. Ne2 Bh4 42. f5 gxf5+ 43. Kxf5 c4 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. e6 fxe6+ 46. Kxe6
Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Qd5 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. b3 Rg8
15. Rg1 O-O-O 16. Bc4 Qd6 17. h3 h5 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. g3 h4 20. gxh4 Rxg1 21.
Rxg1 Kb8 22. Rd1 Qf4 23. Ng5 Nb6 24. Nxb6 cxb6 25. Qe3 Qxh4 26. Nxf7 Qh5 27. f3
Qxf7 28. Bxe6 Qe7 29. Qf4+ Ka7 30. Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I had just won in the previous round against Ganguly and was on +1. I was
feeling a little bit ambitious and thought I should try for more if the
opportunity should arise, whichs is what I usually do in all of my games.} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The only problem with the Grünfeld is that a
serious player with White can have many surprises against it but still many
people play the Grünfeld as if nothing is going to happen. Recently I have
become one of them.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 $5 {My opponent,the current French
Champion Laurent Fressinet plays so many lines that this came unexpected for
me. Since I've been playing the Grünfeld a lot recently, I suppose he had
prepared something and I have to be a bit careful.} Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 $5
{I wanted to pressurize d4 immediately thus this slight change of move-order.}
({The main line, with lots of games played today is} 7... O-O 8. Be3 Bg4 {
but then White gets time to firmly defend his d4-pawn by} 9. Rd1 {and I expect
that White will remain with a slightly better position.} ({Or} 9. O-O-O)) 8.
Be3 $5 {Ignoring the d4-pawn. White just sacrifices it for a lead in
development. I'm not sure if it is completely sound, but what's more important
is that it gave me confidence to play for a win, since now I win a pawn!} Bxf3
9. gxf3 Bxd4 {The pin on the d-file is not so dangerous, because I can
supportthe bishop with ...e5 or ...c5. White's main compensation lies in his
light-square control and the quite vulnerable position of the black king. Here
my opponent seemed to be surprised and he used up a lot of time. He looked as
though the position was strange to him, even though we're just on the 9th move!
} 10. O-O-O e5 ({Perhaps more accurate is} 10... Bxe3+ 11. fxe3 N8d7 {as my
computer suggests, but to my common sense, I think White has compensation after
} 12. h4 e6 13. h5 $44 {because he controls the center, has a useful
light-squared bishop which can be activated after an eventual f4-e5, and an
unpleasant timely Nc3-b5 (preferably after Kb1) to hit the pawns on c7 and a7.}
) 11. h4 Bxe3+ ({Perhaps a simpler way to equalization is just to return the
pawn:} 11... Qe7 12. h5 N8d7 {and Black will safely castle queenside next. But
understandably during the game, I didn't want to return the pawn!}) 12. fxe3
Qf6 13. h5 $1 {Very powerful, I thought during the game. And it really is. Now
I cannot understand what is going on.} g5 $5 {I did not like the position
which would arise if I castle kingside now, so I decided to just play this
move and see what happened.} ({White has good attacking chances after:} 13...
O-O 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qc2 $1 Nc6 (15... Qxf3 $2 16. Qh2 Qh5 17. Qg2 $18) 16.
Qh2 Rfd8 17. Be2 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 $132 {because my king will always remain under
some pressure.}) 14. f4 $5 {I didn't know that my opponent was also in such a
fighting mood that day! This is very creative, and I did not even consider it
seriously until he played it! Of course White has many other possibilities
here.} ({I was mostly expecting something like} 14. Bh3 O-O 15. Rhf1 Nc6 $132 {
but then I don't think I am worse, in fact I prefer my position since I am up
a pawn!}) ({But then here comes the computer, who comes up with a suggestion
almost impossible to see!} 14. a4 $3 a5 ({does not work:} 14... Nc6 $2 15. a5
$1 Nxa5 16. Qb5+ Nc6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 $16 {and White wins.}) (14... N8d7
15. a5 Nc5 16. Qb5+ $5 Nbd7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. a6 $3 c6 19. axb7 Nxb7 20. Qxb7
cxd5 21. Qxd5 $16) 15. Bb5+ $1 c6 (15... Kf8 $2 16. Qa3+ $18 {followed by
f3-f4, when Black cannot survive long enough to see tomorrow!}) 16. Bf1 $1 N8d7
17. Bh3 Rb8 18. Kb1 $1 Qe7 19. Ne2 $16 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3f5] and Black comes in
under a lot of pressure. It's a relief that my opponents are not computers!})
14... exf4 15. Nd5 $1 {Another unexpected surprise! I was only thinking he
would recapture on f4, but this might be even stronger!} ({If} 15. exf4 {
I was intending to play safely with} N8d7 $5 16. fxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 {and now
either} Qe7 ({or} 17... O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Kb8 19. Bh3 Ne5 $11 {in both cases
Black doesn't have any problems and can even fight for the advantage.})) 15...
Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Nc6 $1 {The only way for me to continue the fight!} (16... Nd7 $2
{would be naïve:} 17. Bh3 Nb6 18. Qb5+ $1 Kf8 19. Rf5 $36 {when White's
initiative is very powerful.}) 17. Rg1 (17. Rf5 Qe6 18. Bc4 $2 Qxe4 19. Bxf7+
Ke7 $19 {obviously does not work for White,since there is nothing concrete.}) (
{But White should have played:} 17. Bb5 $1 {disabling one of Black's most
active pieces! This would have been very unpleasant for me to meet over the
board! Though after the accurate} a6 $1 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6+ 19. Kb1 Qe6 20. Qd3
fxe3 21. Rxg5 e2 $5 $11 {intending} 22. Qxe2 O-O-O {I wouldn't get any
problems either.}) 17... h6 $1 {A very strong move I think! Now my kingside
pawns are stabilized,and my only problem is where to put the Black king!} 18.
Bc4 Ne7 $6 ({It is easy with a computer, but over the board, I wrongly thought
that it would be too risky to play} 18... O-O $1 19. Rf5 Qe7 20. Qc3 (20. exf4
Nd4 $19) 20... f3 $1 21. Rxf3 (21. Rf6 $2 Ne5 22. Rxh6 Kg7 $19) 21... Ne5 22.
Rf5 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rad8 $17 {and Black could have consolidated his extra pawn!})
19. Rdd1 O-O $2 {A product of lack of concentration and bad time management.
If I had used some more minutes here, I'm sure I could have found the best
move!} ({Black could still remain with the much better chances after:} 19... f3
$1 20. Qxb7 (20. Rg3 Nc6 $1 21. Rd5 O-O 22. Rf5 Qe7 23. Rgxf3 Ne5) ({Not} 20.
Rdf1 $2 {of course which allows Black to castle queenside} O-O-O $19) 20... O-O
21. e5 Qc6 $17) 20. Rdf1 $132 {now White has good counterchances again and I
didn't find it easy to look for a good move.} b5 $1 {I was getting low on time,
and so I decided to just make a move and see what happens! But in fact I have
to look for counterplay fast,and this is just ideal.} 21. Qxb5 ({The
complications work well for Black after:} 21. Bxb5 Rab8 $1 22. exf4 c6 23. e5
Qg7 $15) ({Or} 21. Bd3 $5 {but it relieves away the pressure on the f7-square
and I did not consider it seriously during the game.}) 21... Rab8 22. e5 Rxb5
$2 {As I said I was low on time, but still, this shouldn't excuse me from
making inaccuracies one after the other.} ({Much much stronger would have been:
} 22... Qb6 $1 23. Qxb6 cxb6 {now Black has managed to fix his queenside pawn
structure as well as threatening a pin along the c-file. Black is clearly
better I think, for example like after:} 24. Rxf4 Kg7 25. Bb3 Rbd8 26. Rf6 Rc8+
27. Kd2 Nc6 28. Rf5 Rce8 $17) 23. exf6 Rc5 24. b3 $2 {An inexplicable mistake.
I was not sure why, after thinking for a few minutes, my opponent chose it.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one making inaccuracies.} ({Most likely a draw
would have resulted from:} 24. fxe7 Rxc4+ 25. Kd2 Re8 (25... fxe3+ $2 26. Kd3
$18) 26. exf4 f6 27. fxg5 fxg5 28. Rf6 Rd4+ 29. Kc3 Rd6 30. Rxd6 cxd6 31. Rd1
$11 {and this is what I was expecting.}) 24... Nf5 25. exf4 Ne3 26. Rf2 Kh7 $1
{I very much liked this move. I know that my opponent was using most of his
time calculating 26...Nxc4 27.Rc2 and I wanted to surprise him!} 27. Kb2 $2 {
I don't understand, why the king decided to go farther away from the main
battlefield.} ({Preferable is} 27. Kd2 Nxc4+ 28. bxc4 Rf5 29. Rgg2 $15 {
when compared to the game, at least White's king is better placed and he has
fair drawing chances.}) 27... Nxc4+ 28. bxc4 Rf5 $17 {I think the rook ending
should be an easy win. I'm going to win some pawns, and the White king is also
cut off!} 29. Kc3 Rxf6 30. f5 Re8 31. Rd1 Re5 ({What I played is also
sufficient, but now I think the simplest way to finish the game is} 31... Re3+
32. Rd3 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 Kg7 34. Ke4 Ra6 $1 {[%cal Gg7f6] and White cannot
prevent ...Kf6, for example} 35. Ke5 Ra5+ $17 {when all the White pawns are
going to fall.}) 32. Rd5 Re3+ 33. Kd4 Rh3 34. Rd7 Rxh5 35. Rxc7 g4 36. Ke4 Rg5
{My kingside pawns are just going to push forward towards promotion! It is
obvious that White does not have enough resources to offer any resistance.} 37.
c5 g3 38. Rg2 h5 39. Rxa7 h4 40. Ra3 h3 41. Raxg3 Rxg3 42. Rxg3 h2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 a4 $6 {A rare move, instead of the usual} (
11... e5 {or}) (11... Be6) 12. Rd1 Be6 {This move order gives White a good
tactical possibility.} (12... Bf5 $6 13. d5 Na5 14. Nd4 Qc8 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16.
e4 Qc8 17. e5 $16 {1-0 Diamant,A (2526)-Howell,D (2624)/Puerto Madryn 2009/EXT
2010 (30)}) (12... Ra5 $6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxb7 c5 17.
Bd2 Qc7 18. Bg2 $16 {1-0 Laznicka,V (2659)-Fontaine,R (2548)/France 2010/CBM
135 Extra (51)}) (12... Bg4 13. h3 Be6 $6 {0-1 Monroy,C (2459)-Martinovic,S 
(2515)/Chur 2010/CBM 136 Extra (55)} 14. d5 $1 {is similar to the game}) (12...
Bd7 {is probably the best option for Black but still hardly satisfactory
enough:} 13. Bd2 (13. d5 Na5 14. Nd4 Qc8 15. Bd2 (15. e4 $5) 15... Bxd4 16.
exd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bh3 $13 {1-0 Ljubojevic,L (2572)-So,W (2674)/Amsterdam 2010/
CBM 138 (32)}) (13. h3 Qc8 14. Kh2 e5 15. d5 Na5 16. e4 Nac4 17. Rb1 c6 18. b3
axb3 19. axb3 Nd6 {1-0 Kempinski,R (2617)-Piorun,K (2475)/Warsaw 2009/CBM 133
Extra (51)} 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Be3 $14) 13... Qc8 14. Nb5 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16.
Bc3 Nec4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Na3 $14 {1-0 Fressinet,L (2697)-Cornette,M (2543)/
Belfort 2010/CBM 138 (33)}) 13. d5 $1 {[%mdl 576]} Nxd5 14. Nb5 $1 (14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. Qe1 {[%cal Re3e4]} (15. e4 Bc4 16. Qc2 Nb4 $1) (15. Ne1 e6 16. e4 Nd4
17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qd2 a3 $1 $17) {doesn't work due to} 15... a3
$1 16. Rb1 Bxa2 $1 17. Rxd8 Rexd8 $19) 14... Qc8 15. Ng5 $1 {White destroys
the opponent's pawn structure and obtains excellent compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.} Rd8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rb1 Kh8 18. Bh3 Nf6 19. Bd2 Ra6 $6 (
19... Ne4 $142 $14) 20. Bc3 Rd5 (20... Ne8 $142) 21. Rxd5 (21. Bxe6 $5 Rxd1+
22. Rxd1 Qxe6 23. Nxc7 {, and White's rook and pawn will be much stronger than
two black knights.}) 21... Nxd5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qc4 Nf6 24. Rd1 Kf7 25. Qf4
Rb6 26. Qxa4 $16 {White has regained the pawn while keeping a superior pawn
structure.} Ne5 27. Nd4 c5 28. Qc2 Rd6 29. f4 Neg4 30. Re1 b6 31. Nf3 $1 Qd7 $2
{[%mdl 8192] A blunder in a poor position.} (31... Qd8 32. e4 $1 $18) (31...
Rd8 $142) 32. Bxg4 Nxg4 33. h3 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game I had just won 3 games in a row and very much wanted to
continue the course and win all of my remaining 6 games! :) Of course it did
not happen, but there is nothing wrong with thinking big!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 {During my preparations I decided to play the Nimzo which I rarely
use nowadays, to avoid any direct clash with Spoelman's preparation and to try
and unbalance the game at least, because I consider the Slav and QGD to be
drawish while obviously its hard to rely on the Grünfeld and King's Indian all
of the time.} 4. e3 ({I was also expecting} 4. f3 {which Walter played few
rounds earlier.}) ({or} 4. Qc2) 4... b6 $5 5. Nge2 ({Actually I was more
afraid of} 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 {which might be unpleasant for me practically,
since it is quite difficult to unbalance the game.}) 5... c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1
Na6 8. g3 $5 {This rare move I was not expecting. I thought Black should have
no problems in this variation,but in fact it is not that easy!} Bb7 9. d5 b5
10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 d6 $6 {I played this quite quickly, but in
fact I forgot my analysis here!} ({On my work databases I had it all figured
out:} 12... exd5 13. e5 ({Or} 13. Nxd5 {then} Nc7 $1 {with another computer
line leading to balanced complications!}) 13... Ng4 14. Bxd5 {And now during
the game I missed} Bc6 $1 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Qa4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5
19. Qxc4 Nc7 $11 {with equality.}) 13. Qa4 $6 {But Walter did not reply very
accurately either!} ({A few days later in the C group of Tata Steel, Mark
Bluvshtein improved with} 13. Bg5 {against Mark Van der Werf and obtained a
pleasant position. I hope that it is not because of my game that Van der Werf
also chose 12...d6?! :)}) ({But I think even stronger is} 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qa4
Rb8 (14... d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bg5 $36) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Nf4 $14 {
when Black's center pawns look very fragile and can fall very easily if he is
not careful. In addition the a6-knight is badly placed.}) 13... exd5 14. exd5
Bxc3 $6 {A slightly wrong positional assesment! I wanted to put my knight on
c7 quickly and did not find a very bright future for my dark-squared bishop,
so I traded it as fast as I could. But now I think I could have done better.} (
{The computer, which usually likes bishop pairs very much, suggests:} 14... Bb6
{which might be better,for instance:} 15. Qxc4 ({White could also delay
capturing the c4-pawn,but it does not change much:} 15. Rd1 Nc7 16. Bg5 h6 17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxc4 Rfe8 $11 {should give Black no problems.}) 15... Nc7 16. Bf4
({If} 16. Bg5 {then just} h6) 16... Re8 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. Qa4 c4 $132 {when
Black gets good play.}) 15. bxc3 {But my opponent was also not playing very
accurately that day!} ({I think White should have gone for} 15. Nxc3 Nc7 16.
Rd1 {when I still have to fight for equality. My intention was to hold on to
the pawn with} Ba6 {but it fails after} 17. Bg5 $1 Rb8 (17... h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6
19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Qc6 $14 {when the important pawn base on d6 falls.}) 18. Ne4
Qe8 19. Qc2 $14 {maintaining some pressure.}) 15... Qc8 16. Nf4 $5 {This came
as a surprise for me, because I had not considered it in my calculations. But
in fact, it is quite logical.} ({I thought at first his intention was} 16. Bg5
{in order to activate all his pieces, but I think Walter thought it was too
risky, and anyway I have two good replies:} {either simply} Nd7 ({The most
straightforward, but needing a little calculation is:} 16... Nxd5 17. Rxb7 Qxb7
18. Nf4 Nb6 19. Bxb7 Nxa4 20. Nd5 $1 ({Not} 20. Bxa6 $6 f6 $1 {when Black wins
a piece back after} 21. Bxc4+ Kh8 22. Bh4 g5 $15 {and has good chances to win.}
) 20... Rae8 $1 21. Bxa6 Re5 $1 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. f4 Re4 24. f5 $13 {with a
complicated ending and chances for both sides.}) 17. Qxc4 Nb6 18. Qd3 Re8 19.
Rfe1 c4 20. Qd4 Nc5 $132 {with good play in any case.}) ({And obviously White
should avoid:} 16. Qxc4 $6 Nc7 {because now he cannot defend the d5-pawn and
even worse is} 17. Rd1 $2 Ba6 18. Qa2 Qg4 $17 {when Black is just winning.})
16... Nc7 $1 {I'm happy about this move! I'm not giving him time to
consolidate the d5-pawn!} ({At first I was going to play more slowly but then
he consolidates his position after like} 16... Rb8 17. Qxc4 Nc7 18. Qa2 $11 {
followed by c4 and Bb2.}) 17. Bh3 Qb8 {It turns out that White cannot really
take advantage of the pin along the b-file! Black is not yet better, but soon
will be!} 18. Qd1 $5 {Another unexpected move! Walter gave me a lot of
surprises in this game, but fortunately I was able to see most of them!} ({
I was expecting} 18. Rd1 {when I was going} Re8 {threatening ...g5 next, with
a rather complicated position which should be fine for me. If} 19. Qxc4 {
I can meet with} Ba6 20. Qa2 Bc4 21. Qc2 Qd8 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 c4 $11 {
with a comfortable position.}) ({And there is another option we both missed:} 
18. Bg2 $5 {daring Black to play for a win,but it is just equal:} Re8 19. Be3 {
threatening Bxc5} Qc8 20. Bh3 Qb8 21. Bg2 {and Black has to take the draw.
Most likely 18.Bg2 was the prudent option for White but it is strange to just
move your pieces back and forth in such a complicated situation.}) 18... Re8
19. Re1 $5 {After doing some calculations we go for a forcing variation where
I assessed I should at least not be worse.} ({Still worth considering here is:
} 19. Bg2 $5) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Ncxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxb7 ({The computer
prefers} 22. a4 $1 {which did not even pop into my head. It gives the line} a5
23. Rxb7 ({Not:} 23. Bg2 $2 Nb4 $3 {when Black gets in return a connected mass
of future queens for the piece!}) 23... Qxb7 24. Bg2 Rb8 25. Qd2 Qb1 26. Bxd5
Qd3 27. Kg2 $11 {when for some reason the position (with the pawn on a4
instead of a3!) is more favourable for White compared to the game.}) 22... Qxb7
23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Qd2 Qb1 25. Bxd5 Qd3 26. Qxd3 $4 {The last...and by far the
most pleasant surprise!! I can't describe how excited I was when his hand
hovered above his queen and thought for a few seconds, and how shocked I was
when he took my queen! I thought at first I had miscalculated, but then I knew
I couldn't have!} ({Of course the only way to continue was} 26. Kg2 {when
Black's chances to win are not big. After} Qxd2 ({Unfortunately} 26... Rb1 $2 {
is impossible due to} 27. Qg5 $1 {when White takes revenge on Black's
abandoned king.}) ({While} 26... h6 {is too slow} 27. Qxd3 cxd3 28. Kf3 Rb1 29.
Bd2 $11 {and the White K approaches.}) 27. Bxd2 Rb2 28. Bf4 Rc2 29. Be4 ({Not} 
29. Bxd6 $2 Rd2 $19) 29... Rxc3 30. Bxd6 Rxa3 31. Bxc5 {and with two powerful
bishops White shouldn't have many problems holding.}) 26... cxd3 27. Kg2 Rb1
28. Bd2 ({My opponent told me afterwards that he just forgot about} 28. Bf4 d2
$1 29. Bxd2 Rd1 $19 {skewering one of the bishops!}) 28... Rb2 29. Bf4 (29. Be3
{was slightly more accurate, but it does not matter} d2 30. Bf3 c4 $19 {
wins easily anyway. White is too immobilized to fight against the rook and
pawns. The white king cannot even approach and of course} 31. Be2 Rb1 $1 32.
Bxd2 Rb2 $19 {wins a bishop.}) 29... d2 30. Bf3 d5 31. Be3 d4 32. cxd4 c4 33.
d5 c3 34. d6 Rb1 {My opponent resigned. I was of course very happy to win four
games in a row, and as I said I wanted to keep this ritual till the end of the
tournament, but everything changed during the next part of the tournament. Out
of the remaining 5 games I scored only three draws. I do hope it's not because
I went on a tour of Harlem during the rest day after this round!} (34... Rb1
35. Bd1 Rxd1 36. d7 Rg1+ $1 {is an elegant way to win.}) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
e6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nec3 Na6 (10... exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 {has been recently put
under doubt due to} 12. g4 $1 {e.g.} Bxb1 (12... Bd7 13. Nd2 Na6 14. Nde4 Nc4
15. h3 f5 {1-0 Jirka,J (2378)-Dutta,S (2275)/Goa 2002/CBM 091 ext (56)} 16. d6
$1 $36) 13. Rxb1 Qd7 14. Ne4 Na6 15. g5 Qf5 16. d6 Rad8 17. Qf3 Nc4 18. Bf4 Nb4
19. Rfc1 b5 20. b3 Nd5 21. Bg3 Na3 22. Rxc5 Nxb1 23. Rxd5 $16 {1-0 (33)
Wojtaszek,R (2726)-Li,C (2649)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141 (33)}) 11. a4 {
For this line - see Nakamura-Howell in CBM 140.} exd5 12. exd5 Nc4 $5 {This
rare continuation is probably better than} (12... Bf5 13. g4 $1) 13. Na3 (13.
Nd2 $5 Nxd2 (13... Ne5 14. Nde4 Bg4 15. f3 Bf5 16. Bg5 $1 (16. f4 $6 Nc4 17.
Qe2 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bd2 Nb4 $1 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. a5 Qa6 22. Bxb4 cxb4 $17 {
0-1 Solak,D (2490)-Sutovsky,E (2609)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Ftacnik] (35)})
16... Qa5 (16... f6 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Qe2 $14) 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Nd7 19. Bg5
Nb4 20. Ne4 c4 21. Bh6 Nd3 22. Qd2 Qxd5 23. Qc3 f6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Nf2 $14 {
1-0 Kolehmainen,K (2331)-Satici,A (2372)/ICCF 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 104 (49)}
) 14. Bxd2 Bf5 15. Be3 (15. Ne4 Re8 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Bc3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rad8 19.
Qd2 Qd6 20. Bf3 Nc7 $11 {1/2 Horvath,P (2457)-Holzke,F (2471)/Senden 2003/EXT
2004 (58)}) 15... Qd7 16. d6 $1 (16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Ne4 Rfe8 19. Qc4
Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxb2 21. Bf3 b6 22. d6 Kg7 $13 {1/2 Jirka,J (2398)-Petr,M (2453)/
Zdar nad Sazavou 2007/CBM 120 ext (52)}) (16. Re1 b6 $6 (16... Rac8 $142 17. d6
$140 Nb4) 17. d6 Rad8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 Rde8 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Bf1 Nb4 22. Bb5
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qb7 24. Re7 Qf3 25. Qf7 {1-0 Stohl,I (2445)-Zlatanova,E/Berlin
West 1988/TD}) (16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 (17. d6 Nb4 18. Bxc5 Nc2 19. Bxa7 Nxa1
20. Rxa1 Qxd6 21. a5 Be6 22. Qxb7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Qb2 Rd3 25. h4 Rc8 26.
Kh2 Bd5 $11 {1/2 Kempinski,R (2619)-Brkic,A (2506)/Kusadasi 2006/CBM 111 ext 
(34)}) (17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nb4 $13) 17... Rfe8 (17... b6 18. Qb5 Nb4 19.
Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rd2 Bf5 21. Nb5 Nc2 22. Rad1 Bg4 23. Rf1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bh6 25.
Re1 Bd7 $13 {1-0 Jirka,J (2372)-Kalod,R (2512)/Havlickuv Brod 2006/CBM 114 ext
(56)}) 18. Rd2 Nb4 19. Bf1 a6 20. Na2 (20. Rc1 Nd3 $1 21. Bxd3 Bxd3 22. Bxc5
Bh6 23. f4 Bxf4 $1 24. gxf4 Qg4+ 25. Rg2 Qxf4 26. Rd1 Rxc5 $19 {0-1 Brynell,S 
(2492)-Kulaots,K (2592)/Sweden SWE 2011/The Week in Chess 850 (33)}) 20... Nxa2
21. Qxa2 Be4 22. Rc1 Qf5 $132 {0-1 Gaprindashvili,V (2482)-Sakaev,K (2639)/
Linares 2001/CBM 081/[Ftacnik] (31)}) 16... Rac8 (16... Rae8 $142 $5) 17. Nd5
Rce8 18. Ne7+ Rxe7 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Re1 Bxb2 21. Bh6 Qf6 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rc1
b6 24. Rc4 $14 {1-0 Wojtaszek,R (2726)-Piorun,K (2513)/Warsaw POL 2011/The
Week in Chess 850 (30)}) 13... Ne5 $1 {This is quite appropriate now as
White's a3-knight can't easily enter the game.} (13... Nxa3 14. Rxa3 {leads to
a more favourable situation for White than after 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 as his b2
pawn is now protected, and Ra3 can go to b3 or (later) e3. E.g.} Nb4 15. d6 (
15. Be3 b6 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Rc1 {1/2 Hulak,K (2555)-Kozul,Z (2580)/Makarska
Tucepi 1995/EXT 1997}) 15... Rb8 16. a5 Bd7 17. Be3 b6 18. h4 Bf5 19. axb6 axb6
20. Ra7 Be5 21. Bh6 Re8 22. d7 Re7 23. Re1 $1 $16 {1-0 Michalik,P (2446)
-Pinter,E (2418)/Czechia 2009/CBM 133 Extra (38)}) 14. Be3 (14. f4 Ng4 15. Ncb5
Nb4 16. h3 a6 $1 (16... Nf6 $143 17. Be3 Nfxd5 18. Bxc5 $14 {1-0 Hamitevici,V 
(2401)-Holzke,F (2526)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136 (27)}) 17. hxg4 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bd7
19. Nc3 c4 $44) 14... Bg4 15. Qb3 (15. f3 $6 {weakens White's position, and
Black is OK after} Bf5) 15... Nf3+ (15... b6 $5 $13 {[%cal Ra6b4]}) 16. Kh1 (
16. Bxf3 $6 Bxf3 17. Qxb7 Qf6 {[%csl Rg1]}) 16... Qd7 17. h3 $2 {Premature.} (
17. d6 $1 {[%cal Rb3d5]} Qxd6 $140 18. h3 Nd4 19. Qxb7 Rfb8 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bf3 22. Bxf3 Nxf3 23. Nb5 $36) 17... Nd4 $1 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. hxg4 dxc3
20. bxc3 Rac8 $15 {Black will easily recapture the pawn, and his position will
be slightly better due to his more active bishop and the unsafe position of
White's king (it is well-known that the attack on the king is especially
strong in positions with opposite-coloured bishops).} 21. Nb5 $6 (21. Qb5 $142
$1 Qxg4 22. Qxb7 Nc5 23. Qxa7 (23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. cxb4 Nxa4 25. Rac1 Nc3 $15)
23... Nb3 24. Ra2 Bxc3 $44) 21... Nc5 22. Qa3 $6 {[%csl Ra3] The queen will
now be out of play.} (22. Qc2 $142 a6 23. Nd4 Qxg4 $15) 22... a6 23. Na7 (23.
Nd4 Rfe8 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nd3 26. Rf1 Qxg4 $17) 23... Rc7
24. Nc6 Nd3 $5 (24... bxc6 25. Qxc5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxg4 27. Bf3 Qc8 {, winning
the c3-pawn, was quite good but Black prefers to destroy the defence of
White's king.}) 25. Rad1 (25. Ne7+ $142 $1 Kh8 $1 26. c4 $1 Ne5 27. c5 $1 Qxg4
28. d6 Rxc5 $1 $17) 25... Nxf2+ $1 26. Rxf2 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Qxd1+ 28. Kh2 (28.
Rf1 Qxg4 29. cxb7 Qxg3 {[%cal Rg7e5]}) 28... bxc6 $19 {[%csl Rh2]} 29. Qb4 Be5
30. Bxc6 Qd3 31. Rf3 Qe2+ 32. Kh3 Qe1 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. Qc5 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
c5 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Bd5 exd5 14. exd5 Bd6
15. Bf4 O-O 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qd2 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nh5 13. O-O-O f5 14. Kb1 Nf6 15.
h3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 Bd7 18. g4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Ra8 20. Bg2 Ra6 21. Rhf1
Qa8 22. Bg5 c5 23. dxc6 Be6 24. Kc2 Qxc6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. g5 Be7 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 28. Bf1 Qc8 29. Bxb5 Ra8 30. h4 Kg7 31. Qd3 d5 32. Qg3 Bd6 33. exd5 Bf5+
34. Bd3 Ra4 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Qf3 Rxb4 37. Qh5 Qb8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kg7
40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. g6 Rxb2+ 42. Kc1 Rb7 43. gxh7+ Kxh7 44. Qxf5+ Kh8 45. Qf6+ Kh7
46. Rg1 Qf8 47. Qxf8 Bxf8 48. Ne4 Kh6 49. Rg8 Rb4 50. Ng3 Rf4 51. h5 Kh7 52.
Rg6 Rd4 53. Re6 Rxd5 54. Ne4 Kh8 55. Re8 Kg7 56. h6+ Kxh6 57. Rxf8 Rd4 58. Nc3
Kg6 59. Kc2 Kg5 60. Ne2 Rd7 61. Kc3 Kg4 62. Nc1 e4 63. Ne2 Kg5 64. Kc4 e3 65.
Re8 Kf5 66. Nd4+ Kf4 67. Kd3 Ra7 68. Rf8+ Kg5 69. Rg8+ Kf6 70. Kxe3 Re7+ 71.
Kf4 Re1 72. Rb8 Rf1+ 73. Nf3 Ke6 74. Ke4 Kd6 75. Rb6+ Kc5 76. Rh6 Ra1 77. Rh5+
Kd6 78. Rd5+ Ke6 79. Nd4+ Kf6 80. Rd6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Ng3
Nb6 9. Be2 Bg6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nge4 f6 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Qb6 {Schwer zu
sagen, was Weiß falsch gemacht hat, aber er hat einen Bauern weniger, ein
zweiter hängt. Ihn nun passiv zu decken, wäre eindeutig zu schwarzem Vorteil.}
14. O-O Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qxb2 16. Bxc4 $5 {Das war die mutige Absicht: ein
Figurenopfer.} Qxc3 17. Rc1 Qb2 18. Bxe6 {Weiß hat eine glatte Figur weniger,
er setzt darauf, dass Schwarz seinen Königsflügel schwer entwickeln kann und
auch mit seinem Monarchen kein sicheres Plätzchen findet.} Rd8 19. d5 fxe5 20.
Re1 Bf6 21. Re2 Qa3 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Kf8 24. Qe1 Qd6 $2 {Bisher hat
Schwarz alles richtig gemacht.} ({Einfach} 24... Nf6 {würde etwas Vorteil
festhalten, noch besser ist}) (24... Rh6 $1 {und Weiß droht mit einer glatten
Minusfigur zu verbleiben.}) 25. Bxg8 $1 Kxg8 26. Re6 Qxd5 27. Rxg6 {Weiß hat
die Figur zurück bekommen und nun wird die Position der Könige eine gewichtige
Rolle spielen.} Rh6 $6 (27... Kh7 {sollte noch das Gleichgewicht bewahren.})
28. Rxh6 gxh6 29. Qe3 Rd7 30. Qxh6 Rg7 31. g3 Qd4 32. Qe6+ Rf7 {Das ist eine
kleine Ungenauigkeit, in Zeitnot folgen noch einige mehr.} 33. Qe2 Kg7 34. Rf1
Kg6 35. Rd1 Qf6 36. Qe3 b6 37. Rd4 Re7 38. Qd3+ Kg7 39. Rf4 Qe6 40. Rf5 Rf7 (
40... Rf7 41. Rg5+ Kh6 42. Qd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Bg5 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne4
Rac8 21. Kf1 Bb4 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 f5 24. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Nxf4 11. exf4 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bf6 15. h4
Qa7 16. b5 Bb7 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Rc7 21. bxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf7 15. Qc2
c5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Rh2 Nc8 18. Rdh1 Bh6 19. g5 fxg5 20. Bg3 Kg7 21. Nd1 Ne7
22. Ne3 Ng8 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Bxg4 Nf6 25. Be6 Nh5 26. Qd1 g4 27. Rxh5 gxh5 28.
Rxh5 Qf6 29. Qa4 Bg5 30. Rh1 Qf3 31. Re1 Qd3 32. Qc2 Qxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Bf4 34.
Bxg4 Nh6 35. Be6 Bxg3 36. fxg3 Rf2 37. Rg1 Nf7 38. Rf1 Rxf1 39. Nxf1 Ng5 40.
Bf5 Rh8 41. Kd3 Rh1 42. Ke2 Nf3 43. Kf2 Nd4 44. Kg2 Rh8 45. Ne3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Papin, Vasily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be4 13. f3 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Qb6
15. Qb5 Bc5 16. Qxb6 Bxb6 17. Kf1 Rfd8 18. Ke2 Rac8 19. Nb5 Nd5 20. Bd2 a6 21.
Nc3 Ne5 22. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. c4 Qf5 18. Ne1 b5 19. f3 Nf6 20. g4 Qh7 21.
cxb5 Rc8 22. Qc4 c5 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Ba5 O-O 25. d5 exd5 26. Qxd5 c4 27. Qxd7
cxd3+ 28. Kb1 d2+ 29. Qf5 Qxf5+ 30. gxf5 Rc5 31. a4 Rxf5 32. Rxd2 Rf4 33. Rd7
Rxa4 34. Rxa7 Rb8 35. Rg1 Bb4 36. Bc7 Rxa7 37. Bxb8 Rb7 38. Be5 Bf8 39. Kc2
Rxb5 40. f4 Kh7 41. Rh1 g6 42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. Rg1+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 g6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nc6 8. Nxd7
Qxd7 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Ne4 b6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qa4 Rad8 14. Rd1 e6
15. h4 Ne7 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. a3 h5 18. g3 Nf5 19. Bc1 Rfe8 20. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nechepurenko, Roman V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. b4 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Rac1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Ne4 Qxb4 14. Ba1 Qa5
15. Rfd1 Qh5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. Rd4 Ne5 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Rh4 Qg6 21.
Bd4 c5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qb5 Bf5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Qf6 26. Qxa7 g5 27. Re4
Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.17"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Be3 Rb8 15.
Rab1 Nd7 16. Kh1 Rd8 17. b4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21.
Rb1 Qa7 22. Nd1 Rb8 23. c3 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 a5 25. Qb3 Na8 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. h4 h5
28. g3 Qc7 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. Be2 c4 31. Nxc4 Nxc4 32. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 17th"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tarakan"]
[BlackTeam "Tagaytay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ke7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. Rd3 Rac7 19. Ne2 Kf8 20. c3 Be7
21. Ng1 Ke8 22. Ngf3 f6 23. Nd4 fxe5 24. Nxe6 Rd7 25. Rf3 Bf6 26. Nd4 Nc6 27.
Nxf5 Ne7 28. Ne3 Bg7 29. Ng4 Rc5 30. Re2 h5 31. Ne3 Rd3 32. h3 Bh6 33. Nc2 Rd2
34. Rxd2 Bxd2 35. Rf6 Rc6 36. Rxc6 Nxc6 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. Kd3 Bc1 40.
b3 Kd5 41. f3 a5 42. Ne1 Ke6 43. Nc2 Ne7 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 Nd5 46. Na1 Bb2
47. Nb3 Nxc3 48. Nxa5 Nxa4 49. Nb3 Ba3 50. Ke3 Nb6 51. f4 Nd5+ 52. Kf3 exf4 53.
gxf4 Bb2 54. Nc5+ Kf5 55. Ne4 Kg6 56. Nc5 Ba3 57. Nd3 Kf5 58. Kg3 Be7 59. Kf3
Bd6 60. Kg3 Bxf4+ 61. Kh4 Bg5+ 62. Kg3 Be7 63. Kf3 Bh4 64. Kg2 Ke4 65. Nc5+ Ke3
66. Ne6 Bf2 67. Ng7 Nf4+ 68. Kh2 Kf3 69. Nf5 h4 70. Ne7 Bg3+ 71. Kh1 Kf2 72.
Nd5 Ne2 73. Nc3 Nd4 74. Nb5 Ne6 75. Nd4 Ng5 76. Ne6 Nf3 77. Nd4 Nh2 78. Nf5 Nf1
79. Nxh4 Ne3 80. Ng6 Kf1 81. h4 Nd1 0-1

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 17th"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hamdani, Rudin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tagaytay"]
[BlackTeam "Palembang"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "INA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. a3 Rd8 14. Qd2 Qc7
15. g4 Bb7 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Ng3 Ba8 18. Rg1 Bc6 19. Bh3 a5 20. Rg2 b4 21. Nh5
Ne8 22. axb4 d5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. e5 axb4 25. g5 Bb5 26. Rg4 Bc4 27. b3 Ra8 28.
Qd4 Nc7 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. exf6 Qf8 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. Qg1 Rxd1+ 34.
Qxd1 Nb5 0-1

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 17th"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Pourkashiyan, Atousa"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mashhad"]
[BlackTeam "Tagaytay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. f3 Bb7 15.
Rad1 a5 16. a4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Ne2 e5 19. Bg5 Bc4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qf2
Rac8 22. Ng3 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Re2 Rfc8 26. Kf1 Rc1 27. Ree1
R1c2 28. Re2 Rc1 29. Ree1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 g6 31. Rxd6 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 Bg5 33. Rd3
Rb1 34. Kf2 Rxb2+ 35. Ne2 Kg7 36. g3 Bd2 37. Rd5 g5 38. h4 h6 39. hxg5 hxg5 40.
g4 Kf6 41. Rxa5 Rxb3 42. Ng3 Rb2 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Nf5+ Kd7 45. Ke2 Kc7 46. Kd3
b3 47. a5 Be1 48. Ne7 Rd2+ 49. Ke3 b2 50. Rb6 Rh2 51. Nd5+ Kd7 52. Rb7+ Kd6 53.
a6 Bf2+ 54. Kd3 Bd4 55. Nc3 Kc6 56. Na4 Rf2 57. Kc4 Rc2+ 58. Kd3 Rf2 59. Kc4
Rxf3 60. Nxb2 Ra3 61. Nd1 Rxa6 62. Rxf7 Ra3 63. Rf6+ Kd7 64. Nf2 Rc3+ 65. Kb4
Rg3 66. Kc4 Ke7 67. Rf5 Rc3+ 68. Kb4 Rg3 69. Kc4 Ke6 70. Rf8 Rc3+ 71. Kb5 Rg3
72. Rf5 Bxf2 73. Rxf2 Rxg4 74. Re2 Rf4 75. Kc4 g4 76. Kd3 Rf3+ 77. Kd2 Kf6 78.
Rh2 Kg5 79. Rh8 Kf4 80. Rg8 g3 0-1

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 17th"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tagaytay"]
[BlackTeam "Astana"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6
9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. Rc2 Rab8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rfc1 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Nb1 Qa5 18. Qg3 Rfd8 19. a3 Qb6 20. Rc6 Qb7 21. Qc7
Qxc7 22. Rxc7 e5 23. Nd2 e4 24. Bf1 Nb6 25. R1c6 Nfd7 26. Nb1 Rbc8 27. Nc3 Rxc7
28. Rxc7 Kf8 29. Ra7 Nb8 30. a4 Rc8 31. Rb7 Rxc3 32. Rxb8+ Nc8 33. axb5 axb5
34. Rxb5 Ne7 35. Bc4 g6 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxb3 38. g4 f6 39. Rd7 h6 40.
Rh7 Rb5 41. Rxh6 Kg7 42. Rh4 Rb2 43. g5 f5 44. Kg2 Re2 45. Rf4 Kf7 46. Kf1 Rd2
47. Rh4 Kg7 48. Rh6 f4 49. Rh4 f3 50. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 17th"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Faisal, Abdulla Kashwani"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Abu Dhabi"]
[BlackTeam "Tagaytay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UAE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. h3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Be6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. b3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15.
Nd5 Nd7 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. b4 h6 18. Be3 g5 19. g4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Nce5
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rdc1 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nf6 25. Bb5 Rf8 26. f3 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Ra8
28. Rc7 Ra3 29. Kf2 Rb3 30. Rxe7 Rb2+ 31. Kg1 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Rxb4 33. Rxb7 Rb2+
34. Kg1 Rb3 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kg1 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 17th"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.04.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nyi Nyi, Lwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tagaytay"]
[BlackTeam "Yangon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MYA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qb3 Ba5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Qb6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb4 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. a3 Qd6 14. bxc3 h6
15. Bh4 O-O 16. Nd2 Qd5 17. Bg3 Qh5 18. Nc4 Bd8 19. Bd6 Re8 20. f4 Be7 21. Bxe7
Rxe7 22. e4 Nb6 23. Nd6 Qa5 24. e5 Nd5 25. Rf3 b5 26. Raf1 f5 27. exf6 Nxf6 28.
Qb3 Qc7 29. Ne4 Nd5 30. Bb1 Rf7 31. Qc2 Kf8 32. Nc5 Nf6 33. Ba2 Qd6 34. Re3 Nd5
35. Bxd5 Qxd5 36. Qh7 Qf5 37. Nxe6+ Bxe6 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 17th"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.04.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shi Jiazhuang"]
[BlackTeam "Tagaytay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. Nh4 h6 8. Nxf5
Nxf5 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 c5 11. c3 Qb6 12. O-O Be7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Rb1 f6 15.
Qh5 fxe5 16. dxe5 c4 17. Bc2 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Rf8 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Qg6 Nd3 21. b3
Bg5 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxe3 25. Qc4 Kh8 26. Re1 Qf2 27. Rf1
Qe3 28. Re1 Qf2 29. Rf1 Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 17th"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.04.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hussein, Ali Hadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tagaytay"]
[BlackTeam "Baghdad"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRQ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Bd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 b5 13. Bc2 a5 14. Nh2 a4 15. f4
a3 16. b3 b4 17. d5 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. cxb4 c6 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22.
Qd4 g6 23. Rad1 Qc8 24. Bb1 Rb5 25. Qf2 Nfd7 26. Bd2 Qb7 27. Ne2 Rb6 28. Nd4
Bg7 29. Nf1 h5 30. Ng3 Bb5 31. Bc1 Qa6 32. Ndf5 gxf5 33. Nxh5 fxe4 34. Bxe4 d5
35. Bxd5 Rbb8 36. Bxf7+ Nxf7 37. Qg3 Qf6 38. Nxf6+ Nxf6 39. Bxa3 Rxe1+ 40. Rxe1
Rf8 41. Bb2 Nh6 42. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 17th"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.04.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Teheran"]
[BlackTeam "Tagaytay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb5 Qb4 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Qxb4
Nxb4 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Nd3 Na5 17. b3 Nd7 18. Kf1 Kf8 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. Kd2 Kd8 21.
f3 Rc6 22. Nb5 Rb6 23. Nc3 Rc6 24. Na4 b6 25. Nc3 a6 26. Na4 Rac8 27. Nb4 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 b5 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Ra8 31. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2011.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 Nf6 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8
Bxa8 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Ba3 e6 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. O-O g6 14. Bb5 Kg7
15. Qc2 Be4 16. Qc1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxb1 18. c6 Be4 19. Rd1 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qb6 21.
g3 Rb8 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Bc6 Rc8 24. Ne5 Nc4 25. Bb7 Rc7 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Rd2
Rc7 28. Bf3 h5 29. h4 Ra7 30. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2011.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rb1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3
Ng4 15. Ng3 Qf4 16. Qd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. d5 Bd7 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bc4 b6 21.
Ba6 Bc8 22. Bb5 Bd7 23. Ba6 Bc8 24. Bb5 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2011.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Alavi Moghaddam, Sayed Javad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qa4
O-O 9. Qxc4 Rb8 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Rac1 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Bd6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Ne7
15. Ne5 Be8 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Nc5 c6 18. Nf3 Bc7 19. Kh1 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21.
Ne4 Qg4 22. Rg1 Qf5 23. Ng5 g6 24. Be4 Qf6 25. Rg3 Kg7 26. h4 h5 27. Rcg1 Rh8
28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxg6+ Qxg6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qe6 Bf7 32. Qd7 Rbc8 33. f5 Kf6
34. Rxg6+ Bxg6 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Qe7+
Kg8 40. f6 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2011.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bf4 b5 10. d5 Qb6 11. dxc6 Nc5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bxg5 15.
Nxg5 Nd3 16. a4 b4 17. Nb5 h6 18. Nf3 Ba6 19. b3 Ne3 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1
cxb3 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Nc7 b2 24. Rab1 Qxc6 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 26. Qe3 Qc8 27. Qxa7
Bb7 28. Ne1 Bxg2+ 29. Nxg2 Rd7 30. Qe3 Qc2 31. a5 Nc5 32. a6 Nxa6 33. Qf2 Rd2
34. Qxf7+ Kh7 35. Ne3 Rxh2+ 36. Kg1 Qd2 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Qxf2 Qc1+ 39. Qe1 Qc3
40. Qe2 Qc1+ 41. Qe1 Qc3 42. Kh2 Nc5 43. Qe2 Qxe5 44. Rxb2 b3 45. Nd1 Qf5 46.
Nf2 h5 47. Kg2 e5 48. Qf3 Qg6 49. Qd5 h4 50. Qxc5 Qxg3+ 51. Kf1 h3 52. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2011.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. O-O-O Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Rhg1 Nf6 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Qe3 Qe4
21. Qg3 Nxh5 22. Qh2 Qh4 23. Qxh4 Bxh4 24. Rh1 g5 25. Nf3 Ng7 26. Nxh4 gxh4 27.
Bxh6 Rg8 28. Bg5 Nf5 29. Bxh4 Nxh4 30. Rxh4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2011.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. O-O
h6 9. h4 g5 10. dxc5 g4 11. Nd4 Qxh4 12. N2b3 Bg7 13. Bf4 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Ndxe5
15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Re1 f6 18. Re3 Kf7 19. Qe1 Rhg8 20. Na5 Qh5 21.
Qe2 Rg5 22. Nb7 Rag8 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. g3 Qh3 25. N4f5+ Kf8 26. Nh4 Rh5 27. Rxe5
Rxh4 28. gxh4 g3 29. f3 g2 30. Kf2 g1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2011.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be2 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. b3 Rae8 20. Bg4 Nd7 21.
Rae1 Nc5 22. Re5 Rf6 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Re3 Nc5 25. Kg1 Ne4 26. Bf3 Nd2 27. Re1
Rc8 28. Bg4 Rxc2 29. Nd4 Rb2 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. f5 g6 32. R3e2 Nxb3 33. Rxb2
Nxd4 34. Rbe2 Nxf5 35. Rf2 h5 36. Re5 a5 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Rexf5 Rxf5 39. Rxf5+
Ke7 40. h4 Kd6 41. g4 Bc8 42. Rf6+ Ke5 43. g5 d4 44. Rb6 d3 45. Kf2 Kd4 46. g6
Bf5 47. g7 Bh7 48. Rxb5 Kc3 49. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2011.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 a5 16. Bh3 a4 17. Nc1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. h4 Rc4 21. Ne2
Rac8 22. c3 g6 23. a3 Bf8 24. Nd4 R8c5 25. Qxf4 Rxd5 26. Qe4 Re5 27. Qd3 d5 28.
f4 Re4 29. f5 Bc5 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. h5 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Rcxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2011.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g4 fxg4 10. Ne5 c5 11. Qxg4 Qxd4 12. Qg7 Rf8 13. Rd1 Qf4 14. Qg3 Qxg3
15. hxg3 Rh8 16. Bg2 Ra7 17. Ne4 b5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rc7 20. Ke2 Ke7 21.
Rhd1 f6 22. Rb6 fxe5 23. Rxb8 h5 24. Rh1 c4 25. c3 Rd7 26. Bf3 Rhd8 27. Rxh5
Rd2+ 28. Kf1 Rxb2 29. Rh7+ Kf6 30. Rc7 e4 31. Bxe4 Rdd2 32. Rbxc8 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1
Ke5 34. Bb7 Rfc2 35. Rc5+ Kd6 36. R5c6+ Ke5 37. Rc5+ Kd6 38. R5c6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qb2 Qf6 18. Qa3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Rac1
Qd7 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Nd3 Qe4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Re8 26. Nc5 Qe7
27. Qb2 Rc8 28. Nd3 Rc7 29. Rc2 h6 30. Qc1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Qe4 32. Qc3 Nd7 33. h3
Nf8 34. Nf4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxa2 36. Nxd5 Qxf2 37. Qc8 Qh4 38. Qxb7 Qg5 39. Ne7+
Kh7 40. Qe4+ Ng6 41. Nxg6 Qxg6 42. Qd5 Qf6 43. b4 g6 44. b5 axb5 45. Qxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Qe7 8. Ne5
Bb4+ 9. Nd2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. a3 (11. O-O {is the usual continuation here.}
) 11... Ba5 12. O-O f6 $5 13. Nf3 Bc7 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ne5 O-O 16. f4 Bd7 17.
Rf3 Be8 18. Qc2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 {[#]} 21. Rff1 $1 {White could
perfectly well take the pawn with Qxe4. There is no hidden trap in case you
are looking for one. However, while White's bishop is as domineering a pivot
as Shaquille O'Neal, Black's counterpart is a homeless soldier in search of a
place to stay. The e4 pawn imprisons Shirov's bishop so why help him?} Bg6 22.
c5 Rfd8 23. Bd6 Qf7 24. Rad1 Bf5 25. Rd4 Rd7 26. h3 h5 27. Rfd1 Qg6 28. Kh2 h4
29. Qf2 Qh5 30. R1d2 {[#]} Kh7 $2 {Black is obviously in a very uncomfortable
position, however this move just gives away the only open file in the position.
} ({Black had to play} 30... Rad8 {to create greater resistance.}) 31. Be5 Rf7
32. Rd7 Raf8 33. R2d6 Kg8 34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. a4 a6 37. Qe1 Bg6 {
[#] Black is so tied up he has nothing better to do than shuffle the pieces
around and wait for the axman with his head on the chopping block.} 38. Kg1 Bf5
39. Qf2 Bg6 40. Kf1 Rf5 41. Ke1 Be8 42. Qd2 Qg6 43. Rb8 Qg3+ 44. Qf2 Bh5 45.
Rxb7 Rf7 46. Qxg3 hxg3 47. Rb6 Rd7 48. Bd6 e5 49. fxe5 Rf7 50. e6 Rf2 51. Bxg3
Rxg2 52. Bf4 g5 53. Kf1 Rc2 54. Bxg5 Rxc5 55. h4 Kg6 56. e7 Kf5 57. Rb8 Re5 58.
Rf8+ Kg4 59. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Na4 Be7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5
d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Bh3 b5 17. Be3 bxa4 18. Bxd4 a3 19. bxa3 Qa5 20. Re1 Qxa3
21. Qe2 Qa4 22. Qd1 Qa3 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Bb4 25. Red1 a5 26. g3 Ne4 27.
Bg2 Rfe8 28. Rd3 Rad8 29. Rad1 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Be5 {Das hat Kasparov 1993
erfolgreich eingeführt, aber nach aktuellem Stand der Theorie sollte Schwarz
ausgleichen.} O-O 13. Nd4 Re8 $1 14. Bxb8 (14. Nxf5 Rxe5 15. Nxh6+ Kg7 16. Ng4
Re6 17. Bd3 Nxc3 18. O-O {gewinnt Weiß die Figur zwar zurück, aber ohne einen
Vorteil zu erringen.}) 14... Nxc3 15. Nxf5 (15. Qxf5 Ne4+ 16. Kd1 Raxb8 17. Bd3
Bxc5 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Rc1 $13) 15... Ne4+ 16. Kd1 Raxb8 17. Nxh6+ $6 {Danach
steht Weiß schlechter.} ({Computer wollen stattdessen} 17. f3 {spielen, dann
folgt} Rbc8 $1 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Bxc5 20. Rc1 Qb6 {und Weiß hält gerade
noch das Gleichgewicht.}) 17... Kf8 18. Bd3 (18. f3 Rbc8 $1 19. fxe4 dxe4 20.
a3 Rxc5 21. Bc4 Rec8 22. Qf2 R8c7 23. Nxf7 Rxc4 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 18...
Rbc8 19. Qe2 Rxc5 20. Qh5 Qa4+ {Damit startet Grandelius ein grandioses
Damenmanöver.} 21. b3 Qd7 22. Ke2 Qe6 $1 23. Rac1 (23. a3 Bc3 24. Rac1 Nxf2 $1
25. Qxf7+ Qxf7 26. Nxf7 Nxh1 27. Nh6 {büßt Schwarz den Nh1 ein, sollte aber
trotzdem gewinnen.}) 23... Qf6 $1 {Mit den Ideen ...Qxf2+ und ...Qb2+.} ({Nicht
} 23... Nxf2 $2 {wegen} 24. Nf5 {was e3 deckt und zugleich Matt auf h8 droht.})
24. Ng4 Qb2+ 25. Kf3 Re6 26. Rxc5 $6 {Weiß lässt sich Matt setzen, aber} (26.
Rcf1 {sieht nicht wirklich einladend aus. Allerdings sind die praktischen
Probleme nach} f5 27. g3 fxg4+ 28. Kg2 {nicht zu unterschätzen, z.B.} Rf6 29.
Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kd8 32. Rd1+ Kc8 33. Qg8+ Kc7 34. Qd8+ Kc6 35.
Rhf1 {aber die Mehrfigur sollte sich durchsetzen.}) 26... Rf6+ 27. Nxf6 Qxf6+
28. Kg4 Qe6+ 29. Kf3 Qf5+ 30. Ke2 Qxf2+ 31. Kd1 {...und nun setzt die Dame
persönlich Matt.} Qd2# 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 O-O 7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3
Rf7 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qf8 12. h5 Bb4 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Bd3 Bd6
15. Ne5 Rxf2 16. Rdf1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Qe7 19. Bg6 hxg6 20. hxg6
Nd4 21. Rf7 Qd8 22. Qf4 Nf5 23. g4 Nh4 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qf7+ Kh6 26. Qh7+ Kg5
27. Qh5+ Kf4 28. Ne2+ Ke3 29. g5 Nf3 30. Kd1 Qxg5 31. Qh7 Kf2 0-1

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bg5
O-O-O 15. Ne2 Kb8 16. c4 b6 17. Rc1 Rhe8 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Be2 Rc8 20. Rhd1 Bf8
21. b4 Nd7 22. a4 Ka8 23. Ka2 g6 24. Nb3 f5 25. exf5 exf5 26. a5 Ne5 27. axb6
Qxb6 28. Be3 Qc7 29. Bf1 Rcd8 30. Bg1 Kb8 31. b5 Nd7 32. bxa6 Bxa6 33. c5 Bxf1
34. cxd6 Qb7 35. Na5 Qa6 36. Rb1+ Bb5 37. Rxb5+ Qxb5 38. Rb1 1-0

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Ne2 c5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ba6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qa4 Qc8
15. Be2 Bb7 16. O-O Rd8 17. b4 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 d5 20. Rc1 dxc4 21.
Bxc4 Qb8 22. b5 Ne4 23. Qc2 Nc5 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. bxc6 Qc7 26. Be2 e5 27. Bf3
Rd6 28. Rfd1 Rad8 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qc4 Qd8 31. h3 g6 32. Bd5 Kg7 33. e4 f5 34.
Qc3 Kh6 35. Qxe5 Nd3 36. Qc3 Qg5 37. Rc2 fxe4 38. c7 Nf4 39. Qg3 1-0

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3
Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15.
axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 Nd7 17. a5 d5 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg3 Rb8 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Nb5
axb5 22. Qxd5 Bxb4 23. Qxd7+ Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Bxe5 Bxa5 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27.
Kb2 Bd2 28. Be2 Kc6 29. Rd1 Bf4 30. Bd3 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O O-O
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Ne3 Qd7 15.
a5 Raa8 16. Re1 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Rfe8 18. c4 c6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qc3 Rad8 21. c5
d5 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Nf1 Nh5 24. Qb2 Ng6 25. g3 Nf6 26. Qc2 h6 27. Ne3 Ne7 28.
Qb2 Ng6 29. Qc2 Ne7 30. Qb2 Ng6 31. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. d4 Nd7 12. Qd3 f5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd4 Qc7
15. Bf4 Nf7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rab1 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Nd6 19. c4 Rf7 20. c5 Ne4 21.
Rfe1 Nf6 22. Re5 Rd8 23. Rxf5 Rxd4 24. Rf3 Rfd7 25. Rfb3 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+
27. Kh2 Rd7 28. g4 g5 29. Kg3 Re7 30. h4 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. f4 gxf4+ 33. Kxf4
Rf7 34. Kg3 Kg7 35. Bf3 Kg6 36. Rb4 Kg5 37. a4 a5 38. Rb3 Re7 39. Rb2 Ne8 40.
Rh2 Nf6 41. Rb2 Ne8 42. Rh2 Ng7 43. Rh8 Re8 44. Rh2 Re5 45. Rb2 Kf6 46. Rh2 Re7
47. Rh8 Ne6 48. Ra8 Nd4 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. Kg3 Kf6 51. Kf2 Ke5 52. Kg3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 c5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. a4 Bg4 17. Re1 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Rec1
Qd7 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rc4 Bf3 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Qd3 Be4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4
Rxe4 28. Bxa6 Ra8 29. Bb5 b3 30. Kg2 c4 31. Bc6 Ra6 32. Bb5 Ra8 33. Kf3 f5 34.
Bc6 Ra6 35. Bb5 Ra8 36. Bd2 Be5 37. Bc3 Bxc3 38. Rxc3 Kf8 39. d6 Rd8 40. d7 g5
41. h3 h5 42. Bc6 g4+ 43. hxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kg2 Rd4 45. Re3 Kf7 46. a5 R8xd7 47.
Bxd7 Rxd7 48. Re5 Kf6 49. Rc5 Rd2 50. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 {Introduced by Geller, this move aims to clarify
White's intentions, concerning the development of the Bc1 and Ng1.} 4. cxd5 {
White doesn't commit his N yet.} ({Transposing to a Carlsbad structure
immediately is certainly more ambitious than} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 (5. Bf4 O-O 6.
e3 {-D37 is another topical and well-explored line, here} Nbd7 {currently has
a good reputation for Black.}) 5... exd5 6. Qc2 c5 $5 7. Bg5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6
9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3 Be6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nf5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. O-O
g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Qb1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Red8 19. Nb5 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Qf6
22. Bf3 {1/2,Grischuk,A (2747)-Aronian,L (2808)/Kazan Candidates/2011/}) 4...
exd5 5. Bf4 c6 ({Another complex and interesting branch is} 5... Nf6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 (7. Nf3 {is too tame:} O-O 8. h3 c6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O
Re8 12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. b3 Bd6 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. Nd3 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Ne4
18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Nd3 Re7 21. Nc5 Nc8 22. Nd3 Nd6 $11 {Fressinet,
L (2677)-Gustafsson,J (2646)/Oberhof/2011/}) ({However, an interesting plan is
} 7. Nge2 $5 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13.
Qxd3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf5 Qe6 16. f3 Nbd7 17. Kf2 Rfe8 18. g4 Nh7 19. Na4
b6 20. Nc3 Ndf6 21. Ne2 Ng5 22. Nf4 Qd7 23. Qa3 a5 24. Rc2 Rad8 25. Rhc1 $16 {
Krush,I (2455)-Kaidanov,G (2577)/USA-ch Saint Louis/2010/}) 7... Nc6 8. g4 $5
Nxg4 9. Qxd5 Qc8 (9... Qxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb4+ 11. Nxb4 Nxb4 12. Rc1 c6 13. a3 Nd5
14. h3 Ngf6 15. Be5 Nd7 $132 16. Bh2 $2 {Krush,I (2472)-Zatonskih,A (2499)/
Saint Louis rpd plof/2011/} Nxe3 $1 17. fxe3 Be4 $15) 10. Qg2 O-O 11. e4 Bxe4
12. Nxe4 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Qf5 14. Be2 h5 $1 $44 (14... Rfe8 15. Kf1 Nf6 16. Bh6 g6
17. Qg5 Nxd4 18. Rd1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Qxf5 Nxf5 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Be1 Rxd1
23. Bxd1 Re5 24. Nf3 $16 {Aronian,L (2808)-Kramnik,V (2785)/Monte Carlo
blindfold rpd/2011/})) 6. Qc2 {All the rage today, mainly thanks to efforts of
Kasparov, Anand, Carlsen and other top GMs.} ({Botvinnik's contribution was} 6.
e3 Bf5 7. g4 $5 ({Even here the plan from Krush-Kaidanov as above is
interesting:} 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Rc1 Nf6 11. h4 h6 12. h5
Bh7 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. Nf5 Re8 16. f3 Bf8 17. Kf2 $13 {1/2,Grischuk,
A (2747)-Aronian,L (2808)/Kazan Candidates/2011/}) (7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nf6 9.
Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Qd7 15. Rae1 Rbe8
16. Nc1 a5 17. bxa5 Bxa3 18. Nxd5 Bxc1 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Rxc1 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Rxe3
22. d5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Re5 24. Rfd1 Nf6 $11 {Nakamura,H (2774)-Ponomariov,R 
(2754)/Saint Louis m/2011/}) {and this line is played even nowadays:} 7... Be6
8. Bd3 Nd7 9. h3 g5 (9... h5 $5 10. gxh5 Ndf6 11. h6 Nxh6 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Be5
f6 14. Bh2 Bd6 15. Bg6+ Bf7 16. Nf3 Bxg6 17. Qxg6+ Nf7 18. Nh4 Bxh2 19. Rxh2
Qc7 20. Nf3 O-O-O 21. Qg4+ Kb8 22. h4 Nd6 23. O-O-O f5 $15 {Botvinnik,
M-Petrosian,T/WCh Moscow/1963/}) 10. Be5 ({A strange novelty, but even the
natural} 10. Bg3 h5 $132 {is unclear.}) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 d4 (11... h5 $5 {/\
} 12. gxh5 Qc7) 12. exd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qf4 14. Be4 Bb4 15. Qd4 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 h5
17. gxh5 Rd8 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3 Rxh5 20. Rg1 Bd5 21. Nxg5 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Ke7
23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rxe5 25. Rxg8 Rxe4 26. Rb8 $132 {Navara,D (2702)
-Riazantsev,A (2679)/FRA-chT Mulhouse/2011/}) 6... Nf6 ({After} 6... g6 7. e3
Bf5 {Black develops his Bc8, but the N is still on g1 and White can harrass it
with} 8. Qd2 $1 {A classical example is} Nd7 9. f3 Nb6 10. e4 Be6 11. e5 {()>>}
h5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. b3 Bh4+ 14. g3 Be7 15. Kf2 Bf5 16. Bf1 Kf8 17. Kg2 a5 18. a3
Qd8 19. Nh3 Bxh3+ 20. Kxh3 Kg7 21. Kg2 Nd7 22. Bd3 Nf8 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Ne2 $36
{Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2740)/WCh London/Leningrad/1986/}) ({A popular
move is} 6... Bd6 {, but I don't quite believe losing a tempo to exchange a
potentially good B should equalise too easily:} 7. Bxd6 (7. Nxd5 {leads to
boring equality after} Be6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nc3 Qxd4 10. Nf3 Qc5 11. e3 Nf6 12.
Rd1 O-O 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. Rd2 Nbd7 $11 {Schulze,G (2124)-Schlemmer,H (2091)/corr/
2004/}) 7... Qxd6 8. e3 Ne7 (8... Qg6 9. Qxg6 hxg6 10. b4 a6 $6 11. f3 Nd7 12.
Bd3 Ne7 13. Nge2 g5 14. Kf2 Nf6 15. g4 Kd8 16. Kg3 Bd7 17. a4 Nc8 18. h3 Re8
19. Kf2 Nd6 20. a5 Re7 21. Rac1 Nfe8 22. Ng3 g6 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rxh4 $16 {
Nakamura,H (2774)-Ponomariov,R (2754)/Saint Louis m/2011/}) 9. Bd3 b6 (9... Nd7
10. Nge2 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 a5 13. Rad1 b6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qb8 16. N2c3
Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Ra7 21. Qd2 $40 Nc5 22.
Nf6+ $1 $18 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Karpov,A (2619)/Valencia rpd m/2009/}) (9... g6
10. f3 Nd7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. g4
Kg7 17. Qf4 Rd8 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Qxd6 Rxd6 20. Nf4 Kf8 21. h4 Bd7 22. Kf2 Ne8
23. Rc1 Rc8 24. a3 Nc7 25. Nce2 Rb6 26. Rc5 $16 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Karpov,A 
(2619)/Valencia rpd m/2009/}) 10. Nf3 (10. Nge2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O
13. f3 Nd7 14. Rad1 f5 15. Ng3 Rae8 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Rf8 19.
Re1 h6 20. e5 Qb4 21. Re2 c5 $132 {Anand,V (2788)-Jakovenko,D (2736)/Moscow
blitz/2009/}) 10... Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Qe6 15.
Rae1 Rfe8 (15... f6 $142 $14 {/<=>}) 16. Nh4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 Qxg6 18. Qd2 Nf8 19.
f4 Qf5 20. Nd1 f6 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Qd3 fxe5 23. dxe5 Ne6 24. f5 $16 {Carlsen,M 
(2772)-Jakovenko,D (2742)/Nanjing/2009/ For more details see the notes by
Krasenkow in CBM 133.}) (6... Bg4 7. e3 (7. f3 Bh5 8. O-O-O Nf6 9. e4 Bg6 10.
Bd3 O-O 11. e5 {Shirov,A (2580)-Spraggett,K (2540)/Manila izt/1990/} Bxd3 12.
Qxd3 Ne8 13. Be3 Na6 14. f4 Nb4 15. Qb1 f5 $10 {Ftacnik}) 7... Bh5 8. Bd3 Bg6
9. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nge2 b5 13. e4 b4 14. Na4 dxe4
15. fxe4 Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. h4 Rfe8 18. e5 Nd5 19. h5 g5 20. h6 g6 21. Bc1 $16
{->,Carlsen,M (2815)-Nakamura,H (2774)/Medias/2011/}) 7. e3 (7. Nf3 g6 8. e3
Bf5 $11 {solves Black's opening problems. A well-known older example, quoted
also in Kasparov's Great Predecessors series, went} 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7
11. Bh6 Ng4 12. Bf4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Bg5 Ne4 17.
Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. Na4 Nbc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Nc5 Nd6 22. Rac1 Qg5 23.
Qd1 h5 24. Kh1 Re7 25. Nd3 Ne4 26. Nc5 Nd6 27. Nd3 Qf5 28. Ne5 f6 29. Nf3 Rg7
30. Nh2 Re8 31. Kg1 Ne4 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Rfd1 g5 $1 34. Qxh5 f5 $40 {Bobotsov,M
(2455)-Petrosian,T (2645)/Lugano olm/1968/}) 7... Nh5 $5 {A sharp try to win
the ^^ and change the character of the fight. Otherwise the resulting Carlsbad
structure is more pleasant for White:} (7... Nbd7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nf3
Nf8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 Be6 15. Na4 N6d7 16. b4 axb4
17. axb4 b5 18. Nc5 Nb6 19. Ra1 f6 20. Qc3 Bf7 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Ra1 Qb8 23.
Nd2 Nc4 24. Ndb3 Ra7 25. e4 $14 {/=,Anand,V (2788)-Karpov,A (2619)/Corsica rpd
m/2009/}) (7... O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O $5 (10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O {
- see Anand-Karpov above}) 10... Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Ng5 b5 14. Be5
h6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. g4 Nd7 17. h4 b4 18. Ne2 Bxh4 19. f4 c5 20. Ba6 Be7 21.
Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Ng3 f6 23. Rxh6 $1 Nef8 24. Rh3 c4 25. Nf5 fxe5 26. fxe5 $40 {
Timman,J (2585)-Karpov,A (2725)/Bugojno/1978/}) 8. Be5 {The only way to fight
for an edge.} (8. Bg3 Nd7 (8... g6 9. Bd3 Be6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Nf4 Nxf4 12.
Bxf4 Nf6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Be5 f6 15. Bh2 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. g4 Ng7 18. O-O-O
f5 19. f3 O-O-O 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. Qg2 Rhe8 22. Rhe1 f4 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Bc4
25. Qf2 Ne6 26. d5 $14 {Spirin,O (2430)-Novosadova,K (2034)/Teplice/2008/}) 9.
Bd3 Nxg3 $5 (9... g6 10. Nge2 (10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nf3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bf6 13. e4
Bg7 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nb6 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Bxc4
Rxc4 $44 {Aleksandrov,A (2601)-Jobava,B (2650)/Moscow op/2007/}) 10... O-O (
10... Nxg3 $5 11. hxg3 Nf6 $13) 11. Nf4 Ndf6 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Nxh5 Nxh5 14.
Be5 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. h3 Bd7 17. g4 Nf6 18. Kb1 Re7 19. Ka1 Rae8 20. Rc1
Bc8 21. g5 Nh5 22. Be2 Ng7 23. h4 Bf5 24. Qa4 a6 25. Qd1 Ne6 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27.
Qxd3 Ng7 $11 {Zhou Jianchao (2650)-Liang Chong (2502)/CHN-chT/2010/}) 10. hxg3
Nf6 11. Nf3 g6 12. O-O-O Qd6 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Ng5 O-O-O 15. Na4 Ng4 16. Nxe6
Qxe6 17. Rd2 h5 18. Ka1 Kb8 19. Rb1 Bb4 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Rdd1 Bxc5 22. dxc5 h4
$36 {Pacher,M (2399)-Likavsky,T (2466)/SVK-chT/2011/}) 8... Nd7 9. Be2 Nxe5 {
Black is also consistent and goes for the critical continuation. If White
retains the B, he gets an edge.} (9... Nhf6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Nf3 b6 12. O-O Bb7
13. Rfd1 Re8 14. a3 a5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bf3 b5 17. b3 Nf8 {Shishkov,A (2403)
-Volodin,A (2401)/Rakvere/2009/} 18. Nd3 Ne6 19. h3 $14) 10. dxe5 g6 11. Bxh5 {
Breaking up the >> is strategically more or less forced, otherwise Black with
his ^^ solves his opening problems.} (11. Nf3 f6 $5 $132 {/3}) (11. O-O-O Ng7
12. Nf3 Qa5 $15) 11... gxh5 12. O-O-O f6 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Nge2 (13. e4 dxe4 (
13... d4 14. Rxd4 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qg7 $13) 14. Qxe4 Bd7 {/\0-0-0~~}) 13... Be6 14.
Nd4 (14. e4 O-O-O 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 $132) 14... O-O-O 15. f4 Kb8 16.
Kb1 $13 {/2}) 13. e4 $5 $146 {[%csl Re8][%mdl 72] A logical novelty. White
must try to use his lead in development to create tactical threats against the
potentially vulnerable black c.} ({An example of how insufficiently concrete
play can lead to problems is} 13. Nf3 $143 fxe5 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. f4 Bd6 16. Nf3
Bf5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxd6 exf3 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. gxf3 Bg6 22. Ne2
Re8 23. Rd2 Re3 $17 {Grischuk,A (2728)-Aronian,L (2737)/Kazan Candidates rpd/
2011/}) 13... d4 $8 (13... fxe5 14. exd5 $16) 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nf3 (15. Nge2
O-O 16. f4 Bg7 $132 {~~}) 15... Bg4 16. Ne2 Qa5 ({A possible improvement is} 
16... c5 $5 17. h3 (17. Kb1 Qd6 $13) 17... Be6 $5 (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc7 19.
f4 O-O-O 20. e5 Bh4 $14 {/~~ also isn't quite clear, as it's not simple to get
White's [+] moving}) 18. Kb1 Qa5 19. b3 Qb6 20. Nf4 O-O 21. Nxh5 a5 $132) 17.
Kb1 c5 (17... O-O-O $5 18. Nexd4 Bxd4 (18... Kb8 19. h3 $14) 19. Rxd4 Bxf3 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. gxf3 Rd2 22. Qb3 Qe5 $44) 18. Nf4 O-O {This is risky to say the
least, but White has the initiative also after} (18... O-O-O 19. Nd5 Rhf8 20.
b4 $14) 19. h3 Bd7 (19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Kh8 21. Ne6 $16) 20. Nxh5 Rae8 21. Nd2
$5 Bh4 $2 (21... Bh8 $142 $1 $14 {/\} 22. Qb3+ Be6 (22... c4 $5) 23. Qg3+ Kf7
$132) 22. f4 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%mdl 128] Black's problem is not so much White's
extra P, but his exposed c. So will soon whip up a strong ->.} c4 (22... Be6
23. Nb3 $16) 23. g4 d3 24. Qc1 $1 (24. Qxc4+ $2 Be6 25. Nb3 Qxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Bxc4
$17) 24... b5 25. f5 $40 Kh8 $6 (25... Bg5 26. Nxc4 $1 {/\} d2 27. Qxd2 $18) (
25... Qd8 26. Qc3 $16 (26. Nxc4 $5 bxc4 27. Qxc4+ $36)) ({After the text-move
White wins almost by force. More resilient, but hardly sufficient is} 25... Qc7
$142 $5 26. g5 $5 (26. Nf3 Bd8 27. Qh6 Bc6 $14) (26. Rhg1 Bg5 27. Qc3 Bc6 28.
Nf3 $16) 26... b4 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28. gxf6 c3 29. Rdg1+ $16) 26. Nf3 Bd8 27. Qh6
Rf7 28. f6 Rg8 29. Ne5 $18 (29. Ng5 Rxg5 30. Qxg5 $18) 29... Be6 (29... Be8 30.
g5 $5 (30. Ng7 $2 Rxf6 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 $132) 30... Qc7 31. g6 Qxe5 32. gxf7 Bxf7
33. Rhg1 {[%cal Rg1g7]} Bg6 34. Rxg6 Rxg6 35. f7 $18) 30. Nf4 (30. Ng7 $1 {
[%cal Re5g6] /\Ng6#} Rxf6 (30... Rgxg7 31. fxg7+ Rxg7 32. Qxe6 $18) 31. Nxe6
$18 {leads to the same final position.}) 30... Rxf6 (30... b4 $142 $5 31. Nxf7+
(31. Neg6+ Rxg6 32. Nxg6+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ Bxe7 34. fxe7 Rxe7 35. Rhf1 $16) 31...
Bxf7 $16) 31. Nxe6 $1 {[%cal Rh6f6] /\Lf6} (31. Nxe6 Rxh6 32. Nf7#) 1-0

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. g3 Be6
15. Qf3 Qxc3 16. Rb1 Qxd4 17. Be4 Qc4 18. Bb2 Be7 19. Rfc1 Qxa2 20. Rc7 Bd8 21.
Rxb7 Rc8 22. Qe3 f6 23. Ra1 Qc4 24. Rc1 Qa2 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Rxa7 Qe6 27. Ba3
1-0

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 a5 14. e3 Rb8
15. Qe2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxc4 Rxb2 18. Qxc6 Qd6 19. Qf3 Qb4 20. Rac1 Be7
21. Qc6 Bd6 22. Rb1 Qb3 23. Rxb2 Qxb2 24. Nb5 Qb3 25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Nxc7 Qb2 27.
Rf1 Bxc7 28. Qxc7 Qb6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Ra1 Rb4 31. Kg2 h5 32. Kf3 Kf8 33. Ra2
Ke7 34. Kf4 f6 35. Ke4 Kd6 36. f4 f5+ 37. Kf3 g6 38. h3 Kd5 39. Ra1 Rc4 40. Ra3
Rb4 41. Ra1 Rc4 42. g4 h4 43. Ra2 Rb4 44. g5 Rc4 45. Ra1 Rb4 46. Ra2 Rc4 47.
Ra1 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 Be4 14. Qc1 Qb7 15.
Re1 Bd5 16. Nc3 Ne4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 c6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rac1 Nb6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nc4 24. d5 c5 25. bxc5 Rxa5 26. cxd6 Qd7 27. Qf4
Nxd6 28. Rc6 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 b4 30. Qxb4 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sanchez, Joseph"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. h3 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 h4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. Nxa5 Bd8 18. Nc4 Kd7 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Rhe1 Nf4 21.
Bf1 b5 22. Nd2 Bb6 23. a4 bxa4 24. Re4 a3 25. Rb4 Rhb8 26. Nb3 axb2 27. Ra4 Ra7
28. Kxb2 Bd4+ 29. Ka3 Bc3 30. Na5 Bxa5 31. Rxa5 Rb6 32. Rd2 Rb1 33. Bc4 Ra1+
34. Ba2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 d6 13. O-O Rf6 14. d5 Rh6 15.
Bb2 Na6 16. Ba1 e5 17. Bd3 Bc8 18. g3 Qe7 19. Nh4 Rxh4 20. gxh4 Qxh4 21. f3 Ng5
22. f4 Ne4 23. fxe5 Qg4+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nd2 26. Bc3 Nxf1 27. Rxf1 Nb8
28. e6 Ra3 29. Rc1 g6 30. b5 c5 31. dxc6 Bxe6 32. c7 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salvador, Roland"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Be3 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Ng4 15. Bc1 Nxe5 16. e4 d4 17. f4 Nd7 18. Ne2 c5 19. e5 Qb6 20. Kh1 a5 21. g4
Qa6 22. Ng3 b5 23. Ne4 Bb7 24. Nd6 Bxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Rf8 26. Rd3 Rad8 27. g5 Qa8
28. Nxb5 g6 29. Rdf3 c4 30. Nd6 d3 31. Nxc4 Ndc5 32. Nd6 Nd4 33. Rh3 Nf5 34.
Qxa8 Rxa8 35. Be3 Nxe3 36. Rxe3 Rfb8 37. Rf2 Rb4 38. b3 a4 39. f5 axb3 40. axb3
Rd4 41. Rd2 Rg4 42. Rg3 Rxg3 43. hxg3 gxf5 44. Kg2 Rb8 45. Nxf5 Rxb3 46. Kf3
Ne6 47. Ke3 Rb5 48. Kxd3 Rxe5 49. Rf2 Nxg5 50. g4 Re8 51. Ra2 Nf3 52. Ra4 Kf8
53. Kc3 Rd8 54. Rf4 Ne5 55. Re4 Rd3+ 56. Kc2 Rd5 57. Ra4 f6 58. Ne3 Rd7 59. Re4
Nc6 60. Nf5 Kf7 61. Kc3 Ne5 62. Kb4 Kg6 63. Ne3 Kg5 64. Kc5 Rd8 65. Ra4 Rd3 66.
Re4 h6 67. Kb5 Rc3 68. Kb4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Re8 10. b3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ng3 h5 13. Bd3 Kh8 14. b4 Neg8 15. O-O
Kh7 16. c5 Bh6 17. Nge2 Bd7 18. a4 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Nh6 20. b5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5
22. Bxb5 Re7 23. a5 dxc5 24. Qxc5 b6 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Bc6 Ne8 27. Bxe8 Qxe8
28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Ng8 30. Nc3 Nf6 31. Nb5 Qd8 32. Na7 Qd6 33. Qc3 Nxd5 34.
exd5 Qxd5 35. Nc6 Re6 36. Nb4 Qb7 37. Rc1 Kg8 38. Nd3 Qd5 39. Re1 f6 40. Rc1 g5
41. Nb4 Qd6 42. Qc4 Kg7 43. Qxc7+ Qxc7 44. Rxc7+ Kg6 45. Rc6 1-0

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nolte, Rolando"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bf6 11. Be4 Qd6 12. Qd3 h6 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Bxd5 exd5
15. Bf4 a6 16. Nd6 Qc7 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Be5 Na5 20. Rab1 Nc4 21.
Qf4 Bg5 22. Qg4 Qe6 23. Qg3 f6 24. Bf4 Qf5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Rfe1 Rfe8 27. h4
gxh4 28. Nxh4 Qh5 29. Ng6 Kf7 30. Nf4 Qf5 31. Rbc1 Nxb2 32. Qb3 Qxf4 33. Qxb7+
Kg6 34. Qxb2 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Re2 36. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qxd4 39.
Qxa6 Qd1+ 40. Qf1 Qd2 41. Qb1+ Kh6 42. a4 d4 43. Kf1 d3 44. Qe1 Qc2 45. Qe3+ g5
46. Ke1 Qc3+ 47. Kd1 Kg6 48. g3 Kf7 49. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Garcia, Jan Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nd5 f6 12. Bf4 c6 13. Bxd6 cxd5 14. exd5 Qd8
15. c5 Rf7 16. Nxd4 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Qc7 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qc2 b6 20. Ba3 Qxc2 21.
Nxc2 Rd8 22. f3 Bf5 23. Nd4 Rxd5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bh6 27.
Rd8+ Kg7 28. Bd6 Be3+ 29. Kf1 Bd4 30. b3 Be5 31. Ke2 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rc7 33. Rd2
Kf7 34. Ke3 Re7+ 35. Kd3 Rd7+ 36. Kc3 Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Ke6 38. g3 Ke5 39. Kc3 Kd5
40. Kd3 b5 41. h3 h5 42. b4 Ke5 43. Kd2 f4 44. g4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bb4 13. Rc1 Bxd2 14. Qxd2
O-O 15. Re3 Rac8 16. Rec3 Ne7 17. b3 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Rc8 19. h3 h6 20. Qc2 Rxc3
21. Qxc3 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Nxc6 23. Kf1 Nb4 24. a3 Nc2 25. a4 Na1 26. Nd2 Nc2 27.
Nf3 a5 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Kd2 Nb4 30. Ne1 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Barbosa, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 Qb6 15. a4 Be6 16. a5 Qd6 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. h3 g6 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1
Rc7 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. h4 h5 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Be6
27. Qb4 b6 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Kf3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. c3 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a4
a6 15. a5 Qd8 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Nc1 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Qd1 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Be2 a5 22. Qd4 a4 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Nxf4 d4 26. Bf3 Rac8 27. Bxc6
Rxc6 28. cxd4 Rd8 29. d5 Rc4 30. g3 Kf8 31. Rfd1 g5 32. Ng2 Rxd5 33. Ne3 Rxd1+
34. Rxd1 Rb4 35. Rd2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ranola, Yves"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 f6 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2
Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Bc3 Qd7 19. Bb4 Nd5 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Nc4 Rdc8
22. Qb2 Bd8 23. b6 Ne7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nxd6 Qd5 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. e4 Qxd3 28.
b7 Rb8 29. Rfd1 Qf3 30. Qb5 Kf7 31. Qd3 Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Ke8 33. Nc3 Bb3 34. Rd6
Ba5 35. Ra6 Bxc3 36. Ra8 Nc6 37. Rc1 Bd4 38. Rxc6 Kd7 39. Rxb8 Kxc6 40. Rh8
Kxb7 41. Rxh7 Bc5 42. Rxg7+ Kb6 43. h4 Bxa3 44. h5 Bf8 45. Rg6 a3 46. Rxf6+ Kb7
47. h6 a2 48. Rxf8 a1=Q+ 49. Kh2 Qa6 0-1

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Re8 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qe7 14. Ra1 h6 15.
e3 Ne5 16. Qc2 Red8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Bc3 Ra8 19. Rab1 Ned7 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 Ra3 22. b5 c5 23. Qb2 Rda8 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qd8 26. Nd2 Be7 27. Rxa8
Qxa8 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Qb3 b6 30. Kh2 Bd6 31. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bitoon, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 h6 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Qc4 Qc8 11. Nd2 Be7 12. f3 O-O 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Rd2 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. Rhd1 Be6 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bxa7
Bf5 21. Na1 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 e4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. g3 f5 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Bd4 Be7 27.
Re2 Bd6 28. Nb3 g5 29. Kc1 Kg6 30. Bf2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PHI-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bf5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. e3 Ne4 15.
Qe2 a4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qb5 Qd6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rfc8 21.
Rab1 Rc7 22. Rfc1 e6 23. Rc3 Bf8 24. Ba3 Qa6 25. Bxf8 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 Kxf8 27. d5
exd5 28. Rxd5 Rac8 29. c5 f5 30. Ra3 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. g4 h5 14. h3 Rf6 15. Nd3 Rh6
16. c5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Ng6 19. Rc1 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh3 21. Kg2 Rg3+
22. Kf2 Nh4 23. Rg1 Rh3 24. Rh1 Rg3 25. Kf1 Bf8 26. Bf2 a6 27. Bxg3 fxg3 28.
Rg1 Qf6 29. Rxg3 Qf4 30. Qe1 Bd6 31. Rc2 Bd7 32. Nd1 b6 33. Qf2 Bc5 34. Rxc5
bxc5 35. Ne3 Bb5 36. b3 Bxe2+ 37. Kxe2 a5 38. d6 cxd6 39. Nd5 Qc1 40. Qe3 Qxe3+
41. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.
Bxc3 Nc6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. f3 O-O 17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Qc7 21. Be1 a6 22. Qc5 Rd8 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Bg3 Qd8 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Bxd6
b6 27. a4 Ne8 28. Ba3 Rc7 29. Nd2 f6 30. Kf2 e5 31. b3 Kf7 32. Nc4 b5 33. axb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 e6 10. g3 Ne7 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rd1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nc1 c6 15. Nb3
Nb6 16. Na5 d5 17. Be2 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. a3 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd4 Bxd4
22. Qxd4 Be6 23. Kf2 Qc7 24. Qc5 Qe5 25. Rc1 Nc8 26. Rhd1 Nb6 27. f4 Qg7 28.
Qd4 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Ra8 30. Ra1 dxe4 31. Nxe4 Bd5 32. Nc3 Be6 33. Ne4 Rfd8 34.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Nc5 Bd5 36. a4 Rb8 37. a5 Nc8 38. a6 Na7 39. Nb7 Nb5 40. Na5 Nd6
41. Bf3 Nc8 42. Nxc6 Bxc6 43. Bxc6 Rxb4 44. a7 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Nxa7 46. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. b4 d3 14. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rb1 Bd7 21.
Rb3 Bc6 22. Rd3 Qf4 23. Nb3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Rd7 Rf7 26. O-O Bc6 27. Rc7
Bf8 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Be3 Bd5 30. Nd4 a5 31. Rc1 axb4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Rc7+
Kg8 34. Bg5 Ba5 35. Re7 Bb4 36. Rc7 Ba5 37. Rd7 Bc3 38. Nc2 Bxe5 39. f4 Bg7 40.
Nb4 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 b4 12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Bb7
15. Rac1 O-O 16. Rhe1 Rfc8 17. h4 Ne7 18. Nd4 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. h5 f6 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. c4 bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 e5 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. g3 h6 27. Be2
Kf7 28. Bg4 f5 29. Be2 Ke6 30. Ke3 e4 31. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Nd2 Rd8
15. Rc2 Rd4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe8+ Kh7 18. e3 Rd8 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Ne4 Qg6 21.
Nxc5 Bxg2 22. Bxg2 Qxg2 23. Qe4+ Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Nd7 25. Ke2 f5 26. Nd2 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 e5 14. Rd1 Rc8 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Ra3 Bd6 19. Rad3 Bf8 20. Qb3 c5 21.
bxc5 Bxc5 22. Bc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ng6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qb3 Be7
15. Rac1 O-O 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. g3 Rd7 19. Be4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rc8
21. Kg2 Na5 22. Qa4 b6 23. Rd7 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Bd4 Bc5 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27.
Bxc5 bxc5 28. b3 Nb6 29. Rxa7 c4 30. bxc4 Nxc4 31. a4 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. a5
e5 34. a6 Na5 35. Nh4 Nc6 36. Rb7 g5 37. Nf5 Kf8 38. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Jakarta Indonesia op 1st"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Situru, Nathanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O Ba3 10. Bc3 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Qxb4 12. Qc2 h6 13. a3 Qe7 14. cxd5 exd5
15. b4 Re8 16. Rfc1 a6 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. Nc5 Nf8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Bf5 21.
Re1 g6 22. Nf1 g5 23. f4 Bh7 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Ng3 b6 26. Na4 Qb7 27. Qe2 Bg6
28. Rf1 Nh7 29. Nf5 Re6 30. h4 gxh4 31. Nxh4 a5 32. Qb2 axb4 33. Qxb4 Rb8 34.
Rab1 Qc7 35. Nc5 Rf6 36. Na6 Qg3 37. Nxb8 Qxe3+ 38. Kh2 Qg5 39. g3 e3 40. Nd7
Bxb1 41. Nxf6+ Nxf6 42. Qxb1 Ng4+ 43. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Jakarta Indonesia op 1st"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen, Van Huy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2011.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Nc2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nxb4 axb4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Qb3 Bg4
15. Rfe1 Ra6 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rb6 18. Qc2 Nb4 19. Qc1 c5 20. e3 Ra6 21. Qb1
Qd7 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Rb3 Ra4 24. Qc1 Na2 25. Qc2 Nb4 26. Qc1 Qc7 27. Nb1 b6
28. Qd2 Na6 29. Ra3 Qd7 30. b3 Rxa3 31. Nxa3 Bf5 32. b4 Qa4 33. Nc2 Qb3 34.
Nxd4 Qxd3 35. Qxd3 Bxd3 36. Nc6 Bxc4 37. Rxe5 Kf8 38. Bf1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Rc8 40.
b5 Nc7 41. Nd4 Rd8 42. Nc6 Rd1+ 43. Ke2 Rb1 44. Re7 Nxb5 45. Rb7 f6 46. Kd3
Rd1+ 47. Ke3 Nd6 48. Rxb6 Nc4+ 49. Ke2 Rd2+ 50. Ke1 Rd6 51. Rb8+ Kf7 52. Rb7+
Ke6 53. Nb4 g5 54. h3 Kf5 55. Nc2 Ke4 56. Ne3 Nxe3 57. Re7+ Kf3 58. Rxe3+ Kg2
59. g4 Rd4 60. Rg3+ Kh2 61. Ke2 Re4+ 62. Kf1 Rf4 63. Ra3 f5 64. Rg3 Ra4 65.
gxf5 Rf4 66. h4 gxh4 67. Rg6 Rxf5 68. Rxh6 h3 69. Rg6 Rf7 70. Rg4 Rf3 71. Ke2
Ra3 72. Rg5 Ra4 73. Rg6 Kh1 74. Rg3 Ra2+ 75. Kf1 Ra1+ 76. Ke2 h2 77. Rg8 Ra4
78. Rg7 Re4+ 79. Kf1 Re8 80. Rg6 Rd8 81. Rg7 Rd1+ 82. Ke2 Rg1 83. Rh7 Rg2 84.
Kf1 Rxf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Indonesia op 1st"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Ba6 Bxf3 13. Bxb7 O-O 14. Nd2
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bd6 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Qd7 Ng6 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Ng5
Rf6 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Indonesia op 1st"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wahono, Awam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. O-O-O d4 10. Nb1 Na6 11. c4 Qa5 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Qb6
15. Kc2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Bg2 Nd7 18. Qf4 e5 19. Qd2 a5 20. Ra1 b5 21. b4
Qa7 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Rhc1 Rfc8+ 24. Kd1 Rc3 25. Rab1 Rac8 26. Bf3 axb4 27.
axb4 Qa4+ 28. Ke1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qxb4+ 31. Kf1 Qc3 32. Qb1 b4
33. Bd1 Nc5 34. Qa2 g6 35. Be2 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Jakarta Indonesia op 1st"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 d4 9. Qg3 Nbd7 10. Bh6 Ne8 11. Nf3 e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. b4 a5 14. e4 axb4
15. axb4 Ra3 16. Bg5 Nef6 17. Bh6 Ne8 18. Bg5 Nef6 19. Bh6 Ne8 20. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Indonesia op 1st"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. d5
Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Qd3 a5 13. Be3 Na6 14. Nd2 f5 15.
exf5 Rxf5 16. g3 Raf8 17. a3 Bg5 18. Nde4 Be7 19. Rab1 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. d6
cxd6 22. Nxc5 Qc8 23. N5e4 Rf3 24. Qe2 Qh3 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Nxd6 Bb6 27. Nxb6
Nh4 28. gxh4 R8f4 29. Kh1 e4 30. Qd2 Qxh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Indonesia op 1st"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2011.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 11th"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2012.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be2 Qb6 13. f4 e6 14. O-O f5 15.
Bc4 fxe4 16. Bxe6 Nf6 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. f5 Bf7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Qc2 Rd8 22. Rxb7+ Be7 23. Bc1 Qd6 24. Qb3+ Ke8 25. Kh1 Ng4 26. Rf4 h5 27. Nxe4
Qd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. h3 Rxd4 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Rb8+ Kd7 33. Rxh8
Nf2+ 34. Kh2 Nd3 35. Bd2 c5 36. Kg3 c4 37. Bxa5 Bf6 38. Ra8 c3 39. Ra7+ Kd6 40.
Ra6+ Kd5 41. Rxf6 c2 42. Bd2 gxf6 43. Kh4 Nc5 44. Kxh5 Nb3 45. Bh6 Kc4 46. a5
Nxa5 47. Bc1 Nb3 48. Ba3 Nd4 49. g4 Kb3 50. Bc1 Ne2 51. Bh6 Kc3 52. Kg6 Kd3 53.
Kxf6 Ke4 54. Bd2 Kd3 55. Bg5 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 11th"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2012.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rc8 14.
Rb1 Rxc5 15. Rxb7 Rxc3 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. O-O Rd8 18. h3 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. exd4
Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxa7 Rc2 23. a4 Ra2 24. a5 g6 25. g3 Rda4 26. Kg2 Rxa5
27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. h4 h5 29. Re1 Rf5 30. Re2 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 11th"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2012.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lou, Yiping"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Kb1 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. dxc6 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2
15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb5 f5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Ne2 Bxa2+ 20. Kc2 gxf5
21. b3 c5 22. Be3 c4 23. Bxb6 Bxb3+ 24. Kd2 Rb8 25. Rb1 e6 26. Ke3 Ba2 27. Rc1
Rxb6 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Be5 30. h3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 11th"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2012.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Qa4 Bd5 14. O-O Qe8
15. Qxe8 Rfxe8 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Rb1 bxc5 18. dxc5 e6 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rac8
21. Be3 Bf8 22. Rb7 Bxc5 23. Rdd7 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rf8 25. Rxa7 Rcd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Ra4 Rd2 28. a3 Ra2 29. Rxc4 Rxa3 30. Kf2 Ra2+ 31. Kg3 Re2 32. e4 g5 33. h4
gxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Kg7 35. Rc8 Kf6 36. Kg3 h5 37. c4 Rc2 38. c5 Ke5 39. Rh8 Rxc5
40. Rxh5+ f5 41. exf5 exf5 42. Rh8 Rc4 43. Re8+ Kf6 44. Rf8+ Ke6 45. Re8+ Kf6
46. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 11th"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bb4
9. Bd2 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. a3 Be7 14. Qc2 Ra7 15. Kf1
Nf6 16. Kg2 Nbd7 17. c5 e5 18. g5 Nh5 19. f4 exd4 20. exd4 Nf8 21. Rae1 Qb8 22.
Rhf1 f6 23. Qd3 Kf7 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bf3 Rd7 26. Qe2 Bxg5 27. Bxh5 Bh4 28. Bf3
Re7 29. Qd1 Bxe1 30. Bxe1 Ne6 31. Ne2 g5 32. Bg3 gxf4 33. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 34. Bxf4
Qe8 35. Bg5 Re6 36. h4 g6 37. h5 Kg7 38. Kf2 Qb8 39. Rh1 Qc7 40. Qd2 Qd7 41.
Bf4 Qe7 42. Qd1 Kg8 43. Bd6 Qg5 44. Qd3 Rh6 45. Rg1 Qh4+ 46. Bg3 Qg5 47. Be5
Qh4+ 48. Ke2 Qf6 49. Kf1 Qf8 50. Bf4 Rh7 51. Rxg6+ Rxg6 52. hxg6 Rd7 53. Be5
1-0

[Event "Asian Continental op 11th"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Bf5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nc6 15. e3 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bf5 17. Kd2 Rc8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 Kd7 20.
Rac1 Kd6 21. Rhe1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Re8 23. f3 g5 24. Kd2 a6 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Rc1
Rc4 27. b3 Rxd4+ 28. Ke3 Rh4 29. h3 a5 30. Kd3 Ke5 31. Rc7 Kf4 32. Rxb7 Kg3 33.
b4 Kxg2 34. b5 Rxh3 35. Rxf7 g4 36. b6 Rxf3+ 37. Rxf3 gxf3 38. b7 f2 39. b8=Q
f1=Q+ 40. Kc2 Qf2+ 41. Kb1 h5 42. Qd8 Qf5+ 43. Kb2 d4 44. Kb3 Qb5+ 45. Kc2 Qc4+
46. Kb2 Qc3+ 47. Ka2 Qc2+ 48. Ka1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Asian Continental op 11th"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. d4 Ndb4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8.
Qd1 e5 9. dxe5 Bf5 10. Bg5 Nc2+ 11. Qxc2 Bxc2 12. Bxd8 Rxd8 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. e4
Bh6 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Bg4 17. Bb5 Bxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bf4 19. Nd5 Bxe5 20. Nb4
Bxb2 21. Ke2 Ba3 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23. Nxc6 Kd7 24. Ne5+ Ke6 25. Nc6 Kd7 26. Ne5+
Ke6 27. Nc6 Kd7 28. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 11th"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Bf4 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nb5 axb5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14.
Bxd6 Rxa2 15. Kb1 Ra8 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. Qxb4 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. Bd3 b4 20.
Kc1 Ke7 21. Kd2 Rc8 22. Ra1 b6 23. Ke3 e5 24. h4 Rca8 25. Rad1 Ra2 26. Rb1 Rc8
27. Rhd1 Be6 28. Rd2 h6 29. Rdd1 Ra5 30. Ra1 Rca8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 11th"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2012.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. g4 h5 14. h3 Rf6 15. Nd3 Rh6
16. c5 dxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Ng6 19. Rc1 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh3 21. Kg2 Rg3+
22. Kf2 Nh4 23. Rg1 Rh3 24. Rh1 Rg3 25. Kf1 a6 26. d6 cxd6 27. Bf2 Be6 28. Nd5
Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Kh7 30. Qxb7 Kg6 31. Rc7 Bf6 32. Bc4 Qf8 33. Be6 Bg7 34. Rxg7+
Qxg7 35. Qxa8 Rxf3 36. Bf5+ Kh6 37. Ke2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Re2 Qd6 13. Bd2 Bf6 14. Rae1
h6 15. Qf5 Rad8 16. Qh5 Qd7 17. h3 Ne7 18. Nh2 Qf5 19. Qg4 Qxc2 20. Bg5 Qxe2
21. Rxe2 Bxg5 22. h4 Bf6 23. Qh5 Kh8 24. g3 c5 25. dxc5 Nc6 26. Re3 d4 27. cxd4
Bxd4 28. Re2 b6 29. Ng4 Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qe4 Rc8 32. cxb6 Bxb6 33. Rc2 Rfe8
34. Qa4 h5 35. Ne3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Re6 37. Kg2 g6 38. Rc5 Rxe3 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40.
Qxc6 Re2+ 41. Kf3 Rxa2 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qc4 Ra3+ 44. Kf4 Kg8 45. Kg5 Kg7 46.
Qd4+ Kh7 47. Kf6 Rf3+ 48. Ke7 Kg8 49. g4 hxg4 50. h5 Kh7 51. Kf8 Kh6 52. Qh8+
Kg5 53. h6 Rb3 54. Kg7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Guingamp"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Qd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe6 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. c4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qd7 14. Nf5 Nh6
15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Nb3 Rhe8 17. f3 Bf7 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nxa6 Kb7 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21.
Nb4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Rdc1 Bb5 24. a4 c5 25. axb5 cxb4 26. Bf4 Re7 27. Ra4
Nf7 28. Rca1 Rd4 29. Be3 Rc4 30. Ra8 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Llanes Hurtado, Miguel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 Nc6 6. b5 Nb4 7. Qb3 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Bf5
9. e4 Bxe4 10. Bxg8 Nc2+ 11. Ke2 Qd7 12. Be6 d3+ 13. Kf1 Qd6 14. Bb2 Bg6 15.
Qd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.04"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hisler, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 Qe7
8. d4 Nc6 9. Qg4 h5 10. Qxg7 Bxd4 11. Qg3 d5 12. Qd3 Qc5 13. b4 Qb6 14. c3 Bf6
15. Be3 d4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Nc3 Nxb4 18. Qc4 Qa5 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nd5 Bg7 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 Ba6 23. Rfc1 Rad8 24. Rc5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Re1 {This move is considered less accurate than} (9. Qd3 {or}) (9. a4)
9... exd4 10. cxd4 (10. Bxc6 dxc3 $1 {the point of Black's idea behind 9...
exd4; however, the position remains unclear:} (10... bxc6 $143 11. Nxd4) 11.
Nxc3 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qd7 $5 (12... g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Bxf2+ 15. Kh1 Bxe1
16. Rxe1 Re8 17. Rf1 Re6 18. Qd4 $44 {1-0 Cabrilo,G (2335)-Gliksman,D (2355)/
Bor 1976/EXT 2010 (76)}) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. h3 Kh8 $1 15. Ne2 Rg8 16. Nf4 Bb7
17. Nh4 Rae8 18. Nf5 Kh7 $13 {0-1 Kavalek,L (2545)-Spassky,B (2610)/Solingen
1977/EXT 2002 (24)}) (10. Nxd4 {is harmless now:} Ne5 (10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 c6
12. Ba4 g5 13. Bg3 Nxe4 $1 14. Rxe4 f5 15. Qh5 Kg7 16. Re2 f4 $132 {1/2 Jansa,
V (2480)-Braga,F (2395)/Berlin West 1984/MCD (44)}) 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 c6 13.
Bf1 Bg4 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Kononenko,D 
(2485)-Godena,M (2528)/ICC INT 2008/CBM 123 Extra (73)}) 10... Bg4 11. Bxc6
bxc6 12. Nbd2 $5 $146 {An interesting concept. White simply gives up his
d4-pawn in favour of quick development.} (12. Nc3 g5 $1 (12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 g5
(13... Bxd4 14. e5 $1) 14. Bg3 Bxd4 15. Rad1 $44) 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. d5 (14. Re3
f5 $1) 14... f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. dxc6 Qf8 17. Nd5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxg3 19. hxg3
Rxf3 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Re2 Qf5 $11 {1/2 Agopov,M (2436)-Sulskis,S (2554)/
Kaunas 2010/CBM 138 Extra (61)}) 12... g5 {Black gets rid of the unpleasant
pin.} (12... Bxd4 13. Qc2 $1 c5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. f4 $44) 13. Bg3 Bxd4 14. Qc2
Bc5 {With the idea to provoke Nd2-b3. Black doesn't fear 15.e5.} (14... Bb6 15.
Qxc6 Nh5 $5 $13 {was possible, too.}) 15. e5 Nh5 16. Nb3 (16. Ne4 {is harmless
due to} Bf5 $1) 16... Bb6 17. Qxc6 f5 $6 {Attractive, original but wrong!
Black weakens his king too much, and his 18...f4 threat can be successfully
parried.} ({Simple play like} 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 Re8 {was good enough for
equality but I overestimated my position.}) 18. Qd5+ ({Of course,} 18. exf6
Bxf3 $1 19. Qxf3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 ({or} 20. Re6 Nh5 $1 21. Qxh5 Rxf6) 20... Qxf6
21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Re2 Raf8 {etc. was what Black hoped for.}) (18. e6 {was even
worse due to} Qe8 $1 {, and now the 19...f4 threat becomes deadly.}) (18. h3
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 g4 $1 20. hxg4 fxg4 21. Qxg4+ Qg5 22. Qxg5+ hxg5 {is good for
Black, too.}) ({The text move is good enough; however, Black's adventure had a
more decisive refutation:} 18. Nfd4 $1 f4 19. f3 $1 fxg3 (19... dxe5 20. fxg4
Nf6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Bf2 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Nxg4 25. Re6 $36) 20.
fxg4 dxe5 (20... Ng7 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. e6 $36) 21. gxh5 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 23.
Kh1 Qd6 24. Qc4+ Rf7 25. Rad1 {, and Black faces difficult defence due to his
numerous weaknesses.}) 18... Kh8 19. Qe6 Kh7 (19... Nf6 $5 {was simpler:} 20.
exf6 Rxf6 21. Qc4 f4 {with a satisfactory position. However, such quiet moves,
putting one's own pieces under the attack of enemy pawns, are very difficult
to find.}) 20. exd6 Bxf3 (20... Ng7 {doesn't work due to the intermediate move}
21. dxc7 $1 Nxe6 (21... Qd3 22. Qd6) 22. cxd8=Q Raxd8 23. Rxe6 f4 24. Re2 Bxf3
25. gxf3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rxf3 27. Kg2 {, and White keeps a healthy extra pawn.})
21. gxf3 (21. dxc7 $6 Qe8 $1 22. gxf3 Qxe6 23. Rxe6 f4) 21... f4 22. Qe4+ Kh8 (
22... Kg7 $142 23. Nd4 {but Black missed} Qxd6 $1 (23... Bxd4 24. Qxd4+ Nf6 (
24... Qf6 25. Re7+ Kg6 26. Qc4 Ng7 27. Rae1) 25. Re7+ Rf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Qc4+ Kg7 28. dxc7 {White loses his bishop but gets three pawns and an
excellent position}) 24. Ne6+ Kh8 25. Nxf8 (25. Rad1 $143 fxg3 26. Rxd6 gxf2+
27. Kf1 fxe1=Q+ 28. Kxe1 cxd6 29. Nxf8 Rxf8) (25. Red1 Qe7) 25... Rxf8 26. Red1
$1 (26. Kg2 fxg3 27. hxg3 Bxf2 $1 28. Kxf2 Qxg3+ 29. Ke3 Nf6 $40) 26... Qf6 27.
Rd7 Ng7 {, and it is White who must fight for survival in these complications.
A possible line:} 28. Rc1 $5 fxg3 29. Rc6 $1 gxf2+ 30. Kf1 Qf5 $1 31. Rxh6+ Kg8
32. Qc4+ Rf7 33. Rd8+ Ne8 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 35. Rxb6 $1 Qh3+ 36. Kxf2 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1
Qf2+ 38. Kh1 axb6 39. Qe2 $11) 23. Qg6 Rf6 $6 (23... Qxd6 24. Re6 Qd7 $1 {
looks very dangerous for Black but in fact, he holds his ground:} 25. Rae1 (25.
Kg2 Ng7 26. Qxh6+ Kg8) 25... fxg3 26. hxg3 Qf7 27. Qxh6+ Qh7 28. Qxg5 Rxf3 29.
Re8+ Rf8 30. R1e7 Ng7 {, and White has as a maximum a draw, e.g.} 31. Rxa8 ({or
} 31. Rxg7 Qxg7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qd5+ $11) 31... Rxa8 32. Qf6 Kg8 33. Qf7+ Kh8
34. Qf6 $11) 24. Qxh5 fxg3 25. hxg3 Qxd6 26. Kg2 {White is now a pawn up
although consolidating his position, especially bringing his b3-knight into
play, is not an easy task.} Raf8 27. Rad1 Qc6 28. Nd2 (28. Rd3 Qc2 $1 29. Rd2
Qc6 $11) 28... Ba5 29. Rh1 $6 $138 (29. Rc1 $1 Qa6 (29... Qd7 30. Ne4 Bxe1 31.
Nxf6 Rxf6 32. Rxe1 $16) 30. Red1 (30. Ne4 {is not so strong now due to} Rxf3)
30... Bxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxf3 32. Rxc7 Qf6 33. Rcc2 {, and White keeps his extra
pawn in a quiet position.}) 29... Kg7 $6 $138 {Both players were under time
pressure already, and the position is quite complicated; hence a lot of
inaccuracies.} (29... Kg8 $1 $11 {It is very important for Black to avoid a
possible check along the 7th rank.}) 30. Rc1 Qe6 31. Rce1 (31. b4 $5 Bb6 32. a4
$36 Qe2 $140 $2 33. Ne4 Qxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. a5) 31... Qc6 $2 (31... Qf7 {
was a must. The four-rook ending after} 32. Qxf7+ R8xf7 33. Re2 Bxd2 34. Rxd2
Rxf3 35. Rc1 $14 {is unpleasant for Black but now things turn out even worse
for him.}) 32. Rc1 $2 {Fortunately, White doesn't see his luck either and
forces a draw.} (32. Re7+ Kg8 (32... R8f7 33. Rxf7+ Rxf7 34. Nc4 $1 {[%cal
Rc4a5,Rh5f7]} Rf5 35. Qg4 $18 {->}) 33. Ne4 $1 Rxf3 34. Rc1 $1 Qb6 (34... Rxf2+
35. Kh3 Qa6 36. Nxf2 $18) 35. Rd1 $1 R3f7 (35... Rxf2+ {is again useless:} 36.
Nxf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kh3) 36. Rd6 $1 Rxe7 (36... cxd6 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39.
Nf6+ Rxf6 40. Qh7#) (36... Qxd6 37. Nxd6 Rxe7 38. Nf5 $1) 37. Rg6+ ({or simply
} 37. Rxb6 Bxb6 38. Qg6+ Rg7 39. Nf6+ Rxf6 40. Qxf6) 37... Rg7 38. Rxh6 Qxh6
39. Qxh6 {with decisive material gains}) 32... Qe6 33. Rce1 Qc6 $2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 Na6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Be2 Qc7 14. O-O Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Bxe5 16. Qe4 Nc5 17. Qb4 Nd3 18. Qb3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rac8
21. Bxa7 Rxc3 22. Rfb1 Nc5 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Rxb7 Ra8 25. a4 Rc6 26. a5 Ra6 27.
Bd4 Kf8 28. Rab1 Nf6 29. Rb8+ Ne8 30. Bc3 f6 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Ke2
Ke6 34. Kd3 Nd6 35. Bb4 Ra6 36. Ra1 Kd5 37. Rc1 h5 38. Rc7 Ke6 39. Kc2 Kd5 40.
Rxe7 Kc4 41. Bxd6 Rxd6 42. Re1 Kb5 43. Ra1 Ka6 44. Kc3 Rd5 45. Ra4 g5 46. Ra2
Rd1 47. h3 f5 48. Rd2 Rg1 49. g3 Rh1 50. Rd5 Rxh3 51. Rxf5 g4 52. Kd2 h4 53.
gxh4 Rxh4 54. Rg5 Rh2 55. Ke2 Rh3 56. Rxg4 Kxa5 57. Rc4 Rh8 58. f3 Kb5 59. Rc1
Re8+ 60. Kf2 Rh8 61. f4 Rh3 62. Kg2 Rd3 63. Rc2 Kb6 64. Rc8 Ra3 65. Rc4 Kb5 66.
Rc2 Kb6 67. f5 Ra5 68. f6 Rg5+ 69. Kf1 Rg8 70. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rac1 c5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nc7 Bxc4 20. Qxc4
Qxc4 21. Rxc4 Rac8 22. Ne6 Rfe8 23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Rxc5 Nd3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nd4
Nxb2 27. Nxf5 Rc2 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. g4 Nd3 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. f4 Nf2 32. Rd6+ Kf7
33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. h3 Nxg4 35. hxg4 Rxa2 36. Rd6+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rd6+ Kf7
39. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3
Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15.
axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Rh3 Nc4 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. f5 Qd7
22. Qb3 Be7 23. Bf4 a5 24. b5 Bb4 25. g5 Qe7 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. fxe6 fxe6 28.
Rg3 Ba3+ 29. Kb1 Bc5 30. Bc1 Rc7 31. Be2 Nxe5 32. Bf4 Bd6 33. Re3 Nc4 34. Bxd6
1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deauvillais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 g6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bg7 13. Nc6 Bf6 14. h4 h6
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. f5 gxf5 17. Bxf5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxc6 19. Qd4 Rf8 20. Rhe1 Bd7
21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Re1+ Be6 23. Qg7 Qc4 24. Rxe6+ Qxe6 25. Bxe6 Kxe6 26. Qxh6+
f6 27. Qe3+ Kf7 28. Qd3 Ke6 29. Qe4+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Ke6 31. Qe4+ Kf7 32. g4 Rh8
33. g5 fxg5 34. hxg5 Raf8 35. b3 Rhg8 36. Qf5+ Ke7 37. Qh7+ Ke6 38. Kb2 Rc8 39.
Qh3+ Ke5 40. Qg3+ Ke6 41. Qf4 Rcf8 42. Qe4+ Kd7 43. Qb7+ Ke6 44. Qh7 Re8 45.
Qh3+ Ke5 46. Qg3+ Kf5 47. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. Nd4 Nd3+ 13. Kd2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2
Nc5 15. f3 O-O 16. Kf2 Na4 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Rc1 Ba3 19. Rc2 Bf5 20. Rd2 h6 21.
Be3 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. Nb5 Bb2 25. Nxc7 Nxc3 26. Bxa7 Rd2+ 27.
Kg3 Bb1 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Bxa2 30. h4 Be5+ 31. f4 Bd6 32. Be3 Rb2 33. h5
Bxd5 34. Rh2 b5 35. Kg4 Be6+ 36. Kf3 f5 37. Bc1 0-1

[Event "World op 40th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 g6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7
15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Rfe1 e5 19. Bf4 f6 20. Bg3 Bd7 21.
Qc4+ Ne6 22. Qd5 Qc8 23. Nf5 Bb5 24. Qe4 Ng5 25. Qh4 Bd7 26. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 40th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy, J."]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Qe2 h6 13. Be3 Bb4 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Red1 Ne7 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bd3 Ned5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21.
Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. g3 Rc2 26. Kg2 g5 27. h4
Be7 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Rd1 Kg6 31. b3 Rc3 32. Be3 Rxb3 33. Rc1 Bd6
34. Rc8 f4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Rd8 Be7 37. Rd7 Bg5 38. Rd6+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "World op 40th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Nxe5 Qh4 9. Qf3 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Kg2 g5 12. d3 Ne7 13. Rh1 Qh7 14. Kf1
O-O-O 15. Be3 Kb8 16. Nd2 Qg8 17. Nc4 Ng6 18. Qf5 Rh6 19. a4 Bb4 20. Qf3 Qh7
21. Ke2 Nh4 22. Qg3 Ng6 23. Qf3 Nh4 24. Qg3 Ng6 25. c3 Be7 26. b4 Rh8 27. b5
Rxh3 28. Rxh3 Qxh3 29. Qxh3 Rxh3 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Na5 Kc8 32. Nxc6 Bd6 33. d4
Bf4 34. Rb1 Bxe3 35. fxe3 Rg3 36. d5 Kd7 37. Rb8 Kd6 38. Rd8+ Kc5 39. Rd7 Rxg4
40. Rxg7 Nh4 41. Rxc7 Kd6 42. Re7 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 g4 44. Re6+ Kc7 45. Rxf6 g3 46.
Rf7+ Kd6 47. Rf6+ Kc7 48. Rf3 Kd6 49. Nd4 1-0

[Event "World op 40th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O e5 12. a4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Be7 14. axb5 O-O 15.
Qd2 cxb5 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Bxb5 Nf8 18. d5 g5 19. Nc3 g4 20. Ne1 Qb6 21. Be2 h5
22. Nd3 Nd7 23. Kh1 Rc4 24. f3 gxf3 25. gxf3 Kf8 26. f4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Rd4 28.
Rf1 Bf6 29. Qf5 Ke8 30. b4 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 Bxc3 32. Qxf7+ Kd8 33. Qg8+ Kc7 34.
Rc1 Qd4 35. Qg3+ Kd8 36. Bb1 Bb2 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40. Rf1
Kd6 41. Qg3+ Qe5 42. Qg6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 40th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Qc7
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qc6 18. f3 Qd6 19. Qd2 Bd5 20. Be2 Rfc8 21.
Rfc1 Qa3 22. Bf4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxa2 24. Qxa2 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Bd5 26. Rxa6 Rxa6
27. Bxa6 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Jiang, Louie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 b5 4. d4 e6 5. d5 Bb7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. O-O e5 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 a5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Nc4 d6 14. g3 Nd7 15. Nfd2
h5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Ba6 18. Kh1 Qh6 19. Ne3 g6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Qe2 Ra7
22. e5 O-O 23. Nec4 dxe5 24. fxe5 Bg5 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Qf2 Nf8 27. h4 1-0

[Event "Quebec-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 c5 16. Kb1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. Be3 O-O 19. c4 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4
21. f3 Nf6 22. g4 a6 23. Rd3 Rac8 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Bc1 e5 26. Nf5 e4 27. fxe4
Nxe4 28. Bb2 Bf8 29. Re3 Bc5 30. Ree1 f6 31. Bc1 Nf2 32. Rhg1 Ne4 33. Rh1 Bb4
34. Re3 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Bb2 Nd2+ 37. Ka1 Rxe3 38. Nxe3 Ra8 39. Nd5 Nxb3+
40. Kb1 Nd2+ 41. Kc2 Rc8+ 42. Bc3 Ne4 43. Kb3 Bf8 44. Bb4 Rc4 45. Rg1 Bxb4 46.
Nxb4 Nd2+ 47. Ka3 Nf3 48. Rd1 Rxg4 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. Nc6 Rc4 51. Rd7+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Quebec-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yang, Darwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 c5 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. c4
Kf8 15. Bc7 Rd7 16. Bb6 e5 17. Nb3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 e4 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. Rd4 g6 21.
b4 Re8 22. a4 Bxc5 23. Bxc5+ Kg8 24. Bd6 Nd7 25. h3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4
Bxg4 28. Bxe4 b6 29. Bb7 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Bd1 31. b5 a5 32. Bc6 Nf6 33. c5 bxc5 34.
b6 1-0

[Event "Quebec-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nd3 Qb5 20. Bc1 Bf6 21.
Qg4 Kh8 22. Nf4 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Smith, Bryan G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Nd3 Kh8 12. Be3 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b4 Nb6 15.
Nb2 d5 16. c5 d4 17. cxb6 dxe3 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. bxa7 Rxa7 20. Nc4 Be6 21. Rfb1
Rd4 22. Nxe3 Ra3 23. Ned1 Rd2 24. Kf1 Bh6 25. b5 cxb5 26. Rxb5 Nc6 27. Rab1 Nd4
28. Rxe5 Bf4 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Rb7+ Kf6 31. Rxe6+ Kxe6 32. Nb1 Rxe2 33. Nxa3
Rxa2 34. Nb5 Nxb5 35. exf5+ gxf5 36. Rxb5 Bxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sumets, Andrey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Rc1
Nd7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Na4 14. Be5
Bf5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bc4 Rac8 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Nd4 Be4 19. f3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxd5 22. Rc7 e5 23. Nb3 b5 24. Rxa7 Nc3 25. a3 g5 26. Nc5 Rd1+
27. Kf2 Rd2+ 28. Kg3 h5 29. h4 gxh4+ 30. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc5 10. Ng5 g6 11. e4 Bg7 12. Be3 Nd3 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxd3
cxd3 15. Rxd3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rc1 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 e5 19. Ra3 Kc7 20. Kf1
Rd8 21. Ke2 Nd4+ 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxa7 Rxe4+ 24. Kd2 Rd4+ 25. Ke3 Rd1 26. Ra4
b5 27. Ra7+ Kd6 28. Rb7 Re1+ 29. Kf3 e4+ 30. Kg3 Kc5 31. Rxe7 Re2 32. Re5+ Kc6
33. b4 Rxa2 34. Rxe4 Kd5 35. f3 Rc2 36. Rh4 h5 37. Re4 Rc4 38. Kf4 Rc2 39. Re5+
Kc6 40. Re6+ Kd5 41. Rxg6 Rb2 42. h4 Kc4 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Rxb4 45. h5 Ra4
46. h6 Kc5+ 47. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Quebec-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Bxc3 11. Bh6 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 14. Rb1
a6 15. Be2 b5 16. Kh1 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Qc2 c4 19. f4 f6 20. e5 Qc5 21. Bf3
Re8 22. Rbd1 f5 23. Qd2 Be3 24. Qa5 Bxf4 25. Qxa6 Qxe5 26. Bc6 Re7 27. Rfe1 Be3
28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Bxb5 f4 30. Rd6 Kf8 31. Rc6 Bd7 32. Rf6+ Kg7 33. Rb6 Bxb5 34.
Rxb5 c3 35. Re2 Rd7 36. h4 Rd2 37. Rxd2 cxd2 38. Rd5 Kf6 39. g3 Ke6 40. Rd8 Ke5
41. gxf4+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Quebec-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 O-O
9. a5 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Ne4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qc2 Rf6 13. Nc3 Rh6 14. g3 g5 15. Bxe4
fxe4 16. Nxg5 Qe7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Nd1 Bd7 19. Nf2 a6 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rg1 Rg8 22.
Rg2 Rh5 23. Qc3 h6 24. Ngh3 Kh7 25. Rag1 e5 26. dxe5 Ng4 27. Rf1 Nxe5 28. fxe5
Rxh3 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Nxh3 Bxh3 31. Qd4 Rf8 32. Rf4 Rxf4 33. gxf4 Bxg2+ 34.
Kxg2 Qg7+ 35. Kf2 Qg4 36. Qb6 Qh4+ 37. Kf1 Qxh2 38. Qxb7+ Kg6 39. Qxa6+ Kh7 40.
Qb7+ Kg6 41. Qa6+ Kh7 42. Qe2 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Ke1 Qg1+ 45. Kd2 d4 46.
exd4 Qxd4+ 47. Kc2 Qc5+ 48. Kd1 Qd5+ 49. Kc1 Qc5+ 50. Qc4 Qg1+ 51. Kb2 e3 52.
a6 Qf2+ 53. Qc2+ Kg7 54. a7 e2 55. a8=Q e1=Q 56. Qb7+ Kf8 57. Qbc8+ Kg7 58.
Qd7+ Kf8 59. e6 Qxc2+ 60. Kxc2 Qe2+ 61. Kb1 Qe1+ 62. Kb2 Qe2+ 63. Ka3 Qa6+ 64.
Kb4 Qb6+ 65. Kc4 Qa6+ 66. Kc5 Qa5+ 67. Kc4 Qa6+ 68. Kc3 Qa1+ 69. Kd2 Qb2+ 70.
Ke1 Qc1+ 71. Ke2 Qc2+ 72. Kf3 Qxb3+ 73. Kg4 h5+ 74. Kh4 Kg8 75. e7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Elarbi, Abobker"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Libya"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LBY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Ne2
e6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Qc2 b5 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15.
Qd3 b4 16. cxb4 Nxb4 17. Qa3 Qe8 18. Rc7 a5 19. Rfc1 Nh5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Rb7
Rb8 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Nf1 Nc2 24. Qb3 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Bxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qxb3 27. axb3
Rb8 28. g4 Rxb3 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Nf4 31. Nc2 f5 32. b4 axb4 33. Nxb4 Bg3
34. Na4 Bh4 35. Nc6 Kf7 36. Nc5 Ke8 37. Nb3 Kd7 38. Ne5+ Kd6 39. Nc5 Bf6 40.
Ncd7 g5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Nxf6 gxf6 43. Nf7+ Ke7 44. Nh6 Ke6 45. Kf2 Ng6 46.
Ke2 Nh4 47. Kf2 Ke7 48. f4 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8. Qf3
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Nb4 12. Qg3 Nd7 13. Rad1 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bh4
15. Qh3 Bf6 16. g4 Nc5 17. g5 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Na4 19. Qh4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 f6 21.
gxf6 Rxf6 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Rf3 Rc8 24. Rh3 h6 25. Rg1 Kh7 26. Rhg3 Rf7 27. Qh5
Qf8 28. Nd4 Kh8 29. Ne2 d5 30. f5 e5 31. f6 gxf6 32. exd5 Rh7 33. d4 Qf7 34.
Qxf7 Rxf7 35. Re3 Bb5 36. dxe5 Bc4 37. Rg6 Bxd5+ 38. Kg1 Rg7 39. Nf4 Bxa2 40.
exf6 Rxg6+ 41. Nxg6+ Kh7 42. Ne5 Rf8 43. Rf3 Be6 44. c4 h5 45. Kf2 a5 46. Ke3
a4 47. Kd4 a3 48. Rxa3 Rxf6 49. Ra7 Bc8 50. c5 Kh6 51. Ra8 Bh3 52. Rb8 Rf4+ 53.
Ke3 Rf5 54. Ke4 Rf2 55. Rh8+ Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kh6 57. Ke3 Rc2 58. Rg3 Rc3+ 59. Kf4
Rxg3 60. Kxg3 Be6 61. Kf4 h4 62. Nf3 Kh5 63. Nd4 Bd5 64. Nf5 Bh1 65. Ne3 Bc6
66. Ng4 Bh1 67. Ne5 Bg2 68. Nd3 Bc6 69. Ne5 Bg2 70. Nf7 Bd5 71. Nd6 Bc6 72. Kf5
Bd7+ 73. Kf4 Bc6 74. Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 Ne4 10. Bd3 a5 11. Na4 Nd7 12. f3 b5 13. fxe4 bxa4 14. b5 dxe4 15. Bxe4
cxb5 16. Nf3 Bxa2 17. Qe2 Bc4 18. Rxc4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Ra7 20. O-O e5 21. Bg5 Bf6
22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. h4 Qe7 25. Bd5 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Nf6 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28.
d5 Qb7 29. Nxf7 Qxf7 30. e4 Kg7 31. Qxa4 Qd7 32. Qa1 Qc7 33. Rc1 Qe7 34. d6 Qe6
35. Qa3 Nxe4 36. Qe3 Nf6 37. c6 Rf7 38. c7 Rf8 39. d7 Qxd7 40. Qxe5 Rc8 41. Rf1
Qf7 42. h5 a4 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. g4 Qxc7 45. Qxf6+ Kh7 46. Kg2 Qc6+ 47. Qxc6
Rxc6 48. Rf7+ Kh6 49. Ra7 Rc4 50. Kg3 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 g5+ 52. Ke5 Re3+ 53. Kd5 a3
54. Kd4 Rf3 55. Ra6+ Kg7 56. Ke4 Rf4+ 57. Ke5 Rxg4 58. Rxa3 Kg6 59. Ra8 Rb4 60.
Rh8 g4 61. Rg8+ Kh5 62. Kf5 Kh4 63. Ra8 Rb5+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Qe3 d5 14. Nd2
Bf5 15. c3 h6 16. Re1 c6 17. Qg3 Bg6 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4
Qd8 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Kh7 24. Bd3 Nc7 25. Bc1 Bxd3 26. Qxd3+ Kg8 27. f4 Qh4
28. Rf1 Ra2 29. h3 Ne6 30. c4 dxc4 31. Qxc4 Ra8 32. Kh2 Nc7 33. Qd4 Qd8 34. Rd1
Qd5 35. Rd2 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Nd5 37. b5 Ra2 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Rc4 Ne7 40. Kg1 h5
41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kf8 43. f5 Ke8 44. Bg5 Re2 45. f6 Rxe5 46. Bf4 gxf6 47.
Bxe5 fxe5 48. Rc5 f6 49. g5 Kf7 50. Kf2 Ke6 51. gxf6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Qc6 13. a5 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Ndb1 N7f6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. b3 Qd7 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Ba3 Bxa3 21.
Nxa3 f6 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. c4 Be6 24. f3 Kf7 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Nb1 Rab8 27. Nc3
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 b6 29. Nd5+ Bxd5 30. Rxd5 bxa5 31. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. e4 Bxf1
15. Kxf1 g5 16. Bg3 Qb7 17. e5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rc4 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Kg7 21.
Rxc5 Nd7 22. Rc7 Nb6 23. Ke2 Nd5 24. Rc2 a5 25. b3 Rfd8 26. Nd4 a4 27. b4 Nxb4
28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. axb4 Rd4 30. Rb1 Re4+ 31. Kd3 Rxe5 32. Ra2 Rc8 33. Kd2 Rd5+
34. Ke1 Kg6 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Re1 Rc6 37. Rxa4 Rd2 38. Kg1 Rb2 39. g4 Rcc2 40.
Ra8 Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Ra6 Rxf2 43. Raxe6+ Kf7 44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Re8+ Kf7 46.
R1e7+ Kf6 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. R8e7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Bd1 Qh6 19. Re1 f4 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. a4 Bh3 22.
Qe2 Bf5 23. Nc5 Rae8 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kf7 26. Re1 Qh3 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28.
Rxe4 fxg3 29. fxg3 Bxg3 30. hxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+
34. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nh4 Be4 8. Nd2
Ng6 9. Nhf3 Bf5 10. Nf1 Be4 11. Ng3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nh4 13. O-O Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 c5
15. Nh5 Rc8 16. Qg3 g6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Bh6 Kg8 20. Nh5 Bf8 21. Be3
h6 22. Nf4 Kh7 23. h4 Be7 24. h5 g5 25. Ne2 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Rf8 27. f4 gxf4 28.
Bxf4 Bg5 29. Rae1 Nc5 30. Re3 Ne4 31. Qe1 Qe7 32. Ref3 f5 33. exf6 Bxf6 34. Qe2
Bg7 35. Be3 Rxf3 36. Qxf3 Rf8 37. Qg4 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qf7+ 39. Kg1 Bxd4 40. Bxd4
a6 41. c4 Nd6 42. cxd5 exd5 43. Bc3 Ne4 44. Bd4 Nd6 45. a3 Nf5 46. Be5 Ng7 47.
Bxg7 Qxg7 48. Qf5+ Kh8 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ Kh8 51. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Qd3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd2 Nd4
15. c5 Bg7 16. c6 Nxc6 17. Nd5 Rb8 18. Nxc7 Rd8 19. Nb3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nd4 21.
Kf1 Bg4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. h3 Bf5 24. Nd5 Bc2 25. Rd2 Bb1 26. b3 Kf8 27. Nb6 Ke7
28. Rd1 Bf5 29. Rc1 Be6 30. Na4 b5 31. Nc5 Rc8 32. Ke1 a5 33. Kd2 h5 34. h4 a4
35. bxa4 bxa4 36. a3 Bg4 37. Bb7 Rc7 38. Ba6 Bh6+ 39. f4 f6 40. Rc4 g5 41. e3
gxh4 42. gxh4 dxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Kf7 44. Nxa4 Ra7 45. Bb5 Bf8 46. Rc3 Re7+ 47. Kf2
Re4 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Rc4 Re2+ 50. Kg1 Rd2 51. Nc3 f5 52. a4 Be7 53. Rc8+ Kg7
54. Rc7 Kf8 55. Rc8+ Bd8 56. Be2 Kg7 57. Kf1 Bxh4 58. a5 Rd6 59. a6 Bxe2+ 60.
Nxe2 Rxa6 61. Nd4 Ra5 62. Rc5 Rxc5 63. Ne6+ Kf6 64. Nxc5 Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. g4 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. h5 O-O 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Bb1 b5 15. a3
b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qh2 Na5 18. Ba2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Be5 h6 21. hxg6 fxg6
22. Qc2 g5 23. Nh3 Qb7 24. Nf2 Be8 25. O-O Nd7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qe2 Bg6 28. e4
Qb8 29. Nh1 Rxd4 30. Nxd5 Ne5 31. Rc3 e6 32. Nc7 Rf6 33. Ng3 a5 34. Nf5+ exf5
35. exf5 Nc6 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qxd4 Qxc7 39. fxg6 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Nh4 Be4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
c5 9. Nhf3 Nc6 10. a3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 17. Bf3 Rc7 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Be2 Bd6 20. Rac1
Nc6 21. Bf3 Ke7 22. Rc2 Rhc8 23. Rfc1 Kd7 24. Kf1 Be5 25. Rd1 Ke8 26. Rdc1 Kd7
27. h3 Ne7 28. Rxc7+ Rxc7 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. Ba5 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. Bxb7 Bxb2
33. a4 Nc6 34. Bd2 Nb8 35. Ke2 g6 36. Ba5 Kd6 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Bc7 Nc6 39. Kc2
Bf6 40. Kd2 Nb4 41. Ba5 Kc4 42. Ke2 Kb3 43. Bxb4 Kxb4 44. Bxa6 Kxa4 45. Bc8 Kb4
46. Bd7 Bc3 47. Be8 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1
c6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 b6 12. Qa4 bxc5 13. dxc5 Qd5 14. Bd4 Bd7
15. Be2 Qf5 16. O-O e5 17. Bc3 Bxc5 18. Qa5 Bb6 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Rfe8 21.
Rfd1 Be6 22. Rxc6 Bxa2 23. Bc3 Bb3 24. Ra1 f5 25. h4 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. g4
g6 28. Kg2 Be6 29. h5 g5 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Bc4+ Kf8
34. h6 Ke7 35. Bg8 Bc7 36. b4 Kf8 37. Bd5 Ke7 38. Kf1 Kd6 39. Bf7 Kc6 40. Be8+
Kd5 41. Bf6 g4 42. Bd4 a6 43. Bf7+ Kc6 44. Be8+ Kd5 45. Bf7+ Kc6 46. Be8+ Kd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14.
Nd5 c6 15. Ne7+ Kf8 16. Nxc8 Qf6 17. Qb4+ c5 18. Qd2 Rxc8 19. Re1 g5 20. Bg3 d6
21. c3 Be5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qd5 b6 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 f6 26. Rd5 Ke7 27.
f4 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Kf3 gxf4 31. Bd3 h6 32. Kg4 Kf7 33. Bc4+
Kf8 34. Bd5 Nd6 35. Kxf4 Ke7 36. g3 Ke8 37. b4 Ke7 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. c4 Ke8 40.
Kg4 Kf8 41. h4 Kg7 42. Kf4 Kf8 43. Kg4 Kg7 44. Kf4 Kf8 45. Kg4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. g4 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 Bd6 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. h3 h5 13. Nxh5 g6 14. Ng3 Bxg3
15. fxg3 Bxg4 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qe7 18. Kf2 Rxh3 19. d5 O-O-O 20. Rxh3 Bxh3
21. Qe3 Kb8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc6 Qf6+ 24. Bf3 Bg4 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Nxd1 Bxf3
27. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Kc7 29. Ke4 Kd6 30. Nc3 f5+ 31. Ke3 a6 32. b4 g5 33. b5
axb5 34. Nxb5+ Kc5 35. Nd4 f4+ 36. gxf4 gxf4+ 37. Ke4 Kb4 38. Kxf4 Ka3 39. Kf5
Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. a3 Rb8 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qe3 Na4 14. Nxa4
Qxa4 15. Bd3 b5 16. c3 b4 17. cxb4 Ba6 18. Bc2 Qb5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. f5 exf5 21.
Nxf5 Qxe3+ 22. Nxe3 d4 23. Nf5 Rfd8 24. Be4 Nxe5 25. Nxd4 g6 26. Kb1 Bc4 27.
Rhe1 f6 28. b3 Bd5 29. Bxd5+ Rxd5 30. Ne6 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 a5 32. bxa5 Rxb3+ 33.
Ka2 Rb5 34. a6 Ra5 35. Nc7 Kf7 36. Kb3 Ke7 37. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd3 Bf5 17. Rf3 Be6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 Kf7
21. Ne4 Bb4 22. Re2 h6 23. h3 Rc4 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Rf4 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 e5 27.
Be3 h5 28. Rc2 Bd6 29. g3 Ke6 30. Rc4 f5 31. b3 Kd5 32. Bb6 Rf8 33. Rh4 Rh8 34.
Rc4 Rf8 35. Rh4 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Rb1 a5 13. Ndb5 Bc6 14. Qc2 Nfd7
15. Be3 a4 16. Rbd1 Qb8 17. f4 Nb6 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Rd8 20. g4 Na6 21. Bd4
Bxb5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nxb5 c6 24. Nd4 Kg8 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Nc5 27. b4 Ne6
28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bf1 Qc7 30. Qc3 Na4 31. Qe3 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qb6 33. Qxb6 Nxb6
34. Rd6 Ra4 35. c5 Nd5 36. b5 cxb5 37. Bxb5 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Rc1 39. Bd7 Nc7 40. c6
bxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxc6 42. Bxc6 g5 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Kd4 Ke7 45. Be4 Kf7 46. Kc5 Ke7
47. Kc6 Na6 48. Kb5 Nc7+ 49. Kc5 Na6+ 50. Kd4 Nb8 51. Bxh7 Nc6+ 52. Ke4 Kf7 53.
Kf3 Nxe5+ 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Nxg4 57. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne1
Bf5 15. Nd3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Re1 Qc5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rac8 20. Rxd4
Qxc2 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Rb4 b6 23. a4 g6 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 Rc7 26. Rba4 Rb8
27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qb5+ Bd7 7. Qd3 c5 8.
d5 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Ng4 11. f4 Na6 12. Qd1 Nh6 13. Nf3 Nf5 14. Bc4 b5 15.
Bxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Nb4 17. Nc3 Nd4 18. O-O Rc8 19. a3 Nxd5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21.
Qxd4 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qxd4+ 23. cxd4 Rc3 24. Rd1 e6 25. Bd2 Rb3 26. Bb4 Rd8 27.
Bc5 Bf8 28. Bxa7 Bxa3 29. Rab1 Rc3 30. Kf1 Rd7 31. Bb6 Rc2 32. Rb3 Rb7 33. Rdb1
Be7 34. Ba5 Ra7 35. Bc3 Kg7 36. Bb2 Rac7 37. Re1 Bh4 38. g3 Rxh2 39. Kg1 Bxg3
40. Rxg3 Rxb2 41. Rg2 Rb4 42. Rd1 Rd7 43. Rgd2 f6 44. Kg2 fxe5 45. fxe5 h5 46.
d5 Re4 47. d6 Rxe5 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Rd3 Rf5+ 50. Ke4 g5 51. Rh1 h4 52. Rc1 Re5+
53. Kf3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8
15. f3 Nh5 16. g3 f5 17. Bd3 a5 18. Be3 b4 19. Nd1 Nf6 20. e5 Ng4 21. fxg4 Bxe5
22. Qc5 Rc8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qc5 Rc8 25. Qa7 Ra8 26. Qb7 Rb8 27. Qa6 f4 28. gxf4
Bxf4 29. O-O Bxe3+ 30. Nxe3 Rxe3 31. Bxg6 Qg5 32. Qd6 Rd8 33. Bf7+ Kg7 34. Qf4
Qxg4+ 35. Kh1 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Re2 37. Rg1+ Kh8 38. Rg2 Re1+ 39. Rg1 Re2 40. Rg2
Re1+ 41. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 h6 10. h4 Bg4 11. O-O a5 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qe4 c6 14. Bc7 Bxf3 15.
Bxd8 Bxe4 16. Bxb6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ra6 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Na4 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21.
Rfd1 b5 22. Nc3 Raa8 23. a3 Na6 24. Bb6 Nc7 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Rad8 27. Rac1
Rd6 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. Rc2 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Na4 Red8 32. Rc4 Ne6 33. Nc5 Nxc5
34. Rxc5 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Ke2 Rd6 37. Rc4 Re6+ 38. Kd2 Rd6+ 39. Ke2 Re6+
40. Kd2 Rd6+ 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis op 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Brooks, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c6 8.
Bd3 Qe7 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Nf8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Qd8 15. d5 cxd5 16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. N2c3 Be6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Nb5
Nd7 21. Qb4+ Kd8 22. a4 a5 23. Qc3 Nf6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Bb5 Ke7 26. Nxe6 fxe6
27. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis op 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 a6 6. e3 b5 7. d4 bxc4 8. dxc5
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis op 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "244"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Nd5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15.
Nd4 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qc8 18. Rab1 c6 19. Qc1 f6 20. Qf4 Re8 21. Qd6
Qd8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Bb6 Re8 24. d6 Nd7 25. Bc7 Kf7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxb5
cxb5 28. Bxb7 Ra2 29. Bc6 Ne5 30. Bxb5 Rb2 31. Ba6 Ke6 32. Bxc4+ Nxc4 33. d7
Ra8 34. d8=Q Rxd8 35. Rxd8 Rb3 36. Rd3 h5 37. h4 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Kg2 Rb7
40. Bd8 g4 41. Rd1 Ne5 42. Rh1 Nf3 43. c4 Kd7 44. Ba5 Kc6 45. Bd8 Rb2 46. Rc1
Re2 47. Bf6 Kc5 48. Bg7 Re8 49. Bh6 Ne1+ 50. Kf1 Nd3 51. Ra1 Kxc4 52. Be3 Rb8
53. Ra4+ Kc3 54. Bd4+ Kb3 55. Ra5 Kc4 56. Bg7 Nc5 57. Ra1 Nb3 58. Rd1 Ra8 59.
Bh6 Nd4 60. Rc1+ Kd5 61. Rd1 Ke4 62. Re1+ Kf5 63. Be3 Nc2 64. Re2 Ra1+ 65. Kg2
Ne1+ 66. Rxe1 Rxe1 67. Bd4 Ke4 68. Bc5 Rc1 69. Be3 Rc3 70. Ba7 Rc6 71. Be3 Kd5
72. Kf1 Re6 73. Ba7 Ra6 74. Be3 Ra3 75. Bb6 Rb3 76. Ba7 h4 77. gxh4 g3 78. Kg2
gxf2 79. Bxf2 Ke4 80. h5 Rb5 81. h6 Rh5 82. h7 Rxh7 83. Bg1 Rg7+ 84. Kh2 Kf3
85. Kh1 Rb7 86. Bh2 Kf2 87. Bg1+ Ke2 88. Kg2 Rg7+ 89. Kh1 Kf1 90. Bh2 Kf2 91.
Bd6 Rg5 92. Bh2 Rg6 93. Bb8 Rg1+ 94. Kh2 Rg8 95. Ba7+ Kf3 96. Bb6 Rh8+ 97. Kg1
Rh7 98. Bc5 Rh6 99. Ba7 Ra6 100. Bd4 Ra5 101. Bb6 Rb5 102. Bc7 Rb7 103. Bd6 Rb6
104. Be5 Rg6+ 105. Kh1 Kf2 106. Bd4+ Kf1 107. Be5 Rg1+ 108. Kh2 Rg5 109. Bc7
Rh5+ 110. Kg3 Kg1 111. Bb6+ Kh1 112. Ba7 Rg5+ 113. Kf3 Kh2 114. Be3 Rf5+ 115.
Ke4 Rb5 116. Kf3 Kh3 117. Bd4 Rf5+ 118. Ke4 Kg4 119. Be5 Rf1 120. Bc7 Rc1 121.
Bb8 Rc5 122. Be5 Rxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Princeton"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ardito, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster"]
[BlackTeam "Princeton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Qb6 6. e5 Nh6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4
9. Nh4 f5 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e6 12. Nf3 d5 13. O-O Qd8 14. Be3 a6 15. Bf2 b5
16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. a4 b4 19. Nb1 Qb6 20. Nbd2 Rfc8 21. Nb3 Nf7 22.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Qb7 25. Nd4 Nd8 26. c6 Qa8 27. Bh4 Qa7 28. Bf2
Qa8 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. Qc2 Bf8 31. Bh4 Qa7 32. Qf2 Be7 33. Bxe7 Rxe7 34. Nxf5
Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rc7 36. Nd4 Kf7 37. g4 Ke7 38. Ke3 h6 39. Rc5 g5 40. f5 exf5 41.
gxf5 Nf7 42. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Princeton"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Flores Rios, Mauricio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster"]
[BlackTeam "Brownsville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Qe3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Nc6 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rd1 Bg7 18. Ba3 Be5 19. Rbc1 Qd7 20. Rc6 Rfc8
21. Qc2 e6 22. g3 exd5 23. exd5 h5 24. Re1 Re8 25. d6 Rec8 26. Rc7 Rxc7 27.
dxc7 Qxc7 28. Qe4 Re8 29. Bb2 Bxb2 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. Re7 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc4 33.
Rxa7 Qd5+ 34. f3 Qc4 35. Qe4 Qc8 36. Rb7 h4 37. gxh4 Bf6 38. Qd5 Qe8 39. Qc4 b5
40. Rxb5 Qd7 41. Rd5 Qe6 42. Rc5 Qe3 43. Rc7 Kh6 44. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Princeton"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Texas Tech"]
[BlackTeam "Webster"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Ne5 Rd8
15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Qb7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. h4 Ne5 20. Rh3 Qe4 21.
Kg1 Kh8 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Ng4+ 25. Kg3 Rg8 26. Kf4 Rf1 27. Kf3
h5 28. Nd6 Kg7 29. Ne4 f5 30. Ng3 Re1 31. Rxc5 Rd8 32. Rh1 Rxh1 33. Nxh1 Rd1
34. Ng3 Rd2 35. Nxh5+ Kh6 36. Nf4 Rxf2+ 37. Kg3 Rxb2 38. Rc3 a5 39. Nd3 Re2 40.
Nc1 Rxe3+ 41. Rxe3 Nxe3 42. Nb3 Nc4 43. Kf4 Kg6 44. g3 e5+ 45. Kf3 a4 46. Nc5
Nb6 47. Ke3 Kh5 48. Kf3 f6 49. Ne6 Nd5 50. Ng7+ Kg6 51. Ne6 e4+ 52. Kf2 Kh5 53.
Nc5 Nc3 54. Ne6 Nb5 55. Nf4+ Kh6 56. Nd5 Nxa3 57. Nc3 Kh5 58. Nxa4 Nc2 59. Nc3
Nb4 60. Kg2 Kg4 61. Kf2 Nd3+ 62. Kg2 Nb4 63. Kf2 Nd3+ 64. Kg2 e3 65. Kf1 f4 66.
gxf4 Nxf4 67. Ke1 Kxh4 68. Nd1 Kg3 69. Nxe3 Ng2+ 70. Ke2 Nxe3 71. Kxe3 f5 72.
Ke2 f4 73. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Princeton"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster"]
[BlackTeam "Webster II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Rd1 Rfd8
15. g3 h6 16. Bg2 Kh7 17. Qc2 Qb4 18. Rb1 Nb6 19. Bf4 Nac4 20. Rd3 cxd5 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nd6 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Rb3 Qa4 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxb7 Qxa2 27.
Rc1 Rad8 28. Rcc7 Qb1+ 29. Qf1 Qf5 30. Rxa7 Rb8 31. Rab7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Qc8 33.
Rb4 Qc2 34. b3 Qd2 35. Rb7 Kg7 36. Bf3 Rd8 37. Kg2 Rxd5 38. Qe2 Rd7 39. Rxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Princeton"]
[Date "2012.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas"]
[BlackTeam "Webster"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Bh4 Bxc3
15. bxc3 b5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Qa5 18. Re3 Bd5 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Qe1 Nef6 21. Rg3
Ne4 22. Re3 Nef6 23. Rg3 Ne4 24. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia zt 3.3"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Tolentino, Rustum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. Qc2 g6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Qd8 15. Qb3 b6 16. Qc3 Nd6 17. Nfg5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Re8 19. Rfe1 Re6 20. Nd2 Rf6
21. Nc4 Nd7 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. g3 Rc8 24. Re7 Qd8 25. Rde1 Nf8 26. d5 Rf5 27. Re8
Qc7 28. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Asia zt 3.3"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 b6 7. b4 c5 8. bxc5
bxc5 9. Qa4 Bf5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qa3 Rab8 13. Bf4 Qb2 14. Qa5 e5
15. Nxe5 Qxd2 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxb8 Nxb8 18. Bf3 cxd4 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Rad1
Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Bxd5 Nd7 23. Rc1 Ba5 24. Rfd1 Ne5 25. h3 Nd3 26. Rc6 Nb4
27. Rcc1 Nd3 28. Rc6 Nf4 29. Bc4 Bb6 30. Re1 Ne6 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Bb3 Nd4 33.
Ba4 Be6 34. a3 Bc5 35. Ra6 Bb6 36. Bd1 Bc4 37. Ra4 Bb5 38. Rb4 Ba5 0-1

[Event "Asia zt 3.3"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2013.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. exd5+
Be7 15. dxc6 Nc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bf5 Rd8 18. b4 Na4 19. Qe4 Qc7 20. Bd7+ Rxd7
21. cxd7+ Qxd7 22. Qa8+ Qd8 23. Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Asia zt 3.3"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2013.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. cxd5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nxd5 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. b4 Nc6 14. b5 Nd8
15. Rfc1 Ne6 16. Be3 Be4 17. Ra4 a6 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rb4 Rc6 20. Ra1 Rb8 21.
Ng5 Nxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 f6 24. Bf4 e5 25. Be3 Rc2 26. Ra5 exd4 27. Bxd4
Rxe2 28. Ba7 Bf8 29. Rb3 Ra8 30. Rxb7 Re7 31. Rxe7 Bxe7 32. Bb6 Rxa5 33. Bxa5
Kf7 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Bb6 Bd6 36. Bd4 h5 37. h3 g5 38. Ke3 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40.
Kd3 f5 41. Be3 Be7 42. Bf4 Bc5 43. Be3 Be7 44. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia zt 3.3"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gundavaa, Bayarsaihan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 b6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. e4 Qg5 13. f3 c5 14. Nc4 cxd4
15. cxd4 Rfc8 16. Qd2 Qh4+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Ba6 19. Rc1 Rc6 20. Bd3 Rac8
21. Nd6 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxd3 24. Ke3 Ba6 25. Rc7 Nb8 26. Rxa7 Bf1
27. Kf2 Bd3 28. Nxf7 Nbd7 29. Nd6 h6 30. h4 h5 31. a4 Bc2 32. Ke2 Bb3 33. a5
bxa5 34. Rxa5 e5 35. d5 Nb6 36. Kd3 Nfd7 37. Kc3 Bd1 38. Nf5 Ba4 39. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Asia zt 3.3"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Ng7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bf5 15.
b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qc2 Qa5 21.
Ne2 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Nd6 23. Nd2 Nb5 24. Qd1 Be7 25. Ra1 Ba3 26. Rc2 Qb6 27. Rca2
Qb7 28. Qb3 Bd6 29. g3 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Ra8 31. Rxa8+ Qxa8 32. Kg2 Qa5 33. Nf3 Qa3
34. Qc2 Qa6 35. Nc1 Na3 36. Qd1 Nc4 37. Qe2 c5 38. Qd3 Qb6 39. Ne2 cxd4 40.
Nfxd4 Qc5 41. Qb3 Nd2 42. Qb5 Ne4 43. Qe8+ Bf8 44. Nf4 Nf6 45. Qe5 Qd6 46. Qxd6
Bxd6 47. Nd3 Kf8 48. h3 h5 49. f4 Ne4 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia zt 3.3"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Bh2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bc2 Bc5
15. e4 d4 16. Na4 Bb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bb3 Nc5 19. Qxd4 Nxb3 20. Qxb6 axb6 21.
axb3 Be6 22. b4 Rad8 23. Rfd1 g5 24. Bg3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ra8 26. f3 Ra2 27. Bf2
Rxb2 28. Bxb6 h5 29. Bc5 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Be7 Kh7 32. Rd8 g3 33. Rd1 b6 34.
Rc1 Bc4 35. Bh4 Rxb4 36. Bxg3 b5 37. Bh4 Rb2 38. Bf6 Rd2 39. Kh2 Rf2 40. Kg3
Rf1 41. Rc2 Re1 42. Be7 Rd1 43. Kf4 Kg6 44. g4 Rh1 45. Rd2 Rh3 46. Bf6 Bf1 47.
Be7 Kh7 48. Rd8 Bg2 49. Kg5 Rxf3 50. Bf6 Rxf6 51. Kxf6 Bxe4 52. Kxf7 b4 53. e6
b3 54. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Asia zt 3.3"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2013.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Rad1
O-O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Kf1 Rd7 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. Rd1+
Ke7 20. Ke2 Rg8 21. g3 h5 22. Rd3 h4 23. Nd2 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rc8 25. c3 Bc5 26.
Nb3 Bb6 27. Nd2 Bc5 28. Nb3 Bb6 29. Nd2 Bc5 30. Nb3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia zt 3.3"]
[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2013.01.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cao, Sang"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 h6 8. Nd5
Be6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Re1 d5 13. Ncd2 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Rad8 17. c3 f6 18. Kf1 Kf7 19. Ke2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Rd8 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Ne1 Ne6 23. Nd3 a5 24. a4 b6 25. f3 Ke7 26. Kd2 Kd7 27.
b3 Kd6 28. Kc2 Nc5 29. Nb2 Ne6 30. Nd3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Palmqvist, Frederik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. O-O
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Nxc6+ dxe4 12. Nxd8 Kxd8 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Be3
Ke7 15. Rfe1 Rhc8 16. Rad1 Be5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Kf8 19. Re2 Rd8 20. Rb4 b6
21. h3 Rd7 22. Nxe4 Rad8 23. f3 f6 24. Kf2 Bg6 25. a4 Rd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. b3
f5 28. Ng5 Rd6 29. Ke1 h6 30. Re6 Rxe6+ 31. Nxe6+ Kf7 32. Nd8+ Kf6 33. Nc6 f4
34. Nxa7 Bxc2 35. Nc8 Bxb3 36. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kislik, Erik Andrew"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Qd6 9. f4 Rd8 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Qe6 14. Nc3 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qe2 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Nb4 18. Bf2 b6 19. Rfd1 Ba6 20. Nc3 cxd4 21.
Nxd4 Kf8 22. Rd2 Nd3 23. Nde2 Nxf2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kxf2 Rd2 26. Rd1 Bxc3 27.
Ra1 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 15. Bxb4
Qb6 16. Ba3 Qxd4 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rfd1 Qe5 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Ne2 O-O 21. Rac1 Rfd8
22. b3 Rac8 23. Ng3 Be5 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qe5 26. Qe2 Nb8 27. Qh5 Qf6 28.
Be2 Rd4 29. Rd3 Nd7 30. Rdc3 Rd8 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. Rxf3 a5 33. Re3 Bc6 34. f3
Kf8 35. Nf1 Rb8 36. Kf2 f5 37. exf5 exf5 38. Re6 Bd5 39. Rxh6 Bxb3 40. Ng3 f4
41. Ne4 Rxa4 42. Rh7 Rd4 43. Nxc5 Nxc5 44. Rxc5 a4 45. Rxg5 Rbd8 46. Rf5+ Kg8
47. Rh4 R8d7 48. Rg4+ Rg7 49. Rgxf4 Rxf4 50. Rxf4 Rb7 51. Bc4+ Kg7 52. Rd4 Bc2
53. Rd2 Bb1 54. Bd3 Rd7 55. Ke2 Re7+ 56. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. g3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e4 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Qb3 Ra6 14. d5 e5
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Bb4 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Na2 c5 19. Kb1 Qc8 20. Rc1 c4 21.
Qc2 Qc6 22. Rhd1 Rc8 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. b3 Ra5 26. Qd2 g6 27. Rxc4
Rxc4 28. Qd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. bxc4 Rxa4 31. Kb2 Ra3 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. c5
Ke7 34. c6 Rc3 35. Rc2 Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Kd6 37. Kb3 Kxc6 38. Kxb4 g5 39. g4 Kb6
40. Kc4 Kc6 41. Kb4 Kb6 42. Kc4 Kc6 43. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Nde2 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Bb3 Nc4
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd4 f5 17. O-O-O Na5 18. Kb1 Bxb3 19. axb3 f4 20. Ne2 Nc6
21. Qxd6 Qxe4 22. Nc3 Qxg2 23. Qxf4 Rcd8 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nd6 Rf6 26. Nb5 Qe4 27.
Qc7 Rd2 28. Rxd2 Qxh1+ 29. Ka2 Rf7 30. Qd6 Qe1 31. c3 Kg7 32. b4 a6 33. Nd4 Rf6
34. Qc7+ Rf7 35. Qf4 Re7 36. Nxc6 Qe6+ 37. Ka3 Qxc6 38. Rd6 Qe4 39. Qd2 Qe5 40.
f3 a5 41. c4 Qe3+ 42. Qc3+ Re5 43. bxa5 Qxc3+ 44. bxc3 Rxa5+ 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. c5
Kf7 47. Kc4 Ke8 48. Rb6 Ra2 49. h4 Ra7 50. Kd5 Kd8 51. f4 Kc8 52. Rf6 Ra3 53.
Rf8+ Kc7 54. Rf7+ Kc8 55. Rxh7 Rxc3 56. Rg7 Rh3 57. Rxg6 Rxh4 58. Kd6 Kb8 59.
Rg8+ Ka7 60. Ke5 Rh7 61. Rc8 Rh5 62. Kf6 Ka6 63. Kg6 Rh1 64. Kxf5 Rc1 65. Ke6
b5 66. Rc6+ Ka5 67. f5 b4 68. f6 Kb5 69. Rc8 Re1+ 70. Kd6 Rf1 71. Ke7 Re1+ 72.
Kf8 Rh1 73. Rc7 Ka6 74. f7 Rh4 75. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 d6 14. e5
dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Be4 Bc6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 O-O 19. Bxc6 Nxe5 20. Bxa8
Nxf3 21. Bxf3 b4 22. Ne4 Qxc2 23. Rf2 Qc7 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Raf1 Qa7
27. g4 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Nc3 c5 14. b3 Nc6
15. Ba3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd1 f5 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. Ng3 Nf4 21. Qf3
Kh8 22. Bb2 Qc7 23. Nxf5 Rae8 24. Qe4 Re6 25. Nxd6 Rg6 26. Kh1 Rxg2 27. Bxe5
Qd7 28. Re3 Rxf2 29. Bxf4 R2xf4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Re8+ Qxe8 32. Nxe8 Rf3 33.
Kg2 Rxd3 34. Rf1 Kg8 35. Nc7 Rxd2+ 36. Rf2 Rd6 37. Nb5 Rd7 38. Rc2 a6 39. Nc3
Rd6 40. Ne4 Rg6+ 41. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 h6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nc4 f6
15. Rd1 Re8 16. Ne1 Nc5 17. f3 Ba7 18. Be3 Be6 19. Na5 Bb6 20. Nxc6 Na4 21.
Bxb6 cxb6 22. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Be3 b5 13. Na3 a6 14. dxc5 Be4 15.
Nc2 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Be7 17. a4 Qb7 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxe4 Rxd1 21.
Rfxd1 Nxe5 22. c6 Qc7 23. Bxb5 O-O 24. Nc4 Bd8 25. Nc5 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Qe5 27.
Rc2 Bc7 28. g3 Rb8 29. Ba4 Ra8 30. b4 Qf5 31. Rdc1 h5 32. Bb5 Bb6 33. Bf1 h4
34. Nd7 Bd4 35. c7 Rc8 36. Rd2 hxg3 37. hxg3 Qg5 38. Rxd4 Qxc1 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40.
Rd8+ Ke7 41. Ng8# 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT College"]
[Site "Rockville"]
[Date "2013.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Auger, Michael W"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.04.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Illinois Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. Be3 f6 10. a3 fxe5 11. fxe5 Qb6 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Nc1 Qc7 14. h4 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 dxc4 16. Rh3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb6 18. Ne2 Nd5 19. Rg3 Bd7 20. Rc1 b5 21. Nf4
Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Bc6 23. Ke2 Be4 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Bd3+ 26. Ke3 Qb7 27. Bf6
Rf7 28. h5 Kh8 29. Qf2 gxf6 30. exf6 Qe4+ 31. Kd2 Qf5 32. Rf3 Qg5+ 33. Kc3 0-1

[Event "USA-chT College"]
[Site "Rockville"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.04.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas UT"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Qe8 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Ng6 12. O-O a6 13. Rac1 Nh5 14. Ne1 Bd6 15.
g3 Bh3 16. Ng2 Nf6 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Be2 b5 20. a4 Rab8 21. axb5 axb5
22. Qd3 b4 23. Ncd1 Qa4 24. b3 Qa7 25. Nc4 Bc5 26. Be3 Rfd8 27. Na5 Qxa5 28.
Rxc5 Qa2 29. Rxc7 Rbc8 30. Ra7 Qc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Bd3 Rcc8 33. f3 Bd7 34.
Bd2 Rb8 35. Ne3 Ne8 36. Nc2 Nd6 37. Nxb4 Bb5 38. Bc2 Nf8 39. Rc1 Be2 40. Nc6
Bxf3 41. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Langer, Mikhail"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 e5 8. Nf5
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. fxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxf5 14. Nxd6+
Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxa2 16. Bd3 Qa5+ 17. Kf2 Rd8 18. Bb5+ axb5 19. Qc5 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 Na6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 Be6 11. exf6 Bxc4 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. Rd1
Qa5 15. Be5+ f6 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. O-O e5 18. Be3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rc1 Nb4
21. Ne4 Nxa2 22. Re1 Nb4 23. Nc5 Nc2 24. Nxb7 Qb4 25. Nxd8 Qxc4 26. Rc1 Qd5 27.
Ne6+ Kf7 28. Bd2 Qb3 29. Nd8+ Ke8 30. Nb7 Qxb2 31. Nd6+ Ke7 32. Nc4 Qa2 33. Ne3
Nxe3 34. Bxe3 a5 35. Nd2 a4 36. h4 Qd5 37. Rc5 Qd3 38. Ra5 Qc2 39. Kh2 h5 40.
f3 Qd3 41. Bh6 Qd4 42. Ne4 Qb4 43. Bd2 Qd4 44. Bc3 Qe3 45. Bd2 Qd4 46. Be1 Kf7
47. Bf2 Qb4 48. Ra7+ Ke8 49. Nxf6+ Kd8 50. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne1
Bf5 15. Nd3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Re1 Qc5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rac8 20. Rxd4
Qxc2 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Rb4 b6 23. a4 g6 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Rc7
27. Rba4 Rb8 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Rxb2 30. Ra8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2013.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Re1 Kh8 14. h3 Be6 15.
Nd2 Ng3 16. Bf2 Ngf5 17. Nb3 Bg8 18. Bf3 Nc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. N3e4
Qd5 22. b3 Rae8 23. Qd3 Nd6 24. Nc3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Nxf5 26. N3a4 h5 27. Na6 Rd8
28. c3 Rf7 29. Nb4 Rd6 30. Nc5 a5 31. Nbd3 Bh6 32. Rad1 Rd8 33. g4 Nd6 34. c4
hxg4 35. hxg4 Rh7 36. Kg2 Bf7 37. Bg3 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Nxe8 39. Be1 Be3 40. Bc3 f5
41. Ne5 Nf6 42. Re1 f4 43. g5 Ne8 44. Ng4 f3+ 45. Kxf3 Bxg5 46. Bxa5 Kg8 47.
Ne5 Rh2 48. Re2 Rh4 49. Nxc6 Rf4+ 50. Kg2 Rg4+ 51. Kf1 Nd6 52. Rg2 Nxc4 53.
Rxg4 Ne3+ 54. Ke2 Nxg4 55. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jayakumar, Adarsh"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 b5 11. b3 Ncb4 12. Qd2 cxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Rc1 O-O
15. Rc5 Nc6 16. Qc1 Qd7 17. Nbd2 b4 18. Qc2 f6 19. Ne1 Nce7 20. Nd3 Bc6 21.
Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxb4 Ra7 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Nxa6 Ra8 25. Nxc7 Ra1+ 26. Nb1 Bc6 27.
e4 Qxc7 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Rxc6 Rxb1+ 31. Kg2 Qb7 0-1

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Porper, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Bc2 e5 17. f3 Rfc8 18. Re1 h6 19. Bb3 Re8 20. Qc2 exd4 21. exd4
Bc6 22. Ne4 Qa7 23. Ba4 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. fxe4 Ne5 27. Qc2
a4 28. c5 Ng4 29. h3 Nf6 30. Qc4 Nxe4 31. Qxb4 Rb8 32. Qa3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2013.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8.
Rc1 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Rd8+ 11. Kc2 Bxc3 12. Kxc3 Be6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14.
Kb4 Rac8 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Bc4 Nxe4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rc2 b6 19. c6 Rd5 20. Re1
Nc5 21. Ne5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Nd3+ 23. Kb5 Nxe5 24. c7 Kf8 25. Ka6 Nf7 26. a4 Nd6
27. Kxa7 Ke8 28. Kxb6 Kd7 29. b4 Rf8 30. b5 Kc8 31. Ka7 Rf4 32. Ra2 Rf5 33. Kb6
Nc4+ 34. Kc6 Rd5 35. f4 Rd6+ 36. Kc5 Nd2 37. a5 Kxc7 38. b6+ Kb8 39. Kb5 Ne4
40. Ra1 Rd5+ 41. Kc6 Rd6+ 42. Kb5 Nc3+ 43. Kc5 Rd5+ 44. Kb4 Ne4 45. Re1 Nc5 46.
Kc4 Kb7 47. Rxe6 Nxe6 48. Kxd5 Nxf4+ 49. Ke5 Nxg2 50. Ke6 Nh4 51. Kxe7 Nf3 52.
h3 Ng5 53. Kd6 Nxh3 54. Kc5 Nf4 55. Kb5 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2013.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Cao, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Be6 15. Nf3 Qxc5 16. Nxg5 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Kb8 18. Rb1 Rc8 19. O-O Rc7 20. Rfc1
Rhc8 21. Bb5 Ne7 22. Qa4 Nf5 23. Bf1 Bd7 24. Qf4 Qd6 25. Rb3 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Nd6
27. Bd3 Ba4 28. Ra3 Bb5 29. Bb1 Nc4 30. Rb3 Ba4 31. Bf5 Bxb3 32. axb3 Nd6 33.
Bxc8 Kxc8 34. Nd4 a6 35. f3 b5 36. Kf2 a5 37. Ra1 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. Rxa4
Rxc3 40. Ra8+ Kd7 41. Ra5 Ke7 42. Rxd5 Rc8 43. Rh5 Rh8 44. e4 1-0

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2013.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bxa7 Qa5 14. Bd4 Be6
15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne4+ 18. Ke3 Nc5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. c3 Nxb3
21. axb3 Ra8 22. Ra1 Rfc8 23. b4 Kf6 24. f4 e6 25. dxe6 Kxe6 26. Ra5 Rab8 27.
Ra7 h5 28. Re1 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rcb8 30. Kd4+ Kf6 31. Rd7 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Kd5
Kf5 34. Kc6 f6 35. Kxb5 Kxf4 36. Kc6 d5 37. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 22nd"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5
9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Rc1 Qh4 14. Rh2 O-O 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Rc7 a5 18. Be7 Ng5 19. Bxb5 Na6 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. h4
Qd8 22. Rc1 Rf8 23. h5 Be4 24. f3 Qd6 25. Qd2 f6 26. Nd7 Bd3 27. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 22nd"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Ne5 Nfd5 10. Bg3 c5 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Nxc4
Nxc4 15. Rxc4 Qb6 16. b3 Bb5 17. Rd4 f5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Nc3
21. Qa1 Rfc8 22. Rd2 Ne4 23. Rdd1 Nc3 24. Rd2 Ne4 25. Rdd1 Nc3 26. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 22nd"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Ne5 Rb8 14. Qa3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxe5 16. Qxa6 Qd7 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. g3 Rb6 20. Rxb6
Qxb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. c4 Ra8 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Be5 25. Rb1 Kf8 26. Rb6 Ra7
27. Rxc6 Bc7 28. Kg2 Ke7 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Kf6 31. Rb6 Rxa2 32. Rb7 Rc2 33.
Rc7 h6 34. h4 Rc4 35. Kg3 Rc3+ 36. Kg2 Rc4 37. Kg3 Rc3+ 38. Kg2 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 22nd"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. b3 O-O 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 Re8 13. e4 dxc4 14. Nd2 b5 15.
bxc4 bxc4 16. Na4 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nh5 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rab1 Bd4 21. Nxc4
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qg5 24. e4 Qe3+ 25. Kf1 Nhf6 26. Qe2 Qxe2+ 27. Kxe2
Nxe4 28. Kf1 Nd6 29. Nc3 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Ne4 Rb6 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Rd3 f5
34. Ra3 a6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Bf1 Kf6 37. Bxa6 Rxd5 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. Be2 g5 40. Ra7
Rd4 41. a4 Nb6 42. a5 Nd5+ 43. Kf2 c4 44. Ra8 c3 45. Rc8 Ra4 46. Bc4 Nf6 47. a6
Kd4 48. Be6 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Re8 Ra3 51. Bxf5+ Kxf5 52. g4+ Kf6 53. Kxe4
Rxa6 54. Rc8 Ra4+ 55. Kf3 Ra3 56. Ke4 Ra4+ 57. Kf3 Ra3 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. h3 Kd7
60. Rc4 Kd6 61. Rc8 Kd7 62. Rc4 Kd6 63. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kekelidze, Mikheil"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Rb1 b6 14. Bb5
Bb7 15. Ke2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rac8 17. Rhc1 Rfd8 18. Ke2 e6 19. g4 Bf8 20. Ne5 Nb4
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bc4 Nxa2 23. Ra1 Nc3+ 24. Kd3 Bb4 25. f3 a5 26. Nd7 Bxf3 27.
Nxb6 Be4+ 28. Kd2 Na4+ 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2
Bg6 9. Nb3 Nf5 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. f4 h5 13. g5 f6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 O-O-O 16. Bd2 fxg5 17. fxg5 Be7 18. Rf4 Qxg5+ 19. Kh1 Qh6 20. Rf7 Bg5 21.
Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Rg1 Qh4 23. Qg3 Qe4+ 24. Qg2 Qh4 25. Qxg7 Qe4+ 26. Qg2 Qh4 27.
Nd2 Rdf8 28. Nf3 Qe4 29. Ng5 Qg6 30. Re7 Rhg8 31. Qh3 Re8 32. Rxe6 Qc2 33.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Qxh5 Re7 35. Qh8+ Kc7 36. e6 Nb6 37. Qe5+ Kc8 38. Rf1 Re8 39.
Rf7 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb2+ 41. Kg3 Qxc3+ 42. Kg4 Na8 43. e7 Nc7 44. Rf8 Qd3 45. Qd6
Qe2+ 46. Nf3 b6 47. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Universiad Men 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 a5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. O-O c6 13. a3 Nd7 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 b5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf8 18. Re1 Bg4 19. Rxc6 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21.
Bf1 Rad8 22. Rc7 Nd7 23. Bxb5 Qxb4 24. Qe2 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxb5 26. Rd1 Be5 27.
Rcc1 Re8 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Nf6 30. g3 Rb8 31. Rc2 Rb4 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Re2
Bd4 34. Red2 Bb6 35. Rf3 h5 36. Rdd3 Ne4 37. Rd7 Ng5 38. Rfd3 Rb2 39. Rd2 Rxd2
40. Rxd2 Ne4 41. Re2 Nxf2 42. Rb2 Bc5 43. h3 Ne4 44. Re2 Ng5 45. Re5 Ne6 46.
Kf3 Kf6 47. Rd5 Bb6 48. Rd6 Bc7 49. Rd7 Be5 50. Rd3 Ng5+ 51. Kg2 Kf5 52. Re3 f6
53. Re1 Ne4 54. Rf1+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Universiad Men 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Jurcik, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Be5 a6 14. Nc3 Nf6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxb2 18. Rfe1 Na4 19. Rb1 Qc2 20. Rxb7 Nc3
21. Bd3 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxd5 23. Bc4 Nc3 24. e4 Rae8 25. e5 Be7 26. Kf1 a5 27.
e6 f6 28. Rc1 Ne4 29. Bb5 Nd6 30. Bxe8 Nxb7 31. Bf7+ Rxf7 32. exf7+ Kxf7 33.
Rc7 Nd6 34. Nd4 Ke8 35. Nc6 Bf8 36. Nxa5 Nb5 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. a4 1-0

[Event "Universiad Men 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. e5 Bb7 12. exf6 Bxf3 13. fxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxf3 Nd7
15. O-O Nc5 16. f5 Nxb3 17. axb3 b4 18. Na4 exf5 19. Rae1 Qc7 20. Nd4 g6 21. c3
bxc3 22. bxc3 Rac8 23. Ne2 Rb8 24. Nd4 Rbc8 25. Ne2 Rb8 26. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Universiad Men 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Baryshpolets, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2013.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Bxb5 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 Qe7 17. Bc4 Bc7 18. g3 Rad8 19. Be3 Ng4 20. Ba7 Bc8 21.
Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Bd4 Nh2+ 23. Kg2 Qd7 24. Kxh2 Qxd4 25. Qe2 h5 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Kg2
a5 28. e5 Bg4 29. f3 Bf5 30. e6 fxe6 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Qe4 Qc5
34. Ne2 Bc7 35. Rc1 Qb5 36. Rxc6 Bb8 37. Qe7 Kg8 38. Rc5 Qe8 39. Qxe8 Rxe8 40.
Nc3 Be5 41. Rxa5 Bxc3 42. bxc3 Re2+ 43. Kh3 Re3 44. Rxh5 Rxc3 45. Kg4 Rc4+ 46.
f4 Ra4 47. Rh2 Ra3 48. Rg2 g6 49. Rb2 Kg7 50. Kh4 Ra4 51. Rf2 Kf6 52. Kg4 Ra5
53. Rd2 Ra3 54. Kh3 Kf5 55. Kh4 Ra4 56. Rd5+ Kf6 57. Rd6+ Kf7 58. Rd2 Kf6 59.
Kg4 Ra3 60. Kh3 Kf5 61. Kh4 Ra4 62. g4+ Kxf4 63. Rf2+ Ke5 64. Kg5 Ke6 65. Rf4
Ra6 66. Rf6+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "Universiad Men 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2013.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 e5 6. dxe5 Nc6 7. a3 Nxe5 8.
e4 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ Be7 11. O-O-O+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Universiad Men 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nf4 Bg6
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd3 Bh4 17. Bxh4 Qxh4 18. Nac5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 b6 20. Rc3 Na5
21. Qc1 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Nc4 23. Nb4 a5 24. Nc6 Rc8 25. Ne5 Nd6 26. Qd2 Rc7 27.
Rc1 Qd8 28. b3 g5 29. Nd3 Qc8 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Universiad Men 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be2 b5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd3 b4 13. Nb1 Nf6 14. Nd2 Bb5
15. Qf3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 17. Be5 Be7 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Nc4 Qc6 20. Rac1 O-O 21.
c3 a5 22. Nd2 Qa4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Rc7 Bd6 26. Rc4 Qxa2 27. Qh5
Rfc8 28. Rg4+ Kf8 29. Qxh7 Ke7 30. Rg7 Rf8 31. Nf3 Qxb2 32. Qe4 Ra1 33. Qb7+
Kd8 34. g3 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Bc5 36. Qb8+ Kd7 37. Qb5+ Kd6 38. Qd3+ Ke7 39. Nd2 b3
40. Qb5 Qxd2 41. Qxc5+ Qd6 42. Qa7+ Kd8 43. Qa5+ Qc7 44. Qa8+ Qc8 45. Qa5+ Qc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Universiad Men 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Margvelashvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3
Bh7 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bd3 a5 14. a4 Bb4 15.
Bxb4 axb4 16. a5 Ne7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Nfd2 Nd5 19. Ne4 Qh4 20. Nd6 Ra7 21. f4
Kg8 22. Qd2 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. g3 Qe7 25. Nc4 Raa8 26. Rce1 Rf6 27. Re4 Raf8
28. Rfe1 Rg6 29. Kh1 Nc7 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Nd5 32. Nd6 Qc7 33. Nc4 Qe7 34.
Qe2 Rgf6 35. Ne5 Ra8 36. Ng4 Rf7 37. Rxe6 Qxc5 38. Qe4 Raf8 39. Qg6 Kh8 40. Ne5
Rf6 41. Rxf6 Nxf6 42. Nf7+ Rxf7 43. Qxf7 Qf2 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qxb4 c5 46. Qc3
c4 47. Qe5 Ng4 48. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Universiad Men 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qe2 d6 5. g3 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. d3 h6 8. Bg2 Nge7
9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O b6 12. a3 a5 13. Nh2 Qd7 14. Rae1 h5 15. f4 O-O
16. Qd1 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. Nd5 Rab8 19. c3 b5 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Nf3 b4 22.
axb4 axb4 23. e5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bd5 25. c4 Ba8 26. d4 cxd4 27. Qxd4 d5 28. Qd2
Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Universiad Men playoff 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.07.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. e4 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 d6
9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. a3 Bh3 12. Nh2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. b4 Nd4 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 Qf7 17. bxc5 Qxd5+ 18. Kg1 dxc5 19. Rab1 O-O-O 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Qa5 Kb8 22. Rb5 Rc8 23. Rfb1 Rc7 24. Nf1 f4 25. gxf4 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. h5
Be5 28. Qa4 b6 29. Nd2 Bh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rxh5+ 31. Kg3 Qe6 32. Rxb6+ axb6 33. Rxb6+
Qxb6 34. Qe8+ Kb7 35. Qxh5 Qd6+ 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Ne4 c4 38. Qf3 cxd3 39. cxd3
Kb6 40. Qf8 Ka7 41. a4 g4 42. Qf4 Rh7 43. Qd2 Qh5 44. Ng3 Qd5+ 45. Kg1 Rb7 46.
Qh6 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 Rb7 48. Ne4 Qe5+ 49. Kg2 Qf5 50. Qd2 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15.
f4 b5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. f5 Nd5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Bxd5+
cxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh7 23. Bf4 Rfd8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Rab1 a6 27. Rf3
Rc8 28. Kf2 Kh6 29. Ke2 Kg5 30. a4 Rb6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Kd3 Kh4 33. Rb4 g5 34.
d5 Rf6 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. d6 Kxh3 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rd4 f5 39. gxf5 g4 40. f6 g3
41. f7 g2 42. f8=Q Rxf8 43. d8=Q Rf3+ 44. Ke2 g1=Q 45. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 N6d7 10. b4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 e5 14. Ne4 b6 15.
Bc4 bxc5 16. Nfg5 exf4 17. Bc3 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Qe7 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. O-O Ba6 21.
b5 Bxb5 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Nd6 Qe6 24. Nxb5 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 fxe3 26. Re1 Ne5 27.
Rxe3 Nbd7 28. Ra3 Kg7 29. Ra6 Kh6 30. Kf2 Kg5 31. h3 Kf4 32. Rd6 h5 33. g3+ Kf5
34. Ke2 Nf6 35. Nc3 Nh7 36. Nd5 Ng5 37. Ne7+ Ke4 38. Nxg6 Nxg6 39. Rxg6 Nxh3
40. Rf6 Ng1+ 41. Kf2 Nh3+ 42. Kg2 Ng5 43. Rh6 Ke3 44. Rxh5 Ne4 45. Rh8 c4 46.
Rc8 c3 47. g4 Kd2 48. Kf3 Ng5+ 49. Kf4 Nh3+ 50. Kg3 Ng5 51. Rd8+ Ke3 52. Kh4
Nf3+ 53. Kg3 Ng5 54. Re8+ Ne4+ 55. Kh4 c2 56. Rc8 Kd2 57. Rxc2+ Kxc2 58. g5
Nxg5 59. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. a3
c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bg5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. Rxd5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. e5 Be7 16. Qb5 c4 17. Kb1 Qxb5 18. Rxb5 Rfc8 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rxe7 Kf8 21.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Bxc4+ Kg7 23. Re1 Rab8 24. Nd2 Rc7 25. Re3 a5 26. Kc2 a4 27. Rc3
Rcb7 28. b4 axb3+ 29. Nxb3 Na4 30. Rd3 Rc7 31. Rd4 Nb6 32. Nd2 Ra7 33. Bb3 Rxa3
34. f4 Ra7 35. Ne4 Rc7+ 36. Kd3 Nd7 37. Be6 Nf8 38. Bd5 Nd7 39. Ke3 Rb2 40. Kf3
Kf8 41. Rd3 Ke7 42. h4 Rc1 43. Kg3 Rcc2 44. Nc3 Nc5 45. Re3 Rd2 46. Bf3 Rd3 47.
Nd5+ Ke6 48. f5+ Kd7 49. e6+ Kd6 50. Re1 Rb8 51. e7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d4 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. f3 Bf5 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. a4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 f5 21. e5 f4
22. Qd1 f3 23. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 {Rubinstein's original
intention.} ({Two rounds later Van Wely as White played the second and
long-term more popular main continuation} 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 {, but the tension quickly petered out into a
well-known draish endgame after} 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20.
Rxd5 Nc5 21. Be3 Rxf3 22. Re1 Ne6 23. Rd7 (23. a4 Rf7 24. a5 h6 25. axb6 axb6
26. Bxb6 Nf4 27. Ra5 Rb8 28. Bd4 Rb2 29. Ra7 Rxa7 30. Bxa7 Rc2 31. Bd4 Kh7 $11
{Topalov,V (2793)-Aronian,L (2813)/Stavanger/2013/}) 23... Kg8 24. Bxb6 axb6
25. Rxe6 Rxa2 26. Re8+ Rf8 27. Ree7 Rfxf2 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Rxh7 Rg2+ 30. Kh1
Kg8 31. Rh3 Rge2 32. Rd1 Kf7 $11 {Van Wely,L (2693)-Adams,M (2753)/Hoogeveen/
2013/}) 5... d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 {Opts for a Carlsbad structure.} ({
The text-move is more usual than} 7... Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 ({Not
necessarily ideal, Black has better results with} 9... N5f6 $5 10. Bg2 e5 $132)
10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Bb7 (11... Nf6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 Qf6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 c6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4
Bc8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. Rdc1 Re8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bf1 $14 {Ponomariov,
R (2734)-Kramnik,V (2807)/Wijk aan Zee/2003/ - see the notes to this game by
Ftacnik in CBM 93.}) 12. Bb4 Nf6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc1 c6 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Re1
Qd6 17. Nf4 Bc8 $6 18. Qa4 Rc7 19. f3 Be6 20. e4 dxe4 $6 21. fxe4 Qd7 22. d5 $1
$16 {/+-,Carlsen,M (2864)-Anand,V (2786)/Moscow/2013/ - see the notes by
Krasenkow in CBM 155.}) 8. Nf4 a5 {Black limits his opponent's queenside
options, but in this line White only rarely employs the minority attack (as in
Tomashevsky-Karjakin) and more often than not tries to play in the centre (as
So did later on), or on the kingside (see Meza-Lafuente below). Therefore the
text-move is only one of many plausible options:} (8... Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O
Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Bb5 Nd6 16. Qa4 Nxb5
17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Ng3 a6 19. Qa4 Rbc8 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Rc5 Red8 22. Rfc1 h5
23. h3 Rd7 24. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra8 26. b4 $44 {/=,Sasikiran,K (2660)
-Karjakin,S (2772)/WCup Tromso/2013/}) (8... c6 9. Bd3 Na6 (9... Re8 10. O-O
Bd6 ({or} 10... Nbd7 {is the more usual set-up.})) 10. b4 Nc7 11. Bd2 a6 12.
O-O Nb5 13. a4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd6 15. b5 Ne4 16. Be1 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1
Re8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Bxf4 21. exf4 Nd6 22. g4 f5 23. h3 Nc4 24. Qc1 Be6 25.
Bf2 Qd7 26. Re1 g6 $11 {Tomashevsky,E (2709)-Karjakin,S (2782)/Kiev rpd/2013/})
(8... b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 c6 11. O-O Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Nd7 15. g3 Nf6 16. Bg2 Qd7 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxc5
21. Rd1 Qc6+ 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rfd8 $11 {Svetushkin,D (2570)-Movsesian,S 
(2711)/Bundesliga/2009/}) 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. Bd2 $146 {
[%mdl 8] This simple developing move is in fact a novelty. White sensibly
coordinates his forces, preparing (or awaiting) further action.} (12. g4 Ne6
13. Nfe2 h5 14. h3 Bd6 15. Qe1 g6 16. Kg2 c5 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. a4 Bc6 19. Bd2 Qd7
$13 20. f4 $2 hxg4 21. f5 gxh3+ 22. Kh1 Ng7 23. Qh4 Be7 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Qh6
Qg4 $17 {Meza,H (2318)-Lafuente,P (2524)/La Plata/2009/}) (12. Kh1 Ne6 13. Nce2
c5 14. b3 b6 15. Bb2 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Bb7 17. a4 Bd6 18. Bb5 Qe7 19. Re1 Rfd8 20.
Qd3 Ne8 21. Qc3 Qg5 22. Rac1 Qh6 23. Qd2 Nc7 24. Bf1 Ne6 $15 {Prusikin,M (2571)
-Naiditsch,A (2663)/GER-ch Bad Koenigshofen/2007/}) ({Until now White tried
mainly} 12. Bc2 c5 (12... Ne6 $5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. Qd3
Bh5 17. Kh1 Bg6 18. Be3 b5 19. Qe2 b4 20. e5 bxc3 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. bxc3 Re8
$11 {Yang,D (2498)-Shen,V (2425)/Saint Louis/2012/}) 13. Na4 $5 (13. Qe2 b5 (
13... Ne6 $13) (13... b6 $5) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Qf2 Bb7 17. Bd2 Re8
18. Nce2 Ne6 19. Nd3 (19. b4 $5 axb4 20. axb4 Bd6 21. Bd3 $14) 19... Bb6 20.
Nd4 Rc8 21. Bc3 Ba6 22. Kh1 Rc4 23. Bb3 Rc7 24. Rac1 b4 $5 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 $132 {
Koneru,H (2614)-Hou,Y (2575)/Rostov on Don/2011/}) 13... Na6 $5 (13... cxd4 14.
exd4 Rb8 (14... Nb5 $2 15. Qd3 Na7 16. Nc3 g6 17. Bb3 Bf5 {Kuzmin,G-Kortschnoj,
V/Sochi/1970/} 18. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) (14... Ne6 $142 $11 {/+/=.Kortschnoj})
15. Be3 Re8 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bb5 19. Bf2 b6 20. Ncd3 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Nce8 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Bf5 Rc7 24. g4 $36 {Swapnil,S (2475)-Parligras,M 
(2602)/Dubai/2013/}) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Nb5 Bd7 (16... Qb6 17. Nd4
Nfd7 18. Rb1 Rfc8 {Zakhartsov,V (2560)-Karavade,E (2398)/Pardubice/2013/} 19.
b4 $1 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 21. Ndxe6 fxe6 22. Nxd5 $1 $16) 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Nfe2
Qc7 19. Nf5 Bc5 20. Bd2 Nf4 21. Ned4 Ng6 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bxd4
25. Nxd4 Ne5 26. Bb3 Rfe8 27. Qe2 Ba4 $11 {Bernadskiy,V (2527)-Sjugirov,S 
(2635)/St Petersburg/2013/}) 12... c5 {The standard advance, which will soon
lead to the liquidation of all central pawns. While this might not be a bad
thing in itself for Black, he had other continuations, leading to more complex
play:} (12... Bd6) (12... Re8) (12... Ne6) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Kh1 Ne6 (14... Re8
15. e4 $14) (14... Bd6 15. Rc1 (15. Qb3 $5) 15... Bd7 16. Na4 $5 $13 {/+/=} (
16. Nce2 Re8)) 15. e4 {White opens the position while his forces are still
somewhat more active. Although this is not a permanent factor, his dynamic
piece-play is quite dangerous and Black must tread carefully.} dxe4 (15... d4
16. Nce2 $14 (16. Nb5 $5)) 16. Nxe4 {[%mdl 2048]} Bd4 17. Qc2 h6 (17... Nxf4
18. Bxf4 Nd5 19. Bg5 $1 Qb6 (19... f6 20. Rad1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rd3c4]}) 20.
Nc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 h6 22. Rfb1 Qc6 23. Bd2 Be6 24. c4 Nf6 $14 {/=}) 18. Rad1 (
18. Ne2 $5 Be5 19. Rad1 $14) 18... Bd7 (18... Nxf4 $142 $5 19. Bxf4 Qb6 {
A sample line is} 20. Nd6 Qxb2 21. Qa4 Bc5 22. Qc4 (22. Ne4 Bd7 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6
24. Qe4 g6 25. Bxh6 Rfc8 $132) 22... Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Be6 24. Qf4 Rfd8 25. Rd2 Nd5
26. Qe4 Nf6 $1 $11) 19. Ne2 $1 Rc8 20. Qb1 Be5 21. Bc3 {White chooses a simple
way, minimising any risk by exchanging Black's most active piece.} ({More
doubled-edged, but perhaps more promising was} 21. f4 $5 Bc7 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.
Bc3 Qe7 24. Rf3 (24. f5 $4 Qh4) 24... Rfd8 25. Re1 $14 (25. Rg3 $14)) 21...
Bxc3 22. N2xc3 Bc6 $6 {Allowing the following sortie is dangerous.} ({Black
gets close to full equality with} 22... Nxe4 $142 23. Bxe4 (23. Nxe4 Qc7 24.
Nd6 Rcd8) 23... Nc5 24. Bh7+ (24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qg5 $11) 24... Kh8 25. Bc2
Qb6 $5 26. b4 (26. Nd5 Qb5 $11) 26... axb4 27. axb4 Ne6 $132) 23. Nd6 $1 {
[%csl Gd6]} Rc7 (23... Qxd6 $4 24. Bh7+) 24. Rfe1 $6 {This hesitant move
repays the favour.} (24. Bc4 $142 $1 Rd7 (24... Qe7 25. Qf5 $16) 25. Nxf7 Kxf7
{and the engine recommends the merciless} 26. Bxe6+ $5 (26. Rfe1 Re8 27. Qf5 g6
28. Bxe6+ Kg7 29. Qb1 $14 {is a human choice}) 26... Kxe6 27. Qg6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1
Qc8 29. b4 Be8 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. Qd3+ Kc7 32. Rd1 Kb8 (32... Nd7 33. Qe3 $1 {
[%cal Rc3b5]} Rf5 34. g4 $18) 33. Qd6+ Ka7 34. Qxf8 Qxc3 35. Qxg7 $16) 24...
Nd4 $5 (24... Nf4 $13) 25. Nc4 Qa8 {The queen will be misplaced here, Black
had other and probably better options:} ({A crazy tactical line runs} 25... Re7
$5 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxa5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nxf3 29. Be4 Ng4 30. Bxf3 Nf2+ 31. Kg2
Nxd1 32. Qxd1 Qg5+ $11) (25... Rd7 26. Ne5 Re7 $132 {[%cal Yf8e8,Yd8c7]}) (
25... Nxf3 $5 26. Bh7+ Nxh7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 $44) 26. Ne5 Rd8 (26... Re7 27. Bc4
Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Nxf3 29. Re2 (29. gxf3 $2 Bxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qa7+ 31. Kf1 Ng4 $19)
29... Qb8 30. gxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Kg1 $14) (26... Re8 $5 {/\} 27. Bc4 $2 Nxf3 28.
Nxf3 (28. gxf3 Rxe5 $1) 28... Bxf3 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $15) 27. Bc4
Be8 ({White has improved his bishop, as} 27... b5 $2 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 29. Bxb5 $14
{/+/- just drops a pawn.}) 28. Ne4 $14 Nh5 29. Qd3 $6 {[%csl Rd3] This exposes
White's queen. It's difficult to play flawless chess with so many active
pieces around!} (29. Rd2 $142 $5 $14 {[%cal Yb1d1,Ye1d1]}) 29... b5 $6 (29...
Nc6 $1 {resolves Black's problems after} 30. Qc3 (30. Nd6 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Nf6 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Rd8d6,Rc7c6]}) 30... Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxc4 32. Nd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6
Nf6 34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Qxe8+ Qxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kg7 $11) 30. Ba2 b4 (30... Nc6 31.
Qxb5 $16) 31. Bb1 {[%cal Gb1h7]} Bb5 $2 {This is almost certainly the decisive
error. Black could have still fought on with the strongest} (31... f5 $142 $1 {
[]} 32. Qe3 $1 Qd5 (32... fxe4 33. Rxd4 exf3 34. Ba2+ Kh8 35. Nxf3 $40) 33. Nc3
$5 bxc3 34. bxc3 Qb3 $14) 32. Qe3 Ne6 (32... Qd5 33. f4 $1 {[%cal Re5f3]} (33.
Nc3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Qc5 35. cxd4 Qc3 $14) 33... Ba4 34. Rd3 $1 (34. Rd2 $143 Bc2)
34... Bb5 (34... Bc2 35. Bxc2 Rxc2 36. Nf3 $19) 35. Rd2 Be2 36. axb4 axb4 37.
Bd3 $5 $18) 33. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Rb5,Rf7] Now the defence collapses, as Black
can't hold f7.} Ba4 (33... Be8 34. Nexf7 Bxf7 35. Nxf7 Rxd1 36. Nxh6+ $1 Kf8
37. Rxd1 $18) 34. Nexf7 Nhf4 (34... Bxd1 35. Qxe6 $18) 35. Nxd8 Qxd8 36. Rd2 {
Now and in the following moves White already has more than one way to score.} (
36. g3 Bxd1 37. Rxd1 Rc6 38. gxf4 Rxd6 39. Qxe6+ $1 $18) 36... bxa3 37. Ba2 Qf6
38. Qxa3 Bc6 39. Bxe6+ (39. Qxa5 $18) 39... Nxe6 40. Qa2 Bxf3 {The last
desperate fling.} (40... Bd7 41. Rde2 Kh7 (41... Kh8 42. Qxa5 $18 {[%cal Re2e6]
}) 42. Qb1+ Kh8 43. Ne8 $1 $18) 41. gxf3 (41. Rxe6 Bd5 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Qb1+
$18) 41... Qxf3+ 42. Rg2 (42. Kg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. g3 Rce8 19. Bd2 Kg8 20. Bc3 Ng4
21. Bh3 f5 22. d4 Bd6 23. Bd2 g6 24. Qd3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
b3 Nf6 28. Bg2 Ne4 29. c4 Qd7 30. Bc1 Be7 31. Bf4 Bf6 32. Be5 Kf7 33. Bxf6 Nxf6
34. Bf3 Qe7 35. Kg2 Qe1 36. cxd5 Nxd5 37. Qc4 Qe6 38. Qc5 a6 39. h4 Nf6 40. Qa7
Qe7 41. Qb8 Ne4 42. Qh8 Nf6 43. Qb8 Ne4 44. Qh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 {completely playable, but definitely
not fashionable. Defining the knight so early in the opening has lost ground
to the other Black options, mainly playing a quicker Be7, playing a Semi-Slav
with c6 or a Ragozin with Bb4.} 5. e3 {So chooses a line that is not the most
topical, but simply wants to play chess. With the knight on d7 certain c5
breaks are not as strong, and White retains some pressure in most lines.} Be7
6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qc2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O {This position
is more commonly reached with Black to play in White to play in Semi-Slav
formations with a quick c6-c5. However Black didn't have to waste time on the
c6 move first.} Rc8 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 {it's not
entirely clear that the queen wants to be on a6. After all, a7 is untouchable.}
Nb8 (15... Qe6 16. Rfd1 (16. Qxa7 $4 Ra8 17. Qb7 Rfb8 18. Qc6 Bxh2+ {is the
point of Qe6.}) 16... Rfe8 $11) 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Nb5 {This truly exploits the
awkwardness of Nb7. With the dark squared bishop captured it will be easy for
White to determine a good time to liquidate the center and force favorable
trades.} Nc6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxf6 {White exploits the fact
that the queen es tied down to the defense of the c5 pawn.} gxf6 (20... Qxf6
21. Qb5 $1 {wins a pawn.} (21. Rxc5 $2 Ne5 22. Qd4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qxf3 $11 {
and Black has nothing to fear.})) 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Qe2 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 {Black's
position is probably acceptable if his pawns on the kingside weren't crippled,
but as it stands his king is too weak. White will use a combination of threats
on the pawns and threats against the king to make progress.} Qe6 24. g3 Kg7 25.
Rd3 d4 26. Rc4 dxe3 27. Rxe3 Qd6 28. b4 $1 {A timely transition.} Qd1+ (28...
cxb4 $2 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qg4+ {picks up the rook on c8.}) 29. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 30.
Kg2 Rd4 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. bxc5 Rc4 33. Ra3 Rxc5 34. Rxa7 {This endgame should
be a draw in most scenarios, but with Black's pawans being crippled the draw
is at least harder to achieve.} Rc2 35. Kf3 Kg6 36. a4 Ra2 37. a5 h6 38. a6 Kf5
39. Ra8 Kg6 40. Ke4 Kg7 41. Kd5 {beautiful timing.} Rxf2 42. Rb8 Ra2 43. Rb6 {
The king simply marches to b7 and pushes the pawn forward. Black's crippled
pawns means that there is no hope for counterplay in the other wing. A clean
game by Wesley So.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 ({Zur Botwininnikvariante
führt} 5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3
Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5) 6. Bh4 ({Die Moskauer Variante
entsteht nach} 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Schwarz hat dort wenig Sorgen.}) 6... dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 {Im Unterschied zur Botwinnikvariante hat Schwarz einen Bauern
mehr.} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O ({Die Alternative ist} 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3 O-O 16. bxc4 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1
Qxh4 {1-0 (59) Grischuk,A (2733)-Aronian,L (2750) Linares 2009}) 10... Nbd7 11.
Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 $5 ({Häufiger geschieht} 14... e5 {
und nun:} 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Re6 Bc8 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. axb5 Rf6 26. Rxf6
Qxf6 27. Qc2+ Bf5 28. Qxc4 Rc8 $14 {1-0 (45) Anand,V (2788)-Leko,P (2752)
Moscow 2009}) 15. Nb1 ({Der Hauptfortsetzung ist hier} 15. Bxb4 Qb6 16. Ba3
Qxd4 {und nun spielte So kürzlich selbst mit Weiß:} 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rfd1 Qe5
19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Ne2 O-O 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. b3 Rac8 23. Ng3 Be5 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25.
Qxb2 Qe5 26. Qe2 Nb8 27. Qh5 Qf6 28. Be2 Rd4 29. Rd3 Nd7 30. Rdc3 Rd8 31. Qf3
Qxf3 32. Rxf3 a5 33. Re3 Bc6 34. f3 Kf8 35. Nf1 Rb8 36. Kf2 f5 37. exf5 exf5
38. Re6 Bd5 39. Rxh6 Bxb3 40. Ng3 f4 41. Ne4 Rxa4 42. Rh7 Rd4 43. Nxc5 Nxc5 44.
Rxc5 a4 45. Rxg5 Rbd8 46. Rf5+ Kg8 47. Rh4 R8d7 48. Rg4+ Rg7 49. Rgxf4 Rxf4 50.
Rxf4 Rb7 51. Bc4+ Kg7 52. Rd4 Bc2 53. Rd2 Bb1 54. Bd3 Rd7 55. Ke2 Re7+ 56. Kd1
{1-0 (56) So,W (2684)-Andersen,M (2462) Reykjavik 2013}) 15... Nf6 (15... c5 $5
{kam auch in Betracht.}) 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. dxc5 ({In der einzigen
Vorgängerpartie mit 15.Sb1 geschah} 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. Bf3 Bf8 (19... Rc8 $11)
20. Re1 Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nc5 22. Nxc4 O-O 23. b4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd7 25. h4 Rc8 26.
Qd3 Qc7 27. Rac1 Nb6 28. Nd6 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc3 31. Qxd4 Nd5 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. Qg4 {1-0 (33) Topalov,V (2775)-Gelfand,B (2733) Monte Carlo 2011}
) 18... Bxe5 19. Na3 Qc7 20. Nxc4 (20. h3 a5 21. Be1 c3 {ist gut für Schwarz.}
) 20... Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Qb3 $2 ({Nach} 22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Qd4 O-O 24. cxd6
Bxd6 25. Bc3 {muss Weiß ums Remis kämpfen.}) ({Richtig war} 22. Qe1 Rd4 23.
Ba5 Qb8 24. Ra3 {mit komplizierter Stellung und gleichen Chancen.}) 22... Qf4
$15 {Der drohende Schwenk der schwarzen Dame auf die h-Linie ist sehr
unangenehm. Zudem muss sich Weiß um den f2 kümmern.} 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. Qg4
Nxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. c6 $2 ({Richtig war sofort} 26. Rf1 {und nun:} Qg3 27.
Nd6+ Rxd6 28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. cxd6 $15 {mit Remischancen.}) 26... Bxc6 27. Rf1
Qg3 28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. Bh5 (29. Bc3 O-O 30. Nb6 Bb7 $19) 29... Rd4 30. Bxf7+ Kd7
31. Bc3 Rh4+ 32. Kg1 Bh2+ 33. Kf2 Rf4+ (33... Rf4+ 34. Ke2 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Rf8
$19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Bd3 f6 13. Nef3 Bf5 14. Nf1 Ng6 15.
Ng3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Re8 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. b3 Qf7 19. h4 c6 20. h5 Nf8 21. Bf4 Bc7
22. c4 Ne6 23. Bd2 Rad8 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rac1 Bb8 26. Re2 Nc8 27. Qf5 Bxg3 28.
fxg3 Nd6 29. Qxd5 f5 30. Re5 Ne4 31. Qc4 Nxd2 32. Nxd2 Rxd4 33. Qe2 Rdd8 34.
Nf3 h6 35. Re1 Nc7 36. Qc2 Nd5 37. Nh4 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 f4 39. gxf4 Qxf4 40. Ng6
Qd4+ 41. Kh2 Nf6 42. Re1 Qd3 43. Qxd3 Rxd3 44. Nf4 Ng4+ 45. Kg1 Rd2 46. g3 Rxa2
47. Re7 b5 48. Rb7 Ra1+ 49. Kg2 Ne3+ 50. Kh2 Ra6 51. Rxb5 Rb6 52. Rxb6 axb6 53.
Kg1 Nf5 54. Kf2 Kf7 55. Nd5 b5 56. Nc3 Nd4 57. Ke3 Nxb3 58. Nxb5 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe4 14. Rg1 Nd5 15.
Nd2 Qf4 16. Bg2 Rd8 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Qc5 Nd7 19. Qc4 Nb6 20. Qc5 Nd7 21. Qc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rand, Steven J"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2
a4 16. Nce4 Rd8 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Ned2 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Bxb7 Rad8 21. Nxb6
cxb6 22. Ne4 Bxa3 23. Ra1 Bxc1 24. Rfxc1 a3 25. Kg2 a2 26. Rc2 Rxe3 27. Nc3 Nd4
28. Rcc1 Rd3 29. Nxa2 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Altschuler, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Princeton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. a4 O-O
9. e4 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Be2 axb5 14. Bxb5 Qb7 15.
O-O Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 d5 21.
Qe2 Ra7 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. c4 Re7 24. a5 Nd7 25. cxd5 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baltimore Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 e5 5. d3 dxe3 6. Bxe3 Nge7 7. Be2 Nf5 8. Nc3
g6 9. O-O Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bh6 11. Kh1 Bxe3 12. Nd5 Bh6 13. d4 e4 14. Ne5 f5 15.
Qa4 Qd6 16. c5 Qxd5 17. Bc4 Qxd4 18. Nxc6 Qxc5 19. Rad1 bxc6 20. Rd5 Qb6 21.
Re5+ Kf8 22. Qd1 Bg5 23. Rexf5+ Bxf5 24. Qd7 Be7 25. Rxf5+ gxf5 26. Qxf5+ Ke8
0-1

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2013.12.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Texas Tech"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qb4 Qb6
15. Bg3 Be4 16. Be2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Qb3 Bd5 20. Qd3 Ndf6 21.
f3 Bb7 22. Bd1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Qc3 Bb7 26. e4 Nd7 27. Nb3
Qd8 28. a4 Ndf6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Be2 Qd7 31. Na5 Nh5 32. Bf2 Ba8 33. Be3 Nc7
34. g4 Nf6 35. Nb3 Qc6 36. Qxc6 Bxc6 37. Bf4 Nfe8 38. Na5 Ba8 39. h4 Kf8 40.
Kf2 Ke7 41. Ke1 f6 42. Be3 f5 43. gxf5 exf5 44. d5 fxe4 45. fxe4 Nf6 46. Bf3
Nd7 47. Kf2 Ne8 48. Bd4 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Be2 Nc7 51. Kg3 Nf6 52. Bd3 b4 53.
Be3 g4 54. Bd2 Na6 55. Be3 Nb8 56. Bd4 Nbd7 57. Kf4 Kf7 58. Nc4 Ke7 59. Ne3 Kd8
60. Kf5 Ne8 61. Kxg4 Bb7 62. Kf4 Nc7 63. Nf5 Ne8 64. Bb5 Bc8 65. Bf2 Kc7 66.
Be1 Ne5 67. Bxb4 Bxf5 68. Ba5+ Kb7 69. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2013.12.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 Rd8 13. e5 Qe7 14. Re1 b5 15.
Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Re3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxe5 21.
Rc2 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Be5 23. Bxb5 Rab8 24. Qe2 Rd5 25. b4 Qd8 26. Ke1 Qh4 27. Re4
Qh1+ 28. Qf1 Qh5 29. g4 Qg5 30. Qe2 Qh4 31. Bd3 Rbd8 32. g5 Bf4 33. Qf3 Rxd3
34. Rxf4 Qh2 0-1

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2013.12.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Cornejo, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Texas at Brownsville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 d5 14. exd5 exd5
15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Ree8 19. Bf1 Nc5 20. b4 Ne6 21.
Be5 Red8 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Kf2 Ne8 24. a4 Nd6 25. cxd5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxd5 27.
Nb1 Bb3 28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5 f6 30. Bc3 Rc8 31. Na3 Kf7 32. Bd2 Rxc1 33. Bxc1
Nd4 34. Be3 Nc6 35. a6 Ke6 36. g4 g6 37. h4 Kd5 38. Bf4 Bc4 39. Nxc4 Nxc4 40.
Bd3 Nb4 41. Be4+ Ke6 42. Kg3 Ne5 43. Bb7 Nd5 44. Bc1 Nc4 45. h5 g5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 {Surprise, surprise! Although Richard has quite a lot of games with 1.b3
in the past (mostly blitz games) this was unexpected. However I was happy to
avoid any theory and to just play chess for the first round.} e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3.
e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 ({If I were to face this position again, I would
probably diverge with} 5... Na5 6. Be2 Be7 {Black seems to achieve a decent
position here. For example:} 7. Nf3 (7. c4 O-O 8. Nc2 e4) (7. Nb1 Nc6) 7... e4
8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Ng4 (10. f4 d6 11. Ng4 Bxg4 12. Bxg4 d5) 10... d5 11.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. f3 Bf5 15. Qe1 a6 16. Nc3 Rad8 $11) 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8. Ne2 (8. Nf3 e4 9. Nxd6+ (9. Nfe5 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. d3
(11. Qe2 Be6) 11... f6 12. Nxd6 Nxd6 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Be6 $11 {is
completely equal.}) 9... cxd6 10. Ng1 Bg4 11. Ne2 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. d3 f5 14.
h3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ne5 $11) 8... b5 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. a4 b4 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 (
{I think Richard could have posed more problems by} 12. f4 Rd8 ({My intention
was} 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qe6 15. Rf3 a5 16. Raf1 $14 {but Black is
slightly worse here.}) (12... Nd5 13. e4 Nc7 14. Ng3) 13. Ng3 Nd5 14. Qf3 f6
15. Rae1 (15. f5 a5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Qg4 c5) 15... a5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. d4 exd4
18. Bxd4 $14 {and Black is worse. Improvements could have been found earlier,
but overall 12.f4 seems more precise.}) 12... Nd5 13. f4 f6 {I like the idea
of putting my pawns on the dark squares to limit the scope of his bishop on b2.
This concept will remain the same for most of the game.} 14. a5 (14. f5 c5 (
14... Bd7 15. e4 Nc7 16. d4 Be8) 15. Qg4 (15. Nh5 Qf7) 15... Qf7) 14... c5 15.
fxe5 fxe5 ({Here I was kind of confused which pawn to recapture with. I
decided to initiate exchanges on the f-file, but in fact it would have been
better to recapture with the d-pawn!} 15... dxe5 $1 16. Qe2 (16. Nf5 Qc7) 16...
Be6 17. d3 Rad8 18. Kh1 Qc7 {although it is not easy to break through, I would
prefer to play Black here. White has no easy way to create some play while the
a5-pawn is slightly loose.}) 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Qd3 (18. Rf1 Nf6
19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 c4 22. bxc4 Bd7 {is completely equal
according to the computer, but I am not sure if I would have seen this during
the game!}) 18... Bb7 19. Rf1 Qd7 ({My best chance to gain equality was} 19...
g6 $1 {to control the f5-square. There is no way for White to exploit the
slight weaknesses created around Black's king, for example:} 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. c4
bxc3 22. dxc3 Kg7 23. h3 Nc7 {and although it looks quite suspicious, Black is
fine here.}) 20. Qc4 Kh8 21. Qh4 Qe6 22. Qe4 ({Richard could have posed me
with insurmountable problems (considering I was getting low on time, and the
jet lag) had he played more accurately:} 22. Nf5 $1 Rf8 23. e4 Nf6 24. d3 Rf7
25. Rf3 $14 {this position is very tough to defend as there is no way to
challenge White's powerful knight on f5.}) 22... Bc6 (22... Qe7) 23. Qf5 Qe7
24. Ne4 {White's knight doesn't belong on e4 (it should be on f5) and this
gave me a chance to regroup my pieces.} Rd8 25. h4 Kg8 26. h5 Bd7 (26... h6 27.
Qg6 Be8 28. Qg4 Bd7 $11) 27. Qf3 Bb5 28. d3 h6 29. Ng3 Qe6 30. Nf5 Ne7 31. Nh4
{Objectively the position should be equal. I don't think White has anything
here. Richard obviously wanted more, and he wasn't afraid to take risks, but
he overpushed somewhere in the game.} (31. g4 Nxf5 32. gxf5 Qf6 {also does not
lead anywhere.}) 31... Bd7 32. e4 Re8 (32... Kh7 $1 33. Nf5 (33. Qf7 Nc6 $15)
33... Qf6 34. Nxe7 Qxe7 35. Bc1 Be6 {is slightly more comfortable for Black.
The pawns on a5 and h5 are overextended and might turn out to be weaknesses,
but the game should still end in a draw.}) 33. Bc1 Kh7 34. Nf5 Nxf5 35. exf5
Qf6 36. Qb7 (36. Qg4 Rf8 37. Qg6+ Kg8 $11) 36... Bb5 37. Qe4 d5 $1 {The queen
intrusion on b7 did not lead anywhere for White, and I noticed this move, to
try and confuse my opponent.} 38. Qxd5 e4 39. Bf4 {We were both in time
pressure here.} (39. Qxc5 exd3 40. cxd3 Bxd3 41. Rd1 Qxf5 42. Qxf5+ Bxf5 43.
Kf2 $11 {this is just a draw.}) 39... exd3 40. cxd3 Re2 41. Qf3 Qd4+ ({A
slightly stronger try is} 41... Rb2 42. Qg4 (42. Qg3 Rxb3 43. Be5 Rxd3 44. Qg6+
Qxg6 45. fxg6+ Kg8 46. Rf7 Rd7 $17 {is just winning for Black.}) 42... Rxb3 43.
Re1 (43. Be5 Qg5 44. Qxg5 hxg5) 43... Bd7 44. Be5 Qg5 45. Qxg5 hxg5 46. Bxg7 $1
Bxf5 47. Bf6 Rxd3 48. Re5 Bd7 $15 {the game should still end in a draw, but I
think I have more chances here.}) 42. Kh2 Qxd3 43. Qg4 $2 {The decisive
mistake.} ({A draw results from} 43. f6 Qxf3 44. Rxf3 gxf6 45. Bd6 Bc6 46. Rg3
$11) 43... Rxg2+ 44. Qxg2 Qxf1 45. Qg6+ {Desperation, but exchanging queens
also leads to a losing endgame.} (45. Qxf1 Bxf1 46. Kg3 c4 47. bxc4 Bxc4 48.
Bd6 b3 49. Be5 Be2 50. Kh4 Kg8 51. Bb2 Kf7 52. Ba1 Kf8 53. Bb2 Bb5 54. Kg4 Be8
55. Ba3+ Kf7 56. Bb2 Ke7 57. Bxg7 Kd6 58. Bb2 Kd5 $19 {the bishop on e8 is
very well placed and White cannot activate his king because it has to defend
the h5-pawn.}) 45... Kh8 46. Bxh6 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 (48. Kg2 Bf1+ 49.
Kh2 Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Qg2+ 51. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 52. Kxg2 gxh6 53. Kf3 c4 54. Ke3 c3 $19)
48... Qe5+ 49. Kh1 gxh6 50. Qxh6+ Kg8 51. Qg6+ Qg7 52. Qe6+ Qf7 53. Qc8+ Qf8
54. Qe6+ Qf7 55. Qc8+ Qe8 56. Qxc5 Qc6+ {It is always nice and important to
start a tournament with a win (specially with the Black pieces). This game
helped me to be ready mentally for the tough games in Tata Steel.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 {The most principled continuation
in the Slav Gambit Declined. The arising position is similar to the French
Defence, and Black can reply accordingly.} c5 $5 6. cxd5 ({The immediate} 6. a3
{is more common}) 6... exd5 7. a3 Bxc3+ (7... Ba5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10.
Bxc3 d4 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. f4 f6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Bb5 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nf6 16. O-O $16
{1-0 (31) Hauchard,A (2460)-Pavasovic,D (2425) Cannes 1996}) (7... cxd4 8. axb4
dxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 (9... Qc7 $142 $1 10. Nf3 Ne7 {R.Dautov}) 10. f4 Nh6 11. Nf3
O-O 12. Be2 $14 {1-0 (32) Lautier,J (2666)-Zvjaginsev,V (2664) Poikovsky 2003
CBM 095 [Dautov]}) 8. bxc3 Nc6 (8... Ne7 {leads to similar positions. Here are
some examples from GM practice:} 9. Bd3 (9. f4 Nbc6 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Qd2 {
1/2 (18) Kapnisis,S (2435)-Mastrovasilis,D (2574) Athens 2004} Na5 $132) 9...
Nbc6 (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nbc6 11. Ne2 Bf5 12. Qb1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa4 14. f4 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qc4 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. a4 Rd8 18. Rc1 Nxd4 19. Rxc4 $14 {1/2 (50)
Shneider,A (2497)-Timofeev,A (2577) Istanbul 2003}) 10. Ne2 Bf5 (10... cxd4 11.
cxd4 Bf5 12. O-O Qd7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nf4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qf5 16. Qb3 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Qxf4 18. Bc5 Rfe8 19. Qxb7 Ng6 20. Qxd5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 $11 {0-1 (41)
Hellsten,J (2574)-Giaccio,A (2468) Mendoza 2005}) 11. O-O (11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bxe7
Nxe7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ng3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 h5 16. h4 g6 17. f4 Nf5 $11 {1/2 (22)
Murshed,N (2510)-Dreev,A (2645) Yerevan 1996}) 11... O-O (11... Qd7 12. a4 Bxd3
13. Qxd3 c4 14. Qc2 Nf5 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Nf4 Nfe7 17. Ba3 $36 {0-1 (46)
Anuruddha,G (2185)-Malakhatko,V (2569) Ravana 2009}) 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd7
(13... c4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. f4 f5 16. a4 g6 17. Ba3 Rae8 18. Rf2 Na5 19. Nf1 Nb3
20. Ra2 Rf7 21. Ne3 $14 {1-0 (62) Liang,C (2524)-Bu,X (2630) Jinan 2005}) 14.
f4 f6 15. exf6 c4 16. Qf3 Rxf6 17. f5 h6 18. Qg4 Raf8 $132 {1/2 (29)
Bluvshtein,M (2541)-Zubac,M (2217) Kitchener 2006}) 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Be2 (10.
Bb5 {is not a good idea: Black's unopposed bishop will be even stronger than
his knights:} Qa5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bd2 c4 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qc1
Rab8 $17 {0-1 (43) Marusic,N (1986)-Stepovaia,T (2336) Bled 2004}) 10... O-O
11. O-O cxd4 (11... Bf5 12. Nh4 $1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be4 14. f3 Ng6 15. Nxg6 Bxg6
16. Be3 Qb6 17. f4 Be4 18. Rc1 Na5 19. f5 $14 {1/2 (65) Onischuk,A (2650)
-Shulman,Y (2581) San Diego 2006}) (11... Bg4 12. Rb1 (12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6
14. Nh4 cxd4 15. Nxg6 (15. cxd4 $2 {1/2 (25) Perelshteyn,E (2543)-Schneider,I 
(2397) Ledyard 2009} Nxd4 $1 16. Qxd4 Nc6) 15... Nxg6 16. cxd4 $14) 12... b6 (
12... Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 Bg6 15. Bd3 $5 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Rb5 b6 18. Re1
a6 19. Rb1 $14 {1-0 (33) Khalifman,A (2667)-Galkin,A (2587) Hoogeveen 2000 CBM
080 [Dautov]}) 13. a4 $1 (13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rb5 c4 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7
$11 17. Nd4 $6 Bd7 18. Rb1 Qxe5 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Qd6 $15 {0-1 (42) Krush,
I (2449)-Izoria,Z (2644) Connecticut 2007}) 13... Qc7 14. Ba3 Nd8 15. c4 dxc4
16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qd6 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Ne6 19. Rxc4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Ng6 21. Qxc7 Rxc7
22. Bd5 Nef4 23. Be4 $14 {1/2 (59) Maslak,K (2521)-Navara,D (2646) Pardubice
2008}) 12. cxd4 h6 {A new idea. Black prevents Bc1-g5 and prepares ...Bc8-f5:
now in case of Nf3-h4 the bishop will be able to retreat to h7.} 13. Bd2 {
White anticipates ...Nc6-a5: he would now either exchange this knight and then
seize the c-file or invade Bd2-b4-d6.} Bf5 (13... Na5 14. Bxa5 (14. Bb4 $5)
14... Qxa5 15. Qb3 $14 {[%cal Ya1c1]}) 14. Qb3 Bg4 {A strange change of plan.
Still, Black's position remains very solid.} (14... Qb6 $5 15. Qxb6 axb6 {
[%cal Yf5e4,Ye7f5]} 16. Bc3 (16. Be3 Be4 17. Nd2 Nf5) 16... Ng6 (16... Be4 17.
Nd2 Nf5 $6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. d5) 17. g3 Rfc8 $132 {[%cal Yg6f8,Yf8e6]}) 15. Bc3
Qd7 16. h3 Be6 17. Rfd1 (17. Bb4 $5) (17. Qb2 $5 {[%cal Yf3e1,Ye1d3]}) 17...
Ng6 18. Bf1 (18. Bd2 $5 {, preventing ...Ng6-f4 and clearing the c-file.
Although even in that case after} Rfc8 {Black should hold on.}) 18... Rac8 19.
Rac1 Rc7 20. Qb2 Qe7 21. g3 Rfc8 22. Kh2 f6 (22... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Yf8d7,Yd7b6]})
23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Bg2 Nce7 25. Bb4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Nc6 {White's
pair of bishops is even less valuable after the exchange of rooks; therefore
he doesn't try to make use of it.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Kxd8 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Nd1 Bf7 24. b3 b6 25. c4 Be8 26. Nc3 Ne6 27.
Bc1 Rg8 28. Ne4 Ke7 29. Bb2 Rf8 30. Re1 Bg6 31. Ba3+ c5 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. Bxc5+
Kd7 34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Bxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 Ne8 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. b3 f5 21.
Be1 Nb8 22. e3 Nc6 23. f3 Qd7 24. Nc3 Rc7 25. Rac1 Rfc8 26. Bf1 Ne8 27. Nb5 Nb4
28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Rc1 Ne8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. a3 Be7 33. Nxa7 Qc1
34. Nb5 g5 35. b4 g4 36. fxg4 fxg4 37. Qc3 Qd1 38. Qd3 Qc1 39. e4 Nf6 40. Nc3
dxe4 41. Nxe4 Nd5 42. Kf2 Bf8 43. h3 Qb2+ 44. Be2 Bg7 45. hxg4 Qxd4+ 46. Kf3
Qxd3+ 47. Bxd3 Bb2 48. b5 Bxa3 49. Ng5 h6 50. Nxe6 Kf7 51. Nd4 Kf6 52. Nf5 Bc1
53. Ke4 Ne7 54. Nd6 Ba3 55. Nc4 Bc5 56. Be2 Nc8 57. Ne5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {So far, White hasn't found anything substantial
against the Sveshnikov, and I think this is a good option to avoid it.} e5 ({
Against} 3... Nf6 {I was going to play} 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. d3 {and this seems to be
okay for White. Here are some variations which I have analysed:} d6 {This move
seems to be the best for Black.} (5... Nd4 6. Bc4 a6 (6... e6 {is not very
good due to} 7. Nxd4 $1 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qb6 9. c3 d5 (9... dxc3 10. Nxc3) 10. Bf4
dxc4 11. Nc7+ Kd8 (11... Ke7 12. Nxa8 Qxb2 13. Rc1 dxc3 14. O-O) 12. dxc4 $16)
(6... Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 e6 8. O-O) 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 e6 9. Bb3 Bc5 (9... Bb4+ 10.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 e5 12. O-O d6 13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Ng3
Kh8 17. Qh6 Qe7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Nxf6 Rg7 20. Rf1 a5 21. Qh5) 10. O-O b5 (10...
O-O 11. c3 dxc3 12. d4 cxb2 13. Bxb2 Be7 14. e5) (10... d5 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5
dxe4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ng3 exd3 15. cxd3 $16) 11. a4 Bb7 (11... b4 12. Bf4 d6
13. Ng3) 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Nf4 O-O (16...
h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Bxg5+ Kc8 21. Bxe6 Kb8 22. Bxh6)
17. Qg4 Ne5 18. Qh3) (5... e6 6. O-O Bd6 (6... Be7 7. Bxc6 Qxc6 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 b6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. c4 Bxh4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nd6 Be7 15. Nd4
cxd4 16. Rc1 Bxd6 17. Rxc6 dxc6 18. exd6 Rd8 19. Re1 Be6 20. Qh5) 7. Ba4 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. a4 a5 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. b3 O-O 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. bxc4) (
5... g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O (7... d6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11.
Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Na4 b6 13. Qf3 Rc8 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17.
Qxc6 Re8 18. h3 $16) 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Bf4 Nh6 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. e6 Qb6
13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Ne4 $16) 6. O-O e6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 (7... bxc6 8. Qe2 Nd7 (8...
e5 9. Nh4 Be7 (9... g6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. Nf5 Be5 14. Nh6
Be6 15. Rae1 O-O-O 16. g4 Ng7 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Bf6) 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12.
e5 $14) 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nd2 Bf6 12. Nd1 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 $14 {and White
is slightly better here because of his better pawn structure.}) 8. Bg5 b6 (8...
Be7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Qc7 11. Re1 (11. f4 O-O 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. Rae1 Rae8 14.
Bh4 b5) 11... O-O 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 (13. Bxe7 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxf8
Kxf8 16. a4 (16. Rd1 Rb8) 16... Rb8 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 b6 19. a5 Bb7 20.
axb6 axb6 21. Nd6 Ke7 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Kf1) 13... Qxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re3
Qc7 (15... Bd7 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Rc1) (15... Rb8 16. Qf4 Bd7 17.
Rae1 Bc6 (17... f6 18. Qh4) 18. Rg3 Rbe8 (18... Kh8 19. Qe5) (18... g6 19. Rh3
Rfe8 20. Qh6 f6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qg7 23. Qe3) 19. d4) 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Qg4
) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. d4 cxd4 (10... Ba6 11. d5) 11. Nxd4 Qc5 (11... Qd7 12. Qf3)
12. Nb3 Qc4 13. Qf3) 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 (5... d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 $1 O-O 8.
f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 $14 {this line seems to be good for
White.}) 6. Nd2 ({I found no advantage for White in the line} 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4
exf4 8. Bxf4 d5 $1 9. exd5 Nd4 10. O-O b5 {and now the critical line runs:} 11.
Nxb5 Nxb5 12. Bxb5 Nxd5 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. Bc7+ Nf6
17. Bxd8 Bxd8 $13 {when Black's two pieces assures him of a solid ending.})
6... d6 7. Nf1 Bg4 ({Boris Gelfand used to play another variation, but White
seems to be better there now:} 7... Nd7 8. Ne3 Nb6 9. Ned5 Nxc4 (9... O-O 10.
Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O Be6 12. a4 Nb4 13. b3 $16) 10. dxc4 O-O 11. O-O f5 (11... Be6
12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nd4 14. Be3 Nc6 15. b3) 12. f4 $1) 8. Qd2 {White avoids
committing the kingside pawns. I wanted to get out of Boris' famous deep
opening preparation, and to get him out of theory. However this move counts
mostly on the surprise factor.} ({Objectively,} 8. f3 {is stronger:} Be6 9. Ne3
O-O 10. O-O {and I have worked on this position a bit, and it seems to me that
White may be able to keep a slight edge in most lines. The lines are quite
dense, but I will try to explain the variations further. And I am interested
to see which line exactly Boris was intending to play.} Rb8 (10... a6 11. a4
Nb4 12. Bd2 d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nexd5 Nxd5 15. Re1 Qd6 (15... Bf6 16. a5 Rc8
17. Re4) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc3 Bf6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. a5 $14 {
White is slightly better, because his rook will be activated via a4.}) (10...
Nh5 11. g3 Bg5 12. Ncd5 Bxe3+ (12... Nf6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Bh6 (14... Bh4
15. Ng2 Nd7 16. c3 Bf6 17. Bb3 $14) 15. c3 Kh8 16. Qf3 $14) 13. Bxe3 Na5 (13...
Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Bh4 $1 Qd7 17. f4 Nxd5 18. exd5 g6 19. f5 Ng7
20. g4 $14) (13... Nf6 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. c3 $14) 14.
Qd2 Nxc4 (14... h6 15. Rad1 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nf6 17. f4 Nxd5 18. exd5) 15. dxc4
Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qe7 17. a4 Nf6 18. Qd2 {I think I can evaluate this position
between equal and slightly better for White. The rooks are coming to the
d-file, and he has some pressure.}) 11. a4 Nb4 (11... Nh5 12. Ncd5 Bg5 13. g3)
12. Bd2 Nh5 (12... d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nexd5 Nxd5 15. Re1 Bf6 (15... f6 16.
f4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 exf4 19. Qe2 Rf7 20. Rad1 Qf8 21. Qe6) (15...
Nc7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Be3 b6 18. Nb5 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Nxb5 20. axb5 Rb7 21. Rad1 Rd7
22. Bf2) 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc3 a6 20. Bc4 Re8 21. Bxd5
Qxd5 22. a5 Re6 23. Ra4) 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg5 15. g3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 $14 {
White maintains a small advantage here, even after the exchanges. I think the
preparation can stop here, but for those interested in deeper preparation,
I'll continue analysing:} Nf6 (16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nf6 18. Bb3 Re8 19. Rae1)
17. Ne3 d5 (17... Qd7 18. Qc3 b6 19. b3 h6 20. Rae1) 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Bxd5 20. Qc3 Qd6 21. f4 Rbe8 22. Nf5 Qc7 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Rae1 Rfe8 25. b4 c4
(25... b6 26. d4) 26. dxc4 $14) 8... Nd7 9. Nd5 (9. Ne3 Bg5 10. O-O Be6 11.
Ncd5 O-O 12. c3 Nb6 {will lead to massive exchanges, and a probable draw.})
9... O-O 10. c3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. a4 Kh8 (13... Na5 14. Bd5 Qd7
15. Ne3 Bg5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Nc6 19. f3 {and since Black
has two doubled pawns, I think White can play this position.}) ({Porbably the
simplest is} 13... Qd7 {preparing 14...d5 next move. After} 14. Ne3 Bg5 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nc4 Bd8 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. c4 Be7 $11 {this is
completely equal.}) 14. Bd2 (14. Ne3 Bg5 15. O-O Bxe3 16. Bxe3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5
{seems to be completely equal to me.}) 14... Qd7 15. Rd1 $6 {This is simply an
inaccuracy. I cannot afford to delay developing my kingside already.} (15. Ne3
Bg5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Bxe3 18. Bxe3 d5 19. f3 d4 20. Bf2 Ra6 21. Qb3 {
maybe White can play this position, with a better pawn structure, although
making progress is difficult.}) 15... d5 ({A stronger move is} 15... Na5 $1 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 {when Black has no problems to say the least.}) 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Ne3
Be6 18. Qb3 (18. O-O Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Bf6 $11) 18... Qxd3 (18... Na5 19. Bxe6 Qxe6
20. Qxe6 fxe6) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxb6 Qe4 $6 {This is where things started to
go downhill quickly for Black.} ({He should have played} 20... e4 21. Bc1 Qa6
22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd7 Rb8 $11 {I cannot defend my a4-pawn, but with my active
rook on d7, the ending should be around equal.}) 21. b3 Rab8 $2 22. O-O Qg6 23.
a5 (23. Bc1 $16) 23... Rfc8 (23... Rfd8 24. Bc1) 24. Nc4 Qc2 25. Rc1 Qd3 26.
Be3 h6 27. Rfd1 Qf5 28. Rd7 Rf8 29. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qa3 Qa5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Rb1 b6 13. d4 Qxa3 14. Bxa3 Bg4
15. dxc5 Bxc3 16. Ba6 Rab8 17. Rdc1 Bxf3 $6 ({\/Der richtige Zug lautet} 17...
bxc5 {, allerdings muss man erkennen, dass} 18. Rxb8 {mit} Nxb8 $1 {
beantwortet wird, der Angriff auf den Bc3 wird mit Gegenangriff pariert.}) 18.
gxf3 {Jetzt hat Weiß ein Luftloch, die strukturelle Schwäche spielt vorerst
keine Rolle.} Bd2 19. Rd1 Bc3 20. Kg2 {Weiß möchte Ba6-b5 spielen, aber gleich}
(20. Bb5 {trifft auf} Nd4 $1) 20... bxc5 ({Vielleicht ist abwarten besser, etwa
} 20... Kg7 $5 21. Bb5 Rfc8 22. cxb6 Rxb6 23. Bxc6 Rcxc6 24. Rxb6 Rxb6 25. Bxe7
Rb2 {und die Verwertung des Mehrbauern dürfte nicht einfach sein.}) 21. Bxc5
Bb4 22. Be3 Bd6 23. Rbc1 Nb4 24. Bc4 Rfc8 25. f4 Kf8 26. a3 Nc6 27. Ba6 Bxa3 $1
{Nimmt wenigstens einen Bauern mit, nach} (27... Rc7 28. Rd3 $1 Na5 29. Rdc3
Rxc3 30. Rxc3 {steckt Schwarz nur in Schwierigkeiten.}) 28. Rc4 $1 Rd8 $6 {
Sieht logisch aus, denn} (28... Rc7 {geht ja in die Fesselung, und doch wäre
das der bessere Zug, Schwarz will ...Bd6 und ...Nb4 spielen.} {Mit} 29. Rd5 $1
{kann Weiß den Vorteil festhalten, denn auf} Bd6 {folgt} 30. e5 Nb4 31. exd6
Rxc4 32. dxe7+ Ke8 33. Bxc4 Nxd5 34. Bxd5 Kxe7 35. Bxa7 {mit guten
Gewinnchancen.}) 29. Ra1 Bb2 30. Raa4 $1 {Jetzt hat der Nd4 kein gutes Feld,
ihn zu decken ist auch schwierig.} Rd6 {Einzige Möglichkeit.} 31. e5 Re6 32.
Rc2 Nd8 $6 {Das verpasst die allerletzte Chance, nach} (32... Rb4 33. Ra2 Bd4
34. Bc8 Nd8 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Rd2 $1 Rc6 37. Rxd4 Rxc8 {wäre Schwarz wegen der
schlechten weißen Bauernstruktur nicht völlig chancenlos.}) 33. Bxa7 Ra8 34.
Bb5 {Jetzt geht der Bb2 verloren.} Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rxe5 36. Be3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. a4 h6 12. Na3 c5 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. b4 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 cxb4 16. Bxb4 Rc8 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Re8 19. a5 Be4 20. axb6 Rc2 21.
Qb5 Qxb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. e3 Rec8 24. Ne1 Bxg2 25. Nxc2 Rxc2 26. Kxg2 Ne4 27.
Be7 b5 28. Rf1 Nb6 29. Rac1 Ra2 30. Ra1 Rc2 31. Kg1 Nd5 32. Bc5 Nec3 33. Ra7 h5
34. Rb7 g5 35. g4 hxg4 36. Bd6 Ra2 37. Re1 Ne4 38. Bg3 b4 39. Rc1 Ndc3 40. Kg2
Nxg3 41. hxg3 Ne4 42. Rf1 Nd2 43. Rxb4 Nxf1 44. Kxf1 Kg7 45. Rb1 Kg6 46. e4 Rd2
47. Rb4 Ra2 48. Rc4 f6 49. Ke1 Kf7 50. Kf1 Kg6 51. Ke1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 {
More popular nowadays than 7.Bf4. White's idea is to castle queenside and in
case of opposite castled kings to attack on the kindgside. However Black has
no weaknesses and he has a rock-solid position.} O-O (7... Nc6) ({and} 7... Bg4
{are the other major alternatives.}) 8. Qd2 b6 {An unexpected decision. Black
usually develops his B on e6, but now he wants to put it on the long diagonal.}
(8... Nd7) ({and} 8... Nc6 {are more popular.}) 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 {The
typical move in this system. White prepares for Bd3 combined with Ng5.} (10.
Nd4 {was also possible.}) 10... Nd7 11. Bd3 Nf6 {The most natural reply. This
is the right place for the N to protect the h7 P.} ({In the event of} 11... Nc5
12. Ng5 h6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Bf6 {with an unclear fight.}) 12. Bd4 {A very
logical move. The B is very dangerous on d4, and he prepares for Qf4.} (12. Bg5
$5 {was an interesting alternative,}) 12... c5 {Of course, Black wants to
remove the d4 B from the centre.} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qf4 d5 (14... Re8 {could
have been met by} 15. Ng5 (15. Kb1 {was the solid reaction.}) 15... g6 16. Qg3
{and White has several threats on the queenside.}) 15. h5 ({In the event of} 
15. Ng5 g6 16. Qg3 Qb8 17. f4 h6 $132) 15... Re8 16. g4 (16. Qf5 {was an
interesting, provocative move} g6 17. Qf4 {and now suddenly the h-file will be
opened. For example:} Bg7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Qf6 {and probably Black can
hold, but White still has some practical chances.}) 16... g6 $2 {A decisive
mistake. Black opens the h-file himself, and after this Black's position
collapses.} ({The temping} 16... d4 $1 {gave the only counterplay,} 17. g5 (17.
Rh3 h6 $1 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6
gxf6 20. Rdg1+ Kh8 21. Rh3 Be4 $11 {with an equal endgame.}) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18.
g5 $1 Bg7 {It seems Black has avoided the threats, especially because he has a
"Dragon bishop". But...} 19. Rh7 $3 {What a wonderful tactical blow!} d4 (19...
Kxh7 20. Qxf7 $18 {and Black gets mated.}) 20. Bc4 Qe7 $2 {Loses immediately,
but Black's position was already bad.} (20... Bxf3 {was the only chance} 21.
Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxg6 $1 Re7 $1 24. Qf6+ Rg7 25. Qxf3 Qxg5+ 26.
Kb1 Rd8 $16 {and Black's position is very dangerous, but he is still not
finished.}) 21. Qh4 $1 {and Black resigned, because he can't avoid White's
mating attack. A great victory by Dominguez!} (21. Qh4 $1 Bxf3 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7
23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. g6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 {The resulting position was
very popular in the late 90s and early 2000s. The main lines were considered
to be 13.a4 and 13.Rc1.} 13. g4 {An interesting attempt to inhibit an attack
on the kingside.} h5 ({I have always been convinced that the strongest
continuation is} 13... fxg3 14. hxg3 Ng6 {however, over the last few years
White has achieved good results in this line.} 15. Qd2 {Probably this is the
strongest set-up} (15. Ng2 Nf6 (15... h5 16. Ne3 (16. Qd2) 16... a5 17. Kh2 (
17. Nf5 Nc5 18. Qc2 h4 19. g4 Nf4 $11) 17... Nc5 18. Na4 b6 (18... Nxa4 19.
Qxa4 h4 20. g4 Nf4 $132) 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qc2 h4 21. g4 Bd7 22. Nf5 Bf6 $11 {
Dydyshko,V (2545)-Van Wely,L (2605) Yerevan 1996 1/2 (64)}) 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Ne3
Ngf4 18. Kh2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Qf6 20. Nf5 $14 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxf5 $6 22. g4 Qf4+
23. Kg2 $16 {1-0 (32) Ponomariov,R (2754)-Korobov,A (2660) Kiev 2011}) 15... h5
16. Be3 Bh6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Kg2 Kh7 (18... h4 19. Rh1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rag1
Qf6 22. Kf1 $14) 19. Rh1 h4 20. Rag1 $16 {Kraemer,M (2546)-Nyzhnyk,I (2625)
Bad Wiessee 2013 1-0 (35)}) 14. h3 Rf6 (14... Kf7 15. Nd3 Rh8 16. Kg2 Nf6 17.
c5 Ng6 18. Rh1 Nh4+ 19. Bxh4 gxh4 20. Qb3 Nh7 21. Rac1 a6 22. Na4 Bf8 23. cxd6
Bxd6 24. Nac5 $14 {Kortschnoj,V (2615)-Nunn,J (2605) Monte Carlo 1994 0-1 (82)}
) 15. Nd3 Rh6 16. c5 (16. Kg2 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. c5 $1 {see the game
Ponomariov,R-Nakamura,H/Saint Louis 2011 annotated by Ftacnik.}) 16... Nxc5 17.
Nxc5 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Ng6 19. Rc1 Bf8 ({In previous games Wesley's opponents
played} 19... hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh3 21. Kg2 Rg3+ 22. Kf2 Nh4 23. Rg1 Rh3 24. Rh1
Rg3 $8 (24... Rxh1 25. Qxh1 $16) 25. Kf1 Bf8 {Theory has ended after the 25th
move. This is modern chess.} (25... a6 $6 26. d6 $1 cxd6 27. Bf2 Be6 28. Nd5
Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Kh7 30. Qxb7 Kg6 31. Rc7 $18 {So,W (2653)-Wan,Y (2456) Ho Chi
Minh City 2012 1-0 (37)}) 26. Bf2 a6 27. Bxg3 fxg3 28. Rg1 Qf6 29. Rxg3 Qf4 30.
Qe1 Bd6 $44 {So,W (2658)-Ding,L (2654) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 1/2 (41)}) 20. Nb5
Bd6 21. Qb3 hxg4 22. fxg4 $1 {Now we have a slightly unusual pawn structure on
the board.} (22. hxg4 Rh3 23. Bxd6 (23. Kf2 $2 Bxg4) 23... cxd6 24. Nc7 Kf7 $1
25. Ne6 $8 (25. Nxa8 Qh8 26. Bd1 Qh4 $19) 25... Bxe6 26. dxe6+ Kf6 27. Qxb7
Qb6+ 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Rfd1 Rah8 30. Kf2 $13) 22... Qe7 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Nxa7
$6 {This leads to a draw. To continue the game Wesley could choose between 24.
Qa3 or 24.Rc7. The resulting positions are very complicated.} (24. Qa3 $5 Nf8 (
24... f3 $6 25. Rc7 $1 (25. Rxf3 Nf4 26. Bf1 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Qh7 28. Kf2 Rh2+ 29.
Ke1 Qxe4+ 30. Qe3 $8 (30. Re3 Ng2+ $19) 30... Qb4+ 31. Nc3 Qxb2 32. Rb1 Qc2 33.
Rc1 Qb2 34. Rb1 $11) 25... Qf8 (25... fxe2 26. Rxe7 exf1=Q+ 27. Kxf1 Nxe7 28.
Nc7 Rb8 29. Qxa7 $18) 26. Rxf3 Nf4 27. Bf1 Rf6 28. Qe3 a6 29. Na3 b5 30. Nc2
$16) 25. Rc7 (25. Nc7 Qh7 $1 26. Rc3 (26. Nxa8 Rxh3 27. Qxh3 Qxh3 28. Rxc8 Qg3+
$11)) 25... Bd7 26. Rf3 (26. Rxb7 Qh7 27. Rf3 (27. Kg2 Rc8 28. Qd3 Rc2 $1 29.
Qxc2 Rxh3 $19) 27... Qxe4 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Bxd3 Bxb5 30. Rxb5 Re8 31. Be4 Nd7
32. Bf5 Nc5 $15) 26... Rc8 $1 27. Rxb7 Qh7 $1 28. Nxd6 Rc2 29. Bf1 Rxd6 30.
Qxd6 Qxe4 31. Rxd7 Qxf3 32. Rg7+ $8 Kxg7 33. Qe7+ Kg6 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kg8
36. Qxg5+ Kh8 37. Qxe5+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ $11) (24. Rc7 Qd8 25. Rfc1 Ne7 26. a4 a6
27. Na3 b5 $5 (27... Ng6 $6 28. Qb6 Qf8 29. R1c3 $16) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bxb5 (
29. Nxb5 Ba6 $44) 29... Ra7 $1 30. Rxa7 Qb6+ 31. Kg2 Qxa7 $44) 24... Qh7 $1 25.
Rc3 f3 $5 {'The show must go on'} ({It seems that the game would have finished
very quickly if he had played} 25... Rxa7 26. Rxc8+ Nf8 27. Rf3 (27. Qb6 Rxh3
28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qxd6+ Kf7 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 27... Qxe4 28. Qb6
Qxe2 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qd8+ $11) 26. Bxf3 $1 {The only move.} (26. Rcxf3 $2
Nf4 27. Rxf4 gxf4 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 $19) (26. Rfxf3 $2 Bxg4 $1 27. hxg4 Rh1+ 28.
Kf2 Qh2+ 29. Ke3 Nf4 $19) 26... Bd7 27. Qxb7 Rf8 28. Bg2 Nf4 29. Rxf4 $1 (29.
Kh2 Rhf6 30. Rc7 R6f7) 29... exf4 $6 ({Why not} 29... gxf4 30. Qc7 (30. Rc7 $2
f3 $1 31. Rxd7 Qxe4 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rf7 Rf6 $1 $17) 30... Rhf6 31. Bf3 R8f7
32. Qd8+ Rf8 33. Qc7 R8f7 $11) 30. Nc6 Qg7 $2 {The wrong move.} ({Loek should
have played} 30... f3 $1 31. Rxf3 (31. Bxf3 $2 Rxh3 32. Bg2 Rxc3 33. bxc3 Qf7
$40) 31... Rxf3 32. Bxf3 Rxh3 33. Qb8+ (33. Bg2 Qh4 $1 34. Bxh3 Qe1+ 35. Kg2
Qe2+ 36. Kh1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+ 38. Bg2 Qh4+ $11) 33... Kg7 34. Qxd6 Rxf3 35.
Qxd7+ Rf7 36. Ne7 Qxe4 37. Nf5+ Kh8 38. Qd8+ (38. Qxf7 Qg2+ 39. Kxg2 {a
stalemate}) 38... Kh7 39. Qxg5 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kf3 Qf1+ 43.
Ke4 (43. Ke3 $4 Qc1+) 43... Qe2+ 44. Ne3 Qxb2 {The position seems to be
drawish.}) 31. Qb4 $2 (31. Qb6 Rhf6 (31... f3 $2 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Bxf3 Rxh3
34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Kg2 $18) 32. Nd4 Re8 33. Rc7 Rf7 34. a4 $1 Qe5 (34... Bxa4 $4
35. Nf5) 35. Rc4 $16 {White has good chances to win the game but some precise
play is still required.}) 31... f3 $1 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Bxf3 Rxh3 {The
position is double-edged.} 34. Kg2 (34. Bg2 Rd3 35. Qxd6 Bxc6 36. Qb8+ (36.
Qxc6 $4 Rd1+ 37. Bf1 Qa7+ 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Kh1 Qh7+ 40. Kg1 Qh2#) 36... Kh7 37.
Qh2+ $11) 34... Rh6 $2 {Now White has superiority again.} (34... Rh4 35. Qxd6 (
35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qb7 Kg8 37. Qb8+ Kh7 $11) 35... Qxb2+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kf2
Qd2+ 38. Be2 Bxg4 $11 {White has only a draw by perpetual check.}) 35. Qb6 $16
Qf8 36. Qd8 $6 {It is hard to believe that the queen exchange is a mistake.} (
36. Qe3 $5 Qf6 37. e5 dxe5 38. Nxe5 Be8 39. Be2 $16 {with a comfortable
advantage}) 36... Qxd8 37. Nxd8 Kg7 38. Nc6 Rh8 39. e5 {The last chance to
face his opponent with some problems.} (39. b3 Bxc6 40. dxc6 Rb8 $1 41. e5 $5
dxe5 42. Be4 Rb5 $8 43. a4 (43. Bf5 Rc5 44. Bd7 Kf7 45. b4 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 Ke7 47.
Ke4 Kd6 $15 {it is White who has to play accurately to make a draw}) (43. c7
Rc5 44. a4 Rxc7 45. a5 Rc1 46. a6 Ra1 47. Bb7 Kf6 $11) 43... Rxb3 44. a5 Ra3
45. Bf5 Rc3 46. Be4 Ra3 $11) 39... Bxc6 $4 {It is not easy to explain this
move.} (39... dxe5 40. Nxe5 Rd8 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Nd3 Bb5 43. Nc5 Ke5 $11 {
and Black manages to equalise.}) 40. dxc6 $18 dxe5 41. Be4 $1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
Bf4 Be7 15. Nd4 g5 16. Bh2 Rh6 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Ba5
Bf6 21. Rab1 b6 22. Be1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Kf1 Rd6 25. Ke2 Re6+ 26. Kf1 Rd6
27. b3 Ke7 28. Ke2 Re6+ 29. Kf1 Rd6 30. Ke2 Re6+ 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rxb7
Rab8 15. Rc7 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bb5 (18. d5 Nb4 19. d6 {
Radjabov,T (2715)-Swiercz,D (2627)/Warsaw 2013/EXT 2014 (1-0, 74)} exd6 $1 $146
20. Qxd6 Bxh3 $1 {[%cal Gg7f8] Amazingly, this tactical blow works out well
for Black.} 21. Qxb4 Qxe2 {[%csl Gf3]} 22. Re1 Qc2 {[%csl Ge1]} 23. gxh3 Bc3
24. Qb7 Bxe1 25. Nxe1 Qc6 26. Qxc6 (26. Qxa7 Qxe4 $11) 26... Rxc6 27. Bxa7 Re6
28. f3 f5 $11) 18... a5 $146 (18... Nb8 {Hernandez Basante,F (2282)-Valdes
Romero,L (2285)/San Jose 2002/EXT 2007 (1/2, 28)}) 19. Qa1 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8
21. Ba4 e6 22. Nd2 ({White should have maintained the tension with} 22. Kf1 $5
{and Black may still have had to struggle a bit.}) 22... Nxd4 $1 23. Bxd7 Ne2+
24. Kf1 Bxa1 25. Kxe2 a4 {A rook and an outside passed pawn usually are at
least a fair match for two minor pieces. In certain cases, the player with the
pieces is just lost. Here, White is helped by the presence of an additional
piece pair, whicl allows him to avoid troubles.} 26. Bc6 Ra6 27. Bb5 Ra8 28.
Bc6 Ra6 29. Bb5 Ra8 30. Bc4 Rb8 31. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT College final"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2014.04.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Auger, Michael W"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.04.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. a4 Be6 14. Ng3 Rc8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. h3 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Nd2 Nb6 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. Nd2
Bh4 22. Nge4 Nd8 23. Nf3 Be7 24. Ng3 Bd6 25. Ra6 Bb8 26. Qe4 Rc6 27. Ra5 Qxe4
28. dxe4 Rb6 29. Be3 Nb7 30. Raa1 Rc8 31. Red1 Kf8 32. Nh4 b4 33. Ba4 Nf6 34.
Nhf5 Bc7 35. cxb4 Rxb4 36. Bc6 Bb8 37. Bxb7 Rxb7 38. Ra5 Nd7 39. Rxd7 Bxd7 40.
Bxc5+ Rxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxb2 42. Rd5 Rb7 43. Rd2 Ba7 44. Kh2 f6 45. h4 g6 46. Nd6
Rb4 47. h5 Rd4 48. Rxd4 exd4 49. hxg6 d3 50. Nc4 Bxf2 51. Nh5 Be6 52. g7+ Ke7
53. Nb2 d2 54. Nf4 Bb3 55. g3 Kf7 56. Kg2 Bd4 57. Nfd3 Bc2 58. e5 fxe5 0-1

[Event "USA-chT College final"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2014.04.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Akshayraj, Kore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.04.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Be6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxb7 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Bf5 10. e4 e5 11. exf5 exd4 12. fxg6 dxc3 13. gxf7+ Rxf7 14.
bxc3 Rb8 15. Qc6 Qe7+ 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Qe6 h6 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. O-O-O hxg5 20.
Bxg5 Re6 21. Rd4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3 Reb6 0-1

[Event "USA-chT College final"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2014.04.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.04.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4
O-O 9. e3 a6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Bb2 f5 12. Qc2 Bf6 13. h4 h6 14. O-O-O Rb8 15.
Rdg1 b6 16. g4 fxg4 17. Ng5 hxg5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Rxg4 gxh4 20. Nf3 g5 21. Nxg5
Bxg5 22. f4 Nf6 23. Rxg5 Nxh7 24. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. f3 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O Qc8 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bb2 Qe6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Nf4 Qxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd5
Rxb3 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Ne4 Rd8 23. Rfc1 Rdd3 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxa3 26.
Rg5+ Kf6 27. Rxa5 Rxa1+ 28. Rxa1 Rd2 29. Ra4 Kg6 30. Rg4+ Kf6 31. h4 h6 32. Kh2
Ra2 33. Rg8 Rb2 34. Kh3 Rb3 35. Kg4 Rb5 36. h5 Rb4+ 37. Kh3 Rb3 38. Kh4 Ra3 39.
Rg4 Rb3 40. Rf4+ Kg7 41. Rf5 Ra3 42. g4 Ra4 43. Re5 Ra3 44. Kg3 Rb3 45. Kf4 Kf6
46. Rf5+ Kg7 47. Rd5 Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kg7 49. Ke4 Rb4+ 50. Ke5 Rb5+ 51. Rd5 Rb3 52.
f4 Re3+ 53. Kf5 Rh3 54. Rd6 Rh1 55. Rd4 Rh2 56. Rd3 Rh1 57. Re3 Rh4 58. Rg3 Rh1
59. Rg2 Rh3 60. Rd2 Rh4 61. Rd4 Rh1 62. Ke5 Re1+ 63. Re4 Ra1 64. Rd4 Re1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 Kc8 11. Bb2 b6 {A very typical move in this
type of position. Black prepares for Kb7 followed by a5 and c5 and he tries to
create some weaknesses on the queenside.} 12. Rad1 h6 13. h3 a5 (13... Ne7 {
is more popular.}) 14. Rd3 (14. a4 {is another main move.}) 14... Ne7 {Another
typical move by Vallejo. The N wasn't useful on f5, so he frees that square
for his B and sometimes Ng6 is also possible to put under pressure the e5 P.}
15. Rfd1 Bf5 16. R3d2 $146 {The first new move in the game.} (16. Rd8+ {
was tried in a correspondence game,} Kb7 17. Rxa8 Kxa8 18. Nd4 Bc8 19. e6 f6
20. Re1 Kb7 21. g4 h5 22. Nf5 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ka6 24. Kg2 $14 {and White is
slightly better, Hybl-Nejtek, ICCF 2010.}) 16... c5 (16... Kb7 $5 {was also an
interesting alternative.}) 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. Nh4 Be6 19. f4 g6 20. g4 Be7 21. Ng2
Kb7 (21... Rd8 $1 {was more accurate. This move relieves the pressure on the
d-file and he avoids White's strong reply.} 22. Ne3 (22. a4 c4 $1) 22... Rxd2
23. Rxd2 a4 $132 {and Black has counterplay on the queenside.}) 22. Nd6+ $1 {
A very strong move by So! This temporary piece sacrifice deprives Black of his
B pair and he opens the long diagonal for the b2 B.} cxd6 ({If Black ignores
it with} 22... Ka6 23. f5 $1 gxf5 24. gxf5 Bxb3 25. axb3 cxd6 26. exd6 Bg5 27.
Re2 {and White's position is more comfortable.}) 23. exd6 Rhd8 {Black couldn't
save his e7 B, so he would like to exchange the Rs on the d-file.} 24. dxe7
Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Nxe7 26. a4 {The position looks completely drawish, but White
has a slight initiative, so still Black needs some exact moves in order to
equalise.} Nc6 (26... Nd5 $5 {was an alternative to avoid the Ne3,} 27. c4 Nb4
28. Ne3 Re8 29. Kf2 h5 {and White looks slightly better, but with accurate
moves Black should equalise.}) 27. Ne3 Re8 ({In the event of} 27... Rd8 28.
Rxd8 Nxd8 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Bd7 31. Kf2 Nc6 32. Kf3 Ne7 33. Kf4 {and this
is a very difficult endgame for Black.}) 28. Kf2 f5 {Otherwise White plays f5.}
29. Bg7 $1 {A nice move. White provokes some weaknesses on the kingside,
because Black's P will be more attackable on h5.} h5 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. c4 {
First White completely fixes the queenside and then he would like to start the
main plans on the kingside.} Rg8 32. Bc3 Kc7 33. Be5+ Nxe5 (33... Kb7 $6 {
was dubious, as there is} 34. Rd6 $1 Re8 35. Kg3 $16 {followed by Kh4 and
White is better.}) 34. fxe5 h4 $2 {The decisive mistake. After this White will
gain the initiative.} (34... f4 $1 {was the only chance} 35. Nd5+ Bxd5 36. cxd5
Rg3 $1 37. d6+ Kd8 $1 (37... Kd7 $2 {is losing, because of} 38. e6+ Kxe6 39. d7
$18) 38. e6 Rxh3 39. e7+ Kd7 $11 {and Black equalises.}) 35. Rd6 {Now Black is
in big trouble.} (35. Nd5+ {was also strong.}) 35... Re8 36. Kf3 f4 37. Nd5+
Bxd5+ 38. Rxd5 $18 {White is completely winning; the rest is easy.} Rf8 39. Rd2
Rf7 40. Rd1 Rf8 41. Rd2 Rf7 42. e6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Be3 Bd4 14. c3 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qe7 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qc5 Nd7 20. Qxc7 Rac8 21.
Qa5 Nc5 22. c4 Rfd8 23. Qc3 f6 24. a5 Rd4 25. Rab1 Nd3 26. Re3 Rcd8 27. h3 Nxf2
28. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 29. Kg1 h5 30. Kh2 h4 31. Rc1 R8d4 32. c5 Qa2 33. Qb3+ Kf8 34.
Qxa2 Rxa2 35. c6 Rdd2 36. Rec3 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rag2+ 39. Kf1 Rb2 40.
Kg1 Rbg2+ 41. Kf1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 12. Bxd2 dxe4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be2
Bb7 15. Bb4 Nd7 16. fxe4 c5 17. Ba3 Bxe4 18. Rd6 Ke7 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20. g3 Bb7
21. b4 Ne5 22. bxc5 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Bd5 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Bxa2 26. Bb2 Bc4
27. Bb7 f6 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Be4 h6 30. Kd2 Kd7 31. Ke3 Kc7 32. Bd3 Bd5 33. Bb5
Bg2 34. Be2 Bc6 35. Bf3 Bd5 36. Be2 Bc6 37. Bf1 Bd5 38. Bd3 Kd7 39. Be4 Bc4 40.
Kd2 Kc7 41. h4 Bb5 42. Ke3 Bc4 43. Bg6 Bd5 44. Kd3 Bg2 45. Be4 Bf1+ 46. Ke3 Bc4
47. h5 Kd7 48. Bd3 Bd5 49. Be2 Kc7 50. c4 Bc6 51. Bf3 Ba4 52. Kd3 Kd7 53. Kd2
Kd8 54. Bd1 Bc6 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Be2 Kd7 57. Bg4 Ke7 58. Bf3 Ba4 59. Bb7 Bc2 60.
Bc8 Bf5 61. Bb7 Bc2 62. Be4 Bd1 63. Bg6 Ba4 64. Kd3 Bc6 65. Be4 Ba4 66. Bb7 Kd7
67. Ke4 Kc7 68. Ba6 Bd1 69. Kxe5 Bxh5 70. Bb5 Bg4 71. Be8 Be2 72. Kxe6 Bxc4+
73. Ke7 Be2 74. Bg6 Kc6 75. Kf7 Kxc5 76. Kxg7 Kd4 77. Kxh6 Ke3 78. Kg5 Kf2 79.
Kf4 Bd1 80. Bf5 Be2 81. Bg4 Bb5 82. Bh3 Be2 83. Bf5 Bd1 84. Bg4 Bb3 85. Bf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{From my tournament win at the Capablanca Memorial, I would like to annotate
my game against the defending champion Zoltan Almasi. Last year in the same
event, he won 2 games in a row with Black in rounds 8 and 9. This time he
wasn't as fortunate and he lost 2 White games consecutively, starting with
this game. For my standards, I played relatively solidly in this tournament,
and I achieved my goal of avoiding any losses.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {
I did some preparation on the Winawer before the event, and I noticed that
current theory for White is not very convincing.} 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 $1
{I think this is Black's only reasonable move. Here Zoltan started using a lot
of time. Obviously taking the pawn on d4 is critical, but without preparation
it's a different matter. Anyway, he still found a way to get a good position
out of the opening.} 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Nf5 ({Another
possibility is} 15... Qb6 {.}) 16. Ne4 (16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Rb1 Ba2
19. Ra1 Be6 20. Rb1 Ba2 {This was my whole idea, to make a quick draw with
Black.}) 16... Nce7 17. Nf6 {Around here I forgot my analysis already, and my
next few moves were probably not the best.} Rg6 ({Maybe} 17... Rg7) 18. Nxd7
Rxd7 ({Or} 18... Qxd7 19. Bf3) 19. Bf3 Nd5 20. Rb1 Kb8 {I think that White is
better here. He has the bishop pair and he is defending all his weaknesses.
The only problem now is the bishop on c1.} 21. Be4 Rg8 22. a4 (22. g3 Nfe3 23.
Bxe3 dxe3 24. Qe2 $14 {is just better for White.}) ({Giving up the bishop pair
is not an option:} 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Qxf5 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Qc6 $17) 22... Qc6 23.
a5 Qa4 24. a6 $6 {This is where things start to go wrong for White.} ({In the
event of} 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 {I would have had to defend a tough ending.} {
The computer gives} d3 (25... a6 26. Rc5 $14) 26. Bxd3 Nde3 27. Rf2 Nd1 {
, but this is too complex for me.}) 24... b6 25. Rb3 Nde3 26. Ra3 Qb4 27. Rb3
Qa4 28. Ra3 Qb4 29. Rb3 Qe7 30. Bxe3 (30. Rf2 Qh4 $40) 30... dxe3 $1 {I have
to open up the center, and hope for the best!} 31. Qxc3 e2 32. Re1 Rd1 33. Bxf5
(33. Rb1 Rc8 34. Qf3 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Qb4) 33... Rc8 34. Qg3 $2 {This is the
decisive mistake. But in the heat of the battle during the game, it is not
that easy to calculate everything. Sometimes one just has to trust his
instincts.} ({White had a way to equalise:} 34. Qe3 $1 Rxe1+ 35. Kf2 Qd8 36.
Bd3 $13) 34... Qc5+ 35. Kh1 exf5 36. Rb1 Qd5 (36... Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Qxc2 38. Re1
Qd2 $19 {is even faster.}) 37. h3 (37. h4 Rd8 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. h5 Rxb1 40. Rxb1
Rd1 41. Qg8+ Kc7 42. Qxf7+ Rd7 $19) 37... Rd8 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Qh4 R8d7 ({
Care is always needed:} 39... Rxb1 40. Qxd8# $1) 40. Rb3 Rxe1 {After making
the time control, I am just completely winning.} 41. Qh8+ Kc7 42. Rc3+ Qc6 43.
Rxc6+ Kxc6 44. Qc8+ Rc7 45. Qa8+ Kc5 46. Qb8 Rc6 47. Qxa7 Rd1 48. Qe7+ Kb5 {
Looking back, I think that the Winawer French is not bad for Black. The only
drawback is that there are a lot of lines to analyse...} 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 a6 8.
e5 Be6 9. exf6 Bxc4 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. O-O g5 13. Bd5 g4 14. Bxc6+
bxc6 15. Ne5 Rxg7 16. d4 Qxd4 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Bf4 f6 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Nc3 Qd6
21. Ne4 Qd5 22. Nc3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Nb8 13. b4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15.
a4 c6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Rxa5 Qxa5 18. Qa1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Nc6 20. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 {Introduced
into elite chess and heavily analysed by Garry Kasparov, this knight sortie
still remains a viable option.} ({The Scheveningen continuation} 6... e6 {
can lead to the extremely complex labyrinth of the English Attack, but White
has also other alternatives. An interesting one is} 7. Qf3 $5 Nbd7 8. O-O-O Qc7
(8... h5 $5 9. h4 Qc7 10. Qg3 b5 11. a3 Rb8 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Ndxb5 Qc6 14.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Qb7 16. b3 O-O 17. Rhd1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxd7 Bxd7
20. Rxd7 Rxb3 {1/2, Borzenko,A (2524)-Zhak,B (2670)/email/2011/} 21. cxb3 Qc6+
22. Bc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kb2 Rc8 24. Qe3 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Qc6 26. Qd2 Qxg2 $11) 9. Qg3 Nc5
(9... b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f3 Ne5 $5 (11... Rc8 12. Bxb5 $5 $14) 12. Nb3 Rc8 13.
Rd2 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ne4 19. Nxe4
Bxe4 20. c3 {Vuelban,V (2422)-Piccoli,V (2016)/Cutro/2009/} Rb8 $132) 10. f3
Bd7 11. Nb3 $1 (11. Be2 Rc8 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qa5 15. Nxd6+
Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Rc6 17. Qb8+ Rc8 18. Qe5 O-O 19. Bg5 Ne8 20. Rxd7 f6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 $44 {Krivoborodov,E (2502)-Drozdowski,K (2437)/Vienna/2013/}) 11... Na4
12. Nxa4 Bxa4 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Bd3 h5 15. Rhe1 e5 16. Qf2 Be7 17. Bb6 Qb8 18.
Na5 Nd7 19. Nc4 Bxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Bd8 22. Qb3 b5 23. Kb1 bxc4 24.
Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Bxc4 $36 {[%csl Gc4,Rd8] ^-, Adams,M (2753)-Van Wely,L (2693)/
Hoogeveen/2013/}) ({Nowadays the Najdorf-style} 6... e5 {is the most popular
reaction, we'll get into this system by transposition later on.}) 7. Bc1 {
So retracts a move and chooses a different approach.} ({After} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 {Black has been able to withstand the more recent challenges:}
10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O-O (14. h4 $5 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Qa5 16. a3 Bc4 17. Qf2 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rg8 19. O-O-O Nc4 20. Bxg7 Rxg7 21.
Nd5 gxh4 22. Qxh4 Rg5 23. Qh3 e6 24. f4 Rxd5 25. exd5 Qb6 26. Qc3 Qe3+ $11 {
Rizzo,R (2388)-Rognes,O (2222)/email/2008/}) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qa5 16. a3 O-O
$1 17. h4 g4 18. Qf2 (18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxc4 21. Qe3 Rfc8 $132
{[%cal Rc4c3] and White can't well prevent the standard exchange sacrifice, as}
22. Rd3 $6 {runs into the strong} d5 $1 $36) (18. Qe3 $5) 18... Rc6 $1 19. f4 (
19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. f4 Qa2 $1 $17 {Saric,I (2628)-Banikas,H (2633)/
EU-chT Warsaw/2013/} 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bc3 h5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg7h6]}) 19... Rfc8
$1 20. Qg3 $2 (20. f5 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f6+ Kg8 $1 24. Nd5
Nxa3 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. bxa3 Qxa3+ 28. Kb1 Qb4+ {zapletky koncia
vecnym sachom.}) 20... Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f5 {Nakamura,H (2772)-Gelfand,B 
(2764)/Elancourt/2013/} Ne5 $1 23. fxe6 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qe1 Qxa3+ 26.
Kd2 Nc4+ $1 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 $19 {[%cal Ra3c3] See the notes to this game by
Gormally in CBM 157.}) 7... Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 {Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2634)-Van Wely,L (2677) Dortmund SuperGM 2008 (4) 1-0 We are back to the main
Najdorf line with two extra moves on the board. Positive for Black is that
with the 6.f3 (or 8.f3) move-order he doesn't have to worry about lines in
which White leaves the pawn on f2 to play f2-f4 afterwards. One possible
example is} h5 {If Black wants to insert this prophylactic move, it's probably
the best and most flexible choice to do so immediately. Ivan Saric has
recently shown some drawbacks of postponing this decision:} (10... Nbd7 11. Qd2
b5 12. O-O-O h5 (12... Be7 {is the more usual continuation, with murky
complications after} 13. g4 O-O 14. g5 b4 $13) 13. Nd5 Rc8 (13... Bxd5 $142 14.
exd5 Nb6 15. Qc3 Nfd7 16. Na5 Rc8 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. f4 Nf6 20. fxe5
Nxd5 21. exd6 Qxc6 22. Rxd5 Qxc3 23. d7+ Ke7 24. bxc3 Rd8 25. c4 Rxd7 26. Rxd7+
Kxd7 27. cxb5 Ba3+ 28. Kd2 axb5 29. Bxb5+ Kc7 30. Rf1 f6 $14 {/=, Repp,H (2497)
-Avotins,M (2488)/email/2010/}) 14. Qa5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3
Qxa5 18. Nxa5 Nf6 (18... g6 $5 19. Nc6 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Ra3 Ra8 22. Ra5
Nb6 23. b3 Kd7 24. Nb4 g5 $132) 19. Rhd1 Kd7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Ra3 Be7 22. c4 h4
23. h3 e4 24. Rxa4 exf3 25. gxf3 Nh7 26. Nc6 $16 {Saric,I (2637)-Wojtaszek,R 
(2711)/Wijk aan Zee-B/2014/}) (10... Be7 11. Qd2 h5 ({Once again Black's
choice is still more or less a matter of taste, he can go for} 11... O-O 12.
O-O-O Nbd7 ({or even} 12... a5 $5)) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 (12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14.
Be2 Nd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Na5 Qc7 17. c4 $14 {/<=> is perhaps playable for Black,
but in practical chess his results have been disappointing:} Bg6 18. b4 f5 19.
Rac1 f4 20. Bf2 e4 21. fxe4 Nf6 22. Bf3 Bxe4 23. c5 Qd7 24. c6 bxc6 25. dxc6
Qf5 {Ponomariov,R (2731)-Ftacnik,L (2545)/CZE-chT/2014/} 26. Bd4 $16) 13. exd5
Nbd7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Qb8 (15... a5 $5) 16. Kh1 Bd8 17. c4 Bb6 18. Bxb6 Nxb6
19. f4 e4 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. Rac1 Re8 22. b4 Qd7 23. Nc2 Nc8 24. Ne3 Ne7 25. f5
Rec8 26. Rf4 b5 27. g4 $1 $36 {Saric,I (2666)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2735)/
Poikovsky/2014/}) 11. Nd5 {Also White doesn't postpone this typical sortie,
which changes the character of the position.} (11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O (12. Nd5
{already gives Black a choice, as here} Nxd5 $5 13. exd5 Bf5 {is a plausible
alternative.}) 12... Be7 (12... Qc7 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16.
Bxb6 Qxb6 17. c4 $5 bxc4 18. Na5 g6 19. Nxc4 Qc5 $5 20. Qa5 Qxa5 21. Nxa5 Bh6
22. Bc4 Nd7 23. Kc2 Nb6 24. b4 Kd7 25. Kb3 f5 26. Rhe1 h4 27. a4 Bf4 28. h3 Rh5
29. Re2 Rg5 30. Nc6 $36 {Plenkovic,Z (2354)-Saric,A (2514)/Zagreb/2009/}) 13.
Kb1 Qc7 14. Bd3 b5 15. Bg5 O-O $5 (15... Nb6 16. f4 Rb8 17. Rhe1 Nc4 18. Bxc4
bxc4 {Svidler,P (2728)-Topalov,V (2783)/Wijk aan Zee/2007/} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 (
19... gxf6 20. Nc1 $14) 20. f5 cxb3 21. fxe6 bxc2+ 22. Kxc2 O-O 23. Qxd6 $14)
16. Nd5 (16. f4 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Be2 Rfc8 20. Nd4 Nxd5 21. Bxh5
N7f6 22. Nf5 Nxh5 23. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Qd4 Rc5 27. g4
Rd8 $15 {Serov,A (2074)-Khorunzhy,M (2105)/email/2010/}) 16... Bxd5 17. exd5
Nb6 18. h4 $5 Nbxd5 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 a5 21. Nc1 Rab8 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. g5
Nh5 24. Ne2 $13 {Corral Garcia,P-Chernov,V/email/2010/}) 11... Bxd5 (11... Nxd5
12. exd5 Bf5 {allows White to swap the bishops} 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 {without
losing a tempo. After} Nd7 15. O-O-O Be7 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. f4 Qc7 18. Nd2 O-O 19.
f5 Nf6 20. Bg5 Nxd5 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. f6 Ng6 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne4 Qc4 25. Nxd6
Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc7 27. Rf1 Kg8 28. Nf5 Re8 29. Rd6 e4 30. Ne3 $14 {Shirov,A 
(2722)-Anand,V (2794)/Leon/2001/ Black had an unpleasant endgame, which he
couldn't save in the end. Although subsequently postal players defended better,
in practical chess this branch fell into oblivion.}) 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 {
The most usual move, as White has no better square for his queen anyway and he
also toys with the idea of castling queenside.} ({However} 13. Be2 {can and
often does lead to the same (or very similar) position.}) (13. c4 g6 14. Qd2 a5
$5 $132) 13... g6 ({Originally I thought the main alternative} 13... Qc7 {
was more accurate, but it seems both moves are roughly equivalent and often
eventually lead to the same position. The game can get an independent twist
with} 14. c4 (14. O-O-O g6 15. Kb1 Bg7 16. h3 Rc8 17. Rc1 h4 18. Be2 Nh5 19.
Rhd1 O-O 20. c4 b6 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Ndxf6 23. Qg5 Kg7 24. Qxh4 Nf4 25. Bf1
Qd7 26. Qf2 b5 $44 {Hefka,V (2569)-Gorokhovsky,B (2481)/email/2008/}) (14. Na5
b6 15. Nc6 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qb3 Qxc6 18. Qxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxb6 Rb8 20. Ba5
Rxb2 21. Bxa6 d5 22. Kd2 Kd7 23. Rhb1 Ba3 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Bb5+ Ke6 26. Rb1
Ra8 27. Rxb2 Rxa5 28. Kc3 d4+ 29. Kb4 Ra7 30. c4 dxc3 31. Kxc3 Kd6 32. a4 Nd5+
$11 {Bologan,V (2658)-Atalik,S (2586)/Wijk aan Zee-B/2007/}) 14... g6 (14... b6
{is probably somewhat premature - see Bologan-Wang Hao below.}) ({However} 
14... a5 $5 {is more to the point:} 15. Rc1 a4 16. Na1 g6 17. Be2 Qa5 18. Qxa5
Rxa5 19. Nc2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Na3 Nc5 22. Kd2 Rh8 23. Nb5 Kd7 24. Rhf1 h4
$11 {/=/+, Kuipers,S (2381)-Van Kampen,R (2529)/NED-chT/2011/}) 15. O-O-O $5 (
15. Be2 a5 {transposes to Caruana-Dominguez below.}) 15... Nb6 16. Qa5 (16. Na5
$6 Nbxd5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Kb1 Nf4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd6 Qxa5 21. Qxf6 O-O 22.
g3 Rad8 $1 23. Rc1 Nd3 {is pleasant for Black.}) 16... Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18.
Kb1 Nfd7 19. Qd2 (19. Rc1 {or}) (19. g3 $5 {keeps the Nb6 pinned and is
perhaps somewhat more demanding.}) 19... Rh8 20. Rc1 Na4 $6 (20... Kf8 $142 $13
) 21. Be2 $6 (21. Na5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc4c5]}) 21... a5 22. Na1 Kf8 23. Nc2 Kg7
24. Na3 {Topalov,V (2771)-Wojtaszek,R (2698)/ECC Rhodes/2013/} Qd8 25. Nb5 Qf6
26. Bd1 Nac5 $13 {For more details see the notes to this game by Wojtaszek in
CBM 157}) 14. Be2 (14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Qa5 (15. Kb1 Nbxd5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. g3 O-O
18. f4 a5 19. Bg2 a4 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 axb3 22. Qxb3 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qxg5
24. Rxd6 e4 25. h4 Qf5 26. a3 Rae8 27. Re1 Re7 $11 {Leko,P (2737)-Giri,A (2730)
/London/2012/}) 15... Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Kb1 ({Too slow is} 17. h4 Kf8 18.
g3 Kg7 19. Kb1 Rh8 20. c4 Re8 21. Be2 Rc8 22. Rc1 e4 23. f4 e3 24. Rhg1 Ne4 $36
{Leko,P (2751)-Ivanchuk,V (2779)/Mukachevo rpd m/2009/}) 17... Rc8 (17... Kf8
18. h4 Rh8 19. Be2 Rc8 20. c4 Nbd7 21. Qe1 Nc5 22. Nd2 Na4 23. g4 Qb6 24. Nb3
Nc5 25. Qg1 {1/2, Papenin,N (2616)-Wilczek,T (2674)/email/2010/} Kg7 $11) 18.
Qb4 Kf8 (18... Nfxd5 19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. c4 Nf4 22. g3 b5 23. cxb5 $5
Ne6 24. Be2 $44) 19. c4 Kg7 20. g3 Rh8 21. Rc1 Qc7 22. Bh3 Rce8 (22... Nbd7 $5
{[%cal Yb7b6] /\} 23. f4 Ng4 $132) 23. Rhd1 Re7 (23... e4 $5 24. c5 Nbxd5 25.
Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Qd4+ Nf6 27. cxd6 Qb8 28. Nd2 exf3 29. d7 Re7 30. Rc8 Rxd7 31.
Bxd7 Rxc8 32. Ne4 Rc7 33. Nxf6 f2 34. Nxh5+ Kf8 35. Bh3 {1/2, Soares,
P-Soberano,J (2592)/email/2010/} Qe8 36. Qg7+ Ke7 37. Qf6+ Kf8 $11) 24. a3 Rd8
25. Nd2 e4 $1 (25... Nbd7 $6 26. Qc3 a5 $2 (26... Nc5 27. b4 Ncd7 28. g4 $1 $14
{Anand}) 27. Bxd7 $1 Nxd7 28. f4 Nf6 29. Rf1 b6 30. h3 Qd7 31. f5 Rf8 32. Qe3
e4 33. g4 $1 $40 {Anand,V (2799)-Topalov,V (2780)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/})
26. fxe4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Bg2 Re2 29. c5 dxc5 30. Rxc5 Qd6 $132 {
Yeremenko,A (2456)-Schmidt,G (2435)/email/2009/}) (14. Na5 Qc7 15. a4 (15. Be2
b6 {/\} 16. Nc6 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qb3 Qxc6 $11) (15. c4 Bg7 16. Be2 O-O 17.
O-O b6 18. Nc6 Nb8 19. Nxb8 Rfxb8 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Bd3 Kh7 22. f4 e4 23. Be2
Qf5 $132 {Jenni,F (2518)-Hort,V (2543)/Basel rpd/2004/}) 15... Bg7 16. Nc4 O-O
17. a5 e4 (17... Rfe8 18. O-O-O Rac8 19. Qb4 Bf8 20. Be2 e4 21. f4 Ng4 22. Bxg4
hxg4 23. b3 Nf6 {Quesada Perez,Y (2635)-Bruzon Batista,L (2673)/
Khanty-Mansiysk WCup/2011/} 24. h3 g3 25. Rhf1 $36 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 18. O-O-O
Rfe8 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Bd4 Re7 21. c3 Rce8 22. Qf2 Bh6 23. Qg3 Ne5 24. Nb6 Bg7
25. h3 h4 26. Qxh4 exf3 27. Qf4 Nh5 28. Qh4 Nd7 29. gxf3 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Re3 $44
{Chiru,I (2532)-Langeveld,R (2694)/email/2009/}) 14... Qc7 (14... Bg7 15. O-O
O-O 16. Rac1 $5 {While still rather rare in human play, computers have tested
this idea already in thousands of games.} (16. Na5 Rb8 17. c4 e4 18. f4 Ng4 19.
Bxg4 hxg4 20. f5 Qh4 21. Bg5 Qh8 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Bf4 Rfe8 24. fxg6 fxg6 25.
Nb3 Rf8 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Qe3 Nxc4 28. Qxe4 Ne5 $132 {Leko,P (2737)-Wojtaszek,
R (2717)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) (16. c4 e4 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. f5 Ne5 $1
20. fxg6 f5 $132 {[%csl Rc4,Rd3]}) (16. h3 h4 $5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. c4 (18. Bxh4
Nb6 19. Bxf6 (19. Rfd1 e4 20. c3 Rae8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. f4 e3 23. Qc2 Nc4 24.
a4 Re7 25. f5 g5 26. a5 Nxb2 27. Qxb2 Bxc3 28. Qa3 Bxa1 29. Qxa1 Re5 $13 {
phil harris,r (2809)-bad_move,r (2789)/Engine blitz/2010/}) 19... Bxf6 20. a4
Rac8 21. c3 Rfe8 22. Kh1 Qe7 23. Rfd1 Nd7 24. Qe1 e4 $44 {Franks,K (2334)
-Cannon,A (2255)/email/2011/}) 18... a5 19. Rad1 Nh5 20. Bxh4 Nf4 21. Nc1 Bh6
22. Kh1 Kg7 23. Qe1 Rh8 24. Nd3 Nf6 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qf2 Kg7
28. Rfe1 Qd8 29. Bf1 Qg5 $44 {Anderson,B (2461)-Fenwick,C (2590)/email/2011/})
16... b6 (16... e4 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. f5 Bxb2 20. Rce1 $36) 17. h3 (
17. c4 $5 {/\} e4 $2 18. Nd4 $16 {Giri}) 17... Re8 (17... h4 18. Bg5 $36 {
and Black doesn't have Nb6 as above}) 18. g4 $6 (18. c4 $142 $13 {/+/=}) 18...
hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh7 $2 (19... b5 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yd7b6]}) 20. g5 $1 f5 21.
gxf6 Bxf6 22. Rf2 Bg5 23. Rg2 $40 {Caruana,F (2782)-Gelfand,B (2777)/Wijk aan
Zee/2014/ Caruana himself annotated his impressive win in CBM 159.}) 15. Rc1 $5
{[%mdl 32] A strategical refinement, brought about by recent practice. Just
like Caruana above, So doesn't hurry with c4 - this otherwise desirable push
limits the Be2, sometimes prematurely weakens d3 (see the above note), also
invites the reaction a5. Until now Dominguez had a very positive experience
with the whole line:} (15. c4 a5 16. Rd1 a4 17. Na1 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. Nc2
Bh6 20. Bf2 Ke7 21. g3 Ne8 22. O-O f5 23. Rfe1 Nef6 24. Bf1 Kf7 25. Na3 e4 26.
f4 g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28. Bd4 Ne5 29. Be2 h4 30. Rf1 Kg6 31. Nb5 Rxb5 $1 32. cxb5
hxg3 33. hxg3 Rc8 $44 {Caruana,F (2774)-Dominguez Perez,L (2723)/Thessaloniki/
2013/ For mroe details see the notes to this game by Ftacnik in CBM 155. It
practically decided the tournament in Black's favour.}) (15. Na5 b6 16. Nb3 Bg7
17. a4 O-O 18. O-O Kh7 19. c3 Ng8 20. g4 Ndf6 21. g5 Nd7 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4
Ne7 24. Raf1 Kg8 $132 {[%cal Yg7e5,Ye7f5,Yd7e5] Bologan,V (2678)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2719)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2011/}) 15... Bg7 (15... Ng8 $5 {is
strategically sound, but slow and not without risk. However, White didn't
manage to refute it after} 16. c4 Bh6 17. f4 (17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. c5 dxc5 19.
Nxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 b6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. O-O Nf5 23. Bd3 Nd4 $13) 17... Ne7 18.
fxe5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nxe5 20. O-O Nf5 (20... O-O $5) 21. Qd2 (21. Rxf5 $5 gxf5
22. c5 $44) 21... b6 22. Bd3 Nh6 23. Bb1 Kf8 24. Nd4 Kg7 25. b4 Rhe8 26. h3
Rac8 27. Bd3 Qd8 $11 {Mista,A (2584)-Yilmaz,M (2567)/Bundesliga/2014/}) ({After
} 15... a5 {[%csl Rb5] Black must reckon with} 16. a4 $5 {[%cal Ye2b5]} (16.
Bb5 a4 17. Na1 $13 {/+/=})) 16. O-O O-O 17. c4 b6 18. Na1 {[%cal Ya1c2,Yc2b4,
Yb4c6] A typical manoeuvre in this line. The knight heads for c6, if Black
plays a5, it gets an outpost on b5.} (18. h3 $142 {might be more accurate to
prevent Black's following manoeuvre:} Nh7 (18... Kh7 $143 19. g4 $1) ({Engines
prefer} 18... Rfe8 {, but White can proceed with} 19. Na1 $14) 19. Bd3 a5 20.
Na1 Nc5 21. Nc2 f5 22. Na3 g5 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Bc2 $36 f4 $2 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26.
Qd3 e4 27. Qxe4 Be5 28. Qg6+ Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Bxg7 30. Nxd6 Bxb2 31. Rb1 Bd4+ 32.
Kh1 Nf6 33. Nf5 $18 {Saric,I (2637)-Duda,J (2553)/Wijk aan Zee-B/2014/}) 18...
Kh7 $5 {[%cal Yf6g8,Yg7h6] After finishing his development Black returns to
the idea of swapping his bishop.} ({Too inconcrete is} 18... a5 19. Nc2 Nc5 20.
Na3 Qe7 21. Nb5 Nfd7 (21... h4 $142 $5 {[%cal Yf6h5]}) 22. Rce1 Rfc8 23. b3 f5
24. Bd1 Nf6 25. Bc2 Kh7 26. h3 Rf8 27. a3 Rac8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Ncd7 30.
Bb3 Ng8 31. f4 Ngf6 32. Na7 Ra8 33. Nc6 $16 {Bologan,V (2732)-Wang,H (2739)/
Biel 2012/ This was a model game from White's viewpoint, see the notes by
Kritz in CBM 150.}) ({Engines have tried other moves as well:} 18... e4 19. f4
(19. Nc2 Ne5 20. Nd4 Rfe8 (20... exf3 $142 21. gxf3 Rfe8 $132) 21. f4 Neg4 22.
f5 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Qc5 24. Rcd1 Nd7 25. Kh1 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Re7 27. b4 Qxb4 28. f6
Re5 29. g4 $40 {chesslet,d (2535)-fischerfanatic3,s (2219)/Engine Room/2011/})
19... Ng4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. f5 Rac8 22. Nb3 Ne5 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 f6 {
neapus,d (2654)-abt tuning,d (2529)/Engine Room/2010/} 25. Nd4 $5 Qc5 26. Qe3
$36) (18... h4 $5 19. Nc2 (19. Bg5 h3 {/\} 20. g4 e4 21. f4 b5 $13) 19... Nh5
20. Nb4 Nf4 21. Bd1 h3 22. g3 Ng2 23. Bf2 Kh7 24. Rc3 Bh6 25. Qc2 a5 26. Nc6
Rae8 27. Be2 f5 28. Kh1 Nc5 29. Rb1 e4 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. f4 e3 $132 {neapus,d 
(2650)-thamover,r (2625)/Engine Room/2010/}) 19. h3 $5 $146 (19. Bd1 Qb7 20.
Be2 b5 21. Nb3 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rfb8 23. Rfd1 e4 24. f4 Ng4 25. Bd4 a5 26. h3 Nh6
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. a4 Qb4 29. Rc3 Qxa4 30. Qe2 Qb4 31. Qxe4 Nf6 32. Qd3 Nf5 $17
{Arenas Vanegas,D (2420)-Dominguez Perez,L (2716)/Santiago de los Caballeros/
2011/}) (19. Nc2 {is best met by the consistent} Ng8 20. g4 hxg4 21. fxg4 Ne7
$132 {[%cal Yf7f5]} 22. Qe1 Rae8) 19... Ng8 (19... e4 20. f4 $14 {- White's
last move has also prevented Ng4.}) 20. g4 Qd8 {[%mdl 512] A positional pawn
sacrifice.} (20... Bh6 $5 21. g5 Bg7 22. b4 Ne7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Nf5 $132)
21. gxh5 $6 {Accepting the offer isn't too impressive.} (21. Kg2) ({or} 21. Nc2
$5 {keeps the tension and gives White chances to fight for an edge in a
volatile position.}) 21... Qh4 $1 ({Black certainly didn't intend to play} 
21... gxh5 $6 22. Kh2 $36 {[%cal Ye2d3,Yf1g1]}) 22. hxg6+ (22. Rf2 Qxh5 ({
Black has also} 22... Bh6 $5 {, transposing into the game.}) 23. h4 (23. Bg5
Kh8 24. f4 Qh7 $15) 23... Bh6 24. Bg5 (24. f4 Qf5 $13) 24... Qxh4 25. Rh2 Qd4+
26. Qxd4 exd4 $11) 22... fxg6 23. Bd3 Bh6 $1 24. Rf2 (24. Kh2 Bf4+ 25. Bxf4
Rxf4 26. Qg2 Ne7 $44) 24... Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Ne7 $44 {Black has full compensation
- his pieces easily occupy outposts on the weakened kingside.} 26. Rg2 Nf5 $6 {
Simplifiaction helps White, after} (26... Kg7 $142 $1 27. Nb3 Rf4 28. Nd2 Rh8
29. Bf1 a5 $44 {/=/+ , or} (29... Nf5 {Black's forces are very active and he
can even fight for an advantage.})) 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 (27... gxf5 $5 28. Qg5 Qxg5
29. Rxg5 Rg8 30. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 31. Kf2 Nc5 32. Rc3 a5 $132) 28. Nb3 Kg7 29. Nd2
Qxh3 {Again Black is in a hurry.} (29... Rh8 $142 $1 $11 {keeps White's king
in the danger zone at least one move longer and activates the last piece.
Black can restore material equality later.}) 30. Kf2 Raf8 $2 {White was
already getting the position under control, the last chance to throw a spanner
into the works was} (30... e4 $1 {[]} 31. Qxe4 Ne5 32. Rcg1 Qh5 {/\} 33. Ke2
Re8 34. Kd1 Nxf3 35. Qxe8 Nxg1+ 36. Kc2 Nf3 $132) 31. Rcg1 R8f6 32. Ke2 $16 e4
$6 {Black was in big trouble anyway, but here lashing out only eases White's
task.} (32... Rf4 33. Ne4 $5 (33. Rg3 Qf5 34. Ne4 Nc5 35. Rg5 Rxf3 36. Rxf5
Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Rxf5 38. Nxd6 Rh5 $14) 33... Rxf3 34. Rxg6+ Rxg6 35. Rxg6+ Kxg6
36. Qxf3 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Qf4 38. Kg2 $16) 33. Nxe4 ({More forcing
than} 33. fxe4 Qxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Rh5 35. Nf3 $16) 33... Rxf3 34. Rxg6+ Rxg6 35.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 36. Qxf3 Qxf3+ (36... Qh2+ 37. Ke3 (37. Kf1 Ne5 38. Qf6+ Kh7) 37...
Qg1+ 38. Qf2 Qc1+ 39. Kd4 Qd1+ 40. Kc3 Qc1+ 41. Kb3 (41. Qc2 Qe3+ 42. Kb4 Qe1+
43. Ka4 $18) 41... Nc5+ 42. Nxc5 bxc5 (42... dxc5 43. Qc2+ $18) 43. Qg3+ $18)
37. Kxf3 Ne5+ 38. Kf4 Nxc4 39. b3 Ne5 (39... Na3 40. Nxd6 Kf6 41. Nc4 $18) 40.
Nxd6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] White is again a pawn up and this time it's decisive -
it's usually not too difficult to convert a material advantage in a knight
endgame.} Nd3+ 41. Ke4 Nc1 42. Ke5 $1 Nd3+ (42... Nxa2 43. Nb7 Nb4 44. d6 $18 {
[%cal Rd6d8]}) 43. Kd4 (43. Ke6 $2 Nf4+) 43... Nc1 44. Nc8 Kf7 (44... Nxa2 45.
d6 Nb4 46. d7 Nc6+ 47. Kd5 Nd8 48. Ne7+ Kf7 49. Nc6 $18) 45. Ke5 Ke8 46. Ke6
Kd8 (46... Nxa2 47. Nd6+ Kf8 48. Nb7 $18 {[%cal Rd5d8]}) 47. d6 $5 (47. Nd6 Ne2
48. Nc4 {also wins, but the text is even stronger.}) 47... Nd3 (47... Kxc8 48.
Ke7 $18) (47... Nxa2 48. d7 Nb4 49. Kd6 $1 Nc2 50. Ne7 Nd4 51. Nc6+ Nxc6 52.
Kxc6 a5 (52... b5 53. b4 $18) 53. Kxb6 Kxd7 54. Kxa5 Kc6 55. b4 Kb7 56. Kb5 $18
) 48. Nxb6 {The rest is a matter of time and simple technique.} Nf4+ 49. Kf5
Ne2 50. Ke6 Nf4+ 51. Kf6 Ne2 52. d7 Nc3 53. Ke6 Nb5 54. Na4 Nc7+ 55. Kd6 Nb5+
56. Kc6 Nd4+ 57. Kd5 Nb5 58. Nc5 Kc7 59. Ke6 Nd4+ 60. Ke7 Nf5+ 61. Ke6 Nd4+ 62.
Kf7 Nf5 (62... Kd8 63. Ne6+) 63. Kf6 Ne3 64. Ke6 {[%cal Rc5b7]} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Be3 f6 9. O-O b6 10. Nh4 a5 11. Qg4 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Nc5 13. Nef5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 g6
15. h4 Kh8 16. Ne3 Qd4 17. b3 a4 18. Rab1 axb3 19. axb3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21.
Qh5 Qd7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. Nc4 Qd5 24. Ne3 Qe6 25. Nc4 Qd5 26. Ne3 Qe6 27. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 b6 8. e3
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Bf5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Rxc6 12. Be5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14. dxe5
dxe4 15. c3 Rc5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Bxd1 Rxe5 19. f4 Rb5 20. Bb3 a5
21. Re2 Rb6 22. Kf2 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Ke3 f5 25. Kd4 Kf7 26. Kc5 Kf6 27.
Kb5 Ra6 28. a4 e5 29. fxe5+ Kxe5 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 f4 32. a5 e3 33. Kc4 Ke4
34. Ra2 Rc6+ 35. Kb3 Kd3 36. b5 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3
d6 9. e4 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. a4 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6
15. Nb5 Qc6 16. O-O d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. f4 Nc7 19. Nf3 Qa6 20. Ra3 Rab8 21. Ng5
Rfe8 22. Qg4 Nxb5 23. axb5 Qc8 24. Ra7 Rb7 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Nxe6 Nxe5 27. fxe5
Qd7 28. Be3 Rxe6 29. Bxc5 h5 30. Qf4 Rxe5 31. b6 Rf5 32. Qc1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1
Bxb2 34. Qb1 Qc6 35. Qxb2 Qxc5+ 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bc4 axb4 8. Nxe5
fxe5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 11. Qxh8 Nf6 12. d3 Be6 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. a3 dxe3
15. fxe3 b3 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe6 Qh4+ 18. g3 Nxg3 19. Rg1 Ne4+ 20. Kd1 Ndxc5
21. Qe5 Nf2+ 22. Ke2 Nfxd3 23. Qd4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 ({Wenn Schwarz 5...
a6 spielt (statt 5...Dc7) tauschen viele Weißspieler hier gerne auf c6, in
der Hoffnung, dass der Zug 5...a6 sich als nutzlos erweist.} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. b3 c5 13. Na4 Bb7 14.
c4 d4 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qf4 g5 17. Qg3 h5 18. f4 h4 19. Qf2 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Kg7 21.
Re2 Rag8 22. Rf1 Qd8 23. Nb2 Qe8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rh5 26. Qe2 Rf5 27. Nd3
Nf8 28. Bc1 Ng6 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Qd2 Rh8 31. Re1 h3 32. g3 Qc6 33. Qe2 a5 34.
Rf1 Qe4 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Rf1 Qe4 37. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (37) Karjakin,S (2786)
-Ivanchuk,V (2757) Loo 2013}) ({Eine der Hauptvarianten ist} 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 {usw.}) 6... Nf6 7. Qd2 {Weiß möchte Ideen des Englischen
Angriffs verwirklichen.} e5 $5 {Hier liegt der Hund begraben. Das ist offenbar
eine Idee von Anton Kovalyov, der im Turnier ebenfalls mitspielt.} ({"Normal"
wäre} 7... Qc7 8. O-O-O {Ein aktuelles Beispiel aus der Rapid-WM:} Be7 (8...
Bb4) 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf6 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 Bxd4 15.
Rxd4 Rc8 16. Ra4 O-O 17. Rg1 d5 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Bd3 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4
Qb6 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. g6+ fxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Qd6+ Kg8 27.
Rdd1 Rf8 28. Qxg6 Qc7 29. Qe6+ Rf7 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Rd3 Bc8 32. Rd5 g6 33. Rh5+
{1-0 (33) Yu,Y (2675)-Svidler,P (2753) Dubai 2014}) 8. Nf5 {Wohin mit dem
Springer?} (8. Nb3 Bb4 $11) (8. Nf3 Bb4 9. Bc4 $5 Nxe4 10. Qd5 Nd6 11. Bb3 O-O
$11) 8... d5 9. exd5 Nb4 ({Möglich war auch} 9... Bxf5 10. dxc6 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2
bxc6 $11) 10. Ng3 Nfxd5 $11 11. a3 ({In der Stammpartie geschah} 11. Bg5 f6 12.
Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Bc4 O-O-O 16. Bd2 Rd7 17. Ne4 Kc7 18.
Bb3 Be7 19. Rhe1 h5 20. a3 Kc6 21. Bb4 Bxb4 22. axb4 Rdd8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. c3
Nf4 25. Bc2 Kc7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. g3 Nh3 28. f3 h4 29. Rd1 Rh8 30. Rf1 b6 31.
Ne4 Bb7 32. Kd1 Rd8+ 33. Ke1 Bc6 34. Nf2 Bb5 35. Nxh3 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Rd2 37. Bf5
Rxb2 38. Nf2 a5 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Nd3 Rxh2 41. gxh4 Kd6 42. Bg6 a4 43. Bf7 a3
44. Nb4 f5 45. Bb3 e4 46. fxe4 fxe4 47. Ke1 Ke5 48. h5 Kf4 49. Bf7 Ke3 50. Kd1
Rb2 51. Bd5 Kf2 52. Bc4 Kf3 53. Bd5 Rh2 54. Bf7 e3 55. Bd5+ Kf2 56. Bc4 Rh1+
57. Kc2 e2 {0-1 (57) Molner,M (2525)-Kovalyov,A (2617) Santa Clara 2014}) 11...
Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 {Schwarz hat mehr als bequem ausgeglichen.}
14. Bc4 Bg4 15. h3 Rd8+ 16. Ke1 Bd7 17. Rf1 f6 18. Ke2 Na5 19. Ba2 Rc8 20. Kd3
b5 21. Nd5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nb6 Rc6 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. c3 g6 26. Ne4 Be7
27. Ke2 Ke6 28. g4 h5 29. Rh1 a5 (29... f5 $5 {mit der Idee} 30. Nd2 fxg4 31.
hxg4 h4) 30. Nd2 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. c4 b3 33. g5 fxg5 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. Rc1 g4
36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Rg1 Rh8 38. Rg2 (38. Rxg4 $2 {verliert} Rh2+ 39. Ke1 (39. Kd1
Rd6 40. Rxg6+ Bf6) 39... Bh4+) 38... Bb4 {Es droht nun Lxd2 und Txc4 oder Td8,
aber Weiß hat genug Gegenspiel, um die Partie zu halten.} 39. Rxg4 Kf5 (39...
Rh2+ $6 40. Kf3 Rxd2 $2 41. Rxg6+ $16) 40. Rg2 Bxd2 (40... Rd8 41. e4+ Kf6 42.
Rf2+ Ke6 43. Nf3 $14) 41. Rf7+ (41. Kxd2 {reicht vielleicht auch noch zum
Remis.} Rxc4 42. Kd3 Rhc8 43. e4+ Rxe4 44. Rf7+ Ke6 45. Kxe4 Kxf7 46. Rg3 Kf6
47. Rxb3 Rc4+ 48. Kd3 Rc8) 41... Ke6 42. Rg7 Rxc4 (42... Ba5 $2 43. R2xg6+ Kf5
44. Rxc6 $18) 43. R2xg6+ Kd5 44. Rd7+ Kc5 45. Rc7+ Kb5 46. Rxc4 Kxc4 47. Rg4+
Kd5 48. Kxd2 Rc8 49. Kd3 Rc2 50. Rb4 Rxb2 51. Rb5+ Kd6 52. Kc3 Rb1 53. Rxb3
Rxb3+ 54. Kxb3 {Mit theoretischem Remis.} Kd5 55. Kc3 Ke4 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Kd3
Kf2 (57... e4+ $4 58. Kd4 Kf2 59. Kxe4 $18) 58. Ke4 Ke2 59. Kxe5 Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yam, Alex"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 Qd6
15. Re1 h6 16. Bc1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rad8 18. Be3 Nh5 19. Bf1 Nb8 20. Qa4 Qc7 21.
Rad1 Nf4 22. Qb5 Nd7 23. a4 a6 24. Qb2 Ng6 25. Be2 Rfe8 26. Rb1 Nh4 27. a5 bxa5
28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Nf5 30. c5 Nb8 31. Rc1 Nc6 32. Bxa6 Kf8 33. Bb5 Nfxd4 34.
Bxd4 Nxd4 35. Bxe8 Ne2+ 36. Kg2 Nxc1 37. Bxf7 Ne2 38. f4 Rd3 39. f3 Nxf4+ 40.
Kg3 g5 41. h4 Rd2 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Bxe6 0-1

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. a5 Nd5 14. Na2 Nf6
15. Nc3 Nd5 16. Na4 Qb8 17. Bd2 Qb5 18. Rdc1 c5 19. dxc5 c3 20. Nxc3 Qxc5 21.
Na4 Qb5 22. Qc4 Rfb8 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. e4 Nf6 25. f3 Bd6 26. Rc2 Nd7 27. Kg2
Rd8 28. Bc3 Ne5 29. Kf2 Nc6 30. f4 Nxa5 31. e5 Bf8 32. Bxa5 Rxa5 33. Ke3 Rb8
34. Ra2 g5 35. Nc3 gxf4+ 36. gxf4 Bc5+ 37. Kf3 Rxa2 38. Nxa2 Rb3+ 39. Kg4 Bd4
40. Rxc7 Rxb2 41. Nc1 Rxh2 42. Nb3 Be3 43. Rc3 Bf2 44. f5 h5+ 45. Kg5 exf5 46.
Kxf5 Kg7 47. Rd3 h4 48. Nd2 a5 49. Ne4 Rg2 50. Rd7 h3 51. e6 Bh4 52. Rxf7+ Kg8
53. Nf6+ Bxf6 54. Kxf6 Rf2+ 55. Ke7 h2 56. Rxf2 h1=Q 57. Rf5 a4 58. Rg5+ Kh7
59. Kf6 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Pechenkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qa5 10. Ra2 Qb6 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. Ng3 h5 13. c3 h4 14. Ne2 c4 15. Neg1 Ne7
16. Nh3 Nf5 17. Bf2 a5 18. Be2 Be7 19. O-O a4 20. Bd1 Nf8 21. Bc2 Ng6 22. Raa1
Bd7 23. Nhg5 Ra6 24. Rae1 Qc8 25. Be3 f6 26. Nh3 Kf7 27. Bf2 Qg8 28. Bxf5 exf5
29. Re3 Qh7 30. Rfe1 Qh6 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Nxh4 Bd6 33. Nxg6 Kxg6 34. Bg3 Raa8
35. Ng5 Rae8 36. Ne6 Kf7 37. Nc5 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Re8 39. Qf2 Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1 Bc8
41. Qf1 Qh5 42. h3 Ke7 43. Kf2 Kd8 44. Ke1 Kc7 45. Kd2 Kc6 46. Qf2 Bf8 47. Qe3
Bd6 48. Qf2 Bf8 49. Bh4 Qh6 50. Kc2 Qg6 51. Qe2 Bd6 52. Qf3 Bf8 53. Bf2 Bd6 54.
Kd2 Qh6 55. Ke3 Qg6 56. Qg3 Qxg3+ 57. Bxg3 Bf8 58. Bh4 Bg7 59. Kf3 Kd6 60. g4
fxg4+ 61. hxg4 Ke7 62. Bf2 f5 63. Bh4+ Bf6 64. Bxf6+ Kxf6 65. g5+ Kg7 66. Kg3
Kh7 67. Kh4 Kg6 68. Kh3 Kg7 69. Kg3 Kh7 70. Kf3 Kg7 71. Ke3 Kg6 72. Ke2 Kg7 73.
Ke1 Kh7 74. Kd2 Kg6 75. Kc2 Kh5 76. Kd1 Kg6 77. Kd2 Kh5 78. Kc2 Kg6 79. Kd1 Kh5
80. Ke2 Kg6 81. Kf2 Kg7 82. Kf3 Kh7 83. Kf2 Kg7 84. Ke3 Kg6 85. Kd2 Kh5 86. Kc1
Kg6 87. b3 axb3 88. Kb2 Kh5 89. Kb1 Kg6 90. Kc1 Kh5 91. Kd2 Kg6 92. Kc1 Kh5 93.
Kb2 Kg6 94. Kb1 Kh5 95. Kc1 Kg6 96. Kd1 Kh5 97. Kd2 Kg6 98. a4 bxa4 99. Nxa4
Be6 100. Nc5 Bg8 101. Nd7 Kg7 102. Ne5 Be6 103. Kc1 Kh7 104. Kb2 Kg7 105. Nc6
Kg6 106. Ne7+ Kf7 107. Nc6 Kg6 108. Ne7+ Kf7 109. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 f5 11. Na4 Nd5 12. Bc5 Bd6 13. Rc1 Qf6 14. Nd2 Qg6 15.
b4 Rad8 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 d5 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21.
Bxf3 e4 22. Bg2 Qf6 23. Rc7 Rf7 24. Qc2 Qe5 25. Rc3 Rff8 26. e3 Rc8 27. d4 Qd6
28. Rc1 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Rc8 30. Qb2 b6 31. f4 exf3 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Bxf3 a5 34.
bxa6 Bxa6 35. Kf2 Qc6 36. Qb3 Bc4 37. Qb4 Kf7 38. h4 Bd3 39. Qb3 Be4 40. Be2 h6
41. Qb5 Qxb5 42. Bxb5 Bc2 43. Ke1 g5 44. Kd2 Be4 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kc3 Ke6 47.
Ba6 Kd7 48. Kb4 Kc7 49. Be2 Kc6 50. a4 Kc7 51. Kb5 Kb7 52. a5 bxa5 53. Kxa5 Kc6
54. Bb5+ Kc7 55. Be2 Kc6 56. Bd1 Bd3 57. Bb3 Be2 58. Bc2 Bg4 59. Ba4+ Kc7 60.
Kb5 Kd6 61. Kb6 Bh3 62. Bd1 Bg2 63. Kb7 Bh3 64. Bf3 Bf1 65. Kc8 Bh3 66. Kd8 Bg4
67. Bg2 Be2 68. Ke8 Ke6 69. Kf8 g4 70. Kg7 Bd3 71. Kh6 Bc4 72. Kg7 Ke7 73. Kg6
Bd3 74. Kg5 Ke6 75. Kh6 Bb5 76. Kg6 Be8+ 77. Kg5 Bb5 78. Kg6 Bd3 79. Kg5 Bb5
80. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Haessel, Dale R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
f5 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nh3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 e6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. h4 Bd7 15.
Kb1 a5 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. g4 Nb4 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rdg1 Kh8 21. h5
Rad8 22. h6 Bf8 23. Nh5 Rxd4 24. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Bergamo ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Bergamo"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c6 10. b4 Nxc4 11. dxc6 Nxd2 12. cxb7 Rb8 13. Bxd2 d5 14. Rc1 Rxb7
15. a3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc3 a5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc2 axb4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21. Qxe4 Qb8 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bergamo ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Bergamo"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. h5 Qd6 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Nd2
Nf6 16. f3 O-O 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qa3 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Bd2 f5 22.
Rf1 fxe4 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. O-O-O Kg8 25. Rf1 Bd7 26. Kb1 Qb6 27. Ka1 Rf8 28.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Be1 Ke7 31. Kb2 Ba4 32. Bg4 Bg1 33. Bg3 Kd6 34.
Be2 e3 35. Kc1 Be8 36. Kd1 Bf2 37. Bh2 Ba4+ 38. Kc1 Be1 39. Kb2 Bh4 40. g4 Bf6
41. Kc1 Kc5 42. g5 hxg5 43. Bg1 Bd7 44. Bxe3+ Kd6 45. Kd2 g4 46. h6 gxh6 47.
Bxh6 Bf5 48. Ke3 Bh4 49. Bf8+ Be7 50. Bh6 Bh4 51. Bf8+ Be7 52. Bh6 c6 53. dxc6
bxc6 54. Bf1 Ke6 55. Bg2 Bc5+ 56. Ke2 Kd7 57. Bg7 Bd6 58. Bf6 Bb1 59. a3 e4 60.
Ke3 Ke6 61. Bd8 Kf5 62. Bxb6 Bxa3 63. Kd2 Bd6 64. Be3 Bf4 65. c5 Bd3 66. Bh1
Ke5 67. Bg2 Bc4 68. Bh1 g3 69. Bg2 Be6 0-1

[Event "Bergamo ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Bergamo"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was nice for me to play in the event ACP Golden Classic in Bergamo, Italy.
It was well-organised and the tournament directors were friendly. It is also
quite a strong event, Category 17 and tournament average of 2664. The
tournament also had the odd tradition where all games would be adjourned after
5 hours of play, and would resume on one of the rest days. I like this system
because both players have a lot of time to think. This tournament had been a
success to me because A) I achieved my goal of reaching 2750 B) I won the ACP
Golden Classic!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {I thought Daniele would play
the QGD, but after the game it was revealed to me that he is a very aggressive
player.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 {I like
this line for White and had some successes recently, even though the positions
I would get are nerve-racking. My teammate from Germany Georg Meier also has
this as his pet line. The problem with this and many other King's Indian lines
is that preparation could be hard. Computer analysis is not very helpful here.}
Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 ({Also very interesting is} 13. g4
{which I played many times, with good results.}) 13... Rf6 14. Nd3 b6 (14...
Rh6 15. c5 Qe8 16. Nb5 Qh5 17. h4 $1 Ng6 18. g4 fxg3 19. Bxg3 Nf4 20. Nxc7 Rb8
21. cxd6 $16 {is in White's favour according to theory. There are around 15
games so far in this position.}) 15. b4 a6 16. c5 Rh6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. g4 {
To be honest it's hard to guess what White's best move is here even after
analysis. I've looked at some moves below that might be good alternatives:} (
18. b5 axb5 (18... a5 19. Na4 Nc5 20. Nxb6) (18... Qe8 19. h3 Qh5 20. Be1 Nc5
21. Nf2 a5 22. Na4) 19. Nxb5 (19. Nb4 Qe8) 19... Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. d6 Be6 (22... Kh8 23. dxe7 Qxe7) 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Bf8 25. Qb3 Ng6
26. Ra4+) (18. h3 Rg6 19. b5 h5 20. Nb4 axb5 21. Nc6 Qf8 22. Nxb5 Nc5 23. a4)
18... fxg3 (18... Rg6 19. h3 h5 20. Kg2 Rh6 {is a playable alternative.}) 19.
hxg3 Ng6 20. Kg2 Nf6 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 {I didn't know that this is still
theory, in my database there are 2 games that reached this position. I feel
that White has a stable advantage due to his space advantage, but it's not so
easy to make progress.} b5 (22... h5 23. Na4 $1 b5 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8
26. Be3 g4 27. Bg5 {after White has killed the c8-bishop, Black's attack is
over and White has a clear advantage.}) ({Or} 22... Bd7 23. Be3 h6 24. a4 {
with similar play as in the game.}) 23. Be3 h6 24. a4 Bd7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf2
({As usual, it is more accurate to improve the position of White's king:} 26.
Kg2 Nh5 27. Qh1 Qe8 28. Bd2 $16 {when I think White is clearly better.}) 26...
Nh5 27. Kh2 Ra3 $1 {Black is very active now and White has to be careful of ...
Nf4 ideas.} 28. Qd2 (28. Bf1 {intending Bh3 would have worked well, if not for}
Nxg3 $1 29. Kxg3 g4 30. fxg4 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qf3 Bd4 34.
Be2 Bxf2 35. Qxf2 Qg5 $44 {when the threats of ...f3 and ...h5 give Black good
practical compensation for the piece.}) ({But maybe more logical is} 28. Bd2 {
simply threatening to exchange rooks with Ra1 next move. Black should play}
Ngf4 $1 {with great complications after} 29. gxf4 (29. Bf1 g4 30. fxg4 Nxg3 31.
Kxg3 h5 32. Ra1 Rxa1 33. Qxa1 Qg5 34. Qe1 hxg4 35. Nd3 Bf6 $132) 29... g4 (
29... gxf4 30. Bf1 Qh4+ 31. Kg1) 30. fxg4 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ (31... Nxf4 32. Bf3
) 32. Kf1 Nxf4 33. Bf3 h5 34. Bxf4 exf4 35. e5 $1 Bxe5 36. Qd3 {and the
computer likes White's chances here.}) 28... Qe8 29. Qb2 Ra8 30. Bd2 Qf7 31.
Ncd1 {Overprotecting f2, and threatening Rc7. I also had dreams of bringing my
knight to f5 one day.} Nxg3 {This position could be a good problem to solve:
Black to play and find the best move.} ({The day after the game my opponent
told me about the fantastic move} 31... Ngf4 $1 32. gxf4 Ng3 $1 {which gives
Black at least equal chances! Neither of us saw this method of sacrificing two
knights during the game, and the variations are extremely hard to calculate.
The great tactician Emil Sutovsky joined us during the analysis session, and
even he admits that White's position would be practically impossible to
defend! Of course I objected and tried to defend my side but it's definitely
easier to play Black here. Take a look at some lines below, they are great fun
to analyse:} 33. Bd3 (33. f5 Nxe2 34. Rc7 Rc8 (34... Nd4 35. Kg2 Qh5 36. Qc3)
35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Qa3 {This might be White's safest line. He is safe for the
time being, but Black's knight is very active.} Nd4 (36... Nf4 37. Qa5 Bd7 38.
Qc7) (36... Qh5+ 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Qd3) 37. Kg2) (33. Kxg3 $2 exf4+ 34. Kg2 Bxb2
35. Nxb2 h5 36. Nbd3 Ra2 37. Rd1 Qg7 $19 {Black's queen is too powerful and
White cannot defend against the pawns.}) (33. Nc3 exf4 34. Qc2 Bd4) 33... Qh5+
$1 (33... exf4 34. Bc3 Qh5+ 35. Kg1 $1 {is not the same, White is winning after
} Bxc3 36. Qxc3 Qxf3 37. Qf6 $18) 34. Kg2 (34. Kg1 Qxf3 35. f5 Bxf5 $132) 34...
exf4 35. Qc2 (35. Bc3 g4 ({Everything leads to a draw:} 35... Bxc3 36. Qxc3 g4
37. fxg4 Bxg4 38. Nxg4 Qxg4 39. Nf2 f3+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+ 41. Nh3 Qg4 $1 42. Ra1 (
42. Rg1 Ra2+ 43. Bc2 Nf1+ 44. Kh1 Ng3+ $11) 42... Rxa1 43. Qxa1 Ne2 44. Qf1
Qg3+ 45. Kh1 Qg4 $11) 36. fxg4 Bxg4 37. Nxg4 Qxg4 38. Nf2 f3+ 39. Kh2 Qf4 40.
Nh3 Nf1+ 41. Kh1 Ng3+ 42. Kh2 $11) 35... g4 36. fxg4 f3+ 37. Kxg3 (37. Kg1 Bxg4
38. Ne3 Bh3 39. Qc6 Rf8 40. Qxd6 Be5 {looks very scary for White.}) 37... Be5+
38. Bf4 Bxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rf8+ 40. Kg3 Qe5+ 41. Kh3 Qh5+ $11 (41... h5 42. Ne3 Rf7
{should also lead to perpetual.})) (31... Rf8 32. Qa3) 32. Kxg3 Nf4 33. Nc3 Rf8
34. Be3 g4 $2 {I was surprised to see this move, it just loses by force. White
must be better, but the realisation of the advantage shouldn't have been easy.}
(34... h5 35. Rg1 Bh6 36. Qd2 Kh8 37. Bxf4 exf4+ 38. Kg2 g4 39. Bxb5 Bc8 40.
Ne2 Rg8 41. Kf1 $18) 35. fxg4 h5 36. Rg1 $1 {I like this move, the rook comes
to defend and the Black king might also become vulnerable along the g-file.}
hxg4 (36... Qf6 37. Qd2 Kh7 38. Rh1 Bh6 39. Bxb5 Bxg4 40. Nxg4 hxg4 41. Be2
Nxe2+ 42. Qxe2 Qf3+ 43. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 44. Kxg4 Rxe3 45. Nb5 Rxe4+ 46. Kf5 Rxb4 47.
Nxd6 $18 {liquidates to a winning ending. I have a vision of transposing to a
good ending like this sometime during the game.}) 37. Bxg4 {White is
completely winning.} Nd3 38. Qe2 Nxf2 39. Bxd7 Qxd7 (39... Qg6+ 40. Bg4) 40.
Bxf2 Rf6 41. Be3 Qf7 42. Kh2 Kf8 43. Rg2 {My opponent was gracious enough not
to waste time adjourning the game, therefore giving both of us an important
rest day.} 1-0

[Event "Bergamo ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Bergamo"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Bd2 g5 12. c3 Bf5 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 Qd7 15. Bxd5
Qxd5 16. Ne3 Qxd3 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Qxg4 Qxg4 19. Nxg4 h5 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. Rad1
Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bergamo ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Bergamo"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Kf1 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3
O-O 9. Kg2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. d5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bc2 a6 15.
Bf4 Qc7 16. Rd2 Ne5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Ba4 Bxa4 20. Nxa4 b5 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 c4 23. Rc2 Rec8 24. b3 Qb8 25. Qxb8 Raxb8 26. bxc4 Nxe4 27.
Nxe5 Rb4 28. Nb2 Nc5 29. f4 Be7 30. Nbd3 Ra4 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. c5
g5 34. c6 Bd6 35. Nd7 gxf4 36. Nb6 f3+ 37. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Bergamo ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Bergamo"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bc5
15. h3 Qb6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Nf5 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Bc8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shen, Victor C"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Manhattan"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 h5 12. a4 Bf5 13. a5 Nc8 14. Nge2 Nd6 15. Ng3
Re8 16. Nge4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Nd7 18. Be2 Rc8 19. Bxa7 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Ne4
Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. O-O Qxh4 24. Bf2 Qe7 25. a6 e4 26. axb7 Rcd8 27. Bc4 Nd6
28. Bc5 Qxb7 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Ra2 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 e3 32. Qe2 Qd4 33. Rf3 Kh7 34.
b3 Rf6 35. Rxf6 Bxf6 36. Qf3 Qh4+ 37. Qh3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 e2 39. Ra7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Connecticut"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. e3 Qa5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bf5 g6 12. Bxg6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 fxg6 14. Qxg6+
Kf8 15. O-O Qa6 16. Qf5 Kf7 17. Ne5+ Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Re8 19. Qf4 Kg6 20. Qg3+ Kf7
21. Qf3 Bg4 22. Qf4 Bh5 23. Qxh6 Bg6 24. f3 Qd6 25. Bg3 Qa3 26. Be5 Qxc3 27.
Rac1 Qd3 28. e4 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Qxe5 31. exd5 Qxd5 32. Rfe1 Rd8 33.
Qe3 Rd7 34. Qxa7 b5 35. Qb8 Rd8 36. Qf4 Qd6 37. Qg5 Rh8 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5
Rb8 40. Rce1 b4 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. R7e6 Kf7 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. R7e6 Kg7 45. Re7+
Kf8 46. R1e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.09.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Arizona"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Ne5 9. h3 g5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Nd5 e6 13. f4 gxf4 14. Nxf4 Nc4 15.
Nd3 e5 16. Nf5 Qa5 17. Kb1 Be6 18. Nc1 Qb5 19. c3 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baltimore"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Bb3 e6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. f4 Qc5 11. Qd3 b5 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. e5
dxe5 15. fxe5 Ne8 16. Qg3 Bb7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 a5 19. a4 Nc7 20. Rg4 g6
21. h4 Kh8 22. Rh1 Rfd8 23. c3 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Bxe6 b4 27.
h5 g5 28. Rc4 Qe7 29. Bf5 bxc3 30. Qc7 Qe3+ 31. Kb1 Ra7 32. Rxc3 Rxc7 33. Rxe3
Rb8 34. b3 Rc4 35. Rhe1 Rxa4 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. h6+ Kf7 38. Rxb8 Ra1+ 39. Kc2
Rxe1 40. Bxh7 Re2+ 41. Kd3 Rxg2 42. Bf5 Rh2 43. Rb7+ Be7 44. h7 g4 45. Rb8 Bf6
46. Rb7+ Be7 47. Ke3 g3 48. Kf3 g2 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. h8=Q+ Rxh8 51. Kxg2 Bd6 52.
Rb6 Kxf5 53. Rxd6 Ke4 54. Ra6 Rh5 55. b4 axb4 56. Rb6 Rg5+ 57. Kf2 Rf5+ 58. Ke2
Rd5 59. Rxb4+ Rd4 60. Rxd4+ Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Boston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bd2 d5 8. Qc1
O-O 9. h4 h5 10. Bh6 b6 11. a3 dxc4 12. dxc4 Bb7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Nf5 15.
b4 Qe7 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. e3 Na5 19. Na4 Bxf3 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21.
Bxf3 Qc7 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Nxc5 Qc7 27.
Nd7 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Rc5 29. f4 Nxe3 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rd7 Nxc4 32. Nxf7 Kf6 33.
Ng5 Kf5 34. Kg2 Rd5 35. Rc7 Nd6 36. Rxa7 Kg4 37. Nf3 Nc4 38. Nh2+ Kf5 39. Rc7
Rd2+ 40. Kh3 Ne3 41. Nf3 Rf2 42. Ng5 Ng4 43. Rf7+ Nf6 44. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Atlanta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. b5 Ne7 14. Ba3 Qd7 15. Ra1
Bh3 16. Nde4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne8 18. c5 f5 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Qb3+ Kh7 21. Nd2 Rd8
22. Rac1 Nf6 23. Rc2 Nc8 24. b6 Qf7 25. Nb5 Qxb3 26. Nxb3 Nd5 27. Na5 Rd7 28.
Rb1 Rfd8 29. Nxd6 Nxd6 30. Bxd6 Ra8 31. Nc4 e4 32. dxe4 fxe4 33. Rb5 Nc3 34.
Rc5 Rad8 35. Bc7 Rf8 36. Be5 Nd1 37. e3 Rdf7 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Nbc3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Ng3 e6 12. Be2 b5 13. b3 bxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. O-O
exd5 16. exd5 Rb4 17. Nd1 Qa5 18. h3 Qa4 19. Nc3 Qa3 20. Nb1 Qa4 21. Bd1 Nxc4
22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Bxa4 Bxa4 24. Bh6 Rd4 25. Qc1 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Nxd5 27. Ne4 Bb5
28. Nbc3 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 c4 31. Qd2 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Carolina"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Ngf6 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. Kg2 Rad8 16. Rad1 g5 17. Be2 g4 18. f4 gxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Rxd1 20. Bxd1
Bd4 21. Rf5 Qe6 22. Qd3 Bxc3 23. Rg5+ Kh8 24. Qxc3 Rd8 25. Bc2 Qd6 26. Rf5 Qd2+
27. Kf3 Qxc3+ 28. bxc3 Rd2 29. Bb3 Kg7 30. g4 h6 31. h4 Rd3+ 32. Kf4 Rh3 33.
Ke5 Nxg4+ 34. Kf4 Nf6 35. Ke5 Ng4+ 36. Kf4 Nf6 37. Ke5 Nd7+ 38. Kd6 Rd3+ 39.
Ke7 f6 40. h5 Ne5 41. Rf2 Nf3 42. Bd1 Ng5 43. Bc2 Rxc3 44. Rd2 c5 45. Ke8 c4
46. Rd7+ Kg8 47. Bd1 Nxe4 48. Bg4 f5 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Perez, Robert M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 e5
9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15.
Rae1 a6 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Bc1 Ng8 18. b3 Nh6 19. Bb2 Nf7 20. g3 Nd8 21. Bg2 Nc6
22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Ng5 Nc5 24. b4 h6 25. Nf3 Nd7 26. Nh4 exd5 27. exd5 Nxb4 28.
Nxg6+ Kg8 29. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Rc8
8. c4 e5 9. Qd3 b5 10. Na3 Qb6 11. Be3 Qb7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Rac1 Nf6 14. Bg5 Nh5
15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. g3 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Rhd8 18. f3 Rc6 19. b3 Qb6+ 20. Kg2 Qa5 21.
Nc2 Be6 22. a3 Rdc8 23. Red1 Ne8 24. Nb4 R6c7 25. Qc3 Kf8 26. Nd5 Qxc3 27. Rxc3
Bxd5 28. exd5 f5 29. Rcc1 Nf6 30. Ra1 Ke7 31. a4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rb8 33. Rab1
Rcb7 34. Rxb7+ Rxb7 35. Rb1 Rxb1 36. Nxb1 g5 37. Nd2 g4 38. h3 gxf3+ 39. Kxf3
h5 40. a5 Nh7 41. Ke3 Nf6 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Ke3 Kg6 44. Kf3 Nd7 45. Nb3 Kg5 46.
h4+ Kf6 47. Ke3 Ke7 48. Kf3 Nf6 49. Nd2 Kf7 50. Ke3 Kg6 51. Kf3 Nd7 52. Nb3 f4
53. gxf4 Kf5 54. fxe5 Nxe5+ 55. Kg3 Nxc4 56. Nd4+ Ke4 57. Ne6 Nxa5 58. Nc7 Nc4
59. Nxa6 Ne3 60. Nc7 Nxd5 61. Ne6 Ne7 62. Kf2 Nf5 63. Ng5+ Kf4 64. Nf7 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. b4 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc2 Re8 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Na4 Bg4 15.
Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. O-O Rh5 18. h3 Qd6 19. Rfc1 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Nxe3+ 21.
fxe3 Re8 22. g4 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14.
Be3 Rhd8 15. Ba4 Nd4 16. Rfd1 Nf5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Bc5+ Bxc5 20.
Nxc5 b6 21. Nxe6 Rxa4 22. Ng5 f6 23. b3 Ra5 24. Nf3 h5 25. Kf1 Kd6 26. Nd2 b5
27. Ke2 Kc5 28. Kd3 Ra7 29. a3 Rd7+ 30. Kc3 Nd4 31. Re1 Kd5 32. Rd1 Ne2+ 33.
Kc2 Rc7+ 34. Nc4+ Kc6 35. Ne3 Nf4 36. g3 Ne6 37. Nd5 Rd7 38. Nf4 Nd4+ 39. Kb2
h4 40. gxh4 Nf3 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Nh5 Nxh4 43. Nxg7 Kd6 44. Kc3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2014.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3
f6 9. a3 Rc8 10. Nd2 Nge7 11. h3 g5 12. Bh2 Bg6 13. Rc1 Kf7 14. Qd1 Nf5 15. Bd3
Nh4 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17. O-O Nf5 18. Re1 Be7 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Qd3
Ne7 22. Ne2 Nef5 23. Nd2 a5 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. Nxc3 Rc8 26. b3 Rc6 27. Nb5 Nxb5
28. Qxb5 Qc7 29. b4 Rc2 30. Nf1 Nd6 31. Qa4 axb4 32. Qxb4 Ke7 33. Rb1 Qc3 34.
Qxc3 Rxc3 35. Nd2 Rxa3 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. Ke1 Kd7 38. Nb3 b6 39. Nc1 Rc2 40. Nd3
Nc4 41. Ra1 Na5 42. Rb1 Rc3 43. Ke2 Nc4 44. g3 Rc2+ 45. Ke1 Ra2 46. h4 Ra3 47.
Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 gxh4 49. gxh4 Ke7 50. Rb4 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Kd6 52. Nf4 g5 53. hxg5
fxg5 54. Nd3 Kc6 55. Rb3 b5 56. Nc5 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Nd2 58. Rd3 Nf3+ 59. Kf1 b4
60. Rd1 Kb5 61. Rc1 Nd2+ 62. Ke1 b3 63. Nd3 b2 64. Rc5+ Kb6 65. Nxb2 Rxb2 66.
Rc8 Ra2 67. Re8 Kb5 68. Rc8 g4 69. Rc1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. O-O Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Qxd4 Qf6 13. Nd2 Qxd4 14. Bxd4
c5 15. Be3 b6 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Nxd6 Bxf1 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Kxf1 Rxe4 20. Rd1 Re7
21. a4 f6 22. a5 Ne5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Bf4 Kf7 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd7+ Re7 27.
Rd6 Re6 28. Rd7+ Re7 29. Rd6 Re6 30. Rd7+ Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. a3 Bd7 14. Bd3 Qc8 15. b4
Qb7 16. Qc2 Qc8 17. Bf1 Qd8 18. Rac1 d5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bd4 Re6
22. e5 Nh5 23. g3 Rg6 24. Bg2 Nf4 25. gxf4 Bxh3 26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Bxh3 Qh4 28.
Bg2 Qxf4 29. Bxb6 cxb6 30. Rcd1 Rf8 31. Re2 d4 32. cxd4 Qxd4 33. e6 a5 34. Rde1
Re8 35. Nf3 Qd6 36. e7 g5 37. Re6 Qf4 38. Nh2 axb4 39. Bc6 Rxe7 40. Rxe7 bxa3
41. Bd5+ Kh7 42. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.10.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Be4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. Bxf3 Rb8 12. d4 b6 13. Bc6+ Kd8 14. Ke2
Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. a4 Kd7 17. Be3 Bd6 18. a5 Rbb8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Ra7 Ra8
21. Rha1 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 h5 23. f4 h4 24. Kf3 Rh5 25. Ke4 g5 26. fxg5 h3 27. Ra2
hxg2 28. Rxg2 Rh4+ 29. Kf3 Rh3+ 30. Ke4 Ke7 31. d5 Rh4+ 32. Kd3 Rh3 33. g6 fxg6
34. Rxg6 exd5 35. cxd5 Kd7 36. Ke4 Rh4+ 37. Kd3 Rxh2 38. c4 Rh3 39. Ke4 Rh4+
40. Kd3 Rh3 41. Ke4 Rh4+ 42. Kd3 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.10.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. Bxc4 Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nxd5 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. hxg3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Kg7 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Nf8 22. Rfd1 Ne6 23. e4 b5 24. e5 Qf5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. axb5
axb5 28. Qxb5 Ne6 29. Qe2 Nd4 30. Qc4 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qxe5 32. Kg2 Qxb2 33. Qxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2014.10.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. Nxb5 Bb8 14. d5 exd5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Bc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Qb3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.10.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 Qc7 13. Bb2 c5 14. d5 e5 15.
Rae1 Rae8 16. g3 Bc8 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Bc1 Nf6 19. Ng1 Kh8 20. f4 b5 21. cxb5
exf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Bb7 24. Qc4 Nd7 25. f5 Nb6 26. Qc1 Nxd5 27. exd5
Bxd5+ 28. Nf3 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Qf4 30. Kg2 g5 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Be2 g5 33. Kg1 g4
34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.10.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Nd1 b4 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Be2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd4 Nd7 17. b4 Qb6 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Rd4 f6 21. exf6+
gxf6 22. Kd2 e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rh4 Nd7 25. Rf1 d4 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rhf8
28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Bg4 Rb8 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Rxe5 Rxb4 32. Kd3 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.10.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rxb6 Rc8 14. Rb1
O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Rb5 e6 18. Bg5 Ne7 19. Rdb1 f6 20. Bd2 Qd7 21.
Qa6 Rc6 22. Qa5 Qd6 23. Bf4 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Bg5 e4 26. Rb7 Ra6 27. Qb4 Nc6
28. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "USA tt playoff"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2014.11.12"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "New Jersey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. g3 Nbd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. h4 f5 16. Rg1 Kf7 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Kf2 a6 20. d5 Bc5 21. Be5 Qe7
22. Rgd1 Rad8 23. Kg2 Rd7 24. dxe6+ Kxe6 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Bc3 Nf6 27. Rd1 Rc8
28. Be5 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. a3 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Qd1+ Qd7 33. b4 Qxd1 34.
Bxd1 Be7 35. c5 Ke8 36. Ke1 Nh5 37. Kf2 Nf6 38. Bd4 Nd7 39. Bxg7 Bf6 40. Bxf6
Nxf6 41. g4 fxg4 42. Kg3 Nd5 43. Bxg4 Nxe3 44. Bc8 Nf5+ 45. Kf2 a5 46. bxa5 Kd8
47. Bxb7 Kc7 48. Ba6 Nxh4 49. Ke3 Nf3 50. Be2 Nh4 51. Kxe4 Nf5 52. Ke5 Ne3 53.
Kf6 Nd5+ 54. Kg5 Nc3 55. Bf3 Na4 56. Kxg6 Nxc5 57. f5 Kb7 58. f6 Nd7 59. Be2
1-0

[Event "USA tt playoff"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.11.12"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. d4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nf8 12. Re1 c5 13. Bc3 b5 14. b3 Bb7
15. e5 Be7 16. Qe2 b4 17. Bb2 Ne6 18. Qe3 Qd5 19. Qe4 a5 20. Qg4 Red8 21. Ne4
Kh8 22. Ng3 Bf8 23. h4 a4 24. Rab1 Qc6 25. h5 Rd2 26. Qf5 Rd7 27. Rbd1 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Kg8 29. Qg4 axb3 30. axb3 Ra2 31. Rb1 Qa6 32. Kh2 Qc6 33. Nh4 Qd5 34. f4
Be7 35. Ngf5 Bxh4 36. Nxh4 Qe4 37. Nf5 Qxc2 38. Rd1 Qxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Bxg2 40.
Rd8+ Nxd8 0-1

[Event "USA tt playoff"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.11.12"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Miami"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Qe5 16. Nf1 Rb8 17. Nd2 Qf6 18. O-O Re8 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bxg4
hxg4 22. Nc4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Nxg5 27. Nxb5
Rxb5 28. Nd6 Bd7 29. e6 Rbb8 30. exf7+ Nxf7 31. Rxf7 Bf5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Nxe8
Rxe8 34. Rd1 Kf7 35. d6 Rd8 36. d7 Ke7 37. h3 Rxd7 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Kh2 Ke6
40. Kg3 gxh3 41. gxh3 Kd5 42. Kf4 Kc4 43. h4 Kb3 44. h5 Kxb2 45. h6 c4 46. h7
c3 47. h8=Q Kb3 48. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "USA tt playoff"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.12"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf3 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf4 Rc8 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. Bc3 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Nc6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 d4 19. Bd2 Qd5 20. Qe2 Kh8 21.
b4 a6 22. a3 Qb3 23. Bg5 Rce8 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxe8+ Kg7 27.
Qe4 Rg6 28. Qf3 Re6 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. h4 Re7 31. Be4 d3 32. Qf3 Rd7 33. Rd1 Ne5
34. Qf6+ Rg7 35. Rc1 Nc6 36. Bxc6 bxc6 37. Rxc6 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qg4 39. g3 Kg8 40.
Qd8+ Kf7 41. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "North American op 24th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morshedi, Ali"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Rfe8 14. Qf2 Nd7 15.
Rad1 Rab8 16. e5 dxe5 17. f5 exf5 18. Nd5 Qc8 19. Bxb6 Bf8 20. Be2 Ne7 21.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Nc5 g6 24. b4 Nf6 25. Bb6 Nd5 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Bc5
Rd7 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. b5 Nc3 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. bxa6 Qxa4 32. Re1 Nxe2+ 33. Qxe2
Re8 34. Rb1 Re6 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Ra8 Qc6 37. Ra7 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 24th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e4 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be2 Nf6 15.
O-O a6 16. a4 Nbd7 17. Nc4 Rf7 18. Bf4 Ne8 19. Bg3 Re7 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Nxf5
gxf5 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. f4 Ng6 24. Bd3 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Ng7 26. Ne2 Bf6 27. Be1 Rae8
28. Ng3 Nh4 29. a5 Rf8 30. Rc1 Qd8 31. b4 Rxe1 32. Rfxe1 cxb4 33. Qc7 Ng6 34.
Rf1 Ne7 35. Qxb7 Qxa5 36. Rc7 Qa3 37. Rf3 b3 38. Bf1 Qa1 39. Rxb3 Qe1 40. Qxa6
Kh8 41. Rcb7 1-0

[Event "North American op 24th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yankovsky, Roman"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bg5 Re8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 h6 16. Bh4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 Bxd4 19. Rcd1 Bxb2 20. Rxd5
Qc7 21. Rd2 Bg7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxa8+ Kh7 24. Bxe7 Qc1+ 25. Kh2 Qxd2 26. Bc5
a5 27. Bb6 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 24th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Na4
Qa5 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Bf5 Rdd8 17. b4 cxb4 18. Bc7 Qb5 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Qc7
Re8 21. Bd3 1-0

[Event "North American op 24th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O
Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. N2f3 b4 14. cxb4 axb4 15.
Re1 Ba6 16. Qd1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Bb7 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Nc5 21. Qc2
Qd7 22. Red1 Rxa2 23. Ng5 g6 24. Rac1 Qa4 25. Qe2 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Nb3 27. Rdd1
Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Ra1 29. Qd2 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qb3 31. f3 h6 32. Nh3 g5 33. Be3 Qd5
34. Qc7 Bd8 35. Qc5 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 g4 37. Bxh6 Bh4+ 38. Ke3 Qe1+ 39. Kd4 Qd1+ 40.
Ke3 Qe1+ 41. Kd4 Kh7 42. Qf8 Qd1+ 43. Kc5 Qc2+ 44. Kb5 Qd3+ 45. Kb6 Bd8+ 46.
Kc5 Qc2+ 47. Kb5 Bc6+ 48. Kxb4 Qxb2+ 49. Kc5 Be7+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 24th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 Ne7 10. c4 Ng6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nc3 Ke8 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. Rd1
Be7 15. Be3 a6 16. Kh2 h5 17. g3 Bc8 18. Kg2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rg8 20. Bc1 b6 21.
Be3 Bb7 22. c5 bxc5 23. Nc3 Bc8 24. Na4 Be6 25. Bxc5 Bd5 26. Bxe7 Kxe7 27. Nc3
Rd8 28. Nxd5+ Rxd5 29. Re1 Nf8 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. Ng5 Rxe5 32. Nxf7 Re2 33. Rc5
Rxa2 34. Rxh5 Ke7 35. Ne5 Rc2 36. h4 c5 37. Rf5 Ne6 38. h5 Re2 39. g4 Kd6 40.
Nc4+ Ke7 41. g5 Re4 42. Ne3 a5 43. Kg3 a4 44. bxa4 Rxa4 45. g6 c4 46. Rf7+ Kd8
47. h6 gxh6 48. g7 Nxg7 49. Rxg7 c3 50. Kf3 h5 51. Rg5 h4 52. Rg4 1-0

[Event "North American op 24th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Bd3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. f4 f5 17. Rhe1 Rf8 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bd4 Rae8 20. c5 fxe4 21.
Bxe4 Nxe4+ 22. Rxe4 Bd5 23. Bxg7 Bxe4 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. cxd6 exd6 26. Rc7 Re7
27. Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. Nd1 Ke6 30. Ne3 h5 31. Kc3 Be4 32. Kd4 Bc6 33. b4
Bf3 34. h3 Bc6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Bf3 37. a3 Kf7 38. Kd3 Kf6 39. Kd2 Ke6 40.
Kc3 Ke7 41. Kc4 Ke6 42. a4 Bc6 43. b5 axb5+ 44. axb5 Bf3 45. Kd4 Be2 46. b6 Bf3
47. g5 Bc6 48. Nc2 Ba4 49. Nb4 Bb5 50. Ke4 Ba4 51. Ke3 Bd7 52. Kd4 Bb5 53. Nd5
Bc6 54. Nc3 Kf5 55. Ke3 Ke6 56. Kd4 Kf5 57. Nd5 Ke6 58. Ne3 Bf3 59. Nc4 Bc6 60.
Ke3 Bd5 61. Na3 Bc6 62. Nc2 Bd7 63. Ke4 Bc6+ 64. Kd3 Bb5+ 65. Kd4 Bc6 66. Kc4
Bd5+ 67. Kd3 Bg2 68. Ke3 Kd5 69. f5 gxf5 70. Kf4 Be4 71. Ne3+ Ke6 72. Nc4 Bd5
73. Ne3 Be4 74. Nc4 Bd5 75. Nd2 Kd7 76. Kxf5 Kc6 77. Ne4 Kxb6 78. Nxd6 Kc6 79.
Ke5 Ba2 80. g6 Kd7 81. Nxb7 Ke7 82. g7 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 24th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Nd2
d5 15. Nf3 Nd6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 24th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Batchuluun, Tsegmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 Nbd7 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Ba5 8.
b4 a6 9. bxa5 axb5 10. cxb5 Nh5 11. Be3 Rxa5 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. Bd2 O-O 14. e3
Nhf6 15. Qc2 e5 16. Be2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. O-O Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. a4 c6 21.
bxc6 Nxc6 22. Qb2 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Re8 24. a5 Bc6 25. Rfc1 Qd7 26. Rc2 h6 27. Rac1
Rec8 28. Bd3 Qe6 29. Qf4 Bd7 30. Kf2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Ne8 32. Qd4 Nf6 33. Rc7 Bc6
34. Bb4 Ne8 35. Re7 Qf6 36. h4 Qxd4 37. exd4 Nf6 38. g4 g6 39. Bd2 Kg7 40.
Bxh6+ Kxh6 41. Rxf7 Be8 42. g5+ Kh5 43. Rxf6 Kxh4 44. f4 Rxa5 45. Rf8 Bb5 46.
Kf3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 {Preventing g4 at least for the moment. This is an immensly complicated
line, White has many options, as does Black. We are heading towards popular
and sharp lines.} 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Be2 g6 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. O-O {
Not the only move for White; there are a few interesting possibilities as well:
} (13. Na5 Qc7 14. c4 e4 $5 15. O-O (15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. O-O Nc5 18.
f5 Be5 19. g3 gxf5 20. Rxf5 f6 21. Raf1 O-O-O $17) 15... exf3 16. gxf3 O-O 17.
b4 Rfe8 18. Rac1 {now Black sacrificed an exchange recently in two games:} Rxe3
$5 19. Qxe3 Re8 20. Qd2 Kh7 (20... Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bh6 22. f4 Ne4 23. Qe1 Nef6 24.
Rb1 Ng4 25. Qd2 Nf2+ $5 (25... Ne3 26. Rf3 Ng4 27. Rff1 Ne3 28. Rf3 Ng4 29.
Rff1 {1/2-1/2 (29) Kryvoruchko,Y (2706)-Areshchenko,A (2655) Lviv 2014}) 26.
Kg2 Ne4 27. Qc2 Nc3 28. Qxc3 Rxe2+ 29. Kh1 Bg7 30. Qf3 Rxa2 $44) 21. Nb3 Bh6
22. f4 Ne4 23. Qe1 Ndf6 24. Bd3 Qd7 25. Rc2 Qh3 $44 {1/2-1/2 (37) Caruana,F 
(2844)-Gelfand,B (2748) Baku 2014}) (13. O-O-O $5 {This is a very sharp idea
tested just recently:} Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. g4 $1 Rfc8 16. Rc1 hxg4 17. fxg4 Ne4
$5 (17... a5 18. g5 Ne4 19. Qd3 Nec5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Qd1 Qe7 (21... e4 $5 22.
Bd4 (22. h4 Bxb2 $1 $19) (22. c3 b5 (22... a4 23. a3 Nb3 24. Rc2 $16) 23. h4 b4
24. Bd4 $36) 22... Nd3 $1 23. Bxg7 Nxc1 24. Bf6 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Qc4 $13) (21...
a4 22. a3 e4 23. h4 {similar to the game}) 22. h4 a4 23. a3 e4 24. h5 Qe5 25.
c3 $16 Nb3 26. Rc2 Qg3 27. Qg1 Qxg1+ 28. Rxg1 $14 {1-0 (54) Dominguez Perez,L 
(2726)-Bacrot,E (2718) Beijing (rapid) 2014}) 18. Qd3 Ndc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20.
Qd1 Ne4 21. Qe1 (21. Bd3 Nc3+ $1 $17) 21... a5 22. c4 a4 23. h4 a3 24. b3 Qe7
25. h5 Nc5 26. Rc2 e4 27. h6 Be5 $13) 13... b6 14. Rae1 O-O 15. c4 Rc8 16. h3 {
White has to prevent certain ideas.} (16. Na1 e4 17. f4 Ng4 $13) 16... Nh7 17.
Na1 $5 {Perhaps new at this moment but not as an idea. White wants to play b4
Nb3 or Nc2-Nb4.} a5 18. Nc2 Bf6 19. Na3 Bh4 20. Rb1 f5 21. Nb5 {We have got to
a position which both players wanted.} f4 22. Bf2 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nc5 24. Qc2
Qf6 25. b3 {With the obvious idea a3 b4.} Ng5 26. Bd3 (26. a3 e4 $1 27. b4 axb4
28. axb4 e3 29. Rff1 Nd7 30. Ra1 Ra8 $13) 26... Kg7 27. a3 Nf7 {A possible
pawn sacrifice, but it seems it doesn't work.} (27... e4 28. Bxe4 Rce8 29. Bd3
Re3 30. Bf1 {all the black pieces are on good squares but with b4 in the air
White is in a position to repulse the pressure and remain a pawn up.}) 28. b4
Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Qf5 $1 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Rc2 Kf6 {It looked better to take on b4
at once:} (31... axb4 32. Rxb4 (32. axb4 Kf6 $13) 32... Rc5 33. a4 Ra8 34. Kf2
Kf6 $11) 32. bxa5 $1 bxa5 33. Na7 Rb8 34. Rb5 $1 a4 35. Nc6 Rbc8 36. c5 dxc5
37. Rb6 $14 Nd6 $1 38. Na5 Ke7 39. Nc6+ Kf6 40. Na7 Rcd8 41. Rxc5 e4 {Black
defends well; he now opens up the e5-square for the king.} 42. Ra5 Rd7 43. Raa6
Ke5 44. Nc6+ Kxd5 45. Ra5+ Ke6 46. fxe4 ({The alternative was far more
challenging:} 46. Nd4+ $1 Ke7 47. Re5+ Kf7 48. Ra6 Rb8 49. Nxf5 Nc4 $1 50. Nh6+
Kg7 51. Rg5+ Kh7 52. Nf5 Rb1+ 53. Kh2 Nb6 $1 $14 {Black is holding but just
with computer accuracy.}) 46... fxe4 47. Rxh5 Rf6 48. Nd4+ Ke7 49. Nc6+ Ke6 50.
Nd4+ Ke7 51. Re5+ Kf7 52. Rd5 Ke8 {White still has pressure but Black's
chances of finding the right moves are rather high.} 53. Rb8+ Kf7 54. Nb5 Ke6
55. Nc3 f3 $1 {Now Black is not even worse any longer.} 56. Rb6 Rg6 57. g4 Rh6
58. Kh2 f2 59. Rf5 e3 60. Kg2 Rc7 61. Nd5 Kd7 62. Re5 Rc5 63. Rb1 Nc4 $1 $19 {
White pushed really hard only to find himself in a serious problem now. Such a
dramatic game where every move can bring advantage to either side!} 64. Rf5 Kd6
65. Rb8 Re6 $2 {The last mistake and after which the game ends in a draw.} (
65... Rxd5 $1 66. Rd8+ Ke7 67. Rdxd5 Re6 $1 68. Rxf2 e2 $1 69. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 70.
Kg1 Re3 $19) 66. Rd8+ Kc6 67. Rc8+ Kd6 68. Rd8+ Kc6 69. Rc8+ Kd6 70. Rd8+ {
A very fighting game in which both sides made mistakes, but a really
interesting one.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O Re8 11. b3 {The whole line is harmless, and the text
move doesn't change the evaluation.} (11. Nf4 {is the most common continuation:
} c6 12. b3 (12. f3 c5 $1 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rxe1+
17. Qxe1 Na4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Bd2 Nd7 {1/2 (20) Petrosian,T-Szabo,
L Amsterdam/Leeuwarden 1956 Candidates [ChessBase]}) 12... Bd6 (12... Bf8 13.
Nd3 a5 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 a4 19. b4 Nc4
$132 {1/2 (71) Giorgadze,G-Emms,J (2500) Muenster 1995}) 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. Bb2 h5
15. h4 Qe7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Be4 18. Nef4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 g6 20. f3 Qc7 21.
Qc2 Nbd7 22. Re2 Re7 23. Rae1 Rde8 $11 {1/2 (40) Smyslov,V (2605)-Farago,I 
(2460) Szolnok 1975}) 11... h6 {Two other, more straightforward continuations,
seen in practice long ago, are probably even more convincing:} (11... Bf5 $5
12. f3 c5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf4 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Bd6 {
'with the idea' Bh2, Qc7} 18. h3 Bb8 19. Bd2 Qd6 20. f4 Rcd8 $132 {0-1 (35)
Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2485)-Chandler,M (2560) Novi Sad 1990}) (11... a5 $5
12. a4 (12. Bd2 Bf5 13. a4 c6 14. f3 Bb4 15. Re1 h5 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Bf1 Bd6 18.
h4 Re7 19. Nce2 Qc7 20. Nc1 Nbd7 21. Ncd3 Rae8 $36 {1-0 (40) Bilek,I (2490)
-Planinec,A (2510) Skopje 1971}) 12... Bb4 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bd2 h6 16.
Re1 Bh7 17. Ng3 Nbd7 $15 {1/2 (33) Spassky,B-Petrosian,T Amsterdam/Leeuwarden
1956}) 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bb2 Bb4 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Qd1 Bd6 {
Black's pieces are placed very well, and it is difficult for White to get
active play.} 18. Re1 Nbd7 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nb8 $5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Yb8a6]
} 21. Ra2 Na6 22. Rae2 Re7 23. Ne5 Nb4 24. e4 {[%mdl 256] Probably a correct
decision. White gets a slightly inferior position with an isolated central
pawn but easily holds it.} dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qd5 28.
R4e3 {It is important that Black's a5-pawn is vulnerable, and White can attack
it by means of Ne5-c4.} b5 29. Ng4 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Qe4 31. Ng4 Qc2 32. Ne3 Qe4 (
32... Qxd1 33. Rxd1 Rd8 34. Kf1 $11 Nd5 35. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6]}) 33. Ng4 Qc2 34.
Ne3 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Facing the defending champion is always difficult and I was expecting a long
fight.} 1. e4 e5 $1 2. Nf3 Nc6 $1 {In my opinion this is the way to meet 1.e4.
After many millions of chessgames in the past and being played right now, I
think we can draw a conclusion (at least statistically) as to what are the
best moves in the opening. The exclamation marks are entirely subjective and
might be unnecessary.} 3. d4 {After spending a long time trying to find
anything against the Berlin and the Marshall, I finally gave up and for this
game I decided to look for other paths to an advantage.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {
A sign of the flexibility Black has from the variations arising from 1...e5.} (
{I thought Levon would go for} 4... Bc5 {which is Sargissian's pet variation.})
5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 ({Maybe White has nothing here as
well but I thought it's a better try than} 8. c4 Ba6 {all the recent games
here showed Black has no problems.}) 8... Rb8 {This move caught me by surprise.
Levon's experience and knowledge of 1.e4 e5 is proving itself very useful.} ({
The main move is} 8... g6) 9. c4 (9. Nf3 Qb4+ {is excellent as the b2-pawn is
vulnerable.}) 9... Nf4 (9... Nb4 10. Nf3 c5 11. g3 d6 12. Bg2 {This I saw
during the game. Black might win the pawn on e5, but remain undeveloped with
the rest of his pieces.}) 10. Qe3 (10. Qe4 g5 $1 {is an example of what we
might call modern day preparation. Or maybe its just a matter of positional
understanding. Once Black manages to develop his bishops he will control the
centre.}) 10... Ng6 11. f4 f6 12. Qxa7 {I spent a lot of time here and decided
it's not everyday I can gobble up a free a-pawn, but I missed something in my
calculations.} ({I thought} 12. g3 {was strong. Now Black cannot take on e5
because 13.f5 traps the knight. But I was wrong.} {After} d5 $1 (12... Qc5 13.
Qxc5 Bxc5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nb3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 (16. Bd2) 16... a5 17. c5 a4 18.
a3) (12... d6 13. Qxa7) 13. Qxa7 Rb6 14. Bg2 Qc5 {Black prevents castling.} (
14... fxe5 15. O-O e4 16. Nb3)) 12... Rb7 13. Qf2 (13. Qa8 $2 Kd8 14. c5 Nxf4 {
White's queen doesn't look very happy on a8 and after} 15. Ba6 Qxe5+ 16. Kd1
Nxg2 17. Bxb7 Ne3+ 18. Ke2 Ng4+ 19. Kf3 Bxc5 20. Qxc8+ Ke7 21. Qxh8 Qf5+ $19 {
White gets mated. Of course none of this is forced.}) 13... fxe5 14. f5 Nf4 {
I thought for a long time but the best move was very difficult to find. This
could be a good opportunity to have this position as a puzzle with "White to
play and find the best move".} 15. Qf3 $6 ({Very strong for White:} 15. a3 $1
d5 (15... Qc5 16. Qf3) (15... Qf7 16. g3 Nh5 17. b4 Be7 (17... d5 18. Bb2 e4
19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Ba6) 18. Be2 O-O 19. O-O Nf6 20. Bb2 d6 21. Qg2 Ra7 22. g4 h6
23. Bf3 Bb7 24. h3 Qe8 25. Nb3) (15... Nh5 16. b4) (15... Qd6 16. Qf3) 16. g3
Nh5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ba6 c6 (18... Rb8 19. Qa7) (18... c5 19. Bxb7 Bxb7) 19.
Qe2 Nf6 20. Nf3 e4 21. Nd4) 15... Qf7 {Now Black is totally fine and can
almost seize the initiative.} 16. g3 Nh5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. g4 $1 {I have to
fight back with my pawns and pieces. The f6-knight is very well placed and I
have to dislodge it.} (18. Qe3 Bb4 19. Qxe5+ $2 Kd8 20. Qf4 Re8 $17 {all
Black's pieces come to life.}) 18... d5 (18... h6 19. Qh3 {intending g5 is
also complex.}) 19. g5 e4 20. Qh3 Ng8 $2 {A huge blunder by Levon which loses
instantly. I think he missed that the c8-bishop is unprotected.} ({He was
intending to play} 20... Nd7 {when the position is very unclear and all 3
results would have been very possible. I don't want to give a concrete
analysis as there are a lot of possible variations but one example is:} 21. Bh5
g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxh8 Nc5 24. O-O Bxf5 25. Nb3 Kd7 26. Be3 Nxb3 27. axb3
Bg7 (27... Qg7 28. Qh6 $1) 28. Qa8 Rxb3 29. Ra7 {when a perpetual check is
likely to happen.}) 21. Bh5 g6 22. fxg6 Bxh3 23. gxf7+ Kd7 24. fxg8=Q (24. b3
$1 {is even more accurate but it's a move for computers.}) 24... Rxg8 25. Rg1 {
White is simply a clear piece up but Levon kept on playing. It's not over
until it's over.} Bd6 (25... Bc5 26. Rg3 Be6 27. Nb3 Bd6 28. Rg2) 26. cxd5 $1
cxd5 27. Bf7 Rf8 (27... Bxh2 28. Bxg8 Bxg1 29. Bxd5) 28. Bxd5 Rb4 29. g6 hxg6
30. Rxg6 Rd4 31. Bxe4 {Now Black is a piece and a pawn down.} Re8 32. Kf2 Rf8+
(32... Rdxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Be3 {is definitely lost in the long run, so
Levon decides to avoid any exchanges.}) 33. Ke1 {The point is to gain time on
the clock and reach move 40.} Re8 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Ke3 c5 36. Rg7+ Kd8 37. Ke2
Bc8 38. Bf3 Ba6+ 39. Kf2 Rh4 40. Nf1 Kc8 {Finally we reached the time control
with White keeping all his advantages. Now I can take all the time in the
world to figure out the quickest win.} 41. Be3 Rh3 42. Nd2 Rxh2+ 43. Kg1 Rxd2
44. Bg4+ Kb8 45. Bxd2 Be5 46. Re7 Bd4+ 47. Be3 Rg8 48. Bxd4 Rxg4+ 49. Kf2 Rxd4
50. Rh1 Bb7 (50... Rd2+ 51. Ke3 $2 Re2+ {this might happen in a tournament
such as the World Blitz, which will start a few months from now~!}) 51. Rh8+
Ka7 52. Ke3 Rb4 53. b3 c4 54. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Nb8 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. d4 a5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Be3 c5 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bb5 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. c3 bxc3
22. bxc3 Kh8 23. Nd2 Nd5 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. Nc4 Bf6 26. f3 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28.
Nd2 c4 29. Ne4 Rd3 30. Nxf6 Qb6+ 31. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qh5 {This variation
in the modern 4...Bb4 defence is well known, but the method of gaining
advantage for White remains well hidden. What is known is the latest trend to
try for more than the minumum with an aggressive queen move.} (13. Bd3 $5 Nc6
14. Nb3 Rfd8 (14... Na5 15. Rc7 Nxb3 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Qxb3 $14)
15. a3 Ba5 16. Nd6 Be8 17. Nxe8 Qxe8 18. Nxa5 Nxa5 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. b4 Nc6 21.
Be4 $11 {1/2 (86) Gupta,A (2638)-Parligras,M (2574) Abu Dhabi 2014}) (13. a3
Ba5 14. Qh5 Bb6 15. Rfd1 (15. Nb5 Bc6 16. Nbc3 Nd7 17. Bb5 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rfd8
19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. Qh4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 {1/2 (21) Le Roux,J (2551)-Cornette,M 
(2552) Belfort 2012}) 15... Rd8 (15... Nc6 16. Nf3 {1/2 (16) Solak,D (2564)
-Delchev,A (2637) Vrsac 2006}) 16. Nd6 Be8 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Qf3 Rd8 19. Bb5 a6
20. Ba4 a5 21. Nf5 exf5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxb7 Na6 24. Rd1 Qb8 $17 {1/2 (57)
Grachev,B (2610)-Dizdar,G (2548) Plovdiv 2008}) (13. Qb3 Bc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15.
Bb5 Ne5 16. a3 Ba5 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Qb5 Rd5 19. Rc5 Rad8 20. Qxa5 b6 21. Rxd5
bxa5 22. Rxe5 $16 {0-1 (39) Ivanov,S (2570)-Greenfeld,A (2530) Beersheba 1998})
13... Nc6 14. Nb3 Be8 $146 {[%mdl 4] The women's world champion plays
extremely well and thus needs to study openings at a high level. Her move is a
novelty and an attempt to slightly improve on the play of Anand from Bilbao.} (
14... f5 15. a3 (15. Nec5 Be8 16. Qf3 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Bf7 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Nd3
Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Be8 $11) 15... fxe4 (15... Ne5 16. Be2 (16. axb4 Nxc4 17. Rxc4
Bb5 18. Ned2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxb4 20. Ncd2 a5 $15) 16... Be8 17. Qh3 Bc6 (17...
fxe4 18. axb4 Bc6 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Qg3 Qf6 $11) 18. axb4 Bxe4 $11 {1/2 (42)
Ramirez,A (2591)-Cornette,M (2545) Cappelle la Grande 2012}) 16. axb4 Nxb4 17.
Nc5 (17. Qc5 Rfe8 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. Nxe6 Kh7 21. Rfd1 Rc8) (17. Qg6
Nd3 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11) 17... Nd3 18. Nxd3 (18. Nxd7
Qxd7 19. Qg4 Rae8 20. Rc2 Nb4 21. Rd1 Qf7 22. Rcd2 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Rd4 b5
25. Be2 Nd3 $11) 18... exd3 19. Bxd3 (19. Rcd1 Bc6 20. Rxd3 Rad8 21. Qg6 Rxd3
22. Bxd3 Rd8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 19... Bc6 20. Rc4 Rf6 (20... Qf6 $5 21. Rf4 Qxb2
22. Rd4 (22. Rg4 Rad8 23. Qxh6 Rxd3 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Qc8+ Rf8 $11) 22... Rad8
23. Qg6 Rxd4 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. exd4 Qxd4 26. Qg6 Kg8 $11) 21. Be4 (21. Rd1 $5
Rd8 22. Bc2 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 $11) 21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Qe2 Rf5 24. h3 Rfd5
25. Qg4 R8d6 26. Rc1 {1-0 (46) Aronian,L (2804)-Anand,V (2785) Bilbao 2014}) (
14... Rfd8 $5 15. a3 Bd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfd1 Qe5 18. Qe2 Ne7 $11) 15. a3 f5
16. Qe2 (16. Qh3 Na5 17. Nd4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Ba5 19. Nc5 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Bb6 21. b4
$11) 16... Bxa3 {It seems logical to presume, that the bishop move was
discovered in the preparation of the whole line. Fortunately for White the
position will remain playable for him, but objectively close to equality even
after an immediate 16...fxe4.} (16... fxe4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. Nxe4
Rfd8 $11) 17. bxa3 fxe4 18. Nc5 (18. Qg4 Rf6 19. Nc5 Kh8 (19... Bf7 20. Bb5 Rc8
21. Qxe4 Bg6 22. Qa4 Be8 23. Rfd1 $14) 20. Bb3 Rd8 $11) 18... Ne5 $5 {In my
humble opinion only this move represents the key idea of the whole line
introduced by the novelty 14...Be8. Hou is prepearing the move of the knight
to f3 with serious counterplay against the white kingside.} 19. Ba2 (19. Bxe6+
Kh8 20. Bd5 Nf3+ $1 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qxd5 23. fxe4 (23. Nxe4 $2 Bh5 24.
Rc5 Bxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxc5 $19) 23... Bh5 24. exd5 Bxe2 25. Ne6 Rf6 26. f4 Bxf1
27. Rxf1 Re8 $11) 19... Nf3+ 20. Kh1 (20. gxf3 $2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 exf3 $19) 20...
Qh4 {Interesting and good play usually means, that some of the attractive
options remain behind the curtains. Black could consider a more conservative
approach with 20...Ng5!?} (20... Ng5 $5 21. Qc4 Bc6 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxe6+
Qxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh7 $11) 21. gxf3 (21. h3 Kh8 22. Qb2 (22. Nxe6 Bd7 23. Qb2 Bxe6
24. Bxe6 Qe7 $11) 22... Ng5 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bxe6 Bc6 $11) 21... Bh5 22. Bxe6+
Kh8 23. Bg4 $1 {So is a man of the moment! Not only has he decided to live in
the USA, but also to become one of the best players in the world. His feeling
for positions is simply outstanding, even though in this game he had to live
with some danger.} exf3 24. Qb2 Bxg4 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. Qd4 {Both players have
displayed an enviable level of masterful play. Even the computer finds only
two moments, when the chosen moves could have been marginally improved upon. A
safer way to full equality seems to be promised by the move 26.Rc4!?} (26. Rc4
$5 h5 27. Rb4 Rc8 28. Nd3 (28. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 29. Nxb7 Qe7 $17) 28... Qf6 29.
Qxf6 gxf6 30. Nf4 Rc5 $11) 26... h5 27. Nd3 Rd8 (27... Rd7 28. Qe4 Rxd3 29.
Qxd3 Qxf2 30. Rc7 Qb2 31. Rf7 Qe5 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. exd4 Kg8 34. Rf4 $11) 28.
Qe4 Qe7 {Once again the engine grumbles a bit about the immediate queen
exchange and suggests improving the black king first.} (28... Kg8 $5 29. Rg3
Qe7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Nf4 Rd2 32. h3 Bf5 33. Kg1 h4 34. Rg5 Be4 $15) 29. Qxe7
Rxe7 30. Nf4 Kh7 31. Rc5 (31. h3 Bf5 32. Nxh5 Rd2 33. Rc5 Bg6 34. Rcg5 Bxh5 35.
Rxh5+ Kg8 36. Rf1 Ra2 37. Rb5 Rxa3 38. Rfb1 b6 39. Kh2 $15) 31... g6 32. h3 Bf5
33. Nxh5 $1 {The new "American"star has a very sharp eye and the tactical
shots represent the minimal level of his skills.} Bxh3 34. Kh2 Bf5 (34... Bc8
35. Nf4 Bf5 36. Kg3 Rd2 $11) 35. Nf6+ Kh6 36. e4 Rf8 (36... Rf7 37. Ng4+ Bxg4
38. Rxg4 Rd1 $11) 37. e5 b6 38. Rd5 Kg7 39. Kg3 Be6 (39... Rh8 40. Kxf3 Rc7 41.
Rd6 $11) 40. Rh1 $1 Bg8 {The firs lady of chess even has to be careful, since
White has managed to create a superhero on f6.} 41. Kf4 Rc8 42. Rd4 (42. Nxg8
Kxg8 43. Kxf3 Rf7+ 44. Ke3 Rc3+ 45. Ke4 Rc4+ 46. Rd4 Rxd4+ 47. Kxd4 Rxf2 48. e6
$11) 42... b5 43. Re1 a5 {Black is not prepared just to watch how White is
skillfully improving his position. The counterplay with the queenside pawn
majority will certainly tie down some forces of her dangerous opponent.} (43...
Bf7 44. Kxf3 Rc5 45. Rde4 g5 46. Kg4 Kg6 $11) 44. Kxf3 Rc3+ 45. Kf4 (45. Ke4
Bb3 $11) 45... Rxa3 46. Nxg8 Kxg8 47. e6 Ra4 {Computers can be confident and
suggest the equalising line that seems pretty dangerous when people are
playing over the board. Hou is exchanging rooks and making sure that the
danger of losing will be very small.} (47... Kf8 48. Ke5 Rf3 49. Rh1 Rf5+ 50.
Kd6 Ra7 51. Rh8+ Kg7 52. Rdh4 Ra6+ 53. Ke7 Ra7+ $11) 48. Rxa4 bxa4 49. Ke5 Kg7
50. Kd6 Kf8 51. Rc1 {White might have been a bit tired after all the commotion,
he might have missed the more unpleasant line for Black after 51.Rh1!} (51. Rh1
$1 Ra7 52. Rh8+ Kg7 53. Rd8 Ra6+ 54. Ke5 a3 55. Rd7+ Kg8 56. Kf6 a2 57. Rd8+
Kh7 58. Rd1 Kg8 59. Ra1 a4 60. Rxa2 a3 61. f4 Kf8 62. Rc2 Kg8 $11) 51... Re8
52. Ke5 a3 53. Kf6 a2 $1 (53... Rb8 54. Rc5 $1 Ra8 55. Rc2 $14) 54. Ra1 Rb8 55.
f4 (55. Rxa2 Rb5 56. Kxg6 Ke7 57. Re2 a4 58. f4 Rb8 $11) 55... Rb4 (55... Rb2
$1 56. Rh1 Kg8 57. Ra1 Kf8 $11) 56. f5 gxf5 (56... Rb2 57. Rh1 Rh2 58. Rd1 Rd2
$11) 57. Rxa2 Rh4 $1 {Not a bad example of truly fighting chess. Tje world
champion finds the best defence and the game will finally come to a fully
justified draw.} 58. Rd2 (58. Rxa5 Rh6+ 59. Ke5 Rh1 $11) 58... Rh6+ 59. Ke5 Rh1
60. Kd6 Ke8 61. Rg2 Rd1+ 62. Ke5 Rh1 63. Rg6 Ke7 64. Rg7+ Ke8 65. Kf6 Rh6+ 66.
Ke5 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 {The Italian Game has a lot of
similarities with the Spanish, but due to the reduced pressure on the center
it gives Black freer development.} a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Bd5 {A strange move for
sure. It's as if White is taking the long way on playing the Spanish! The
simple move 7...d6 looks acceptable, but So has other ideas.} Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7
9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nf3 Nxd5 {Black does have the pair of bishops, but White has a
very slight initiative. He has to use these few moves to create something.} 11.
Bg5 f6 12. Re1+ Kf7 {Brave! The point is simply that once Black finishes
development he will enjoy the pair of bishops.} 13. Qb3 Be6 14. c4 $6 (14. Rxe6
$5 Kxe6 15. Nbd2 c6 16. Bh4 {gives White some obvious compensation as the king
is on e6 and there are threats against b7 and potentially d6. However it is
unclear if it really justifies being down the exchange.}) (14. Bd2 $13) 14...
fxg5 15. cxd5 Bd7 {After Jobava's decision Black's king looks exposed, but he
is only a couple of moves away from safety. Once Black plays Rf8 and Kg8 he
will have a strong initiative with his bishops and a weak f2 pawn.} 16. Nc3 (
16. Qxb7 Bb6 {simply traps the queen with Ra7 next move.}) 16... g4 {precise.}
(16... Rf8 $6 17. Ne4 g4 18. Nfg5+ Kg8 19. Ne6 $1 {is nowhere near as clear.})
17. Nd2 Rf8 18. Nce4 Kg8 19. Rac1 b5 {Simply defending the b-pawn and
restricting White's knights. Black is clearly better.} 20. Qc3 Bb6 21. a4 bxa4
22. Nc4 Ba7 23. Na5 Qh4 {The attack on the kingside rages on. The pressure is
mounting slowly.} 24. Rc2 Rf7 25. Qxc7 Bb5 $2 {Actually a serious mistake.
Wesley must ha ve underestimated the simple retreat here.} (25... Bf5 $1 {
it's strange why Black did not go for this line.} 26. Qxf7+ {looks forced.} (
26. Qxd6 Bxe4 27. g3 Rxf2 $1 28. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qxh2+ {and White is not
totally lost yet, but very close to that.}) 26... Kxf7 27. Nxd6+ Kf8 28. Nxf5
Qd8 {and even though technically White has enough material for the queen, his
coordination just is not there and Black will take both the d5 and d3 pawns.})
26. Qxd6 $2 (26. Qc3 $1 {asks the simple quesion: how is Black going to defend
d6? bringing the queen back looks too passive as it loses the pressure on f2,
but what else to do?}) 26... Bxd3 {Now the attack crashes through.} 27. g3 Qh5
28. Rc7 Re8 $1 {The pin on the e4-knight is deadly.} 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nc6 Rf7
31. Qb4 Ref8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. f4 gxf3 {White is down too much material and he
has no real th reats.} 34. Nf2 Be2 35. d6 Qb5 36. Qd4 Qd7 37. Rc1 Rf6 38. Rc6
Bb5 39. Rb6 Qe6 {Despite the one inaccuracy from So, it was a very nice game.}
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfc8 16. Bf1 g6 17. Bg2 Rab8 18. f4 b5 19. Ne2 Nce4 20. R6d4
Nc5 21. Bf3 Kf8 22. Kg2 h6 23. b3 a6 24. h3 Ke7 25. e4 Kf8 26. Ng3 Ng8 27. Rd6
a5 28. f5 gxf5 29. exf5 Ne7 30. Bg4 Nd5 31. fxe6 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 Ncxe6 33. Ne4 a4
34. Rd7 Rb6 35. Bxe6 Nxe6 36. h4 axb3 37. axb3 Nc5 38. Rc1 Rbc6 39. Nxc5 Rxc5
40. Rxc5 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{Avoiding the Marshall is a common choice for White.} Bb7 9. d3 d5 $1 {It
seems that this gambit at this place is totally sound as we will see further
in the text.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 {An interesting choice; alternatives
have been preferred but as we will see a very interesting idea is connected
with the main move in the text.} (11... f6 12. c4 (12. a3 Kh8 13. Ne4 Na5 (
13... Qd7 $5 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rad1 $13) 14. Ba2 c5 15. c3 c4 16.
d4 f5 17. Neg5 e4 18. Ne6 Qe8 19. Nxf8 exf3 20. Ne6 Qg6 21. Qxf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 
(34) Al Modiahki,M (2549)-Negi,P (2645) Tromso 2014. Black overpushed, but he
still managed to escape with a draw.}) (12. c3 Kh8 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. Nb3 a5 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Ncb4 17. Rxa5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nbd2 g5 $5
21. Nh2 Rd8 $44 {0-1 (48) Anand,V (2786)-Caruana,F (2774) Moscow 2013}) 12...
bxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 $5 (14... Na5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxb3 17. Qxb3
Bxd4 18. Qxb7 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qb3 Rab8 22. Qa3 Qb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (47) Adams,M (2729)-Bacrot,E (2705) Baku 2008}) 15. Bxe3 Kh8 16. Bc5
Re8 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Ba4 Red8 19. Qb3 Qf7 $1 $13) (11... Nf4 12. Ne4 Na5 13.
Bxf4 exf4 14. d4 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. c4 Bb4 18. Nc3 bxc4 19.
bxc4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Re4 Qd2 22. Re2 Qd4 23. Re4 Qd2 24. Re2 Qd4 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Giri,A (2737)-Tomashevsky,E (2703) Elancourt 2013. Black was fine.
}) 12. Nxe5 $6 {We can consider this now as a rather suspicious move.
Alternatives are better but also don't give White anything.} (12. Ne4 Kh8 13.
Ng3 f6 14. c3 Rad8 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. a3 $11) (12. a4
Rad8 ({Black can play safe here} 12... f6 $5 13. c3 Kh8 {with unclear play})
13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Nf4 16. Ne4 $1 (16. Qg4 Nxg2 17. Qxd7 Rxd7
18. Rxb5 Bc6 19. Rba5 Nf4 $44 {0-1 (20) Guliyev,N (2557)-Ragger,M (2651)
Wroclaw (blitz) 2014}) 16... Ng6 (16... Nxg2 17. Qg4 Nh4 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Bg5
$16) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Nh4 19. Qg4 $16) (12. Nf1 $5 $146 Bf6 (12... f6 13.
c4 $1 $18) 13. N1h2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. c3 $13) 12... Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nf4 $1
14. Nf3 Nxg2 $1 15. Kxg2 a5 $1 {A key point of the black sacrifice, a nice
idea indeed! It had been worked out by computers and it had already been
tested in tounaments as well, for that reason it is really suprising that
Ivanchuk was not aware of that.} 16. Rxe7 {Confronted with something new this
was Ivanchuk's reaction over the board, but it doesn't help much either.} (16.
a4 Ra6 17. Qe2 Rg6+ 18. Kh2 Bd6 19. Nh4 Bxe5+ 20. Qxe5 Re8 21. Qf4 Rf6 22. Qg3
Re1 23. Bh6 Rxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxa1 25. Nf5 Rh1+ 26. Kg3 Bc8 $17 {1/2-1/2 (37)
Guliyev,N (2556)-Gustafsson,J (2636) Baden-Baden 2014}) (16. c3 Ra6 17. d4 Rg6+
18. Kh2 Rf6 19. d5 Bd6 20. Kg2 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxe5 $15) 16... Qxe7 17. c3 Ra6
18. d4 Rf6 {Black is completely winning already, and he could have done it
even more simply.} (18... Rg6+ 19. Kf1 Qd7 20. Ne5 Qxh3+ 21. Ke2 a4 22. Bc2 Rg2
23. Be3 f6 $19) 19. d5 a4 20. Bc2 Rd8 21. Qe1 Qd7 22. Ng5 h6 23. Ne4 Rg6+ 24.
Kh2 f5 25. Ng3 Qxd5 26. Qg1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5
15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxc5 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc1 Bg4 21.
Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Ne5 24. Rb1 Rac8 25. h3 Rfd8 26. Rff1 Nd3 27.
Rb7 Nc5 28. Re7 Bf8 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rexf7 Rxc3 31. Nb1 Rc2 32. Kh1 Bg7 33.
Na3 Rxa2 34. Nc4 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. e5 Bc5 37. g4 Rc2 38. Nd6 Re2 39. Ra1
Rxe5 40. Nb7 Be7 41. Rxa6 Kg7 42. Nd6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Bxh4 9. Qb3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bh2 Bxg4 12. Qxb7 Qe7 13. Qxa8 Qxe3+ 14. Be2
Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 Bh4 16. Qxb8+ Kf7 17. Nd1 Bxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 Qxe2 20.
Bg3 Qg4 21. Kg2 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 Qg4 23. Kg2 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 exd4 13. cxd4 Qd7 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Ng5 Nd8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ndf3 h6 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. Qd2 dxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qf5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Bd5 24. g4 Qf6 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Nc6 27.
Nf3 Rd8 28. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 {An ambitious way, 4...Be7 is safer.} 5.
O-O ({A complicated position follows} 5. b4 Bxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Rb8 $1 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qxa7 Rb6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. d3 Bg4 13. Qc2 Qe7 $15 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Karjakin,S (2771)-Anand,V (2785) Dubai UAE 2014; doubled pawns in
the c-file help Black to control the centre. White's a-pawn is not very
dangerous. Black will block it by ...Ra6.}) 5... c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8.
d3 (8. Re1 Bd6 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Ne4
Bf8 15. c5 a4 16. Bd2 (16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. cxd6 Ra6 $13) 16... Qc7 17. Qc4 $6 b5
$1 18. cxb6 (18. Qxb5 $2 Ba6 19. Qxa4 Bxd3 $17) 18... Nxb6 19. Qc1 Nd5 $15 {
Wojtaszek,R (2724)-Oleksienko,M (2618) Lublin POL 2014 1/2-1/2 (47)}) 8... Bd6
(8... h6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. a3 a5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qc2 a4 14. c5 Qc7
15. Rfe1 e5 $5 (15... Ra5 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 Ra4 $13) 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rad1
Ra6 18. Re2 e4 19. Rxe4 Nxc5 20. Rh4 Rd8 $11 {Fressinet,L (2709)-Parligras,M 
(2572) Yerevan ARM 2014 1-0 (69)}) 9. Na3 e5 10. c5 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Nb5 (11.
c5 Bxc5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bxa3 $6 (13... Bg4 $5 14. Qb3 b6 $1 15. Nc4 (15.
Bxa8 $4 Qxa8 $19) 15... h6 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rc1 Qc7 $11) 14. bxa3 Be6 15. Bb2
Qb6 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. a4 Rc7 18. Rb5 Qd6 19. Qb4 $14 {Lorparizangeneh,S (2340)
-Antal,T (2292) Gyor HUN 2014 1/2-1/2 (61)}) 11... Bb8 $1 (11... Bb4 12. Bd2
Bxd2 13. Qxd2 a6 14. Na3 Qd6 (14... Re8 15. c5 $14 {with the Nc4, Nd6 following
}) 15. c5 Qxc5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Nfxe5 Ndxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. f4
$14 {Black's position is unpleasant.}) 12. Rb1 a6 13. Na3 Bf5 14. h3 (14. b4 e4
15. Nh4 Bg4) 14... Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. Nh4 Qf6 $6 (16... Be6 17. b5 Nb4 18. Bxb7
Ra7 19. Bg2 Nc5 20. Bf1 Nxa2 $15) 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. b5 $14 {Javakhishvili,L 
(2486)-Kuchava,A (2122) Tbilisi GEO 2015 1-0 (57)}) 10... Bxc5 ({Black should
take the pawn, if he plays} 10... Bc7 $6 {he will get a worse position after}
11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Nc4 $16 {and White's
position is much better.}) 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Re1 $5 {An ambitious decision, as
an alternative we can examine} (12. Nfxe5 Ndxe5 13. Re1 f6 14. Bxc6+ $5 bxc6
15. Nxe5 O-O (15... fxe5 16. Rxe5+ Be7 17. Bg5 $18) 16. Qb3+ Qd5 17. Nxc6 Qxb3
18. axb3 Bd7 $44) 12... O-O $6 {For better or worse Wesley should have tried
to keep the extra pawn.} (12... f6 13. Nh4 O-O $2 (13... g6 $8 14. a3 Nb6 $1 (
14... O-O $6 15. b4 Be7 16. Bh6 Re8 17. b5 $1 (17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Rac1 $44) 17...
Ncb8 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Bf7 Nc5 20. f4 $1 Bf8 $6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23.
Nxg6+ Kg7 24. Nxf8 Qxf8 25. fxe5 $16) 15. b4 Be7 16. b5 Nb8 17. f4 Nxc4 18.
dxc4 Nd7 19. Nf3 $44) 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 16. Qg4 $18) 13. Nfxe5
Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 $14 {It is obvious that Anish could be happy with
the result of the opening.} Qb6 (15... Bd6 16. Rd5 Qb6 ({maybe he should prefer
} 16... Be6 $5 17. Rxd4 Qb6 18. Rh4 h6 19. Be3) 17. Qa4 $16 {White will get an
extra pawn.}) 16. a4 $1 {A very strong move. Black should prevent a4-a5, but
after 16...a5 the b5-square is weak and White will play Rb5 after ...Bd6.} a5 (
16... Bd7 {Black's position is unpleasant after} 17. a5 Qc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Re4
$16 {White will gain a pawn.}) 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Rb5 $16 {In order to develop
the queenside Black needs to give up the b7-pawn.} Qe6 19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Bd5 $1 {
The strongest move, after} (20. Rxb7 Rac8 21. Rc7 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxc8
Rxc8 24. Qd2 Qc5 {Black has good chances to escape.}) 20... Qf6 (20... Qf5 21.
Be4 $1 Qe6 22. Rxb7 Rac8 23. Qd1 Rfe8 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qd5 $16) 21. Rxb7 {
A simple and good continuation.} ({Anish could have tried} 21. Be5 $5 Qf5 22.
Be4 Qe6 23. Rxb7 Rac8 24. Qd1 $16) 21... Rac8 22. Qd1 Be6 $6 ({It is worth
considering playing} 22... Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rb5 Qc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Rc1
Rxb2 27. Bd6 Re8 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Rc4 $14 {Despite the fact that he is pawn
down, Black has good chances to draw.}) 23. Rb6 $16 ({It was even stronger to
play} 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Bd2 Bxd2 (24... Rb8 $6 25. Bxb4 Rxb7 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27.
Qh5 $18) 25. Qxd2 Rc5 26. Rb5 $18 {with excellent chances to win the game.})
23... Rfe8 24. Bxe6 (24. Bb7 $5 Qd8 25. Rb5 Rc5 26. Rxc5 Bxc5 27. Bc6 $16)
24... Rxe6 25. Rc1 Rce8 (25... Rxc1 $2 26. Rb8+ $1 $18) 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Bd2
$1 {In comparison with the line 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Bd2 White's achievements
aren't so significant, but he still has a big advantage.} Bxd2 (27... Rb8 28.
Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Qh5 h6 30. Qxa5 Rxb2 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qxd4 $18) 28. Qxd2 Qf5 {
Wesley tries to create counterplay.} 29. Rc4 {This isn't the best solution.} (
29. Re1 $1 Rd8 (29... Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Kf8 31. Qe4 $18) 30. Re4 {and there is no
counterplay.}) 29... Qd5 30. b4 $6 (30. Qc1 $1 $16) 30... axb4 $6 (30... h5 $1
31. h4 (31. b5 $2 h4 32. Rc1 h3 33. f4 Qf3 34. Rf1 Qd5 {and White can't
improve his position.}) 31... Qf3 32. Rxd4 Re2 33. Rf4 $8 Qxg3+ 34. fxg3 Rxd2 {
with good chances to make a draw.}) 31. Qxb4 h5 32. Rxd4 Qf3 33. Re4 $18 Rd8
34. Re3 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Qxd3 {Black can create some threats, but
his position is lost.} 37. h4 g5 38. Qb8+ {Good decision.} (38. hxg5 {seems to
be the reliable way} Qd5+ 39. Kh2 Qxg5 40. a5 h4 41. gxh4 Qe5+ 42. Kg2 Qg7+ 43.
Kh3 $18) 38... Kg7 39. Qe5+ f6 40. Qe3 Qc4 41. hxg5 Qd5+ 42. Qf3 Qxg5 43. Qb7+
Kh6 44. Qa8 $1 Kg7 45. Qa7+ (45. a5 $1 h4 46. a6 hxg3 47. Qa7+ Kf8 48. Qe3 Qd5+
49. Qf3 $18) 45... Kg6 46. Qa8 Qf5 $1 (46... Kg7 47. a5 $1) 47. Qf3 Qe5 48. Kh2
{A waiting move.} Kf7 (48... h4 $2 49. Qg4+ Kf7 50. Qxh4) 49. Qb3+ Kg7 50. Qb4
Qc7 $1 {The best square for the queen.} 51. Qe4 Qc5 52. Kg2 Qg5 53. Qe7+ Kg6
54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kh6 56. Qd6 Kg6 57. Qd3+ Kg7 {Giri can't find how to
push the a-pawn.} 58. Qe4 Qc5 59. Qb7+ Kg6 60. Qb1+ Kg7 61. Qe4 Qg5 62. Qe7+ $1
{The queen is going to b5.} Kg6 63. Qe8+ Kg7 64. Qb5 Qg4 65. Qb7+ Kg6 66. Qb1+
Kg7 67. a5 h4 68. Qd3 $1 Qc8 (68... hxg3 $4 69. Qxg3) 69. a6 Qc6+ 70. Kh2 Qb6
71. Kg2 $2 {Expecting 71...Qc6+ 72.Kg2 Qb6.} (71. Kg1 hxg3 72. Qxg3+ Kf7 73.
Qd3 Kg7 74. Qd7+ Kg6 75. a7 $18) 71... h3+ $1 72. Kxh3 Qxf2 $16 {Now Wesley
has chances to save the game. White's king is misplaced on h3.} 73. Qc4 Kg6 74.
Qf4 Qg1 75. Qe4+ f5 76. Qg2 Qa1 $2 (76... Qe3 {and it is not easy to indicate
a good plan for White.} 77. Qa2 Qg1 78. a7 Qh1+ 79. Qh2 Qd1 $1 80. a8=Q Qh5+
81. Kg2 Qe2+ 82. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 77. Qc6+ Kg5 78. Kg2 Qa2+ 79. Kf3 Qa3+ 80. Ke2
Qa2+ 81. Kd3 Qb3+ 82. Qc3 Qd5+ 83. Qd4 Qb5+ 84. Qc4 Qb1+ 85. Kd2 Qb2+ 86. Ke3
Qa3+ (86... Qb6+ $5 87. Kd3 Qb1+ 88. Ke2 Qb2+ 89. Kf3 Qb1 $16) 87. Kf2 Qa5 88.
Qf4+ Kg6 89. Qd6+ Kh5 90. Ke3 (90. Qe6 $1 Kg5 91. Qe3+ Kg6 92. a7 $18) 90...
Qa4 ({The last chance was} 90... Kg4 $1 91. Kd4 Kh3 92. Kc4 Kg4 $16) 91. Kd2
Qb3 92. Qd3 Qa2+ 93. Ke3 $18 Kg5 94. Kf3 Qa1 95. Qd8+ Kh5 96. Qe8+ Kg5 97. Qe7+
Kg6 98. Qe6+ Kg5 99. Qe3+ Kf6 100. a7 Qf1+ 101. Qf2 Qh1+ 102. Ke2 Qe4+ 103. Qe3
Qc4+ 104. Ke1 Qb4+ 105. Kf1 Qb1+ 106. Kg2 Qb7+ 107. Kh2 Kf7 108. Qa3 Qa8 109.
Qb3+ Kg7 110. Qb8 Qf3 111. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I look forward to getting invited to Wijk aan Zee again next year. This
important tournament has had such a long and prestigious tradition that being
in a small and windy town for almost 20 days is totally worth it. Going into
the last round on the back of a loss against Anish Giri was tough, but at the
same time losses are inevitable. I told myself never to give up and just to
play my own game. Loek was also having a relatively unstable tournament, and
anything can happen for the last round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 {A
surprise. I don't recall Loek having played the Benoni recently before.} 4. d5
d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 (7... Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 {occurred in
a game of mine against John Bryant a month earlier. I suppose that this game
is what my opponent's prep is based upon.}) 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 (9. e3 {gives
Black an extra option of} Nh5) {The text restricts Black's options and here
Loek started to think.} 9... O-O 10. e3 Nh5 {The most direct plan, but it
simply does not work well. Black's undeveloped pieces on the queenside means
that his early offensive will fail.} (10... Re8 11. Nd2 {recent games show
that White is nevertheless slightly better here.}) 11. Bh2 f5 12. Be2 {The
most natural square for White's bishop.} f4 13. Qd2 {A slight inaccuracy as I
forgot my opening preparation.} ({Simply much better for White is:} 13. O-O Qe7
(13... fxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Qd3 Bh6 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nfd2 $16) 14. Qc2 Nd7 (
14... fxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3+ (15... Nd7 16. Qe4) 16. Kh1 Bf5 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rae1
$16) 15. Qe4 $1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh5 Bf5 18. Qf3 gxh5 19. Bxf4 Bg6 20.
Qg3 Bxf4 21. exf4 h4 22. Qg4) 13... Bh6 (13... fxe3 14. Qxe3 Re8 15. Qd2 Qe7
16. O-O Bxc3 17. Qxc3 $16 {this was the main idea. White is simply winning.})
14. e4 Bg7 (14... Nd7 {meets the powerful} 15. g4 fxg3 16. Qxh6 gxh2 17. Ng5 {
and I thought White is better here. Later analysis confirmed my assessment:}
Qe7 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Qe6+ Qxe6 20. dxe6 Nf6 21. e7 Re8 22. O-O-O Rxe7 23. Rxd6
$36 {White retains the initiative even in the ending.}) 15. O-O Nd7 16. Ne1 {
A typical regrouping. My only problem right now is my bishop on h2. Once it
gets freed my position will be almost winning.} Ndf6 $6 {This was dubious. But
Loek had been using a lot of time and I was kind of expecting mistakes would
come soon.} ({Black should have played} 16... Qg5 $142 17. Bxh5 (17. g4 Ne5 18.
Kh1 $2 Qh4 $19) 17... gxh5 18. Ne2 Bh6 19. f3 Ne5 20. Kh1 $13 {when Black has
great counterplay.}) 17. Nd3 Qe8 (17... c4 18. Nxf4 Bh6 19. Qe3 Qe8 20. Bf3 Qf7
21. Rad1 {White will slowly untangle and retain his extra pawn. e4-e5 is
threatened for example.}) (17... g5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 {does not help Black.
His knight on h5 is sidelined and the passed d-pawn could become very annoying.
}) 18. Rfe1 g5 (18... c4 19. Nb4 g5 20. Bxc4 g4 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nd3 g3 23. Nxe5
$1 gxh2+ 24. Kh1 $16 {This is one example, in which White's centralised pieces
more than compensate for his bishop.}) 19. e5 $1 {I had been preparing this
pawn break for a long time as it is clear it's the fastest way for White to
make progress.} dxe5 20. d6 Kh8 21. Bd1 $6 {As usual in Wijk, mistakes come
when players are in time trouble!} (21. Nxc5 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Rad1 {
is probably better. The d-pawn is quite annoying for Black.}) 21... g4 $2 {
Loek decides to go forward! But in doing so he sacrifices quite a lot of pawns.
} ({Black's only chance was to defend his own people with} 21... Nd7 {when
there is nothing concrete} 22. Nd5 (22. Ne4 c4 23. Nb4) 22... Qg6 23. Nc7 Rb8
24. Bxh5 Qxh5 25. Ne6 Qf7 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. f3 $13 {the position is very
unclear.}) (21... e4 22. Nxc5 Bf5 23. N3xe4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. d7 {this is
what I saw, when White is almost winning.}) 22. Rxe5 Qg6 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4
gxh3 25. Rg5 Qf7 26. Be5 {The bishop on h2 has awakened and is now very well
placed.} Bd7 $2 {The final mistake but White was winning anyway.} (26... Be6
27. Bf3 Rg8 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Rag8 31. Qh6 $18 {White's
centralised bishops dominate the board.}) 27. Bb3 $1 Be6 (27... Qxb3 28. Rxg7 {
removes the last of Black's defenders} Kxg7 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Bxf6+ Rxf6 31.
Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Re1 Rf8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Re7 $18) (27... c4 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29.
Rxg7) 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Re1 Qf7 (29... Rae8 30. Nd5) 30. Nd5 Nh5 {Losing very
quickly, but there was no defence anyway.} (30... Rae8 31. Nxf6 Bxf6 32. d7 Rd8
33. Qc3 $18) 31. Bxg7+ Nxg7 32. Re7 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 22nd"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van der Zwet, Bart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh7+ Kh8 11. Be4 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h4 Qc7 14. Bf4 f5 15.
exf6 Qxf4 16. fxe7 Re8 17. Qe4 Qxe4+ 18. Nxe4 Rxe7 19. O-O-O a5 20. Rd6 Ba6 21.
Rhd1 Ra7 22. b3 Rc7 23. h5 Bc8 24. Nh4 Kg8 25. Ng6 Re8 26. f4 e5 27. f5 Kf7 28.
R6d2 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 22nd"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rendle, Thomas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. c3 Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. Qh4 f6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Be3 exf4 12. Qxf4 Kh8 13. Nc2 b6 14. Qh4 g5 15.
Qg3 d5 16. a3 a5 17. Rad1 a4 18. h4 g4 19. h5 gxf3 20. h6 Bxh6 21. Bxh6 Rg8 22.
Qxf3 Rg6 23. Qh5 Qd7 24. Qh4 Rag8 25. Rf2 Ne5 26. Rdf1 Bg4 27. Ne3 Bxe2 28.
Rxe2 d4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Nf5 Nxd3 31. Bd2 Ne5 32. Bf4 Ng4 33. Nxe7 Qxe7 34. e5
d3 35. Re4 Qb7 36. Qe1 f5 37. Rd4 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 22nd"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 f5 6. exf5 gxf5 7. Qh5+ Kf8 8. Qd1
Qe8 9. Nf3 Qg6 10. Be2 Ne7 11. Rg1 Na6 12. h3 e4 13. Nd4 Be5 14. Nb3 h5 15. Kf1
Bd7 16. f4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 b6 18. g3 Kf7 19. Be3 Rag8 20. a4 Nc5 21. Nd4 a6 22.
a5 bxa5 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 h4 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bxg4 Nf5 27. Kf2 Rb8 28. Qc2
a4 29. Qxe4 Rb2+ 30. Kf3 Re8 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Qxf5+ Bxf5 33. Bd4 Be4+ 34. Kg4
Rg8+ 35. Kxh4 Rxg1 36. Bxg1 Rb1 37. Rxb1 Bxb1 38. c5 a3 39. c4 a2 40. Bd4 dxc5
41. Be5 Bd3 42. Kg5 Bxc4 43. f5 Bxd5 44. h4 Kg8 45. Kg6 Bf7+ 46. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 22nd"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. e3 Ne6 11. O-O Ncxd4 12. exd4 Bxd4 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Be3
Qd8 15. Qa4 Nc7 16. Bb6 axb6 17. Nxc7+ Qxc7 18. Qxa8 Bxb2 19. c5 Bxa1 20. cxb6
Qc5 21. Rxa1 O-O 22. a4 Qxb6 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Qb8 b6 25. h4 d6 26. Bf1 Qb7 27.
Qxb7 Bxb7 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. Rxe7 Rc8 30. Bg2 Bb3 31. Rb7 Bxa4 32. Rxb6 Rc1+ 33.
Kh2 Rd1 34. h5 gxh5 35. Bf3 Rd2 36. Kg2 h4 37. gxh4 Rd4 38. Kg3 Bd7 39. Rb1 Ba4
40. Re1 Bc2 41. Re2 Bf5 42. Re1 Rb4 43. Rd1 Rb6 44. Rc1 Rb3 45. Kf4 Be6 46. Rd1
Rb6 47. Rd4 Kg7 48. Ra4 Kf6 49. Rd4 d5 50. Bg2 Rc6 51. Bf1 Rc1 52. Be2 h6 53.
Ke3 Rc3+ 54. Rd3 Rc4 55. Rd4 Rc3+ 56. Rd3 Rc2 57. Rd4 Ra2 58. Bd3 Ra3 59. Kf4
Rb3 60. f3 Rc3 61. Be2 Rc2 62. Bd1 Rc4 63. Rxc4 dxc4 64. Bc2 c3 65. Ke3 Bf5 66.
Bb3 Ke7 67. Ke2 f6 68. Bc4 Kd6 69. f4 Kc5 70. Bf7 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 22nd"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qc2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Qe2 Bf8 14. Ba6 Qc7
15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Qb5 c4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Ba1 Bc6 19. Qf5 Bb7 20. Bb5 g6 21.
Qh3 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. e4 h5 24. e5 Ng4 25. a4 a6 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. Qh4 Rb7
28. h3 Nh6 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 b5 31. Kg2 b4 32. Ne4 c3 33. Rh1 Bg7 34. Nf6+
Nxf6 35. exf6 Bf8 36. g5 Qc8 37. Rbc1 c2 38. Bb2 b3 39. gxh6 Qf5 40. Rce1 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 22nd"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxd4 15. Bb4 Rd8 16. Qc1 Na6 17. Bxe7 Rac8 18. Qf4 Nc5 19. Bxd8 Nxb7 20.
Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O {This reaction is becoming
increasingly popular nowadays. Even Carlsen gave it a try after facing some
problems in the main lines with} (4... d5 {and}) (4... c5 {against both Anand
and Nakamura (twice). Although he eventually won all 3 games, he couldn't have
been satisfied with the outcome of the opening:} 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 Nbd7
8. Nge2 Ne5 9. Ng3 exd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O c4 14. Be3
Bb6 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Nd1 Bc8 17. Kh1 Nfd7 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Ne3 Nc5
21. Bd1 Nd3 22. f5 Ngf4 23. a4 a6 24. Ng4 $36 {Nakamura,H (2772)-Carlsen,M 
(2881) Shamkir 2014 See the notes to this game in CBM 160.}) 5. a3 ({The main
alternative is the ambitious} 5. e4 {, with the critical position arising after
} d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 (8. f4 c5 $1 $32 {and White has to tread
with care due to his lag in development}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 f6 10. exf6 (10.
f4 $2 fxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $1 12. fxe5 Qh4+ 13. Kd2 Qf4+ $19) {Now the most
solid, but probably not the only good move is} 10... Qxf6 (10... Qe8+ 11. Qe2
Qf7 $5 12. fxg7 Re8 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Rb1 $1 Nb6 16. Rb4 Nac4 17.
Bxc4 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Aronian,L (2830) Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates 2014}
Nxc4 $142 18. Rxc4 dxc4 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Kf2 $13) 11. Ne2 $5 (11. Bd3 Nb6 12.
Ne2 {allows Black to exchange the light-squared bishops with} Bf5 13. Bf4 Rf7
14. Be5 Qg5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. O-O Nc6 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qe2 Re8 20. h3
b5 21. Rf3 a5 22. Nf1 b4 $132 {Motwani,P (2543)-Lutz,C (2614) Port Barcares
2005}) 11... Nb6 12. Nf4 {is less tested, but deserves closer attention,
according to Peralta. After} c5 (12... Nc6 $5 $132 {[%cal Yc6a5]}) 13. a4 Nc6
$6 14. a5 Nc4 15. Nxd5 Qe6+ 16. Qe2 N4xa5 17. Qxe6+ Bxe6 18. Nc7 cxd4 19. cxd4
(19. Kf2 $5 $14) 19... Rad8 {Aleksandrov,A (2604)-Kravtsiv,M (2546)
Bhubaneswar 2010.} {White retains an advantage with} 20. Bd2 b6 21. Nxe6 Rfe8
22. Bxa5 Rxe6+ 23. Kf2 Nxa5 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Bc4 $16) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 (
6... c5 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Ne8 10. O-O b6 11. f4 {is a position
arising mostly from the Sämisch with 4.a3; White plays e3-e4 and f4 in one
move, here it's the other way around. A recent example went} Ba6 (11... f5 $1
12. d5 $13 {is standard and more circumspect}) 12. f5 exf5 $146 (12... e5 13.
f6 $1 Nxf6 14. Bg5 $40) 13. exf5 (13. Ng3 $44) 13... h6 14. f6 $1 Nxf6 15. Ng3
cxd4 16. Nf5 {[%cal Rf5g7,Rf5h6]} Ne5 17. cxd4 Ng6 {Khairullin,I (2629)
-Kravtsiv,M (2565) EU-ch Jerusalem 2015} 18. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 19. Bxh6 $16 {
[%cal Rd1f3,Rh6f8]}) (6... d5 {leads to positions, similar to the 4...d5 line
- Black prefers to avoid this.}) 7. Nh3 (7. g3 $143 f5 8. e4 d6 $132 9. f4 $6
Nf6 {[%csl Re4]} 10. e5 Ne4 11. Ne2 b6 12. Bg2 Ba6 $40 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. c5 d5
15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Bb2 Na5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. O-O Qd5 20. Bc1 e3 21.
Bxe3 Bb7 22. Kf2 Qf3+ {0-1, Bluvshtein,M (2557)-Rowson,J (2596) Dresden olm
2008}) 7... f5 8. Nf2 {[%cal Ye2e4] White must play energetically to
compensate for his disrupted pawn-structure and make his bishop pair tell.} ({
Too soft is} 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 c5 $1 10. O-O Nc6 11. g4 $6 (11. Nf2 Qe7 $11 {/~~}
) 11... fxg4 (11... Qh4 $1 $36 {Gleizerov}) 12. fxg4 Nf6 13. Nf2 h6 14. e4 e5
15. d5 Ne7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qe8 18. Qd3 Qg6 19. Qg3 Bd7 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. Qh4
Raf8 22. Rae1 Qh7 23. Qxh7+ Nxh7 $15 {/-/+, Karjakin,S (2772)-Carlsen,M (2881)
Shamkir 2014 This game sparked off the interest in 6...Nh5, see the notes in
CBM 160 by Krasenkow.}) ({Another attempt to fight for an edge is the bishop
sortie} 8. Bg5 {The immediate} Nf6 $5 {might be a better choice, although it's
still not played too often:} (8... Qe8 9. g4 (9. Nf2 Nc6 10. e4 d6 11. Be2 fxe4
12. Nxe4 e5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bd3 Bg6 15. d5 Na5 16. c5 Nf4 17. cxd6 Nxd3 18. d7
Qxd7 19. Qxd3 b5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Qa6 Nb3 22. Qxa4 Qxd5 23. Rfd1 Qe6 24. Rab1
Rab8 25. Qxa7 Bxe4 26. fxe4 h6 $11 {Khismatullin,D (2671)-Fedoseev,V (2662)
Vladivostok 2014}) (9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 e5 11. exf5 exd4+ 12. Kf2 Bxf5 13. Bxf5
Rxf5 14. cxd4 Rf7 (14... Qg6 $5 15. Re1 Nc6 16. g4 Rxg5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. gxh5
Rf8 $44) 15. Re1 Qd7 {Guilleux,F (2381)-Fedorchuk,S (2655) Paris 2009} 16. d5
$14) {It's safer to keep the position more closed with} 9... Nf6 $142 $5 (9...
fxg4 10. fxg4 Nf6 11. Qd3 (11. Bxf6 $5 Rxf6 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. Be4 g6
15. g5 Rf7 16. Nf2 d5 17. Bf3 e5 18. cxd5 exd4 19. cxd4 Bf5 20. Qb3 c6 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. O-O Rb8 23. Qe3 $14 {Khairullin,I (2617)-Adams,M (2704) Rijeka 2010
See the notes to this game by Mikhalchishin in CBM 136.}) 11... d6 (11... d5
12. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 13. Bg2 $14 Qc6 $6 14. Ng5 Rg6 15. Nxh7 $1 Rh6 16. O-O $1 Nd7
(16... Rxh7 17. Rf8+ Kxf8 18. Qxh7 $18) 17. g5 Rxh7 18. Qg6 Ne5 19. dxe5 Qc5+
20. Rf2 $18 {1-0 (26) Schwarz,D (2339)-Smolen,J (2453) Slovakia 2015}) 12. Nf2
(12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. Be4 g6 15. g5 Rf8 16. Nf2 e5 17. h4 Kg7 18. h5
Qf7 $132 {Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Zubarev,A (2588) Lvov 2014}) 12... Nc6 (12... e5
13. Bg2 Nc6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. O-O Kh8 16. Ne4 Rg6 $2 (16... Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Bxg4
$1 18. Ng5 Qh5 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Bd5 Ne7 21. dxe5 c6 {and White doesn't seem to
have more than a perpetual}) 17. h3 {[%csl Rg6]} Bd7 18. Rf2 Nd8 19. d5 b6 20.
Raf1 $16 {Carlsen,M (2801)-Morozevich,A (2750) Moscow blitz 2009}) 13. h3 (13.
Bg2 Nxg4 $5 14. Nxg4 Qh5 15. Bxc6 Qxg4 16. Be7 Rf7 $13) 13... b6 14. Bg2 Ba6
15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Ne4 Rg6 17. Nd2 d5 18. Qg3 Qf7 {Volkov,S (2612)-Durarbayli,V
(2476) EU-ch Rijeka 2010} 19. g5 $5 $36 {[%cal Rh3h5]}) 10. gxf5 exf5 11. Nf4 (
11. c5 b6 12. Nf4 bxc5 13. dxc5 Kh8 14. h4 Bb7 15. Bg2 Nc6 16. h5 Ne5 17. h6
Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. hxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Rg1+ Bg4 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23.
Nd5 Re8 $44 {Baron,T (2510)-Khairullin,I (2629) EU-ch Jerusalem 2015}) 11... d6
12. Qd3 (12. Kf2 Nc6 13. e3 Nd8 14. d5 Ng4+ $5 15. fxg4 Nf7 16. Bh4 fxg4 17.
Be2 Ne5 18. h3 gxh3 19. Rg1 Rf7 20. Qd4 h5 21. Kg3 Bg4 $44 {Tinture,L (2401)
-Bresadola,G (2359) email 2011}) 12... Nc6 13. Bh3 (13. Rg1 $5 Kh8 $13) 13...
Nh5 14. Nd5 Qf7 15. O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rc1]} h6 16. Bd2 Na5 17. Rhg1 Kh8 18. Rg2
b5 $40 {Volkov,S (2599)-Rodshtein,M (2678) St Petersburg 2014}) 9. e4 fxe4 10.
fxe4 d6 11. Nf2 e5 12. c5 (12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Be3 b6 14. O-O Qe8 15. c5 dxc5 16.
dxc5 Na5 17. c4 Be6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. c5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Re1 b5 $36 {
[%csl Ra3,Re4] Volkov,S (2607)-Nikolaidis,I (2545) Vrachati 2011}) 12... Nc6
13. Bb5 Qe7 14. O-O dxc5 15. Qb3+ (15. Nd3 $5 cxd4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. cxd4 Ba6
$1 $11) 15... Kh8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd3 Qxe4 20.
Nf4 Ba6 21. Rae1 Qc4 $15 {Volkov,S (2593)-Turov,M (2599) Fagernes 2013}) (8. e4
{is an aggressive experiment by Bronstein, the natural reaction is} fxe4 $1 9.
Bg5 (9. fxe4 $2 Qh4+ $19) 9... Nf6 10. fxe4 d6 $11 {transposing to 8.Bg5 Nf6!?}
(10... h6 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15) 11... d6 (11... g5 $6 12. Bg3 {[%csl Rg8]
/\} Nxe4 13. Qc2 d5 14. Nf2 $16) 12. Be2 e5 $132)) 8... b6 $146 ({The text is
a novelty, but less flexible than the previously tested} 8... d6 $5 {So almost
surely intended to play} 9. e4 $142 $1 (9. e3 e5 10. f4 (10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qc2
Bd7 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. d5 Ne7 14. g4 fxg4 15. fxg4 Nf6 16. Rg1 Qe8 17. Rg3 Ng6 18.
Bf5 e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Yg6e5] Hammer,J (2610)-Papaioannou,I (2592) Eretria 2011})
10... Nf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. c5 Nc6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. O-O b6 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Rb1
Ne7 17. Be2 Ne4 18. Rb3 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Bc6 20. Qf1 bxc5 21. dxe5 Qd5 22. c4 Qxe5
23. Bb2 Qe6 24. Bf3 Kg8 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 $15 {Volkov,S (2622)-Izoria,Z (2606)
Saint Vincent 2005}) 9... f4 (9... Qe8 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O (11. exf5 exd4+ 12.
Kf1 {1/2, Sakaev,K (2649)-Tomashevsky,E (2658) RUS-chT Dagomys 2008} dxc3 13.
g4 Nc6 $5 14. gxh5 Bxf5 $44) 11... f4 12. c5 $1 dxc5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. a4 b6 15.
dxc5 Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qf7 (17... Nc6 $142 $132) 18. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 19.
exd5 Nf6 20. Ba3 Re8 21. c4 bxc5 22. Rab1 Na6 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Rfe1 Kg8 25. Rb5
$36 {Jones,G (2554)-Trent,L (2471) Torquay 2009}) (9... fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 11.
Bd3 $5 (11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 Nf4 14. O-O e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bxf4 exf4
17. Qd2 b6 18. Rae1 Qf7 19. Nf2 Bd7 20. Be4 Rae8 21. Nd3 g5 22. g3 fxg3 23.
hxg3 Nf5 {Moranda,W (2533)-Drozdovskij,Y (2567) Warsaw rpd 2007}) (11. g3 h6
12. f4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Be3 b6 15. Bd3 Na5 16. O-O Ba6 17. Qe2 d5 18. c5
Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qf5 20. Qe2 Nc4 $15 {[%csl Re3] Indjic,A (2536)-Jankovic,A (2559)
Sarajevo 2013}) 11... e5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. O-O exd4 14. Re1 $44) 10. c5 $5 (10.
Rb1 Nc6 11. Rb5 Qe8 12. Rg1 e5 13. g4 Nf6 14. d5 Nd8 15. Nd3 b6 16. Rb2 Nb7 17.
Qb3 Nd7 18. Rgg2 Ndc5 $17 {Ma,Q (2613)-Wen,Y (2581) China 2014}) 10... dxc5 11.
Bc4 Nc6 12. Bb2 Na5 13. Ba2 c4 $6 (13... b6 14. O-O Qe8 $13) 14. a4 Qg5 15. O-O
e5 16. Ba3 (16. Nd3 $5) 16... Rd8 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Bxc4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nc6 20. d5
Ne5 21. Rfc1 Ng6 22. Nd3 $16 {Krush,I (2464)-Rozentalis,E (2578) Gausdal 2007})
9. e4 fxe4 $2 {[%mdl 128] We have already seen in the above examples that
opening the position can be extremely risky for Black, as it invites a
dangerous attack.} (9... Ba6 $5 10. Bd3 Nc6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yc6a5] targets
the Pc4 and seems more consistent with the previous move.}) 10. fxe4 (10. Nxe4
d5 $5 11. Nf2 Ba6 $13) 10... Qf6 (10... Nf4 11. e5 $1 (11. g3 Ng6 {[%cal Ye6e5]
}) 11... Bb7 (11... Nc6 12. Qg4 Ng6 13. h4 $36) 12. Qg4 Ng6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bd3
$16 {()}) 11. Ra2 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4]} Qf7 (11... Nf4 {again loses too much
time with the N and is unattractive after} 12. e5 ({White can also start with} 
12. g3) 12... Qf7 13. g3 (13. Nd3 $5) 13... Ng6 14. Ne4 $36) 12. Nh3 $1 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Ya2f2,Yf1e2] So is unbiassed and returns to h3.} (12. Nd3 Nf6
13. Rf2 Qe7 {is less convincing, the d3-square is reserved for the Bf1.}) 12...
Qg6 ({Black tries to confuse his opponent, as returning with the knight is
practically hopeless:} 12... Nf6 13. Rf2 Qe7 (13... Qh5 14. Qxh5 $1 (14. Be2
Qa5 15. O-O {[%cal Re4e5]}) 14... Nxh5 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Be2 Nf6 17. O-O Kg8
18. e5 Ne8 19. Bd3 $18) 14. e5 Ne8 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Bd3 $40 {[%cal Rh3g5,
Rd1h5,Rh1f1]}) 13. e5 (13. Rf2 Rxf2 (13... Qxe4+ 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Ng5 Qg6 16.
O-O $40 {[%cal Re2d3] White has a huge lead in development and a devastating
attack}) 14. Nxf2 Bb7 (14... e5 15. dxe5 {[%csl Ra8,Rh5][%cal Rd1d5,Rf1e2]})
15. e5 $1 $16 (15. Bd3 e5 $5 {is less convincing})) 13... Bb7 14. Bd3 {The
bishop swap helps Black somewhat.} ({After} 14. Rf2 $1 {and Black hardly has
anything better than} Rxf2 15. Nxf2 {, transposing into the above note.}) 14...
Be4 15. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 16. Qe2 $6 {This is definitely inaccurate and allows Black
back into the game.} (16. Re2 $1 Qg6 (16... Qc6 17. Qd3 {[%cal Rh3g5]}) (16...
Qh4+ 17. Rf2 Rxf2 18. Nxf2 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rg2g3]}) 17. Rf2 Nc6 18. O-O {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Rg2g4] , followed by g4 traps the hapless Nh5}) 16... Qb1 $1
17. Qc2 (17. Qd2 $2 Nc6 {[%cal Yc6a5] makes no sense, as White can't trap
neither the Qb1, nor the Nh5.}) 17... Qxc2 18. Rxc2 g6 {Black has rescued his
knight and can fight on in a simplified position.} 19. Ng5 (19. g4 Ng7 20. Ng5
d6 $132) (19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Ng5 $14 {[%cal Yg5e4]}) 19... Nc6 20. Ne4 Kg7 (20...
Na5 21. g4 Ng7 22. c5 $36) 21. g4 $6 (21. Rf1 $1 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rf8+ 23. Rf2 $1
(23. Kg1 Na5 24. Rf2 $5 $36) 23... Rxf2+ 24. Kxf2 $14 {/+/-}) 21... Nf4 22. Be3
(22. O-O Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Rxf1 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Kg2 (25. Nf6 d6 {[%csl Re5]})
25... Nf4+ 26. Kg3 Nd3 $13) 22... Nh3 (22... Nd3+ 23. Kd2 Nf4 24. Nf6 Nh3 25.
g5 d6 26. exd6 cxd6 $132 {[%cal Yh7h6,Yc6a5]}) 23. Rg2 Nf4 24. Rg3 d6 $5 {
[%mdl 256] Black is still under pressure and active defence is the best chance.
} (24... Nd3+ 25. Ke2 (25. Kd2 Nb2) 25... Nf4+ 26. Kd1 $1 Rad8 (26... Na5 27.
Nf6 g5 28. h4 Nxc4 29. hxg5 Nxe3+ 30. Rxe3 $16) 27. Nf6 d6 28. Bxf4 dxe5 29.
Bg5 Rxf6 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. g5+ Kf7 32. Rh3 $1 Kg8 33. Re1 $36) 25. exd6 cxd6
26. Nxd6 Rad8 27. Ne4 (27. c5 $142 $1 bxc5 28. Bxf4 $1 (28. dxc5 Rb8 $132)
28... Rxf4 29. Nb7 Rb8 (29... Re8 30. Nxc5 e5 31. d5 $16) 30. Nxc5 e5 31. Ke2
$5 Rb2+ 32. Ke3 Rff2 33. Ke4 $14) 27... e5 $1 $13 28. dxe5 (28. Rf1 exd4 $1 29.
Bxf4 Rfe8) 28... Nd3+ 29. Ke2 Ndxe5 30. Nd2 (30. c5 Nc4 $44 {[%csl Re2][%cal
Rf8e8]}) 30... Rfe8 31. Rf1 Na5 (31... Rd3 32. Ne4 Na5 (32... Rxe3+ 33. Kxe3
Nxc4+ 34. Kf3 Re7 (34... Rxe4 35. Kxe4 Nd2+ 36. Kd5 $18) 35. g5) 33. c5 bxc5
34. Nxc5 $14) ({However, Black doesn't have to play so directly. Moves like} 
31... h6 {, or}) (31... Rd6 $5 {/\} 32. c5 Rde6 {[%cal Re5g4] give him
reasonable compensation.}) 32. Rf4 Nexc4 $2 {Unfortunately for Naroditsky, the
tactics don't work.} (32... Kg8 $5 $44 {[%cal Yd8c8] keeps the outcome very
much open.}) 33. Nxc4 g5 34. Rd4 $8 (34. Nxa5 $2 gxf4) 34... Rxd4 35. Nxa5 Ra4
(35... Rd6 36. Nb3 $18) 36. Nc6 Rxa3 37. Kd3 $16 {White's pieces coordinate
well to give him attacking chances long before the passed Pa7 can generate
counterplay.} Ra2 (37... h6 38. Bd4+ Kg8 39. Kc4 $16) 38. Rh3 Rg2 ({The more
resilient} 38... h6 39. Bd4+ Kh7 40. Rf3 Kg8 41. Rf6 Rxh2 42. Nxa7 $16 {
/+- should also lose in the long run.}) 39. Bd4+ Kg8 40. Ne5 $18 Re6 (40... Re7
41. Rh5 Kf8 42. Kc4 $1 $18) 41. Nd7 Rd6 (41... h6 42. Rf3 Re7 43. Rf8+ Kh7 44.
Rh8+ Kg6 45. Ne5+ $18) 42. Nf6+ Kf7 43. Ne4 Rd5 44. Rxh7+ Kg6 (44... Ke6 45. c4
Ra5 46. Bc3 {[%cal Re4g5]}) 45. Rg7+ Kh6 46. Rxa7 b5 (46... Rxg4 47. Nf6) (
46... Ra5 {only prolongs the suffering after} 47. Rxa5 (47. Rb7 $18) 47... bxa5
48. c4 Rxg4 49. c5 $18) 47. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 c5 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 b5 13. Bc2 Ng6 14. d4 Bb7 15. Be3
Re8 16. d5 c4 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. b3 Qc7 19. bxc4 Qxc4 20. a4 Qxc3 21. axb5 Qc5
22. Qb1 axb5 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Qxb5 Rc8 25. Bd3 Nf4 26. Qb3 Ba6 27. Bxa6 Qxa6
28. Nf5 Kh7 29. Qb4 Rd8 30. Qd2 Rb8 31. Qc2 Rc8 32. Qd2 Rc4 33. Ng3 Qc8 34. Nh2
Rd4 35. Qe3 Rd3 36. Qa7 Qc3 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Qxe3 39. fxe3 Nd3 40. Nf3 Nc5
41. Nd2 g5 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Kf3 h5 44. h4 gxh4 45. Nf5 Nxd5 46. Nxd6 Nc3 47. Nf5
Kg5 48. Nd6 Kf6 49. Nf5 Ne6 50. Nxh4 Ng5+ 51. Kg3 Ngxe4+ 52. Nxe4+ Nxe4+ 53.
Kf3 Nd2+ 54. Ke2 Kg5 55. g3 Ne4 56. Kf3 Nd2+ 57. Ke2 Ne4 58. Kf3 f5 59. Kg2 Nd2
60. Kf2 Kg4 61. Ng6 Nc4 62. Ne7 Nb2 63. Nd5 Nd3+ 64. Kg2 Kg5 65. Kf3 Nc5 66.
Kg2 Ne4 67. Kh3 Nf6 68. Ne7 Ng4 69. Nd5 Kg6 70. Kh4 Kh6 71. Kh3 Kg7 72. Kh4 Kg6
73. Kh3 Kf7 74. Kh4 Ke6 75. Nc7+ Kd6 76. Ne8+ Kd5 77. Kxh5 Nxe3 78. Kg5 Ke4 79.
Kf6 Kd4 80. Kg5 e4 81. Nd6 Kd3 82. Kh5 Kd4 83. Kg5 Kd5 84. Nb5 Kc5 85. Nc3 Kd4
86. Nb5+ Ke5 87. Na3 Nd5 88. Nc4+ Ke6 89. Nd2 Ke5 90. Nc4+ Ke6 91. Nd2 Nf6 {
After defending for a long time, Sam Shankland has reached a drawn position.
Wesley So was unable to capitalize in a winning position, being up a pawn in a
knight endgame.} 92. g4 $4 (92. Nc4 {was the easiest way to draw, but most
logical moves also held the half point.}) 92... Nxg4 {It is unclear what
Shankland missed...} (92... Nxg4 93. Nxe4 fxe4 94. Kxg4 Ke5 {is very obviously
a lost pawn endgame.}) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 {Lately this stuff has been scoring
quite well for Black.} 12. Ng5 ({It has been known for a while that the
attempt to shut down on Black's queenside activity with the move} 12. b4 {
can be met in any case by} c5 $1 {I wonder if such a move is a product of
computers. It's hard to believe a human would conceive of such a crazy looking
idea. White's last move was clearly played to prevent c5 but Black plays it
anyway!} 13. bxc5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 {The most popular try.} (14. cxd6 {is an
important alternative although I'm not convinced this leads to anything more
than equality for White.} Nd5 $1 (14... Ng4 $6 {Has yet to be tested.} 15. h3
Qg5 {on the face of it seems to give Black excellent counterplay.} {However
there is the forcing line} 16. Bxh7+ $1 (16. e4 Ne3 17. fxe3 Rxc3 18. Qf2 Bxg2
19. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rxd3 {is less convincing for White, although he
retains his strong d-pawn}) 16... Kh8 17. Be4 Nge5 $1 18. Bxf3 (18. g3 $2 Rxc3
$1) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Kh1 Nh4 20. g3 Nf5 21. Qd3 Nxd6 22. e4 Qh5 23. Kg2 {
when White is a pawn up for not much compensation.}) 15. gxf3 Nxc3 16. f4 Nf6
17. Bb2 {Sasikiran,K (2680)-Najer,E (2646) Bilbao 2014, with fairly unclear
play.}) 14... Nxc5 $1 {This is the clever idea; Black's pressure along the
c-file means he will inevitably win back material} 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. f4 Nd5 17.
Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23.
Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxb5 {Topalov,V (2752)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2684) London 2012, with a
drawish ending.}) 12... c5 13. Bxh7+ {This is Wesley's attempt to improve on
existing theory, although he admitted in the post-game interview with Maurice
Ashley that he perhaps didn't prepare it as well as he should have.} (13. Nxh7
{was the alternative of Aronian in a now famous game against Anand, but he ran
into a fantastic combination, apparently concieved by Vishy on an African
safari:} Ng4 14. f4 cxd4 15. exd4 Bc5 $3 16. Be2 Nde5 $3 17. Bxg4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1
Nxg4 19. Nxf8 f5 $1 20. Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 Qxg6 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 Be3 {0-1 (23)
Aronian,L (2802)-Anand,V (2772) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 13... Kh8 14. f4 {White is
committed now.} (14. Bd3 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ {is hardly what the doctor
ordered.}) 14... g6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nxb5 Qe7 $2 ({It was better to play the
immediate} 16... Bb8 $1 {which would most likely transpose to the game.} {
Sevian was most likely worried about allowing the additional possibility of}
17. Nxe6 {but after} Qe7 18. Nxf8 Nxf8 {this hardly seems to work out well for
White.}) 17. Qxg6 ({Missing the much stronger} 17. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 18. Qxg6 {
with the threat of e4, Rf3 and a quick mate.} Qe7 19. e4 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Nxe6+ Kf7 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. e5 {and White just has too many pawns.}) 17... Bb8
18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd4 Rg8 20. Qh6+ Nh7 {White has to be slightly careful now
as even though Black's king remains exposed, all his pieces are actively
placed and ready for a counter-attack. With his next move Wesley seeks to
blunt the scope of the bishop on b7.} 21. e4 $1 (21. Ndxe6 $2 Rc6) 21... Ndf6
22. b4 Rcxg5 {Rather forced.} (22... Rcc8 23. Bb2 {looks rather fearful for
Black.}) 23. fxg5 Be5 24. Bb2 Ng4 {The critical moment of the game.} 25. Qh5 $4
{Perhaps tired by having to calculate mind-boggling calculations for most of a
short game, Wesley produces a huge blunder. In general Wesley was out of form
in the US championships and described it as a nightmare tournament. Funnily
enough after the game Wesley didn't seem to think he was better at any real
point but the computer disagrees.} ({It gives a large advantage for White after
} 25. Qh3 $1 Rxg5 (25... Qxg5 $2 26. Nxe6 ({but not the hasty} 26. Rf7 $2 Qe3+
$1) 26... Qg6 27. Bxe5+ Nxe5 28. Nc5 {and White retains control}) (25... Nxh2
$2 26. Nc6 $1) 26. Rac1 $1 {and although the game remains complicated White
should be much better - it is difficult for Black to create any meaningful
threats.} Kg8 $1 {is probably the most stubborn defence, as this usefully gets
out of the pin on the h-file.} ({The greedy} 26... Nxh2 {enables White to
execute the winning blow} 27. Nc6 ({the tempting} 27. Rc7 $2 {only leads to a
draw after} Qxc7 28. Nxe6 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Nxf1 30. Nxg5 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Nf1+ $11)
27... Bxc6 28. Bxe5+ Rxe5 29. Qxh2 $18) (26... Bxd4+ 27. Bxd4+ e5 28. Bc5 {
and the rook gains access to f8.}) (26... Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 Be5 28. Nf3 Bxb2 29.
Nxg5 Bxc1 (29... Qxg5 30. Rc7 Bg7 31. Rf8+) 30. Rf8+ $1 (30. Rf7 $2 Nf2+ $1)
30... Kg7 31. Qxh7+ Kxf8 32. Qh8#) (26... Bxe4 $2 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Nxe6+ $1
Qxe6 29. Rc7+ {is one good example of the latent energy stored in the White
position.}) 27. Rc5 $1 Nhf6 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 30. Qxg4+ Qg5 31.
Qxg5+ Rxg5 32. Nxe6 Rg4 {which should be close to a draw but finding this
defence over the board is near to impossible.}) 25... Qxg5 $1 {After this
trivial capture the game turns around completely as with the exchange of
queens not only is Black no longer in any danger, in fact he is simply winning
as all his minor pieces combine beautifully to form mating nets around the
threadbare white king.} 26. Qh3 Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nxe3 28. Rf2 Ng5 29. Kh1 Nc4 $2 {
Black is still winning after this, because his advantage in activity is
overwhelming.} ({However he could have ended the game immediately with} 29...
Nxe4 30. Re2 Rxg2 $3 31. Rxg2 (31. Rxe3 Nf2#) 31... Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Nh3+ 33. Kh1
Bxg2#) 30. Bc3 Nxe4 31. Rf7 Nxc3 32. Rxb7 Bxd4 33. Rf1 Rg7 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. g3
e5 36. Rff8 Ne3 37. h4 Ne4 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. h5+ Kg5 40. h6 Rf7 41. h7 Rf1+ $1 {
Wesley said afterwards that Ray Robson had warned him before the game;
apparently "Sevian was very good at mating his opponents"  And finally he
proves it as now it's mate by force, so Wesley resigned.} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Bf6 15. Rfd1 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nb8 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Rc3 Ne7 20. Ba6
Rxc3 21. bxc3 Nf5 22. Bf4 Qh4 23. Bc1 Rd8 24. f3 Rd7 25. Bd3 Rc7 26. Bd2 Qd8
27. Rc1 Qf6 28. a4 g5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Qf2 Nh4 31. Bxf4 Nf3+ 32. gxf3 Qxf4 33.
Qg3+ Qxg3+ 34. hxg3 Bxf3 35. Kf2 Bc6 36. Ra1 f6 37. a5 b5 38. c4 bxc4 39. Bxc4
Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Rb1 Rc8 42. g4 Kd6 43. Ba6 Rg8 44. Rf1 Rxg4 45. Rxf6 Re4+
46. Kd3 Rh4 47. Bc4 Bd5 48. Bxd5 Kxd5 49. Rf7 Rxd4+ 50. Ke3 Ra4 51. Rxa7 Ra3+
52. Kf2 Ke4 53. Rh7 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Kf3 55. Rf7+ Ke3 56. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. b3 h5 10. Qe2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bb2 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3
15. c3 Kf8 16. Rfe1 Rh6 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. Nf4 Kg8 19. Bc2 Re8 20. Rad1 Qb8 21. g3
e5 22. Nh3 Ng4 23. Bf5 Rd6 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Qxg4 Nf6 26. Qf5 exd4 27. Rxe8+
Qxe8 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Nd5 30. Ng5 g6 31. Qf3 f5 32. Kg2 a5 33. g4 Ne7 34.
Qe2 fxg4 35. Qxg4 Nf5 36. Nf3 Qe6 37. Qf4 Qd5 38. Kh3 Nd6 39. Kh2 a4 40. Qf6
axb3 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. axb3 Nf7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d4 c6 14. Be3
b6 15. Bd3 Bc7 16. d5 Be5 17. c3 cxd5 18. Qg4 d6 19. Qa4 Qd8 20. Rad1 Be6 21.
Bb5 a6 22. Bc6 b5 23. Qa3 Rb8 24. Qxa6 b4 25. Ba7 Rc8 26. cxb4 Qh4 27. Rxe5
dxe5 28. Bc5 Rfd8 29. a4 d4 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Ba7 Qe7 32. Bxb8 Rxb8 33. Bf3 Qxb4
34. a5 g5 35. h3 Qxb2 36. Qd6 Rc8 37. Qxe5 h6 38. Qxd4 Qxd4 39. Rxd4 Rc1+ 40.
Rd1 Rc7 41. a6 Ra7 42. Bb7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. c4 Bg4 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21.
Kxg2 Nb4 22. Ne4 Bf8 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Ng5 Bh5 25. g4 Bg6 26. f4 Nc2 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Rd1 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Be7 30. Nf3 Bb1 31. Nd2 Bf6 32. Rd7 Be4+ 33. Nxe4
Rxe4 34. Rxf7 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. Be6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qa4 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. e5 Bxf3 13. exf6 exf6 14. Be3
Bh5 15. g4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 f5 17. Qa4 Re8 18. Rd1 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qf6 20. Be2 b5
21. Bxb5 Re4 22. Qc2 Rae8 23. O-O f4 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Bd4 f3 26. Qd3 Re2 27.
a4 Qd5 28. Kh1 Qh5 29. Qb5 Qh4 30. Rg1 Rd8 31. Rdf1 h6 32. Qc6 Rxd4 33. cxd4
Rxf2 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 c5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Nc3 b4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Nf4 Rc8 14. Nh5 Be7 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Qg4 Bg5 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 d6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. h4 Bf6 21. Rfc1
a5 22. Ndf4 Qe4 23. Qe2 Be7 24. Qb5 Nf8 25. Qd3 Qb7 26. Ng2 e5 27. dxe5 dxe5
28. g4 Ng6 29. Qf5 Bxh4 30. Ne1 Re8 31. Rd1 Rad8 32. Ng2 Qb5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34.
Qc2 Qd5 35. Qe2 Qd2 36. Kf1 a4 37. Ne1 Qd5 38. e4 Qe6 39. Nc2 Bg5 40. Ne3 Bxe3
41. fxe3 Nh4 42. Rd1 Rxd1+ 43. Qxd1 Kh7 44. b3 axb3 45. axb3 g6 46. Ng3 h5 47.
Qd5 Qf6+ 48. Ke2 hxg4 49. Kd3 Ng2 50. Qb7 Kg7 51. Qb5 Nxe3 52. Ne2 Nf1 53. Kc4
Qd6 54. Qxb4 Nd2+ 55. Kc3 Nb1+ 56. Kc4 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 c5 9. Qxc5 Nc6 10. e3 Rc8 11. Qa3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. d5 Qa5 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. Nf3 b5 18. b4 Nb7 19. Nd4 Nd6 20. Kd2 h5 21.
e4 Kf7 22. f3 h4 23. a4 bxa4 24. Nxa4 Rh5 25. Nc5 a5 26. Rxa5 Bxd5 27. Ra7 Bc6
28. Ke3 Be8 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Nd3 Rg5 31. Rc2 Bb5 32. Rcc7 Nc8 33. Ra2 Nd6 34. f4
Rh5 35. Nc5 Ne8 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. Nxb7 Bf1 38. Nd8+ Kg8 39. N8c6 e5 40. fxe5
fxe5 41. Nf3 Nd6 42. Ncxe5 Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Azerbaijan! The name is exotic and sounds like a place in a book or a movie.
The people have fierce eyes but are extremely friendly and curious about
tourists. Most of the people working with the chess event spoke perfect
English, but the village people, our drivers and bodyguards didn't. Yet these
people would talk to me in Aziri anyway and try to make themselves understood.
I would answer back in English trying to make myself understood. We would
laugh, nod and smile and everyone seemed to get a little something from the
"conversation".  Ok maybe my adjustment was helped a bit by the Filipinos (yes,
we are everywhere) who worked in the hotel. They explained a lot of things to
me, telling me that not many foreigners visit Shamkir, preferring to explore
the larger cities like Ganja and Baku, so the Shamkirites are always excited
to see tourists.   Anyway, if you make it this far, this little town is an
attractive, quiet, very clean place to base.   Yes, I was pretty excited to be
in Azerbaijan except for one dark cloud on my horizon. My first game was with
Anish Giri.   Anish Giri has always been a tough opponent for me. In previous
games when he was White he crushed me twice with 1.c4 so I figured that for
this game it was the way to go.} 1. c4 g6 {This is a favorite move by Grünfeld
players hoping for a transposition to their favorite opening after 2.d4 Nf6.}
2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 {The main move is 4.Nf3 but this looks very logical
as well.} Nxe4 5. Bd3 Bb4+ $6 {This is the obvious reply but it's a mistake
that led to a difficult position.} 6. Kf1 $1 {I have beaten Baadur Jobaava
before when I moved my king to f1 on the 5th move (1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.
Bd3 Bb4+ 5.Kf1!) and I had nice memories about that game. (1-0 (37) So,W (2744)
-Jobava,B (2713) ACP Golden Classic 2014 2014)} Nc5 7. Nf3 Ne6 8. a3 $6 {
Small mistakes like this one are unavoidable but both 8.Bh6 and 8.h4 would
have been better.} Be7 ({Black would have equalized if he went} 8... Bf8 $1 {
Next comes ...Bg7 followed by ...Nc6 with pressure on the e5-pawn. I actually
saw this move when I played 8.a3 and I was waiting impatiently for Anish's
reply. I didn't have to wait long as he soon picked up his bishop and put it
on e7.}) 9. Nc3 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. b4 (11. h4 {is a faster way to attack the
black king.}) 11... Bf8 {Black has to send the bishop back to g7 to fight for
the long diagonal.} (11... O-O 12. Bb2 $14) 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. Bg5 Bf6 ({After} 
13... f6 {Anish didn't like} 14. Rd1 fxg5 15. Bxg6+ hxg6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {
and here he pointed out} 17. Nxg5 $1 Nxg5 18. Qd2+ Ke8 19. Qxg5 Bxc3 20. Qe3+
$16 {after which White's queen is stronger than the pieces as the Black king
is vulnerable.}) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd2 (15. Rc1 {is inferior.}) 15... O-O 16.
Re1 {The white rook enjoys the open file very much while its colleague will
find employment after h2-h4.} Qd8 (16... Qf4 17. Re3) 17. Rd1 {Preventing Nf4.
Anish said after the game that Black's position here is very difficult.} a5 18.
h4 axb4 19. axb4 ({Also very good is} 19. Nd5 {with the deadly idea of Qh6 +
Ng5 and mate. I saw this during the game but wasn't completely sure of the
complications. Anyway there is no need to hurry.}) 19... Nd7 20. h5 Nf6 (20...
g5 21. Bf5) 21. c5 ({White would simply have won after} 21. Qc1 {The point is
the black queen simply doesn't have a hiding place.} Qe7 (21... Bd7 22. Ne5)
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Ng7 {Now White chases the queen again:} 24. Re1 Qxb4 (
24... Qd7 25. Ne5) 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Qh6 $18 {and it's more than over.}) 21...
b6 ({Black's best chance might be} 21... Nxh5 {Now White has to sacrifice more
material} 22. Rxh5 $1 (22. Qh6 Ra1 $1 {allows Black to escape.}) 22... gxh5 23.
Qh6 f5 24. Bxf5 Qxd1+ ({He has to sacrifice the queen as} 24... Qe7 25. Nd5 {
would be very bad.}) 25. Nxd1 Rxf5 26. Ne3 Ra1+ 27. Ne1 Rf7 28. Qxh5 Ng7 29.
Qe5 {and White is much better as his queen and knight are very actively placed.
}) 22. hxg6 {Not allowing Black the opportunity to take on h5 again.} fxg6 23.
Qe3 Qe7 24. Bc4 bxc5 25. b5 (25. Ng5 $2 Ng4 {would suddenly turn the tables.})
25... Rb8 {Anish started using up a lot of his time, but there was no adequate
defence.} (25... c6 26. bxc6 Ba6 {would be more stubborn but still very hard
to defend.} 27. Nb5 $16) 26. Re1 Rb6 27. Na4 Rd6 28. Nxc5 Ng4 (28... Nd5 29.
Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Nxe6 {would leave me a piece up.}) 29. Qe4 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31.
Kg3 Rxf3+ 32. gxf3 {Anish resigned here as after} Qg5+ 33. Qg4 Qxc5 34. Bxe6+
Kg7 35. Bxc8 h5 36. Qf4 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Qg2+ 38. Kh4 Qf2+ 39. Qg3 {The checks
quickly run out.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Ng5 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxd4 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Bxe4 Bg7 12. c3 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bd5
Nd6 15. Be3 h6 16. Nf3 e6 17. Bb3 b6 18. a4 Bb7 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. a5 h5 21. Bc2
Bf6 22. b3 c5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. b4 Nb5 26. Nd7 Bxc3 27. Nxb6 Bd4
28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Bd3 Nc3 31. Rd2 Kf8 32. b5 Ke7 33. Rb2 Kd7 34.
b6 Rb8 35. Rb4 Nd5 36. Rxd4 Ke7 37. Be4 Nxb6 38. Rb4 Nd7 39. Rxb8 Nxb8 40. Kf2
Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I knew this game was going to be tough as Michael is an extremely good
technical player besides having a very solid repertoire.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 d5 {I was expecting the Nimzo-Indian. This move 3...d5 has been very
popular recently though.} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 ({I thought Michael
would play the ending} 6... Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {Black
has very solid results here. In fact Kramnik is the main supporter of this
line. It looks like the Berlin Defence of 1.d4. Black has the bishop pair to
compensate for his damaged pawn structure just like in the Berlin ending.}) 7.
Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. f3 {This move came to me only during the game. I had
several ideas how to play this position but I didn't want to allow Black to
exchange the dark bishops with ...Nh5. I wanted to avoid exchanges and keep as
many pieces on the board as possible.} (9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 {there have
been many games here recently and Black results have been very solid.}) 9...
O-O 10. Qc2 {This is too slow. I wanted to avoid Black's idea of ...Ne4 but
it's not necessary.} (10. Nge2 Ne4 ({Perhaps Black's best is to play like in
the game} 10... b5 11. O-O Nb6 {but then White may have something better than
12.Qc2.}) 11. Bxe7 Nxc3 12. Bxd8 (12. bxc3 Qxe7) 12... Nxd1 13. Rxd1 Rxd8 14.
Kf2 {I misjudged this position and thought it to be equal. In fact White has
very pleasant play. His bishop is more active and his play on the kingside
with g4-h4 comes very fast.}) 10... b5 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. a3 {I regretted this
move after I played it, and it doesn't look necessary.} (12. O-O Bd7 13. b3 {
might be better. White doesn't have much, but he can slowly improve his
position with Bf2-Ng3. Black can play 13...b4 though it doesn't give much
after 14.Nd1.}) 12... a5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nc1 ({I had intended} 14. e4 dxe4 15.
fxe4 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {but then I realized that Black is just doing great
here. c6-c5 is coming quick.}) 14... Nc4 {Because of my mistake on move 12,
Michael managed to seize c4 firmly in his control.} 15. Re1 Be6 (15... Rc8 16.
Nb3 {doesn't change much.}) 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Bf2 {Avoiding any exchanges.} Rc8 (
17... a4 18. Nc1 {still maintains equality.}) 18. Rad1 ({Here I missed my
chance! I didn't think anything was happening in the position and I made a
normal automatic move. However it was time for concrete action:} 18. a4 $1 b4
19. Ne2 c5 20. Nf4 cxd4 ({Best is} 20... Bd6 {White is still better after} 21.
Qe2) 21. exd4 {and Black doesn't have a good way to exploit the open attack to
my queen.}) 18... Qc7 ({If} 18... f5 {I think Michael was concerned by} 19. e4
fxe4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 {when his bishops are vulnerable.}) 19. h3 {
This looks too slow.} (19. e4 {is met by} a4 {when I have to retreat my knight
or take on c4} 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nd2 {White should be slightly better here.})
19... Rfd8 20. f4 a4 ({We both missed the strong} 20... f5 {and now I can't
take the pawn so that means Black solves all his problems.} 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22.
Qxf5 Nxb2 23. Qe6+ Kf8 $15) 21. f5 {I decided to have the consolation and win
the bishop pair in an equal position.} (21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Nf6 {Black's
position on the kingside is solid enough while his counterplay of b5-b4 can be
slowly prepared.}) 21... axb3 22. Qxb3 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rb8 {Perhaps Black had
easier ways of getting good play here but Michael's choice is not bad.} 24. Qc2
{Missing another good chance.} (24. e4 b4 25. exd5 bxc3 26. Qxc4 {for some
reason I forgot that the knight on c4 is hanging.}) 24... b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26.
Re2 Qa5 $6 {This is his first big mistake. Michael simply forgot about Bh4.} (
26... Bd6 {with the idea of Bg3 maintains equality.}) 27. Bh4 f6 {Black's
kingside weaknesses are not a pretty sight. Add to that Black's time trouble -
it makes his problems insurmountable.} ({Of course} 27... g5 {is not an option,
besides 28.Be1 White has} 28. Rf1 {with the idea of} gxh4 29. Be6 $18) 28. Na4
({This is good, but faster would be} 28. Ne4 Nf8 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Bxf6 Rd6
31. Be7 {after capturing the d6 rook White will quickly play e4 after which
Black's defence could collapse.}) 28... Nf8 29. Bd3 Nb6 (29... Nd6 $142 {
to control the e4-square.}) 30. Nc3 {Still with my game plan: keep as many
pieces as possible on the board to maintain the tension.} c5 31. dxc5 Bxc5 32.
Kh1 Rbc8 (32... Nc4 {would have annoyed me as the knight on c4 is very active
that I might exchange it} 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Nd5 {White still maintains some
edge.}) (32... Kh8 {might be Black's best move.}) 33. Bf5 Rc6 34. e4 Bb4 (34...
d4 35. e5) 35. e5 {A very annoying move to face during time trouble.} Be7 (
35... Bxc3 36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Qd2 Nc4 38. Qd4 $18) 36. Qb3 Qc5 $2 {This is the
final mistake.} (36... Kh8 {is the last chance. Now I want to offer a trade of
queens} 37. Qb5 {and after the exchange I will have to do some more work to
try and win the ending.}) 37. exf6 Bxf6 38. Ne4 {Boom.} Qc4 39. Nxf6+ gxf6 40.
Qg3+ Kf7 {Finally we both get another hour on the clock. Fortunately this time
I am on the good side of life.} 41. Rde1 (41. Bg4 $18) 41... Qb4 42. Re7+ Qxe7
43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Qg7+ Ke8 45. Bg4 {Michael Adams accompanied me on our rest
day, when we were taken around Shamkir to perform simuls with Azerbaijani
children in two different chess schools. Two very well equiped chess schools.
In one very small town.  Shamkir is an amazing place with new and old side by
side on every street. We toured a rose factory that produces hundreds of
thousands of roses every week, for the Russian and Ukrainian markets; a day
care school where children learned English, painting, dancing, crafting,
swimming, cooking; a very well equipped, large convention center that housed a
television studio, numerous computer stations and a library. We were also
shown new agricultural developments that market tomatoes, cucumbers, greens
and herbs of all kinds to Azerbaijan's neighbors.   I can tell you that
Michael Adams is extremely polite and patient even when exhausted.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {Black plays the Accelerated Dragon
line.} 5. c4 {And White chooses the Maroczy setup.} Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 (7. Be2
{is the other move.}) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Qd2 {is the other move.})
9... Nh5 $5 {Black immediately tries to create counterplay.} (9... Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 Be6 {or}) (9... Bd7 {are the usual moves.}) 10. g3 {And White plays the
most natural move, preventing ...Nf4.} Nxd4 {Black employs a typical plan to
make Be6 possible.} (10... Bh3 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. g4 $36) (10... Bd7 {would be
another possibility, after which White plays} 11. Qd2 {with chances for both
sides.}) 11. Bxd4 Be6 (11... Qa5 {was played in a correspondence game} 12. O-O
Bh3 13. Re1 Qg5 14. Kf2 Nf6 15. Bf1 Qh6 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Kg1 Rfe8 18. b3 $14 {
0-1 (42) Huzita,S (1865)-Hassim,U (2308) ICCF email 2011}) 12. f4 {White
forces the N to go back.} (12. O-O {is also good.}) 12... Nf6 13. O-O Rc8 14.
b3 Qa5 $6 {This is an inaccuracy, but of course a very logical plan.} (14...
Bh3 $1 {seems an energetic move} 15. Rf2 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe4 18.
Bxg7 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nxf2 20. Bxf8 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Kxf8 $11) 15. f5 $1 Bd7 16. a3
{White prepares for b4.} (16. Qd3 $5 $14 {followed by Qe3.}) 16... e6 (16...
Bc6 17. b4 $14) 17. b4 (17. g4 $1 $36 {is also even good.}) 17... Qd8 18. fxg6
fxg6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 (20. Bxa7 $1 {may be even better, the P is less
valuable.}) 20... Bc6 $1 {Black tries to generate counterplay.} 21. b5 $1 {
Also the only try.} Ne4 22. Qxd8 Rcxd8 $1 (22... Rfxd8 {is bad} 23. bxc6 Nxc3
24. cxb7 $1 Nxe2+ 25. Kg2 Bxe5 26. bxc8=Q Rxc8 27. Rae1 $16) 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.
Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rc1 $1 {The only good move.} Nxc3 26. Rxc3 $14 {White has
managed to get a favourable ending.} Bd7 27. c5 Rc8 (27... Rf7 28. a4 $36) 28.
a4 Kf6 (28... e5 29. Kf2 $36 {White simply improves the pieces and wins the
game on the Q-side.}) 29. Kf2 Ke5 30. Ke3 Be8 31. Bf3 Rc7 32. Kd3 $1 g5 33. Kc4
h5 34. a5 $18 {White has simply got a winning position.} g4 35. b6 axb6 36.
axb6 Rd7 37. Re3+ Kf6 38. c6 bxc6 39. Bxc6 Rd8 40. Bxe8 Rxe8 41. b7 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wesley had been dominating the event so far with 3.5/4.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {In the first round, I had played 6.Re1
against Carlsen, but I hoped to try a specific idea today.} b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. a3 Nb8 {Wesley had employed this against Caruana in Wijk aan Zee
earlier this year and drew comfortably.} 10. Ng5 $5 {And this is it.} (10. a4
b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. d4 a5) 10... Nc6 {What we thought
was the hardest to find over the board! Black simply heads for the d4-square
which is now unguarded.} (10... h6 11. f4 $1 {Gajewski's idea which prompted
us to go for the line.} exf4 (11... hxg5 12. fxg5 {and now a sample line could
go:} Ng4 $1 (12... Bg4 13. Qe1 Nfd7 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Rf3 {wins}) 13. g6 (13. h3
{is also playable}) 13... d5 $1 14. Kh1 Bc5 15. Qe1 Qd6 16. Bxd5 Qxg6 17. Bxa8
Nxh2 18. Kxh2 Qh5+ 19. Kg3 g5 (19... Qg4+ 20. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 20. Rh1 $1 Qg4+ 21.
Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 12. Nf3 g5 {like a King's Gambit and White reacts in similar
fashion} 13. g3 fxg3 (13... Bh3 14. gxf4 Bxf1 15. Qxf1) 14. h4 $1 {White has
good compensation.}) 11. Ba2 {Stepping out of the way.} (11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7
13. f4 Ng4) (11. f4 $6 Nd4 12. Ba2 Bg4 13. Qd2 h6) 11... Nd4 (11... h6 12. Nf3
$5 {in effect, ...h6 Ba2 have been inserted instead of ...Nb8, which should be
helpful for White.}) 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ (12... c5 13. Nxd4 exd4 (13... cxd4 14. f4)
14. f4) 13. Qxe2 h6 $1 14. f4 $5 {Continuing with the same idea, though I did
spend a lot of time here.} hxg5 {I had concentrated on this.} (14... exf4 $1 {
a better version for Black, but White continues as before} 15. Nf3 g5 {- Qe2
turns out to be misplaced.} 16. g3 (16. h4 Nh5 $1) 16... fxg3 17. h4 (17. hxg3
d5 $15) (17. Nd4 d5 $1) 17... Bh3 (17... Nh7 18. Nd4) 18. hxg5 Ng4 $132) 15.
fxg5 Ng4 (15... Bg4 $5 16. Qf2 Nh7 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh4 (18. Qg3 Rxf7 19. Rxf7
Be6) 18... Rxf7 (18... Bd7 19. Bg6 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qg8 21. Qh5 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 $16)
19. Rxf7 Be6 {is about equal.}) 16. g6 Bg5 $6 (16... Nh6 $1 {just holds} 17.
Bxh6 (17. h3 Be6 (17... Bg5 18. Qh5 Bxc1 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Raxc1 {and Black
cant stop g4-g5}) 18. gxf7+ (18. Qh5 Bxa2 19. Bxh6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1
Bf6) (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qh5 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qf8+ 21. Ke2 Qf6 22. g3 Rf8 23. Be3
d5 $19)) (17. Rxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Qh5 Be6 {wins}) 17... gxh6 18. Rxf7
Rxf7 19. Rf1 Kg7 (19... Bf6 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. gxf7 $1) 20. Rxf7+ (20. gxf7 Bf8
$13) 20... Kxg6 {surprisingly no more than a perpetual} 21. Qf3 h5 22. Rf5 Bxf5
23. Qxf5+ Kg7 24. Bf7 Qf8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh5+ Kg7 $11) (16... d5 {also holds
} 17. Bxd5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. g3 {and now:} Qh5 $1 {Not the easiest line to
spot} (19... Qh3 20. gxf7+ Kh8 21. Bxa8 Nxh2 (21... Be6 22. Bb7 Rxf7 23. Rxf7
Bxf7 24. Bc8 $1) 22. Qxh2 $18) 20. Bxa8 Be6 21. Bd5 (21. Bc6 fxg6 $1 22. Rxf8+
Kxf8 $19) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Bf2 $1 23. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qd1+ 25. Qg1 Qf3+
$11) 17. h3 $1 (17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $1 (17... Kh8 18. h3 Nh6 19. Qh5 {and White
gets a much better version than in the game}) 18. Rxf7 (18. gxf7+ Kf8 19. h3
Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Nf6 {seems fine for Black}) 18... Be6) 17... Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nh6
19. Qh5 (19. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. gxf7+ Kf8 21. Qh5 {followed by Rf1 and Qg6.})
19... Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. g4 c6 $6 (21... Qe7 22. g5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24.
gxh6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qf8+ 26. Ke2 gxh6 27. Qg4 Qf6 28. h4 $16) (21... Rf4 $1 22.
g5 Qf8 23. Kg2 Re8 {may be difficult to break it e.g.} 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Rg1 e5
26. Kf3 Re7) 22. Rxf8+ $2 {Since the queen ending isn't as good for White as I
thought during the game, it follows that this is a mistake} (22. g5 $1 Qb6+ (
22... Rf4 23. gxh6 Rh4 24. h7+ Kh8 25. Rf8+ Qxf8 26. Qxh4 $18) 23. Kg2 Rxf1 (
23... Qe3 24. Rce1 $1 $18 {Black can't stay on the c1-h6 diagonal} Qd2+ 25. Re2
) 24. Rxf1 Qe3 25. gxh6 Qxh6 26. Qxh6 (26. Qg4 {even this is nice for White})
26... gxh6 27. Rf7 Rf8 28. Rc7) 22... Qxf8 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. g5 Rf8 25. gxh6
Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qf8+ 27. Ke2 gxh6 28. Qg4 (28. b4 Qf4 {is what White should
avoid}) (28. Kd2 Qf4+ 29. Kc3 Kg7) 28... Qf6 29. h4 (29. b4 Kg7) 29... d5 $2 {
I originally thought that Black's final mistake came earlier, but in fact this
is the real blunder. After this move, Black loses the resource Qf6-f4.} (29...
a5 {After this move, the win is no longer evident.} 30. h5 a4 $1 {taking away
the b3-square, now White's king can't run away} (30... c5 31. Qf3 Qf4 32. Qh3
$1 Qf6 (32... Kg7 33. Qxe6 Qh2+ 34. Ke1 $1 (34. Kd1 $2 Qxh5+) 34... Qh4+ 35.
Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kc3 {and here the king escapes the check via b3.}) 33. Kd1 a4 34.
Kc1 Kg7 35. Kb1 Kg8 36. Ka2 Kg7 37. c4 $18) 31. b4 {White waits one more move}
(31. b3 b4 $1) (31. Qf3 Qf4 32. b4 {A good try, but now Black can even swap
queens} (32. Qh3 Kg7 33. b3 (33. Qxe6 Qh2+ {the difference is Kc3-b3 isn't
available for White}) 33... Qc1 $1 $11) (32. Qxf4 exf4 33. b4 (33. d4 e5 34. d5
cxd5 35. exd5 {and now White can't play...} e4 36. b3 b4 $1) 33... e5) 32...
Qxf3+ (32... Qh2+ $2 33. Ke3 $1 (33. Kd1 Qf4 {would simply repeat}) 33... Qg1+
34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Kc3 Qf4 36. Qh3 $1 $18 Qf6 37. Qe3 {and White breaks through})
33. Kxf3 Kg7 34. c4 (34. Ke3 Kf6 (34... c5 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. Kd2 $1 b4 37. axb4
cxb4 38. c4 {wins}) 35. c4 (35. d4 exd4+ 36. Kxd4 e5+ 37. Ke3 d5 (37... Ke7 38.
Kf3 d5 $1 {still draws. Black just has to meet Kg4 with ...Kf6, provoke c3 and
then meet Kf5 with ...d4} (38... Ke6 39. Kg4 (39. c3 c5 40. bxc5 dxc5 41. Ke2
b4) 39... c5 (39... Kf6 {only this loses} 40. c4 $3 bxc4 41. Kf3 {and the king
walks back to c3} d5 42. exd5 cxd5 43. b5 {and White's pawns can't be stopped})
40. c3 cxb4 41. cxb4 Kf6 $11)) 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. c3 Ke6
42. g7 Kf7 43. Kf5 d4 44. cxd4 exd4 45. Kf4 Kxg7 46. e5 Kf7 (46... c5 47. bxc5
b4 48. c6 (48. axb4 a3 49. c6 a2 50. c7 a1=Q 51. c8=Q Qf1+ 52. Ke4 Qh1+ $1 {
stopping Kd5} 53. Kxd4 Qd1+ {and White can't make progress}) 48... bxa3 49. c7
a2 50. c8=Q a1=Q) 47. Ke4 c5 48. bxc5 b4 49. Kxd4 b3 50. Kc3 Ke6 51. c6 Ke7)
35... Kg7 36. Kd2 (36. cxb5 cxb5 37. d4 Kf6 38. d5 exd5 39. exd5 Ke7 40. Kf3
Kf8 41. Ke4 Kg7 42. Kf5 Kf8 $11 {and White can't make progress} 43. Ke6 e4 44.
Kxd6 e3 {and Black even wins}) 36... Kf6 37. Kc3 Kg7 38. d4 {here White
threatens d5 winning} exd4+ 39. Kxd4 e5+ 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. cxb5 cxb5
{here Black waits on e6 and e7 and meets Kg4 with ...Kf6} 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Kg3
Ke7 45. Kg4 Kf6 $1 (45... Ke6 $2 46. g7 Kf7 47. Kf5 $18)) 34... Kf6 35. Ke3 Kg7
) (31. c4 bxc4 (31... Kg7 $2 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Qg1 $1 $18) 32. dxc4 c5 {
however, White's king is now exposed} 33. Qh3 (33. Qf3 Qf4 $1 34. Qxf4 exf4 {
and now White's king is tied down to the f-pawn and can't help with b2-b3}) (
33. b3 axb3 34. Qh3 b2 35. Qb3 Kf8 $1 36. Qxb2 Qf4 $1 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Ke8
{and White can't make progress}) 33... Kg7) (31. Qg1 Qh4 32. Qa7 Qxh5+ 33. Kd2
Qxg6 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qxd6 Qg3 $1) 31... c5 (31... Kg7 32. Qg1 $1 {was the
point}) 32. c3 Kg7 (32... cxb4 $2 {premature} 33. cxb4 Kg7 34. Qg1 $1) 33. Qg3
cxb4 34. Qe3 Qf4 $1 35. Qa7+ Kf8 {and White can't improve} 36. cxb4 Qg4+ 37.
Kd2 Qg5+ 38. Kc2 Qg2+ 39. Kc3 Qf1 $1 40. Qb8+ Ke7 {and a draw.}) 30. h5 (30.
exd5 $1 cxd5 31. h5 $18 {is faster.}) 30... d4 {Here I took stock, White is
simply winning and just has to be careful.} 31. b4 $1 {Pinning down the
queenside.} Kg7 32. Qf3 Qe7 (32... Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Kf6 34. Ke2 Kg7 35. Kd2 Kf6
36. c3 $1 {and now both} dxc3+ ({and} 36... Kg7 37. cxd4 exd4 38. e5 {win}) 37.
Kxc3 Kg7 38. d4 {wins.}) 33. Kd1 Kg8 34. Qf2 Kg7 35. c3 dxc3 36. Kc2 Qc7 37.
Qc5 Kg8 38. Qe3 a5 39. Qh3 (39. Qxh6 axb4 40. axb4 Qa7) 39... axb4 40. Qxe6+
Kf8 41. axb4 Qa7 42. Kxc3 Qa3+ 43. Kc2 Qa4+ 44. Qb3 Qa7 45. d4 (45. d4 Kg7 (
45... exd4 46. Kd3 Kg7 47. Qf7+ Qxf7 48. gxf7 Kxf7 49. Kxd4 $18) 46. Qf7+ Qxf7
47. gxf7 Kxf7 48. dxe5 Ke6 49. Kd3 Kxe5 50. Ke3) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 a5 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Bh3 Kb8
21. Qd2 Be7 22. Qe3 Ng6 23. Rd4 Ne6 24. Ne4 Qe5 25. Rd7 Rd8 26. Qd3 Rxd7 27.
Qxd7 Qxe4 28. Nxe7 Nxe7 29. Qxe7 Qxe2 30. Qxf7 Qd1+ 31. Bf1 Nd4 32. Qf8+ Kc7
33. Qe7+ Kc8 34. Qf8+ Kc7 35. Qe7+ Kc8 36. Qe8+ Kc7 37. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 {It's always pleasant to see a
Rubinstein Variation.} Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c5
$5 (10. Nd2 {has been played hundreds of times, and is considered to be the
main line.}) 10... Rf6 {Black isn't kidding around; he weill try to checkmate
White with his rook and bishop and queen. His queenside development will be
stalled, but for now that is ok. White might develop them for him, if for
example he takes on b6.} 11. Ne1 $1 {using hte fact that the knight on e4
doesn't have many retreat options with the rook on f6.} bxc5 (11... Rh6 12. g3
$1 {keeps the queen away. White won in both Leko-Andreikin and Georgiev,
V-Eljanov.}) 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. f3 Ng5 14. Be2 cxd4 15. cxd4 {White's down a pawn,
but Black's develompent is awkward. His bishop on b7 is exposed, the g5 knight
will have to retreat, the f6 rook doesn't do much but be a potential target.
However White does still need to do something concrete.} Nc6 16. Nd3 Ba6 17.
Bb2 Ne7 18. d5 Rh6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 {How the
game has changed. White has a powerful bishop and still has the better
coordination. Black has two passed pawns, but hey are not going to be a factor
yet.} Re6 23. Qd3 Ng6 (23... Rb8 {looked stronger. The knight will be useful
on e7.}) 24. g3 Rb8 25. Qxf5 Reb6 26. Bd4 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Qxb1 {
With material equality in the endgame it is time to take stock once agian.
White is clearly better: his bishop dominates the open board and coordinates
much better than the queen and knight.} c5 29. Qb3+ c4 (29... Kh8 30. Qc3 $18)
30. Qb5 {With little effort White has already blockaded the pawns. Now they
are ripe for the taking.} Ne7 31. Qg5 $5 (31. Bc5 Nd5 32. Qxc4 Qc6 33. Qd4 $16)
31... Qf8 32. Bc5 Kf7 33. Qe5 Qe8 34. Kf2 {Black is paralyzed.} Nc6 {losing a
pawn, but what else to do?} 35. Qh5+ g6 36. Qxh7+ Ke6 37. Qg7 Qf7 38. Qxf7+
Kxf7 39. Ke3 {White has too many pawns on the kingside.} Ke6 40. g4 d6 41. Ba3
d5 42. Bb2 Nb4 43. a4 Nc2+ 44. Kd2 Nb4 45. h4 Nd3 46. Bd4 a6 (46... Nxf4 47.
Bxa7 {leaves Black with too many passed pawns to deal with.}) 47. h5 gxh5 48.
f5+ Kd6 49. gxh5 $18 Ne5 50. Ke3 Nf7 51. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qa4 a5 11. e3 b5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. b3 Qg5 14. a3 Bf8
15. Bb2 Bxd5 16. e4 Bb7 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Be3 Qg6 19. d3 a4 20. Rab1 axb3 21.
Rxb3 b4 22. axb4 cxb4 23. Bd2 Bc6 24. Rb2 Ba4 25. Qc4 Rec8 26. Qd4 Bc5 27. Qd5
b3 28. d4 Bb6 29. Be3 h6 30. e5 Bc6 31. Qxb3 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Qe4+
34. Qf3 Qxd4 35. Rb5 Qc3 36. Rd1 Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Rc7 38. Rbd5 Raa7 39. Kg4 Ra2
40. R1d2 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. Nc5 Qc7 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 Nc6
15. O-O Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxc5 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Rxc5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Be4 20. Rfc1 Rac8
21. Qb5 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 f6 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 Rd8 25. b4 a6 26. b5 Rxd6 27.
Rc8+ Kf7 28. Rc7+ Kf8 29. Rxb7 axb5 30. Bxb5 Rd8 31. a4 Ra8 32. Rc7 Bf3 33. h3
Ra5 34. Rc1 h5 35. gxh5 Bxh5 36. Kf2 Ra8 37. Rc6 Bd1 38. Rc3 Bh5 39. Rc6 Bd1
40. Rc3 Bh5 41. Ke3 Be8 42. Kd3 Ke7 43. Kc2 e5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. dxe5 Bxb5 46.
axb5 Ke6 47. h4 Kxe5 48. b6 Kd6 49. Kd3 Rb8 50. Rb3 Kc6 51. Kd4 Kb7 52. Kxd5
Rh8 53. Rb4 Rh5+ 54. Ke6 g5 55. hxg5 Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.05.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Bois Colombes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. b3 g6 17. Bb2 Nh5 (17... Rac8 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Qb1 bxa4 20. bxa4 exd4
21. cxd4 d5 22. Rc1 Nf4 23. Bf1 Qb8 24. g3 Ne6 25. h4 Bg7 26. Bh3 c5 27. dxc5
Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Ndxc5 29. Ne5 Red8 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Rc1 Qa8 33.
exd5 Bxd5 34. Ng4 Bh1 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nxh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. f3 Bxf3 39.
Qa3+ Kg7 40. Nxf3 Kxf6 41. Qb2+ Ke7 42. Ne5 Nd4 43. Rf1 f5 44. Re1 Qd5 45. Qb6
Rd6 46. Qc7+ Kf8 47. Nxg6+ {Naiditsch,A (2705)-Ponomariov,R (2723) Dortmund
2014 1-0}) 18. Bf1 Rac8 (18... Nf4 19. g3 Ne6 20. h4) 19. g3 Ng7 20. Rad1 Ne6
21. h4 Bg7 22. axb5 (22. h5) 22... axb5 23. b4 d5 24. h5 exd4 25. cxd4 Nb6 26.
hxg6 hxg6 27. e5 Qe7 28. Bc3 Ra8 29. Nb3 Bc8 30. Ra1 Bd7 31. Bd3 Ng5 32. Nxg5
Qxg5 33. Nc5 Bg4 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. e6 Bf6 36. Be2 Bf5 37. Bd3 Bg4 38. Be2 Bf5
39. Bd3 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.05.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 (5... Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2
Qc7 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bc2 b6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Qd3 a5 14.
Nxc5 bxc5 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Ba6 17. Qd1 Re8 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. h3 h6 20. Rb1
Bc4 21. a4 Ne4 22. Bd2 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Nxf2 24. Qf3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 c4+ 26. Qd4 Re2
27. Rd1 Qxb2 28. Qxd5 Qc2 29. Bf4 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Re2 31. Rg1 Qd3 32. Qxd3 cxd3
33. Bxh6 d2 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rg1 {McShane,L (2697)-Rapport,R (2676) Germany
2014 0-1}) 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ne4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Bc4 b6 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2
$146 (11. Bxd5 Rxd5 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. c4 Rf5 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Rd1
Na5 17. Nd4 Re5 18. Bf4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxc7 Nxc4 21. Nb5 Nxb2 22. Rd7
Bf6 23. Rb1 h5 24. h3 Rxa2 25. Bd8 Be5 26. Bc7 Nc4 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nd4 Rd2
29. Rc1 b5 30. Ra1 Re4 31. Raa7 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Rxf2 33. Nf3 Ree2 34. Rxf7 Rxg2+
35. Kh1 Nd6 {0-1 (35) Godena,M (2526)-Sutovsky,E (2692) Spoleto 2011}) 11...
bxc5 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nexg5 h6 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 N7b6 17. Bb3
a5 18. a3 Ba6 19. c4 Nf4 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Qc3 f5 22. Ng3 a4 $15 {[%csl Rb2]} 23.
Bc2 Qc6 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf4g2]} 24. h4 Rd4 $1 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxc4
27. Qxb6 Bxf3 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. gxf3 Rf8 30. h5 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Nf4+ 32. Kg1 Nh3+
{Une répétition de coups pour gagner du temps à la pendule} 33. Kg2 Qh4 34.
Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qd6 $13 {Malgré la structure, la position Blanche
reste jouable} Rd8 37. Qa6 $2 $138 (37. Qb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4h4]} Nf4+ (37... Rd4
38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qxf5+) 38. Kg1 $132) 37... Nf4+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ 39. Kg2 Nf4+ 40.
Kg1 Kh7 $1 {Une précaution évitant un échec intermédiaire} 41. Qf1 $2 (41.
Qb5 {[%cal Gb5f5,Gb5a4]} Rd5 42. Qb4 {[%cal Gb4h4]} (42. Qxa4 Nh3+) 42... Qg5
$36 {[%cal Gf4h5]}) 41... Nh3+ 42. Kg2 Nf4+ 43. Kg1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 ({Oder} 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6
14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 b5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. f5 Nd5 20. fxg6
fxg6 21. Bxd5+ cxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh7 23. Bf4 Rfd8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26.
Rab1 a6 27. Rf3 Rc8 28. Kf2 Kh6 29. Ke2 Kg5 30. a4 Rb6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Kd3
Kh4 33. Rb4 g5 34. d5 Rf6 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. d6 Kxh3 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rd4 f5 39.
gxf5 g4 40. f6 g3 41. f7 g2 42. f8=Q Rxf8 43. d8=Q Rf3+ 44. Ke2 g1=Q 45. Qh4+ {
1-0 (45) So,W (2710)-Ipatov,A (2584) Tromsoe 2013}) 9... Bf5 10. Qc2 ({Die
Alternative} 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. h3 h6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qd3 18. Rxd5 Nc6 19. c4 Qe2 20. Qc3 Rac8 21.
Bb2 Rfe8 22. c5 Rb8 23. Ba3 b5 24. Rd7 Rbd8 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. d5 Ne5 27. c6 Nc4
28. Rd7 Nd2 29. h4 Re4 30. c7 Kh7 31. Rxf7 Rg4 32. Bb2 {1-0 (32) Najer,E (2634)
-Nisipeanu,L (2654) Jerusalem 2015}) 10... Nd7 ({Hier spielte man häufiger} 
10... Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 Na6) 11. Nc3 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bg6 (12... Bc7) 13. Nxg6
{In dieser theoretisch bekannten Position der Russischen Verteidigung spielt
Schwarz nun eine interessante Neuerung, mit der Idee, Weiß mattzusetzen.
Allerdings hat die Kombination ein Loch.} Bxh2+ (13... fxg6 14. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 15.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Rxf2 17. Re2 Rf1 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Kxg4 Rh1 21.
Qe4 Rh4+ 22. Kg3 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 g5 24. Bd2 Qf6 25. Rae1 Rf8 26. Bb4 {1-0 (26)
Ivanchuk,V (2705)-Frolyanov,D (2486) Yerevan 2004}) (13... hxg6 14. Bxe4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Re8 17. Qxe8+ Qxe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Be3 f5 20. g3 Re4
21. b3 f4 22. gxf4 Bxf4 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Kg2 Kf6 25. Kf3 Kf5 26. Rg1 Bxe3 27.
fxe3 Rh4 28. Rf1 g5 29. Rf2 a6 30. c5 g6 31. a3 a5 32. a4 g4+ 33. Ke2+ Ke6 34.
Kd3 Rh3 35. Re2 g3 36. hxg3 Rxg3 37. Rb2 Rh3 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Rh7 40. a5 g5
41. Rb6 Kf5 42. a6 bxa6 43. Rxc6 g4 44. Rxa6 g3 45. e4+ Kf4 46. Rg6 Kf3 47. d5
g2 48. d6 Rh6 49. Rxh6 {1-0 (49) Flores Ramos,J (2353)-De Blois Figueredo,A 
(2068) ICCF email 2007}) 14. Kxh2 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 fxg6 {Es droht nun Dh4 und Sxf2
mit Gewinn.} 16. Bxe4 Qh4 17. Bf3 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Rae8 (18... Qh1+ 19. Ke2 Rae8+
20. Be3 $18) 19. Rxe8 (19. Be3 $2 Nxe3+ 20. fxe3 Rxf3+ $19) 19... Rxe8 20. Ne4
{Der einzige Weg, den Angriff ohne Schaden abzuwehren.} Qh1+ (20... dxe4 21.
Bxg4 Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Qxg2 23. Be3 Qxg4+ 24. Kd2 $18) 21. Ke2 Qg1 (21... dxe4 22.
Bxg4 $18) 22. cxd5 (22. Bxg4 Rxe4+ 23. Kf3 $18) 22... cxd5 23. Bxg4 Rxe4+ 24.
Kf3 h5 {Weiß hat den Strum mit zwei Mehrfiguren überstanden und macht jetzt
noch einen pfiffigen Zug.} 25. Be6+ Kh7 (25... Rxe6 26. Qc8+) 26. Qc8 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 (8... b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 Nd7 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Bb5 c6
14. Be2 f6 15. Bf4 c5 16. Nf3 Qe6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Rhe1 d5 19. Bg3 Bd6 20. Nh2
Qd7 21. f4 Nf7 22. Bf3 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Kb1 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Qg4 26. Bh2 d3
27. cxd3 a5 28. Re2 Bb4 29. Qe3 Nd6 30. Qxb6 Rb8 31. Qc6 Nb5 32. Rc1 Rfc8 33.
Qe6+ Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Nc3+ 35. Ka1 Nb5 36. Kb1 Nc3+ 37. Ka1 Nb5 {1/2-1/2 (37)
Kryvoruchko,Y (2710)-Landa,K (2647) Germany 2015}) 9. O-O-O c6 10. Bd3 Ne5 11.
Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Kb1 Be6 14. c4 Rae8 $146 (14... Rad8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16.
Bc3 Bd6 17. g4 b5 18. h4 b4 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Rde1 Bd4 21. h5 a5 22. f4 f5 23.
fxe5 fxg4 24. Rhf1 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Kh8 26. Qe4 Bg8 27. Bg5 g3 28. h6 g2 29. Qxg2
Bxe5 30. Bxd8 Qxd8 31. Qe4 Bf6 32. hxg7+ Bxg7 33. Rh1 h6 34. Rxh6+ Bxh6 35.
Qe5+ {1-0 (35) Karjakin,S (2786)-Frolyanov,D (2563) Moscow 2013}) 15. Rhe1 Bb4
16. c3 Be7 17. Bc1 Rd8 18. Bc2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Re1 Bf6 21. a4 Qc7 22. h4
Qd7 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. h5 Qd7 26. f3 Qd6 27. g4 g6 28. Be3 a6 29.
a5 Qd8 30. Bb6 Qd6 31. Be3 Qd8 32. Bb6 Qd6 33. hxg6 {Après une répétition
de coups pour gagner du temps à la pendule, le TOP GMI va tenter de joeur
pour le gain.} hxg6 34. Be3 Qd8 35. Bb6 Qd6 36. Bd3 Bg5 $11 37. Kc2 Kg7 38. b4
Bf4 39. Bc5 Qd8 40. Bb6 Qd6 41. Bc5 Qd8 42. Bb6 Qd6 43. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Savina, Anastasia"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 {Une
idée récente} c5 (7... O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 N8d7 11. O-O-O e6
12. Kb1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e4 Qe7 15. Be2 Rad8 16. Rhe1 Rd4 17. e5 f6 18. Nb5
Rd5 19. Bb4 fxe5 20. Qa3 Nbd7 21. Bg4 Rxf4 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Nc3 Rf7 24. Nxd5
Qd6 25. Rd1 b6 26. Qxa7 e4 27. Bxd7 e3 28. Nxe3 Qe5 29. Qa8+ {1-0 (29)
Kasimdzhanov,R (2705)-Svidler,P (2739) Tbilisi 2015}) 8. dxc5 N6d7 9. Na4 (9.
Ne4) 9... e5 $1 $11 10. Nf3 exf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. Be2 Qe7 $146 (12... b6 13.
O-O Nxc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19.
Rb5 Qc7 20. Bg4 Rad8 21. Qf3 f6 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Nc4 Kh8 24. Nxb6 axb6 25.
Rfb1 Rd6 26. a4 Qd8 27. h3 Rg8 28. R1b2 Rd3 29. Qh5 Rxc3 30. Qxf5 Qd4+ 31. Kh2
Rc1 32. Rf2 Qa1 {0-1 (32) Wang,H (2735)-Giri,A (2734) Beijing 2013}) 13. O-O
Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 Nc6 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Bc4 (17. b4 Nxb4 (17... a6 18.
a4 Bf5 19. b5) 18. Rb1) (17. b3) 17... Bxb2 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Rc3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3
h6 21. Qa1 Rad8 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. Qe1 Qc5 24. Bb3 f6 25. Bb2 Bg4 26. Nh4 Bf5 27.
Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Qf2 Qa5 29. Qg3 Nd4 30. Ba3 Qb5 31. Rg1 Ne2 32. Qe1 Rfe8 33. Bf7
Nxg1 34. Bxe8 Qxe8 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O (6. Qe2 cxd4 7. exd4
Nc6 8. O-O (8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O $13)) 6... a6 7. dxc5 {Le Top GMI
veut jouer une partie technique mais le français devait être assez content
du choix de son adversaire} (7. a4) (7. Bd3) (7. Bb3) 7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9.
Be2 (9. Nbd2) (9. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 9... b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nc4 (11. Nb3 Be7
12. Nfd4) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd4 O-O (12... Bd5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. f3 Rfc8
16. Rac1 e5 17. e4 Be6 18. Be3 a5 19. Nd6 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 Nc5 21. Nb5 Rc8 22. Nc3
Kf8 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. b3 Nfd7 26. Nd3 Ke7 27. Nb2 f5 28. Bc4 fxe4
29. fxe4 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Ke6 31. Kf3 h5 32. g3 Nb7 33. h3 g6 34. Ke2 Nbc5 35. Kf3
Nb7 36. a3 Nd6 37. Nxd6 Kxd6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Ke6 40. b5 Be7 41. Na4 Bd8
42. Ke2 {Jakovenko,D (2725)-Rublevsky,S (2704) Poikovsky 2010 1/2-1/2}) 13. Nb3
Be7 14. f3 Rad8 (14... Rfd8 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 15. Kf2 $146 (15. e4 Nc5 16. Be3
Nxb3 17. axb3 b5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Na5 Ba8 20. Rc1 Kf8 21. Nc6 Rc8 22. Nxe7
Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Kxe7 24. Kf2 Nd7 25. Be3 f5 26. exf5 exf5 27. Bd4 Nf6 28. Bd3
Ke6 29. Bc2 g6 30. g3 Nd7 31. Ke3 Ne5 32. Bd1 Bd5 33. h4 h6 34. Bc3 g5 35. hxg5
hxg5 36. Bxe5 Kxe5 37. f4+ gxf4+ 38. gxf4+ Kd6 39. b4 Be4 40. Kd4 Bd5 41. Bc2
Be6 42. Bb1 Bd7 43. Ba2 Bc6 44. Ke3 Bb7 {Kazakovskiy,V (2354)-Sakalauskas,V 
(2384) Lithuania 2015 1/2-1/2 (61)}) 15... Ba8 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. e4 Nb4 18. a3
Nc6 19. Be3 b5 20. Nca5 Nxa5 21. Nxa5 Ne5 22. Nb3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Bd4 Nc4
25. Rc1 f5 26. exf5 exf5 27. Na5 Bd5 28. Nxc4 bxc4 {Les Blancs ont obtenu un
tout petit affaiblissement de l'aile-dame mais difficile à exploiter.} 29. Rd1
Be6 30. f4 Kf7 31. Bf3 Rb8 32. Rd2 Bf6 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. Ke3 Rb3+ (34... a5)
35. Kd4 c3 36. bxc3 Rxa3 37. c4 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4]} a5 38. Bd5 a4 39. Rb2 (39.
g3) 39... Bxd5 40. cxd5 Ra1 41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. Ke5 a3 43. Ra6 a2 44. Kxf5 g6+ 45.
Kg4 h6 46. g3 Kg7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Ra6+ Kg7 49. Ra8 Kf7 50. Ra5 Kg7 51. Ra6 Rd1
52. Rxa2 h5+ $1 {Gagne un tempo important sur le K pour jouer la bonne
structure en finale de R avec 3/2 P} 53. Kh4 Rxd5 54. Ra7+ Kh6 55. Ra6 Rd2 56.
Kh3 Rf2 57. Ra7 Rb2 58. Re7 Ra2 59. Re6 Rf2 60. Rd6 Kg7 61. Kh4 Kh6 62. Kh3 Kg7
63. Rd7+ Kh6 64. Rf7 Ra2 65. Re7 Rb2 66. Re1 Ra2 67. Rb1 Rc2 68. Rb6 Rf2 69.
Re6 Kg7 70. Kh4 Kh6 71. h3 Rf1 72. Rf6 Rf2 73. Rf8 Rf3 74. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Cossin, Sebastien"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons-en-champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 (9... f5 10. e5 Nb4 11. Nh3 a5 12. a3 N4d5 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14.
Bxf4 Nd5 15. h4 h5 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bg5 c6 18. Kb1 Nxc3+ 19. Qxc3 Qd7 20. Rd3
Rfd8 21. g4 fxg4 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Rg3 b5 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rhg1 b4 26. Qc5
bxa3 27. Rxa3 Rab8 28. Rc3 Qf5+ 29. Rc2 Rb4 30. Be3 Rdb8 31. Bc1 a4 32. Ka1 a3
33. bxa3 Rxd4 34. Bb2 Re4 35. Qxc6 Rxe5 36. Qc4+ Kh7 37. h5 Rxb2 38. hxg6+ Kh6
39. Rxb2 {Le,Q (2676)-Li,C (2721) Ho Chi Minh City 2015 0-1}) (9... e5) 10. h4
Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Qf4 Qf6
17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Qxc7 $146 (18. Qh2 h5 19. Qxc7 Bd7 20. Nge2 Rc8 21. Qg3 Na4
22. Kb1 Qb6 23. Nxa4 Bxa4 24. Qe5 Qe3 25. b3 Bb5 26. Qd5+ e6 27. Qd1 Bd3+ {
0-1 (27) Santiago,Y (2451)-Ragger,M (2646) Graz 2014}) 18... Bd7 19. Qh2 Qf7
20. Nh3 Bxh3 21. Qxh3 Ne6 22. Kb1 Rd8 23. Qh6 Nf4 24. Qg5 Qf6 25. Qh6 Qf7 26.
Qg5 Rf8 {Les Noirs évitent la répétition de position mais au risque de
forcer une position inférieure} 27. g3 Ne6 28. Qh6 (28. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Gg4e6,
Gf3f4]} Rd8 29. f4 $14) 28... Qg7 29. Qe3 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 31. f4 e5 32. fxe5
Nf3 33. Bh3 Nxe5 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Kf7 36. Kc2 Ke6 37. b4 Nc6 38. a3 Ke5
39. Kd3 Nd4 $15 40. Bh3 h5 41. Nd5 Nxd5 42. exd5 Nf5 43. g4 hxg4 44. Bxg4 b5
45. Bd1 Kxd5 46. a4 Ke5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Bf3 Nd4 49. Bg4 Ne6 50. Ke3 Nc7 51.
Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poitiers Migne"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 $146 (6... Bd7 7. b5
Bxc5 8. Bc4 Ne7 9. exd4 exd4 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Nxd4 Qd6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Nbc3 Bf5
14. Qb3 Ne5 15. Na4 Bd3 16. Be6 Bb4 17. Nd4 c5 18. a3 cxd4 19. axb4 Bxb5 20.
Nc5 b6 21. f4 bxc5 22. fxe5 Qxe5+ 23. Kd1 Qe2+ 24. Kc1 cxb4 25. Bxd4 Ra6 26.
Be3 a4 {0-1 (26) Ramirez,A (2587)-Edouard,R (2639) Arlington 2015}) 7. b5 Nb4
8. a3 Nd5 9. exd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qe7+ 11. Be2 Qxc5 $132 {was also fine for Black
} 12. O-O Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Bb2 Nge7 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Re1 Nb6 17. Bb3 O-O-O
18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kb8 20. Bc3 Bd4 21. Ra2 Bxc3 22. dxc3 Ng6 23. Kf1 Nf4
24. g3 Nxe6 25. Rxe6 Rd5 26. a4 Rd1+ 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Re8+ 29. Kd2 Re4
30. Kd3 Rxa4 31. Re2 Ra1 32. Nd2 a4 33. c4 Rc1 34. Kd4 a3 35. c5 a2 36. Nb3
Rc4+ 37. Kd3 Rxc5 38. Rxa2 Rxb5 39. Nd4 Rd5 40. Kc3 Re5 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 (7. c5 Ne4
8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 11. Bc4 Bc6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Bg3 Rc8 14.
b4 Qd7 15. a4 Rfd8 16. O-O Bd5 17. Rfc1 c6 18. Bd6 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Be7 20. Be5
Qd5 21. Rab1 f6 22. Bg3 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Kf7 24. Kf1 e5 25. dxe5 f5 26. Ke2 Ke6
27. f3 Rd3 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Rcd8 30. b5 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 g5 32. bxc6 bxc6 33.
Reb4 h5 34. R4b2 Kf5 35. e4+ Ke6 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 {Eljanov,P (2718)-Andreikin,D 
(2718) Havana 2015 1/2-1/2}) 7... a6 8. c5 Ne4 9. Rc1 $146 (9. Bd3 f5 10. Ne5
Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 b6 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. O-O Bd7 15. c4 Bc6 16. Qb3 b5
17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Rfc1 Ra7 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Rxa3 21. Qc6 Kf7 22. Rxa3
Bxa3 23. Qb7+ Be7 24. Rc7 Re8 25. g3 Kf8 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. Rd7 Qa5 28. Bd6 {
1-0 (28) Agrest,E (2545)-Gouret,T (2275) Bastia 1998}) 9... f5 (9... g5 $5) 10.
h3 c6 (10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nf6) 11. Bd3 Bf6 12. Na4 Ng5 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. b4
Bf6 15. Bd6 Be7 16. Bh2 Rf7 17. O-O g6 18. Kh1 Bf6 19. f3 Bg7 20. Qd2 e5 (20...
Bh6) 21. e4 $1 {Pour profiter de l'avance de développement, les Blancs
doivent ouvrir le centre} f4 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Bc2 exd4 24. Bb3 Ne5 25. Nb6 Be6
26. Nxa8 Qxa8 27. Qxd4 Nxf3 28. Qd3 Nxh2 29. Kxh2 Rf5 30. Rcd1 Bf7 31. Qf3 Qd8
32. Rd3 Qd7 33. Kh1 h5 34. Rfd1 d4 35. Re1 Bxb3 36. Rxb3 Kh7 37. Re4 Qf7 38.
Rb1 g5 $6 39. Rbe1 g4 40. Qd3 Kh6 41. Re6+ Kg5 42. Re7 Qf8 43. Re8 Qf7 44. R1e7
Qf6 45. Re6 Qf7 46. R8e7 Qf8 47. Rxg7+ Qxg7 48. h4+ Kxh4 49. Qxf5 Kg3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Ipatov,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. a3 d6 5. b4 Bb6 6. e3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6
9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 a6 11. Bg2 h5 12. O-O hxg4 13. hxg4 Qd7 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. c5
Ba7 16. d5 Nce7 17. Qd4 Rd8 18. Bb2 f6 19. Qf4 Nh6 20. g5 Qg4 21. Qd2 Nf7 22.
gxf6 gxf6 23. Qd4 Ne5 24. Qxg4 Nxg4 25. Nd4 Kf7 26. Ne6 Rdg8 27. Nxc7 Ne5 28.
cxd6 Nc8 29. d7 {Wesley had been pressing throughout the entire game , but at
some point Black consolidated and took his chance when White overpushed.} Nf3+
$1 30. Kf1 (30. Bxf3 Be4+ 31. Kf1 Bxf3 {leads to a forced mate too.}) 30...
Bd3+ 31. Re2 Rh1+ $1 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. b3 (13. Nxd4 Qh4 14.
Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Be3 Rd8 20.
Rfd1 Be7 21. d6 Rxd6 22. Re1 Bd8 23. Kf1 Kg8 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc7 26. Bd4
Ne8 27. Ke2 a6 28. Bc3 Nd6 29. Rd5 f6 30. Kd3 Re8 31. Bd4 Kf7 32. Be3 {1/2-1/2
(32) Vachier Lagrave,M (2754)-Giri,A (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 13... Nf6
14. Bb2 Nxd5 15. Qc4 Nb4 $146 (15... Nf6 16. Qxd4 Bc7 17. Bc4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 a6
19. Rfe1 b5 20. Be2 Ba5 21. Red1 Bb7 22. Nf5 Rfe8 23. Bxf6 Rxe2 24. Bxg7 Kh7
25. Bd4 Kg6 26. Ne3 f5 27. Kf1 Rd2 28. Bb6 Bb4 29. Rxd2 Bxd2 30. Rd1 Bb4 31.
Rd7 Be4 32. f3 Bb1 33. Bd4 Bf8 34. Nd5 Bxa2 35. Nf4+ Kg5 36. g3 h5 37. Rh7 {
1-0 (37) Yuffa,D (2471)-Ovod,E (2325) Moscow 2015}) 16. Rad1 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Be7
18. Nxd4 {[%cal Gd3d8]} Qb6 $1 $11 19. Nb5 Be6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Rfc8 $1
22. Bxa7 Rc2 23. Be3 Bf5 (23... Raxa2) 24. Rd5 Be6 25. Rd3 Bf5 26. Rd5 Be6 27.
Rdd1 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2015.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2015.06.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nce5 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 Rc8
15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nd4 Qa5 17. a3 Bf8 18. Nf5 Nb6 19. Qd4 Nec4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21.
Nxd6 Nxa3+ 22. bxa3 Rxc3 23. Qb4 Qxb4+ 24. axb4 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rec8 26. Rh2 Re3
27. Rd4 Rc4 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 29. e5 h6 30. Kc1 Kh7 31. Kd2 Rf3 32. Bc5 h5 33. gxh5
Rf5 34. Ke3 Rxh5 35. h4 Be6 36. Bd6 b6 37. Bc7 a5 38. Bxb6 Rxe5+ 39. Kd4 Rd5+
40. Kc3 axb4+ 41. Kxb4 Rh5 42. Bd8 Re5 43. Rf2 Re4+ 44. Kc3 Kh6 45. Kd3 Rc4 46.
Rf4 Rxf4 47. Bg5+ Kh5 48. Bxf4 Kxh4 49. Be5 g5 50. Bf6 Kh5 51. Ke4 Kg6 52. Be5
f6 53. Bc7 Kh5 54. Bd8 f5+ 55. Ke5 Bc8 56. Kf6 f4 57. c4 Kg4 58. Kg6 Bf5+ 59.
Kf6 Bd3 60. Bb6 Bxc4 61. Bc5 Bd3 62. Bb6 Kh4 63. Bf2+ Kh5 64. Bb6 Ba6 65. Bc5
Bc8 66. Bb6 Kg4 67. Bc5 Bd7 68. Bb6 Bf5 69. Bc5 Bc8 70. Bb6 f3 71. Be3 Bd7 72.
Kg6 Be8+ 73. Kf6 Bh5 74. Bb6 Bf7 75. Bc5 Bb3 76. Be3 Bd1 77. Kg6 Bc2+ 78. Kf6
Ba4 79. Kg6 Bd7 80. Kf6 Bf5 81. Ke5 Bc8 82. Kf6 Kh5 83. Bf2 Bd7 84. Be3 Bh3 85.
Bf2 Kg4 86. Be3 Bg2 87. Kg6 Bf1 88. Kf6 Bh3 89. Kg6 Bf1 90. Kf6 Bd3 91. Bb6 Bh7
92. Be3 Bf5 93. Ke5 Bc2 94. Kf6 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2015.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.06.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 ({When aiming for the Dragon with opposite colours, White
sometimes tries to postpone the development of either Nb1, or Ng1. A recent
example of the first type:} 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 ({A plausible alternative is} 6... Be7 $5 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6
$13) 7. b3 (7. Nc3 Be7 {transposes to our game.}) 7... Be7 8. Bb2 f6 9. d4 (9.
d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. a3 a5 15. Qc2 Bd5
16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Qb1 e4 19. Ng1 f5 20. e3 exd3 21. Rxd3 Be4 $15 {
Romanov,E (2613)-Gasimov,P (2497) Nakhchivan 2015}) 9... e4 $5 (9... exd4 10.
Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. a4 a5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Rfd1
Qe8 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Rac1 Ba3 19. Ra1 Be7 $11 {Pena Gomez,M (2419)-Alsina Leal,
D (2523) El Sauzal 2010}) 10. Ne1 f5 11. f3 exf3 (11... Bf6 12. fxe4 Nxd4 13.
Nc3 O-O 14. Nd3 $14) 12. Nxf3 Nd5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. e3 Be6 15. a3 Qd7 (15... Qe8
16. Nbd2 Rd8 $132) 16. Nbd2 Rad8 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. b4 a6 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Ba1 Bd5
21. Nbd2 Qe6 22. Rfe1 Nb6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qg6 25. Qe2 {Nakamura,H (2802)
-Hammer,J (2677) Stavanger 2015} Qh5 $5 $11 (25... Qe6 $11)) 2... e5 3. Nf3 ({
The second idea, mentioned above, is} 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3
Be7 {and now:} {A more solid and restrained line is} 7. Be3 (7. Nh3 Nc6 (7...
g5 8. Ng1 h5 9. h3 Nc6 (9... f6 10. f4 $13) 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nf3 f6 12. Be3
Bxh3 $6 (12... Nd5 $142 $5) 13. Rxh3 g4 14. Rh1 gxf3 15. exf3 Bb4 16. Qb3 Nd5
17. Bd2 (17. O-O-O $5 $36) 17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qd5 20. Rc1 h4 $6
(20... Qxf3 21. Qxc6+ Qxc6 22. Rxc6 O-O-O 23. Ke2 $14 {/+/-}) 21. gxh4 O-O-O
22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxd3 24. Ke2 Rhd8 25. Rc2 R3d4 26. h5 R8d7 27. h6 Rh7
28. Rc6 $18 {Grischuk,A (2781)-Hammer,J (2677) Stavanger 2015}) 8. O-O O-O 9.
f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 (10. gxf4 Nd4 11. e4 f5 12. Kh1 c5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. fxg5 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rf4 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Nf3
21. Bxf3 Rxf3 22. g6 hxg6 23. Rxc5 Qd7 $15 {½, Pirttilahti,J (2142)-Vidalina,
F (2167) email 2004}) 10... Nd4 11. e3 Nf5 12. d4 c5 13. Nfd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
cxd4 15. exd4 {½, Uryupin,I-Stepanov,K (2348) email 2011} Be6 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7
17. Bxb7 Rb8 $44) 7... O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 $5 (8... f5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. b4
a6 12. a3 Kh8 13. Na4 (13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e3 Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Ne2
Rab8 18. Nh4 Qf6 19. Qb2 g5 20. Nf3 Nde7 21. Rcd1 Qg7 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. e4 Be6
24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Rde1 {Caruana,F (2791)-Giri,A (2752) Stavanger 2014} Nfd4 26.
Nxd4 Nxd4 $13 {In this game White gradually got a serious advantage, but
finally squandered it. For more details see the notes by Marin in CBM 161.})
13... Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd5 15. Bc5 Bd6 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. e4 Be6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19.
Be3 a5 20. b5 Ne7 21. Bg5 Qf7 22. Qc3 h6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nh4 $14 {Anand,V 
(2804)-Hammer,J (2677) Stavanger 2015}) (8... Nc6 {is what White is trying to
prevent, but} 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nf3 Bd6 $132 {is far from clear.}) 9. a3 (9. Qc2
Bf8 10. a3 h6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Nc5 Bxc5
16. Bxc5 Nd5 17. b4 b6 18. Be3 Re6 19. Qc4 Rd6 20. Bd2 Bxf3 21. exf3 Rf6 22. f4
exf4 23. Bxd5 fxg3 24. hxg3 Qxd5 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Rxd8 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Nxd8 28.
Rxc7 Rd6 29. Rxa7 Rxd3 30. Be3 b5 31. Ra5 Nc6 32. Rxb5 Rxa3 33. Rb7 Rb3 34. b5
$14 {Giri,A (2722)-Kramnik,V (2791) Hoogeveen 2011}) 9... Bf8 10. Nf3 Nc6 ({
Less natural is} 10... N8d7 11. O-O c6 12. Qb3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. b4 Ncd7 15.
h3 Bf5 16. Nd2 h6 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Nf6 19. Bc5 Nfd7 20. Nce4 Qc7 21. a4 a6
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc5 Nf6 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. a5 Na8 26. e4 Bh7 27. Nc4 Rfe8 28. f4
$16 {Karjakin,S (2767)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2706) Tashkent 2014}) 11. O-O Nd4 12.
Ne4 (12. Nd2 Nf5 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. e3 c6 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Nde4 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 g6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Bg4 21. f3 Bh3 22. d5 Qf6 23. Rd3 Rad8 $15 {
Van Tienhoven,R (2393)-Tomson,H (2410) email 2009}) 12... c6 13. Bxd4 (13. Nc5
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Bg2 Nb5 17. a4 Nd4 18. e3 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6
20. Bc3 Qd7 21. d4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 a5 24. Bf3 Bb3 25. Bd1 Bd5 26.
Be2 $11 {Uhlmann,W (2460)-Romanishin,O (2600) Dresden 1998}) 13... exd4 14. Qd2
Bg4 15. Rfe1 a5 16. Qf4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd5 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Bg2 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Qb6
21. Kh1 a4 22. f4 Ra5 23. e5 Rb5 24. Rc2 Rb3 25. Rd1 Rd8 $132 {Topalov,V (2769)
-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2522) Villarrobledo rpd 2007}) 3... Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 ({A major alternative is immediate queenside
expansion with} 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8
14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Nf7 ({In the notes to
Kamsky-Svidler 2 years ago in CBM 155 I dealt with this position in more
detail, but mentioned only} 18... Ne8 {, or the postal favourite}) (18... Bb3
$5 19. Qe2 Nf7 {Marin mentions} 20. f4 {here, but Black was fine after} Qd7 21.
Nf2 exf4 22. gxf4 Nd6 23. Ng4 $6 Be6 24. Nf2 Ra5 $36 {Van Damme,L (2275)
-Sedlacek,P (2439) email 2005}) 19. Ne2 (19. Nd1 Ba2 (19... Bf8 $5 {Marin}) 20.
Ra1 Bd5 21. f4 f5 22. Qxc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Bf8 24. Nef2 {½, Engelen,J (2324)
-Broudin,M (2129) email 2011} Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nd5 26. Rc2 exf4 27. gxf4 Nd6 $132)
19... Bf8 20. h4 Rb8 21. N2c3 Bb3 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Nd2 Be6 24. Nc4 Qxd3 25. Qxd3
Rxd3 26. Nxb6 cxb6 27. Nxa4 Rb3 28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Nc4 31. Bb4
Nxa3 32. Bxa3 Bxa3 33. Nxb6 Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Nd5+ Bxd5 36. Rxd5 $11 {
Svidler,P (2753)-Kramnik,V (2783) Stavanger 2014 For more details see the
notes to this game by Marin in CBM 161.}) 8... O-O 9. a3 {A flexible move
order, So retains the choice between b4 and Be3 until Black decides what setup
he will choose.} (9. Be3 Re8 $5 {still has a good reputation from
Carlsen-Kramnik, Bilbao 2010 (CBM 139):} (9... Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 (10... f5 {
is rather committal:} 11. a3 Bf6 12. Nd2 Kh8 13. b4 Rb8 14. Bc5 Ne7 15. b5 Nbc8
16. a4 b6 17. Ba3 Nd6 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Qc1 Qd7 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. e4 Bg5 22. Qa1
c5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Bb2 Ng6 25. h4 h5 26. Nd5 $36 {Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P 
(2769) Thessaloniki 2013 We have already mentioned this game annotated in CBM
155.}) 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 a6 13. a3 Re8 (13... f6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+
16. f3 Rfc8 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Kf3 Ne6 22.
b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. a4 Rca8 25. Rb1 Rxa4 26. Rxb7 Bf6 27. Rb8+ Rxb8 28.
Rxa4 Rb5 29. Ra6 Kf7 30. Nc4 h6 31. Ra7 Ke8 32. h3 Kd7 33. Bf2 g5 $11 {Kramnik,
V (2803)-Karjakin,S (2782) Moscow 2013}) 14. Rfd1 (14. Rc3 Bf6 15. Rc5 Ne7 16.
Rfc1 c6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nf5 20. Qg4 Nd6 21. e3 Qf6 22. Ne4
Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rad8 24. R1c3 Re6 25. b4 g6 26. a4 Rd4 $1 27. exd4 exd4 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2766)-Topalov,V (2785) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 For more details see
the notes to this game by Marin in CBM 160.}) 14... Rb8 $5 (14... Qd6 15. Rc3
Bxf3 16. exf3 (16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rc2 c6 $11) 16... Nd4 17. Bxd4
exd4 18. Rc2 c6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Re2 Bf8 21. Re4 b5 22. f4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Rc8 24.
a4 c5 $11 {Grischuk,A (2810)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) Tbilisi 2015}) 15. Re1 (
15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 c6 20. Qc4 Bf8 21.
Re1 Qd7 22. b4 Re5 23. Rc2 Rbe8 24. e3 Rd5 $15 {Movsesian,S (2696)-Rublevsky,S
(2695) ECC Rhodes 2013}) 15... Bf6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Qa5 Rc8 19.
Bxd4 exd4 20. Qf5 Re5 21. Qf3 c6 22. b4 g6 23. Rc5 Re6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Rc4 Re5
26. e3 dxe3 27. Rxe3 Qd7 $11 {Swiercz,D (2611)-Bukavshin,I (2604) Katowice 2014
}) 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bg4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qd2 Qd6
16. Rfc1 c6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. exf3 Qe6 19. a3 Qe2 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Rc4 Qxc2 22.
R1xc2 Nb6 23. Rxd4 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $44 {McShane,L (2670)-Vachier Lagrave,M
(2757) Germany 2014}) 9... Be6 ({After} 9... Re8 {White can change his mind
and transpose to the} 10. b4 {lines after all:} Bf8 11. Rb1 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13.
e3 $5 (13. Nd2 a4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qf6 18. Qc2 Qg6
19. e4 Bg4 20. f3 Rad8 21. Nce2 Bc8 22. Bb2 f6 $13 {[%csl Rb3,Rc4][%cal Yg6f7]
Mista,A (2616)-Aravindh,C (2485) Doha 2014}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a4 15. Qe2
Ra7 16. Bb2 Be6 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. Ne4 Ba2 19. Ra1 Bd5 20. Bg4 Qd8 21. Bc3 Nd7
22. Bf3 (22. Qb2 $142 $5) 22... b6 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Qe7 25. Nc3 Bxf3 26.
Qxf3 Nf6 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Nxa4 Qxb4 29. Nc3 Qb2 30. Qd1 Rd8 31. Kg2 h6 32. h3
Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxc1 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qxc7 Ne4 36. Qxe5 Nxc3 37. Qf5+ $11 {
Carlsen,M (2872)-Aronian,L (2812) Zuerich 2014 See the notes to this game by
Marin in CBM 159.}) 10. Be3 {This has recently become White's dominant choice.}
(10. b4 {is rather too well tested and Black is doing OK here:} Nd4 (10... a5
11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxe5 $5 ({The standard way is} 12. Nd2 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rb1
a4 $132) 12... Bf6 13. f4 Nb3 14. Be3 Nxa1 15. Qxa1 Nd5 16. Bd4 Bxe5 (16... a4
$5 17. Ne4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bd4 $13) 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxc7
Qxc7 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Kg2 Qd7 22. Qa2 Qxb5 23. Rb1 Qc5 24. a4 Rab8 25. Rxb7
Qd4 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Bc6 Qe3 $11 {Howell,D (2670)-Naroditsky,D (2622) Caleta
2015}) 11. Be3 (11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 Bd5 13. Bb2 f5 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bf6
16. Nf3 Qd7 17. a4 f4 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Ne4 Be5 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Kg1
fxg3 23. hxg3 Nf4 $1 $19 {Socko,B (2661)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) EU-chT Warsaw
2013 See the notes to this game by Marin in CBM 158.}) (11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3
c6 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 {Borges Feria,Y (2416)-Macieja,B (2601) Monterrey 2015
} f6 $11 {[%cal Ye6d5]}) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rab1 Nd5 15.
Bc5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. Rb4 Rae8 19. Rfb1 Bc8 20. R1b2 Kh8 21.
Qc1 Qf7 22. e3 g5 23. Qc3 Qg7 $132 {Topalov,V (2774)-Aronian,L (2801) EU-chT
Warsaw 2013 See the notes to this game by Marin in CBM 158.}) 10... Nd5 11.
Nxd5 {A natural swap.} ({A rare reaction is} 11. Bd2 f6 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. b4 Nd4
14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Na4 Bd5 (15... Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd5 17. Qb5 c5 $1 $11) 16. Nxb6
cxb6 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Qc7 Rad8 20. Rc2 Kf7 21. Rac1 g5 22. Qxd7
Rxd7 23. Rc7 Rfd8 24. g4 f5 25. h3 b5 26. Kg2 Ke6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Kf3 Kf6 29.
Rg1 (29. Rc8 $5 a6 {and although White has a small edge, it's not clear how he
can break through.}) 29... Bd8 30. Bc1 Kg6 31. gxf5+ Kxf5 32. Rg4 Bf6 33. Bb2
Rd8 34. Re4 h5 $11 {Aronian,L (2780)-Hammer,J (2677) Stavanger 2015}) 11...
Bxd5 12. Rc1 (12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rfc1 ({For} 13. Rac1 {see 9.Be3.}) 13... a6 14.
Rc3 Rb8 (14... Bf6 $5 15. Rc5 Ne7 $11 {is similar to Karjakin-Topalov above,
the only difference is White's rook is on a1 instead of f1.}) 15. Rac1 h6 16.
Qg4 (16. Nd2 $142 $5) 16... Bf8 (16... Bf6 $5) 17. Bc5 Bd6 (17... Bxc5 18. Rxc5
e4 19. Qh5 $1 $14) 18. Qh5 Qf6 19. e4 $6 Be6 {[%csl Rh5]} 20. Be3 Rbd8 21. b4 {
Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Swiercz,D (2616) Doha 2014} a5 $5 22. bxa5 Ra8 $15) 12...
Bd6 (12... Nd4 $5 13. Nxe5 (13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne5 c6 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 Rfe8
17. Re1 Bf6 18. b4 Re6 19. Rc4 Ree8 20. Rc1 Re6 21. Rc4 Rae8 22. Qc2 a6 23. Kg2
h6 24. Rc5 Qd7 25. Qa2 R6e7 26. a4 Re6 $11 {Markowski,T (2629)-Macieja,B (2624)
Warsaw 2010}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ 15. Nf3 Nxf3 16. exf3 c6 17. Qc2 Rfd8
18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Qc4 Bf6 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Rc2 Rb5 22. Rdd2 a6 23. Kf1 Rd8 24.
Ke2 Rb3 25. d4 Rb5 26. b4 Rbd5 $44 {/=, Malakhov,V (2715)-Sargissian,G (2678)
Ohrid 2009}) (12... a5 {weakens the << and gives White a pull after} 13. Qa4 (
13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Qd6 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Kg1 c6 19.
Nb3 Re7 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qd2 Re5 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. e4 dxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25.
fxe3 h5 26. Rf1 Qe5 27. Rf3 Re7 28. Qf2 g6 29. Qd2 f5 30. Kf2 Qd5 $15 {Sebe
Vodislav,R (2346)-Gagunashvili,M (2580) Istanbul 2004}) 13... Bd6 (13... Re8
14. Rc2 (14. Qb5 Bf8 15. Ng5 Ne7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 b6 18. e4 Nf6 19. Qc4
Re7 20. Bc3 h6 21. Nf3 Qe8 22. Nh4 Rd7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rad8 25. Nf3 Bd6
26. b5 Re7 27. Kg2 Nd7 $132 {½, Kachiani Gersinska,K (2346)-Yildiz,B (2244)
Rijeka 2010}) (14. Nd2 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 exd4 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rc2 c6 {
1/2-1/2 (18) Cramling,P (2489)-Javakhishvili,L (2464) Rogaska Slatina 2011})
14... Bf6 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne7 17. Ne4 c6 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. d4 (19. f4 $5
$36) 19... Qd7 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. dxe5 a4 22. Qb4 Nd5 23. Qh4 Rxe5 24. Bd4 Rg5
25. f3 $16 {Matamoros Franco,C (2510)-Khamrakulov,I (2499) Seville 2006}) 14.
Bc5 $5 (14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Kh8 16. Qb5 Qb8 (16... Qc8 17. Nc4 f5 18. f3 Ra6
19. Bg1 f4 20. e4 (20. Nd2 $5) 20... fxe3 21. Bxe3 Be7 22. Rce1 Bf6 {Mista,A 
(2574)-Duda,J (2506) Poland 2013} 23. Nd2 $14) 17. Nc4 f5 18. f3 Re8 19. Bf2 a4
20. e4 $36 {Mamedov,R (2586)-L'Ami,E (2577) Heraklio 2007}) 14... Ne7 15. e4
Bc6 16. Qc2 b6 17. d4 $1 bxc5 18. dxc5 Qb8 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Nd2 Bb5 21. Bf1 h6
22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Qc7 Rd7 24. Qxb8+ Rxb8 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Nc4 $36 {
Polugaevsky,L (2600)-Huebner,R (2620) Bugojno 1982}) ({The most accurate
continuation is possibly} 12... Re8 $5 13. Qa4 a6 {- we already had this
position above in the 9.Be3 line.}) 13. Qa4 (13. Bc5 Qe7 14. Bxd6 (14. Qc2 $5)
14... cxd6 15. b4 {½, Uhlmann,W (2505)-Seirawan,Y (2510) Thessaloniki olm 1988
} Rac8 $11) 13... Qe8 $146 {A novelty, but it allows White to retain some
pressure.} (13... a6 14. Ng5 (14. Rc3 h6 15. Rfc1 Ne7 16. Bc5 Bc6 17. Qd1 Nd5
18. Rc4 Nf6 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c6 21. Qb3 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. R5c4 Rb8 24.
Rb4 Qc7 25. Nf5 Nf6 26. Rbc4 Qd7 27. Ne3 Rfe8 28. Rc5 e4 29. Rd1 exd3 30. Rxd3
Qe6 $11 {Salgado Lopez,I (2616)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2602) Madrid rpd 2015})
14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Qxg5 17. Bc5 Qe7 18. Qb4 Rac8 19. Bxd6 cxd6
20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 f5 22. Qc4+ (22. Rc1 $142 {However, for Krush a draw was
sufficient to win the tournament alone.}) 22... Qf7 23. Rc1 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rf7
25. Rc8+ Rf8 26. Rc7 Rf7 27. Rc8+ Rf8 28. Rc7 Rf7 {½, Krush,I (2477)-Nemcova,
K (2279) Saint Louis 2015}) (13... Ne7 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd5 16. Bc5 Bxc5
17. Rxc5 c6 18. b4 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qg4 20. e3 Rfe8 21. Qb3 a6 22. h3 Qe6 23. Rb1 f6
24. a4 Nb6 25. Qc2 Nd7 26. Rc3 Qd5 27. Qb3 Nb6 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. e4 Qe6 30. Nd2
Rac8 31. Nc4 $14 {Valdes Escobar,A (2355)-Hurtado Bahamonde,R (2037) Chile 2009
}) 14. Rfe1 Ne7 (14... Bxf3 15. exf3 $1 {[%cal Yf3f4]} (15. Bxf3 Nd4 $11) 15...
Qd8 (15... Nd4 16. Qc4 $1 $36 (16. Qxe8 Rfxe8 17. f4 c6 $11)) 16. f4 exf4 17.
Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 $16 {[%csl Gg2]}) (14... f6 15. Nd2 (15. Qb5 Ne7 16. Qxe8
Rfxe8 $11 {and compared to the game Black has a useful extra move.}) 15... Bxg2
(15... Qf7 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qc4 $14) 16. Kxg2 $14) 15. Qxe8 Rfxe8 16. Bc5 $14
{[%cal Gc1c7][%mdl 4112] Although Navara has simplified the position, Sicilian
endgames are usually pleasant for Black - in this case White! He has more
influence in the centre and play on the <-> c.} Nc6 (16... Bxc5 $2 17. Rxc5 {
[%csl Rc7,Re5] loses material - Black lacks f6.}) 17. b4 a6 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Re7 (19... Bxc5 20. Rxc5 $36 (20. bxc5 $6 Rab8 $11)) 20. Ne4 (20. Bxd6
cxd6 21. Nc4 d5 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. Rc5 d4 24. b5 axb5 25. Rxb5 e4 26. Reb1 $14 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 20... Rd7 (20... Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Nd8 22. Red1 $14 {[%cal Yd3d4]})
21. g4 $1 {[%cal Yh2h5][%mdl 4]} (21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Nc3 $14 {is similar to 20.
Bxd6, but So prefers manoeuvring. This is a typical motif, White gains space
on the kingside and safeguards his Ne4 by preventing f5.}) 21... Nd8 22. Bxd6 {
With the knight on d8 this swap is more unpleasant.} cxd6 23. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]
} d5 $8 (23... Rc8 24. Nd5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc6 26. g5 {()} Kf8 27. e3 $16) 24.
Na4 Rb8 25. e3 {[%cal Gc1c8]} f6 (25... Ne6 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 $14) 26. f4 (
26. Rc2 Ne6 27. Rec1 d4 $132) 26... g6 (26... exf4 27. exf4 Nc6 28. Nc5 $36) (
26... Nc6 $5 27. Nc5 Rd6 28. f5 d4 29. e4 Nd8 {[%cal Yb8c8,Yd6c6] gives Black
chances to neutralise the pull.}) 27. Rc2 Ne6 (27... Nc6 28. Nc5 Rd6 29. Rec1 (
29. Rf2 exf4 30. exf4 (30. Rxf4 Kg7 $11) 30... Nd4 31. Re7 b6 32. Rd7 Rd8 33.
Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Nxa6 Rc6 $132) 29... exf4 (29... Nd8 30. Rf1 $36) 30. Nxb7 Rxb7
31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 fxe3 33. Rxa6 $14 (33. Kf3 Re7 34. Ke2 f5 $132)) 28. f5
gxf5 29. gxf5 Ng7 30. Rf1 d4 $6 {Frees f4 for Black's knight, but now the Pf5
is protected and White can centralise his K.} (30... Kh8 $5 $14 {[%cal Yb8g8]
would force it to the h-file.}) 31. e4 $1 Nh5 (31... b5 32. Nc5 Rc7 33. Kf3 $36
) 32. Nb6 Rg7+ (32... Nf4+ 33. Kf3 Rf7 (33... Rg7 {-32...Rg7}) 34. Rg1+ Kf8 35.
Nd5 Nxd5 (35... Nxd3 $2 36. Rcg2 $18) 36. exd5 $16 {[%cal Rf3e4,Rc2g2,Gc1c8,
Gg1g8]}) 33. Kf3 Nf4 34. Rfc1 $1 (34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. exd5 Rg5 $132) 34... Rf8 (
34... Nxd3 35. Rc8+ Rxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kf7 37. Rb8 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rb8b7]})
35. Rc8 $6 (35. Nd5 $142 $1 Nxd3 (35... Nxd5 36. exd5 $16 {/+-}) 36. Rd1 Nf4
37. Nxf4 exf4 38. Rxd4 $16) 35... Rgf7 $1 36. Rg1+ (36. Nd5 Nxd3 37. Rg1+ Kh8 (
37... Rg7 $4 38. Nxf6+) 38. Rc2 Rd7 39. Rd2 Nf4 $14) 36... Kh8 (36... Rg7 $142
$1 37. Rxf8+ (37. Rgc1 Rgf7 $11) 37... Kxf8 38. Rc1 Rf7 $1 39. Nd5 Nxd3 40. Rb1
Rd7 $5 41. Rb3 Ne1+ 42. Ke2 Ng2 $132) 37. Rc2 Rd8 (37... Nxd3 38. Nd5 Rd7 39.
Rd1 Nf4 40. Nxf4 exf4 41. Kxf4 $14 {[%cal Yd1d3,Ye4e5]}) 38. Nd5 Nxd5 (38...
Nxd3 39. Rd1 Nf4 40. Nxf4 exf4 41. Kxf4 $36 {, this is similar to 37...Nxd3.})
39. exd5 Rfd7 40. Rgc1 Rxd5 41. Rc8 Kg7 $5 {Navara seeks active counterplay.} (
{After the defensive} 41... R5d7 42. Rxd8+ (42. R1c7 Rxc8 43. Rxd7 Rc2 $132)
42... Rxd8 43. Rc7 b5 44. Rc6 Kg7 45. h4 $1 $44 {[%cal Rf3e4,Rh4h6,Rc6c7]
White still has excellent winning chances.} (45. Rxa6 $143 Rc8)) 42. Rxd8 Rxd8
43. Rc7+ Kh6 44. Rxb7 Rc8 (44... Rg8 $142 $5 45. h4 (45. Rb6 Rg1 46. Rxf6+ Kg5
47. Rxa6 Kxf5 48. b5 Re1 49. b6 Rb1 $1 (49... Re3+ $2 50. Kf2 Rxd3 51. Ra4 $18
{[%cal Rb6b7,Ra4b4]}) 50. a4 Rb3 $132) (45. Rf7 Rg1 (45... Kg5 $2 46. Ke4) 46.
Rxf6+ Kg5 {- 45.Rb6}) 45... Rg1 46. Rb6 Re1 $132 {is a line we will yet see
below.}) 45. h4 (45. Rf7 Rc1 46. Kg4 $1 {White didn't have this option after
44...Rg8!?, now he has winning chances:} (46. Rxf6+ Kg5 47. Rxa6 Kxf5 48. b5
Re1 {-44...Rg8!?}) 46... Rg1+ 47. Kh4 $36) 45... Rc1 46. Ke4 (46. Rb6 $5 {
is a dangerous try:} {It seems that Black can still hold after} Re1 $1 (46...
Kg7 47. Rxa6 Re1 48. Ra7+ Kh6 49. Rf7 Re3+ 50. Kg4 Rxd3 51. Rxf6+ Kg7 52. Rd6
e4 (52... Rxa3 53. f6+ Kf7 54. Kf5 d3 55. b5 $18) 53. f6+ Kh6 54. h5 Rxa3 (
54... e3 55. Rd8 Rd1 56. f7 Rg1+ 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58. Ke2 Rf2+ 59. Ke1 Rxf7 60. b5
$18) 55. Rxd4 Rf3 56. Rxe4 Rxf6 57. b5 $18 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yg4b4]}) 47. Rxf6+ (47.
Rxa6 Kh5 $1 $13) 47... Kh5 48. Rxa6 Re3+ 49. Kf2 Rxd3 50. Re6 (50. a4 e4 51.
Re6 Rf3+ 52. Ke1 Re3+ 53. Kd1 Rd3+ 54. Kc2 Rc3+ 55. Kb2 e3 $11) (50. Ke2 e4 (
50... Rh3 $5) 51. Re6 Re3+ 52. Kd2 Rd3+ 53. Kc2 Rc3+ 54. Kb2 Re3 55. b5 Re2+
56. Kb3 d3 57. b6 d2 58. Rd6 e3 59. b7 Re1 60. Kb2 e2 61. b8=Q Rb1+ 62. Kxb1
e1=Q+ 63. Ka2 d1=Q 64. Rxd1 Qxd1 $11 {and the engine claims a draw here!})
50... Rxa3 51. Rxe5 Ra4 52. b5 (52. Rb5 Kxh4 53. f6 Kg4 54. f7 Ra2+ $1 55. Ke1
Ra1+ 56. Kd2 Ra2+ $11) 52... d3 $132 {The counterplay is again fast enough.})
46... Re1+ $2 {Costs Black a tempo and decides the game.} (46... Ra1 $2 47. Rb6
Rxa3 48. Rxf6+ Kg7 49. Re6 $18 (49. Rb6 $5 $18)) ({He had to play} 46... Rh1
$142 $1 47. Kd5 Rxh4 48. Rb6 Kg5 49. Rxa6 Rh3 {with a likely draw, e.g.} 50.
Kc4 Rh1 51. b5 Rc1+ 52. Kd5 Rb1 53. a4 (53. Kc4 Rc1+ $5 $11) 53... h5 54. b6 h4
55. a5 h3 56. Ra8 Kf4 57. Rh8 Kg3 58. Kc5 Rc1+ 59. Kb5 Rb1+ $11) 47. Kd5 e4 48.
Re7 $1 $18 {Navara probably overlooked this blow.} (48. Kxd4 $2 exd3 49. Kxd3
Ra1 50. Ke4 Rxa3 51. Rb6 Rh3 52. Rxf6+ Kg7 $11) 48... Ra1 {Other moves don't
help either:} (48... e3 49. Kxd4 e2 50. Kd5 Kh5 (50... a5 51. bxa5 Rf1 52. Rxe2
Rxf5+ 53. Ke6 Rxa5 54. d4 $18) 51. Re4 Ra1 (51... Rd1 52. Rxe2 Rxd3+ 53. Ke6
$18) 52. Rxe2 Rxa3 53. d4 $18 {[%cal Rd5e6]}) (48... Re3 49. Rxe4 Rf3 (49...
Rxd3 50. Rxd4 Rxa3 51. Ke6 $18) 50. a4 $5 Rxf5+ 51. Kc6 $18 {[%cal Rb4b8]}) (
48... Rf1 49. Rxe4 Rxf5+ 50. Kc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ya3a4,Yc6b6]}) 49. Rxe4 Rxa3 50.
Rxd4 Kh5 51. Ke6 a5 52. bxa5 Rxa5 53. Kxf6 h6 54. Rd7 Ra4 (54... Kxh4 55. Kg6 {
[%cal Rf5f8]}) 55. Ke7 Rd4 56. f6 {[%csl Gf6] Disarms the stalemate and
promotes his o^.} 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.06.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. h3 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Bf3 c5 18. Nf5 Nb6 19. Bg5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rad8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Re1 h6 23. Bc1 Bf4 24. a4 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Qf4 26. Ne2 Qxa4 27. b3
Qh4 28. Qxc5 Nbd7 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. Nxf4 Ne5 32. Bb7 Rd4 33. g3 Nd3
34. Nxd3 Rxd3 35. b4 Rb3 36. Bxa6 Rxb4 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 Ne4 39. Rxb5 Nxf2+
40. Kg2 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.06.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 a5 {Ein aggressives Konzept.
Zurückhaltender und solider ist 11...a6.} 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd2 e5 {Mit diesem Vorstoß will Schwarz seine Stellung
befreien. Doch Weiß gelingt es, den Druck aufrecht zu erhalten.} 17. Bh7+ Kh8
18. Bf5 Rad8 ({Nach} 18... exd4 19. exd4 Rad8 20. Be3 {verhindert Weiß den
schwarzen Vorstoß ...c5 und steht besser.} c5 $2 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Ne4 $18)
19. Ne4 Be7 ({Nach} 19... exd4 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. exd4 {hat
Schwarz eine zerrüttete Bauernstellung, aber keine Stellung, die Freude macht.
}) 20. b4 axb4 ({Nach} 20... exd4 {gewinnt der Zwischenzug} 21. bxa5 {einen
Bauern.}) 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. axb4 exd4 23. Rxd4 {Die Spannung im Zentrum hat
sich geklärt und Weiß steht klar besser. Das liegt vor allem am Läufer auf
b7 - wie schlecht dieser Läufer ist, zeigt die Partie.} Nf6 24. Nd6 {
Verhindert ...Lc8.} Nd5 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. bxc5 Ra8 {Das kostet einen Bauern,
aber wie soll Schwarz seinen Läufer schützen?} ({Nach} 26... Ba8 {spielt
Weiß} 27. e4 {und wenn der schwarze Springer zieht, folgt 28.Sxf7+.}) 27. Rxa8
Bxa8 28. e4 Nc3 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 {Den Springer kann Schwarz natürlich nicht
nehmen.} 30. Rd7 Na4 31. Ra7 Nxc5 32. Nd6 Rb8 33. e5 Bb7 34. f4 Kf8 35. Kf2 {
Der weiße König marschiert zum Damenflügel und die schwarzen Freibauern
erweisen sich als ungefährlich.} Ra8 36. Rxa8+ Bxa8 37. Ke3 b4 38. Kd4 Na4 39.
Kc4 c5 {Endlich hat der Läufer Luft. Aber das kommt zu spät, denn Schwarz
kann seine Bauern am Damenflügel nicht mehr retten.} 40. g3 Bf3 41. Kb5 Bd1
42. Nc8 b3 43. Kxa4 b2+ 44. Ka3 Bg4 45. Kxb2 Bxf5 46. Nd6 Be6 47. Ne4 {Schwarz
verliert auch noch den c-Bauern. Das Endspiel mit den zwei Minusbauern wollte
sich Navara nicht mehr zeigen lassen.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 e6 9. f5 {White's intentions are not subtle. The position has been seen a
few times, but only once at the GM level.} Nge7 (9... exf5 10. exf5 O-O-O {
is a better approach, though not the most natural.}) 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 $1 {
The start of a very aggressive plan.} Ne5 (11... Nd8 12. Qg4 h6 13. Nh3 {
feels like White is a bit better.}) 12. Nb5 $1 {A great move!} Qxb5 (12...
O-O-O 13. d4 $1 Qxb5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 (14... dxe5 15. Qg4 $16) 15. Nf7 {wins an
exchange for a pawn for White. Black doesn't have enough.}) 13. Nxe6 Kd7 14.
Nxg7 {The knight is trapped on g7, but White is up a pawn and has chances to
attack the black king.} h5 (14... Raf8 {was perhaps a bit more prudent.}) 15.
a4 Qb6 16. a5 Qb5 17. c4 {The Black queen gets kicked around a lot this game!}
Qc6 18. b4 $5 (18. Bf4 $1 $18 Rhg8 19. d4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 {was extremely
difficult to meet for Black. The threat of Bxe5 is not easy to parry. White is
winning.}) 18... Rh7 19. bxc5 Rxg7 20. Rf6 {White's attack in this line is
also decisive.} Nc8 (20... Nf7 21. Bh6 {is very ugly, but it was necessary.})
21. d4 $1 Ng4 (21... Qxe4 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rb1 Qxf6 24. Rxb7+ Ke8 25. Bb2 {
and White wins material with the lethal skewer.}) 22. Rf3 Qxe4 23. h3 {Simple
and good. The knight on g4 is trapped, without extra material Black's position
simply collapses.} dxc5 24. dxc5+ Ke8 25. hxg4 Ne7 26. Qf1 Rg8 27. Bb2 hxg4 28.
Re1 {The king will perish on e8 shortly. A great game by NIsipeanu!} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. g4
b4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Nf6
15. O-O Rb8 16. f4 Be7 17. c4 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 Rh4 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. b3 Bxh3 21. Bxh3
Ne4 22. Qe1 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. Bc8 e4 26. Bxa6 Bd8 27. c5
dxc5 28. Rg2 g6 29. Rg3 Rxg3+ 30. Nxg3 Rg4 31. Kh2 f5 32. Ne2 Rh4+ 33. Kg2 Bc7
34. Bc8 Kd8 35. Be6 Ke7 36. Be3 Bd6 37. Bf2 Rh8 38. Be1 c4 39. Bc3 Ra8 40. Be5
Ra2 41. Kf1 Rd2 42. Bc3 Rd3 43. Ba5 Ba3 44. Bg8 Bd6 45. Be6 Bc5 46. Ke1 Rb3 47.
Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Kd1 Bb4 49. Bxb4+ Rxb4 50. Kc2 Rb3 51. Nc3 e3 52. Bg8 Rb6 53. Ne2
Ra6 54. d6+ Rxd6 55. Bxc4 Kf6 56. Bd3 g5 57. fxg5+ Kxg5 58. Ng3 Rc6+ 59. Kd1 f4
60. Nf1 Rb6 61. Nh2 Kh4 62. Ke1 Kg3 63. Nf1+ Kf3 64. Nh2+ Kg2 65. Nf1 Re6 66.
Bc4 Re5 67. Ba6 Ra5 68. Bb7+ Kg1 69. Nxe3 Re5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qc2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O a6 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bf5 Rc8
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qd3 Rc7 17. Na4 Qe7 18. Qc3 d4 19. exd4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 cxd4
21. Ra1 $2 {A move that is too mysterious to understand. So clearly is being
ambitious and wants to take on d4, but he grossly underestimates Black's
initiative.} (21. Rxc7 Qe1+ {is not playable either.}) (21. g3 Rxc1 22. Bxc1
Ne5 23. Qg2 $11 {is still rather unclear.}) 21... Ne5 22. Qh3 g6 $1 23. Bd3 Nd5
$1 {Black's knights start swarming the position. So regrets having such
inactive pieces, like the knight on a4 and the rook on a1. Naiditschs's attack
strikes at the right time.} 24. Bxd4 $2 {A clear oversight.} (24. Bf1 {is
passive, ugly, but holds for now.}) 24... Nxd3 $2 (24... Nf4 {seems to simply
win material.} 25. Qh6 Qf6 $1 {A very difficult move to find, but one that
would have ended the game immediately. The point is that Bf8 is a very
difficult move to defend against!} (25... Nfxd3 $4 26. Rxd3 $14) 26. Bxe5 (26.
h4 Bf8 27. Qg5 Qxg5 28. hxg5 Nexd3 {is over.}) 26... Rxe5 $19 {Bf8, Rh5... too
many threats.}) 25. Qxd3 Nf4 {Black's attack is strong regardless.} 26. Qxa6 $2
{Grabbing this pawn seems suicidal, though. A hard move to understand.} (26.
Qf3 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Be5 29. Re4 {is ugly for White, but was best
case scenario.}) 26... Qg5 27. g3 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Qg4 29. Be3 Rxe3 {Other moves
also won.} 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Rxd6 Re4 {White's king is simply getting mated
here. Qh3 is a big threat.} 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Rf1 Nf4+
36. Kg1 Qf3 {A very bad game from So, who completely underestimated his
opponent's chances.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Ne4 Rd8
15. c4 O-O 16. Qe2 {Die Dame tritt aus dem verdeckten Visavis des Turms d8, da
der befreiende Hebel ...c6-c5 in der Luft liegt.} ({Der gelegentlich
anzutreffende Vorstoß} 16. g4 $6 {erscheint übermütig zu sein, z.B.} Nxg4 $1
17. Qe2 f5 $1 18. Ng3 c5 19. d5 (19. Rhe1 cxd4 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Rxe6 Nxf2 22.
Rf1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 $17) 19... exd5 $1 20. Qxe7 Nxf2 21. cxd5 (
21. Bf4 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 dxc4 $17) 21... f4 22. Qe6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 fxg3 $1 24. e7
g2 25. Rhg1 Nxd1 26. exd8=Q Rxd8 27. Rxg2 Kh7 28. Kc2 Rf8 $17) 16... c5 (16...
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 c5) 17. Bc3 cxd4 ({Guten Ausgleich erhält der solide
Caro-Kann-Verteidiger nach} 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Rfe8 $13 {/=}) 18.
Bxd4 Qc6 (18... Qc7) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. g4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qc5 22. Nf3 Nf6 (22...
Rfe8 $142 $13 {/=}) 23. Ne5 Rd4 $6 {Ungeduldig strebt Wesley So Vereinfachung
an, indes überlässt er dabei der Gegnerin die d-Linie.} ({Den Vorzug verdiente
} 23... Qb6 {und z.B.} 24. f3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8) 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 $14 Qf4
({Alternativen: I} 25... Qe4+ $2 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Rd7 $16 {, z.B.} f6 28. Ng6
Rb8 29. f3 Nc5 30. Rc7 Nd3 31. Re7 a6 (31... e5 $2 32. Rc7 $1 Ne1 33. Nh4 Rd8
34. a3 $18) 32. Rxe6 b5 33. cxb5 Rxb5 34. Kc2 $1 Nb4+ 35. Kb3 Rb7 36. a3 Kf7
37. Rd6 Nd3+ 38. Kc3 Nxb2 39. Rxa6 $18) ({II} 25... Qb6 26. Qe3 $5 (26. Qd2 Ne4
27. Qe3 Qxe3 (27... Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Kc2 f5 30. f3 Qd6 31. gxf5 exf5 32.
Qf4 Nf6 33. Qxf5 $14) 28. fxe3 $14) 26... Qxe3 27. fxe3 {, siehe Anmerkung zu
26.Qe3}) 26. Re1 $2 {Weiß gibt die einzig offene Turmlinie auf und verlässt
sich dabei auf eine taktische Riposte. Allerdings hat die Chose ein Loch, das
auch ihr Gegner nicht entdeckt ...} ({Oder: I} 26. f3 $5 $14 {führt mit
Zugumstellung zur Partie}) ({II} 26. Qe3 $5 {Dieser von mir, auch vor Ort
favorisierte, hier prinzipiell wünschenswerte Damentausch kommt trotz
Verschlechterung der Bauernstruktur in Betracht. Die Bauernmajorität am
Damenflügel sowie die Figurenaktiva der Anziehenden sind Garanten für eine
anhaltende Initiative. Dazu ein paar Ansätze:} Qxe3 (26... Qh2 $2 27. a3) 27.
fxe3 Rc8 28. b4 Kf8 29. Kb2 Ke7 $142 (29... b6 $6 30. Kb3 Ke8 31. Rd4 Rc7 32.
b5 $1 g6 $5 (32... Nd7 $2 {Verliert durch Abwicklung in ein Bauernendspiel.}
33. Nxd7 $1 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. Kc3 $1 (35. Kb4 $4 g5 $1 36. Kc3 f5 $19)
35... Kd6 36. e4 Kc5 (36... Ke5 37. c5 $1 bxc5 38. a4 $18) 37. a3 Kd6 (37... e5
38. Kd3 Kd6 39. Kc2 Kc5 40. Kc3 Kd6 41. Kb4 Ke6) 38. Kd4 e5+ 39. Kc3 Kc5 (39...
Ke6 40. c5 bxc5 41. a4 Kd6 42. Kc4 $18) 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Kc2 Kc5 (41... Ke6 42.
c5) 42. Kc3 g5 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Kc2 Kc7 45. Kc3 Kd7 46. Kb4 Kd6 47. a4 {Plan c5
etc. +-}) 33. a4 $1 (33. hxg6 fxg6 34. a4 (34. Nxg6 Rc5 $1 $132 35. Rf4 Nd7)
34... h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. a5 bxa5 37. Ka4 Rc5 $1 $132 {+/=}) 33... gxh5 34.
gxh5 Nd7 (34... Nxh5 35. Nc6 $16) 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Kb4 $1 Rc7 (36... Rxd4 $2
37. exd4 f5 38. c5 $18) 37. a5 $16) 30. Kb3 Rc7 31. c5 $14) 26... Qd4 $2 (26...
Rd8 $1 {war der gegebene Weg zum Ausgleich:} 27. Qe3 {ist jetzt freilich zu
dünn:} (27. Nxf7 $6 {wurde sicherlich von beiden Akteuren angedacht, aber
unpräzise bzw. kaum berechnet - von Wesley So vielleicht getreu dem bekannten
und oft praktiziertem Motto: Traue deinem Gegner und spare dadurch an
Bedenkzeit. Auf den Springereinschlag kann folgen:} Rd7 $1 {Das ist die
ernüchternde Finesse, die nicht nur den Akteuren , sondern auch so manchem
Kiebitz verborgen blieb.} (27... Kxf7 $4 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qxd8+
$18) (27... Rd2 $2 28. Qxe6 Kh7 $8 {!} (28... Qd4 $4 29. Ng5+ Kh8 30. Qe8+ Ng8
31. Qxg8+ Kxg8 32. Re8#) 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxf2 31. Re7 $16) 28. Ne5 (28.
Ne5) 28... Rd2 29. Qe3 Qxf2 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 $13 {/=}) 27... Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Rd4 29.
f3 Nd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Kc2 Kf8 $14 {/=}) 27. Rd1 Qf4 {Die wiederholte
Stellung, in der die Anziehende nun versucht, mit ganz ruhigen Mitteln ihren
Gegner einzuschnüren, doch dabei einen raffinierten Konterschlag übersieht.}
28. f3 a6 29. a3 Ra8 $6 {Einer jener mysteriösen Turmzüge. Vermutlich fand So
momentan keine brauchbare Idee.} 30. Rd6 {Das allerdings bringt So auf eine
Idee ...} ({Nur mit großer Sorgfalt und Geduld ist das weiße Stellungsplus -
wenn überhaupt - zu verwerten. Hierzu eine Anregung:} 30. Rd3 $142 Rc8 31. Ka2
Kf8 32. Rd6 Kg8 (32... Ke7 $4 33. Ng6+) (32... Re8 33. c5 $5) 33. c5 Nd5 (33...
Rxc5 $4 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ Ne4 36. Nd7 $18) (33... Rb8 34. Nc4 $14) 34. Qe4
Qd2 (34... Qxe4 $2 35. fxe4 Nf6 36. b4 Nxe4 37. Rd7 $16) 35. Qd3 Qf4 (35...
Qxd3 $6 36. Nxd3 Rc7 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. b4) (35... Qa5 $6 {provoziert
hochtaktische Komplikationen:} 36. Qd4 $1 Rxc5 (36... Qxc5 $4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38.
Qxc5 Rxc5 39. Nd7 $1 $18) (36... Nf6 37. f4 $1 $16 (37. b4)) 37. Nxf7 $3 (37.
b4 $4 Nxb4+ 38. Qxb4 Qxb4 39. axb4 Rxe5 $19) 37... Qc7 $5 (37... Kxf7 $2 38.
Rd7+ Ke8 (38... Ne7 39. Qd6 $18) 39. Qxg7 Nb4+ 40. Kb3 $18) 38. Qe4 $1 Nc3+ 39.
bxc3 Kxf7 40. Qxe6+ Kf8 41. Kb2 Qa5 42. Rd3 $16) 36. Qe2 Qa4 37. Qe4 $14) 30...
Re8 $5 31. Ka2 $2 {Frau Hou tappt in die Falle.} (31. Rb6 $14) (31. Rd3 $14)
31... Nxg4 $1 {Ein Scheinopfer als gekonnte Riposte.} 32. fxg4 f6 {Und
aufgrund der Fesselung gewinnt Schwarz das geopferte Material bei etwa
gleichen Chancen zurück.} 33. Rd7 fxe5 34. Rxb7 Qd4 $6 {Ein relativ rasch
ausgeführter, indes ungenauer Zug.} (34... Rc8 $142 $1 $13 {/=}) 35. g5 $6 {
Bei nahender Zeitkontrolle revanchiert sich die Chinesin und forciert mittels
zweier Bauernopfer und Offenlegung der schwarzen Königsstellung ein Remis
durch feindliches Dauerschach.} ({Einige Probleme hätte dagegen noch die
kaltblütige Fortsetzung} 35. Qc2 $1 {- zumal bei der beiderseits knappen
Restbedenkzeit - aufgeworfen. Man sehe:} e4 $5 (35... Rc8 $5 36. g5 Kf8 $1 {
und allem Anschein nach vermag Schwarz sich zu behaupten:} (36... hxg5 $2 37.
h6 e4 (37... Qxc4+ 38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Rxg5 $16) 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39.
Rxg5 Qxc4+ 40. Qxc4 Rxc4 41. Re5 Rc6 42. Rxe4 Kh7 43. Rh4 $16) (36... Qxc4+ $4
37. Qxc4 Rxc4 38. g6 $1) 37. gxh6 (37. g6 Rxc4 38. Qg2 Qd5 $8 {!} 39. Rf7+ Ke8
$8 40. Qxd5 exd5 41. Rxg7 Rg4 $1 42. Ra7 (42. Rh7 e4 $11) (42. Kb3 Rg3+ 43. Kb4
(43. Kc2 e4 $11) 43... e4 $11) 42... e4 43. Rxa6 d4 44. Kb3 Ke7 $11) 37... gxh6
38. Rb4 a5 39. Rb5 e4 40. Rxa5 Qxc4+ 41. Qxc4 Rxc4 $13 {/=}) (35... Qxg4 $2 36.
c5 Qd4 37. c6 Qd5+ 38. Kb1 Rf8 (38... Qh1+ 39. Qc1 Qxc1+ 40. Kxc1 Rc8 41. Rb6
$16) 39. Qc1 Qd3+ 40. Ka2 Qd5+ (40... Rf1 $2 41. Qc5 Qb1+ 42. Kb3 $18) 41. Ka1
Rc8 42. Qg1 g5 43. Qf1 Rf8 44. Qxa6 $16) 36. Qa4 $1 Rc8 37. Rb4 (37. Qxa6 Qxc4+
38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39. Re7 (39. Rb3 Kf7) 39... Rc6 40. Rd7 Rc4 41. Kb3 e3 $13 {/=})
37... Qd6 38. Rb3 e5 39. Rc3 Kh8 40. Qc2 Qd4 41. Qc1 e3 $5 42. Qxe3 Rxc4 43.
Qxd4 Rxd4 $13 {/=}) 35... hxg5 $8 36. h6 gxh6 ({Schwarz hat keine Wahl. Falls} 
36... Rc8 $4 {, so folgt} 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rxg5 $18) 37. Qh5 Qxc4+ 38. Ka1 $8
({Bloß nicht: I} 38. Kb1 $4 Qe4+ 39. Ka1 (39. Ka2 Rf8 $1 (39... Qxb7 $1 40.
Qxe8+ Kg7 $19) 40. Rb3 (40. Rd7 Qc4+ 41. Ka1 Rf1+ 42. Rd1 Kg7 $19) 40... Kg7
$19) 39... Rf8 $1 40. Rd7 Rf1+ 41. Rd1 Rxd1+ 42. Qxd1 Qd5 $19) ({II} 38. b3 $4
Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Rf8 $19) 38... Qc1+ $11 39. Ka2 Qc4+ 40. Ka1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5
O-O 9. Ng3 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Be2 Qe8 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15.
Bh6 Qe5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Be2 h4 20. Nf1 h3 21. g4 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Ng3 b4 24. Na4 Ra8 25. b3 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. O-O Rea8 28.
f4 Qe7 29. Qe2 Nh7 30. Rf3 Qh4 31. Kh1 c4 32. Qxc4 Qxg4 33. Qd3 Kf8 34. Rg1 {
White has some pressure in this position. Nepo tries to drastically change the
character of the position but in that process makes some extremely dubious
decisions.} Rxa4 $2 {What was the compensation that Nepomniachtchi was aiming
for is quite unclear.} (34... Qh4 {We can agree that Black's position is
unpleasant, but still this would have been a better choice.}) 35. bxa4 Nc5 36.
Qe3 (36. Qf1 {was also very good.} Rxa4 37. Ne2 Qd7 38. f5 $18) 36... Rxa4 37.
Nf5 $1 gxf5 {Nepo sacrifices his queen in return for two knights. That's just
not enough.} (37... Qh5 38. Rxh3 $18) (37... Ra1 {would have been an
interesting move} 38. Rfg3 $1 (38. Rxa1 Qg2#) 38... Rxg1+ 39. Rxg1 Qh5 40. Nxd6
$18 {White is winning.}) 38. Rxg4 fxg4 39. Rf1 Nf6 40. e5 Nfe4 41. f5 $1 {
Opening up the c1-h6 diagonal for the queen. White is just winning.} Ra2 42. e6
g3 43. hxg3 Ke8 44. g4 h2 45. Qh3 f6 46. g5 Nxg5 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qg7+ Ke8 49.
Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ng8 11. h4 Ne7 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Qg4 Be7 14. Rh3 Rh5 15.
O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 dxc4 17. Bxc4 O-O-O 18. Ne2 c5 19. Bb3 Kb8 20. Bc3 Rdh8 21.
Rdh1 Bd6 22. dxc5 Be5 23. e4 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxh4 25. Rch3 Rxh3 26. Rxh3 Rxh3 27.
Qxh3 Ne7 28. Qh8+ Nc8 29. Qxg7 Nxc5 30. Bc2 Qe7 31. f4 a6 32. Nc3 Nd7 33. e5
Qf8 34. Qxf8 Nxf8 35. Be4 Nd7 36. Kc2 Ne7 37. Bf3 Kc7 38. Kd3 b5 39. b4 Nb6 40.
Kd4 Nf5+ 41. Kd3 Ne7 42. Kd4 Nf5+ 43. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wesley had been having a topsy turvy tournament in Dortmund. Wins against
Caruana and Nepo were compensated by losses against Nisipeanu and Naiditsch.
But his final round victory against Kramnik would have been especially sweet
because he beat the former World Champion in his favourite Berlin Defence.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {These opening moves require no explanation for active chess
player. The Berlin wall has been played many times in the fast few years but
the move h3 is the product of trying to find the best move order. h3 instead
of Nc3 is the much more fashionable move these days. White keeps his options
open. Sometimes the N goes to f3 via d2.} Ne7 10. Nc3 Bd7 {Kramnik uses a line
that has only been played ten times in the past and one in which Black players
haven't scored a win. But it was never been tried by a 2700+ player.} (10...
Ng6 {is the main move.}) (10... h6 {is the second most played move in the
position.}) 11. Ng5 $146 {This is a new move in the position. A clear
indication that this was not prepared by Wesley is the fact that he used seven
and a half minutes for this move.} Ke8 12. e6 $5 {Played after 20 minutes of
thought. Wesley definitely was trying to weigh the pros and cons of this
sacrifice. On one hand he loses a pawn but on the other he get a very nice
initiative and squares like e4 for his knight.} Bxe6 (12... fxe6 13. Re1 Nf5
14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Rxe6+ Kf7 $11 {was also a possible line.}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14.
Re1 Kf7 {The computer already likes Black's position but in a practical game
things are not so simple. So would like to place his knight on e4 and create
some problems for the king on f7.} 15. Ne4 h6 {Of course, preventing Ng5.} 16.
Rd1 {Nine and a half minutes for this move. It would definitely not have been
easy for Wesley to play it. But he realises that the d-file is more important
than the e-file.} (16. Nc5 {with a double attack on e6 and b7 is met by} Nd5 $1
17. Nxb7 Rb8 18. Na5 Bb4 $1 19. Nxc6 Bxe1 20. Nxb8 Rxb8 $17) 16... e5 (16...
Nd5 17. c4 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Kxf6 19. Bd2 (19. Rd7 Bd6 $15) 19... Bd6 20. Bc3+ e5
$11 {Black doesn't have too many problems here. A very interesting line could
go something like this.} 21. b4 b6 22. f4 Rhe8 23. Re1 g5 $1 24. fxe5+ Bxe5 25.
Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Re1 Rae8 27. g4 R8e6 28. Kg2 Re7 29. a4 a6 $11 {Black is all
tied up but there is absolutely no way for White to deliver the final blow.})
17. Rd7 Rc8 18. Bd2 b6 {After the c5-square is controlled, Black now threatens
Ke6.} (18... Ke6 $2 19. Nc5+ $14) 19. Re1 Ke6 20. Rd3 c5 ({Maybe it's not such
a huge inaccuracy to play c5, but it made more sense to play g5 followed by
Bg7 to finish the development.} 20... g5 {and with this move Black also
prevents White's f4 which would open up the king in the center.}) 21. f4 $1 Nc6
22. Rg3 Re8 (22... Nd4 23. c3 Nf5 24. Rg4 $13 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge4g3,Ge1e6]})
23. fxe5 g5 (23... Nxe5 24. Bc3 Kd5 {The king looks pretty cool in the center
of the board. Unlike Bruzon's king against Wei Yi from one of the best games
of 2015, this one is way safer!} 25. Nd2 c4 $13) 24. h4 Bg7 25. hxg5 Bxe5 26.
Rf3 hxg5 27. Bxg5 $6 {The game had reached the pinnacle of excitement with
both players making excellent moves. Here Bxg5 is not the most accurate.
Better would have been} (27. Nf6 $5 Ref8 28. Bxg5 Nd4 $2 (28... Rf7 $142 $11)
29. Rxe5+ $1 Kxe5 30. Nd7+ Kd6 31. Rxf8 Rh5 $1 32. Nxc5 $1 bxc5 (32... Rxg5 $2
33. Ne4+ $16) 33. Bf6 Nxc2 34. g4 $14) 27... Bd4+ $1 28. Nf2+ Kd5 29. Rd1 Rhg8
(29... Ne5 $5 30. Rf5 (30. c3 $2 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Rhg8 32. f4 Re2 33. cxd4 cxd4
$17) 30... Rhf8 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 $15) 30. Bf4 Re2 $5 {Kramnik might have assessed
the piece sacrifice in his favour. Objectively White should be better but
practically it's easier to play as Black as the pawns on the queenside just
have to be pushed whereas So has to find the accurate setup of pieces.} (30...
Kc4 $1 31. c3 Be5 $11 {Black has absolutely no problems here.}) 31. c3 Rxb2 32.
cxd4 Nxd4 33. Be3 (33. Ra3 $5 {would have been definitely preferable to retain
the a2-pawn.} Rf8 34. Be3 a5 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 c4 $44 {Even though Black
has just two pawns for the piece, his co-ordination is excellent and the game
should most probably end in a draw.}) 33... Rxa2 34. Rf4 Ra4 35. Ne4 Kc6 36.
Nc3 Ra3 37. Bxd4 cxd4 38. Ne2 d3 39. Rf3 Ra2 (39... dxe2 40. Rc1+ $18) 40. Nf4
d2 41. Kf2 b5 42. Rc3+ Kb7 43. Nd5 Rg7 44. Rb3 {At this point, we have reached
a critical juncture. The b-pawn is attacked and Black has to decide whether he
must play a6 to defend the b5 and follow it up with c5-c4 or to play c6 and
then push the a-pawn. This important point was brought forward to me by one of
the ChessBase website editors Albert Silver who said that Kramnik's plan of
playing a6 followed by c5-c4 was practically incorrect because it left his
king weak and open to horizontal checks. If instead he would have played his
pawn to c6 and then a5-a4, the c6-pawn would have shielded the king against
the side attacks and given him a nice square on b6. A thought provoking
observation.} a6 (44... c6 $1 45. Nb4 Ra4 46. Rxd2 a5 47. Nd3 Rag4 48. g3 Kb6
49. Ne5 R4g5 50. Re3 a4 51. Rd6 Rc7 {You can see how the c6 pawn shields the
black king and he is pretty safe over there.} 52. g4 (52. Re4 a3 $1) 52... b4
53. Re4 a3 54. Rxb4+ Kc5 55. Rxc6+ Rxc6 56. Nxc6 Kxc6 $11) 45. Nb4 Ra4 46. Rxd2
{White has won an important pawn but now the c-pawn moves ahead with a few
tempi.} c5 47. Nd5 Rd7 {The game is still nicely balanced. It is interesting
to see how top two players in the world are actually playing this weird
material balance to the best of their abilities.} 48. Rf3 Re4 49. Rf6 {Though
the position is equal, Black has to be very alert and accurate because his
king is a little exposed and the rook on f6 is very well placed.} Ka7 50. Rd3
c4 51. Rh3 Rd4 (51... Rxd5 52. Rh7+ Kb8 53. Rf8+ $18) 52. Nb4 R4d6 53. Rhh6
Rxf6+ 54. Rxf6 Rd2+ 55. Kf3 a5 (55... Kb7 $1 56. Nxa6 (56. Rxa6 $2 Rb2 $15)
56... c3 57. Nc5+ Kc7 58. Ke3 (58. Nb3 c2 $11) 58... Rxg2 $11) 56. Ra6+ Kb7 57.
Rxa5 Kb6 58. Ra2 Rd7 (58... Rd8 {It was better to prevent the rook
infiltration to a8.} 59. g4 Kc5 60. Na6+ Kb6 61. g5 c3 62. Kg4 Rd2 $11 {
and white has to be careful not to lose this position.}) (58... Rxa2 59. Nxa2
Kc5 60. g4 b4 61. Ke4 $1 b3 62. Nc3 Kb4 63. Kd4 $18) 59. Ra8 Kc5 60. Nc2 $16 {
The knight and the rook have now started to co-ordinate really well. The
knight prevents, the black king from entering the position and the white rook
will start checking from behind. A deadly combo.} Rc7 61. Rf8 $1 c3 (61... b4
$2 62. Rf5+ $18) 62. Rf5+ Kb6 (62... Kc4 63. Ne3+ $18) 63. g4 $18 {The
queenside pawns have been blockaded and the g-pawn marches ahead!} Ka5 64. g5
Ka4 65. Ke3 Rd7 66. g6 b4 67. Rf4 Kb3 68. Nxb4 Re7+ 69. Re4 Rg7 (69... Rxe4+
70. Kxe4 Kxb4 71. Kd3 $1 {was a cute little point.} Kb3 72. g7 c2 73. g8=Q+ $18
) 70. Rg4 Re7+ 71. Kf3 Rg7 72. Nc6 Rg8 73. g7 c2 74. Nd4+ Kc4 75. Nxc2+ Kd5 76.
Rg6 {A beautiful game by both sides. Firstly So for finding this brilliant
idea with Ng5 and e6 to sacrifice a pawn for initiative in the opening. Then
Kramnik who sacrificed a piece for this mass of queenside pawns. And in the
end, So for using his knight and rooks so well to keep things under control.
An absolute world class contest.} 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alyans Satranc"]
[BlackTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Be6 12. Na4 Qe7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Rfc1 Nd7 16. h3 h5 17. Rb3 g5 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Bf5 Qf6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nf1 b5
22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Rf8 24. e4 dxe4 25. Ng3 Qg6 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 g4 28.
hxg4 hxg4 29. Rg3 Rf4 30. f3 Raf8 31. Ng5 R8f6 32. Re1 Rxd4 33. Nxe6 Rc4 34. f4
Kf7 35. Nd8+ Kf8 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Nd8+ Kf8 38. Ne6+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[BlackTeam "Kocaeli Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rae1 g6 14. f5 gxf5 15.
Bxf5 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Na5 17. Qh6 d4 18. Ne4 exf5 19. Nd6+ Kd8 20. Nxf7+ Kc7 21.
e6 Bxf3 22. Qf4+ Kb7 23. exd7 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.06"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Ng5 Qc7 12. e4 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 c5 14. e5 cxd4
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. f4 Bg3 17. Qd3 dxc3 18. Qxg3 h6 19. Nh3 Ne4 20. Qe3 Bb7 21.
Nf2 Nxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rfc8 23. a3 Qa5 24. Qd4 c2 25. b4 Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Be3
a5 28. Rff1 axb4 29. axb4 Ra4 30. Rac1 Ra3 31. Bf2 Rd2 32. Bxb5 Rb3 33. Ba4 Rb2
34. b5 Ra2 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Ba4 Be4 37. b6 Ra2 38. Bb5 Ra5 39. Be1 Bxg2+ 40. Kg1
Rxb5 41. Bxd2 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 Rxb6 43. Rxc2 Rb5 44. Rc7 g5 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. Be3
Rf5+ 47. Kg2 Kg7 48. Rc5 e5 49. Rc6 f6 50. Rc4 Kg6 51. Ra4 Kh5 52. Ra8 Kg6 53.
Ra4 Kf7 54. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kayseri Seker"]
[BlackTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8
Bxa8 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nf6 11. O-O Be7 12. Qa4+ Nbd7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Nc6
Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qa8 16. Qxa8 Rxa8 17. Nd2 c5 18. Bb2 Rb8 19. Rb1 cxd4 20. Bxd4
Rxb1+ 21. Nxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tarsus Zeka"]
[BlackTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 a5 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb4 18. Rac1 c6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qc7
21. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Besiktas Jimnastik"]
[BlackTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Ne4 Bxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4
8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O d6 11. h4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. h5 Be6 14. b3
Rac8 15. Kb2 d5 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. c3 Rfd8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. e4 Bxe4 20. f3 Bf5
21. g4 Bd7 22. Rxd5 Nc6 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Rd5 f6 25. Rxe5 fxe5 26. Bc4+ Rxc4 27.
bxc4 Rc8 28. Rh7 Re8 29. Rh6 Kg7 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Rh2 Kg7 32. Re2 Kf6 33. Nh7+
Kg7 34. Ng5 Kf6 35. Ne4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.12"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[BlackTeam "Calli"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. a4
Rc8 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. a5 h6 17. Ra3 Qd6 18. Qb2 Rc7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nd2 Rfc8
21. h3 b5 22. Rb3 e5 23. Nf3 exd4 24. Nxd4 Nc5 25. Nxb5 Qb6 26. Nxc7 Qxb3 27.
Qxb3 Nxb3 28. Nb5 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Nxc1 30. Bb1 Ba6 31. Nd6 Kf8 32. Nf5 Ne2+ 33.
Kh2 Bc8 34. Ne3 Be6 35. Bd3 Nc3 36. f4 f6 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. Kf3 Kd6 39. h4 Kc5
40. Ba6 Kd4 41. Nc2+ Kc5 42. Ne3 Kd4 43. Bb7 Nb5 44. Bd5 Bxd5 45. Nf5+ Kc5 46.
exd5 g6 47. Nxh6 f5 48. Nf7 Nd4+ 49. Ke3 Kxd5 50. Nh8 Ne6 51. Nxg6 Ng7 52. Kf3
Ke6 53. Ne5 Kf6 54. Nc4 Nh5 55. Ne3 Ng7 56. h5 Ne6 57. Kg3 Nf8 58. Kh4 Ne6 59.
g3 Nf8 60. Nd5+ Ke6 61. Kg5 Kxd5 62. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.13"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[BlackTeam "Istanbul Teknik Uni"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Ke8 14.
Ne4 Rd8 15. Bf4 Be7 16. b3 Be6 17. c4 h6 18. Kg2 a5 19. Be3 h5 20. f3 hxg4 21.
hxg4 f5 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 Kf7 25. Bd4 Rg8 26. Kf2 f5 27.
gxf5 Bxf5 28. Be5 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Ke6 30. Bf4 Rf8 31. Kg3 Rh8 32. Rd2 Bf6 33. Rh2
Rxh2 34. Kxh2 Be5 35. Kg3 Bd6 36. Kf3 c5 37. Bd2 b6 38. Bf4 Kf6 39. Kg4 Ke6 40.
Kg5 Be7+ 41. Kh5 Bd6 42. Kg4 Kf6 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Bd2 Be5 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Kd3
Ke6 47. Kc2 Kf6 48. Bc3 Bxc3 49. Kxc3 Ke5 50. Kd3 Kf4 51. a3 c6 52. a4 Kg5 53.
Ke3 Kg4 54. Ke2 Kf4 55. Kd3 Kg5 56. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.14"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"]
[BlackTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. Nc3 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bb4 20. e4 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. Bb7 Rc7 24. Ba6 Qd5 25. Rb1 Rd8 26. Bf4 e5 27. Bxe5
Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qxd3 29. Bxd3 Rcd7 30. Bc2 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Ne4 33.
c4 a5 34. Bb3 g5 35. f3 Nc5 36. Bc2 h6 37. Kf2 f6 38. exf6 Kf7 39. Ke3 Kxf6 40.
f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Nd7 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Bd1 Ne5 44. Be2 Nc6 45. a3 Ne7 46. h4 Kd6
47. g4 Ke6 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Ng6 50. Bg4+ Kd6 51. Bh5 Nf8 52. g6 Ne6 53. Bg4
Ng7 54. a4 Ke7 55. Kd5 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.15"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[BlackTeam "Kahramanmaras Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. b4 e5 8. e3
Re8 9. Bb2 h6 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. d3 c6 13. a4 a5 14. b5 c5 15. e4 Bg4
16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nf8 18. g3 Ne6 19. Bg2 Nd4 20. Rae1 Kf8 21. f4 Ke7 22. Qd2
b6 23. h4 Kd7 24. Bh3+ Kc7 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. c5 bxc5
29. Rxc5+ Qxc5 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. Rxc5+ Nxc5 32. Qa2 Kb6 33. Qd5 Rac8 34. Bxc8
Rxc8 35. Qxf7 Nxd3 36. Qe6+ Kb7 37. Qa6+ Kb8 38. Qb6+ Ka8 39. Qxa5+ Kb8 40.
Qb6+ Ka8 41. Qa6+ Kb8 42. b6 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 Rc1+ 45. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 {One of many possible ways to
handle the Anti-Gruenfeld with White's pieces.} Bg7 6. Bg2 c5 {Fighting for
the centre is definitely a principled response.} ({Maxime had every reason to
deviate from his earlier experience in this line:} 6... O-O 7. h4 e5 8. Nxd5
Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. h5 Bg4 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Rh4 Qd7 13. Qa4 Be6 14. Rh2 Ne7 15.
Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 $2 17. Nxe5 $16 {1-0 Jakovenko,D (2738)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2754)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015}) 7. Qa4+ {As the following game proves,
this line hardly promises White any advantage.} ({Another well-known
continuation here is} 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3) ({and} 7. Qb3)
7... Nc6 8. Ng5 {A typical route for the knight, which is often seen in such a
positions.} ({Another logical continuation} 8. Qc4 Ndb4 9. O-O {can be
strongly met by:} Qa5 $1 ({Too passive is:} 9... Na6 $6 10. d3 O-O 11. Qh4 $14
{1-0 Shulman,Y (2560)-Molner,M (2522)/Wheeling 2014}) 10. a3 Be6 11. axb4 Qxa1
12. Qxc5 Rc8 13. Qe3 O-O $15 {0-1 Pantsulaia,L (2590)-Mchedlishvili,M (2603)/
Ureki 2014}) ({Quite toothless is} 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc4 Nxc3 10. dxc3 Qb6 11. Qh4
Rd8 $11 {1/2 Vitiugov,N (2709)-Gao,R (2417)/Beijing 2012}) 8... e6 ({Correctly
deviating from} 8... Nxc3 $6 9. dxc3 O-O 10. Ne4 $14 {where White puts a
strong pressure on the Pc5.}) 9. Nge4 {Now it looks like Black has some
problems with protecting the Pc5, but the statement of White's queen on a4
offers an additional resourse.} Nb6 {That's the point. The Nb6 would support
the c5-c4 advancement, so Black gets an active piece play.} 10. Qb5 ({After} 
10. Qa3 O-O {the greedy} 11. Qxc5 $2 {is refuted by:} Nd4 12. O-O f5 13. Nd6
Nc2 14. Rb1 Bd4 $19) 10... c4 ({Possible was also} 10... O-O 11. Nxc5 Nd4 12.
Qd3 Qe7 13. Nb3 e5 $44 {with an excellent compensation for a pawn.}) 11. Na4 $6
{Delaying the development is a dubious decision.} ({Safer looks} 11. b3 O-O 12.
bxc4 Nd4 ({It looks like} 12... f5 $5 13. Nc5 a6 14. Qb3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nxc4 {
offers Black a decent counterplay at the very least.}) 13. Qb1 Nxc4 {looks
attractive for Black and forces White to play accurately in order to maintain
the ballance:} 14. O-O f5 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Nb3 Bd7 (16... Nb5 $2 17. Nxb5 Qxb5
18. d3 Nb6 19. Bb2 $16 {1-0 Lputian,S (2625)-Krasenkow,M (2647)/Batumi 1999})
17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. e3 Qd6 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qxa7 Bc6 $44) 11... O-O ({Another
attractive continuation seems} 11... f5 $5 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Qxc4
Nd4 15. Qd3 Bc6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 $36 {in the arising position White's extra pawn
has no much value.}) 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Qc2 ({The following line
illustrates the significance of Black's lead in development:} 14. d3 Be6 15.
Bg5 Bxc4 $1 ({A clear improvement over} 15... Qb8 16. Qc1 Nd4 17. Nc3 $11 {
1-0 Petrosian,A (2430)-Piesina,G/Yaroslavl 1979}) 16. Bxd8 Rfxd8 17. dxc4 f5
18. Nc3 e4 $15) 14... Be6 $146 {A decent novelty, which however, doesn't
change the valuation of this position - Black has more than a sufficient
compensation here.} ({In the following preceding game Anatoly Karpov was able
to develop a powerful initiative either:} 14... Nd4 15. Qb1 f5 16. Nc3 e4 17.
d3 b5 18. Be3 b4 19. Nd1 Re8 $36 {0-1 Tatai,S (2480)-Karpov,A (2690)/Las
Palmas 1977}) 15. Nc3 {A sad necessity - the open c-file is a cause of
problems here.} ({An attempt to hide the queen fails to:} 15. Qb1 f5 16. Nc3 b5
$1 17. Nxb5 Bd5 18. f3 e4 $40) ({The natural-looking} 15. O-O {led to a loss
of material:} Nd4 16. Qd1 Bb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 $17) 15... b5 $1 {The positional
threat of b5-b4 advancement doesn't give White time for consolidating.} (15...
Nd4 16. Qb1 Qd7 17. O-O Rfc8) 16. Bxc6 {Wesley decides to release the pressure
along the c-file, but giving up the light-squared bishop makes White's king
very vulnerable.} ({Grabbing the second pawn led to a horrible position:} 16.
Nxb5 Bd5 17. e4 {(What else?)} Bxa2 18. O-O Qb6 19. Na3 Nd4 $17) ({Possibly,
the lesser evil would be} 16. b4 $5 Nd4 17. Qb1 Bf5 18. e4 Be6 19. O-O $15)
16... bxc6 17. b3 ({Hardly better would be} 17. Ne4 Bxa2 18. O-O Qd4 $17) 17...
Bf5 $1 {Maxime had some decent alternatives at his disposal, but he chooses
the most energetical way of handling the position.} 18. d3 ({After} 18. e4 Bh3
19. d3 Qd7 20. Be3 Bg2 21. Rg1 Bf3 $17 {White's position desperately lacks
harmony, while the king is stucked in the centre.}) 18... e4 $1 {Of course, it
makes sense to open-up the position and activate the dark-squared bishop. Now
there is no way to avoid the loss of material.} 19. dxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxa1 $17
{White's position is rather solid, so Black's technical task is not that easy.}
21. O-O Re8 22. f3 $2 {Unfortunately GM Wesley So fails to put-up resistance
in a difficult position.} (22. Be3 $142 Bg7 23. Nc5 $17) 22... Bd4+ $1 {
Provoking one more weakening move.} 23. e3 (23. Kg2 f5 24. Nf2 (24. Bg5 Qd5 25.
Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Qe6 $19) 24... Qe7 25. e4 Qc5 $1 26. Qb1 Qc3 $19) 23... Bg7
$6 {Returning the favoure.} ({The precise} 23... f5 $1 {would decide the game
very convincingly.} 24. exd4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qxd4+ 26. Kg2 Qxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4
$19) 24. Rd1 {The presence of White's rook on the d-file only helps Black to
simplify the matters.} ({A waiting strategy had to be prefered:} 24. Kg2 Qe7
25. a3 f5 26. Nc5 $17) 24... Qc7 25. Rd6 $2 {A decisive mistake - the
vulnerablity of Rd6 allows Black to create the passer.} (25. b4 Red8 26. Rf1 f5
27. Nc5 Qf7 28. a3 $17) 25... c5 $1 26. Rd5 Re5 ({Possible was also} 26... Red8
27. Rxc5 Qd7 28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Qxa4 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 {and the activity of
Black's rooks makes White's position hopeless.}) 27. Rd1 c4 28. a3 ({Or} 28.
Kg2 c3 29. b4 (29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Rc5 $19) 29... Ree8 30. Nc5 Red8 $19)
28... Re7 29. bxc4 Qxc4 ({Good enough was also} 29... bxc4 30. Nc3 Qc6 31. Nd5
Rb7 32. e4 c3) 30. Qd2 Qb3 31. Qd6 ({The most stubborn was} 31. Nc5 Qc3 32.
Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Rd3 Bg7 34. Nd7 {, though after} Ree8 35. Nb6 Rad8 36. Nd5 f5 $19
{White cannot avoid an exchange of rooks.}) 31... Rc8 32. Nf2 Rec7 {All
Black's forces are mobilized, so the game ends soon.} 33. Bd2 Bf8 34. Qd4 Bxa3
35. Kg2 Bb2 {A disappointing start for GM Wesley So.} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:
28]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. d5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]
} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:29]} (12. Bd3 {
was Timman-Edouard, 2011.}) 12... Be6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Rhd8 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 14. Kc2 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:07:05] Technically
the novelty of the game. 14...g6 was played in Zvjaginsev-Bukavshin back in
2011, a game that White won.} 15. Ne2 {[%emt 0:04:38]} (15. e4 $5) 15... g6 {
[%emt 0:09:48]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:15:47]} (16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 {looks drawish,
as pointed out by Giri.}) 16... Rad8 {[%emt 0:12:36]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:01:16]}
Bc7 {[%emt 0:08:12]} 18. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 19. Ng3 {
[%emt 0:01:39]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 20. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:31] It doesn't seem
that White has made any progress. None of his last few moves created any real
threats and now that Black has completed his development he is very close to
being simply equal, perhaps by moving his pawns on the queenside.} a6 {[%emt 0:
06:17]} 21. Be5 {[%emt 0:04:29]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 22. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:11:20]
The tactics work out, but this doesn't give White any advantage.} gxf5 {
[%emt 0:04:27]} (22... Bxf5+ 23. Nxf5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 gxf5 25. exf6 Kxf6 26. Rxd7
Rxd7 {is slightly better for White, but very close to a draw.}) 23. Bxc7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 25. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04] The game at this point
is extremely drawish.} 26. bxc4 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Nxe4
{[%emt 0:05:37]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 29. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 30. f5+ {[%emt 0:00:57]}
Kxf5 {With opposite colored bishops the game is basically dead.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 ({Grischuk has a lot of experience after} 3...
e5 {, but this time he chooses another solid system.}) 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 d6 {
This move is aimed for neutralizing the pressure along the diagonal h1-a8.} ({
The most common alternative here is} 5... Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Qa5
) 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 ({Another well-known theoretical position
would arise after} 8... O-O {, but Alexander's 5th move was called for
avoiding that pawn sacrifice.}) 9. b3 ({The most popular alternatives are:} 9.
Nxc6) ({and} 9. Nc2) 9... Nxd4 {It hardly makes sense to delay that exchange.}
({After} 9... O-O 10. Nc2 {White may benefit from keeping more minor pieces on
the board. For instance,} Rc8 11. Bd2 Be6 12. e4 Qd7 13. Qe2 Bh3 14. Rad1 h5
15. f3 $14 {1-0 Bu,X (2683)-Akopian,V (2681)/Antalya 2013}) 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11.
Bb2 O-O 12. Nd5 {The most ambitious choice.} ({The quiet} 12. Qd3 {doesn't
seem to pose Black any serious problems:} Qa5 (12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd7 14. Rfd1
b6 15. Rac1 Qb7+ 16. f3 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2762)-Kropp,V (2122)/Mainz 2007})
13. Rfd1 a6 14. Rab1 Rac8 $11) 12... Bxd5 ({The presense of White's knight in
the centre is quite annoying, so} 12... Ne8 13. Qd2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 {doesn't
fully solve the problems:} e6 (14... Nc7 15. e4 $1 (15. Rfd1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rc8
17. h4 Qd7 18. Rd4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc5 {1/2 Cvitan,O (2526)-Stevic,H (2596)/
Opatija CRO 2015}) 15... e5 16. f4 Bxd5 17. exd5 $14) 15. Nc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf6
17. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Smyslov,V (2620)-Rodriguez Vargas,O (2425)/Cienfuegos 1973})
13. cxd5 {For some reasons, this position almost wasn't seen in practice.} ({
Much more popular here is} 13. Bxd5 Ne8 14. Qd2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 {The arising
position is preferable for White, but usually Black manages to neutralize the
pressure along the diagonal h1-a8. For instance,} Qb6 (15... Rb8 16. Rfd1 Qb6
17. Bg2 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qc5 19. Rac1 a5 20. Rc2 b6 21. Rdc1 Ne4 22. e3 Qh5 23. Bf1
Rfc8 $11 {1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2754)-Stevic,H (2607)/Plovdiv 2010/CBM 139 (41)}) 16.
e3 Nc7 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc5 $11 {1/2 Malakhov,V (2705)
-Andreikin,D (2689)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148 (41)}) 13... Qa5 {Alexander deviates
from an early exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} ({Another logical
continuation would be} 13... Nh5 14. Qd2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nf6 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. e4
Rfc8 18. e5 (18. f3 Nd7 19. Bh3 Qb6+ 20. Kg2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nc5 $11) 18... dxe5
19. Qxe5 Kf8 {This position looks somewhat dangerous for Black, but there is
nothing special:} 20. Rfe1 Qa3 21. Rc7 Rxc7 22. Qxc7 Re8 23. d6 exd6 24. Rxe8+
Nxe8 25. Qxb7 Nf6 {with a drawish endgame.}) 14. Bc3 {The queen puts pressure
on White's pawns, so it makes sense to remove it from a5.} Qa6 $146 {A logical
innovation. Black's setup looks rather flexible when the rooks are connected.}
({Coming back is a clear concession:} 14... Qd8 $6 15. Rac1 Nh5 16. Qd2 Bxc3
17. Rxc3 Nf6 18. Rfc1 $14 {0-1 Bauza,A (2250)-Dienavorian Lacherian,M (2220)/
Uruguay 1987}) 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 {Now Black has to find a way of
simplifying the matters.} Qb5 ({Dubious would be} 16... Nd7 $6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bh3 f5 20. g4 $1 $36) ({But deserved serious attention} 16...
Qb6 17. e3 a5 {securing the c5-spot for the knight in advance.}) 17. Rab1 a5
18. e4 Nd7 {Now, when the Nd7 is protected Black has nothing to worry about.}
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Kg8 {A slight inaccuracy.} ({There was no reason for
rejecting} 20... Nf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 Qb4 $11 {and there is nothing wrong
with a pinned Nf6.}) 21. Bf1 Rxc1 ({After} 21... Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Bh3
Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 $14 {Black would suffer from passivity of their pieces.}) 22.
Rxc1 Qb4 23. Rc4 {As a result of Alexander's inaccuracy, White is controlling
the only open file. Still, Black's position remains very solid.} Qe1 {
Alexander reasonably chooses the most active way of defence.} ({There was
nothing wrong also with} 23... Qa3 24. Rc7 (24. Rc2 Qb4 $11) 24... Ne5 25. Qc3
Qxa2 26. Rxb7 a4 27. bxa4 Qxa4 $11) 24. Rc7 Ne5 25. Kg2 Qb4 $6 {Exchanging the
queens makes White's play much easier.} ({Better was} 25... Qb1 $1 26. a4 ({
After} 26. Rxe7 $6 Rc8 27. Rxb7 Rc1 $36 {the activity of Black's pieces is
very dangerous.}) 26... Qxb3 27. Be2 h5 28. h3 Rd8 {White hardly has more than
a sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. Rc2 ({Wesley could
have won a pawn, thouh after} 27. Rxe7 b5 $1 28. Bxb5 Rxa2 29. h3 Rb2 30. Re8+
Kg7 31. Rd8 Rxb3 32. Rxd6 Rb2 33. Rb6 $14 {Black should be able to achieve a
draw.}) 27... Kg7 28. f4 Nd7 29. Kf3 f5 $5 {Accordingly to his active style,
Alexander Grischuk manages to change the character of play.} ({The more natural
} 29... Nc5 30. Ke3 h5 ({Or} 30... f6 31. e5 fxe5 32. fxe5 h5) 31. e5 f6 32.
Kd4 fxe5+ 33. fxe5 Rf8 34. Bb5 h4 35. Kc4 $14 {led to a slightly inferior
position.}) 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Rc7 Nc5 {Of course, Black doesn't mind to give
up a pawn in order to activate all the pieces.} 32. Rxe7+ Kf6 33. Re2 ({
Correctly rejecting} 33. Rxh7 Kg6 34. Re7 Rxa2 $132) 33... h5 {Now it's very
difficult for White to make any progress.} 34. Ke3 h4 35. Kd4 {The best
practical chance.} ({In case of} 35. Kf3 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rh8 37. g4 fxg4+ 38.
Kxg4 Rh1 39. Bg2 Rg1 {Black's defensive task would be much easier.}) 35... hxg3
$2 {Surprisingly, that natural move is a serious mistake, which makes
Grischuk's position heavy.} ({At the same time, after} 35... b5 $1 36. gxh4 (
36. Ke3 Ne4 37. Rc2 Nc3 $11) 36... Rh8 37. Rc2 Rxh4 38. Ke3 Rh8 $1 {the
activity of Black's rook makes White's winning chances very problematic. For
instance,} 39. h3 (39. Bxb5 Rh3+ 40. Kd4 Rf3 $11) 39... Rg8 40. Rg2 Re8+ 41.
Kf3 Re1 42. Bxb5 Rc1 $44) 36. hxg3 Rg8 (36... Rh8 37. Kc4 Rh1 38. Bg2 Rd1 39.
Bf3 Rg1 40. Kxb4 Rxg3 41. Re3 Na6+ $1 42. Ka5 (42. Kc4 Nc7 $16) 42... Nc7 43.
Rd3 Ke7 $16) ({Comparing to the previous note, now White can benefit from
opening up the h-file:} 36... b5 37. Rh2 $1 Ra5 38. Ke3 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. g4
fxg4+ 41. Kxg4 {with excellent winning chances.}) 37. Re3 Ra8 $2 {A decisive
mistake.} ({It was necessary to keep the c-file under control:} 37... Rc8 38.
Be2 Ne4 39. Bf3 Nc5 $16) 38. Kc4 Rxa2 39. Kxb4 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6][%cal Gb4b5,
Gb5b6] The consequences doesn't looks so horrible for Alexander, but actually
king's route to b6 would decide the game.} Rf2 (39... Rd2 40. Bc4 Ra2 41. Kb5
Ra6 42. b4 Ne4 43. g4 Kf7 44. g5 $18) 40. Bc4 Ne4 41. Kb5 ({Black resgins, in
view of} 41. Kb5 Rh2 42. Kb6 Nc5 43. b4 Rb2 44. b5 Rh2 45. Bd3 Rd2 46. Be2 Rxd5
(46... Rd4 47. Kc7 Rxd5 48. Bf3 $18) 47. Bf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 {If Black wants to play for a win
against the Gheorghiu Samisch, this is the best way to do it.} ({The last move
features an entirely different approach than} 4... d5 {, which aims at
preventing White's central expansion.}) 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 {This structure
illustrates both the merits and the shortcomings of White's system. He has
been allowed to build up a massive centre, but faces problems completing his
kingside development.} 7. Nge2 ({The ultra-solid} 7. Bd2 {was played in
Nakamura,H (2772)-Carlsen,M (2881) Shamkir 2014 CBM 160 [Stohl,I] (0-1, 52)}) (
7. Bd3 {speeds up the development, but exposes the bishop to the knight's
attack, indirectly weakening the c4- and d5-pawns. To my taste, the most
convincing continuation is} Bxc3+ (7... b5 {is interesting, too, as played in
Macedo,M (2369)-Mekhitarian,K (2566) Joao Pessoa 2013 CBM 158 [Mekhitarian,K] 
(0-1, 26)}) 8. bxc3 Nbd7 9. Ne2 ({Maybe} 9. Nh3 {is more flexible, but it does
not change much:} Ne5 10. Nf2 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nfd7 {[%csl Gc4]}) 9... Ne5 10. Ng3
Qa5 11. Qc2 b5 $1 {This comes with much greater effect than on move 7.} (11...
Nfd7 {is playable here, too.}) 12. cxb5 exd5 $36 {Malaniuk,V (2545)-Kuzmin,G 
(2470) Frunze 1987 (1-0, 30)}) 7... a6 $5 {A rare continuation. Black prepares
the typical Benko-like sacrifice ...b7-b5.} ({The immediate break} 7... b5 {
has been tested quite often, too:} {In the times I used to play this line with
White, the best continuation was cosidered} 8. Nf4 {aiming at stabilziing the
centre, even at the cost of one tempo. I still believe this is a safe way of
meeting the pawn sacrifice.} (8. dxe6 {this gives Black plenty of play.} fxe6 (
{If} 8... Bxe6 {White should take on b5 rather than} 9. Nf4 $6 bxc4 10. e5 {
when in Marin,M (2485)-Inkiov,V (2510) Stara Zagora 1990 (1-0, 35) Vegh
suggested the strong improvement} Ne8 $1 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. exd6 Nxd6 {[%csl
Rd4][%cal Gb8c6] with an extra pawn and the better development.}) 9. e5 dxe5
10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. cxb5 a6 $44 {Zhou,J (1938)-Wei,Y (2629) China 2014 (0-1, 73)}
) 8... e5 (8... exd5 {was played in Grischuk,A (2781)-Topalov,V (2798)
Stavanger 2015 (0-1, 39) and now White in vain refrained from} 9. Nfxd5 {
which is one of the main ideas of Ne2-f4} Nxd5 10. Qxd5 {[%csl Ga8]} Qb6 11.
Bf4 $14) 9. Nfe2 Nh5 ({One of the games I had as a model went} 9... bxc4 10.
Ng3 Ba6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg3f5,Gg2g4]} Bc8 13. Bxc4 $14 {
Shirov,A (2610)-Savon,V (2460) Moscow 1991 (1-0, 43)}) 10. g4 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Nf4
12. Nxf4 exf4 {Berkes,F (2702)-Yemelin,V (2574) Skopje 2013 (0-1, 29)} 13. cxb5
Nd7 14. Kc2 $14 {[%csl Gf4] The white king is safe enough and Black has some
worries with his f4-pawn. For instance} Qf6 15. Qd2 g5 16. h4 h6 17. hxg5 hxg5
18. Qh2 $16) 8. a4 {A natural move which seems to prevent ...b7-b5 for a long
time at least.} (8. Ng3 b5 $1 {The critical move.} ({But Black can also
transpose to some sort of Benoni structure with} 8... Re8 9. Be2 exd5 10. cxd5
Nbd7 {Sethuraman,S (2576)-Vishnu,P (2465) Sharjah 2014 (½-½, 36). The only
question is why did he need ...a7-a6 if he did not plan to play an early ...
b7-b5?}) 9. Bf4 (9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. cxb5 Qa5 $36) (9. cxb5 exd5 10. exd5 Qb6 11.
bxa6 Re8+ 12. Be2 c4 $17 {[%csl Ge1]}) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 Qb6 {[%csl Ge1][%cal
Gb8d7,Gc5c4]} 11. a4 {[%cal Ga1a8,Ga4b5]} Ba5 $1 $13) ({One of the main ideas
of 7...a6 is that} 8. Nf4 {is an early committment and does not work as well
as in the similar line with 7...b5. The main difference is that the a8-rook is
not hanging, offering Black an important tempo for his initiative.} exd5 9.
Nfxd5 ({With the knight on f4 the structure after} 9. cxd5 Nbd7 {tends to
favour Black.}) 9... Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qh4+ 11. g3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Qd3 Nc6
$15) 8... Ba5 $5 $146 {A deep novelty, aiming to transform the pin along the
a-file into a potential battery.} (8... exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 {would lead to
normal play.} 10. Ng3 Rb8 11. Be2 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. O-O c4 14. Nf5 {Bandza,
A (2380)-Ilinsky,V (2350) Prague 1990 (½-½, 23)}) (8... Re8 9. Bg5 $2 (9. Ng3
$1 {is similar to the game above.}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 exd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. Nc1
$2 Nxe4 $1 13. fxe4 (13. Bxd8 Nxc3+) 13... Qxh4+ 14. g3 Qxe4+ 15. Qe2 Nf6 {
Barron,P-Jeske,M Hildesheim 1996 (0-1, 15)}) 9. Bd2 {A seemingly solid move
which delays the kingside development though. But other moves allow Black
carry out his planned sacrifice:} (9. Ng3 b5 10. dxe6 (10. axb5 axb5 11. cxb5
$4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Rxa1) 10... Bxe6 11. cxb5 d5 $36) (9. Nf4 b5 10. dxe6 (10.
cxb5 e5 11. Nd3 axb5 $132) 10... fxe6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Be3 g5 13. Nh3 (13.
Nfe2 bxc4 14. Bxg5 Nc6) 13... g4 {with good counterplay for Black in all lines
and a rather messy position.}) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 (10. exd5 {exposes the king
too much.} Re8 11. Kf2 {What else?} Nbd7 12. Ng3 Nh5 $3 $36 13. Nxh5 Qh4+ 14.
Ng3 $2 Qd4+ {followed by mate.}) (10. Nxd5 Nc6 $15 {[%csl Gd4]}) 10... Nh5 $1 {
An excellent reaction to 9.Bd2. Black's kingside counterplay is hard to stop.}
11. g3 ({The main point is that with the d2-square unavailable for the king,} 
11. g4 $2 {loses to} Qh4+) 11... Nd7 12. Bg2 b5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb5b4,Gc3b1]
For the underdeveloped white army Aronian's play on both sides is very
annoying.} 13. g4 {Risky, but White had problems anyway.} (13. Qc2 {clears the
d1-square for the knight but keeps the king in the centre.} f5 ({Black should
not hurry to push the knight towards a good square:} 13... b4 14. Nd1 f5 15.
Nf2) 14. exf5 (14. O-O b4 15. Nd1 fxe4 16. fxe4 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Ne5 $17) 14...
Ne5 15. g4 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Nxg4 $1 {Rather similar to Aronian's sacrifice.} 17.
fxg4 Qxg4 18. Qe4 Bxf5 19. Qxg4 Bxg4+ 20. Ke1 (20. Kg1 Bxe2 {[%csl Gd2]}) 20...
Rae8 21. Ne4 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Bxe2 23. Nxd6 (23. Kxe2 Nf4+ $19) 23... Re5 $17 {
[%cal Gf8f2]}) (13. axb5 axb5 14. b4 {White is not well prepared for this
principled pawn break} ({Maybe the greedy} 14. Nxb5 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 {is a bit
safer, even though Black has great compensation after} Ba6 16. Nec3 Bxb5 17.
Nxb5 Qb6 $36) 14... cxb4 15. Nxb5 ({The thematic} 15. Na2 {aiming to
consolidate with Nxb4 and Nd4, invading c6, allows Black too much activity:}
Ne5 16. O-O Nc4 17. Bxb4 Ne3 $19) 15... Ne5 16. O-O Ba6 17. Nbd4 Bb6 $15) 13...
b4 14. Nb1 $2 {After this counter-developing move only a miracle can save
White.} ({He should have gone for} 14. gxh5 bxc3 15. bxc3 Qh4+ 16. Ng3 Ne5 17.
O-O {Black surely has compensation for the pawn, but at least White's position
looks decent.}) 14... Qh4+ 15. Kf1 Ne5 $1 {Given White's awful coordination,
it is obvious that the sacrifice is good and effective.} ({I tried to analyze
the engines' slight favourite} 15... f5 {but stopped when seeing that after}
16. gxf5 {Black's best is} Bd8 {I must confess I am not deep enough to
understand and comment on this kind of lines so I will stick to annotating on
Aronian's human choice.}) 16. Be1 $6 {Just pushing the queen on a better
square.} (16. Qe1 $2 {has the same drawback:} Qf6 17. gxh5 Nxf3 $19) ({True,
White's life is not rosy after the immediate piece capture:} 16. gxh5 f5 17.
Be1 Qe7 18. exf5 (18. f4 fxe4 {[%cal Ge5d3,Ge5g4]}) 18... Bxf5 19. Nd2 (19. Bf2
Nxf3 $1 20. Bxf3 Bh3+ 21. Bg2 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qe4+ 23. Kg1 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Rf8+
25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Ng3 Qxd1+ {winning the queen and, after a few more moves, the
king as well.}) 19... b3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ga5d2,Ge5f3] This way of activating the
bishop is more natural than the aforementioned ...Ba5-d8.}) 16... Qf6 17. gxh5
Nxf3 18. Bf2 Bg4 {Consequent, but not the only move.} ({There was nothing
wrong with material grabbing:} 18... Qxb2 {Strange enough, White cannot save
his rook.} 19. Bxf3 (19. Nd2 Nxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Qxa1+) 19... Qxa1) 19. Qc1 (19.
Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Rg1 Qh3+ 21. Ke1 f5 $19) ({This was the last moment when White
could have put up some resistance, based, of course, on trying to get
developed:} 19. h3 Bxh5 20. Nd2 Ne5 {[%csl Gb2,Gf2][%cal Ge5d3] Black's
initiative is overwhelming, but White still is in the game.}) 19... Nd4 (19...
Ne5 {could have transposed to a theme mentioned above:} 20. Qe3 (20. Nf4 g5 $1
21. hxg6 $2 fxg6 {[%cal Gf8f1]}) 20... Nc4 21. Qb3 Ne3+ 22. Qxe3 Qxb2 {Oh,
again that rook...}) 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. e5 {Hoping to get the e4-square for the
knight.} (21. Nd2 {would come too late to change anything:} Rac8 22. Qb1 (22.
Nc4 d3 {[%cal Gd3d2]} 23. b3 {[%csl Gc4]} Bb6 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gc8c1,
Gf6f1]}) (22. Qe1 b3 {[%cal Gc8c2,Ra5e1]}) 22... d3 $1 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 23. Qxd3
Qxb2 24. Rb1 (24. Bd4 Rc3 $1 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26. Rb1 c2 $19) 24... Rc1+ 25. Rxc1
Qxc1+ 26. Be1 b3 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gb3b2]}) 21... dxe5 22. Nd2 Rac8 23. Qb1 b3
$1 {Activating the last reserves, the bishop.} 24. Nxb3 ({The problem is that
after the planned} 24. Ne4 Qf4 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gc8c2] the white queen cannot
move, making the threat ...Rc2 killing.}) 24... Bb6 25. a5 Ba7 ({There was no
need already for such tricks as} 25... Rc2 $1 26. Qxc2 d3 27. Qd2 Be2+) 26. Kg1
Bf5 27. Be4 $6 {Losing on the spot.} ({But} 27. Qe1 e4 $19 {is crushing}) 27...
Qg5+ (27... d3 $19 {is another possible move order based on the same idea.} 28.
Qxd3 Bxe4 $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 28. Kf1 Qf4 {The queen has side-stepped the own
bishop to increase the pressure on both white bishops..} (28... Qf4 29. Bxf5 d3
30. Qe1 Rc2 $19 {A fantastic attacking game by Aronian.}) 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 ({Two rounds later
Carlsen went for the classical} 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10.
Nd5 O-O ({After} 10... Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O {Black must reckon with the sharp} 12.
g4 $5) 11. O-O (11. c4 b5 $1 $132) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 {However, Black has
counter-chances in the strategic struggle even without radically changing the
position; a reasonable alternative is} Rc8 ({Here the most often played move is
} 12... Nc5 13. Nxc5 (13. Qd2 $143 Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qc4 Rac8 17.
Rfd1 f5 18. c3 Qd8 19. Qb5 b6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bf6 $36 {Ponomariov,R 
(2744)-Anand,V (2810) Wijk aan Zee 2011/ For more details see the notes to
this game in CBM 141.}) 13... dxc5 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. c4 g6 (15... Bd6 $142 $1 16.
g3 Rae8 $132) 16. Rae1 h5 $6 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe3 Nd6 20. b3 Rfc8
21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 $16 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Topalov,V (2793) Thessaloniki
2013/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 155.}) 13. c4 Ne8 (
13... a5 $5 14. Rad1 b6 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nfd7 17. f3 Bg5 18. Bf2 f5 19. Kh1
Qf6 20. Nb1 Qh6 21. Nc3 {Shirov,A (2718)-Polgar,J (2676) Linares 2001/} Bf4 22.
g3 Be3 $132 {For more details see the notes to this game by Ftacnik in CBM 082.
}) 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rac1 a5 16. Na1 g6 17. b4 Ng7 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Bd3 Nc5 20.
Bc2 a4 21. Rb1 e4 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxa4 Rxc4 24. Bc6 Nf5 25. Qe2 Rc3 26. Qxe4
Ra3 $11 {[%csl Ra2] Carlsen,M (2853)-Grischuk,A (2771) Saint Louis 2015 White
can't retain the extra pawn and the position is drawish. Subsequent mistakes
even cost Carlsen the full point.}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 {Both
players have experience with this line with both colours, especially So.} ({
The fashionable continuation here, with many top-level annotated games, is} 
8... h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 (11... Qc7 12. c4 g6 13. O-O-O Nb6
14. Qa5 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Kb1 Nfd7 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. Rc1 Na4 19. Be2 a5 20.
Na1 Kf8 21. Nc2 Kg7 22. Na3 {Topalov,V (2771)-Wojtaszek,R (2698) ECC Rhodes
2013} Qd8 23. Nb5 Qf6 $13 {For more details see the notes to this game by
Wojtaszek in CBM 157.}) 12. Be2 ({A recent example is} 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 (
13. Qa5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qb4 Kf8 17. c4 Kg7 18. g3 Rh8 19. Rc1
Qc7 20. Bh3 Rce8 21. Rhd1 Re7 22. a3 Rd8 23. Nd2 {brought White success in
Anand-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 2008 (CBM 122), but Black can improve with} e4 $1
24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Bg2 Re2 27. c5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 Qd6 $132 {
Yeremenko,A (2456)-Schmidt,G (2435)email 2009/ I already mentioned this in the
notes to So-Dominguez (CBM 161).}) 13... Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Na5 Rb8 16. Bc4
Nb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bd8 20. Rd3 Bc7 21. Bb3 Ke7 22. Rhd1
Rhd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Nc4 $11 {Grischuk,A (2771)-Topalov,V (2816) Saint Louis
2015/ The opposite-coloured bishops indicate the point was split shortly
afterwards.}) 12... Bg7 (12... Qc7 13. Rc1 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 b6 16. Na1
Kh7 17. h3 Ng8 18. g4 Qd8 19. gxh5 Qh4 20. hxg6+ fxg6 21. Bd3 Bh6 22. Rf2 Bxe3
23. Qxe3 Ne7 $44 {So,W (2731)-Dominguez Perez,L (2768) Havana 2014 For more
details see the notes to this game in CBM 161.}) 13. O-O (13. Na5 Qc7 14. c4 e4
15. O-O exf3 16. gxf3 O-O 17. b4 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Rxe3 $5 19. Qxe3 Re8 20. Qd2 {
Caruana,F (2844)-Gelfand,B (2748) Baku 2014} Qb6+ $1 21. Kh1 Bh6 $44 {For more
details see the notes to this game by Kr. Szabo in CBM 163.}) 13... b6 14. Rae1
O-O 15. c4 Rc8 16. h3 Nh7 17. Na1 a5 18. Nc2 Bf6 19. Na3 Bh4 20. Rb1 f5 21. Nb5
f4 22. Bf2 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nc5 24. Qc2 Qf6 25. b3 Ng5 26. Bd3 Kg7 27. a3 Nf7 28.
b4 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Rc2 {So,W (2762)-Wojtaszek,R (2744)
Wijk aan Zee 2015} axb4 32. axb4 Kf6 $132 {For more details see the notes to
this game by Pavlovic in CBM 165.}) 9. Qd2 ({An alternative is the immediate} 
9. g4 {After} b5 {White can even spurn castling and play on the queenside with}
(9... Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Rc8 ({and even more often} 11... Be7 $13 {is the
older main line, which was extensively tested in the past decade.})) 10. g5 b4
11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. a3 bxa3 17.
Rxa3 a5 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Nxa5 Rfb8 20. Qc6 Qxc6 $2 (20... Bd8 $1 $132) 21. dxc6
d5 22. Ra2 Bd8 23. cxd7 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Bxa5+ 25. Ke2 $16 {Topalov,V (2772)
-Wojtaszek,R (2735) Tromso olm 2014/ For more details see the notes to this
game by Kr.Szabo; this line is analysed also in the notes to Navara-Grischuk,
Tromso olm 2014 in CBM 162.}) 9... b5 10. O-O-O Be7 ({Rare and maybe possible,
but definitely more risky is} 10... h5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Qc3 Rb8 (
13... Nfd7 14. Na5 $14 {Repp,H (2497)-Avotins,M (2488) email 2010 This game
was quoted already in the notes to the aforementioned game So-Dominguez 
(CBM161).}) 14. a4 Be7 15. Qc6+ (15. axb5 O-O 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. bxa6 Rfc8 18.
Bc4 Nd7 $36) 15... Nfd7 16. Na5 Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Qxd6 Nf6 20.
Qxd8 Rbxd8 21. Nc6 Rd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Nbxd5 24. c4 Nc7 25. Ba4 Ne6 26.
Kb1 Ra8 27. Ba5 Rb7 $132 {1/2-1/2, Pereira,N-Cintins,I email 2011}) 11. g4 b4 {
Another crossroads and Black opts for a sideline.} ({The main continuation} 
11... O-O 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 {has been around for more
than 10 years, with numerous practical, email and engine games creating a
complex theoretical labyrinth. Lately White has been trying to get an edge with
} 16. fxe6 axb3 17. cxb3 fxe6 18. Bh3 Rxa2 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Ng3 Nc7 21. Bc4
Qa8 22. Rhf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Ra1+ 24. Kc2 Rxf1 25. Bxf1 d5 26. Qf2 g6 27. h4 Qf8
28. Qxf8+ Nxf8 {He has a pull in the resulting endgmae, but Black seems to
hold:} 29. Ba7 (29. Kd3 Nfe6 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Bf2 Ndf4+ 32. Ke4 (32. Kc4 h6 $1
) 32... Bd6 33. Bc4 Nc5+ 34. Kf3 Nfd3 35. Bxd3 Nxd3 36. Ne4 Be7 37. Bg3 Kg7 38.
Nd2 (38. Ke3 Nf4 $1 39. Bxf4 exf4+ 40. Kxf4 Bd8 $44 {should also be enough to
hold according to A.Kovacevic.}) 38... Nc5 39. Bxe5+ Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kd4
Kf5 $132 {Lafarga Santorroman,D (2659)-Hefka,V (2571) email 2012}) 29... dxe4
30. Bb8 Nfe6 31. Nxe4 h6 32. Bc4 hxg5 33. hxg5 Kg7 34. Kd3 Kf8 35. Ke3 Bd8 36.
Bxe6 Nxe6 37. Bxe5 Nxg5 $11 {Radjabov,T (2726)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757)
Tashkent 2014}) ({Apart from the text move, another less played alternative is
} 11... Nb6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd7 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Kb1 O-O 17.
Rg1 $5 (17. c4 f6 18. Rc1 b4 $5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. Qxb4 Rb8 21. Qd2 Rxf3 22. Be2
(22. c5 $1 $13) 22... Rh3 23. Bxh5 $6 Rxh5 24. Ka1 {Dominguez Perez,L (2726)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Beijing rpd 2014} Bd8 $36) 17... g6 (17... f6 $6 18.
g6 $40) 18. c4 f6 19. Rc1 b4 (19... Bf5+ $5 20. Ka1 Bd8 21. Nc6 fxg5 22. Nxd8
Qxd8 23. Bxg5 Qd7 $13 {has been tested in email games; although White scored
well, the position remains tense.}) 20. Qxb4 Rab8 21. Qc3 $5 (21. Qd2 Bd8 22.
Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Bd3 Qxf3 25. c5 d5 26. Rgf1 Qh3 27. gxf6 Nxf6 28.
Bxa6 Qe6 29. c6 Bc7 $14 {/~~, Tossutti,J (2091)-Saglione,E (2474) email 2008})
21... fxg5 (21... Bd8 22. Nb3 $14) 22. Bxg5 (22. c5 $1 e4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. cxd6
Qxd6 25. dxc6 Bf6 26. Qc4+ Kg7 27. Rc2 $36 {[%csl Gc6] Inarkiev}) 22... Bxg5
23. Rxg5 Nf4 24. c5 Bb5 25. Nb3 Rfe8 $6 (25... a5 $132) (25... e4 $5 $13 {
Inarkiev}) 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 27. cxd6 Qxd6 28. Qc6 Qd8 29. Nc5 $1 $16 {Inarkiev,E 
(2675)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Moscow 2015}) 12. Nd5 {Very natural, but White
has tried other retreats as well:} (12. Ne2 a5 13. Kb1 h6 14. Ng3 a4 15. Nc1 d5
16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 d4 18. Bf2 O-O 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Bb5 a3 $1 (20... Nc5 21.
Nd3 a3 $2 22. Nxe5 axb2 23. Bxd4 Rxa2 24. Kxa2 Qa5+ 25. Kxb2 Qxb5 26. Rxg7 $1
Kxg7 27. Ng4 {Svidler,P (2735)-Sutovsky,E (2697) Mallorca olm 2004}) 21. b3 Nc5
22. Be1 Bd6 23. Bc4 Qe7 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Nh5 26. Rg4 Nf4 $11 {Rivas
Romero,G (2322)-Panduro,R (2163) email 2011}) (12. Na4 {has scored really well,
but still lacks more relevant examples. An untested reacton is} Qc7 $5 (12...
d5 13. g5 d4 14. Bxd4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 exd4 16. h4 Ne5 {Gyugyi,P (2117)-Francisco,
V (2033) email 2003} 17. Nxd4 $36) (12... O-O 13. Qxb4 d5 $44) 13. g5 Nxe4 $1
14. fxe4 Qc6 15. Qxb4 Rb8 16. Na5 Rxb4 17. Nxc6 Rxe4 18. Bd2 Rxa4 19. b3 Rh4
$132) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 (14. Qxb4 Nfxd5 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. f4 O-O
$142 (16... Qc7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qe4 O-O 19. h4 $1 ({More concrete than} 19.
Kb1 a5 20. a4 {1/2-1/2, Morozevich,A (2774)-Dominguez Perez,L (2695) Sarajevo
2008}) 19... a5 20. a4 g6 21. Bb5 f5 22. gxf5 $5 (22. Qg2 f4 23. Nd2 (23. Qf3
$142) (23. h5 $5) 23... Bb4 $1 24. g5 Rac8 25. Nf3 Bc3 $36 {Ponomariov,R (2704)
-Bu,X (2637) WChT Beersheba 2005}) 22... gxf5 23. Qg2+ Kh8 24. Rhf1 Bxh4 25.
Kb1 Rac8 26. c4 Qf7 27. c5 Qxb3 28. cxb6 $16 {[%csl Gb6,Rh8] Ruiz Vidal,P 
(2346)-Hervet,G (2357) email 2009}) 17. fxe5 a5 $1 18. Qe1 (18. Qc3 Rc8 19.
Qxa5 Qc7 20. Bd3 Ra8 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Qb5 {1/2-1/2, Zidu,J (2579)-Casabona,C 
(2598) email 2011} Rxa2 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qd3+ Kg8 25. Qxd6 Qb7 $132) (18. Qe4
d5 19. Qf3 a4 20. Nd4 Qc7 21. Kb1 Rab8 22. Bb5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qc6 Qxe5
25. Rhe1 Qg5 26. Qxa4 Bb4 $11 {Dothan,Y (2589)-Lafarga Santorroman,D (2639)
email 2007}) 18... a4 19. Nd4 Bh4 20. Qe2 $6 (20. Qe4 $142 a3 21. b3 d5 $13)
20... Qg5+ (20... a3 $5 {/\} 21. b3 Nd5 $36) 21. Kb1 Qxe5 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. a3 (
23. Nxh4 a3 $1 24. c3 Qxh4 $15) 23... Rab8 24. c3 Nc4 25. Qxc4 Qxf3 26. Bd3
Rfc8 $17 {Morozevich,A (2788)-Anand,V (2798) Mainz rpd 2008}) 14... Nbxd5 (
14... Nfxd5 $143 $6 15. Nb7 $1 (15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxb4 (16. Nxe7 Nxe3 17. Qxe3
Kxe7 18. Qg5+ Kf8 $15 {Roiz,M (2611)-Sutovsky,E (2607) Rishon Le Ziyyon blitz
2006}) 16... Nxb4 17. Qxb4 Rc8 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Qa4+ Qc6 20. Qxc6+ Rxc6 21. Bf2
{Karjakin,S (2679)-Ponomariov,R (2721) Tomsk rpd 2006} Bg5+ 22. Kb1 Nd2+ 23.
Ka1 d5 $132) 15... Qc7 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18. f4 e4 (18... Rd8 19.
fxe5 Nc8 20. Bc4 $1 Bxd6 21. Qf4 f6 22. exd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Qe4 g5 25.
Rd1 $18 {Dzhumaev,M (2529)-Saravanan,V (2394) Rochefort 2009}) (18... exf4 19.
Qxf4 f6 20. g5 $1 $40) 19. Nxe4 Rd8 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. f5 Qa5 {Inarkiev,E (2628)
-Amonatov,F (2567) Ramenskoe 2006} 22. Kb1 Nc3+ 23. Nxc3 bxc3 24. Qf4 $5 $16)
15. Nc4 {[%mdl 512] Carlsen opts for a positional pawn sacrifice instead of
regaining material:} (15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. Qxb4 O-O 18. Qb6 $142 $1 {
makes life far more difficult for Black:} (18. g5 $2 Rfc8 19. Qa4 Rab8 $1 20.
Bd3 (20. gxf6 Rb4 $19) 20... Nd7 21. Qe4 g6 22. Bxa6 Rb4 23. Qd3 Rcb8 24. b3
Nc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd5 Qa7 27. Bc4 Bxg5+ 28. Kb2 Ra4 29. a3 Ra5 30. Qe4 Be3
31. c3 Rxa3 32. Ra1 Ra8 {0-1, Svidler,P (2728)-Karjakin,S (2678) Wijk aan Zee
2007}) 18... Qc8 19. g5 Nd7 20. Qa5 Rb8 (20... Nc5 21. Bc4 Qf5 22. Qd2 Rfc8 23.
h4 Rab8 24. Qd5 Rb4 25. b3 a5 26. Rhf1 a4 27. f4 $16 {Inarkiev,E (2656)
-Sjugirov,S (2562) EU-ch Budva 2009}) 21. h4 Qb7 22. b3 Qxf3 23. Rh3 Qg4 24.
Qxa6 Ra8 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxa2 27. Rd5 Rc8 28. Rb5 Kf8 29. Kb1 Rxc4 30.
bxc4 Ra4 $14 {/=, Cavajda,I (2456)-Norrelykke,S (2346) email 2011}) 15... Nxe3
({Inserting} 15... h6 16. h4 {is hardly ideal, as Black can now as good as
forget about castling kingside:} Nxe3 17. Nxe3 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5
20. Rxd5 Bf6 21. Ra5 Ke7 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Bxa6 Rd8 24. Bd3 Kd6 25. h5 Bg5+ 26.
Kb1 $14 {/+/-, Dominguez Perez,L (2695)-Predojevic,B (2651) Sarajevo 2008}) 16.
Nxe3 {[%csl Re7,Gf1] White plays for light-square control, with ^- on the
board he is the one with the stronger bishop.} ({Less logical is} 16. Qxe3 Qc7
17. h4 O-O 18. g5 Nd7 (18... Nh5 $5 19. Nb6 Nf4 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 $44) 19. f4 f5
20. gxf6 (20. Rh2 $5 $44 {[%cal Yh2d2]}) 20... Rxf6 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Qe4 Rd8
23. Bd3 g6 24. Ne3 {Franklin,S (2307)-Burrows,M (2123) England 2013} Rf4 $15)
16... O-O (16... Nd7 17. Nd5 Bh4 18. Qxb4 Nc5 19. Qb6 O-O 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. b4
Ne6 22. Kb2 Kf8 23. c3 a5 24. a3 Ra7 25. Bc4 g6 26. Rhf1 Kg7 {Perez Garcia,R 
(2432)-Razmyslov,A (2387) Burguillos 2008} 27. Bb3 $14) 17. Bc4 $146 {[%mdl 40]
Consistent with the previous move, Carlsen shows a different strategy from his
predecessors - White doesn't hurry with his attack and first increases his
central control.} (17. h4 a5 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Bd3 Rc5 20. Nf5 Nd5 (20... g6 21.
Qh6 gxf5 22. g5 (22. Bxf5 e4 23. fxe4 Re8 24. g5 Rxf5 25. exf5 Ng4 26. Qh5 Ne5
$13) 22... Ne4 23. fxe4 f4 24. Rdg1 Kh8 25. h5 Rg8 26. g6 Rg7 27. gxf7 Rxf7 28.
Bc4 Bg5 $1 29. Rxg5 Rxc4 30. Rhg1 Rxe4 31. Qe6 Rf8 32. Qh6 Rf7 33. Qe6 Rf8 {
1/2-1/2, Papp,P (2254)-Gara,T (2377) Kisvarda 2012}) 21. Rhe1 Kh8 22. Bc4 $6 (
22. Be4 $11) 22... Nc3+ $1 23. bxc3 Rxc4 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6
Rxc3 (26... f6 $1 $15) 27. Rxe5 Rxf3 28. Rxa5 $11 {Shomoev,A (2571)-Bodnaruk,A
(2425) St Petersburg 2012}) 17... Nd7 (17... Rc8 18. Bb3 $5 {retains the
tension.} (18. Qxb4 d5 19. Qb7 d4 20. Qxa6 Nd7 $5 $44)) (17... d5 18. Qe2 $5 (
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qc7 $5 $132 (19... Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Bf4 22.
Rd7 $14)) 18... d4 19. Nf5 $13 {/+/=}) 18. h4 $1 (18. Kb1 Bg5 $1 19. Qxd6 Bxe3
20. Qxd7 Bd4 $11 {eases Black's task and solves his opening problems.}) 18...
a5 (18... Bxh4 $2 19. Qh2 g5 20. Nf5 $16) (18... Nb6 19. Bd5 $5 (19. Qxb4 d5
$132) 19... Rb8 20. Be4 $44) 19. g5 Rc8 20. Bd5 Nb6 21. Kb1 Qc7 $6 {White has
a strong bind and it's not so easy to say where Black went wrong. Perhaps this
is the moment and the queen shouldn't stray too far from the kingside.
Possibly a better alternative is} (21... Rc5 22. Rhf1 Kh8 (22... Re8 23. Be4 $5
$44 (23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bf8 $132 {[%cal Yd8a8,Ye8e5]})) 23. f4
exf4 (23... f6 24. g6 $5 hxg6 25. f5 $44) 24. Rxf4 f6 25. Rdf1 $44 (25. g6 hxg6
26. Rg4 Qe8 $1 27. Rdg1 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Qf7 $11)) 22. Rhf1 {[%cal Yf3f4]} (22.
Rhg1 $143 {[%cal Yg5g6]} Kh8 23. h5 Qd8 24. Qg2 Rc5 $132) 22... Nxd5 (22... Kh8
23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 {/\} f6 25. g6 hxg6 26. Rg4 $40 {[%csl Rg6,Rh8]}) (22...
Qc5 23. f4 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bd8 25. f5 f6 $5 $14) 23. Nxd5 {[%csl Gd5] The B is
replaced by a N - any minor piece on d5 is a powerhouse!} Qb7 24. f4 f5 {
A natural attempt to curb White's kingside expansion, but it loosens Black's
kingside.} (24... f6 25. g6 $5 h6 26. Ne3 $36 {[%cal Ye3f5]}) (24... exf4 25.
Qxf4 $36 {[%cal Yh4h6,Yg5g6]}) 25. Qe3 e4 (25... Rce8 26. Qh3 {and Black can
sooner or later hardly avoid the stabilising e4 advance.} (26. h5 $5 $36) (26.
fxe5 dxe5 27. Qxe5 Bxg5 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Nxc7 Rc8 30. Ne6 Bxh4 $132)) 26. h5
$36 {[%csl Gg5,Rg8,Gh5]} Rc5 27. h6 g6 (27... Rxd5 $2 28. Qb3 $18) (27... Rf7
28. Qb3 $36 {/\} a4 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Qxa4 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6]}) ({Komodo
initially recommends} 27... gxh6 28. gxh6 Kf7 {, but after} 29. Nxe7 (29. Qd4
Rg8 $13) 29... Kxe7 30. Qd4 Qc6 31. Rg1 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Re7,Rh7] White is on
top even without the Nd5 - Black's K and P are vulnerable.} Rxc2 $2 32. Rg7+
Rf7 33. Qa7+ Qc7 34. Qa8 $1 {[%cal Ra8d5]} Qc4 35. Qb7+ Qc7 36. Qd5 $18) 28.
Qb3 Rf7 29. a4 {A generally useful move, but more energetic and concrete was} (
29. Rf2 {[%cal Yf2d2,Yd5e3]}) ({or} 29. Rd4 $142 $1 $16 {immediately.}) 29...
Bd8 30. Rd4 Kf8 (30... Rc6 $5 31. Rfd1 Qd7 $14 {/\} 32. Ne3 $2 Bb6) 31. Rfd1
Rc6 (31... Rd7 32. Ne3 Be7 33. Nc4 $36 {[%cal Rc4d6,Rc4e5]}) 32. Ne3 $1 Bb6 33.
Nc4 $6 (33. Rxd6 $142 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Bc7 35. Rd5 $5 {seems simpler} (35. Re6
Bxf4 36. Nd5 Bxg5 37. Qc4 {was pointed out by Ramirez, after} Bxh6 (37... Rd7
38. Qd4 $1 Kf7 39. Rd6 $1 Rxd6 40. Qg7+ $18) 38. Qc5+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ Rxf6 40.
Rxf6 $36 {Black has more than enough material, but his pieces are
uncoordinated.}) {/\} 35... Bxf4 36. Rxa5 Bxg5 37. Rb5 $16) 33... Bxd4 $6 {
[%mdl 64] So misses a good tactical chance} (33... Rxc4 $5 {, when White's
advantage is not as convincing, as it was in the game:} 34. Qxc4 $1 (34. Rxc4
Rd7 $1 $15 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rd6d5]} (34... d5 $2 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Rc8+ $18))
34... Bxd4 (34... Qc7 35. Qa6 $1 (35. Qxc7 $6 Bxc7 $14) 35... Qb7 36. Qxb7 Rxb7
37. Rxd6 Be3 38. Rf1 $16) 35. Rxd4 Qd7 (35... Qc7 $2 36. Qa6 $1 {[%cal Rd4c4,
Rd4d6]}) (35... Rc7 36. Qe6 Qc6 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. c4 $1 {[%cal
Rd4d6]} Ke6 40. Qf6+ Kd7 41. Rd5 $1 $16) 36. Qd5 $36 (36. Qa6 $5)) 34. Nxa5 Qb6
35. Nxc6 Bc5 (35... Qxc6 36. Rxd4 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6,Rf8]}) 36. Qd5 e3 {
Seeking practical chances.} ({Passive defence is disgusting:} 36... Qc7 37. Nd4
$16 (37. a5 Qc8 $16)) 37. a5 Qb5 (37... Qb7 $2 38. Qxc5 $18) ({A more
resilient try was} 37... Qc7 $142 38. a6 (38. c3 $5 b3 $8 (38... bxc3 39. b4
c2+ 40. Kxc2 Bxb4 41. Kd3 $1 $18) 39. a6 $16) 38... Qc8 39. Re1 (39. a7 $5 Qa8
40. Qa2 $16) 39... Qxa6 40. Rxe3 b3 $1 41. Rxb3 $1 Qf1+ 42. Ka2 Qa6+ 43. Ra3 $8
Bxa3 44. bxa3 $16) 38. Nd8 $1 $18 Ra7 (38... Re7 39. Ne6+ Ke8 40. Nd4 Qb7 41.
Nc6 e2 (41... Rf7 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43. Nd8 $18) 42. Re1 Re4 43. a6 Qf7 (43... Qxa6
44. Qg8+ Kd7 45. Nb8+) 44. a7 $5 Bxa7 (44... Qxd5 45. a8=Q+ Kd7 46. Qd8+ Kxc6
47. Qa8+ $18) 45. Qa5 $1 $18 {and White wins a piece with a continuing attack.}
(45. Qxf7+ Kxf7 46. Nxa7 $16)) 39. Ne6+ Ke8 (39... Ke7 40. Nd4 $18 {[%cal
Rd4c6]}) 40. Nd4 $6 {Doesn't squander the advantage, but prolongs the game.} ({
Much simpler was} 40. Nxc5 Qxc5 41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Qxh7+ Kc6 43. Qxg6 Re7 (43...
e2 $2 44. Qe8+) 44. Qg8 $18 (44. Qh5 e2 45. Re1 $18)) 40... Qxa5 41. Qg8+ Kd7
42. Qxh7+ Kc8 43. Qg8+ Kb7 44. c3 $1 bxc3 (44... Qa4 45. Qb3 Qxb3 46. Nxb3 $18
{is similar to the game.}) 45. Qb3+ Qb6 (45... Qb4 46. bxc3 Qxb3+ 47. Nxb3 $18)
46. Qxb6+ ({Carlsen has had enough excitement, but it was tempting to keep the
queens on board with} 46. Nb5 $18) ({or} 46. Qxc3 $5 {- here Black's king is
still more exposed, than its counterpart.}) 46... Kxb6 (46... Bxb6 {gives
White a pleasant choice:} 47. Ne2 $5 (47. Nb5 $16) (47. bxc3 Bxd4 48. cxd4 Kc6
49. Re1 Re7 50. Kc2 Kd5 51. Kd3 Re4 52. Rxe3 Rxf4 53. Rh3 Rxd4+ 54. Ke2 Re4+
55. Kf2 Re8 56. Rd3+ Kc5 57. Re3 Ra8 58. Re6 Ra2+ 59. Ke3 Ra3+ 60. Kd2 Ra2+ 61.
Kc1 Ra1+ 62. Kb2 Rh1 63. Rxg6 f4 64. Rf6 Rh5 65. Rf8 $18 {[%cal Rg5g6]}) 47...
cxb2 48. Rxd6 Ra1+ 49. Kxb2 Re1 50. Nc1 Bc7 51. Rxg6 Bxf4 52. Nd3 Re2+ 53. Kc3
$18) 47. bxc3 $18 {[%csl Gh6] The powerful o^ makes long-term resistance
futile.} Bxd4 48. Rxd4 $1 Kc6 (48... e2 49. Rxd6+ Kc5 50. Re6 $18) (48... Kc5
49. Kc2 Re7 50. Kd1 e2+ 51. Ke1 Re3 52. Ra4 Rxc3 53. Ra8 Rh3 54. Kxe2 d5 55.
Ra6 Kd4 56. Rxg6 Ke4 57. Rg7 Kxf4 58. h7 $18) 49. Kc2 Ra2+ 50. Kd1 Rf2 51. Ke1
Kd7 52. Ra4 Ke6 53. Ra8 Rh2 54. c4 $5 (54. Rg8 Kd5 55. Re8 $1 $18 (55. Rxg6 $2
Ke4 $132)) 54... Kf7 55. Rb8 $22 Ke6 (55... Rh4 56. Ke2 $18) (55... e2 56. Kd2
$18) 56. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 (9... Ne8 {is the another main line.}) 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12.
Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 (13. Rc1) ({and} 13. a4 {are more popular.}) 13... Ng6 14. c5
Nf6 15. Rc1 Rf7 16. Kh1 h5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nb5 {Both players are following
their plans: White plays on the queenside to create some weaknesses and Black
attacks his opponent K as fast as possible.} (18. Qb3 {was tried in a
correspondence game,} g4 19. Nb5 g3 (19... a6 {could have been met by} 20. Nc7
$1 Rxc7 21. Bb6 Ne8 22. Rxc7 Nxc7 23. Rc1 $16 {and White is better.}) 20. Bxa7
Bf8 21. Rc2 Bd7 22. Bg1 gxh2 23. Bf2 h4 24. Rfc1 h3 25. g3 fxg3 26. Bxg3 Bxb5
27. Qxb5 Bh6 $36 {with a nice position for Black, Hiltunen-Sekretaryov, ICCF
2011.}) 18... a6 19. Na3 $146 {Novelty by So.} ({A few days ago} 19. Na7 {
was played by Kjartansson} Bd7 20. Qb3 g4 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 h4 23. Nf2 h3
24. gxh3 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Nh4 $13 {with a complicated position,
Kjartansson-Kovalev, Riga 2015.}) 19... b5 $1 {The right move! Black avoids
the Nc4-b6 maneuver.} 20. Rc6 g4 21. Qc2 Qf8 (21... g3 $5 {was also possible,}
22. Bb6 (22. hxg3 $6 fxg3 23. Bxg3 h4 24. Bf2 Nh5 $40 {with a strong attack.})
22... Qf8 23. h3 Nh4 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Bf1 $1 $13 {and White tries to hold his
kingside.}) 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Rc7 $2 {Releasing the tension on d6 and a6 is too
lenient on Black's position, moreover Black's 7th rank is protected, the d7 B
closes the kingside from the c7 R.} (23. Nb4 $1 {was better} Bxc6 (23... Bh6 $5
24. Rxa6 Nxe4 $1 25. Bxb5 (25. fxe4 $2 Rxa6 26. Nxa6 f3 $1 $17) 25... Rxa6 26.
Nxa6 $13 {with a very complicated position.}) 24. dxc6 $44 {with a strong
compensation.}) 23... Bh6 24. Be1 {White removes the B from potential g3 moves
with tempo.} h4 $1 {The most precise attacking move!} 25. fxg4 $2 {White takes
the "poisoned P", because ...h3 was too dangerous. Nevertheless this is a
mistake.} (25. Bb4 {was more solid,} h3 26. gxh3 {and still White can try to
defence.}) 25... f3 26. gxf3 Nxe4 $1 {The best reply! Of course Nakamura
doesn't want to take on c1. His B is more important then the R.} 27. Rd1 $2 {
Loses immediately, but White's position was already bad.} ({In case of White
captures with} 27. fxe4 $2 Rf1+ $1 28. Kg2 Be3 $1 29. Bxf1 h3+ $1 $19 {and
Black wins.}) (27. Rxd7 Rxf3 $1 28. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Qg2 Qxd3 30. Rd1 Bd2 $3 {
This is the key move!} (30... Qxd1 $2 31. Qxe4 $132) 31. Bxd2 Nf4 $1 $19 {
and White is getting mated.}) (27. Nc5 dxc5 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxe4 Bxc1 30.
Qxg6+ Rg7 $19 {is also losing.}) (27. Nf2 Nxf2+ 28. Bxf2 Bxc1 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 $17
{and Black is better. Probably this was the best practical chance yet.}) 27...
Rxf3 $1 {Nakamura continues the strong attack, White is already hopeless.} 28.
Rxd7 (28. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Qg2 Bxg4 $19 {is completely winning.}) 28... Rf1+ $1
29. Kg2 Be3 $1 {Another fantastic move!} (29... h3+ {was also winning:} 30.
Kxh3 Rf2 $3 31. Bxf2 Qxf2 $3 32. Nxf2 Nf4+ 33. Kh4 Bg5# {What a beautiful mate
by Mr. Houdini!}) 30. Bg3 hxg3 31. Rxf1 Nh4+ 32. Kh3 Qh6 $1 {White has a clear
R up, but he can't avoid the mate.} 33. g5 Nxg5+ 34. Kg4 Nhf3 35. Nf2 Qh4+ 36.
Kf5 Rf8+ 37. Kg6 Rf6+ $1 38. Kxf6 Ne4+ 39. Kg6 Qg5# {and mate! What a
brilliant victory by Nakamura!} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. b3 a5 10. a4 f6 {This typical exchange Ruy Lopez type of structure
has become more common as people are trying to avoid the endgame. However,
it's hard to say what White has in this position. He has no real pressure and
Black has the pair of bishops. The awkward pawn structure is too vague to be
exploited.} 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Rc1 b5 13. c3 Bf8 14. Nb2 {Somehow I'm not
convinced about putting a knight on b2.} Nc5 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4
bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxe4 {Anand figured he had compensation at this point, but the
position went south quickly.} 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bf2 (20. fxg4 Rxe3 21. g5 $5 {
looks like some kind of aggressive try, but I don't believe in it completely.})
20... Bd7 21. c4 Qc8 22. Qc3 Nf5 23. Nc2 Nd6 24. Nd4 Nb7 (24... Re5 $5 25. Bg3
Rh5 26. c5 Nb5 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Rfe1 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 {was a suggestion by Anand.
Still difficult for Black to win since the bishop on f8 is so bad.}) 25. c5 $1
{An important move, killing the bishop on f8 and making it hard for the knight
on b7 to rejoin the game.} Nd8 26. Nb2 Ne6 27. Nc4 Bxc5 (27... a4 $5 28. bxa4
Rxa4 29. Nb2 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 {is hard to make progress, but White just needs to
defend and hope his fortress holds.}) 28. Nxe6 {A queen sacrifice.} Bb4 29.
Nxg7 Bxc3 30. Nxe8 Bxe8 (30... Qxe8 31. Rxc3 Be6 32. Nd2 Bd5 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34.
Re1 {is still unclear, though the engines prefer Black.}) 31. Rxc3 {The
computers like Black a lot, but White is surprisingly close to a full fortress.
Actually, if he gets his knight to c5, he will even be able to play for an
advantage.} Bf7 32. Nd2 f5 33. Rxc6 {Anand didn't want to play this, but he
figured every pawn he took was a good thing.} (33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Qb7 35.
Rc3 {is also close to a fortress.}) 33... Qd7 34. Rc2 Re8 35. Nc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4
Re2 37. h3 Rd2 38. Re1 Rd1 39. Kh2 c6 {your engine might say that this is
better for Black, but the position is a dead draw after} (39... c6 40. Rxd1
Qxd1 41. Rc5 $1 Qxb3 42. Rxa5 {and there is no way the pawn on c6 ever makes
it to c5.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6
9. Bb2 a5 10. Nf4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nc6 13. Nd3 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ne4 $6
{Topalov mentioned that this move was not good.} (14... Bb7 {followed by} 15.
Be2 Qd7 16. O-O Ra8 17. Qc1 Ba6 {close to equal.}) 15. Be2 Bd7 16. f3 Nxc3 17.
Bxc3 {Black is suffering here slightly.} Qa8 18. Kd2 Rb8 19. Qxa8 (19. Rb1 $1 {
keeping some pressure.}) 19... Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 Kf8 22. Bc3 Ke8 23.
g4 g6 24. f4 h6 25. h3 Bf6 26. Bf3 Bc8 {White is still better thanks to his
space advantage but it is difficult to create any kind of play. Wesley tried
to maneuver around for a long time, but was unable to create something.} 27.
Bd1 Bd7 28. Ne1 Na7 29. Ba5 Bd8 30. Nf3 {The position is so locked up. The
players actually blitzed out many moves, as there is not much going on. So
needs to create some pawn break to do anything but it seems almost impossible
to find.} Bb5 31. Bc3 Nc6 32. Ke1 Nb8 33. Bc2 Nd7 34. Ba5 Nf6 35. g5 hxg5 36.
fxg5 Nd7 37. h4 Nb8 38. Ne5 Nc6 39. Nxc6 Bxc6 40. Kf2 Kd7 41. Kg3 Be7 42. Kf4
Bb5 43. Ke5 c6 44. Bd1 Bd3 45. Bb6 Bf1 46. Ba7 Bd3 47. Bb8 Bb1 48. Bd6 Bd8 49.
Bb8 Bd3 50. Bd6 Bb1 {There is simply nothing to do here in this position.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Qh4 Re8 {This position
is without a doubt Karjakin's specialty. He has proven that it is very solid
and difficult for White to do anything.} (13... Rc7 {is another possibility.})
14. Bh3 Rc7 (14... Ba8 {is what Karjakin has been playing lately, aiming for a
quick b5.}) 15. g4 Qa8 {These players also took a long, long time to get to
this position, despite being played in several high profile games. Topalov
mentioned that he thought this idea of Qa8 was "basically losing".} 16. Bd4 h6
17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 e6 19. Be3 {Clearly something is wrong for Black. For
starters, d6 is very hard to defend, and h7 being weak is annoying.} Qb8 20.
Bf4 Bf8 (20... e5 {offered more resistance if Caruana found the right way, but
it looks positionally disastrous.}) 21. Rxd6 $2 (21. Bxd6 $1 {was already
almost decisive. For example:} Bxd6 22. Rxd6 {White's up a pawn, but the
tactics don't work for Black} Rxc4 23. bxc4 Qxd6 24. Qh8+ $1 {The point.} Kxh8
25. Nxf7+ Kg7 26. Nxd6 $18) 21... e5 {Now the game is rather complicated} 22.
Rxd7 exf4 23. Rcd1 Bg7 $6 24. R7d3 (24. R7d6 $1 $16) 24... Rce7 25. Bg2 Bxg2
26. Kxg2 Nh5 27. Nd5 {Rx} Rxe2 28. Qg4 Qd6 {The position nis completely
unclear. Black has some activity, but his knight on h5 isn't great and White
has a powerful one on d5.} 29. Qf3 Qc5 30. R3d2 R2e5 31. h4 b5 32. Rc2 b4 {
I don't know what So gained from closing down the queenside like this.} 33.
Rcd2 a5 34. Qg4 Bh6 35. Kf1 Rf5 {N} 36. Nf3 Bg7 {By this point the players
were in serious time pressure.} 37. Qg2 a4 38. Rd3 Qa5 39. Ng5 axb3 40. axb3
Bf8 {The last move of time pressure, but it lands Black in a little bit of
trouble} 41. Qf3 Bc5 42. Ne4 Kg7 43. Nxc5 Qxc5 44. Rd4 Kh6 45. Qd3 Kh7 46. Qf3
Re6 47. Kg1 {The computers prefer White, but neither side saw a good way of
improving their position.} Qa5 48. Kg2 Kh6 49. R1d3 Qd8 50. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Minnesota"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Rd1
Qb5 15. e3 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 bxc5 17. Be2 Kf8 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. f3 Ke7 20. Kf2 Nd7
21. e4 Bc6 22. Rc1 Rab8 23. b3 Bb5 24. Rc3 Rc6 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Rhc1 Ra6 27.
Nc4 Rb7 28. a4 Nb6 29. Nd2 Nd7 30. f4 Rd6 31. Ke3 Rd4 32. g3 e5 33. f5 h5 34.
Nc4 Rb4 35. Kf3 Rb8 36. h3 Kf8 37. Ne3 Rdb4 38. Rd3 Rd4 39. Rdc3 Rdb4 40. Rd3
R8b7 41. Rcc3 Rd4 42. Nd5 Kg7 43. Ke3 a5 44. Kf3 c4 45. bxc4 Nc5 46. Rxd4 exd4
47. Ra3 Nd7 48. Ke2 Nc5 49. Kf3 Rb2 50. Nf4 Nd7 51. Nd3 Rc2 52. c5 Ne5+ 53. Kf4
Nd7 54. g4 hxg4 55. hxg4 Nxc5 56. e5 Nd7 57. exf6+ Nxf6 58. g5 Nd5+ 59. Ke4 Nb6
60. Rb3 Nxa4 61. Rb7 Rc8 62. g6 Rf8 63. Ra7 Nc3+ 64. Kf4 Nb5 65. Rxa5 fxg6 66.
Rxb5 Rxf5+ 67. Rxf5 gxf5 68. Kxf5 Kf7 69. Ke5 Kg7 70. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Francisco"]
[BlackTeam "Minnesota"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Nd4 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Qg4 Rfc8 19. Bd4 Qa6 20. Nd6 Nb3 21.
Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rad1 Qc4 23. h3 h5 24. Qf4 Qxa4 25. Rd3 Qb4 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. Qe3
a4 28. Bc3 Qe4 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Re3 b5 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. Be1 b4 33. Rd7 Bg5 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Guadalupe, Francisco II"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Arizona"]
[BlackTeam "Minnesota"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15.
Kh1 Bc6 16. Bf3 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc5 21. Bf3
b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Qf2 Rd7 24. b3 g6 25. Bb2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nd7 27. Qd4 Rd8
28. c4 Nc5 29. Qe3 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Bf8 31. Qd2 Qa5 32. Bd4 Nd7 33. Qe3 Qc7 34.
Qe1 Bc5 35. Bb2 Qa7 36. Qd2 Qa2 37. h3 Bf8 38. Qc2 Bg7 39. Bd4 Qxc2 40. Bxc2
Bxe5 41. Be3 Bd6 42. Be4 f5 43. Bc6 Nc5 44. Bxc5 Bxc5 45. Kh2 Bd6+ 46. Kg1 Kf7
47. Kf2 Kf6 48. Ke3 Bc5+ 49. Kd3 e5 50. Bd5 e4+ 51. Ke2 Ke5 52. Bb7 Kd4 53. Bd5
Kc3 54. Bg8 h6 55. Bh7 g5 56. Bxf5 e3 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.08.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minnesota"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{This game was played on board 1 of the US Chess League match between the
"Minnesota Blizzards" and "Dallas Destiny." It is always tough to prepare
against top players like Wesley as they have a wide opening repertoire, but
since I had limited time to prepare, I simply tried to predict which opening
he'd choose and focused on it. Fortunately, I predicted correctly!} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. a3 {This known to be the killer idea against 9...Bxc5
as shown by Negi's book and in recent tournament practice including Wesley's
win over Meier.} Be7 $5 {I decided to prepare a sideline that doesn't give
White what he wants, and that my opponent didn't have any experience with.} ({
The popular and normal line goes} 11... Rb8 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qe3 $1 {
preventing the harmonious development of Black's queenside attack. Here are
some recent games showing the difficulties Black is facing:} Bd7 (13... Qb6 14.
Qe1 $5 ({or simply} 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Kb1 $14 {followed by a kingside pawn storm.
Black's queenside pawns aren't rolling anytime soon which makes his position
unpleasant to play.}) 14... f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. g3 Bd7 17. b4 $1 Nxb4 18. axb4
Qxb4 19. Nb1 Qb6 20. Rd4 a5 21. Qc3 Rc8 22. Qb2 Nb3+ 23. Kd1 e5 24. Rxd5 Bg4
25. Be2 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Nd4 27. Qa2 Kh8 28. Be4 exf4 29. Bd3 f3 30. Kd2 Nc6 31.
Rf1 {1-0 (31) Palac,M (2576)-Jerez Perez,A (2406) Schwarzach AUT 2015}) 14. f5
$1 ({or taking a prophylactic measure first with} 14. Kb1 Rfc8 {then} 15. f5 $1
) 14... exf5 15. Rxd5 $16 b6 16. Bb5 Rbc8 17. Nd2 Nxe5 18. Bxd7 Nexd7 19. Nc4
Qa6 20. Nd6 Rcd8 21. Nxf5 Nf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxg7 Qc8 24. Rf1 Ng4 25. Qg5 f6
26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Nh5+ Kf7 28. Qxf6+ Ke8 29. Qg7 Rd6 30. Nf6+ {1-0 (30) Guerra
Mendez,J (2523)-Jerez Perez,A (2398) Barcelona ESP 2015}) (11... a6 12. Bxc5
Nxc5 13. Qe3 $1 {etc.}) 12. Kb1 {A typical useful move} ({In my preparation,
one of the lines I examined was the natural-looking} 12. Nd4 {and I planned to
meet it with a typical manoeuvre in French/Caro structures.} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb8
$1 {I think the first time I saw this idea was from the game in
Szelag-Radjabov 1999, where Black was almost winning after Nd7-b8!} 14. Bf2 Nc6
15. Ne2 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bd7 {then I studied this possible ending a little bit
more to learn the best plan for Black. Overall Black is fine:} 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 a5 $1 $11 {preventing b4 before playing b5.}) ({I also prepared against
Negi's recommended attacking idea:} 12. h4 a6 $6 (12... f6 $5 {I believe this
is the best way to meet White's kingside aggression}) 13. Bd3 b5 $2 (13... Nc5
14. Kb1 Qc7 15. g4 b5 16. Ng5 $40) 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qd3 g6 (
16... f5 17. Nxd5 $1) 17. h5 $18) 12... Rd8 {A useful waiting move.} (12... Rb8
$6 {this straightforward approach is not so effective after} 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 {and I cannot use the Nb8-c6 idea} b5 $4 15. Nxd5 $18) (12... a6 $6 {
almost works but it creates weaknesses that he can exploit:} 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Nb8 $6 15. Qf2 $1 $16 {and White has a strategically won position.} (15.
Qe3 $1)) 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nb8 $5 {I didn't see anything concretely wrong
with this idea so I played the previous 2 moves relatively quickly. After this
move, he spent a good amount of time - revealing that he was not familiar with
this idea or line of play.} 15. Bf2 Nc6 16. Qe1 Rb8 {I didn't see any real
threat created by this move so went ahead with my plan without hesitation.} 17.
Nb5 Qxe1 18. Rxe1 a6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bd7 {By this time, I was already
ahead by about 30 min on the clock and I kept up this pace because I thought
the position simply required natural moves.} 21. c3 {Played after a few
minutes, wand I think it subtly creates a positional threat.} Bb5 ({if I had
delayed it like say} 21... Rdc8 22. Bd3 Bb5 23. Bc2 {his bishop escapes trade
which could greatly help his future kingside play. Therefore after checking
that I could sufficiently defend the resulting weakening of my b-pawn, I went
for it.}) 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Rhf1 Rdc8 24. Rd1 Ra8 ({At first I wanted to play} 
24... Bc5 {but I didn't see a need to force it, so I decided to stay flexible.}
) 25. f5 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rd4 {A surprise as it gives me an option, which
I thought was good to take considering that the positions which arise after
fxe6 seem unpleasant.} ({In his thinking time, I was calculating the position
after} 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rd4 Rf8 (28... Rc4 29. Kc2 {I was unsure about this
mainly because my king will have a difficult time joining play on the
queenside.}) 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rb4 (30. Ka2 Rc4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. a4 Ke7 33.
Ka3 Kd7 34. Kb4 Kc6 {and I should be able to hold with accurate play}) (30. Kc2
Rc4 31. b3 Rxd4 32. cxd4 b4 $1 33. axb4 b5 $11) 30... Ke7 31. a4 Kd7 32. axb5
Kc7 33. b6+ Kc6 34. Kc2 Rc4 $11 {seems like a draw still} (34... Rb5 35. Rf4))
27... exf5 $1 {Going after active play/defence.} 28. Rxf5 Re8 29. Kc2 g6 {
For once I didn't overthink and played this move soon as I saw I could create
enough counterplay on the c-file after a later b2-b4.} 30. Rf6 Rxe5 31. Rb6 Re7
32. b4 Rc6 33. Rxb5 Rec7 34. Kb2 ({Here, I prepared to meet} 34. Rd3 {with} d4
35. Rc5 Rxc5 36. bxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxd4 Rc7 {which is objectvely equal, but I was
already trying to work out how to push my kingside majority in this position
while he was thinking. Part of my strategy is to get him in time pressure him
as he had only 27 min on the clock.}) 34... Rxc3 35. Rd2 Re3 36. Rbxd5 Rcc3 37.
Ra5 {Once again he doesn't have any real threat, and I felt that he has
overextended himself. While trying to come up with a way to make progress, an
idea from a recent game came to me. Black to play...} h5 $1 38. Ra7 h4 $1 {
This rook pawn push was inspired by Magnus's 31.a4-32.a5-33.a6 against Dennis
Wagner in this year's World Rapid Championship!} 39. Rf2 Rb3+ {Maybe I
should've played this earlier.} 40. Ka2 {Here, I honestly was tempted to force
a draw as we already had a favourable team score, but I decided to keep up the
tension a little bit more as he was low on time and I cannot really lose this :
)} Kg7 41. h3 g5 {Once again preparing for a possible pawn-race.} 42. Rxb7 {
Played after 5 min thought - now he only had about 7 minutes left.} Rxa3+ 43.
Kb2 Reb3+ 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kxb3 Rxf2 46. b5 Rxg2 47. b6 Rg1 {I intuitively
thought it's helpful to lure the king farther from the b-pawn first.} 48. Kc2
Re1 49. Rd7 Re6 50. b7 Rb6 51. Kd3 $6 {Played quickly, after a few seconds.
Maybe still not losing, but a step in the wrong direction.} ({But I think he
should be able to draw after} 51. Kc3 Rb1 52. Kc4 g4 (52... Kg6 53. Kc5 f6 54.
Kc6) 53. hxg4 h3 54. Rd3 h2 55. Rh3 Rxb7 56. Rxh2 $11) 51... g4 $1 52. hxg4 h3
53. Rd5 $2 ({I think he can still draw with} 53. Kc2 h2 54. Rd1 Rxb7 55. Rh1
Ra7 56. Kb3 {but maybe he's already psychologically or emotionally disturbed
after seeing g5-g4.}) 53... Rxb7 54. Rh5 $4 {Once again a ghost threat. And
after using my time to calculate & confirm what I felt was the right idea, I
went for it!} ({I believe a draw can still be achieved with a zwischenschach} 
54. Rg5+ $1 Kf6 55. Rh5 Rb2 56. Ke4 h2 57. Kf4 {and I don't see a way for me
to make progress.}) 54... Rb6 (54... Rb8 $2 55. Ke4 Rh8 56. Rxh8 Kxh8 57. Kf3
$11) 55. g5 Rb8 {and White resigned as the resulting pawn ending is a simple
win for Black.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O f6 13. Be3 Qd5 14. Rfc1
Bd6 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Nc4 Be7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Qg3 Be8 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd4
21. Qa3 Rb8 22. Rd1 Qxb2 23. Qxa7 Bf7 24. Qe7 f5 25. h4 e5 26. h5 e4 27. h6 e3
28. Qxe3 Bd5 29. Rab1 Qf6 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Ne8 Qf8 32. Re1 Be4 33. Nc7 Qf7 34.
Na6 Ra8 35. Nc5 Rxa2 36. f3 Bd5 37. Qg5 Qc7 38. Qf6 Ra8 39. Nd7 Qxd7 40. Re7
Qxe7 41. Qxe7 Bf7 42. Qf6 Kf8 43. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd4 Nc6 7. Nc2 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 h6 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne3 d6 11. f3 Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Qc2 exf3 14. exf3 Qc8
15. Bd2 Bh3 16. Rad1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Bc1 Re6 19. Nf5 Ng6 20. Rf2 Rae8 21.
Nd4 Re5 22. h3 b6 23. a4 d5 24. cxd5 Rh5 25. h4 Rxd5 26. Rdd2 Ne5 27. b4 c5 28.
bxc5 bxc5 29. Nb3 c4 30. Nd4 Nd3 31. Rxd3 cxd3 32. Qxd3 Qxa4 33. Bb2 Rc5 34.
Nf5 Qd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. Nd6 Re6 37. Rd2 Nb6 38. Ne4 Rd5 39. Kf2 Rxd2+ 40.
Nxd2 Rc6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4 (
8. d4 {it is also hard to prove an advantage for White in the line} Bb6 9. Re1
Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 Re8) 8... a6 (8... Ng6 {is also good} 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1
Bd7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nc4 Bb5 14. Nfd2 exd4 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. cxd4 c5
17. d5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Qf6 $132 {1-0 (29) Karjakin,S (2756)-Khenkin,I (2612)
Antalya TUR 2013}) 9. Nbd2 Ba7 (9... Ng6 10. d4 (10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Nf1
d5 $132 {1-0 (52) Malinovsky,K (2462)-Sergeyev,A (2368) Pardubice 2013}) 10...
Ba7 {transposes}) 10. d4 Ng6 11. Re1 c5 12. d5 (12. Bc2 {keeping the central
tension is also good:} b5 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 $132 {1/2 (31) Kobalia,M 
(2679)-Lysyj,I (2629) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 12... c4 $1 (12... b5 13. Bc2 c4 {
transposes.}) (12... Nh5 {is also good} 13. c4 Nhf4 14. Nf1 Rb8 $132) 13. Bc2
b5 14. Nf1 Bd7 {Black has a slight advantage from the opening.} 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
N3h2 (16. Qd2 Rab8 $132) 16... a5 $1 {Black starts an attack on the Q-side.}
17. Ng4 $6 Nxe4 (17... Bxg4 $5 18. hxg4 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 h6 $15) 18. Bxe4 f5 19.
Bc2 fxg4 20. hxg4 (20. Bxg6 $1 {was important} hxg6 21. hxg4 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Rf4
$132) 20... a4 (20... Nf4 $1 {is better to avoid Bxg6} 21. Ng3 a4 $132) 21. a3
(21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. a3 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Rf4 24. Rf1 Raf8 25. Qe2 {is more or less
equal, but Black has some chances.}) 21... Ne7 $6 (21... Rf6 $1 {was very
strong with the plan of Raf8} 22. g5 Rf7 $132) 22. Bxa7 Qxa7 23. Ne3 Rf6 24. f3
$6 (24. Qd2 Raf8 25. Rf1 {is better.}) 24... Raf8 25. Be4 h6 (25... Be8 $1 $17
{was very strong, with the plan of Bg6} 26. Qe2 Bg6 27. Rf1 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Rxf1+
29. Rxf1 Rf4 $1 $17) 26. g3 (26. Qe2 $1 Be8 27. Rf1 Bg6 28. g3 $1 $11 {
Avoiding Bxe4 followed by Rf4, the motif we saw earlier.}) 26... Be8 27. Kg2 (
27. Qe2 Bg6 28. Rf1 {transposes to the previous line with Qe2.}) 27... Bg6 28.
Qe2 Qd7 29. Rf1 Qe8 30. Qc2 (30. Rae1 $11) 30... Bxe4 31. Qxe4 (31. fxe4 $1 $11
{is surprisingly better} Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Rxf1 33. Nxf1 Qg6 34. Ne3 Qg5 35. Qf2
$11) 31... Qg6 {Black wants to exchange Qs.} 32. Qxg6 Nxg6 33. Rf2 Ne7 $15 {
Black has a slight advantage.} 34. Raf1 g5 35. Rd2 Kf7 36. Rdd1 Ke8 37. Rd2 Kd7
38. Rff2 Kc7 $1 {This plan is very strong, to move the K to c5.} 39. Rf1 Kb6
40. Rdd1 Kc5 41. Rd2 R6f7 $1 42. Rdd1 Ng8 $1 {Planning Nf6 and e4.} 43. Rd2 (
43. Nf5 h5 $17) 43... Nf6 44. Rh1 Rh7 45. Rdd1 Rfh8 46. Rh2 h5 $1 {Black opens
the h-file, White's task is getting harder.} 47. gxh5 Rxh5 48. Rxh5 Rxh5 49.
Rd2 Rh8 50. Rd1 Rg8 51. Rd2 e4 $1 52. fxe4 Nxe4 53. Rd4 Nf6 $17 {Black has
succesfully finished his plan, the rest is just a matter of technique, because
Black is going to play Re8-e5.} 54. Ng4 Nxg4 55. Rxg4 Re8 56. Kf3 Re5 57. Re4
Rf5+ 58. Kg4 Rf2 59. Kxg5 Rxb2 60. g4 Rb3 61. Re3 Rxa3 62. Kf6 Ra1 63. Rf3 a3
64. g5 Rg1 65. Rf2 b4 66. cxb4+ Kxb4 67. Ke6 Kb3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. a3 Nge7 $6 {[#]} ({Normal ist} 5...
Bg7) 6. Ne4 $1 {Die Felder c5, d6 und f6 möchten gedeckt werden.} Nf5 (6... b6
7. Nd6# {Kleiner Scherz...}) 7. d3 Be7 {Das ist nicht das Feld, auf das der
Läufer ursprünglich ziehen wollte, aber es drohte Lg5.} 8. e3 h5 9. Ne2 Kf8 (
9... h4 10. N2c3 h3 11. Bf3 $16) 10. N2c3 Kg7 11. Nd5 a5 12. O-O d6 13. d4 cxd4
14. exd4 Ncxd4 15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Bg5 f5 17. Bf6+ Kf7 {[#]} 18. f4 $1 {Weiß
spielt sehr energisch.} fxe4 19. fxe5 Nf3+ (19... Bf5 20. Bxh8 Qb6 21. exd6
Rxh8 22. dxe7 Re8 {bot mehr Verteidigungschancen.}) 20. Bxf3 exf3 21. Bxh8 Qb6+
22. Rf2 Bg4 23. exd6 {[#] Schwarz hat eine Qualität weniger und steht mit
seinem ungeschützten König schlecht.} Rd8 24. c5 Qxc5 25. Qb3+ Nd5 26. Be5 a4
27. Qxa4 Re8 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Re4 30. Bc5 Ke6 31. Rd1 b6 32. Bb4 Nxb4 33.
axb4 Kd7 34. h3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 11. Bc4 Bf6 12. Bg3 Bc6 13. b4 b5 14. cxb6 cxb6
15. Qe2 Be7 16. O-O Bd5 17. a3 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. a4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qa8 21.
Qc7 Bd8 22. Qc2 Bf6 23. Qb2 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 25. Qxb6 Rc8 26. Rb1 h6 27. h4
h5 28. Kh2 Qc6 29. Qa5 g6 30. Rb6 Ra8 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. dxc5 Kf8 33. c6 Ke8 34.
Kh3 Rc8 35. Bd6 Be7 36. Be5 f6 37. Bc3 e5 38. Ra6 Bd6 39. Ba5 Ke7 40. Ra7+ Ke6
41. Rg7 Rxc6 42. Rxg6 Rc2 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. Rh6 Bf8 45. Rxh5 Kg6 46. Rh8 Kg7 47.
Rh5 Kg6 48. Rh8 Kg7 49. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Nxd4 13. exd4 Be6 14. Be3
Qd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Bg4 18. Re1 Bf3 19. Qb5 Bg4 20. Qa5 b6
21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bc6 Be6 26. Kf1 Bf6
27. f3 Kg7 28. Ke2 g5 29. g4 Be7 30. Bf2 Bd6 31. Bg3 Bxg3 32. hxg3 Kf6 33. Ke3
Ke7 34. Bb5 a5 35. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. Bg5
Bc8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Be7 17. b3 f6 18. Bf4 Bd8 19. Bh2 Kf7 20. Kf1 Re8
21. Nf4 h4 22. Nd3 b6 23. c4 c5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Nf4 c6 26. Nd3 a5 27. Nb2 b5
28. a4 Be6 29. Rd3 Bb6 30. Bf4 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Ke2 Nd4+ 33. Nxd4 cxd4 34.
Kd3 Bb6 35. Kc2 Bf5+ 36. Kd2 Be6 37. f3 Ke7 38. Kc2 Bf5+ 39. Kd2 Be6 40. Bh2
Bc5 41. Kc2 Bf5+ 42. Nd3 bxc4 43. bxc4 Bd6 44. Bg1 c5 45. Bf2 Bg3 46. Bxg3 hxg3
47. h4 Kf7 48. Kd2 Bxd3 49. Kxd3 Kg6 50. Kd2 Kh5 51. Kd3 Kxh4 52. Kd2 Kg5 53.
Kd3 Kf4 54. Kd2 Ke5 55. Kd3 f5 56. Kd2 Kf4 57. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ba5 11. O-O Nce4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rc8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Rc2 Qd7 19. Rfc1 g6 20. Rc4
Nd5 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Re8 24. Kh2 Re5 25. Kg3 Kg7 26. Nb3 b6
27. Nd2 Nf6 28. Rc6 Rd5 29. Nb3 Rb5 {White has been pressing slightly, but the
endgame is close to a draw.} 30. Kf4 $2 {Step one to suicide.} h5 31. Rc2 $2 (
31. gxh5 Rf5+ 32. Kg3 Nxh5+ 33. Kh4 Rxf2 $19) (31. f3 exf3 32. gxf3 hxg4 33.
fxg4 Rb4+ 34. Nd4 Rxb2 {is unpleasant but White has chances.}) 31... h4 {
Suddenly White is getting mated.} 32. Nc5 {Otherwise g5 is mate.} (32. g5 Rf5#)
32... Rxc5 {A clean extra piece is more than enough for Wesley So.} 33. Rxc5
bxc5 34. g5 Nh7 35. Kg4 f5+ 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. Kxh4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. d3 Bb7 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qb4 Nf5 16. c3 Re8 17. Bd2 c5 18. Qf4 h6 19. Re1 Rxe1 20. Bxe1
d6 21. h4 g6 22. Bd2 h5 23. Qa4 a6 24. Qd7 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Bf4 Nf5 27. f3
f6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. g4 Nxh4 30. Bxd6 Nxf3 31. gxh5 Ng5 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. Ke3
Ne6 34. d4 cxd4+ 35. cxd4 b5 36. Bd3+ f5 37. Bc2 Kg5 38. Bb3 f4+ 39. Kd3 Kf5
40. d5 Ng5 41. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 $5 {
A relatively rare contnuation which came into the limelight recently after
having been used by Carlsen at the 2013 Candidates. So might have decided upon
this variation due to the later improvement over a previous game of his
opponent.} ({The main line goes} 7. Ndb5 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+
Kxd8 {as for instance in Nakamura,H (2775)-Kramnik,V (2801) Moscow 2012 CBM
149 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 7... Bb4 8. Be2 {Both sides will keep the
tension in the centre for a while, but Nxc6 and ...dxc4 are permanent issues.}
(8. Nxc6 bxc6 {only strengthens Black's centre without causing him any major
inconvenient regarding his development.} 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Be7 12.
Qc2 Ba6 $11 {Bruzon Batista,L (2659)-Vidit,S (2651) Baku 2015 (1-0, 39)}) 8...
O-O ({Carlsen's aforementioned game went} 8... dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 bxc6
11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. exf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ke7 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Kramnik,
V (2810) London 2013 (1/2-1/2, 30). White's position looks more active but due
to the king's presence in the centre Black had no trouble reaching a draw.}) 9.
O-O Bxc3 ({After castling} 9... dxc4 {looks a bit more suspicious, since in
the endgame the king would be far from the centre:} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10... Qxd1
11. Rfxd1 bxc6 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Be5 $16 {is a lot different from the
Candidates' game.}) 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Rac1 (13. Be5 $5 $14 {looks
more natural.}) 13... Nxf4 14. exf4 Bb7 $11 {Huzman,A (2580)-Moiseenko,A (2692)
Berlin 2015 (1/2-1/2, 53)}) ({The last move anticipates possible problems in
the centre, which could pop up after} 9... Re8 10. cxd5 $1 Nxd4 (10... Bxc3 11.
dxc6 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bxd4 13. c7 Qe7 14. exd4 Nd5 15. Qc1 {with a well defended
and annoying pawn on the seventh rank.}) (10... exd5 11. Ncb5 Re7 12. Rc1 $16)
(10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 $16 Qxd5 $2 12. Bf3 $18) 11. Qxd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd5 13.
Bg3 $14) 10. bxc3 $146 ({Vachier had previously faced} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. bxc3
Ne4 12. Qc2 Qf6 13. Rac1 e5 14. Bg3 $6 (14. f3 Nc5 15. Bg3 {may be better but
Black would have an active position anyway}) 14... Bf5 $36 {Zhigalko,A (2589)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2711) Warsaw 2012 (0-1, 69)}) 10... Re8 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 11.
Bg5 {The bishop was at risk of becoming a passive piece so White spends a
couple of tempi to exchange it for the important f6-knight, thus reducing
Black's control over d5.} h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 {allows Black to develop strong
counterplay:} g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Nb5 Rd8 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rad1
Be6 18. c4 Nf4 $5 19. exf4 exf4 $11 {Black will retrieve the piece and the
mutual weaknesses will compensate for each other.}) 12... Qxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 {
From the structural point of view, the c3-pawn is almost as weak as the
d5-pawn (the difference is made by the bishops' colour) but White has on his
side a slight advance in development.} 14. Qb3 Rd8 {A necessary loss of time
allowing White to increase his pressure.} 15. Bf3 Na5 $6 {This will lead to an
unpleasant ending. Quite possibly, Black missed something in the line from the
next comment.} (15... Qd6 16. Rfd1 Ne5 {looks safer.} {The combination} 17.
Bxd5 $2 Qxd5 18. Nb5 {does not work on account of} Nf3+ $1 19. Kh1 $2 ({
This is the thematic line, but it loses. Better is} 19. gxf3 {accepting that
he will have to struggle after} Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Be6) 19... Qh5 20. Rxd8+ Kh7 21.
Qc2+ g6 22. gxf3 (22. h3 Bxh3 $19) 22... Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Bh3 $19) 16. Qb5 $1 {
Attacking the knight and keeping an eye on the d5-pawn.} (16. Qa4 {is less
effective due to} Nc4 $11 {when} 17. Bxd5 $2 {does not work on account of} Nb6
$19 {[%cal Gb6a4,Gb6d5]}) 16... Qb6 ({Vachier might have relied on} 16... b6
17. Bxd5 a6 18. Qa4 Rxd5 $2 19. Qe8+ Kh7 20. Qe4+ Qg6 21. Qxd5 Bb7 {[%csl Gg2]
failing to notice that} 22. Qf5 $18 {pins the queen.}) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rfb1 {
After getting additional weaknesses Black's position became unpleasant. In the
event of complete exchanges of the weak pawns White would get an ending with 4
pawns versus 3 pawns, which would offer good winning chances if he kept a
minor piece in the process.} Nc4 19. Rb4 (19. Be2 $5 Rd6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rb4
{[%csl Rc8,Gd4]}) (19. a4 $5 $16 {[%cal Gb1b4]}) 19... Ra3 20. Nb5 Ra5 21. h3
$6 {Wasting a vital tempo in a moment when White faced no back rank dangers.} (
21. a4 $14 {stabilises the queenside in White's favour since} Bd7 $6 22. Rd1
$16 {wins a pawn on account of} Be6 $2 23. Rxc4 $18) 21... Bd7 22. Bxd5 $2 {
Unexpectedly losing a piece.} (22. a4 Nd2 23. Be2 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Ne4) 22... Ne5
$1 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5][%cal Ra5d5,Rd8d5] Quite a curious system of pins and X-Ray
attacks.} (22... Bxb5 $2 23. Bxc4 $16) 23. Re4 (23. c4 Bxb5 $19) 23... Ng6 24.
Bxf7+ {Relatively best.} Kxf7 25. Nd6+ Kg8 26. Nxb7 Bc6 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Nxa5
Rd6 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. a4 Rxc3 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 {White has managed to
simplify to an ending which at first sight looks drawish. But the black knight
will show impressive versatility in weakening and attacking the white
structure and So will not display the required accuracy in defence..} Rc1+ 33.
Kh2 Rc2 34. Kg3 Nf8 35. h4 ({Another way of advancing the pawns is} 35. f4 Nd7
36. Kf3 Nb6 (36... Rc3 37. Ra6 Nf6 38. Ra5 {prevents the knight's activation.})
37. e4 Rc3+ 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. e5 Nc5 {and White has no lesser worries than in
the game.}) 35... Nd7 36. Kf3 Kh7 37. Rf5 Nc5 38. g4 Nd3 39. Kg3 g6 40. Rf7+
Kg8 41. Rf6 Kg7 42. g5 $2 {This looks like the decisive mistake. So obviously
relied on the stability of his fortress but probably misjudged the ending
after the more or less forced rook exchange.} ({It was better to keep both
enemy pawns vulnerable on the sixth rank with} 42. Ra6 $1 {for instance} Rxf2 (
{Or} 42... Nxf2 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Ra6 {when in order to avoid a repetition
Black would have to give up both his pawns and head for a rook and knight
versus rook ending.}) 43. Ra3 $1 {Forcing the rook to abandon the f-file.} Rd2
44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. Ra7+ Kd8 47. Ra6 Ne5 48. Re6 $11) 42... h5 43. f3
{White has a wide range of defensive plans, but none of them seems to work.} (
43. f4 {loses quicker than the game continuation:} Ne1 44. f5 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 gxf5
46. Rxf5 Re2 47. Re5 Nd3 48. Re8 (48. Re6 $2 Nf4+ $1) 48... Kf7 {and the rook
does not have favourable squares along the e-file.}) ({One natural question is
how would Black make progress if White keeps his pawns on their actual squares:
} 43. Kg2 Ne5 44. Kg3 Ng4 45. Rf4 Ra2 46. Rf3 Ra4 {Reducing White's mobility
even more.} 47. Kh3 Ne5 48. Rf6 Rg4 49. Ra6 Nf3 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52.
Ra7+ Kd8 ({Black does not make ay progress after} 52... Ke6 53. Ra6+ Kf5 54.
Ra5+) 53. Ra8+ Kc7 54. Rf8 Ng1+ ({The hurried} 54... Nxh4 {leads to a draw:}
55. f3 Nxf3 56. Rxf3 Rxg5 57. Rf6 Kd7 58. e4 $1 Ke7 59. e5 $11 {The pawn has
reached e5 just in time to help build a fortress.}) 55. Kh2 Kd6 56. f3 Nxf3+ $1
57. Rxf3 Rxh4+ 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kf2 Rxg5 {Black's king is better centralised
than in the previous line which makes a decisive difference.}) ({With the
h-pawn much safer than on h6, the rook's side attack does not work:} 43. Ra6
Rxf2 44. Ra3 Rd2 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf5 {It is
also important that after g4-g5 this square is available for the king,
practically winning a tempo.} 49. Rf6+ Ke5 50. Rxg6 Nc5 {White has no time to
eliminate Black's last pawn due to the danger of a direct attack:} 51. Rh6 Ne4+
52. Kh3 Re2 53. Rxh5 (53. g6 Rxe3+ 54. Kh2 Nf6 $19) 53... Rxe3+ 54. Kg2 Kf4 $19
) 43... Ne1 44. e4 Rc3 45. Kf2 Nd3+ 46. Kg3 Ne5 47. Kg2 {It may seem that
White has stabilised things, but his rook is kind of trapped:} Rc6 $1 48. Rxc6
(48. f4 {loses the h4-pawn:} Rc2+ 49. Kg3 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Nf3 $19) 48... Nxc6 49.
f4 Kf7 {This ending offers no saving hope since White will not be able to keep
the compact character of his structure due to zugzwang.} 50. Kf3 ({f4-f5 is a
permanent issue, but it almost never works:} 50. f5 $2 gxf5 51. exf5 Ne7 52. f6
Ng6 53. Kg3 Ke6 $19) 50... Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Kd2 (52. f5 gxf5 53. exf5 Ke5
54. f6 Nd4 55. Kd3 Ne6 56. Ke3 Nf4 57. Kf3 Ng6 $19) 52... Kc5 53. Kd3 (53. f5
Ne5 $19) 53... Kb4 54. Kd2 (54. f5 Kc5 (54... Ne5+ $2 55. Kd4 $18) 55. fxg6
Ne5+ 56. Ke3 Nxg6 $19) 54... Kc4 55. Ke3 Kc5 $1 ({Vachier's initial intention
might have been} 55... Ne7 {If so, he must have noticed in time the saving
line:} 56. f5 gxf5 57. g6 $3 {Clearing the g5-square for the king in order to
eliminate the last black pawn.} (57. exf5 Nxf5+ 58. Kf4 Nxh4 59. Ke5 Kd3 $19)
57... fxe4 58. Kxe4 Nxg6 59. Kf5 $11) 56. Kd3 Nd8 {Not the only way of
improving the knight's placement.} 57. Ke3 Nf7 58. Kd3 (58. f5 Ne5 59. Kf4 Kd4
$19) 58... Nd6 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. f5 Ne8 $1 {Preparing to block the g-pawns.} (
60... gxf5 $2 61. g6 $11) 61. fxg6 (61. f6 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6]} 62. Kf4 Kd4 $19)
61... Ng7 62. e5 (62. Kf4 Kd4 $19) 62... Kd5 63. Kf4 Kd4 64. e6 $5 Kd5 (64...
Nxe6+ $2 65. Kf5 $18 {As we can see, there are several moments when the line
between winning and losing is very thin.}) 65. e7 Ke6 66. Ke4 Kxe7 67. Ke5 Ke8
{The most elegant way.} ({But} 67... Kf8 {also wins:} 68. Kf6 {This looks like
a zugzwang, but the knight is too mobile to allow that:} Ne8+ 69. Ke6 Nc7+ 70.
Kd6 Nb5+ 71. Kc5 (71. Ke5 Kg7 72. Kf5 Nd4+ 73. Ke4 Nc6 74. Kf5 Ne7+) 71... Na3
{[%cal Gf8g7,Gg7g6]}) 68. Kd5 (68. Kf6 Kf8 69. Ke5 Ke7 {with a decisive
opposition.}) 68... Kd7 (68... Kd7 69. Ke5 Ke7 {is the same as above.}) 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hernandez, Albert"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Qc1 c5 7. Nxd5 Nc6 8. Qf4
Qa5+ 9. b4 Nxb4 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nd2 Nxg5 12. Nxa8 Ne6 13. Qg3 Nc2+ 14. Kd1
Nxa1 15. d5 Qa4+ 16. Nb3 Rd8 17. Ke1 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Qxa2 19. Nc1 Qb2 20. dxe6+
Kxe6+ 21. Nd3 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3
O-O 9. Be2 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bf3 Qe7 12. O-O a5 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5
15. e5 Nd7 16. b3 Bh6 17. Rae1 Rf5 18. Qe2 Nb8 19. Ne4 Kh8 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. g4
Rf7 22. Nhg5 Rf8 23. Nf6 Bxg5 24. fxg5 Nd4 25. Be4 Qg7 26. Nxh7 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. dxc5 e5 6. Nb3 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8.
c3 Qxc5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 Rg8 11. Ne2 e4 12. b4 Nxb4 13. cxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Qd2
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 exd3 16. Nf4 Be6 17. Rhc1 Kd7 18. Kxd3 Rac8 19. f3 Kd6 20. g4
Rc4 21. Rab1 b5 22. a4 b4 23. Rxc4 dxc4+ 24. Kd4 a5 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Kxc4 Rg5
27. Rd1+ Kc6 28. Rd8 Rc5+ 29. Kd4 e5+ 30. Ke4 Rc4+ 31. Kd3 Rc3+ 32. Ke4 Ra3 33.
Rc8+ Kd7 34. Rh8 Rxa4 35. Rxh7+ Kc6 36. Kd3 Ra3+ 37. Kd2 a4 38. h4 Ra2+ 39. Kc1
a3 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e4
Rc8 9. b3 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 g6 12. e5 Bxg2 13. exf6 Ba8 14. Bg5 Ne5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rxe5 Qd7 17. Re3 Kf7 18. Qg4 h6 19. Nd5 Re8 20. Bh4 h5 21. Qh3
Bh6 22. f4 b5 23. Rae1 Qa7 24. Kf1 e5 25. Re4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qb7
28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. fxg5 Kf8 30. Qg2 Rh7 31. Rc4 Qb5 32. Qe2 Qxd5 33. Kg1 Rd7 34.
Rd1 Qb5 35. Qc2 Qb6+ 36. Kg2 Qb7+ 37. Kg1 Qb6+ 38. Qf2 Qb5 39. Rdc1 e4 40. Qf4
Qb6+ 41. Kf1 Re5 42. Kg2 e3 43. Rb4 Qd8 44. Rbc4 Qb6 45. Rc6 Qb5 46. Qf3 e2 47.
Rc8+ Kf7 48. Re1 Rxg5 49. Rxe2 Re5 50. Rxe5 dxe5 51. Kh3 Qd5 52. Qxd5+ Rxd5 53.
Rc7+ Kxf6 54. Rc6+ Kf5 55. Rxa6 Rd2 56. a4 Ra2 57. a5 e4 58. Ra8 e3 59. Re8 e2
60. a6 g5 61. g4+ Kf4 62. Rf8+ Ke3 63. Re8+ Kf2 64. gxh5 Ra4 65. Rf8+ Ke3 66.
Re8+ Kf3 67. Rf8+ Rf4 68. Rxf4+ Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qa4 Bb7 8. Bg2
Rc8 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bc6 12. Qa3 Be7 13. c5 Nb7 14. cxb6 a5 15.
e4 Bb5 16. Rd1 Bxb4 17. Qe3 Bc5 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qh4 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Be2 21. e5
Bxd1 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Ne4 Bxf3 25. Nxf6+ Ke7 26. Bxf3 Bd4 27.
Ba3+ Kxf6 28. Rd1 Rc3 29. Bxb7 Rxa3 30. Rxd4 Rxa2 31. Ba6 Rb2 32. b7 Rb6 33.
Rc4 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne8 10. b4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Bb2 Ra6 16. Bxe5 Bf6 17. Nf3 Nd6 18. Bd3 Nf7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. a4 Rd6 21.
Qb1 g6 22. Be4 Rfd8 23. h3 R6d7 24. Re1 Qc3 25. Rc1 Qf6 26. Ra3 Nd6 27. Bd3 e5
28. Re1 Re7 29. Be4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Bf5 31. Qe3 e4 32. Qxc5 Rc8 33. Qb4 Rd7 34.
Nd2 Qd6 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. Ra2 h5 37. a5 Rd4 38. Rb2 Rc7 39. Rc1 Be6 40. Kf1 Kf7
41. Ke2 Rcd7 42. Rc3 Kf6 43. Ke3 Bf5 44. Nb3 Rd1 45. Nc5 Re1+ 46. Re2 Rxe2+ 47.
Kxe2 Rc7 48. Nb3 Ke5 49. Ke3 Be6 50. Nd2 Bd5 51. Ra3 Be6 52. a6 bxa6 53. Rxa6
Kf6 54. Nxe4+ Ke7 55. c5 Bf5 56. g4 hxg4 57. hxg4 Bxg4 58. Rxg6 Be6 59. Rg7+
Bf7 60. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Bc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Ba3 Bf6 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rc1
Bb5 22. Rxc5 Qb6 23. Ne4 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Bd5 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Qc2 Qd6 29. Qe4 Kf8 30. h4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff final"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8.
O-O Bc5 9. e3 a5 10. e4 O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Bg2 a4 13. a3 Qb6 14. Kh1 Qa6 15.
Qf3 Nf8 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Ne6 19. Bb2 Bd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
Bxd4 exd4 22. Rfe1 Qa4 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Qd2 Nc5 25. Qb4 Ra5 26. Rad1 Qxa3 27.
Qxd4 Qa4 28. Qc3 Qa3 29. Qd4 Qa4 30. Qc3 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff final"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
Qd5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Re1 d3 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Qxd3 Qd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nc3 Be6
15. Qf3 Nd5 16. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff final"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Be7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be3 Na5 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng3 a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nc4 15. Bc1 f6 16. b3 Nb6 17. e6 Qd6 18. Re1 g6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. f4 Kh8 21. f5
g5 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. h4 g4 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Qe2 Qe8 26. Nf4 Bd6 27. Rae1 c6 28. e7
Nc8 29. Qe6 Bxe7 30. h5 b5 31. Ng6+ hxg6 32. hxg6 Ra7 33. Kf2 g3+ 34. Kf3 Rxg6
35. fxg6 Qxg6 36. Qxc8+ Kh7 37. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-A"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 Be8 16. c5 Nd5 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. cxd6 Nb8 19. Rac1 Ba4 20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Rc7 Na6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd5 f6 24. Rd4 Bd7 25. f3 Kf7 26. Re4 Re8
27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Nd4 Nc5 29. Kf2 Ne6 30. Nb3 Bb5 31. e4 Kd7 32. Ba3 Bc4 33.
Ke3 b6 34. f4 a5 35. e5 fxe5 36. fxe5 g6 37. Bb2 Kc6 38. Nc1 Kd7 39. a3 Kc6 40.
Ne2 Bxe2 41. Kxe2 Kd7 42. Kd3 Kc6 43. Bd4 Nd8 44. Ke4 Ne6 45. h4 Nd8 46. Bxb6
Kxb6 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-A"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 Bb4 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qe1 Qe7 13. g3 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15.
Nh4 Nb8 16. f4 Bh3 17. Rf2 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nc6 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Nf3 Nxf3 21. Rxf3
Be6 22. b3 c6 23. Raf1 f6 24. g4 b5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 c4 27. axb5 cxb5 28.
Rxb5 cxd3 29. cxd3 Qd7 30. Rd5 Qxg4 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Qxa5 Qe2 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34.
Kg1 h6 35. Rf2 Qd1+ 36. Rf1 Qe2 37. Rf2 Qd1+ 38. Rf1 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qe2 40. Qf5
Qxd3 41. Re1 Qxb3 42. Qf4 Qc3 43. Qf2 f5 44. Re3 Qc6 45. Kg1 Rxe4 46. Rg3 Qc1+
47. Kg2 Qc6 48. Kg1 Qe6 49. Qa7 Qe7 50. Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qc8 Re1+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53.
Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kh4 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-A"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. h3
Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 Ne5 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Bf1 Nc6 16. Rb1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bg2 Re5 20. Bxc6 Bxh3 21.
Ba7 Ra8 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Rb8 25. b4 Bd7 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27.
Qa7 Qc8 28. b5 Ra8 29. Qd4 Qe8 30. c5 dxc5 31. Qxc5 Qe4 32. Rc1 Qxa4 33. bxa6
Qxa6 34. Qxc7 Qf6 35. Qc6 Qd8 36. Kg2 h5 37. Qf3 Rb8 38. Ra1 Kg7 39. Ra7 Qe8
40. Qc3+ Kg8 41. Qf6 Qe4+ 42. Qf3 Qe8 43. Qf6 Rb5 44. Qf3 Kg7 45. Ra8 Qe1 46.
Rc8 Re5 47. Rc7 Rf5 48. Qc3+ Qxc3 49. Rxc3 Kh6 50. Rc4 Kg5 51. Rd4 Ra5 52. Rf4
f6 53. Rb4 Rd5 54. Kh3 Kf5 55. Rf4+ Ke5 56. Ra4 Rd2 57. Kg2 Rd4 58. Ra5+ Ke6
59. Ra6+ Ke5 60. Ra5+ Rd5 61. Ra4 Kf5 62. Rf4+ Kg5 63. Ra4 Kh6 64. Rf4 Rd6 65.
Ra4 g5 66. Ra5 Kg6 67. Ra8 Rd4 68. Rg8+ Kh7 69. Ra8 h4 70. gxh4 Rxh4 71. Kg3
Kg6 72. Rg8+ Kf5 73. Ra8 Rg4+ 74. Kf3 Rg1 75. Ra5+ Kg6 76. Ra8 Rb1 77. Kg2 Kh5
78. Ra6 f5 79. Ra5 Kg4 80. f3+ Kf4 81. Ra4+ Ke3 82. Ra3+ Kd4 83. Ra4+ Ke5 84.
Ra5+ Kf6 85. Ra6+ Kf7 86. Kg3 Rb4 87. Rc6 Rh4 88. Rc5 Kg6 89. Rc6+ Kh5 90. Rf6
Rf4 91. Kg2 g4 92. fxg4+ Rxg4+ 93. Kf3 Kg5 94. Rf8 Rf4+ 95. Kg3 Rg4+ 96. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-A"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
Bd2 Bd6 9. Rc1 a6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 b6 12. Nce2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3 Ne5
15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Nf4 d4 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 Be4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. b3 Rad8 24. Rc4 d3 25. Be3 Qa5 26. Bd4 d2 27. Qc2
Nxg3 28. fxg3 Re1 29. Ra4 Qb5 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Grand Slam Masters from the Catalonian port town of Bilbao may have only
featured four players and had many draws but the games were still interesting.
Here we see a battle between two of the biggest fighters in world chess,
Wesley So and Ding Liren.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1
Ng6 ({Black can also decline the pawn sacrifice, as in} 13... Nf6 14. c5 Ng6
15. Nd3 Rf7 {as in Smirnov,P (2626)-Ipatov,A (2177) Izhevsk 2014  Although
this way of playing is not so popular for Black, as White has an easy route to
the queenside, Black still retains the usual counterplay on the other wing
with moves like ...h5 and ...g4, etc.  Note this isn't the famous Alexander
Ipatov who plays for Turkey and has just dropped a ton of points! It's someone
else. Or A Ipatov "B" as FIDE describes him.}) 14. c5 Nxc5 (14... dxc5 $6 {
gave White even more obvious compensation after} 15. Nd3 b6 16. b4 $1 cxb4 17.
Nb5 $1 Nf6 18. Nxc7 Rb8 19. Nxb4 {when the Black queenside was shredded in
Kaufman,L (2410)-Casella,M (2345) USA 1998. I always feel, even with my
limited knowledge of the King's Indian, that Black should hold on to this
d6-e5 structure as long as possible.}) 15. b4 Na6 16. Nd3 h5 17. Nb5 b6 (17...
Bd7 {was the choice of Gazza.} 18. a4 Bh6 19. Rc3 b6 20. Be1 Rf7 21. Nf2 Nh4 $1
22. Nxd6 $1 cxd6 23. Bxa6 Qe8 24. Qe2 g4 25. fxg4 Rg7 26. h3 Qg6 {where
objectively Black didn't have enough for the pawn although the game was later
drawn in Piket,J (2640)-Kasparov,G (2795) Linares 1997.}) 18. Be1 Rf7 19. Bd2 (
19. Nf2 $5 {is a more common alternative, holding up Black's intended ...g4
lunge for as long as possible.}) 19... Bf6 ({Ding's choice looks slightly more
natural than the alternative} 19... Bh6 {which was played in a correspondence
game;} 20. Nf2 Rg7 21. h3 Nf8 22. Qa4 Nh7 23. Nd4 Nb8 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 {
when White was clearly better in Munoz Moreno,F (2390)-Winkler,T (2631) ICCF
email 2007.}) 20. Nf2 Qe8 21. Qa4 Bd8 22. Qa3 g4 $1 {Of course, Black must
commit.} (22... Nb8 $2 23. Nxd6 $1) 23. fxg4 hxg4 24. Nc3 (24. Nxg4 $2 Bxg4 25.
Bxg4 Qxb5 26. Be6 Kg7 27. Bxf7 Kxf7 $19) 24... Nxb4 ({Black is rather commited
to giving up the piece as the passive} 24... Nb8 25. Nxg4 {gives Black no
compensation for the pawn.}) 25. Qxb4 f3 $1 {But in return for the piece he
has considerable play on the kingside - the pawn wedge on f3 is very dangerous
for White.} 26. Bb5 Qe7 ({An interesting possibility was} 26... Qf8 $1 27. g3
Rh7 ({even the immediate} 27... Nf4 {isn't ridiculous}) 28. Nd3 Nf4 $1 {
trying to sharpen up the game to the maximum.} 29. Bxf4 $1 (29. gxf4 Qh6 30.
Kf2 (30. Rf2 g3 $1) 30... Qxh2+ 31. Ke3 exf4+ 32. Nxf4 Bg5 {looks too
dangerous for White - the pawns on f3 and g4 are especially strong.} 33. Kd3
Bxf4 $17) 29... exf4 30. gxf4 Qh6 31. Qb2 Qh3 $1 {with a real mess.}) 27. g3
Rh7 28. Qc4 Rh8 29. Qc6 Qh7 30. h3 Rb8 31. Ncd1 a6 $6 {Too slow. Ding even
misassesses or misses altogether the queen sac that follows.} ({Once again,
the dynamic knight lunge} 31... Nf4 $1 {suggests itself. (It's funny how often
an unexpected knight move can change the character of a position.)} 32. gxf4 (
32. Bxf4 exf4 {and the black pawns on the kingside are starting to resemble an
armada}) (32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Rxc7+ Bxc7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 (34... Kg6 $2 35. Qxh7+ Rxh7
36. gxf4 g3 37. f5+ $1 Kf7 38. Ng4 {makes a big difference as the black
kingside pawns are falling}) 35. Qxh7+ {would be a rather desperate an
unnecessary bail-out into an ending;} (35. Qe8+ $11) 35... Rxh7 36. gxf4 g3 $1
{however rather favours Black}) 32... Qh4 $1 33. Kh1 Qg3 34. Qe8+ (34. Ne3
Rxh3+ 35. Nxh3 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 34... Kg7 35. Qxh8+ $1 Kxh8 36. Rg1 Qh4
37. Kh2 exf4 38. Nxg4 Bf6 39. Be1 Qh7 40. Rxc7 Qxc7 41. Nxf6 Qc2+ 42. Nf2 Bxh3
43. Kxh3 {is a long and complex line which favours White, but still this is
preferable to what occurred in the game and would have put So under pressure
to find these "only moves"}) 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qxd8 $1 Rxd8 34. Rxc7+ Bd7 35.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. Bxd7 $18 {By sacrificing his queen Wesley has completely
defused his opponent's initiative. Black's remaining pieces now look rather
helpless as White has all the time in the world to build up his own attack.}
gxh3 37. Kh2 ({The straightforward} 37. Nxh3 {was even stronger, but in any
case White's choice was good enough.} Rd8 38. Bf5 {intending Ng5-e6}) 37... Rb7
38. Be6 Nf8 39. Bf5 Qh5 40. Ng4 Nd7 41. Bh6+ Kh8 42. Nde3 Rc7 43. Bxd7 Rxd7 44.
Rxf3 Rf7 45. Rf5 Rxf5 46. exf5 Qf7 47. Bg5 b5 48. Nh6 Qf8 49. f6 ({Even some
slow way of playing with} 49. Kxh3 {should be good enough but Wesley
calculates to the finish and decides to go straight for the kill.}) 49... Kh7
50. Nef5 Kg6 51. Bh4 e4 52. f7 e3 53. Be7 e2 (53... Qxf7 54. Nxf7 e2 55. Nh4+
$1 {is the neat point.}) 54. Nh4+ Kh7 55. Bxf8 e1=Q 56. Bxd6 Qf2+ 57. Kxh3 Qf1+
58. Kg4 Qc4+ 59. Bf4 Qe2+ 60. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
d3 Bb7 15. Qb4 Nf5 16. c3 c5 17. Qf4 h6 18. f3 g5 19. Qc7 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21.
Kf2 Re8 22. Bd2 f6 23. g3 Kf7 24. Be2 h5 25. Bd1 d5 26. a4 d4 27. a5 dxc3 28.
Bxc3 Bd5 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra6 Re6 31. b4 cxb4 32. Bxb4 Nd4 33. Bd2 Kg6 34. Be3
Nf5 35. Bd2 Nd4 36. Be3 Nf5 37. Bc1 Nd4 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 b5 40. Rxe6 Nxe6
41. Ke3 b4 42. Ba4 f5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. Bd7 Kg4 45. Kf2 b3 46. Bb2 Kh3 47. Be5
g4 48. Bxe6 Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nd4 Re8
15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Bc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qd6 18. g3 Bh3 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Qb3 Bxd4
21. exd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qe6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qc6 25. Qb4 g6 26. Re1 Rxe1+
27. Qxe1 Qa4 28. Qe5 Qxa2 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd2 Re8
9. O-O Na6 10. e4 (10. dxe6 {has also been played,} Bxe6 11. e4 Nb4 12. Nb3 Nc6
13. Bf4 Nd4 $1 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 ({In the event of} 15. Qxd4 Nd5 $1 16. Qd2
Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Rc8 $132 {with strong counterplay for the P.}) 15... Nxe4 16. Bd3
Bd7 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. Bxd6 Bc6 $132 {Svidler-Gelfand, Jerusalem rapid 2014,
with a double-edged fight,.}) 10... Nc7 11. a4 $146 {A novelty by Ding Liren.
The position is transposing to a line of the Benoni, but Black has an extra
tempo.} ({Dreev played} 11. Re1 Rb8 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nb3 Nd4 14. Bf1 Ng4 15.
h3 Ne5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nxd4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
Rxe3 Qxb2 22. e5 Qb4 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 Be6 $11 {Dreev-Grischuk, Loo 2014,
with an equal endgame.}) 11... Na6 {A logical decision. White avoids the ...b5
plan, but he weakens the b4-square, which is a nice place for the N.} 12. f3
Nb4 13. Rf2 {An unexpected move. White frees the f1-square, so sometimes he
can play Nf1 or even Bf1.} Nh5 {An ambitious reaction. Black starts to play on
the kingside and he is threatening ...Bd4.} 14. dxe6 (14. Nb3 {was the
alternative,} exd5 15. cxd5 f5 $132 {with a complicated middlegame.}) 14...
Bxe6 15. Nb3 {Otherwise ...Bd4.} f5 {So immediately starts his play on the
kingside.} ({The solid} 15... Qe7 $5 {was also possible,} 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qd2
f5 $13) 16. Bf1 ({The engine suggests} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bf1 ({The careless} 
17. g4 $2 {could have been met by} Bc2 $1 $19 {and Black wins.}) 17... Rf8 {
and now} 18. g4 $2 {is too optimistic, because of} Bxg4 $1 19. fxg4 Rxf2 20.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Be5 22. Qe2 Rf8 $1 $40 {with a strong attack.}) 16... Qe7 17.
Be3 $6 {An inaccuracy. The B is not the best on e3.} (17. exf5 {was important,
but} gxf5 ({now} 17... Bxf5 $2 {does not work because of} 18. g4 $1 $18) 18.
Re2 Nc6 {and Black's position looks more tempting.}) 17... f4 {A logical move,
but it closes the important b8-h2 diagonal.} ({Probably} 17... Be5 $1 {was
more accurate, for example} 18. f4 (18. Qc1 {is bad, as} Bxh2+ $1 19. Kxh2 Qh4+
20. Kg1 Ng3 $19 {with a decisive attack.}) 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc6 $15 {
and Black looks slightly better.}) 18. Bd2 Be5 19. Be1 Nc6 20. Nd5 Qg7 21. Bc3
Rad8 22. Nc1 g5 {The position is very similar to the King's Indian Classical
variation. Black tries to attack on the kingside with ...g4.} 23. Nd3 Bxc3 (
23... Bd4 $5 {was also an interesting option.}) 24. bxc3 {The right reply.
White has to control the d4-square.} Bxd5 25. cxd5 Ne5 ({The computer suggests
the strange} 25... Na5 26. Qc2 Nf6 {and Black looks fine.}) 26. Rb1 Re7 27.
Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Rb3 Rdd7 29. Qc1 Nf6 30. h3 h5 31. c4 Rg7 32. a5 Rdf7 33. Qb2 g4
{After some piece manoeuvres Black achieves ...g4. Of course White forces the
exchange of Qs, otherwise Black's attack is too dangerous.} 34. Qxe5 dxe5 35.
Kh1 gxf3 ({The positional} 35... Ne8 $5 {was the alternative, followed by ...
Nd6. Black is obviously slightly better, but the position is closed, so it is
not easy to break open White's fortress.}) 36. gxf3 h4 37. Rb5 Rc7 38. Rd2 Nh5
39. Kh2 Ng3 40. Bg2 Rgd7 41. d6 Rc6 42. Rd5 {White creates counterplay, he
activates his R, Black can't protect the e5-P.} b6 43. Rxe5 Rcxd6 44. Rg5+ Rg7
45. axb6 axb6 46. Rg4 Rd2 47. Rxb6 Nf1+ 48. Kg1 Rxg4 49. hxg4 Ne3 50. Bh3 Rd1+
51. Kh2 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 Rd1+ 53. Kh2 Rd2+ {A nice and well-played game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 {Not the
only move, 7.Ndb5 was played and analysed a lot, but it seems that Black is
doing ok.} ({For instance one possible line goes like this:} 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2
a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 d6 {with equal
chances in this endgame.}) 7... Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 {This line is considered fine
for Black, and for that reason the Four Knights Variation in the English is
often played by many strong grandmasters.} 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12.
Na4 {Another recent example is:} (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd2 $5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
Bg2 Ng4 16. Bg1 exf4 17. gxf4 Qe7 18. h3 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Nf6 20. Be3 O-O 21. Qf2
Qxf2 22. Bxf2 Nh5 23. Be3 f5 {1-0 (45) Mareco,S (2599)-Krysa,L (2464) Villa
Martelli 2015; with interesting play for both sides.}) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qa7
{Still a known position.} (13... Qb4 14. b3 $1 {Next a3 is unpleasant for
Black.}) 14. Nc3 $5 {A new idea, previously we saw} (14. Qf2 Nd4 15. Nf3 e5 16.
Nxd4 Ng4 $5 17. Qf3 exd4 18. c5 O-O 19. Rc1 Ne3 $17 {0-1 (24) L'Ami,E (2577)
-Volokitin,A (2678) Germany 2007; Black seized a strong initiative.}) 14... Nd4
15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Nd1 e5 {I am really not quite sure what Anand had in mind when
he opted for this line, but the position does appear fine for Black.} 17. Nf3
Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 exf4 19. gxf4 O-O 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nc3 Be6 22. O-O-O (22. f5 Bd7
23. O-O-O Bc6 24. Rxd6 Rae8 25. Rxf6 (25. Bd3 Qc5 26. Qg3 Bxe4 {is also fine
for Black.}) 25... gxf6 26. Bd3 Kh8 {The sacrifice that doesn't give White
much, actually there is no compensation here.}) 22... Qc5 23. Rh2 $1 {This is
only for maintaining dynamic equality.} Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rxd6 Rad8 26.
Rhd2 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc8 28. Kb1 b5 29. Qd3 {An alternative is important and
should have been preferred now or one move later:} (29. e5 b4 30. Qd3 (30. exf6
bxc3 31. bxc3 Rb8+ 32. Kc1 Qxa2 $17) 30... Qxd3+ 31. Rxd3 bxc3 32. exf6 cxb2
33. Rd5 gxf6 34. Rxa5 Rc3 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5 Rc4 37. Rf5 Rb4 38. a3 Rb3 39. a4
Rb4 40. a5 h6 41. Rd5 Rxf4 42. Kxb2 f5 {This is fine for Black, but the
position is also ok for White, which compared with the game is a better choice.
}) 29... Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 b4 31. Nd5 ({Again:} 31. e5 {was a better choice
transposing to the note above...}) 31... Rc4 $1 32. Nxf6+ (32. Nxb4 g6 33. Nd5
Nxe4 {with some initiative for Black.}) 32... gxf6 33. Rd5 Rxe4 34. Rxa5 Rxf4
35. Kc2 Kg7 {This endgame is of course preferable for Black.} 36. Kb3 Kg6 37.
Rb5 f5 38. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 39. Kxb4 Kh5 {Black has an advantage here.} 40. a4 f4 41.
a5 f3 42. a6 f2 43. a7 f1=Q 44. a8=Q Qxh3 45. Qd5+ Kg6 46. Ka5 h5 47. b4 Qf5 $2
{Giving White the chance to save the game. An alternative was clearly in
Black's favour:} (47... h4 $1 48. b5 Qa3+ 49. Kb6 h3 {Black has every reason
to try to win this.}) 48. Qxf5+ Kxf5 49. b5 h4 50. b6 h3 51. b7 h2 52. b8=Q
h1=Q 53. Qc8+ {It seems that Black can't escape from perpetual.} Ke5 54. Qe8+
Kf6 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke6 58. Qe8+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Bc4 Qc7
15. Qd3 a6 16. a4 Bg4 17. h3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. hxg4 bxc4 21.
bxc4 Rc8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd1 Rc5 27.
Kf1 Be5 28. Ke2 Rxd5 29. Kd3 f5 30. Kc4 Ra5 31. Kb4 Rd5 32. Kc4 Ra5 33. Kb4 Rd5
34. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th playoff"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.11.01"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nge2 O-O 12. f3 Rc8 13. O-O h6 14. Bg3 Nc4
15. Bf2 Re8 16. a3 Bf8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Rd1 a5 19. Qb1 Qc7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4
Qb8 22. Nec3 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxb2 24. Nxb2 Rxc3 25. Be1 Rb3 26. Na4 Bxa4 27. Rxa4
Bb4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Kf2 Rb2+ 30. Kf1 Rc8 31. Raa1 Kf8 32. Rab1 Rxb1 33. Rxb1
Rb8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 Nd7 36. Kc2 e5 37. Ra1 exd4 38. exd4 Nf8 39. Ra7+ Kf6
40. Ra5 Ne6 41. Rxd5 b3+ 42. Kb2 Nf4 43. Bf1 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th playoff"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2015.11.01"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15.
Nh4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Nhf5 Qf8 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Nh5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nde7 21.
Qf3 Ng6 22. Re4 Na5 23. Bc2 f5 24. Re1 Kh8 25. Ng3 Nh4 26. Qh5 Qf6 27. d4 e4
28. Bf4 Bb6 29. Qe2 Nc6 30. Nh5 Qf8 31. Bg3 Ng6 32. Qe3 Re7 33. b4 Rde8 34. Bb3
Nce5 35. Bxe5 Nxe5 36. Nf4 Kh7 37. Nd5 Nd3 38. Nxe7 Nxe1 39. Nxf5 Nxg2 40. Kxg2
Qxf5 41. Bc2 Kh8 42. Re1 Qf7 43. Bxe4 c6 44. a4 Bc7 45. Re2 Qh5 46. Qf3 Qg5+
47. Qg4 Qxg4+ 48. hxg4 a5 49. b5 Bd6 50. f3 c5 51. dxc5 Bxc5 52. Rd2 b6 53. Bg6
Rf8 54. Rd7 Rf6 55. Be4 g5 56. Kf1 Kg8 57. Ke2 Rd6 58. Rb7 Kf8 59. Rh7 Kg8 60.
Rc7 Kf8 61. c4 Ke8 62. Bd5 Kd8 63. Rh7 Rf6 64. Kd3 Bd6 65. Be4 Bc5 66. Rg7 Bf8
67. Rb7 Bc5 68. Ra7 Kc8 69. Rh7 Kd8 70. Rg7 Bf8 71. Ra7 Bc5 72. Rh7 Re6 73. Rf7
Ke8 74. Rg7 Kd8 75. Rb7 Rf6 76. Bd5 Kc8 77. Ke4 Rf4+ 78. Ke5 Rxc4 79. Rh7 Rxa4
80. Rxh6 Ra1 81. Rh7 Kd8 82. Be4 a4 83. Ke6 a3 84. Rh8+ Kc7 85. Ra8 Rd1 86.
Ra7+ Kb8 87. Ra4 Rd8 88. Kf5 Be7 89. Ra8+ Kc7 90. Ra7+ Kd6 91. Rb7 Rf8+ 92. Kg6
Bd8 93. Ra7 Kc5 94. Rxa3 Kxb5 95. Kg7 Re8 96. Rd3 Bc7 97. Rc3 Be5+ 98. Kf7 Bxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Qb3 Ne8 15.
g4 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nc6 17. Ra1 Rab8 18. Bg3 a6 19. h3 Nb4 20. e3 g5 21. Ne1 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Rb6 23. Na4 Rb7 24. Nc3 Nf6 25. Nf3 Kf8 26. Rad1 Rbd7 27. Kf1 Ke8 28.
Ke2 Nc6 29. Ra1 Nb4 30. Rad1 Nc6 31. Ra1 a5 32. Rdd1 Rb7 33. Nd2 d5 34. Nb5 Kf8
35. Bc7 Ra8 36. Ra4 Ne8 37. Bg3 Rd8 38. Nb1 d4 39. f3 Rdd7 40. Bf2 e5 41. Nd2
Nd6 42. Nxd6 Rxd6 43. Ne4 Rd8 44. Nd2 Kg7 45. Raa1 Kg6 46. Rh1 Bf6 47. e4 Rdb8
48. h4 d3+ 49. Kxd3 gxh4 50. Bxc5 Bg5 51. Bd6 Rd7 52. c5 Rb5 53. Kc4 Rb4+ 54.
Kc3 Rdb7 55. Ra4 Bxd2+ 56. Kxd2 Rxb3 57. Rxh4 Rxf3 58. Ra2 Rbb3 59. Bf8 Nb4 60.
Rxh6+ Kg5 61. Ra3 Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bc1 O-O 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Qe7 13. Qb2 b6 14. e3 Bb7 15.
Rac1 Rfc8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Qf8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc3 Qd6 21.
Bf1 b5 22. a3 Rc6 23. Na2 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Qc7 25. Nd3 Bc8 26. Nfe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5
Kf8 28. f3 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Nxc3 30. Bd3 Ke7 31. Kf2 Kd6 32. g4 a5 33. h4 b4 34.
axb4 axb4 35. Bc2 Ba6 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Bxf5 Nd1+ 38. Ke1 Nxe3 39. Bxh7 Ng2+
40. Kf2 Nf4 41. Ke3 Ng2+ 42. Kf2 Nf4 43. Bc2 Bb5 44. Ke3 Ng2+ 45. Kf2 Nf4 46.
Ng4 Ke6 47. Bd1 Nd3+ 48. Ke3 Ne1 49. Kf4 Ng2+ 50. Kg3 Ne1 51. Ne3 g6 52. f4 Ba6
53. Bg4+ Kd6 54. f5 gxf5 55. Nxf5+ Ke6 56. Ne3+ Kf7 57. Nxd5 Nc2 58. Nc7 Bd3
59. Ne6 Ne3 60. Nc5 Bc2 61. Kf4 Ng2+ 62. Kg5 Ne3 63. Kf4 Ng2+ 64. Kg5 Ne3 65.
Be6+ Ke7 66. h5 Bh7 67. h6 Nc2 68. Bf5 Bxf5 69. Kxf5 Nxd4+ 70. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. a3 b6 11. Qe2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bb7 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.
Bxc3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 g6 21.
g3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxa7 Rd2 24. Qa8+ Kg7 25. Qf3 Rxb2 26. h4 h5 27.
Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qd8+ Qf8 29. Rd1 Qxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O g5 13. Nxe5 gxf4 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. a5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 a6 18. Rd4 Rd8 19. Rad1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4
Be7 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rg8 23. Rd3 Rg5 24. Rb3 Rb5 25. Rxb5 axb5 26. Bxh7
Bb4 27. f4 Bxa5 28. Kf2 Bd2 29. Kf3 Bc1 30. b3 c5 31. Bd3 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33.
Bxc4 Ke7 34. Kg4 Be3 35. Kf5 Bf2 36. g4 Be3 37. g5 fxg5 38. Kxg5 Kd6 39. Kf5
Kc5 40. Bd3 b5 41. Ke4 Bc1 42. Ke5 b4 43. Bc2 Kc4 44. f5 Bb2+ 45. Ke6 b3 46.
Bb1 Ba3 47. e4 Kd4 48. f6 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. a4 O-O 11. Nh4 a5 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Nb3 Bb4 15.
Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Red8 17. Qc3 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Bf3 Nf8 21.
Kg2 Ne6 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxg5 25. Qe3 Nxf3 26. Qxf3 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qe2 g6 29. c3 Qd6 30. Nd2 b5 31. Nb3 bxa4 32. Nxa5 Qc5 33. Nc4
Qb5 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ke1 Nd7 36. f3 Qc5 37. Kf1 Qb5 38. Ke1 Qc5 39. Kf1 Nb6 40.
Na3 Qd6 41. Ke1 Qc5 42. Qf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kf6 44. Ke3 Kg5 45. Kd3 f5 46. exf5
gxf5 47. Nb1 e4+ 48. fxe4 fxe4+ 49. Kd4 e3 50. Kxe3 Nc4+ 51. Ke2 Nxb2 52. Na3
Kf5 53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Kc2 Nd3 55. Nc4 Nc5 56. Kb2 Kf3 57. Ne5+ Kxg3 58. Nxc6 Kf4
59. Ka3 Ne4 60. c4 Nd6 61. Na5 Nxc4+ 62. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 {The Chigorin is a rare guest in Carlsen's play.} 10. Bc2 c5 11.
d4 Qc7 {But only this move is "new" for his repertoire.} 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1
Nc4 $5 {This old specialty of Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian is one of the
systems I recommended in "A Spanish Repertoire for Black". Instead of putting
pressure on the white centre with committal moves such as ...Bb7 or ...Na5-c6,
usually met with d4-d5, Black keeps the global harmony of his position.} (13...
Rfe8) (13... cxd4 14. cxd4) 14. b3 (14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 {absolves Black of
the problem of finding a good square for his queen's knight.} Rfc8 {This was
one (and probably the best) choices of Petrosian.} ({The latest game with this
system went} 15... Rfe8 16. d5 {Not really necessary since Black was not
threatening to break open the centre} c4 17. Nh2 a5 18. a3 Rab8 19. Bd2 h6 20.
Nf1 Nh7 21. Ne3 Bg5 $11 {Naroditsky,D (2622)-Glud,J (2531) Helsingor 2015 (1/
2-1/2, 24)}) ({Things did not go well for Petrosian in the following game
which became famous for his trademark exchange sacrifice:} 15... Be6 16. Nd2
Rfe8 17. f4 Rad8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d5 Bd7 20. c4 Rb8 21. a4 b4 22. a5 Rf8 23.
Ba4 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rbd8 25. Qf3 Rd6 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. Raa1 Rg6 28. Rf1 Bd6 29. h4
Qd8 30. h5 Rf6 31. Qg4 Rf4 $5 {Tal,M-Petrosian,T Riga 1958 URS-ch [ChessBase] 
(1/2-1/2, 73). This position is mentioned by Tal in his foreward to the modern
edition of Nimzowitsch's "My system" in Russian.}) 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. Nd2 cxd4 18.
cxd4 Qb7 19. d5 Be8 20. Qe2 Bd8 {Karpov,A (2705)-Petrosian,T (2645) Milan 1975
(1/2-1/2, 28), with a perfect regrouping for Black.}) ({Against} 14. d5 {
Petrosian designed the paradoxical retreat} Nb6 $5 {The main idea is that in
order to develop his bishop without having to return at once after ...Nb6-c4,
White would need to play b2-b3. In that case Black could speed up his
queenside counterplay with the knight optimally placed.} 15. g4 (15. N3h2 Ne8
16. Ng3 g6 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. Nhf1 Qd8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nc4 21. Qc1 Bf6 22.
Bd3 Ne5 $15 {Palac,M (2591)-Delchev,A (2598) Skopje 2015 (1/2-1/2, 42)}) (15.
b3 a5 {[%cal Gc5c4,Ra5a4]}) 15... h5 $1 16. gxh5 ({In a modern game White
reacted poorly:} 16. N3h2 hxg4 17. hxg4 Nh7 18. Ng3 Bg5 $15 {Dvirnyy,D (2459)
-Vocaturo,D (2480) Brescia 2009 (0-1, 49)}) 16... Bxh3 17. N3h2 Bxf1 18. Nxf1
Qd7 19. Ng3 Qh3 20. Qf3 g6 21. Bd1 Rfe8 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 {Kasparov,
G-Petrosian,T (2610) Banja Luka 1979 (1/2-1/2, 23)}) 14... Nb6 15. Ne3 c4 {
Virtually forced since White was threatening dxe5 followed by c3-c4 and Nd5.}
16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Bf8 {A typical position for this line: White cannot fully
enjoy his advantage in the centre due to Black's queenside pressure.} 18. bxc4
{A rare move. White usually tries increasing the pressure in the centre, but
without any special consequences.} (18. Rad1 a5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21.
Nd5 (21. Qd6+ Qxd6 22. Rxd6 cxb3 23. axb3 Nc8 24. Rd2 Nb6 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4
Rac8 $11 {The same line with a white rook on a1, resulting after 18.Red1 given
below, would not work since the a5- and e5-pawns would be hanging.}) 21...
Nbxd5 22. exd5 Qd6 $2 (22... cxb3 23. axb3 Rac8 24. Re3 e4 25. Ne1 Qb6 $15) 23.
bxc4 bxc4 24. Qe3 e4 25. Nd2 Nxd5 26. Qd4 $16 {Nijboer,F (2552)-Bosch,J (2456)
Dieren 2009 (1-0, 33)}) (18. Rab1 a5 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. d5 Rab8
22. Qe2 {Nijboer,F (2583)-Pruijssers,R (2487) Groningen 2011 (1-0, 59)} Nh5 $5
23. g3 g6) (18. Red1 a5 (18... Bc6 {looks like the best way to take advantage
of the rook's departure from e1.}) 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qd6+ Qxd6
22. Rxd6 Nc8 23. Rd2 cxb3 24. axb3 Bc6 (24... Nb6 25. c4 $14 {[%cal Ge3d5]})
25. Nd5 (25. c4 $1 bxc4 26. Nxc4 $14) 25... Bxd5 26. exd5 Nd6 $15 {Bildat,J 
(2098)-Wenzel,B (2072) Hamburg 2011 (1/2-1/2, 36)}) 18... Nxc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4
20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Rxb8 (21. Rbd1 Rb6 22. Bb4 {1-0 (51) Bannik,A-Lilienthal,A
Yerevan 1954} Rb7) 21... Rxb8 22. Bb4 {Securing the bishop against the threat .
..Qa5.} h6 23. Rd1 a5 24. Ba3 {The position is about equal. In principle, one
would say that it could only be White who might take a decision in the centre,
but Carlsen thinks differently.} Bc6 $5 ({A waiting move such as} 24... Rb7 {
possibly followed by ...Rb7-b8, would have given White a hard job making any
shadow of progress.}) 25. Qe2 (25. dxe5 $6 dxe5 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Qd6+ $2 Qxd6
28. Rxd6 Bxe4 $17 {[%csl Ga2,Gc3]}) 25... exd4 $5 (25... Bd7 $11) 26. Qxc4 {
Any other capture would be met with ...Bxe4, based on different tactical
nuances.} (26. cxd4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Re8 28. Nd2 d5 $17) (26. Rxd4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4
d5 28. Bxf8 Nxe4 29. Bxg7 (29. Ba3 Nxc3 30. Qe3 Rb1+ 31. Ne1 Nb5 $17) 29...
Kxg7 30. Qc2 Qb6 31. Rxd5 Qb1+ 32. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kh2 Nxc3 34. Rxa5 Nd1 $11 {
[%csl Gf2][%cal Gc4c3]}) (26. Nxd4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 d5 29. Qxd5 Rd8
{It is important to pin the white knight.} (29... Bxa3 $2 30. Nb5 Qe7 31. Nxa3
Qxa3 32. Qxc4 $16) 30. Qb5 Bxa3 $11) 26... dxc3 27. Qxc3 Rc8 28. Qd4 {
Optically, White has the better structure but in fact his e4-pawn is just as
vulnerable as the d6-pawn. Defending it with f2-f3 would create weaknesses on
the dark squares so all in all the position remains balanced.} Bd5 $5 {An
amusing way to anticipate a possible attack along the a2-g8 diagonal..} (28...
Bb7 29. Bd3 Nd7 30. Rc1 Nc5 $11) 29. Bb1 (29. Rc1 $5 Be6 $1 (29... Bxa2 $6 30.
Qa1 Be6 31. e5 dxe5 32. Bh7+ $14) 30. Bb3 Qd7 $11) 29... Be6 {If White does
not create mating threats along the b1-h7 diagonal the bishop risks becoming a
sourece of worries.} 30. Qe3 Rb8 (30... d5 $5 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. e5 Ne4 33. Rc1
Qb8 34. Nd4 {The perfect blockade on d4 is compensated for by the queenside
weaknesses.} Qb2 $132 (34... Qxe5 35. f3 Qg5 36. Qxg5 Nxg5 37. Rc5 Ra8 38. Kf2
$44)) 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Rc1 Qb6 {The game lasts for a few more moves but neither
of the players managed to find a constructive plan to improve his position.}
33. Qd2 Re8 34. Re1 a4 35. Bc2 Qb7 36. Qd3 Qc7 37. Qd2 Qb7 38. Qd3 Qc7 39. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nc3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Nd5 Kd7 17. f4 Kc6 18. c4 Re8 19. Kg2 Kb7 20. Rfe1 Rg8
21. Bh4 Nf5 22. Bg3 Be7 23. Ne3 g6 24. b3 Kc8 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Red1 Rd4 27. Nc2
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 c6 29. Kf3 Re8 30. Ke4 Ng7 31. Kf3 Nf5 32. Ke4 Ng7 33. Kf3 Rd8
34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Ne3 Kd7 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. f3 Bd8 38. Be1 Be7 39. Bf2 Bd8 40.
Be1 Be7 41. Bf2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lin, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "263"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Qc2 Ra8 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Rac1 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. a4 a5 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. h3 Bd6 20. Be1 Bc7 21. Qc2 Qe7
22. Nf4 g5 23. Nd3 Ne4 24. b4 axb4 25. Nxb4 Ndf6 26. a5 Bxa5 27. Nxd5 exd5 28.
Bxa5 dxc4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxc4 g4 31. hxg4 Qg5 32. Bc7 Rbc8 33. Bf4 Qxg4 34.
Kg2 Ng5 35. Bxg5 Qxg5 36. d5 Qf5 37. d6 Re6 38. Rd4 Rh6 39. g4 Qe6 40. Qxe6
Rxe6 41. Rb1 Rd8 42. Rxb7 Rexd6 43. Rc4 Rf6 44. Kg3 Rd1 45. Rb2 g6 46. Rbc2
Rdd6 47. f4 Rd3 48. Re4 Rfd6 49. Kf3 Rd2 50. Rc3 R2d3 51. Rcc4 Kf8 52. Re5 R3d5
53. Rxc6 Rxe5 54. Rxd6 Ra5 55. Rd3 Ra1 56. Rd8+ Ke7 57. Rg8 Rf1+ 58. Kg2 Re1
59. Kf2 Ra1 60. Rb8 Ke6 61. Rh8 Ke7 62. Rg8 Kd7 63. Rf8 Ke7 64. Rh8 Rb1 65. Ra8
Rc1 66. g5 Rb1 67. e4 Rb3 68. Kg2 Re3 69. Ra4 Rb3 70. Kf2 Rc3 71. Ra6 Rb3 72.
Rf6 Kf8 73. Ke2 Kg7 74. Rd6 Ra3 75. Rd3 Ra1 76. Ke3 Re1+ 77. Kd4 Rf1 78. Ke5
Rg1 79. Kd6 Rf1 80. Ke5 Rg1 81. Rd4 Rf1 82. Rd7 Rg1 83. Rb7 Rd1 84. Rb4 Rf1 85.
Rd4 Rf2 86. Rd1 Rg2 87. Rd6 Rg1 88. Rf6 Rd1 89. Rb6 Rg1 90. Rb7 Rf1 91. Rb4 Rd1
92. Rd4 Rf1 93. Rd2 Rg1 94. Rf2 Rd1 95. Rc2 Rf1 96. Rd2 Rg1 97. Kd4 Rf1 98. Ke3
Re1+ 99. Re2 Rf1 100. e5 Ra1 101. Rd2 Ra7 102. Ke4 Ra4+ 103. Rd4 Ra7 104. Kd5
Ra1 105. Kd6 Kf8 106. Kd7 Ra7+ 107. Kd8 Ra8+ 108. Kc7 Ra7+ 109. Kc6 Ra1 110.
Rd8+ Kg7 111. Rd7 Kf8 112. Rd6 Kg7 113. Kd7 Ra4 114. Rf6 Ra7+ 115. Kd6 Ra6+
116. Kc5 Ra5+ 117. Kb4 Ra1 118. Rd6 Rf1 119. Rd4 Kf8 120. Kc5 Ra1 121. Rd8+ Kg7
122. e6 fxe6 123. Kd6 Rd1+ 124. Ke7 Rf1 125. Rd4 Re1 126. Rd7 Re4 127. Ke8+ Kg8
128. Rf7 e5 129. Rf8+ Kg7 130. Rf7+ Kg8 131. Rf8+ Kg7 132. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Yu,Yangyi"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the final round Vladimir Kramnik and I shared second and third place
with 6.0/8 each. Magnus Carlsen was leading the tournament with half a point
ahead of us. When I saw that Carlsen would play with White against Kramnik in
the final round, I felt that their game would very likely end in a draw.  I
had to play with White against Wesley So in the final round. If memory serves
me right, I think our past encounters have always ended in draws. Wesley is
widely viewed as an excellent and solid player. Thus, I knew that if I wanted
to play for a win, I would have to choose an unusual and risky opening to
avoid running into lengthy preparation. As a first step I decided to open with
1.d4 instead of my usual 1.e4.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3
cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 {Up to this point all moves are common opening
theory, although neither of us seems to have played this position before. With
my next move, which is played rather rarely in this position, I hoped to take
him out of his book.} 8. Nc2 $5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qc7 (9... dxc4 10. Ba3 Re8 11.
Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ne3 $14) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nb4 Nxb4 {I think Black should have
taken on c3, which leads to an equal position.} (11... Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qf6 13.
Bxd5 (13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bxd5 Rd8) 13... exd5 14. Nxd5 Qd8 15. Bf4 (
15. Bb4 Re8 16. Ne7+ Kh8 $11) 15... Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Bxd2 Na6 $11) 12.
cxb4 Rd8 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. O-O (14. Be3 $5 e5 (14... Nd4 15. Bxd4 Rxd4 16. e3)
15. O-O Be6 16. Qb2 Bd5) 14... Nd4 15. Qb2 e5 (15... Qc4 16. e3 Ne2+ 17. Kh1
Bd7 18. Qb3 Bb5 $11) 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rfd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Qe6 21. Rc7 b6 {Here I spent a lot of time assessing the position and
calculating lines. I felt that 22.Bxd4 would be good for White but that the
resulting endgame would be too difficult to win and after some (mis-)
calculation came to the conclusion that 22.a4 is stronger. Later I realised
that things are actually far from clear.} 22. a4 $6 (22. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4
exd4 24. Qc2 $14) 22... Nf5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bf2 (24. Bg1 $5 h5 (24... e4 25.
Qc2 exf3+ 26. exf3 h5 $11) 25. Qc2 $1 (25. Rxa7 e4 26. Qc2 exf3+ 27. exf3 g5 $1
)) 24... e4 {When calculating 22.a4 I had overlooked that White after 25.Rxa7
e3 26.Be1 Qc4 would have the crushing 27.a5!} {As I did not see 27.a5, I went
for the moderate} 25. Qc2 ({However, later, when using the engine, I
discovered that after} 25. Rxa7 {Black can still maintain the tension with} h5
(25... e3 26. Be1 Qc4 27. a5 $1 b5 28. Kf1 Nd4 29. Re7 Nxf3 30. Qc3 $16) 26.
Rc7 exf3+ 27. exf3 h4 $13) 25... e3 (25... exf3+ 26. exf3 Ne3+ 27. Bxe3 Qxe3
28. Rd7 Re8 $1 $11) 26. Be1 h5 $1 {Here I had little time left and from a
purely objective point of view I should have kept the position more or less
balanced with 27.a5 instead of going for complications.} 27. Rxa7 $6 (27. a5 $1
h4 (27... bxa5 28. bxa5 a6 29. Rc5 $14) (27... Nd4 28. Qd3 Qe8 29. Qa6 $16) 28.
gxh4 (28. g4 h3+ $13) 28... Nd4 29. Qd3 Qe8 (29... Qa2 30. Qxe3 $16) 30. Qe4
Nxe2 31. Rxa7 bxa5 32. bxa5 (32. Qxe8+ Rxe8) 32... Qxe4 33. fxe4 Rd1 $11) 27...
Nd4 28. Qe4 Qc4 29. Qxe3 $2 ({Here I should have played} 29. Qd3 {to go for a
draw.} Qc1 (29... Qxd3 30. exd3 Rc8 31. Re7 Rc2+ 32. Kf1 Nxf3 33. Rxe3 Nxh2+
34. Kg1 g5 $11) 30. Bc3 Nc6 31. Rd7 Rxd7 32. Qxd7 Qxc3 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7
Qe5 35. Qb7 $11) 29... Nc2 30. Qe7 Nxe1+ 31. Kf2 Qd4+ $2 {I think Black played
this move too fast.} ({If he had spent a bit more time he might have found} 
31... Rd1 $1 {which probably wins:} 32. Qe8+ (32. Rd7 Rxd7 33. Qxd7 Nc2 34. a5
bxa5 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. bxa5 Qc5+ 37. e3 Qc3 $19) 32... Kh7 33. Qe4+ Qxe4 34.
fxe4 Nc2 35. Rxf7 Ra1 (35... Nxb4 36. Rf5) 36. a5 bxa5 37. bxa5 Nd4 $17) 32.
Kf1 Nc2 $2 ({I believe Black by now had realised that 31...Qd4 was a mistake.
Probably still in a state of psychological shock he did not find the drawing
move} 32... Rf8 $1 33. Kxe1 Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Qd4+ 35. Kc2 Qc4+ $11) 33. Qxf7+ Kh8
34. Qxh5+ Kg8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Kg2 $1 {Because we
had only three more moves to play before the first time control and the
position still offered good prospects, I decided to avoid the three-fold
repetition to continue fighting.} Ne3+ 39. Kh3 Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Re7 Rf8 42.
a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 Nd5 44. Qe5 Qxe5 45. Rxe5 Nb4 46. Re4 (46. Rb5 Nc2) (46. Rc5
Ra8 47. Kg2 Ra6 48. Rb5 Nc2 49. Kf2 Nd4 50. Rb4 Nf5 51. e4 Ne7 52. Rb5 Ra7 $16)
46... Nd5 (46... Nc6 47. a6 Ra8 48. Ra4 Ra7 49. e4 Nb8 50. Rb4 Nxa6 51. Ra4 Ra8
52. Kg4 Nc7 53. Rxa8+ Nxa8 54. f4 $16) 47. Rc4 Rf6 48. Rc5 Rf5 49. Rc8+ Kf7 50.
a6 Ne3 51. g4 Ra5 52. Rc7+ Kf6 53. Rc6+ $6 ({Here I missed a direct tactical
win:} 53. a7 $1 Nd5 54. g5+ $1 Kxg5 (54... Kg6 55. Rc5 Nf4+ 56. Kg4 $18) 55.
Rc5 Rxc5 56. a8=Q Nf4+ 57. Kg3 Nxe2+ 58. Kf2 Nf4 59. Qd8+ Kh5 60. Qd7 $1 Rc2+
61. Ke3 Ng2+ 62. Kd3 Ne1+ 63. Ke4 Kg6 64. Qf5+ Kh6 65. Qh3+ Kg6 66. Qg3+ Kh7
67. Qxe1 Rxh2 68. f4 Rh6 69. f5 Rf6 70. Qh4+ Rh6 71. Qg5 $18) 53... Kf7 54. Kg3
g5 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Nd5 57. e4 $2 {To be honest, I overestimated White's
advantage. After this careless move the position is again unclear.} (57. g5 $1
$18 {would have been much stronger.}) 57... Ne7 58. Rb6 Ng6+ 59. Kg3 Ra3 60. g5
Ne5 61. Rf6+ Ke7 (61... Kg7 $1 {is probably better.}) 62. Kg2 Nd3 63. Rh6 $2 ({
I didn't see} 63. f4 $1 Nc5 64. f5 Nxa6 (64... Rxa6 65. Rxa6 Nxa6 66. Kf3 $18)
65. Re6+ Kf8 66. Rc6 Nb4 67. Rc8+ Kg7 68. Rc7+ Kg8 69. g6 Nd3 70. Kf3 $18)
63... Ra5 64. a7 (64. Kh3 Rxg5 65. Rh8 Ne5 66. Re8+ Kxe8 67. a7 Nxf3 68. a8=Q+
Kf7 $11) 64... Rxg5+ 65. Kf1 Rg8 66. Ke2 {After the pendulum has swung back
and forth throughout the game, Black now makes the crucial mistake.} Ne5 $2 ({
Instead} 66... Nf4+ $1 {would have secured the draw.} 67. Ke3 Ne6 $11 68. e5
Kd7 $11) 67. f4 Nd7 68. Ra6 Ra8 69. Ke3 Nc5 (69... Kd8 70. Kd4 Kc7 71. e5 Kb7
72. Ra1 $18) 70. Ra1 $18 Nb7 (70... Ne6 71. e5 Nc7 (71... Nd8 72. Ra6 Kd7 73.
f5 Nc6 74. e6+ Kc7 75. f6 $18) 72. Ke4 Nb5 73. Ra5 Nxa7 74. f5 $18) 71. e5 Nd8
72. Ra6 Kd7 73. f5 Nc6 74. e6+ {Basically White can always sacrifice his rook
for Black's knight. Black's rook and the king on c6 cannot stop White's
connected e- and f-pawns.} Kc7 (74... Kd6 75. f6 Rxa7 76. Rxc6+ Kxc6 77. f7 $18
) 75. f6 $18 Nb4 (75... Kb7 76. Rxc6 Kxc6) 76. f7 Kb7 77. Rd6 {Finally after
five hours and lots of ups and downs, I brought home the full point. This
victory gave me the opportunity to play a tie-break against Magnus Carlsen.}
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 e5 8. Nd5 Nce7
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. e4 Nge7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bd2 h6 14. Nb5 Be6 15. Nec3
b6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Na7 18. Nc3 f5 19. h4 f4 20. Bh3 b5 21. Ne2 f3 22. Nc1
h5 23. Nb3 a4 24. Na1 b4 25. axb4 cxb4 26. Qxa4 Nac6 27. Qd1 Nd4 28. Nc2 Nxc2
29. Qxc2 Rb8 30. Rfc1 Rb7 31. Qb3 Kh8 32. Rc4 Ng8 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qxb4 Bf6
35. Rc1 Qe7 36. Qb6 Bxh4 37. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 ({Curiously, the game will soon transpose to the
following Giuoco Pianissimo line:} 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7.
Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2) 3... Nf6 4. d3
Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 {This has become a main trend lately.} 8. Re1
{White plays in Pianissimo style, refriaining from the early occupation of the
centre.} (8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 (9. Nbd2 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 {Kosintseva,T (2496)-Zhao,X
(2552) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 [ChessBase Website] (1/2-1/2, 75)}) (9. Bd3
d5 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Kramnik,V (2783) Shamkir 2015 CBM 166 [Pavlovic,M] (1-0,
49)}) 9... d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 {Svidler,P (2769)-Karjakin,S (2767)
Stavanger 2013 CBM 155 [Szabo,Kr] (1-0, 57)}) 8... a6 9. Ba4 Ba7 10. d4 {
Of course, it would not make sense delaying this advance forever.} Ng6 11. Bc2
Re8 12. Nbd2 c5 $5 $146 {Transposing to some sort of Chigorin Ruy Lopez
structure, with a different layout of the minor pieces. The queen's knight
surely stands better on g6 than on a5, but things are not entirely clear with
the dark-squared bishop. It can either have a killing force on the g1-a7
diagonal or remain completely out of play, depending on the circumstances.} (
12... Bd7 13. Nf1 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxd7 (15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nd2 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (22) Andriasian,Z (2610)-Michalik,P (2577) Groningen 2013}) 15... Qxd7
{1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2684)-Georgiev,K (2654) Valjevo 2011. Due to his bishop
pair, White could have tried fighting for a long term advantage.} 16. Be3 c6
17. f3 Nd6 18. b3 Nf5 19. Bf2 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qd2 Bb8 22. Re1) (12... b5
13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ng3 h6 {transposes to another Italian setup, with an early
defining of the queen's bishop. For instance:} 15. a4 Bb6 16. Bd2 c5 17. d5 Rb8
18. Qc1 Bc8 19. Nh2 c4 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nhf1 Bd7 {Atabayev,Y (2428)-Grischuk,
A (2771) Baku 2015 (1/2-1/2, 46)}) (12... Nh5 13. Nxe5 $2 (13. Nf1 $14 {
[%cal Gc1e3,Gd1d2]}) 13... Rxe5 14. Nc4 (14. dxe5 Qh4) 14... Rg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5
$19 {Shyam,S (2485)-Maze,S (2582) Sitges 2015 (0-1, 38)}) 13. d5 {Karpov,A 
(2705)-Unzicker,W (2535) Milan 1975 (4) 1-0 As usual in these structures,
White has the choice between three possibilites in principle: maintaining the
tension, exchanging on e5 or blocking the centre. With the bishop on the c8-h3
diagonal still, Hou Yifan's choice is not the most principled. If we compare
with Atabayev-Grischuk above, Black will have two extra tempi! But it is also
worth mentioning that Anatoly Karpov had a similar inclination towards
blocking the centre even when this would not cause Black immediate problems
with one of his queenside minor pieces. See for instance} (13. Nf1 $2 {leaves
White hanging after} cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 d5 {[%csl Gd4]}) ({The
strongest move is} 13. dxe5 $1 {Fischer,R-Unzicker,W Zuerich 1959 (8) 1-0 in
the spirit of the young Fischer (later he learned how to maintain the tension).
Compare with} dxe5 14. Nc4 {[%csl Gd5,Gd6]} Qc7 (14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 b5 16. Nd6
Rd8 17. Be3 Ne8 18. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rxc8 20. a4 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Gc2]}) 15.
Qd6 Bb8 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Ne3 b5 18. a4 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5][%cal Ga1a8]}) 13...
b5 14. b3 {Taking measures against the bishop's activation with ...c5-c4, but
as we will see this will be a temporary solution only.} Bd7 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ne3
$5 {Karpov,A (2645)-Gligoric,S (2595) Leningrad Interzonal 1973 (13) 1-0 The
knight is keeping an eye on both wings. This is not a typical regrouping in
the blocked Spanish, but I remember another example from Karpov's collection:}
({White cannot take advantage of the relative vulnerability of the f6-knight:} 
16. Bg5 Nh5 17. Nxe5 $2 Rxe5 18. Qxh5 h6 $19) ({The standard regrouping is} 16.
Ng3 {but here it does not look too effective.} h6 17. c4 (17. Be3 c4 18. b4 a5
19. a3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Ra6 $36) 17... Bb6 {[%cal Gb6a5] White has to either
exchange the dark-squared bishops, depriving herself of an important kingside
attacking piece, or else alow the enemy bishop's infiltration to c3-d4.}) 16...
Bb6 17. a4 Nf4 18. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4]} c4 $1 {Black needs to make use of his
slight advance in development (a direct consequence of having saved on the
regrouping ...Bb7-c8-d7) to get some queenside play before White's kingside
attack becomes too strong.} 19. bxc4 (19. b4 a5 $36) 19... Ba5 $1 (19... bxc4
20. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3d2] would force Black to exchange on e3 in order to save the
c4-pawn.}) 20. Bd2 bxc4 {This capture is safe now that the d2-square is not
available anymore.} 21. Nhg4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Rab8 23. Ra3 $5 {A confusing (at
least for the opponent) prophylactic move. White does not achieve much by
starting active kingside operations:} (23. g3 Nd3 24. Rf1 Nc5 25. Kg2 (25. Nxc4
$2 Nxe4 $1) 25... Nb3 $132) (23. Qf3 Rb2 (23... Nd3 24. Reb1 Nc5 $6 25. Nxc4 {
and now} Nxe4 $2 {does not work any more due to} 26. Qxe4) 24. g3 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Gg1g2,Ge1h1,Gg4g5,Gf3h5]} Nd3 25. Reb1 Reb8 26. Rxb2 Rxb2 27. g5 {
White seems on her way to starting the attack along the h-file, but Black can
cross her intentions with the following possible variation resulting in a draw.
} Bb6 28. Nxc4 Qxc4 29. Bxd3 Qc8 30. Be3 Bg4 31. Bxa6 Qd7 32. Bb5 Rxb5 33. axb5
Bxf3 34. Ra8+ Qd8 (34... Bd8 35. Bb6 Kf8 36. Rxd8+ Ke7 $11) 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36.
b6 Bxe4 37. b7 Bc7 38. Ba7 Bxd5 39. b8=Q+ Bxb8 40. Bxb8 $11) ({The last move
acted as some sort of magnet in So's planning, but objectively} 23. Ra2 {
might have been a bit more accurate.}) 23... Qc5 $6 {So doesn't find the right
plan, wasting a tempo for nothing.} (23... Bb6 $1 24. Ra2 (24. Qf3 Bxe3 25.
Bxe3 Rb2 $36) 24... Qc8 25. g3 (25. g5 $2 Bd8) (25. Nf5 g6 {White does not
have any way to justify a knight sacrifice on f5 while after} 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27.
g5 Bd8 {the g5-pawn is doomed.}) 25... Nd3 26. Rf1 Bxe3 27. Bxe3 Bxg4) 24. Ra2
Rb7 {This slow plan will soon lead to troubles.} ({The same plan as above is
by one move too slow now:} 24... Bb6 25. Qf3 Qc8 26. Nf5 {Moreover, after the
uninspired ...Qc5, Black does not have ...Nd3-c5 any more.}) 25. g3 Nd3 26. Rf1
Reb8 27. Qe2 Rb2 28. Rxb2 Nxb2 29. Rb1 ({White could have started a promising
kingside attack already:} 29. g5 g6 (29... Nxa4 30. Qh5 Nxc3 31. Kg2 $18) 30.
Kg2 Nxa4 31. Bxa4 Bxa4 32. Ng4 (32. Ra1 Bd7 33. Qxc4) 32... Bd8 33. Ra1 (33.
Nf6+ Bxf6 34. gxf6 Bc2) 33... Bb5 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. gxf6 Qc8 36. Qe3 Qd8 37.
Qg5 $40 {Polgar,J (2728)-Sokolov,I (2685) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2005 (12) 1-0
Without generalising, I cannot help remarking that in this game Hou Yifan
clearly missed the killer instinct of Judit Polgar. See for example:}) 29...
Bc7 (29... g6 $2 30. Nd1 $18) 30. Ra1 (30. g5 $1 Nxa4 31. Ra1 Nb6 32. Qh5 $40)
30... g6 31. Kg2 {But now, combining the plans on the opposite wings will
result in a loss of a tempo, making Black's position bearable.} (31. Bc1 $5 {
[%csl Gb2]} Qa7 (31... Bd8 $2 32. Rb1) (31... Qa5 32. Qd2 Bb6 33. Nf5 $1 gxf5
34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qf6 $18 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gc1h6,Gc1b2]}) 32. Ra2 Nd3 33. Ba3
$16) 31... Bd8 32. Bc1 {Even now this is strong.} Qc8 33. Ra2 Nd3 34. Ba3 (34.
Bxd3 cxd3 35. Qxd3 Bg5 36. f3 Rb3 37. Bd2 Bxe3 38. Qxe3 Qc4 $36) 34... Bb6 (
34... Be7 $5 $14 {[%csl Gd6]}) 35. Nxc4 Ne1+ $1 (35... Qxc4 36. Bxd3 Qxc3 37.
Bxd6 $18) 36. Qxe1 Qxc4 37. Rb2 Qc7 (37... Bc7 {is a more accurate way of
getting the same kind of fortress as in the game.} 38. Rxb8+ Bxb8 39. Qb1 Bc7
$14) 38. Bd1 (38. g5 $1 {would have prevented Black from setting up his
fortress later.}) 38... Rc8 39. Qe2 a5 40. Qa6 (40. Qf3 $5 {would have still
offered some chances to keep Black under pressure on both wings.}) 40... Rb8
41. Qd3 f6 42. Qc2 Ba7 43. Rxb8+ Qxb8 44. Qb3 Qc7 45. Be2 g5 $11 {Black has
managed to block the position completely, making White's extra pawn irrelevant.
} 46. Kf1 Kf7 47. f3 Ke7 48. Bd3 Qb6 49. Qxb6 Bxb6 50. Bb5 Bc8 51. Ke2 Bc5 52.
Bc1 Kd8 53. Bd2 Kc7 54. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 b5 15.
a4 a6 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 e5 18. Bg5 b4 19. d6 bxc3 20. Qxc3 h6 21. Be3 e4 22.
Qa3 Re8 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rd6 Re6 26. Rad1 Ne5 27. Bh3 Rxd6 28.
Rxd6 Rb8 29. Kg2 c3 30. bxc3 Nc4 31. Rxa6 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Nd5 33. a5 f5 34. c4
Nxe3+ 35. Kf2 Nxc4 36. Bxf5 Rf8 37. g4 Nxa5 38. Rxa5 g6 39. Re5 gxf5 40. gxf5
Ra8 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Rxe4 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ra6 44. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 c5 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Ndc4 Be7 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8
15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Bb1 b5 17. Nd2 a6 18. Rfd1 Ncd7 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21.
Be4 Nf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Nf3 Qe6 25. h3 Rc8 26. Qd2 h6 27. Rc1
Rc6 28. Kf1 Qc8 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Ne1 Bc3 31. Qc2 Qf6 32. Nd3 d4 33. Nf4 Qd6
34. Ne2 Qf6 35. Kg1 g6 36. Nxd4 Bxd4 37. exd4 Qxd4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qxa6 Qa1+
40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Qxe7
Nxe7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Rfb1 Rab8 17. a4 b6 18. a5 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. f3 Kf8
21. Kf2 Ke7 22. Be2 f6 23. e4 b5 24. Ke3 Bd7 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 c5 27. dxc5
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rc8 29. Bb5 Rxc5 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Rb8 Rxa5 32. Rb7+ Kd6 33. Rxg7
Rg5 34. Rxa7 Rxg2 35. Rf7 f5 36. exf5 Rxh2 37. Kf4 Rh4+ 38. Kg3 Rh5 39. Kg4
Rg5+ 40. Kf4 Rxf5+ 41. Rxf5 exf5 42. Kxf5 h5 43. Kg5 Ke6 44. f4 h4 45. Kxh4 Kf5
46. Kh5 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 {Another recent
example from a similar type of play used by the World Champion:} (6... h6 7. a4
a5 $5 {not an usual reaction} 8. Na3 $5 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Be3 $1
Be6 12. Bb5 $1 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Ne3 Nc8 17. Nf5
Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. N3xd4 Re5 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Qc2 c6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Ndf5 $14
{1-0 (66) Carlsen,M (2844)-Adams,M (2744) Wijk aan Zee NED 2016}) 7. Re1 {
A similar move order but the idea is the same as was also seen just recently:}
(7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Qd7 13. Nbd2
Qf7 14. g3 Nd7 15. Kg2 (15. b4 $1 {In my opinion this simply had to be played.}
) 15... a5 $1 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. b3 Ne7 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21.
Rb1 Nc6 $132 {0-1 (45) Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2784) Zurich 2016}) 7... Ba7 8.
a4 $5 {As we see this little idea has been enjoying some popularity.} Be6 (8...
O-O 9. Na3 $5 h6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 $1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4
exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 a5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Red1 b6 20. Qc4 Rae8
21. Qb5 {½-½ (38) So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan Zee 2016. With a
tiny plus, nevertheless an interesting strategy.}) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11.
Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. Qa2 c5 15. d4 c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. Nxb3
Nc4 18. Ree1 Qc6 $6 {Imprecise play; a better way was:} (18... Nh5 $5 19. Nbd2
Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Nf4 21. Re3 exd4 22. cxd4 Qe8 23. Qb2 Qg6 24. Ne1 Rf7 $13) 19.
Nc5 $1 {Now the initiative is on the white side.} dxc5 20. Qxc4 exd4 21. cxd4
Nd7 22. a5 Rac8 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. Re6 Qf4 26. Re4 Qd6 27. Rb1 $16
Rb8 28. Re6 Qf4 29. Qe2 c4 $1 {Black finds an interesting way to simplify even
at the cost of a pawn.} 30. Re4 Qf5 31. Qxc4 b5 32. axb6 Nxb6 33. Qe2 Nxd5 34.
Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Qf8 37. Qe6+ Qf7 38. Qxa6 {Pawn up for White,
but he was not able to break down Black's very good defence.} h6 39. Qc8+ Kh7
40. h4 Qg6 41. Qb8 Qe4 42. Qb7 Qf5 43. Qb5 Qe4 44. Nd2 Qe1+ 45. Nf1 Nf6 46.
Qd3+ Kg8 47. g3 Kf7 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Qxe4 Nxe4 50. Ne3 h5 51. Kf3 Nc5 52. Nd5
g6 53. Nf4 Kf6 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. f3 Nd7 56. Nd3 Nf8 57. Nc5 Ke5 58. g4 hxg4 59.
fxg4 Nh7 60. Nd3+ Ke6 61. Kf4 Nf6 62. Kg5 Kf7 63. Nf4 Kg7 64. Ne6+ Kf7 65. Nc5
Kg7 66. Kf4 Nd5+ 67. Ke5 Ne3 68. Kf4 Nd5+ 69. Ke4 Nf6+ 70. Kf3 Nd5 71. Nd3 Kf6
72. Nf2 Ke6 73. Ke4 Nf6+ 74. Kf4 Kf7 75. Ke5 Ke7 76. g5 Nd7+ 77. Kf4 Ke6 78.
Ng4 Nb6 79. Nf6 Nc4 80. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. Re3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Bxd3 cxd4 21. Re2
Qe6 22. Rd2 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Bc5 24. Qd2 Rd5 25. h3 h6 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Qd2 Ba7 28.
Rd1 Bb8 29. Re1 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxd4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxd2 34.
Rxd2 Kf8 35. Kg3 Re6 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. b4 Rc6 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. b3 Ke5 40. f4+ Ke6
41. Rd3 Rc2 42. Rd2 Rc3+ 43. Rd3 Rc1 44. Kf3 Rf1+ 45. Ke3 g5 46. fxg5 hxg5 47.
Kd4 f5 48. Re3+ Kf6 49. Re2 f4 50. Kc5 Ra1 51. Rd2 Ra3 52. Rd6+ Kf5 53. Rd5+
Kg6 54. Rd3 Ra1 55. g4 Kf6 56. Kd4 Rc1 57. Ke4 Re1+ 58. Kd4 Rc1 59. Ke4 Ke6 60.
Kd4 Rc2 61. Ke4 Re2+ 62. Kd4 Kd6 63. Rf3 Re7 64. Rd3 Re8 65. Rf3 Re5 66. Rc3
Re6 67. Rf3 Re8 68. Rd3 Kc6 69. Rf3 Kd6 70. Rd3 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4
Ba7 9. Na3 h6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4 exd4
15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 a5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Red1 b6 20. Qc4 Rae8 21.
Qb5 Qc8 22. b4 Qa8 23. Qd3 c6 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. c4 g6 26. Qc3 Nd7 27. Nc2 Nc5
28. Nd4 R6e7 29. Rd2 h5 30. Qe3 Qa6 31. Nf5 gxf5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34.
Qg5+ Kf8 35. exf5 Qxc4 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. a3 g5 14. Qd1 Rad8
15. Na4 Bc8 16. Nc5 Rfe8 17. Rc3 Ne7 18. Rac1 Nf5 19. Nd2 Re7 20. b4 Kg7 21.
Nf1 Rh8 22. Bh5 c6 23. a4 Rc7 24. Nd2 Re8 25. h3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na4 Bd6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. Rxd4 Be5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nc3 h6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 c5 17. Bd2 d6 18. Bc3 b6 19. Rd3 Bd7 20. Re3 Qf6 21. a4
Re7 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Be4 Qe7 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Bd3 Re8 26. Bc4 Qd4 27. Qc3
Qxc3 28. bxc3 Re4 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. axb5 Rxe2 31. Rxa7 Rb2 32. c4 Rb4 33. Ra8+
Kh7 34. Ra6 Rxc4 35. Rxb6 Rb4 36. Kf1 Rb2 37. Ke1 c4 38. Rxd6 Rxb5 39. Rc6 Rxd5
40. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qxc5 12. b3 Nc6 13. Be3 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5
15. g4 Nf6 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. a4 Kf8 20. h4 Rd3 21. e5
Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. f4 Rad8 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Rhe1 f6 26. exf6 exf6 27. Red1
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Kd7 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 b6 32. Bf2 Ne7 33. a5 b5
34. Nd2 a6 35. Ne4 Nxf5 36. Nc5+ Kc6 37. Nxa6 Bf8 38. h5 Bd6 39. b4 Ng7 40. Bc5
Ne6 41. Be3 Kb7 42. Nc5+ Bxc5 43. bxc5 Ka6 44. Bd2 Nxc5 45. Ke2 Ne6 46. Kf3 f5
47. Be1 Kb7 48. Bd2 Kc7 49. Kg3 Kd6 50. Bb4+ Kd7 51. Kh4 Nc7 52. Kg5 Ke6 53.
Bc3 Na6 54. h6 b4 55. Ba1 b3 56. Bb2 Nb4 57. Ba1 Na6 58. Bb2 Nc5 59. Ba1 Ne4+
60. Kf4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 N8c6 12. Nxc6 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc6 14. Rb1
Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. a3 Nd3 17. Be3 Kc7 18. f4 a5 19. e5 Rd8 20. Bxc6 Kxc6
21. Kf1 Bc5 22. Ke2 Bxe3 23. Kxe3 Nc5 24. Rc1 Rd3+ 25. Ke2 Rd4 26. Ke3 Rd3+ 27.
Ke2 Rd4 28. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 {This early opening of the centre has
become a reliable weapon lately. Black needs to struggle a bit in certain
lines, but nothing really unbearable.} 12. Nb3 (12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 {transposes
}) 12... d3 13. Nxc5 ({Earlier in the tournament So had faced White's
alternative} 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Bd4 {
Practice has proved that the d3-pawn is not easy to "digest". In the game So
even obtained a slightly more pleasant ending.} Rfd8 18. Re3 (18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Qxb3 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qe4 Qc4 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bd6 $11 {Abdumalik,Z
(2379)-Koneru,H (2581) Chengdu 2015 (1/2-1/2, 33)}) 18... Nxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20.
Bxd3 cxd4 $1 {An important intermediate move.} 21. Re2 (21. Bxf5 $2 dxe3 22.
Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Be4 Rdd8 24. Bxa8 $2 e2 $1 25. Nd4 $8 Rxd4 26. Bf3 Rd2 27. Re1
Rxb2 28. g3 Rxb3) 21... Qe6 22. Rd2 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Bc5 24. Qd2 Rd5 25. h3 h6 26.
Qf4 Re8 {Black has regrouped perfectly and even if his position is slightly
marred by the fact that the b-pawn would stand better on b7, he is not at all
worse.} 27. Qd2 Ba7 28. Rd1 Bb8 29. Re1 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32.
Rxd4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Kf8 $15 {Wei,Y (2706)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee
2016 (1/2-1/2, 70), with some symbolic advantage for Black due to the relative
weakness of the doubled pawns.}) 13... dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 {In principle this is the most logical way of eliminating the
c2-pawn, as the other rook may be needed on the a-file for breaking with a2-a4.
} ({Some players think it is better to keep f2 well defended, though, so} 17.
Rac1 {is not pointless, either. In principle there should be no big difference
between these two moves. Here is just an example where White failed to obtain
anything concrete:} Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. c4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc2 Ke7
22. Rfc1 Rd8 23. Kf1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxc4 26. Rd2 e5 27. Ke2 Ke6
28. Ke3 a5 29. b3 {Anand,V (2803)-Mamedyarov,S (2736) Berlin 2015 (1/2-1/2, 29)
}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 {Played at a moment when g7 is not
defended, this is aimed at misplacing the central rook slightly.} (19. Rxc2 O-O
{The e6-pawn does not require the same attention as in the main line. besides,
the pressure against f2 could be important since Black mainly plans ...Bc5.}
20. g3 (20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Bc5 22. Re2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Rd1+ 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25.
Kxe1 Bxe3 26. fxe3 a5 $11 {Bologan,V (2695)-Giri,A (2730) Germany 2013 (1/2-1/
2, 33)}) (20. c4 Bc5 $1 {The typical reaction.} 21. cxb5 Bxe3 22. fxe3 axb5 23.
Rxc7 Rxe3 24. Rd1 h6 25. h3 Rf5 26. Rd2 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T (2385)
-Beckemeier,W (2345) Germany 1990}) (20. Bd4 {fails to transpose below because
the g7-pawn is defended, allowing the active} Rd5 {for instance} 21. Re1 Kf7
22. Rce2 c5 $11 23. Rxe6 $2 Bd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Bxc5 Re8 $1 26. Be3 $8 $15)
20... Bc5 21. Bxc5 (21. Bf4 Ref5 22. Re1 g5 {Sutovsky,E (2587)-Krasenkow,M 
(2647) Shenyang 1999 CBM 073 [Mikhalevski,V] (1/2-1/2, 69)}) 21... Rxc5 22. Rd2
Rd5 $6 {This unexpectedly causes Black some problems despite repairing his
structure.} (22... Rff5 23. a4 a5 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Ra2 Rfd5) 23. Rxd5 exd5 24.
a4 Rd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kf1 $14 {[%cal Gf1d3,Gd3d4,Ga1a7]} d4 $6 27. Rd1 d3
28. b4 $16 {Grigoryan,A (2580)-Petrosian,T (2604) Yerevan 2011 (1/2-1/2, 42)})
19... Rg5 ({8 years ago I suggested} 19... Re2 {to Jan Willem de Jong, with
the idea of provoking the exchange of one rook, after which Black's weaknesses
are much easier to defend. Shortly after he played it in the Dutch KO
championship, reaching a draw and qualifying for the next round.} 20. Kf1 ({
The point is that} 20. Bxg7 $2 {runs into troubles:} Rg8 21. Kf1 Rd2 22. Bd4
Bg5 $1 23. h4 Bh6 $17 {with a very passive position for White. One of Black's
main plans is transferring the g8-rook to the g-file and driving the enemy
bishop away with the help of either the e- or the c-pawn.}) 20... Rd2 21. Be3
Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 23. Rxd1 Rf8 24. Ke2 Rf5 25. Rd4 h5 26. h3 Bf6 27. Re4
Kd7 28. f4 Rd5 $11 {Pruijssers,R (2408)-De Jong,J (2445) Hilversum 2008 (½-½,
82)}) 20. Rxc2 Kf7 ({With the rook on g5,} 20... O-O $6 {does not work
properly:} 21. Re2 Kf7 22. Rae1 c5 23. Rxe6 $1 $16 {and Black misses the
bishop's support for ...Bd6.}) 21. Be3 Rh5 $146 {A somewhat mysterious novelty.
For the previously played moves, see the comments to Carlsen,M (2844)-Ding
Liren (2766) Wijk aan Zee NED 2016 [Marin] (1/2-1/2, 99)} 22. a4 $6 {White's
desire to develop his a1-rook is understandable, but the last move helps Black
getting rid of the potentially weak a6-pazn.} (22. c4 {looks harder to meet.}
Bd6 {I imagine that this was the idea behind the novelty: Black gains a tempo
by attacking h2. But this does not seem to be enough to level the chances
completely.} ({The method used in the aforementioned Carlsen-Ding game} 22...
b4 {does not work out so well here:} 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Rd2 {
The main problem is that after} Bg5 {Black does not have enough pressure on e3
(as happened there with the rook on e5) thus losing a pawn after} 26. Rd7+ $16)
23. h3 (23. g3 $5 {prevents ...Rh4 but in the long run White may wish to avoid
having his pawns on dark squares.}) 23... Rh4 (23... Rb8 24. b3 $14) 24. Rac1
Rxc4 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rb8 27. b3 Rb5 28. Kf1 Ra5 29. Rc2 $14 {Black does
not seem to be in big danger yet, but with so many pawn islands he will most
likely suffer for a long time.}) 22... Rd8 23. axb5 axb5 24. g3 Bc5 $11 {
Black has solved all his problems. His only weakness (e6) is easy to defend.}
25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Re2 Ke7 27. Kg2 Rcd5 28. Ra7 R8d7 29. h4 h6 30. Kf3 Rf5+ 31.
Kg2 Rfd5 32. Kf3 Rf5+ 33. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Supersite Launch"]
[Site "Chess Supersite INT"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.03.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Qd6 11. O-O-O h6 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Rhe1 c5 14.
Qa3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 O-O-O 19. Rb4 b6 20.
a4 Kc7 21. Re3 Rc8 22. a5 b5 23. Rd4 Rhd8 24. Rc3+ Kb8 25. Rcd3 Kc7 26. Rc3+
Kb8 27. Rcd3 Kc7 28. Kd2 Be8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Kc3 Kc7 32. Kb4
Bc6 33. Bd3 a6 34. c4 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Bxg2 36. Bxa6 Kd6 37. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Chess Supersite Launch"]
[Site "Chess Supersite INT"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.03.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 Bd7 7. Bd2 Qc8 8. a3
Bh3 9. Bxh3 Qxh3 10. b4 Nf6 11. bxc5 Ng4 12. Ne4 h6 13. Be1 Nce5 14. Ned2 h5
15. d4 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 h4 17. Qd3 hxg3 18. fxg3 Nxh2 0-1

[Event "Chess Supersite Launch"]
[Site "Chess Supersite INT"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.03.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. e5 Nh7 14. h4 Qa5
15. Rh3 Bc5 16. Qd2 Ra7 17. Bd3 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Rf3 Ng4 20. Bg3 Rb7 21.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Qf4 Nf6 23. Qa4 Qb6 24. Qb3 Qc5 25. Qa4 Rb4 26. Qa3 Qb6 27. Ne2
c5 28. c3 Rg4 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bc2 Rd4 31. Qc3 Nd5 32. Qf3 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Nb4
34. Bc2 Nxa2+ 35. Kb1 Nb4 36. Bg6 Qb7 37. Be4 Qd7 38. Nc3 Nd3 39. Qg4 Qf7 40.
Qe2 Bb7 41. Bxb7 Qxb7 42. Qxe6+ Kh8 43. Qe2 Qxg2 44. Nd1 Qh1 45. Kc2 Nb4+ 46.
Kc1 Nd3+ 47. Kc2 Qc6 48. Nc3 Qb7 49. Kb1 Be7 50. h5 Qd7 51. Qe4 Nb4 52. Qxc4
Qf5+ 53. Qe4 Qxh5 54. Be5 Qg5 55. Ne2 Bf6 56. f4 Qh5 57. Bxf6 gxf6 58. Kc1 Qf7
59. f5 Kh7 60. Nf4 Qd7 61. Nh5 Qf7 62. Nf4 h5 63. Qe2 c4 64. Qxh5+ Qxh5 65.
Nxh5 Nd5 66. Kd2 Kh6 67. Nxf6 Nxf6 68. Kc3 Kg5 69. Kxc4 Kxf5 70. Kb4 Nd7 71.
Ka5 Nb8 72. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Supersite Launch"]
[Site "Chess Supersite INT"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.03.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Rc4 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Rc6 15.
Nf1 Rc8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Bd8 19. Re2 b6 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Nd5 Nc4
22. b3 Nxe3 23. Ndxe3 a5 24. Ng3 g6 25. c4 Qb4 26. Ra4 Qb6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
exd5 R6c7 29. Rea2 Rb7 30. R4a3 Kg7 31. Qa1 Qc5 32. Ne2 Rcb8 33. Nc1 Kh7 34.
Nd3 Qc8 35. Bd1 Qf5 36. Qc3 e4 37. Nc1 Bb6 38. Qg3 e3 39. fxe3 Ne4 40. Qf3 Qxf3
41. Bxf3 Bxe3+ 42. Kh2 Bf4+ 43. Kg1 Bxc1 44. Bxe4 Bxa3 45. Rxa3 Rxb3 46. Rxa5
Rc3 47. Ra6 Rxc4 48. Bf3 Rd8 49. Kf2 h5 50. Kg3 h4+ 51. Kf2 Kh6 52. Ke3 Kg5 53.
Kd3 Rc7 54. Ra4 f5 55. Ke3 Re8+ 56. Kd2 Rb7 57. Ra6 Rd8 58. Ke3 Rb3+ 59. Kf2
Kf6 60. Ra4 g5 61. Ra7 Rc8 62. Rh7 Rc2+ 63. Kg1 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {The solid Breyer system is one of Gata's main weapons against 1.
e4, so it couldn't come as a real surprise for Wesley.} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2
Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 {The main idea behind this move
is provoking h7-h6, which exposes the kingside structure.} ({The most popular
continuations here are} 15. b3) ({and} 15. a4) 15... h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. a4 c6
$6 {Finally Gata deviates from the main theoretical paths, but this passive
move is a serious concession.} ({Instead, he should have chosen between} 17...
c5 18. d5 c4 19. b4 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Nc5 21. c4 Qd7 22. cxb5 ({Possibly,} 22. a5
$5 {can pose Black more problems.}) 22... axb5 23. a5 Reb8 24. Bc2 Bc8 25. Rb1
Qd8 $132 {1/2 Vachier Lagrave,M (2773)-Adams,M (2737) London ENG 2015}) ({and} 
17... Nb6 18. b3 bxa4 19. bxa4 a5 20. Bd3 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Qb3 Qa8 $132 {
1-0 Ni Hua (2691)-Wagner,D (2583) Karlsruhe GER 2016}) 18. axb5 $146 {A
novelty. Opening up the a-file was connected with a concrete idea.} (18. b4 $5
{also deserved serious attention:} Nb6 19. Qc1 Kh7 20. Bb3 Qe7 21. Qc2 $14) ({
Or} 18. b3 Qc7 19. Qc1 Kh7 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. c4 $14 {Duda,J (2603)
-Inarkiev,E (2680) Wroclaw POL 2014, with a serious space advantage in both
cases.}) 18... axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nh4 $5 {An aggressive idea, which was
fully justified in the game!} ({Honestly speaking, a stronger move was} 20. Be3
{and now if} c5 (20... exd4 21. cxd4 c5 22. d5 $14) 21. d5 c4 22. Qd2 h5 23.
Nh4 $36 {, then the same idea as in the game would work effectively.}) 20...
Qd8 $6 {Perhaps, Gata had underestimated White's attacking resources, so he
immediately accepted the challenge!} ({At the same time, the correct} 20...
exd4 $1 21. cxd4 c5 22. d5 Qd8 $1 {would maintain the balance, since now the
same sac is less effective:} 23. Nhf5 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Ne5 25. Nxh6+ Bxh6 26. Bxh6
Nh7 $132) 21. Qc1 $1 {The last preparations...} Kh7 $2 {It's hard to believe,
but this natural move is a decisive mistake!} ({He had to play} 21... Nh7 $1
22. Nf3 (22. Nhf5 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Re6 24. Bxh6 Bxh6 25. Nxh6+ Kf8 26. Nf5 $44 {
offers White sufficient compensation, but not more.}) 22... h5 23. Bh6 Bf6 $14
{White's positional advantage is obvious, but a complex struggle lies ahead.})
22. Nhf5 $1 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Re6 ({After} 23... Bf8 24. Bxh6 Ng8 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 {
White wins in beautiful style:} 26. Qd1 Nf6 27. Qd2 Ng8 28. Qe2 Nf6 29. Qe3 Ng8
30. Qf3 Nf6 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Rd1 Qc7 33. Qe3 Ng8 34. Qg5 $18) 24. Bxh6 {
The lack of harmony in Black's camp makes the attack decisive.} Ne8 (24... Nh5
25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. dxe5 Nxe5 (27... dxe5 28. Qd1 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd7,
Rh5]}) 28. f4 Ng6 29. e5 dxe5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxh5
$18) 25. Bg5 Bf6 (25... Qc7 26. dxe5 dxe5 (26... Nxe5 27. f4 Nd7 28. e5 $18)
27. Bb3 Nc5 28. Bxe6 Nxe6 29. Qd1 Kg8 30. Qg4 $18) 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Gata was
able to exchange one pair of bishops, but the awkward placement of his rook
invites new troubles...} (26... Rxf6 27. Qg5 Nf8 28. Re3 $18) 27. d5 Re7 (27...
cxd5 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Ne3+ {is completely hopeless too.}) 28. g4 $1 {Black
loses the whole rook.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nb4 (11... O-O-O 12. O-O Be7 13. Nce4 Qc7 14.
Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bd2 Nf4 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Qb3 e5 20. Bxf4
exf4 21. Ne4 Rxd4 22. Bf3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Kb8 24. Bf3 Nc4 25. Qc3 Rhd8 26. Rad1
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Ne5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bxh5 Qh8 30. Qd2 Kc8 31. Bd1 Qxh4 32. Qd6
Qg5 33. Qe6+ Kc7 34. Qe7+ Nd7 35. Qh7 Kd6 36. b4 Qe5 37. Qd3+ Qd5 38. Qe2 Ne5
39. a4 a6 40. Qe1 Qd3 41. Be2 Qc2 42. Bf1 f3 43. Qa1 Qd2 44. b5 c5 45. Qa3 fxg2
46. Bxg2 Nd3 47. Bxb7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qg3 {0-1 (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)
-Vitiugov,N (2712) Paris/St Petersburg 2013}) 12. O-O Qb6 13. Bg5 Nc2 14. Rc1
Nxd4 {Diagramm [#]} 15. Bxh5 $6 (15. Bc4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Re1 Qxb2 18. Ne4
Bxe4 19. Rxe4 {ist die Empfehlung des Computers. Weiß hat genügend
Kompensation für die beiden Bauern und dürfte in einer praktischen Partie
unter Großmeistern sogar das deutlich einfachere Spiel haben.}) 15... Bxh5 16.
Nxh5 Nxe5 17. Re1 Nef3+ 18. gxf3 Rxh5 {Diagramm [#] Jetzt hat Schwarz einen
Bauern mehr und die gesündere Struktur, muss aber seine Königsstellung noch
konsolidieren.} 19. f4 g6 20. Na4 Qb4 21. Re4 Bg7 22. Nc5 $6 (22. Rc3 $1) 22...
Qxb2 23. Rc4 {Diagramm [#]} Rxg5+ $1 {Nach diesem Qualitätsopfer kommt
Schwarz zur Rochade, was mit einem Schlag alle Probleme löst, die der
Nachziehende noch gehabt haben mag.} 24. fxg5 O-O-O 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Qa1+
27. Kg2 Rd1 28. Qc2 Kd8 $2 (28... Be5 {hätte den Verbleib des schwarzen
Königs am Damenflügel sichergestellt.}) 29. Kf3 Ke8 30. Rb4 Rc1 31. Qe2 b5 {
Diagramm [#] Schwarz hat jetzt keinerlei Vorteil mehr.} 32. Rb3 Rh1 $4 {
Diagramm [#]} 33. Kg4 $4 (33. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kf8 35. Rd3 Bd4 36. Qd6+
$18) 33... Kf8 {Beseitigt die Gefahr. Schwarz steht auf Gewinn.} 34. Rg3 Kg8
35. Ree3 Qd4+ 36. Re4 f5+ 37. gxf6 Qxf6 38. f4 Qxh4+ 39. Kf3 Rh2 40. Qd3 Qh5+
0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nb5 ({
Die einzige Referenzpartie wurde vor mehr als hundert Jahren gespielt:} 14. b5
Ne5 15. Qa4 Ned7 16. Nb1 Bf5 17. Nh4 Be4 18. g3 Nc5 19. Qd1 a4 20. Nc3 Nb3 21.
Nxe4 Nxc1 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxc1 Rac8 24. Qd1 Bxa3 25. Nf5 Qb4 26. Bxf6 {
1-0 (26) Lee,F-Sergeant,E Scarborough 1909}) 14... axb4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. axb4
Qxb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. Rb5 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Kg7 21. Re1 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 {
Diagramm [#] Über Vorteil verfügt Schwarz hier trotz des Mehrbauern nicht.
Dafür ist seine Struktur zu sehr zersplittert.} Bf5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Be4
25. Qd1 Qb4 26. Rf1 {Nach diesem passiven Zug entwickelt Schwarz eine gewisse
Initiative.} Ra2 27. Qd7 Bg6 28. Bf3 b5 29. h4 {Diagramm [#]} Rd2 (29... h5 $1
30. Qh3 Qc3 31. g4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 {und jetzt wäre} b4 {möglich gewesen:} 33.
h5 $2 Ra5) 30. Qh3 h5 31. Qg3 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Rd1 Rb6 34. e4 b4 35. Rd2
f5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. Bxh5 b3 38. Rb2 Bc2 39. Bf3 Rb5 40. Be2 Rb4 41. Bf3 Rxh4
42. Bd5 Rb4 43. Kf1 f5 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. f4 Ke7 46. Bg8 Kf8 47. Bd5 Kg7 48. Ke3
Kg6 49. Bf3 Kf6 50. Bd5 Kg6 51. Bf3 Rc4 52. g4 Rc3+ 53. Kf2 Bd3 54. Bd1 Bc4 55.
Ke1 Rg3 56. Kf2 Rh3 57. Ke1 Be6 58. Re2 Bc4 59. Rb2 Kf6 60. Kd2 Rd3+ 61. Kc1
Rc3+ 62. Kd2 Rg3 63. gxf5 Kxf5 64. Kc1 Kxf4 65. Rh2 Ke3 66. Kb2 Kd4 67. Rh4+
Kc5 68. Ka3 Bd5 69. Rh5 Kd4 70. Rxd5+ Kxd5 71. Bxb3+ Kd4 {Diagramm [#] Dieses
Endspiel ist nicht zu gewinnen.} 72. Kb2 Rg2+ 73. Ka1 Kc3 74. Ba2 Rg7 75. Bb1
Rb7 76. Ba2 Kc2 77. Bd5 Re7 78. Bg8 Re1+ 79. Ka2 Rh1 80. Bd5 Rh4 81. Bb3+ Kc3
82. Be6 Rf4 83. Bg8 Rf2+ 84. Kb1 Rb2+ 85. Ka1 Kc2 86. Bh7+ Kc1 87. Bg8 Rb1+ 88.
Ka2 Rb8 89. Bf7 Rb2+ 90. Ka1 Rb7 91. Bd5 Ra7+ 92. Ba2 Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Nd4 Ne6 16. Rc1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 19. f3 Bc2 20. Kf2
Rfd8 21. Ke3 Rc7 22. Kd2 Rdc8 23. Rfe1 Kf8 24. Bb5 a6 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Bxe8
Kxe8 27. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Kd7 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. Ke3 Kf5 31. g3 h5 32. b4 b5
33. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {A solid, but somewhat passive
system.} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 cxd4 $6 {GM Akobian is
deviating from the main theoretical lines. Alas, this exchange turns out to be
a serious concession.} (8... Qc7 {is much more popular.}) 9. Bxd4 {The bishop
is perfectly located now, so White gets excellent attacking prospects.} Be7 ({
Another natural continuation -} 9... Qc7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ (11. Qe2 $5 Be7
12. Bd3 {also looks quite promising for White.}) 11... Qxd7 12. Ne5 Qb5 13. a4
Qd5 14. Qe2 Qe4 15. a5 $14 {Anand,V (2801)-Pelletier,Y (2609) Kemer 2007, led
to a somewhat inferior position. However, it still looks like a safer way of
handling the position!}) 10. Bd3 O-O {Black cannot really benefit from keeping
the king in the centre for a while.} ({After} 10... Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be5 Qb6
13. Qc2 h6 14. a4 a5 15. Rad1 $36 {Salgado Lopez,I (2624)-Cheparinov,I (2672)
Camarinas 2013, Black was suffering from a lack of development.}) 11. Qc2 $1 {
Attacking the Ph7 makes White's development advantage more significant.} h6 12.
O-O-O {The most ambitious choice - Black's k-side pawn structure is somewhat
exposed, so White has a clear plan of advancing the pawns on this side of the
board.} Qa5 {The most natural move - the pressure along the d-file is very
annoying.} ({Removing the knight from the k-side seems dubious:} 12... Nd5 13.
Kb1 Bf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5 16. Qe2 $16 {Ehlvest,J (2605)-Muzychuk,M 
(2471) Caleta 2013, and White was clearly better.}) ({The more modest} 12...
Qc7 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Rhg1 $40 {also offers White a direct attack.}) 13. Kb1 {
Wasting a tempo for this prophylactic move wasn't necessary.} ({Indeed, after} 
13. g4 $5 Qxa2 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. Rhg1 $40 {the extra pawn doesn't really change
anything - the Kg8 is under strong pressure!}) 13... Rd8 $6 {Alas, Varuzhan
fails to take advantage of somewhat slow play by his pponent.} ({More in the
spirit of position was} 13... b5 {, and then after} 14. Ne5 (14. h4 Bb7 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rad8 19. g4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 $11
) 14... Bb7 15. Rhg1 Rad8 16. g4 Rxd4 $1 17. cxd4 Nd5 $14 {Black would obtain
definite compensation for an exchange.}) 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Qe2 $146 {White's
setup is most harmonious now.} ({The previously played} 15. g4 {also looks
very dangrous for Black. For isntance, after} Bb5 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 {1-0 (47)
Karpatchev,A (2460)-Muller,A (2179) St Chely d'Aubrac 2008. White had missed:}
17. g5 $1 hxg5 18. h4 g4 19. h5 {with a decisive attack.}) 15... Bc6 16. Rhe1 {
All the pieces are in play now. Black has to deal with various tactical ideas.}
Bd5 {Desperately trying to develop any counterplay on the q-side.} ({The
exchange sac would be premature:} 16... Rxd4 $2 17. cxd4 Bxg2 18. f3 Bh3 19. f4
Qd5 20. Qe3 Bf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qh3 $18) 17. c4 Bxg2 {Of course, GM Akobian
wasn't happy with opening-up of the g-file, but there was no choice!} 18. Bc3
Qb6 ({Possibly, a better practical chance would be} 18... Bb4 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20.
Rg1 Bc6 21. Qe3 {, though here Black is forced to give up material:} Rxd3 (
21... Kf8 $2 22. Qg3 Ne8 23. Qf4 Nf6 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg1+ $18) 22. Nxd3 Qxc4
23. Qxh6 Ne8 $16) 19. Rg1 Bc6 $2 {A decisive mistake - Black couldn't afford
to lose one more tempo in this position!} ({It was necessary to release the
tension by means of:} 19... Bh3 20. Qd2 Rxd3 21. Nxd3 Kf8 22. Ka1 Bf5 $16) ({Or
} 19... Rxd3 20. Nxd3 Qc6 21. Ne5 Qe4+ 22. Qc2 Rd8 $16) 20. Nxf7 $1 {Now the
attack is unstoppable.} Kxf7 ({The most stubborn try was} 20... Rxd3 21. Nxh6+
Kf8 22. Rxd3 Be4 (22... gxh6 23. Rdg3 $18 {is completly hopeless.}) 23. Ng4 Rd8
24. Ne5 $18 {, though converting the extra pawn into the full point doesn't
seem a difficult task here.}) 21. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 22. Qxe6 $18 Qxf2 ({Or} 22...
Re8 23. Qf5 Kf8 24. Bd2 Qc5 25. Qg6 $18) 23. Qxe7+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ {The final
touch. This game can be called ''an opening disaster''!} ({There was also
nothing wrong with prosaic} 24. Bxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O (8... b6 $5) 9. dxc5 (9. O-O-O $2 c4 {with an attack.}) (9. Be2 a6 {e.g.}
10. O-O b5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qh4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 19. Bd3 h6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 Rcf8 22. Rg1
Nc5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 Nf4 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Ne2 Rf1 28. Nd4
Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Re8 30. h4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. g3
Bc8 35. c3 Bg4 36. Bc2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bb3 Ke5 39. Bc2 Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Bd7
41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Bb3 g4 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Bc2 a5 45. Bd1 Ke4 {0-1 (45) Karjakin,
S (2720) -Carlsen,M (2810) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2
b6 {The young German GM Matthias Blübaum played this line a couple of times.}
(11... Qa5) 12. Nd4 (12. f5 Ra7 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Be2 Rd7 15. fxe6 Nxe6 16. Nd4
Ncxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bg1 Bb7 19. Bf3 d4 20. Ne4 Be7 21. h4 b5 22. Ng5 Bxf3
23. Nxf3 d3 24. cxd3 Rxd3 25. Bh2 Qd5 26. Qe1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxa2 {0-1 (27)
Jarmula,L (2395)-Bluebaum,M (2589) Karpacz 2015}) 12... Qc7 13. Kb1 Bb7 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 b5 17. Ne2 b4 (17... Rac8 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 ({
After} 18... Bxc5 $6 19. Qh4 g6 (19... h6 20. g4 $40) 20. Qg3 Rfe8 21. h4 {
White's prospects on the kingside seem to be promising:} h5 22. Qh3 Kg7 23. g4
Rh8 24. gxh5 Rxh5 25. Ng3 Rh6 26. Qg4 $16)) 18. Ng3 (18. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 18...
Rac8 19. f5 {[#]} f6 $5 {Defuses White's slight initiative.} ({Perhaps} 19...
Nxd3 20. Rxd3 f6 {was more precise.}) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc5 $6 ({After} 21.
fxe6 $5 a5 ({after} 21... Nxe6 $2 22. Qf5 Ng5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25.
Qxb4 $18 {White wins a pawn and has a good position.}) 22. Rhe1 {White is
slightly better.}) 21... Qxc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. fxe6 Re8 24. Rde1 g6 25. Rhf1
Kg7 26. Rf4 a5 27. Rg4 Kh8 28. Bxg6 $5 {So is trying.} hxg6 29. Rxg6 Be7 30.
Nf5 d4 31. g4 a4 32. b3 a3 33. Rh6+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kh8 35. Rh6+ Kg8 36. Rg6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{Die Anti-Moskauer Variante stand vor ein paar Jahren im Spitzenschach hoch im
Kurs. Inzwischen ist die Beliebtheit etwas zurpück gegangen.} 9. Be2 ({
Ein anderes Thema ist} 9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4) 9... Bb7 10. Qc2 ({Die
Hauptvarianten sind} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5) ({bzw.} 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5) 10...
Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. d5 cxd5 (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qb6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nxg5
Bc5 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Nxe6 Ne5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Be2 Raf8 20. O-O Rhg8 21. b4
Qxb4 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Qxh6 Bc8 24. Qh4+ Ke6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qh5 Kf6 27. Qh4+
Ke6 28. Nd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 Qb6 30. Qh5 Qb8 31. Rfd1 Rf6 32. Rxe5+ Qxe5 33. Bg4+
Rxg4 34. Qe8# {1-0 (34) Anand,V (2817)-Shirov,A (2709) Leon 2011}) 13. exd5
exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bg7 16. Ne3 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Nf6 $6 ({Hier wurde
bisher fast ausschließlich} 17... Rd8 {gespielt:} 18. Nf5 Kf8 {mit gleichem
Spiel.} 19. a4 a6 20. N3d4 Ne5 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Bf3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxf3 24.
gxf3 Bxf3 25. Qf5 Bxh1 26. Qe5+ Kh7 27. Qe7 Rg8 28. Qxf7+ Rg7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30.
Qc8+ Kh7 31. Rd8 Qb6 32. g4 Qf6 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rxh6+ Kf7 35. Rxf6+ Kxf6 36.
Qxa6+ Ke5 37. Qxb5+ Bd5 38. Qe8+ Kd4 39. Qe3# {1-0 (39) Williams,S (2449)-Van
Delft,M (2423) Amsterdam 2014}) 18. Qf5 $6 {Droht nun Td6, wonach der Sf6 in
Schwierigkeiten ist, und Lxc4. Aber Schwarz kann die Drohungen leicht abwehren.
} (18. Nf5 {ist besser als Shabalovs Zug.} Kf8 19. Nd6 Qb6 20. Ne5 Qc7 21.
Nexf7 Bd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Nb6 24. Qf5 Kg8 25. Qg6 Rf8 26. Nxh6+ Rxh6 27.
Rxh6 {1-0 (27) Sarkar,J (2451)-Mo,K (2273) Arlington 2013}) 18... Qb6 19. Qe5+
Kf8 20. Rd6 Qc7 21. Nf5 $2 {[#] Auf den ersten Blick sieht es so aus, als ob
Weiß eine aussichtsreiche Stellung erreicht hat. In Wirklichkeit war der
letzte weiße Zug schon der Verlustzug.} ({Nötig war} 21. Rd1 Qxe5 22. Nxe5
Re8 23. Nd7+ Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Bc8 25. Rd2 Be6 $17) 21... Ne8 {und aus. Weiß
verliert Material.} 22. Nxg7 Qxd6 23. Ne6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxc5 Nd3 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Qd5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Qe3 Rad8 16. f3 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Rd2 20. Rf2
Rfd8 21. Raf1 Na4 22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. a3 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Rd1+ 25. Rf1 Rd2 26. Rxf6
Rxb2 27. Rxa6 Rb3 28. Rxa4 Rxc3 29. h3 Kg7 30. Kf2 c5 31. Ra6 c4 32. a4 Rc2+
33. Kf3 Ra2 34. g4 Ra3+ 35. Kf4 c3 36. Rc6 Rxa4 37. Rxc3 h6 38. Rg3 Kf6 39. h4
Ra1 40. Rb3 Rh1 41. e5+ Kg7 42. h5 Rf1+ 43. Rf3 Re1 44. Kf5 Re2 45. Rf1 Rg2 46.
Rf4 Re2 47. Rf1 Rg2 48. Rf3 Rg1 49. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 Rg5 20. Rxc2 {
Diagramm [#] In dieser Stellung bedürfte es schon eines schweren Fehlers
eines der Spieler, um das Remis zu vermeiden.} Kf7 21. Be3 Re5 ({Oder} 21...
Rh5 22. a4 Rd8 23. axb5 axb5 24. g3 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Re2 Ke7 27. Kg2 Rcd5
28. Ra7 R8d7 29. h4 h6 30. Kf3 Rf5+ 31. Kg2 Rfd5 32. Kf3 Rf5+ 33. Kg2 {1/2-1/2
(33) Adams,M (2744)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 22. c4 b4 23. Rd1 Rd8 24.
Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Rd2 ({So kann es laufen, wenn einer es bis zum Letzten versucht:
} 25. Kf1 Bg5 26. Bd4 Ra5 27. b3 Bf6 28. Be3 Bg5 29. f4 Be7 30. g4 h5 31. h3 g6
32. Ke2 hxg4 33. hxg4 e5 34. Kf3 exf4 35. Bxf4 Bd6 36. c5 Bxc5 37. Bxc7 Rb5 38.
Ke4 Ke6 39. Bf4 Ra5 40. Bd2 Be7 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42. Rxg6 Rxa2 43. Bf4 Ra3 44. g5
Rxb3 45. Rb6 Bxg5 46. Bxg5 a5 47. Ra6 a4 48. Rxa4 Kc6 49. Ra5 Ra3 50. Rf5 b3
51. Bf6 Ra2 52. Bd4 b2 53. Rc5+ Kb6 54. Rc3+ Kb5 55. Rb3+ Kc4 56. Rb8 b1=Q+ 57.
Rxb1 Re2+ 58. Be3 Rc2 59. Rb8 Kc3 60. Rc8+ Kb3 61. Bc5 Kc4 62. Rc7 Kc3 63. Kd5
Kd3 64. Rh7 Re2 65. Rh3+ Kc2 66. Kc4 Re4+ 67. Bd4 Kd2 68. Rh2+ Re2 69. Rh4 Rg2
70. Re4 Re2 71. Bc3+ Kd1 72. Rf4 Kc2 73. Rd4 Rf2 74. Rd3 Re2 75. Bd4 Re4 76.
Ra3 Re2 77. Be3 Kd1 78. Rd3+ Ke1 79. Rc3 Kf1 80. Kd3 Ra2 81. Rc1+ Kg2 82. Ke4
Kg3 83. Rc8 Rg2 84. Rf8 Kg4 85. Bf2 Kh3 86. Kf3 Rg3+ 87. Kf4 Rg4+ 88. Kf5 Rg7
89. Bd4 Rg3 90. Be5 Rf3+ 91. Bf4 Kg2 92. Kg4 Rf2 93. Rh8 Re2 94. Rh3 Kf2 95.
Rf3+ Kg2 96. Be3 Rc2 97. Rg3+ Kf1 98. Kf3 Rf2+ 99. Bxf2 {1/2-1/2 (99) Carlsen,
M (2844)-Ding,L (2766) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 25... Ke8 26. g3 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Rxg5
28. Kf1 Ra5 29. b3 Ra3 30. Ke2 c5 31. Kd1 a5 32. Kc1 a4 33. Kb2 axb3 34. axb3
Ke7 35. Re2 Ra7 36. f4 g6 37. Re5 Kd6 38. Kb1 Rf7 39. Kc2 Rf5 40. Rxf5 exf5 41.
h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Neg4 14. g3 Re8 15.
Nf5 Bc5 16. Bf4 Bc8 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Bf3 h6 19. Rd2 g5 20. Bd6 Bxf5 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. exf5 Ne5 23. Bg2 Nc4 24. Rdd1 Rad8 25. b4 Qxb4 26. Bxc6 Na3 27. Qb3
Qxb3 28. axb3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Re5 30. b4 Rxf5 31. Rd2 Kg7 32. Ra2 a5 33. Rxa3
axb4 34. Rb3 bxc3 35. Rxc3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. f3
c6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 cxd5 13. Be3 dxe4 14. Nb5 Qf6
15. Nc7 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rxd2 17. Bxf6 Rc2 18. Bxg7 Rxc7 19. Bc3 exf3 20. Bxf3 Be6
21. O-O Nd7 22. a3 Rac8 23. Rad1 b6 24. Rfe1 Nc5 25. Be5 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27.
Bc3 Kf8 28. Bb4+ Nc5 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. Bc3+ f6 31. Bd4 Kf7 32. b4 Nd3 33. Rxc8
Bxc8 34. Be2 Nf4 35. Bf1 Ke7 36. a4 Bb7 37. Bf2 Nd5 38. a5 Nxb4 39. axb6 a5 40.
Bc5+ Kd7 41. Bb5+ Kc8 42. Bc4 Be4 43. Bg8 h5 44. Be7 Kb7 45. Bxf6 Kxb6 46. Bf7
a4 47. Kf2 a3 48. g3 Kc5 49. Ke3 Bf5 50. Kd2 a2 51. Kc1 Bb1 52. Kb2 Kd6 53. h3
Nd3+ 54. Ka1 Ne1 55. Kb2 Nd3+ 56. Ka1 Ne1 57. Kb2 Ng2 58. Ka1 Kc6 59. Kb2 Kc5
60. Ka1 Ne3 61. Kb2 Ng2 62. Ka1 Kb4 63. Kb2 Kb5 64. Ka1 Ne3 65. Kb2 Nd1+ 66.
Ka1 Nf2 67. Be8+ Kb4 68. g4 hxg4 69. hxg4 Nxg4 70. Be7+ Kc3 71. Bxg6 Bxg6 72.
Kxa2 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 c5 11. g3 Bg7 12. f4 Nb4 13. Bg2 Rd8 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
Bb2 d5 16. a3 d4 17. axb4 dxc3 18. Bxc3 cxb4 19. Bb2 Bc8 20. O-O f6 21. Bd5+
Rxd5 22. cxd5 Qc5+ 23. Rf2 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Rd8 26. Rd1 Bg4 27. Qd4
Qa5 28. Rdd2 Re8 29. Kg2 Qb5 30. h3 Bf5 31. g4 Be4+ 32. Kh2 c5 33. Qf6 c4 34.
d6 Bc6 35. f5 Rf8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. d7 Qc5 38. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 Qb8 14. h4 Rd8 15.
Bh3 Be7 16. Nb3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bg5 Be7 19. b3 h6 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Rfd1
Bc5 22. Be1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 bxa4 24. bxa4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd3 Qb6 27. Kg2
Bd4 28. Bc8 Qb8 29. Ba6 Nd7 30. Bc4 Qc7 31. Qf3 Nf6 32. g4 Kh8 33. g5 hxg5 34.
hxg5 Nh7 35. Bxf7 Qe7 36. g6 Qg5+ 37. Kf1 Nf6 38. Qh3+ Nh5 39. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Re1 Bb7
15. h4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Re3 Ne7 18. Rg3 Nf5 19. Bg5 Qh5 20. Bd1 Nxg3 21.
Qxg3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Qe3 Qd7 13. h4 Qa4 14. h5 Qxa2
15. Rb2 Qa4 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bxa6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxa6 19. Qe2 Nc7 20. Ra2 Qb5
21. Qe3 Qc4 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Ba3 Nb5 24. Bb2 Rac8 25. Rfd1 Nc3 26. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qd2 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bc6 16. Rc2 Ne8 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Qf4 g5 19. Qf3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc4 21. Qg4
Nxe5 22. Qd4 Qf6 23. Qxa7 Ra8 24. Qc5 Rfc8 25. Qb4 h5 26. a4 Rd8 27. Nb5 Ng4
28. Rf1 e5 29. Nc7 Rxa4 30. Qb3 e4 31. h3 Ne5 32. Rd1 Rc4 33. Rcd2 Ba4 34. Qxb7
Bxd1 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Rc1 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Kh2 Ng6 39. Qa7 Bxe2 40. Qe3
Rc2 41. Bxe4 Rxb2 42. Rf5 Qb6 43. Qxg5 Bc4 44. Kg2 Qd4 45. Rf4 Qe5 46. Qxe5+
Nxe5 47. Rf5 Nd3 48. Bxd3 Bxd3 49. Rxh5 Be4+ 50. Kf1 Bf3 51. Re5 Rb1+ 52. Re1
Bg2+ 53. Ke2 Rxe1+ 54. Kxe1 Bxh3 55. Ke2 Kf6 56. Kf3 Kf5 57. Ke3 Bg2 58. f3 Bh1
59. Kf2 Ke5 60. Ke3 f5 61. Kf2 Kd4 62. Ke2 Kd5 63. Ke3 Ke5 64. Kf2 Kd4 65. Ke2
Bg2 66. Kf2 Bh3 67. Ke2 Kd5 68. Ke3 Ke5 69. Kf2 Kd4 70. Ke2 Kd5 71. Ke3 Ke5 72.
Kf2 Kf6 73. Ke3 Kg5 74. Kf2 Kh5 75. Ke3 Kg5 76. Kf2 Kf6 77. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
b4 Be7 9. a3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Rg8 11. g3 Qc7 12. Rc1 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Kb8 14. Nh4 e4
15. Nb3 Bg4 16. h3 Be6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 20. Kd2 a5 21.
Rb2 axb4 22. axb4 Ka7 23. Be2 Kb6 24. Bg4 Rc4 25. Rhb1 Ra8 26. Ng2 Bd6 27. Be2
Rcc8 28. h4 Ra3 29. Ne1 Bd7 30. Nc2 Ra4 31. b5 Rca8 32. Bh5 Be6 33. Bd1 Ra2 34.
Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Kc3 Bd7 36. Bh5 Be6 37. Be2 h6 38. Bh5 Ra5 39. Be2 Bd7 40. Bh5
Be8 41. Nb4 Bxb4+ 42. Rxb4 f5 43. Rb2 Rxb5 44. Bd1 Rxb2 45. Kxb2 Bb5 46. Bh5
Be8 47. Ka3 Kb5 48. Be2+ Ka5 49. Bd1 b5 50. Bb3 Bc6 51. Ba2 f6 52. Bb3 Bb7 53.
Ba2 Bc6 54. Bb3 Bb7 55. Bd1 b4+ 56. Kb2 Kb5 57. Be2+ Ka4 58. Bd1+ Kb5 59. Bh5
Bc6 60. Kb3 Ka5 61. Bf7 Bb7 62. Be6 Bc6 63. Bxf5 Bb5 64. Kb2 Ka4 65. Be6 Bc4
66. Bd7+ Bb5 67. Be6 Bc4 68. Bg4 b3 69. Bd7+ Kb4 70. Bc6 Ka5 71. Ka3 Kb6 72.
Ba4 Ka5 73. Bd7 Kb6 74. Be8 Ka5 75. Bh5 Kb6 76. Bd1 Kb5 77. f3 exf3 78. Bxf3
Kc6 79. Bd1 Kd6 80. Bxb3 Ba6 81. Kb4 Bb7 82. Kc3 Ba6 83. Kd2 Bc8 84. Bc2 Bg4
85. Bd1 Bf5 86. Ke1 Be4 87. Kf2 Bf5 88. Kf3 Ke6 89. Kf4 Bd3 90. Bg4+ Kd6 91.
Bf5 Be2 92. Bb1 Ke6 93. Bc2 Bc4 94. Bh7 Bb3 95. Bg8+ Kd6 96. e4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Be4 Qc7 8. Re1
Be7 9. Bb2 b5 10. Na3 a6 11. c4 bxc4 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. d4 Nf4 14. Qd2 Bxe4 15.
Rxe4 Nd5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rg4 Kh8 18. Ng5 Nc6 19. Ne4 Qa7 20. Rd1 a5 21. Nf6
Nxe5 22. Nxd5 Nxg4 23. Nxe7 f6 24. Nd6 a4 25. h3 Nh6 26. b4 Qb6 27. Rc1 a3 28.
Ba1 Rab8 29. Rc4 Qd8 30. Nec8 Nf5 31. Qc2 Nxd6 32. Nxd6 Qe7 33. Qd3 e5 34. b5
Qe6 35. Qxa3 Qd5 36. Rc1 Ra8 37. Qb4 Rxa2 38. Bc3 h6 39. b6 Ra6 40. Rb1 Rb8 41.
b7 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Rb8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. h4 Ne7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7
15. c4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Rbb8 17. Bb2 Nc6 18. h5 Rfe8 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21.
Nc3 Nd4 22. Rec1 e4 23. Kg2 c6 24. dxe4 fxe4 25. Re1 f5 26. Ne2 Nf3 27. Red1
Rbd8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nf4 Kf6 30. a4 Nd2 31. Rb4 c5 32. Nd5+ Ke5 33. Rxd2 cxb4
34. f4+ Ke6 35. Kf2 Rc8 36. Rd4 Red8 37. g4 fxg4 38. Rxe4+ Kd6 39. Nxb4 Rc5 40.
Rd4+ Ke7 41. Nd5+ Kf7 42. Kg3 Ra5 43. Re4 Rd7 44. Kxg4 Rxa4 45. Kf5 Ra5 46. Re6
Rc5 47. Rf6+ Ke8 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Rf6+ Ke8 50. Re6+ Kf8 51. Kg5 Kg7 52. h6+ Kf8
53. f5 Rxc4 54. Nf6 Rd2 55. Nxh7+ Kf7 56. Nf6 Rg2+ 57. Kh5 Rh2+ 58. Kg5 Rg2+
59. Kh5 Rc5 60. h7 Rxf5+ 61. Kh4 Rh2+ 62. Kg4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Qe2
bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. Bxa6 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qa7 20. Bd3 Qxc5 21.
Ne5 Qd6 22. Qc2 c5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Rb1 Ra7 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Be4 Qe7 27. Bg2 c4
28. a4 Rb8 29. Rc1 c3 30. Bf1 Rb2 31. Qd1 c2 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Bd3 g6 34. Bxg6
fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Kg2 d4 37. h4 Qe8 38. Qe4 Qd8 39. Qg6 Qe8 40. Qe4 Qd8
41. Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. h3
Bd7 9. c5 dxc5 10. Nc4 f6 11. d6 Nc8 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O Bc6 14. dxc7 Qxc7 15.
b4 cxb4 16. Rc1 Nge7 17. Qb3 h6 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Ncxe5 fxe5 20. Bxb5 Rb8 21. Ba4
Qb7 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Qe6+ N8e7 24. Bc5 Rc8 25. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8.
d4 Bb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Qf6 11. Nb4 Be6 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Nd5 Qe5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 f5 18. f4 Qb5 19. Qd6 Rfe8 20. Qe5 Qxb2
21. Rab1 Qd2 22. Qd4 Red8 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Rb5 g6 25. c4 Rc8 26. Re5 Bf7 27.
Rf2 Rd3 28. Re2 Bxc4 29. Kf2 Bf7 30. h3 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rxe4
Ra3 34. Nxg4 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 Bxa2 36. Re7 a6 37. Ra7 Rc6 38. Kg3 Bb1 39. Kh4 Kf8
40. Kg5 Ke8 41. Rb7 Bf5 42. Ne5 Rd6 43. Ra7 Rb6 44. Rg7 a5 45. Ra7 Rb5 46. Nxg6
Bc2+ 47. Ne5 a4 48. Kf6 Kd8 49. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
h4 e6 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20. h5 exd5 21. exd5
c6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. d6 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 b5 26. a4 Kg7 27. Rh4 Bb7
28. Rd1 Bc6 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rd5 Ra6 32. Rhd4 Rb6 33. Ne2 Nc4
34. Nc3 Rdxd6 35. b3 b4 36. bxc4 bxc3+ 37. Kc2 Rb2+ 38. Kxc3 Rdb6 39. Rg4 R6b3+
40. Kd4 Rc2 41. Kc5 Rbb2 42. g3 Rb3 43. Rf4 f5 44. g4 fxg4 45. fxg4 Ra2 46. g5
Ra5+ 47. Kd6 Ra6+ 48. Ke5 Ra7 49. Kd4 Rb1 50. Kc5 Ra5+ 51. Kd6 Ra6+ 52. Ke5 Ra7
53. c5 Re1+ 54. Kd6 Ra8 55. c6 Rd8+ 56. Kc5 Rc8 57. Rd7+ Kg8 58. c7 Rc1+ 59.
Kb6 Rb1+ 60. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 d4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Bc5 8. b4 Nxb4
9. Nxe5 O-O 10. a3 Na6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nef3 Bd6 13. Nb3 c5 14. e3 dxe3 15. Bxe3
Qc7 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. d4 Nb6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Qc2 h6
22. Rad1 Qf6 {Diagramm [#] An dieser Stelle beginnt eine exzellente Zugfolge.}
23. Be5 Rxe5 (23... Qe7 {war auch möglich.}) 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rfe1 (25. Rd8+
Bf8 $19) 25... Bf5 $1 {Der einzige Zug. Anderenfalls hätte Te8 und Td8 die
Partie beendet.} 26. Rxe5 Bxc2 27. Rd2 Nxc4 $1 {Akkurat verteidigt - in einer
Blitzpartie!} 28. Rxc5 Nxd2 29. Rxc2 Rd8 30. Bxb7 {Jetzt ist die Stellung
remis. Wesley So hat sich stark verteidigt.} Rd7 31. Ba8 g6 32. f4 Nb3 33. Kf2
Re7 34. Bd5 Nd4 35. Rd2 Nf5 36. Rd3 Kg7 37. Bb3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Be6 16. Bc2 Qf6 17. Ng3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Ngf4 19. Ra3 Qd8 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Rf3
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Ng6 23. g3 Qd7 24. h4 Rfe8 25. h5 Nf8 26. h6 g6 27. a5 Re6 28.
Bc2 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Re8 30. Qd1 Qg4 31. Kg2 Ne6 32. Be3 Rd8 33. Qd2 Nxe3+ 34.
Qxe3 Ng5 35. Rf6 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qxh6 37. f4 Ne6 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Qxe6+ Kf8 40.
Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qe6+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qc2 Qb7 14. Rab1 axb4 15.
axb4 Ra3 16. Rfc1 Rfa8 17. Ne1 b5 18. Qb2 Ne4 $1 {Ein exzellenter Zug
Nakamuras, der sofort e4 mit dem Springer besetzt, nachdem die weiße Dame das
Feld "freigegeben" hat.} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Ra1 R3a4 21. Nc2 Nf6 22. Rxa4 Rxa4
23. Ra1 Qa6 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 {Der schwarze Vorteil ist nicht leicht zu verwerten.}
25. Kf1 {Das ist nicht der entscheidende Fehler, aber letztlich wird dieser
Zug zur Ursache für Sos Niederlage.} Nd5 26. Be5 $6 (26. Ke2 {war stärker.})
26... f6 27. Bg3 Nxb4 $1 {Das war nicht leicht zu sehen.} 28. Qxb4 (28. Nxb4 $4
Qd1#) 28... Qxc2 29. Ke1 Bd8 30. Qa3 Qa4 31. Qxa4 bxa4 32. Kd1 Ba5 33. f3 exf3
34. gxf3 Bb4 35. Kc2 Kf7 36. Kd3 e5 37. dxe5 Bxc5 38. e4 a3 39. exf6 {Diagramm
[#] Jetzt folgt ein netter Schlusszug!} Bd4 $3 {Nach 40.Kxd4 a2 kann Weiß
nicht verhindern, dass Schwarz sich eine neue Dame holt.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. c5 O-O 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Re1 b5 13. Bf1 Nc8 14. b3 Rb8 15. a4
a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ba3 Ne8 18. Bb4 f5 19. Ra6 Bh6 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. g4 Bd7
22. Ne4 Bf4 23. Bg2 Qe7 24. Qc2 Kh8 25. Qb2 Kg8 26. Qa3 h5 27. Nxd6 Ncxd6 28.
Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 hxg4 31. hxg4 e4 32. Rxd7 exf3 33. Bxf3 Bd2
34. Re2 Rxf3 35. Rxd2 Rxb3 36. d6 Rf3 37. Rc7 b4 38. Kg2 Rff8 39. Re2 Rfd8 40.
Re6 b3 41. Rxg6+ Kh8 42. Rh6+ Kg8 43. Rg6+ {Diagramm [#]} ({Stattdessen} 43.
Rhh7 $1 {hätte gewonnen.} b2 44. Rcg7+ $1 Kf8 45. Rb7 $1 Kg8 46. Rhd7 $3 Rdc8
(46... b1=Q 47. Rxb1) (46... Re8 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Rbg7+ Kf8 50.
Re7 $1 Kg8 (50... Rxe7 51. dxe7+ $18) 51. Rxe8+ Rxe8 52. Rb7) 47. Rg7+ (47.
Rdc7 Rd8 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Rgd7 Rdc8 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Rbg7+ Kf8 52. Rc7 Kg8 53.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 54. Rb7) 47... Kf8 48. Rh7 Kg8 49. Rbg7+ Kf8 50. Rc7 Kg8 (50... Rxc7
51. dxc7 b1=Q 52. cxb8=Q+ Qxb8 53. Rh8+) 51. Rxc8+ Rxc8 52. Rb7) 43... Kf8 44.
Rh6 Kg8 45. Rg6+ Kf8 46. Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. a5 Ncd7 14. Nf3 Rc8
15. Be2 Nb8 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Nfd7 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Qa2 Qe8 20. Nc4 Bb5 21.
Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Qb5 24. Nd4 Qb4 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rac1 Ncd7 27.
Qa3 Qxa3 28. bxa3 b6 29. Nc6 bxa5 30. Nxb8 Nxb8 31. a4 Re8 32. Rc7 g6 33. Kf1
Kg7 34. Rb1 Kf6 35. Ke2 g5 36. Rbb7 Rf8 37. g4 h6 38. h3 Kg6 39. f4 Kf6 40. Kf3
Kg6 41. f5+ exf5 42. Rb6+ f6 43. Rcb7 fxg4+ 44. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd3
e6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15.
Bf3 cxd4 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. exd4 Be7 18. Nhf3 O-O 19. Nc4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21.
Be3 Nd5 22. Rac1 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qc4 Nb6 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27.
Rxc7 Bd8 28. Rb7 Nxa4 29. Rxb4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shanghai m"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.05.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. a4
a5 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bf4 Rad8
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qb4 18. b3 Qe7 19. Bf3 Ba8 20. Qe3 c5 21.
Bxa8 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxa8 23. Qd3 h5 24. f4 Qh4 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Qd3 Qh4 27. g3
Qh3 28. Qf1 Qf5 29. Qd3 Qh3 30. Qf1 Qf5 31. h4 Kh7 32. Rd6 Rb8 33. Qd1 Kg6 34.
Kf2 f6 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Re8 38. Rxb6 Rd8 39. Qxd8 Qe2+ 40.
Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shanghai m"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2016.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.05.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Ding Liren ist neben
Vachier Lagrave der einzige Top Ten Spieler der Welt, der die Berliner Mauer
nicht als Hauptwaffe gegen 1.e4 spielt. Die offene Variante des Spaniers
verwendet er hingegen oft, doch auch So hat hier Erfahrung, spielte er im
Januar in Wijk aan Zee doch zweimal diese alterwürdige Variante.} 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 (9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 {
ist die absolute Hauptvariante. Weiß kann nun zwischen dem soliden 13.Sxc5 mit
sehr leichtem Vorteil im Endspiel wählen oder das ambitioniertere 13.Lb1 mit
unklarer Stellung wählen.} 13. Nxc5 (13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 O-O {
1/2-1/2 (70) Wei Yi (2706)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee NED 2016}) 13... dxc2 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 Rg5
20. Rxc2 Kf7 21. Be3 Re5 {1/2-1/2 (99) Carlsen,M (2844)-Ding Liren (2766) Wijk
aan Zee NED 2016}) 9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O (10... Nc5 $5 {ist eine schärfere
Alternative} 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Nc6 15. Bxg7 Rg8
16. Bh6 Bc5 17. Qf3 Qh4 $13 {0-1 (65) Acs,P (2525)-Kortschnoj,V (2619) Paks
2005}) 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 {so bekommt Weiß einen leichten Vorteil, doch Ding Liren
zeigt, dass dieser gut zu neutralisieren ist.} (11... Qd7 {wiederum
ambitionierter ist, den Springer auf e4 zu belassen.} 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 f5
14. exf6 Nxf6 {mit leichtem weißen Vorteil, doch unklarerem Spiel} 15. a4 Ng4
16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd6 19. N2f3 Bd7 20. h3 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Bh4+
22. Kg1 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 c5 24. Nb3 Bxh3 25. Ng5 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qe6+ Qxe6
28. Nxe6 Re8 29. Nbxc5 Re5 30. Ra6 Re2 31. b4 Rc2 32. Ra7 Rxc3 33. Rxg7+ Kh8
34. Rd7 Rc4 35. Ng5 Rxb4 36. Nce6 Rh4 37. g3 Rh5 38. Kg2 b4 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40.
Nf4 {1-0 (40) Kasparov,G (2813)-Shirov,A (2726) Izmir 2004 CBM 104 [Postny,E]})
12. Bxd2 $5 $146 {nimmt dem schwarzen Standardmanöver die Pointe, stellt den
Läufer aber auch auf ein unnatürliches Feld} (12. Qxd2 {wurde bisher
ausschließlich gespielt - Schwarz kann hier jedoch forciert fortsetzen und
mittels} Na5 {sein Spiel natürlich voran treiben.} 13. Bc2 (13. Nd4 c5 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Rf7 $13 {0-1 (31) Becker,A-Bogoljubow,E
Karlsruhe 1938}) 13... Nc4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Nxb2 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Qf4 f6 (
17... Re8 $146 {furchtlos - Weiß hat Kompensation, aber ob diese ausreicht ist
bezweifelbar}) 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Nd4 $14 {1-0 (47) Psakhis,L (2545)-Zaitsev,I 
(2465) Yerevan 1982}) 12... Qd7 $1 {von Sos Neuerung überrascht findet sich
Ding Liren gut zurecht und wählt einen weiteren logischen Plan, der den
typischen Zentrumsdurchbruch d4 vorbereitet.} (12... Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Bc1 c5
15. Qe2 {ist die weiße Idee. Die Stellung ist zweischneidig, doch sicherlich
etwas besser für Weiß.}) 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Bg5 $2 (14. Qe2 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Ba5 $1 Qa7 $1 {nebst dem entlastenden Manöver Lc5-Lb6 sichert
Ausgleich} 18. Rac1 Bc5) 14... Bg4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {ich weiß nicht, wieso der
Us-Amerikaner diese Stellung anstrebte. Sein Bauer e5 teigt zur Schwäche, der
Springer ist unangenehm gefesselt und der Durchbruch d4 liegt in der Luft.} 16.
Bc2 {Diagramm [#]} d4 $6 {strebt das entstehende Schwerfigurenendspiel an, das
kleinen Vorteil sichert.} (16... g6 $1 {hätte die Spannung noch etwas aufrecht
gehalten. Aktuell droh Schwarz den e5 einfach einzustecken.} 17. a4 (17. h3 $6
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qg3 (19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. f4 Nc6 $17) 19... Rde8 20. f4 Qc5+
$17) 17... d4 $36 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4
Nc6 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ra7 $44)) (16... Bxf3 $6 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 $4
18. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5e5,Rf5h7]}) 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bf5 20. Qb3
Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Rxd4 {der Rauch ist etwas verzogen und die schwarze Initiative
nicht allzu beträchtlich. So sichert in der Folge problemlos das Remis.} 22.
Qc6 Qe6 23. Qxc7 (23. Qxe6 {auch hier behält Schwarz etwas Druck} fxe6 24. Rad1
Rfd8 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Kf1 c5 (26... Rd2 $6 27. Re2 Rd1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1
c5 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Kd3 {bietet Schwarz nur Remischancen}) 27. Rc1 Rd5 28. f4 g5
29. fxg5 Rxe5 $15) 23... Rc8 24. Qa7 Rd2 25. b4 Rcc2 26. h3 {Diagramm [#] die
schwarze Initiative wirkt bedrohlich, doch So hat alles im Griff und kann
mittels des Durchbruchs e6 immer genug Gegenspiel organisieren.} Qf5 (26...
Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Qd4 $11) 27. e6 Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. e7 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1
Rh2+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shanghai m"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2016.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.05.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 a6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b3 {Das ist eine sehr prinzipielle Variante. Weiß setzt auf seinen
Entwicklungsvorsprung und nimmt einen gedeckten Freibauern in Kauf - den
Schwarz sogar mehr hat.} b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 c3 12. a3 a5 13. axb4 axb4
14. Bf4 Nd7 {Schwarz gibt den Bauern zurück, denn etwa} (14... Qc8 $6 {sieht
nach} 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qa1 Bb7 17. Qa5 {sehr erfreulich für Weiß aus.}) ({Aber
} 14... f6 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Nc4 g5 {kommt in Frage, wenngleich dies in einer
Partie schwierig einzuschätzen ist.}) 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxc6 Qc8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8
18. d5 $1 Bc5 19. Qd3 {Das sieht stark aus, denn Weiß gewinnt nun gleich einen
Bauern.} ({Stattdessen kommt aber auch} 19. Be3 $1 Bxe3 20. fxe3 O-O 21. Qd4 {
stark in Frage.}) 19... O-O 20. dxe6 Qxc6 21. exd7 Rd8 22. Rd1 Bb6 23. e4 h6
24. h4 $6 {Eigentlich ein natürlicher Zug, aber} (24. Kg2 {ist genauer und
hält einen Minivorteil fest.}) 24... Qe6 $1 25. Qd5 Qg4 $1 {Jetzt rächt sich,
dass Kg2 noch nicht steht.} 26. Kg2 c2 $1 27. Rc1 Qe2 $2 ({Richtig ist} 27...
Rxd7 28. Qc6 {, aber Schwarz muss dann auch} Rd3 $1 {finden.} {Nach} 29. e5 {
gibt es mehrere Wege zum Remis, u.a.} Rxb3 30. Rxc2 Rd3 {denn der Bb6 ist tabu}
{(} 31. Qxb6 $2 Qf3+ 32. Kh3 Qh1+ 33. Kg4 Qd1+ 34. Kh3 Qxc2 {usw.}) 28. Rf1 Bc7
{Das sieht ganz nett aus, aber vorzuziehen war der Rückzug} (28... Qg4 {
, wenngleich Schwarz mit einem glatten Bauern weniger verbleibt.}) 29. e5 $1 (
29. Bxc7 $4 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 c1=Q+ 31. Kg2 Qxc7) 29... Qg4 30. Rc1 Rxd7 31. Qa8+
Rd8 32. Qc6 g5 {Auch das sieht gefällig aus, aber Weiß wird weder den Bf4
ziehen noch den Bc7 schlagen.} 33. e6 $1 gxf4 34. Qxc7 f3+ ({Auch das Endspiel
nach} 34... Rd2 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qxf4 Qxf4 37. gxf4 {ist für Schwarz verloren.
}) 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Rxc2 Rxc2 37. exf7+ Kg7 38. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "Shanghai m"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2016.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.05.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rdc1 h6 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. f4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Bg6 Rac8 22. Bc5 Kf8 23. Kf2 Bb7 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rc2 c5 26. Ke3 c4 27. a4
Bd5 28. axb5 axb5 29. g4 b4 30. Ra4 Rb8 31. Be4 b3 32. Rc3 Bxe4 33. Kxe4 Rb7
34. Ke3 Rd1 35. Rcxc4 Rb1 36. Ra6 Rxb2 37. Rcc6 Rb1 38. Rxe6+ Kf7 39. Reb6 Rxb6
40. Rxb6 b2 41. Kd3 Rf1 42. Rxb2 Rxf4 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Rxg7 Kxe5 45. Ke3 Ra4
46. Rg6 Ra3+ 47. Kf2 Kf4 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. h3 Rb2+ 50. Kf1 Rb1+ 51. Ke2 Rb2+ 52.
Ke1 h5 53. gxh5 Rb5 54. Rg4+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4
a6 9. d4 Ba7 10. Bc2 d5 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Nd2 Nd6 13. Ndf3 Bf5 14. Re1 Bxc2 15.
Qxc2 Ne4 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Nd3 Qd7 20. Bf4 c6 21. Re2
Ng6 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Re6 Kf7 24. Bg3 Rde8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. a4
Qe7 28. a5 Kd8 29. Qd1 Qe4 30. Kh2 Ne7 31. Qb3 Kc8 32. Qb4 Qe6 33. Nf4 Qf7 34.
Kg1 Bb8 35. Nd3 Bxg3 36. fxg3 Nf5 37. g4 Ng3 38. Nc5 h5 39. gxh5 Qe7 40. Kf2
Nf5 41. g4 Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Qxh3+ 43. Ke1 Qg3+ 44. Kd2 Nd6 45. Nxb7 Qg2+ 46. Kc1
Qf1+ 47. Kc2 Qe2+ 48. Kc1 Qe1+ 49. Kc2 Qe4+ 50. Kb3 Nxb7 51. Qf8+ Kc7 52. Qxg7+
Kb8 53. h6 Qd3 54. Ka3 Qb1 55. h7 Qa1+ 56. Kb3 Qd1+ 57. Kb4 Ka7 58. h8=Q Qa1 {
time} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Na5 Qd7 14. c4 Rad8
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rd7 17. Rab1 Bf5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Qc8 21.
Rc1 Re8 22. d5 c5 23. Rb1 Na4 24. Bd2 Nb6 25. Rb5 e6 26. d6 Qb8 27. Rxc5 Rxd6
28. Qxb7 Rxd3 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. exd3 Rd8 31. Rc7 Rxd3 32. Be3 Bd4 33. Bh6 Bg7
34. Bf4 Bd4 35. Nb3 Bf6 36. Bh6 Rd7 37. Rc6 Bd8 38. c5 Nd5 39. Rc8 Ne7 40. Ra8
Nc6 41. Bg5 Kg7 42. Bxd8 Rxd8 43. Rxd8 Nxd8 44. Nd4 Nb7 45. Nb5 Nxc5 46. Nxa7
Kf6 47. Nc6 e5 48. Kf1 Ke6 49. Nb4 e4 50. Ke2 f5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. h4 h6 53. Nc6+
Kd6 54. Nd4 Ke5 55. Nc6+ Kd6 56. Nd4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3
Bc8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Na6 15.
Ra1 Bg4 16. Be2 Nb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Nge2 e5 20. O-O Rb8 21. Bg3
Rb7 22. h3 exd4 23. exd4 Nf6 24. Be5 Qa6 25. Nf4 Qc4 26. Qd2 Ne4 27. Nxe4 dxe4
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Rc1 Qa2 31. Qe3 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Re1 Rb4 34.
Qxe4 Rxd4 35. Qe7 Rc4 36. Re5 Rc1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Qxc5 39. Qa1+ Kh7 40.
Qf6 Qd5 41. g3 c5 42. Kf1 c4 43. Ke2 Kg8 44. Qc3 h5 45. h4 Kf8 46. Qe3 Qd6 47.
Qc3 Qc5 48. Qe3 Qd5 49. Qd2 Qe5+ 50. Kd1 Ke7 51. Kc2 Ke6 52. f4 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd2
e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Na4 Qxb3 13. axb3 a5 14. Rc1 Bb7 15.
Bd3 Bd6 16. O-O Ke7 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Be1 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rc8 20. Rdc3 Ra6 21. Nd2
e5 22. R3c2 exd4 23. exd4 Nf8 24. f3 Ne6 25. Bf2 Kd7 26. g3 Rb8 27. Nc3 Rb4 28.
Na2 Rxd4 29. Re1 Rd3 30. Nc1 Nd4 31. Nxd3 Nxc2 32. Re2 Ra8 33. Ne5+ Bxe5 34.
Rxe5 Kd6 35. Re2 Nb4 36. g4 c5 37. Bg3+ Kd7 38. Nb1 Re8 39. Kf1 Kc6 40. Be5 Re6
41. h4 d4 42. Bg3 Nd3 43. Rc2 Nd5 44. Rd2 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nc1 46. Na3 Nxb3 47. Rd3
c4 48. Nxc4 Nxc4 49. Rxb3 Re3 50. Rxe3 Nxe3 51. b3 Nc2 52. Be5 f6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4
Ng6 9. Re1 c6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Ng3 Be6 16. Nf5 Bb6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nd7 20. Red1 a5 21.
Bb3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Nc5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxa5 Nxb3 25. Ra7 Nc5 26. h4 h5 27. g3
f6 28. b4 Nxe4 29. Rxb7 Nf8 30. Nf5 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. c4 Kf7 33. Kf1 Nb6
34. Ne3 Ke6 35. Ke2 f5 36. Ne1 Na4 37. Nd3 Nac3+ 38. Ke1 g5 39. hxg5 Nxg5 40.
Nc5+ Kf6 41. Nd7+ Ke6 42. Nc5+ Kf6 43. Nd7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. a3 e5 10. h3 Bd7 11. O-O h6 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4 Qc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Bf5 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bxb5 Bxh3 19. Re1 Be6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Qg4 22. Bd2 Nf5 23. Qd5 Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Nh4 27.
Nxh4 Qxh4 28. Kf1 g6 29. a4 Qe7 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qxa7 Bxb4 32. Bxb4 Qxb4 33. a5
Qb1+ 34. Ke2 Qc2+ 35. Ke3 Qb3+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ 37. Ke3 Qb3+ 38. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qe7 14. Rd1
Rd8 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qb4 Rac8 17. O-O Be4 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Nf3 b6 20. Rc1 Be4 21.
Nd2 Qf6 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rcd1 g6 24. h3 h5 25. Qb5 Kg7 26. b4 Ne6 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Bc4 Nc7 29. Qa4 Qc3 30. Qc6 Qe5 31. Rc1 Ne8 32. Bf1 Nf6 33. Qc7 Qxc7
34. Rxc7 Rd7 35. Rc4 h4 36. b5 Rd1 37. g3 hxg3 38. fxg3 Ra1 39. a4 Ra3 40. Bg2
Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Re2 43. Kf1 Rxe3 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Bxe4 Nh5 46. g4 Nf6
47. Bg2 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Ra3+ 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ng4 14. Bd4
c5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. O-O b6 17. Bd4 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Rxe3 19. Qf2 Re8 20. Rad1 Qf6
21. Qd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Bf5 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Ba6 Kg7 25. Kf2 Re7 26. a3 Rae8 27.
Rc1 h5 28. Bb5 Re4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rc4 Re7 31. Rc3 Re4 32. Rc4 Re7 33. Rc3
Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 Qc8 10. Bf4 Rd8 11. Nb5 d5 12. Ne5 Na6 13. Rac1 Bc5 14. Qd3 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nxa7 f6 19. Nec6 Rd7 20. Be3 Bxe3
21. fxe3 Rd2 22. b4 Rxa2 23. Rd1 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 Rb2 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rd7+ Kg6
27. Nd4 Rxb4 28. Nxe6 Rxc4 29. Rxg7+ Kh6 30. Rg8 b5 31. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Rb8 11. Rb1 h6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. d4 Be6
15. Na5 exd4 16. Rxb7 Qf6 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Nc6 Rb1 19. cxd4 Nf4 20. gxf4 Bxf4
21. d5 Bd7 22. Qf3 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxc1 25. Qxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Ngf3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. h4 Bg7 14. hxg5 hxg5
15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Qh5 Bf6 17. Ndf3 a6 18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. Nxg5 O-O-O 20. f4 Rh8
21. Nh7 Bxe5 22. dxe5 f5 23. exf6 Qxh7 24. Qxh7 Rxh7 25. g4 Rh8 26. Kf2 Kd8 27.
g5 Be8 28. e4 dxe4 29. b4 cxb4 30. cxb4 Bg6 31. Rd1+ Kc7 32. Rc1+ Kd7 33. Rd1+
Kc7 34. Rc1+ Kd7 35. Rd1+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
O-O 9. Qe1 a5 10. Nh2 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Nc4 Nfd7 13. a4 Na6 14. Ng4 f6 15.
Nge3 Nb4 16. Bd2 b6 17. h4 Re8 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. c3 Bf8 20. b4 Qc7 21. Bh3 Red8
22. Qb1 Bf7 23. Rd1 Ra7 24. Rd3 axb4 25. cxb4 b5 26. axb5 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 cxb5
28. Na3 Nb8 29. Nxb5 Qb6 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Nd5 Nc6 32. Qc3 Nxb4 33. Nxb4 Qb8
34. Bf1 Qa8 35. Nd5 h5 36. Bc4 Qa4 37. Kg2 Bc5 38. Qb3 Qa1 39. Nxf6+ gxf6 40.
Bxf7+ Kh8 41. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Qc2 a6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. d5 e5 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. Be2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 O-O 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. Bg4 Rc7 20. Qe2 Qf8 21. Bxd7
Rxd7 22. Qf3 Nh7 23. Bd2 f5 24. Qg3 Qf7 25. h4 Nf6 26. Bg5 Ng4 27. Rd2 Bc5 28.
Kh1 Bd4 29. f3 Nf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Ne2 Rxd5 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Rc2 Qh7 34. Kg1
Rxh4 35. Rc7 Rh1+ 36. Kf2 f4 37. Qg4 Qh4+ 38. Qxh4 Rxh4 39. Rxb7 Rc8 40. Rb6
Rc2+ 41. Re2 Rxe2+ 42. Kxe2 Kg7 43. Rxa6 Rh1 44. a4 Rg1 45. Kf2 Rb1 46. Rb6 Ra1
47. b3 f5 48. Rb5 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Kf6 50. Rb6+ Kg5 51. Re6 Rb2 52. Rxe5 Rxb3 53.
Re6 Ra3 54. Ra6 Ra2 55. Kg1 Kh5 56. Kh2 g5 57. Ra5 Kh4 58. Rxf5 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5
h6 9. c3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 Ba7 12. Qd3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15.
Re1 Bf5 16. Qc3 Re8 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rac1 Bb6 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Nf3
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. h4 Qe4 25. h5 Ne7 26. Be3 Kf8 27. Nd2 Qf5
28. Qh4 Ke8 29. Qg3 Kf8 30. Qh4 Ke8 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. Qg4 Nf5 33. Ne4 Qh4 34.
Qxh4 Nxh4 35. Ng3 Nf5 36. Nxf5 Bxf5 37. f3 Ke7 38. Kf2 Bd3 39. g4 f6 40. Ke1
Ba5+ 41. Bd2 Bxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Bf1 43. Ke3 f5 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. a3 Bd3 46. Ke3 Bb1
47. Kf4 Bd3 48. Ke3 Bf1 49. Kf4 a5 50. Bc2 fxg4 51. fxg4 Bg2 52. Bd3 b4 53.
axb4 axb4 54. Be4 Bxe4 55. Kxe4 Kg5 56. Kf3 g6 57. hxg6 Kxg6 58. b3 Kg5 59. Kg3
h5 60. gxh5 Kxh5 61. Kh3 Kg5 62. Kg3 Kf5 63. Kf3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc2 Bg4 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Ngf3 e6 9. Qa4 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 Be7 13. Qf4 Bxg5 14.
Qxg5 O-O 15. O-O Rac8 16. e4 h6 17. Qh5 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. exd5 Rxd5 20.
Bh7+ Kf8 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Re1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Qe2+ Kf8 25. Bf5 d4 26.
Bd7 Ne7 27. cxd4 Qxd4 28. Bb5 g6 29. g3 h5 30. Bc4 Nf5 31. Bd3 Nd6 32. h4 b6
33. b3 a5 34. a4 Qc3 35. Qd1 Ke7 36. Qe2+ Kf8 37. Qd1 Ke7 38. Qe2+ Kf8 39. Qd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 Ne7
15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Re4 Rb5 18. Qe1 Rd5 19. Ba5 Rd7 20. Bb4 Qb8 21. Nc5
Rd8 22. Nb3 Ba6 23. Ne5 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxe5 25. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bd6 27. Nxb8
Rh5+ 28. Kg1 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Bxb8+ 30. Kg1 Bh2+ 31. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Qe2 Re8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 a5 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O c5 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ng6 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. b3 b6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 f5 19. Bg3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21.
dxe4 Re7 22. Rfe1 Bb7 23. Rad1 Rae8 24. e5 Nf8 25. Rd2 Ne6 26. Red1 Be4 27. Bf2
Rf7 28. Re1 Bc6 29. Be3 h6 30. h4 Bb7 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Rf8+ 33. Kg3 Be4
34. Re2 Bd5 35. Na3 Rf5 36. Bg1 Bb7 37. Nb5 Ba6 38. Bh2 Bxb5 39. axb5 h5 40.
Kh3 Kf7 41. Rd2 Ke7 42. g4 Rf3+ 43. Bg3 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 hxg4 45. Bxf4 Rxf4 46. Kg3
Re4 47. h5 c4 48. bxc4 Rxc4 49. Rd3 a4 50. Kh4 Rxc2 51. Kxg4 Rc5 52. Kf5 Rxb5
53. Rg3 Kf8 54. Rd3 Ra5 55. Rd8+ Ke7 56. Rg8 a3 57. Rxg7+ Kf8 58. Rg1 a2 59.
Ra1 b5 60. Ke4 b4 61. Kd4 c5+ 62. Kc4 Ra3 63. h6 Rc3+ 64. Kd5 b3 65. e6 b2 66.
h7 Rh3 67. Rf1+ Ke8 68. Rg1 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qe4 f6 11. f4 Bf5 12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qe4 Bf5 14. Qe3
Qd4 15. fxe5 Qxe3+ 16. dxe3 fxe5 17. e4 Bxe4 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Bg5 Rb8 20. Rad1
h6 21. Bf6 Rh7 22. Bxe5 Rxb2 23. Rf4 Re7 24. Bh8 Rc2 25. Rdf1 Kd7 26. Rxc4 Bb7
27. Rf8 Re8 28. Rxc7+ Kxc7 29. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. Re1 a5 14. b5 Nd4 15.
Nb3 a4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rxe2 21.
Rxe2 Bxe2 22. Bxb7 Bxd3 23. Rd1 Qxb5 24. Qxc7 Rf8 25. Bxd4 Nc4 {Diagramm [#]}
26. Bf3 $6 ({Weiß hatte bereits längere Zeit einigen Vorteil gehabt, der nach
} 26. Bc6 $1 Qb3 27. Re1 {wegen der Drohungen Ld5 und Lc5 auch offensichtlich
gewesen wäre.}) 26... Qb3 27. Bc5 Re8 {Diagramm [#] Hier war noch alles auf
der Reihe.} 28. Qd7 $4 Qxd1+ $1 (28... Qxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Bf1+ 31. Kf3
Ne5+) 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 10. Re1 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qe2 Bc5 15.
Ncb5 a6 16. Rad1 axb5 17. Nxe6 Qe7 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Bd4 b4 20. f4 Bxd4+ 21.
Rxd4 Qc5 22. Qe3 Nfg4 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Rd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Bd3 Kg7
15. f4 Qc7 16. Qf2 h5 17. f5 h4 18. Nge2 gxf5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rh5 21.
Qf2 Rah8 22. O-O Rg5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Rg6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Nf4 Qd6 27.
Rae1 Rf5 28. Qe3 Nf6 29. Nd3 Re8 30. Ne5 Rh5 31. Qf2 Re6 32. Nc4 Qd5 33. Rxe6
Qxe6 34. Ne3 Ne4 35. Qf3 Ng3 36. Rd1 Rg5 37. d5 cxd5 38. Nxd5 Qe5 39. Ne3 Rg6
40. Nf1 Ne2+ 41. Kh1 Nf4 42. Rd2 Nh5 43. Rf2 Rf6 44. Qg4+ Rg6 45. Qxh4 Nf6 46.
Qf4 Qc5 47. Ne3 Kh7 48. Qh4+ Qh5 49. Qxh5+ Nxh5 50. Rxf7+ Kg8 51. Rxb7 Ra6 52.
a3 Re6 53. Ng4 Ng3+ 54. Kh2 Nf1+ 55. Kg1 Re1 56. Kf2 Rb1 57. Rd7 Kf8 58. b4 Ke8
59. Nf6+ Kf8 60. Ne4 Ke8 61. Rxa7 Nh2 62. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nc2 Nc6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Ne3 Nd7 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. b3 Nf6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Ncd5 Bh3
15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Bc3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd2 e6 20. Qb2+ f6
21. Nf4 Kf7 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. Rcd1 a6 25. Qa3 g5 26. Ng2 d5 27. Qb2
dxc4 28. bxc4 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Ne5 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. Ne3 b5 32. Qe4 bxc4 33. f4 c3
34. Rc2 gxf4 35. gxf4 Ng6 36. f5 Ne5 37. Qd4 Kh8 38. Rxc3 Rg8+ 39. Kf1 Qg7 40.
Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Qf2 42. Qd6 Nf3+ 43. Kd3 Ne5+ 44. Kd2 Nf3+ 45. Kd3 Ne5+ 46.
Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 Qc7 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 e6 10. Bg3 Qd8 11. Bb5 Be7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Nxe4
Be7 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Nd6 Rfd8 17. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 exf5 19. Kc1 Rc8 20. Rd1
Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Bd3 g6 23. Qe8+ Bf8 24. Bc4 Qf6 25. Bc7 Ne6 26. Bxe6
Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Kd2 Kf7 29. Bb8 a6 30. Kd3 Ke8 31. e4 Kd7 32. f3 Kc6 33.
a4 Bg7 34. h3 h5 35. Ba7 Bf6 36. Bd4 Be7 37. c4 a5 38. b3 b6 39. Bc3 Bc5 40.
Bd2 Be7 41. exf5 exf5 42. Kd4 Bf6+ 43. Kd3 Be7 44. Be1 Bf8 45. Bh4 Bg7 46. Be7
Be5 47. b4 axb4 48. Bxb4 Bf6 49. Bc3 Be7 50. Bd4 Bf8 51. Ke3 Bh6+ 52. Kd3 Bf8
53. Kc3 Be7 54. Kb3 Bf8 55. Kc2 Be7 56. Be3 Bf6 57. Kd3 Be7 58. Bd2 Bf8 59. a5
bxa5 60. Bxa5 Be7 61. Bd2 Bf8 62. Be3 Bg7 63. Bd4 Bf8 64. Kc3 Be7 65. Bf2 Bf6+
66. Kb4 Be7+ 67. c5 Bf8 68. Kc4 Be7 69. Bd4 Bf8 70. g4 Be7 71. gxf5 gxf5 72.
Bf2 Bf8 73. Bd4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nc6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. e3 Rfd8
15. Ne5 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bc8 17. Rfd1 Ng4 18. Nd5 Kf8 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Bxe5
21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxc8 23. Bh3 h5 24. f3 Ne3 25. Bxc8 Nxd1 26. Bxb7 f6
27. exf6 exf6 28. Kf1 Nc3 29. h4 Na2 30. Ke2 Nc1+ 31. Kd2 Nxb3+ 32. Kc3 Nc5 33.
Bd5 a5 34. Bc6 Ke7 35. Bb5 g5 36. Bc6 gxh4 37. gxh4 f5 38. Bd5 Kf6 39. f4 Ne6
40. Bf3 Nxf4 41. Kb3 Ng6 42. Bxh5 Nxh4 43. Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a4 Rad8 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Qxa5 Qxd4 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27.
bxc3 Rc8 28. R5e3 Rfd8 29. Rf3 Be6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. h3 Rd6 32. Ra1 Rdc6 33.
Ra7 R6c7 34. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2 13. dxe6 Ba5 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. Ne5 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh7 17. Qg6+ Kg8 18. Qe6+ Kh7 19. Qg6+ Kg8 20. Qe6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Qf3 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Qd6 16. Qf3 g6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Re2 Ng7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qe3 f6 23. Nf3 Ng7 24. Kf1 g5 25. h3 h6 26. Ng1 Kf7 27. Ne2 h5
28. Kg1 h4 29. Bc2 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Kf1 Qe4 33. Nc1 Nd6 34. f3
Qxd3+ 35. Nxd3 Ke6 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. b3 a5 38. Nc5 Kf4 39. Kf2 b6 40. Nd3+ Kf5
41. a4 b5 42. Nc5 bxa4 43. Nxa4 Kf4 44. Nc5 Nb5 45. Na4 f5 46. Nc5 g4 47. Ne6#
1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O h5 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. g3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bh3 Nc4
15. Qe2 Rc7 16. Bg5 Be7 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rhe1 Kf8 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Nd4 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 g6 24. Nc6 Kg7 25. Rd4 f5 26. a4 Ne5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxh2 30. c3 Ra7 31. Kb1 Rh3 32. d6 Rd7 33. Re3 Kf6
34. Kc2 g5 35. Red3 Ke6 36. Re3+ Kf6 37. Red3 Ke6 38. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Qc2
c5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O cxd4 14. Rxd4 Nc6
15. Rd2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. a3 a6 19. Bd3 Be8 20. Bb1 Rxd2 21.
Nxd2 Ne5 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bc6 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. h3 Qh5 26. Rd2 Qg5 27. f3 e5
28. Qd3 e4 29. fxe4 Re8 30. Qd4 Nd7 31. Rf2 Ne5 32. Ba2 Rd8 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34.
exd5 Rd6 35. Bb1 g6 36. Be4 Qe7 37. Bf3 Rd8 38. Bg4 Qc7 39. Rf1 h5 40. Be2 Qd6
41. e4 Rc8 42. Bd3 Kg7 43. Qe3 b5 44. Kh1 Rc7 45. Qf4 f6 46. Qd2 Qc5 47. Bb1 g5
48. Qe2 h4 49. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. a4 Bc7 13. Be3 d5 14. Nbd2 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Be6 16. Ng5 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Bb6
21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. b4 Nf8 24. Bd3 Re8 25. g3 g6 26. Bc4 Nd7 27. Bb3
Nf6 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Qd1 h5 30. h4 Re5 31. Rf3 Qe7 32. Kg2 c5 33. bxc5 bxc5 34.
Qd3 Qc7 35. a5 Re7 36. Qb5 Ne8 37. Bd5 Nd6 38. Qb2 c4 39. Qd2 Qxa5 40. Qd4+ Kh7
41. Bxc4 Nxc4 42. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bd7 11. e3 Rc8 12. Qb4 Bc6 13. Be2 Bd5 14. Rc1 Nd7
15. O-O a5 16. Qa4 c6 17. Nd2 Qg5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qb5 20. Qxb5 cxb5 21.
Rfd1 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Kf1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ra2 25. Rb1 Nb6 26. Ne5 b3 27. Ke1
f6 28. Nd3 Nc4 29. Nc1 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Nxb2 31. Nxb3 b6 32. Kd2 Kf7 33. Kc2 Nc4
34. Kd3 Nd6 35. e4 Ke7 36. e5 fxe5 37. dxe5 Nf5 38. g4 Nh4 39. Ke4 g5 40. f4
gxf4 41. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qb3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Bf4
d4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. c5 Nd5 13. Qa4 Nc7 14. Nb3 e5 15.
Nfd2 Bd7 16. Na5 Rb8 17. Rac1 Ne6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Qd2
Bf5 22. e3 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nc3 24. Nb3 Bg7 25. exd4 exd4 26. Rfe1 Qe7 27. f4 Rbd8
28. e5 f6 29. Na5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Kh7 31. h4 Bxe5 32. Nc4 Qg7 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34.
Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Re1 Qf6 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. Kh2 Nxa2 38. Ra1 Nxb4 39. Qb3 a5 40. Rxa5
d3 41. Ra7 d2 42. Rxb7+ Kf8 43. Qe3 d1=Q 44. Qxh6+ Ke8 45. Rxb4 Qd2 46. Re4+
Kf7 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Qc7 Qxg2+ 49. Kxg2 Rd2+ 50. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Nd4 Ne6 16. Rc1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rfc8 19. Rc5 Rxc5 20. dxc5
d4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Bc4 Kf8 23. f3 Bf5 24. Kf2 a5 25. g4 Be6 26. Bd3 Bb3 27. Rd2
Rc8 28. Be4 Rxc5 29. Rxd4 h5 30. h3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Ke7 32. Ke3 b6 33. Kd2 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qd4 Nc5 6. Nc3 {Diagramm [#]} ({
Diese vollkommen ungebräuchliche Variante wurde schon vor langer Zeit
"erfunden":} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe3 Ne6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Bd2 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5
Bg7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. O-O-O a6 14. h4 h5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Nd5 Qa4 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18.
axb3 f6 19. Be3 f5 20. g3 c5 21. Bg2 Kh7 22. Rhe1 Rb8 23. Nb6 f4 24. Bd2 fxg3
25. Nxc8 Nd4 26. Ne7 Rxf2 27. Be4 Nxb3+ 28. Kc2 Nd4+ 29. Kb1 Nb3 30. Bxg6+ Kh8
31. Bc1 Nxc1 32. Kxc1 Bxb2+ 33. Kb1 Bd4 34. Nf5 Rg8 35. Nxd4 Rxg6 36. Ne6 g2
37. Ng5 Rxg5 38. hxg5 h4 39. Kc1 Kg7 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Re6+ Kxg5 42. Re8 h3 43.
Rg8+ Kf4 44. Rf8+ Kg3 45. Rd3+ Kg4 46. Rg8+ Kf5 47. Rxh3 Rf1+ 48. Kb2 g1=Q 49.
Rh5+ {1/2-1/2 (49) Ree,H (2480)-Ribli,Z (2505) Wijk aan Zee 1973}) 6... Ne6 7.
Qe4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O-O d6 {Diagramm [#] Das sieht komisch aus 
(gegenüber z.B. b7-b6), aber die schwarzen Figuren stehen extrem gut und die
Königsstellung des Nachziehenden ist sicher - genügend Gründe, um einen
Bauern ins Geschäft zu stecken.} 11. c5 Ne7 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Rxd6 Qc7 14. g4
Nc5 15. Qc4 b6 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. h3 $6 (17. Qe2 {war besser.}) 17... Rb8 18.
Qe2 Rb4 {Schwarz hat genügend Kompensation für den Bauern.} 19. Qd2 $6 (19.
Bg2 $1) 19... Rd4 20. Rxd4 $6 (20. Nb5 $1) 20... cxd4 21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. Qf2 $2 (
22. Qa4 {war etwas besser. Falls jetzt} Nd5 {so} 23. Qc4) 22... Nd5 23. Nge2
Nb4 24. Kb1 Nd3 25. Qh4 Bb7 26. Rh2 Rb8 27. b3 Nxf4 28. Nxf4 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 c5 14. bxc5 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rxb5 Nd5 18. Rxc5 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. f4 Qf3+ 21.
Kg1 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Qf3+ 23. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Re8 8.
Qe2 b5 9. Ne3 a5 10. O-O Nh5 11. g3 Bh3 12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Nh4 Nf4 14. Qf3 Bxe3
15. fxe3 Bg2 16. Qg4 Bh3 17. Qf3 Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nbd7 7. d3 Bc5 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Bg2 a5 10. c4 c6 11. e3 a4 12. d4 Bd6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Rb1 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rab8 20. Nc3 Rec8 21.
Bf1 b4 22. Nxa4 Nd5 23. Bd2 Ra8 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Be5 26. Bg2 Rcb8 27. Bf4
Bxf4 28. gxf4 Rd8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rd4 Kf8 31. Rxb4 Rxa2 32. Rd4 Rb8 33. b4
Re8 34. c6 Ree2 35. Rxd5 Rec2 36. Rc5 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Ke7 38. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 d4 14. exd4 Bg4
15. d5 Ne7 16. Qb1 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Qa1 Ng6 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. O-O
Nf4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. Rd2 Rfe8 25. Kh1 Bb8 26. g3 Qh6 27. Qb1 Qh3
28. Rg1 Re5 29. Qf1 Qh6 30. gxf4 Nxh2 31. Nxh2 Rh5 32. Qg2 Bxf4 33. Qxg7+ Qxg7
34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Ne2+ Be5 36. Ng3 Rg5 37. Nf3 Bxb2 38. Nxg5 Bxa3 39. Rd4 Kf6
40. Nf3 Rd8 41. Kg2 b6 42. Ne4+ Kf5 43. Ned2 a5 44. bxa5 bxa5 45. Nc4 Bc5 46.
Ne3+ Kf6 47. Rf4+ Ke7 48. Nf5+ Kf8 49. Nh6 Kg7 50. Nf5+ Kf8 51. Nh6 Kg7 52.
Nxf7 Rxd5 53. N7e5 Bd6 54. Rg4+ Kf6 55. Nc6 h5 56. Ra4 Bc7 57. Ncd4 Bb6 58. Kf1
Ke7 59. Ke2 Kd6 60. Kd3 Ke7 61. Ke4 Rc5 62. Ne5 h4 63. Ng6+ Kf6 64. Nxh4 Re5+
65. Kd3 Re1 66. Nhf3 Rd1+ 67. Ke2 Rb1 68. Rc4 Rb2+ 69. Ke3 Ke7 70. Ne5 Kd6 71.
Ke4 a4 72. Rxa4 Rxf2 73. Nc4+ Kc5 74. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 13. Ng5 f6 14. Nxe6
Nxe6 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. g3 Nd4 18. Qf1 Qg4 19. Be3 Qf3 20. h4 d5 21.
exd5 Qxd5 22. h5 g5 23. h6 Rad8 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. f4 Re3 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. g4
Rde8 28. Rh2 Kf7 29. a3 Qxg4 30. Rc1 Rf3 31. Qh1 Ree3 32. Rh4 Qd7 33. Rg1 Rg3
34. Rf4 Qh3 35. Rxd4 Qxh1 36. Rxh1 Ke7 37. a4 Re2 38. Rb4 b6 39. Rc4 c5 40. b4
Re5 41. a5 Rg6 42. Kb2 Kd6 43. axb6 axb6 44. bxc5+ Rxc5 45. Rb4 b5 46. Rf4 f5
47. Rh5 Rg2 48. Rhxf5 Rgxc2+ 49. Kb3 R2c3+ 50. Kb4 Rxf5 51. Rxf5 Rxd3 52. Rf7
Ke6 53. Rxh7 Rh3 54. Rb7 Kf5 55. h7 Kg6 56. Kxb5 Rxh7 57. Rxh7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd4 Ned5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Bg3
Nxh3+ 22. Kg2 c6 23. Kxh3 cxb5 24. axb5 a4 25. Nd4 Nc4 26. Ra2 Bf7 27. Re7 Bd5
28. Ne6 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Nc7 Rd8 31. Rxa4 Nb6 32. Rd4 Ke7 33. Nxd5+ Rxd5
34. Re4+ Kd7 35. c4 Rd3 36. b4 Na4 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. Re3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Ne4 40. c5
Nc3 41. b6 Kc6 42. Kf3 Nd5 43. Be1 Kb5 44. e4 Ne7 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Kf4 Kd4 47.
Bf2+ Kc4 48. Be1 Kd4 49. Bf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Qe7 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h3 b5 24. Rd1 h6 25. Rd6 Rf8 26. Qc6 Qh4 27. Qc5
Qc4 28. Qxc4 bxc4 29. Rc6 Rf5 30. Rxe6 c3 31. Rc6 Rxe5 32. Rxc3 Re1+ 33. Kh2
Re2 34. Ra3 Rxf2 35. Rxa7 Rb2 36. Kg3 Kh7 37. a4 Kg6 38. a5 Ra2 39. a6 h5 40.
h4 Ra4 41. Ra8 Rg4+ 42. Kh3 Ra4 43. Ra7 Ra3+ 44. Kh2 Ra4 45. g3 Ra2+ 46. Kg1
Kf6 47. Kf1 g5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Ra8 Kg6 50. Ke1 Kg7 51. Kd1 Kh7 52. Kc1 Kg7
53. Kb1 Ra5 54. Kb2 Ra4 55. Kb3 Ra1 56. Kb4 Rb1+ 57. Kc5 Rc1+ 58. Kb6 Rb1+ 59.
Ka7 Rb3 60. Rb8 Rxg3 61. Rb5 Kh6 62. Kb6 h4 63. a7 Rg8 64. Kb7 Rg7+ 65. Ka6 Rg8
66. Rb8 Rg1 67. Rb5 Rg8 68. Rc5 Rh8 69. Kb7 Rh7+ 70. Kb8 h3 71. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. Na3 Be6 8.
Ne5 h5 9. Naxc4 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 h4 11. Ne5 hxg3 12. hxg3 Rc8 13. d4 Bd5 14. e4
Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxd4 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bg6+ Kg8 18. Rd1 Qe5 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Bf5
g5 21. Bxc8 Kg7 22. Be3 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3
Rc8 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Rxc4 11. Qd3 Rc6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. g4 O-O 14. Kb1 a6
15. h4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rd1 Bc7 20. g5 Ne8
21. Rd7 Rd6 22. Re7 Kf8 23. Rxe5 b6 24. Kc2 g6 25. a4 Rc6 26. Rd5 Bd6 27. Rd1
Nc7 28. a5 Be7 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. b3 Ke8 31. Ra1 Kd7 32. Na4 Rb5 33. Nb2 Ke8 34.
Nc4 Kd7 35. Bf4 Ne6 36. Be5 Nd4+ 37. Bxd4 cxd4 38. Rxa6 Bc5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. e4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rd8 17. Bg2 O-O 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Rac1 {Diagramm [#] Das
Läuferpaar und der Raumvorteil sichern Weiß die Initiative. Wie soll sich
Schwarz verhalten? Damentausch vermeiden, die totale Öffnung der Stellung
verhindern, ein gutes, zentrales Feld für den Springer finden, die
Damenflügelbauern gegen die Attacke der weißen Läufer absichern - machbar,
aber viel schwieriger als Carlsens Aufgabe, der sich nur zwischen c4-c5 und
d4-d5 entscheiden muss. So scheitert jedenfalls komplett an der Lösung dieser
Probleme.} Qb6 $2 (19... b6 20. d5 ({Oder} 20. Qa4 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Ne5
$14) 20... exd5 21. cxd5 c5 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bxg5 Be7) 20. d5 $1 Qxb3 21. axb3
exd5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 {Diagramm [#] Das sieht bereits komplett verloren
aus, jedenfalls wenn ein Carlsen auf der anderen Seite des Brettes sitzt. Und
so kommt es dann auch innerhalb kürzester Zeit.} Bf6 24. Bxa7 Ne5 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 26. Bxb7 Nd3 27. Rd1 Nb4 $2 (27... Rd7 28. Be3 Rxb7 29. Rxd3 {hätte
erheblich mehr Widerstand geleistet.}) 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Be4 Bf6 30. Bc5 {
Jetzt geht gar noch der Springer verloren. Sang- und klanglos hat So aus einem
etwas schlechteren Mittelspiel in ein total verlorenes Endspiel abgewickelt.}
1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Ng4 12. e6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
Nxe4 Rc8 15. h3 Nf6 16. Re1 Be7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Re2 Rhd8+ 20.
Rd2 Bd4 21. Ke1 Rc6 22. Re2 Rdc8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.
Kd2 Ra1 27. a3 Ke6 28. Rf2 Rg1 29. Ke2 Rc1 30. Kf3 Rc5 31. Rd2 Rf5+ 32. Ke2 Rg5
33. g4 Rc5 34. Kd3 Rd5+ 35. Ke2 Rc5 36. b4 Rc3 37. Rd3 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Ra2 39. h4
g6 40. Kf4 h6 41. Rc3 Rf2+ 42. Kg3 Ra2 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Rd3+ Ke6 45. Rc3 Kd6 46.
Rc8 Rxa3 47. Rg8 g5 48. Rg6+ Ke5 49. Rxh6 gxh4 50. Rxh4 Rb3 51. b5 Kf6 52. Rh6+
Kg7 53. Rh5 Rb4 54. Rd5 Kf6 55. Rh5 Kg6 56. e4 Rb1 57. Rd5 Rf1+ 58. Kg3 Rg1+
59. Kf4 Rf1+ 60. Kg3 Rg1+ 61. Kf3 Rf1+ 62. Ke3 Rg1 63. Rd7 a6 64. b6 Rxg4 65.
Kd4 Kf6 66. Rxb7 Rg1 67. Ra7 Ke6 68. Rxa6 Kd6 69. b7+ Kc7 70. Rb6 Kb8 71. Rb2
Rg4 72. Kd5 Rg8 73. e5 Rd8+ 74. Kc5 Re8 75. Kd6 Rd8+ 76. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14.
Qh4 Qb7 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Bg5 Ng4 17. h3 Qxb2 18. Rfc1 h6 19. hxg4 hxg5 20. Qxg5
f6 21. Qe3 Bxg4 22. Rab1 Qa3 23. Rb3 Qa5 24. Qe4 Be6 25. Rb5 Qa3 26. Qb1 Rac8
27. Qb2 Qxb2 28. Rxb2 Rc5 29. Rb5 Rc6 30. Ra5 Rfc8 31. Ra3 e4 32. Kf1 e3 33.
fxe3 Rc4 34. Ke1 R8c7 35. Kd2 Rd7+ 36. Ke1 Rdc7 37. Kd2 Kf7 38. Rb1 Rg4 39. Nb5
Rd7+ 40. Nd4 Rxg3 41. Rb5 Rxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxb2
15. Ne1 Bg7 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 a5 19. h4 a4 20. h5 Qd7 21. Bd5
Qf5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rb1 a3 24. Kg2 Bd4 25. e3 Bf6 26. Qe2 Kg7 27. Rh1 Rh8 28.
Rdd1 Qe5 29. Rb1 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Qb2 31. Bf3 Rxb3 32. axb3 Qxb3 33. Bd5 a2 34.
Qf3 Qb2 35. Qf4 e6 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Ke7 40.
Qh7+ Bg7 41. Qh4+ Qf6 42. Qe4 a1=Q 43. Qb7+ Kf8 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Rxa1 Qxa1 46.
Qxd6 Qe5 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qd8+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Kh6 51. Qc6 Bf6 52.
Qf3 Qf5 53. Qc6 Qe5 54. Qf3 Qf5 55. Qc6 Bc3 56. Qa8 Kh7 57. Qb7+ Kg6 58. Qa8
Qf7 59. Qe4+ Qf5 60. Qa8 Kf7 61. Qb7+ Kf6 62. Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Be2 Be5 12. Bf3 Re8 13. Na3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Bd7 17. Nc2 Ne4 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Ne3 Bc6 20. Rac1 Kf8 21.
Rc2 Rad8 22. Rec1 Ng5 23. Be2 Ne6 24. Rd1 g6 25. g3 f5 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Ng2 g5
28. Ne1 g4 29. Ng2 h5 30. f3 Rd7 31. Nh4 Rf7 32. f4 Kf6 33. Kf2 Rfe7 34. Rcd2
Nxd4 35. Bf1 Ne6 36. Bd3 Ng7 37. Bf1 Ne6 38. Bd3 Nd4 39. Bf1 Nb5 40. Nxf5 Kxf5
41. Bxb5 Kf6 42. Bf1 Re3 43. Rd3 R3e7 44. R3d2 Re3 45. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 Ne7 12. Nc2 Kg7 13. Kh1 Nh5 14. d4 f5 15. exf5 e4
16. Nxg5 Nxg3+ 17. fxg3 hxg5 18. f6+ Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Kxf6 20. Qf1+ Bf5 21. g4 d5
22. Be2 Qd6 23. Ne3 Qf4 24. Qg1 Kg7 25. Rf1 Qd6 26. Nxf5+ Nxf5 27. Rxf5 Rh8 28.
Rxg5+ Kf7 29. Rh5 Rxh5 30. gxh5 c5 31. Qf2+ Kg7 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. Qf5 Be3 34.
g4 Qf4 35. Qxf4 Bxf4 36. Bd1 Bc1 37. Bb3 e3 38. Kg2 Bxb2 39. Bxd5 Bxc3 40. Kf3
b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kxe3 Kh6 43. Kf4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. f3 Bc5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nc2 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ke7 14. Rc1
Rd8 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nb6 Rab8 17. Be2 Be8 18. Kf2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rc3 Rbd8
21. a3 Nd4 22. Bc4 Nc6 23. Be2 Nd4 24. Rd1 f6 25. Bf1 Bf7 26. Rdc1 b5 27. h4 e5
28. g3 Be6 29. Rc7 Nb3 30. R1c6 Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Rd7 32. Rc2 Na1 33. Rc6 Rd2+ 34.
Ke1 Rxb2 35. Rxa6 Nb3 36. Nd5+ Bxd5 37. exd5 Nd4 38. Bd3 Nxf3+ 39. Kf1 Nh2+ 40.
Ke1 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 g6 42. h5 f5 43. Rb6 Nh2+ 44. Ke1 Nf3+ 45. Kf1 e4 46. d6+ Ke6
47. Bc4+ Ke5 48. d7 Nh2+ 49. Ke1 Nf3+ 50. Kf1 Nh2+ 51. Ke1 Nf3+ 52. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d4 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Bh3 19. Qf2 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Bf4 21. Qe2
Be3+ 22. Kh1 Re8 23. Nf1 Bxf1 24. Qxf1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Kf8 26. Qf2 g6 27. Kg1 Qf5
28. Bc2 Qe6 29. Bb3 Qf5 30. a3 h5 31. Bc2 Qe6 32. Bb3 Qf5 33. c4 bxc4 34. Bxc4
a5 35. Bf1 Re6 36. h4 g5 37. hxg5 Qxg5 38. Re1 h4 39. g4 Ne3 40. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Re1 Be6 13. b4 g4 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. Nc4 b5 17. Ne3 h5 18. Kh1 Ng6 19. Nxg6 Kxg6 20. Bh4 Nxe4 21. Nxg4
Nxf2+ 22. Bxf2 Bxf2 23. Nxf2 Rxf2 24. Re3 Qf6 25. Rg3+ Kh6 26. Rh3 Qf7 27. Qc1+
Kg6 28. Rg3+ Kh7 29. h3 Rf8 30. Kh2 Qf4 31. Qxf4 exf4 32. Rg5 Kh6 33. h4 f3 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Re1 e5 36. Kh3 fxg2 37. Rxg2 R8f3+ 38. Rg3 Rxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Rc2 40.
Kf3 Rxc3 41. Ke4 Rb3 42. Rg1 Rxb4+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Ne2 Nd6 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. c4 c6 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. Qa3 a5 14. Ne5 Kg8 15. f4
Re8 16. Rc2 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. Nxg4 fxg4 20. Re1 b5 21. c5 Nf5
22. Qc3 b4 23. Qd2 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Qd3 Ra7 26. Kg1 Rf7 27. Ng3 Qh4 28. e4
Ne7 29. Rf2 Ref8 30. Ref1 g6 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Qxg4 Qxd4 33. Qxe6 Kh8 34. Qe5+
Qxe5 35. fxe5 Kg7 36. exd5 Nxd5 37. Ne2 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 Re8 39. Nd4 Rxe5 40. Nxc6
Re1+ 41. Rf1 Re2 42. Rf2 Re1+ 43. Rf1 Re2 44. Rf2 Re1+ 45. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Bd2 e6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4
cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. Qa4+ Nbc6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O d5 13. Rfb1 b6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Qa3 Bb7 16. Bh3 Bc8 17. Bg2 Bb7 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Bc3 d4 20. Nfxd4 Nxd4
21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qxd4 24. Qxe7 Rae8 25. Qb4 Qd5+ 26. e4
Qxd3 27. Rxa7 Qxe4+ 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxb6 Ree8 30. h4 Ra8 31. Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. Rxe4 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Re3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21.
dxe5 Qe7 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qe2 Qg5 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Re1 Re8 26. Qd3 Rxe5 27. Qd6+
Re7 28. Ne4 Qf5 29. Re2 Bc7 30. Qd4 Qe5 31. Qxa7 Qh2 32. Ng3 Bxg3 33. Rxe7 Qh1+
34. Ke2 Kxe7 35. Qe3+ Kf6 36. Qxg3 Qb1 37. Qf4+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qb4 Qxa2
40. Qxb7 Qc4+ 41. Ke3 Qc5+ 42. Kf3 Qd5+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+
46. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd1
Qe7 15. Qe4 Qxc5 16. e3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Nc6 18. g3 Ne5 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6
21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Rhd1 Rc2 24. Kf3 Kg7 25. e4 a5 26. Ke3 R2c5 27.
Rb1 a4 28. b3 axb3 29. Rxb3 Ra5 30. Rdd3 b5 31. Kd2 Rc4 32. f3 Rca4 33. Rdc3
Rd4+ 34. Ke3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 b4 36. f4 bxa3 37. Rxa3 Rb4 38. fxe5 Rb5 39. Kf4 Rb2
40. h4 h6 41. g4 Rh2 42. h5 Rh1 43. Rf3 Rg1 44. Rf2 Rh1 45. Rf3 Rg1 46. Rf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 a6 7. a4 Ng4 8. Rf1
h6 9. c3 d6 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qf6 14. Ne3 Nf4 15. Ng4
Qg6 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. d4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Re2 Rad8 21. b4 Bb8
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 c6 24. Rb1 d5 25. Ba2 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Bd6 27. bxc6 bxc6 28.
Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Ne5 Qg5 30. Qc4 Qf6 31. Rb7 c5 32. Nd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 cxd4 34.
Rxd4 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Qe4 Be7 37. Qd4 Qxd4 38. cxd4 Bf6 39. d5 Be7 40. f3
Bc5+ 41. Kf1 Kf8 42. Bc4 Ke7 43. Bb5 Kd6 44. Be8 f6 45. Bf7 Ke5 46. Be6 f5 47.
Bd7 Kf6 48. Ke2 g6 49. Be8 g5 50. Bd7 Bb6 51. Kf1 Ba7 52. Ke2 Bc5 53. Kf1 h5
54. Be8 h4 55. Bd7 Ke5 56. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {In round 4 this was already my third white game. In the first two
games against predominantly 1...e5 players I was suprised by 1...c5 and
wheeled out a couple of obscure Anti-Sicilians. I got an excellent position
against Nakamura and then nothing against Karjakin and won, so naturally I was
expecting to be surprised again.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Wesley also plays
other systems, but an invitation to the Berlin is never a surprise from a top
player.} 4. d3 {In my early years as an ambitious player the Berlin was not
considered a particulary good opening, and I used to grab the invitation with
both hands, with excellent results. More recently however, more solid systems
for Black have been found, and I'm finding myself rejecting the invitation on
a regular basis.} Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 ({Back in 2012 I started playing} 6.
Nbd2 {here, and to my surprise it became very popular. The text has similar
ideas, but is much less well-known.}) 6... Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 {Naturally, there
are plenty of other options on this and the previous move, but this plan is
always decent. The bishop will temporarily be misplaced on h5/g6, but it will
usually come in to play via f7 after ...Nd7 and ...f6.} 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 {
This move took me more than 20 minutes, but I felt that it was already time to
delve more deeply into the position. In the 2013 world championship Vishy
chose the plan with Nf1-g3 without g4, but that was without Qe2 and ...Qe7
included. Now I would just be a tempo down compared that game. Other ways to
play were Nc4 or g4 followed by Nf1-g3, but neither of them seemed to give too
much of a basis for an interesting battle. Bothering his bishop immediately
though, seemed much more interesting. Besides, I won't hide the fact that
playing h3 and a3 on consecutive moves in the opening gave me pleasure.} (9.
Nf1 Nd7 10. Ng3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 g6 {and White has wasted a tempo.}) 9... Nd7 (
9... a5 {Generally this move is desirable strategically, gaining space while
preventing b4. However, with the bishop on h5 kingside castling is not
attractive with g4 coming and a knight landing on f5, while with the pawn on
a5 queenside castling will not be on the cards. Having said that, it was
certainly a playable, and probably the most challenging option}) 10. b4 Bd6 {
Wesley spent almost 20 minutes on this move, which is very much understandable
as all three bishop moves were serious options.} (10... Bd4 {A very solid
option, getting rid the dark squared bishop, which otherwise either risks
being harassed on b6, or passive on d6} 11. Rb1 Bc3 12. O-O Bxd2 {Otherwise
the knight escapes} 13. Bxd2 {But I was not too unhappy about this, as the
extra space on the queenside feels useful.}) (10... Bb6 {The engines like this
move, and I don't have any convincing arguments against it. The worry for
Black is that the bishop is likely to be caged in on b6 after a subsequent c4
c5, which an engine probably won't mind. Recent examples from a couple of
blitz and rapid games by Nakamura (against MVL and Caruana respectively) in
another line of the Berlin, suggest that even top level practice the
computer's opinion may prevail.}) 11. Nc4 f6 (11... Nf8 {was possible, but I
suspect he was worried about} 12. Na5 {and there is no convenient way to
protect b7.}) 12. Ne3 {A key point of the a3-b4 operation is that the
e3-square is freed up for the knight (otherwise the bishop would happily have
chopped it off). The knight can later jump to f5 without having to play g4
first.} a5 $2 {As on move 9, this is the most challenging, but ceraintly not
the most practical option. That's why I'm assigning it a question mark, rather
than it's objective value.} (12... Nf8 13. Nf5 Qd7 {was very solid; with the
knight coming to e6, Black is alright.}) 13. Nf5 Qf8 {The consistent follow-up,
as he forces me to make a consession on the queenside. However, now his king
will be stuck in the center for a while, which is especially unpleasant
considering the shorter time-control that was used in Bilbao} (13... Qf7 14.
Rb1 {Now I don't have to take} axb4 15. axb4 O-O 16. O-O {and while he has
been able to seize the a-file for the moment, the rest of his pieces are
rather more clumsily placed than in the note to 12...Nf8} (16. Bh6 Qa2 $1)) 14.
bxa5 Rxa5 15. O-O Qf7 {This loss of tempo certainly doesn't look impressive,
but at least he frees up the f8-square for the knight or even bishop. Castling
however, won't be possible for a long time because of the little trick Bh6,
which really is the key to the position.} (15... Kd8 {Perhaps he should have
tried to evacuate the king to the queenside:} 16. a4 (16. Bd2 Ra4) 16... Bb4 {
And in both cases it's not so easy to generate a serious initative on the
queenside}) 16. a4 Nc5 17. Qe1 (17. Bd2 {was also good, but this move, freeing
up the knight and attacking the rook, just felt too natural not to be played.})
17... b6 {It's becoming harder and harder to defend.} (17... Ra8 18. N3h4 {
Since the rook will not be attacked after Nc4, the knight goes in the other
direction} Ne6 (18... Bf8 19. a5 {fixing b7 as a target} g5 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 {and White is firmly in the driver's seat}) 19. Rb1 {and it's hard for
Black to avoid losing a pawn, as Nxd6 followed by Nf5 is looming as well.}) 18.
Nd2 Rxa4 19. Nc4 {The idea. Every move comes with a threat.} Bf8 $6 (19... Be7
{I suspected that this might better than the text, as it does not block the
h8-rook. I was not too worried though, as I saw that I had at least a forced
draw} 20. Be3 Kd7 {The only move, as} (20... O-O 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bxc5 {
loses a piece}) 21. Nxb6+ (21. Rxa4 Nxa4 22. f4 {This is probably what I would
have done. White has a nice initative and is not risking anything, but Black
is hanging on for the moment}) 21... cxb6 22. Bxc5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Bxc5 24. Qa7+
Ke6 25. Nxg7+ Kd6 26. Nf5+ Ke6 $11) 20. Be3 Kd7 (20... Rg8 {This was the only
move, which I had seen.} 21. f4 {But still it's impossible to defend, at least
in practical play.}) 21. Qc3 {All natural moves, and by now I felt that I was
winning. There is very little to be done about the threat of Nxb6 followed by
Bxc5, when a white rook will land on a7, winning the queen and the game.} Nxe4
(21... Rxc4 {I thought this was the last chance, but after} 22. dxc4 Nxe4 23.
Qd3+ Nd6 24. g4 Bg6 25. Rfd1 {Black is tied up, while Bxb6 and Ra7 is
threatened.}) 22. Nxb6+ {Again opening up the seventh rank and leaving the
black king completely naked.} cxb6 23. dxe4 Qc4 24. Qd2+ Kc7 25. g4 {Finally
g4! Much later than expected, but much more powerful.} Bg6 26. Rfd1 {I had no
wish to calculate Bxb6 here or on the previous move, as this forces immediate
resignation. A fun game, which put me in a great mood (which was immediately
ruined by failing to win the next game against Anish, but that's another story)
.} 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h3 Bf6 11. g4 h6 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. b3 Rde8 14. Rhe1
Kb8 15. Be3 a6 16. Ng1 g5 17. Ne2 h5 18. f3 Qe7 19. Ng3 d5 20. Kb2 Rd8 21. Ne2
Rhe8 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Rg8 24. Bf1 Qd6 25. f4 hxg4 26. fxg5 Be7 27. hxg4
Bxg4 28. Be2 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 f6 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Bf4 Qd7 32. Rde1 Qg7 33. Kb1
Bg5 34. Bxg5 Qxg5 35. Qb4 Rg6 36. Re5 Qh4 37. Re8 Rgd6 38. R1e7 Rxe8 39. Rxe8+
Rd8 40. Re6 b6 41. a4 a5 42. Qc3 Rg8 43. Ka2 Qh7 44. Qc6 Rd8 45. b4 axb4 46. a5
Qd7 47. axb6 Qxc6 48. Rxc6 cxb6 49. Rxb6+ Kc7 50. Rxb4 Rh8 51. Rb5 Kc6 52. Rc5+
Kd6 53. Kb3 Rh4 54. c3 Rh8 55. Kb4 Rb8+ 56. Rb5 Rc8 57. Rb6+ Kd7 58. Kb3 Ke7
59. Rh6 Kd7 60. Kb4 Rc4+ 61. Kb3 Rc8 62. Kc2 Rg8 63. Rh3 Kd6 64. Kd3 Rc8 65.
Ke2 Kd7 66. Re3 Kd6 67. Kf3 Rf8+ 68. Kg4 Rg8+ 69. Kf5 Rf8+ 70. Kg4 Rg8+ 71. Kf4
Rf8+ 72. Kg4 Rg8+ 73. Kf4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 {This way to do without ...c7-c6 has gained popularity.} 10.
O-O (10. Nfxd5 $2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qg5 $19 {0-1 (22) Madic,Z (2076)-Mladenovic,S 
(2281) Paracin 2014}) 10... Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6 $5 {[%mdl 4] That is Black's
idea behind 9...Bd6 (instead of 9...c6). His knight comes out, and he is ready
to occupy light squares with ...Nc6-e7 and ...Bc8-f5 or ...Ne7-f5.} 12. Be3 {
Or else:} (12. f3 a6 (12... Nxd4 $5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4 b6 15. b4 Kg8) 13.
Ne2 Nd7 14. f5 $6 Qf6 15. Bb1 Nb6 16. g4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Bd7 $15 {0-1 (45)
Khurtsidze,N (2443)-Kosteniuk,A (2489) Belgrade 2013}) (12. Bc2 Ne7 13. f3 (13.
h3 Bf5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bb3 (15. b4 $6 Bxa4 16. Nxa4 Ne4 17. Qd3 b6 18. Ra2 Qd7
19. Nc3 Nf5 $17 {0-1 (40) Cummings,D (2345)-Margvelashvili,G (2534)
Philadelphia 2015}) (15. Bc2 $5 Bf5 $140 $11) 15... h5 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bg5 Bg6
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf3 Nf5 20. Bxd5 c6 21. Ba2 Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qe5 23. Rd7 Re7 24.
Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Rd1 Rd8 $15 {1/2 (88) Deglmann,L (2340)-Bogner,S (2599) Bad
Wiessee 2014}) 13... h5 (13... Bf5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Bb3
h5 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Bf2 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 c6
24. Bc2 Qc7 25. Re5 Re8 26. Qe3 Kf8 $11 {0-1 (52) Pop,A (2284)-Berkes,F (2678)
Mamaia 2013}) 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Be3 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Qd7 17. Bf2 Nc6 18. Qd3 a6 19.
h3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. g4 f5 23. g5 $15 {1/2 (23) Brunello,S
(2568)-Bellia,F (2415) Boscotrecase 2014}) (12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Be3 (13. Qc2 Bf5
14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rac1 (15. f3 Nd6 16. Bf2 Na5 17. Nc3 c6 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
Re7 20. f5 Rae8 $17 {0-1 (43) Sadilek,P (2277)-Acs,P (2564) Austria 2013})
15... Nd6 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qc5 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Ne7 19. b3 a6 20. Ng3 c6 21. f3
Ndf5 $17 {1/2 (29) Yang,D (2478)-Margvelashvili,G (2531) Richardson 2015})
13... Bf5 (13... Ne7 14. Ng3 Nf5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. d5 $11 {
1/2 (25) Swayams,M (2439)-Shyam,S (2496) Pune 2015}) 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Bb5 Nd6
16. Qa4 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Ng3 a6 19. Qa4 Rbc8 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Rc5 Red8
22. Rfc1 h5 23. h3 Rd7 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra8 26. b4 $44 {1/2 (33)
Sasikiran,K (2660)-Karjakin,S (2772) Tromsoe 2013}) 12... Ne7 13. Qc2 (13. Re1
Nf5 (13... c6 $5 {[%cal Yc8f5]}) 14. Bxf5 (14. Qc2 g6 15. h3 h5 16. Rac1 Kg7
17. b4 Nd6 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 c6 20. Bd3 Ne4 21. b5 Bd7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. f5
$5 Bxf5 24. Qxc6 Rc8 $11 {1-0 (36) Bajarani,U (2522)-Sadilek,P (2357) Arad 2015
}) 14... Bxf5 15. f3 h5 16. Bf2 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qd6 18. Qe5 Qd7 19. Qe2 Re8 20.
Qd2 Qd6 21. h3 Bd7 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nh7 24. f5 g6 25. fxg6 Qxg6 26. Re1 c6
$11 {1/2 (57) Rozum,I (2547)-Abdusattorov,N (2432) St Petersburg RUS 2015})
13... g6 (13... Qd7 $5 14. f3 c5 15. Bb5 Nc6 16. Bf2 {1/2 (16) Stella,A (2409)
-Gundavaa,B (2503) Pardubice 2016}) 14. f3 h5 (14... Bf5 {is possible, too,
not fearing g2-g4:} 15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd6 17. Rae1 h5 18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4
Kg7 20. Kg2 a6 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Bf2 Nf8 23. Re5 f6 $13 {0-1 (37) El Debs,F 
(2527)-Quesada Perez,Y (2645) Montevideo 2015}) 15. Qd2 {White decides to
avoid the exchange of the light-squared bishops.} (15. Bf2 Bf5 {was
comfortable for Black in the following game:} 16. h3 Qd6 17. Ne2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3
a5 19. Rac1 Ra6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rb6 22. Rc2 a4 23. Bg3 Rb3 24. Qd2 Nc6 25.
Nc3 Na5 26. Qh2 Nc4 $13 {1/2 (36) Swayams,M (2440)-Goganov,A (2598) Moscow 2015
}) 15... Bf5 16. Be2 Qd7 (16... Nc8 $5 {[%cal Yc8d6]} 17. Bf2 Nd6 18. Bh4 c6 {
[%cal Ye8e6]}) 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Bf2 Nf5 19. Bd3 (19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Ng7 21.
f5 gxf5 22. Bh4 Nh7 $1 $13 ({but not} 22... Nxg4 $2 23. h3)) 19... Nd6 20. Re5
c6 21. Rae1 Bf5 22. Bh4 (22. Bf1 Nh7 $11 {[%cal Yf7f6]}) 22... Nh7 23. Be7 Bxd3
(23... f6 $142 $1 24. R5e3 Bxd3 25. Bxd6 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxd6 27. Qxd3 f5 $11)
24. Bxd6 Bf5 25. Bb4 $14 {In this position, with opposite-coloured bishops,
White keeps attacking chances on the kingside. However, Black plays accurately.
} b6 26. a4 a5 27. Ba3 Re6 28. h3 Rae8 29. g4 {Looks formidable but Black
solves his problems by means of a piece sacrifice.} Rxe5 30. fxe5 (30. dxe5
$142 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 (31... Be6 32. Bd6 $36) 32. fxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Nf6 $1
$132) 30... hxg4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Here this sacrifice is even more
effective than after 30.dxe5.} 32. fxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Ng5 $40 {[%cal Yg8g7,
Ye8h8]} 34. Qg2 (34. Re3 Nf3 (34... Kg7 35. Qf2 $1) 35. Qf2 Nxd4 $15) 34...
Qf5+ 35. Qf2 Nf3 (35... Qd3+ 36. Re2 Ne6 37. Kg1 Nxd4 38. Re3 Qf5 39. Bd6 $13)
36. Ke2 Nxe1 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. Kxe1 f6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Black has obtained a
favorable endgame.} 39. Bd6 Kf7 40. Ne2 fxe5 41. dxe5 Ke6 42. Kf2 $6 (42. Nf4+
$142 Kd7 43. Ke2 d4 44. Kd3) 42... Kd7 43. Nf4 Rg8 (43... d4 $1 {was now quite
strong, e.g.} 44. Ng6 (44. Ke2 Rg8 {[%cal Yg8g4] - the point is that the
endgame after} 45. Kd3 Rg4 46. Nh5 c5 $1 47. Nf6+ Ke6 48. Nxg4 fxg4 {is
winning for Black}) 44... Rg8 45. Nf8+ Ke8 46. Ne6 Rg4 $17 {However, Sergey
Karjakin consequently misses this chance.}) 44. Ba3 Re8 45. Bd6 (45. e6+ $1 Kc7
46. Ke3 $11) 45... Rg8 (45... d4 $1) 46. Ba3 Re8 47. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 ({Am Nebentisch wurde der Läufer nach f4 entwickelt.} 
10. Bf4) 10... Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Qc8 ({Die Variante kennt
Nakamura auch gut von der anderen Seite:} 13... Ne4 14. Be1 f5 15. e3 Bf6 16.
Rac1 Qe7 17. b4 Bc6 18. Qb3 a5 $11 {1-0 (99) Le,Q (2694)-Nakamura,H (2733) Cap
d'Agde 2010}) 14. Rac1 Bc6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nh4 Re8 18. Nf5 Bf8
19. Bf4 Qb7 {[#]} (19... a6 $11) 20. Nb5 $5 {Nakamura bringt etwas Würze ins
Spiel.} Bxb5 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Ne3 Rac8 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 {Weiß hat die
etwas bessere Bauernstruktur.} Nb6 (24... Rxe2 $2 25. Qa1 {und falls} Ree8 $2 {
gewinnt Weiß mit} 26. Qxa7 {Material: d7 und f7 sind unter Beschuss.}) 25. Bc4
Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rcd8 27. Ra1 Re6 (27... Rd7 $14) 28. Be3 ({Nach} 28. Rxa7 Rd1+
29. Kg2 Re1 {steht Schwarz sehr aktiv.}) 28... Rb8 29. Qc2 Qxb3 30. Qxb3 Rxb3
31. Rxa7 Re8 32. Rc7 Rb2 33. Bxc5 (33. Kf1 $5 $14 {ist der Maschinenvorschlag.}
) 33... Bxc5 34. R7xc5 Rbxe2 35. Rc8 Re1+ 36. Kg2 g6 37. h4 Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kg7
39. Rc7 Rd1 40. Rc8 Re1 41. Rc7 Rd1 42. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 {It is interesting
that the players repeat the opening which they played with the reversed
colours in round 3 of the same tournament. Re1 is a comparitively rare move,
tried by Caruana and Anand in blitz games previously but now it is being used
by the young guns in longer versions of the game. The most common move here is
6.c3 while 6.Bg5, 6.Nc3, 6.Nbd2 etc. are also quite popular.} Ng4 ({Black's
main response here has been} 6... d6 {Now after} 7. c3 a6 (7... Bb6 {was
played in the blitz game between Anand and Giri in June 2016. It went} 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 h6 {and here Anand sharpened the play with
a pawn sacrifice with} 12. d4 $5 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 exd4 15. Nf5 dxc3 16.
bxc3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2770)-Giri,A (2782)/Leuven 2016 (27)}) 8. a4 Ba7 {
So Wesley vs Mamedyarov at Wijk Aan Zee 2016 saw} 9. Na3 ({while another blitz
game, Caruana vs So Wesley went} 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 d5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2795)-So,W 
(2773)/Saint Louis USA 2016 (42)} (15... Ndf4 $5) (15... Ngf4 $5)) 9... h6 10.
Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16.
Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 {1/2-1/2 So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747)/Wijk aan Zee 2016/CBM
171 (38), with a very slight pull for White due to space.}) ({The
aforementioned round 3 game between the two players went} 6... a6 7. a4 Ng4 8.
Rf1 h6 9. c3 d6 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Re1 $5 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qf6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2770)/Bilbao ESP 2016 (56)}) 7. Re2 (7. Be3 {
is hardly a challenge} Nxe3 8. fxe3 Be7 (8... d6 $5) 9. Nc3 d6 10. a3 Be6 11.
Bd5 Qd7 $11 {1-0 Dgebuadze,A (2562)-Campelo Bermudez,J (1870)/Ortigueira 2008 
(46)}) 7... Kh8 ({A different plan was tried in a couple of games..} 7... Nd4
$5 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. h3 Nf6 10. Nd2 (10. c3 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 d6
14. Re1 h5 15. d4 $5 h4 16. Bh2 Qe7 17. Nd2 g4 $13 {1-0 Saric,I (2500)-Sakaev,
K (2649)/Plovdiv 2008 (38)}) 10... d6 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bb3 $11 {
0-1 Brkic,A (2606)-Filippov,A (2606)/Sibenik 2011 (51)}) 8. h3 f5 $1 9. Nc3
$146 {Played quickly.} (9. hxg4 $2 fxg4 10. Ng5 (10. Ne1 Qf6 $19) 10... Qf6 (
10... g3 $5 $40) 11. Qf1 (11. c3 Bxf2+ $19) (11. Nf7+ Rxf7 12. Bxf7 g3 $17 {
[%cal Gf6h4]}) 11... Nd4 12. Be3 (12. Rd2 $2 Qxg5 $19) (12. Nf7+ Rxf7 13. Bxf7
Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qxf7 $17 {[%csl Rf2]}) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 h6 15.
Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf7 Qxf7 $17) (9. c3 fxe4 (9... Nxf2 10. Rxf2) 10. dxe4 Rxf3 $5
11. hxg4 (11. gxf3 $142) 11... Rg3 $1 12. g5 d6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Rc2 Rg4 15. Bd3
Be6 $17 {0-1 Jandourek,L (2192)-Londyn,R (2380)/Czech Republic 2015 (37)}) (9.
exf5 Nxf2 10. Rxf2 d5 11. Bg5 (11. Bb3 Rxf5 $132) 11... Qd6 $15 {1-0 Tapia
Fuentes,J (2183)-Abarca Gonzalez,N (2267)/Santiago CHI 2014 (64)} (11... Bxf2+
12. Kxf2 Qd7 $17)) 9... Nf6 (9... d6 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. hxg4 Bxg4 $13) 10. Be3 (
{Principled is} 10. Bg5 $5 {although Black seems to be doing fine...} fxe4 (
10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 $14) (10... d6 11. Nd5 $14) 11. Nxe4 (11. dxe4
h6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 (13. fxe3 {could be similar to the game}) 13... d6 14.
a3 Nh5 $13) (11. Rxe4 $5) 11... Be7 12. Nc3 (12. Ng3) 12... d6 $13) (10. Ng5
Nd4 $132) 10... Bxe3 11. fxe3 (11. Rxe3 d6 {seems like giving Black good
prospects on the >>} ({or} 11... f4 $5 12. Re1 d6)) 11... fxe4 12. dxe4 (12.
Nxe4 d5 13. Nxf6 dxc4 $15 14. Ne4 cxd3 15. cxd3 Bxh3) 12... d6 {[%csl Ge3,Ge4]
The doubled pawns have their plusses and minuses. They control important
squares but they can also become targets. The advantage for Black though,
seems to be a possiblility of taking initiative on the >> quickly.} 13. a3 {
[%cal Gc4a2]} (13. Qd3 Na5 $36) 13... Qe8 14. Qd3 Nd8 $5 {Giri aims for a B
exchange with ...Be6 which allows White to consolidate.} ({A sharper and
ambitious approach would be} 14... Qg6 $142 $5 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 15. Kh1 Nh5 ({or
} 15... Nd8 {/\Ne6-g5}) ({or} 15... Qh6 {[%cal Gg7g5]})) 15. Rf2 Be6 16. Raf1
a6 (16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Ne6 $11 (17... c6 $11)) 17. Nd2 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gd2e4,
Gc3d5]} ({Worth considering was the use of f5-d5 squares with} 17. Nh4 $5 {
but then Black could target the e4-pawn, for example} b5 (17... Qd7 18. Nd5)
18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nf5 $5 (19. Nd5 Nc5 20. Qe2 Ncxe4 $11 {[%csl Rc7,Rf2]}) 19...
Nc5 20. Qe2 Rd8 $11 (20... Ncxe4 $2 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxd6 $1 $18)) 17... b5
18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nd5 Nd7 20. Rxf8+ Ndxf8 21. c4 c6 {Black chooses to play
with a P-weakness on d6 rather than bear the strong N on d5. The position
remains objectively equal, though White keeps better practical chances of
creating the play.} 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. b4 Nd7 24. Nb3 Nf6 (24... Nb6 25. Na5 Qc7 (
25... Qd7 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. a4 $1 bxa4 $6 28. c5 $36) 26. Rc1 $14) 25. Na5 Qc7 (
25... Qd7 $5) 26. Rc1 Qd7 ({A nice idea was} 26... Nc5 $5 {[%cal Gc7a5]} 27.
Qc2 (27. bxc5 Qxa5 28. Qxd6 (28. cxd6 Qxa3 {[%csl Rc1]}) 28... Qxa3 29. Rf1 $8
Qxc3 30. Rxf6 $11) 27... Nb7 (27... Qb6 28. bxc5 Qxa5 29. cxd6 Rd8 $11) 28.
Nxb7 Qxb7 $11 {with solid defense.}) 27. cxb5 axb5 28. a4 bxa4 $6 ({Black
should have kept a solid position with} 28... Rc8 $142 29. axb5 (29. Rd1 {
[%csl Rb5,Rd6]} Ng5 $11 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Ngxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4) 29... cxb5
30. Rf1 Ng5 $11) ({Also interesting was the imaginary and counterattacking} 
28... Ng5 $5 {[%csl Re4,Rh3] gaining a very important tempo} 29. Kh2 (29. axb5
Nxh3+ 30. gxh3 Qxh3 $11 31. Rc2 (31. Kf2 d5) 31... Qg3+ 32. Rg2 (32. Kh1 $2
Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 32... Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) (29. h4 $6 Nh3+ $1 30. gxh3
Qxh3 $40 {[%cal Gf6g4,Gh3g3]}) 29... bxa4 30. Nxa4 Rf8 $11 {[%csl Gg5][%cal
Ge6g5,Rg1h2] Compared to the game, Black has already inserted his desired move,
giving him a decent position.}) 29. Nxa4 Rf8 (29... Qa7 $5 30. Kh2 $14 (30.
Nxc6 $2 Qxa4) (30. Rxc6 Nf4)) 30. Nb6 Qf7 31. Nxc6 $2 ({White had to go for
the d6-pawn with} 31. Nbc4 $1 {although further accuracy would be demanded,
for example after} Ng5 (31... Ng4 32. Rf1 $18) (31... Ne8 32. Nxd6 (32. Nd2 $16
) 32... Nxd6 (32... Qf2+ 33. Kh1 $16) 33. Qxd6 Ng5 34. Qd2 Nxe4 35. Qc2 $16 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 32. Nxd6 Qg6 33. Kh2 (33. Kh1 $6 Qh6 $1 $132) 33... Nfxe4 34. Nxe4
Nxe4 (34... Qxe4 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 36. Rxc6 $18) {The key move would be the
prophylactic} 35. Kg1 $1 $16 {[%csl Re4] stopping Black from playing ...Qg3.} (
35. Rxc6 $2 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Nd2 $19) ({While} 35. Nxc6 $6 Qg3+ 36.
Kg1 Ng5 $132)) (31. Qxd6 $2 Nxe4 $19) 31... Ng5 32. Rf1 Qc7 $1 ({We see the
prophylactic move again after} 32... Qg6 33. Kh2 Ngxe4 34. Kg1 $1 $14 Qg3 $2
35. Qxe4 {[%cal Gf1f8]}) 33. Qb5 Ngxe4 $2 (33... Qb7 $142 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6]
[%cal Gb7b5] pinning the b6-knight} 34. Kh2 (34. Ra1 Nd7 35. Ra6 Ne6 {[%cal
Ge6c7]} 36. Na5 Qxe4 37. Nxd7 Qxe3+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 34... Ngxe4 35. Na5 Qf7
$11) 34. Nd5 $1 $14 {[%csl Gb4,Rd6]} Qd7 (34... Qf7 $142 35. Nce7 $1 (35. Nxf6
gxf6 {[%csl Rd5]}) 35... Qe8 (35... Nc3 $5 36. Qd3 Ncxd5 37. Nxd5 Qe6 38. b5
Rb8 39. Nxf6 gxf6 40. Rc1 $36) 36. Qa6 $14) 35. Nxf6 gxf6 $5 {[%cal Gf8g8,
Gg8g1] Looking for kingside counterplay, which is probably Black's best
practical chance. But...} ({Objectively better was} 35... Nxf6 {but after} 36.
Qa6 $16 {[%cal Gb4b8] White is clearly better.}) (35... Rxf6 $4 36. Qb8+ $18)
36. Qd5 $1 {[%csl Re4] White gives no time.} Nc3 (36... f5 37. Nxe5 $18) 37.
Qc4 Na4 38. b5 Nb6 39. Qd3 Rg8 (39... d5 40. Nxe5 $18 {[%cal Gf1f8]}) (39... f5
40. g4 $18) 40. e4 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Ge4,Rf6]} Qe6 41. Rd1 Nd7 42. Kh2 (42. Qxd6
Qxh3) 42... Nc5 43. Qxd6 Qxd6 44. Rxd6 Nxe4 45. Re6 Nc5 (45... Kg7 46. b6 Nc5
47. Re7+ $18) 46. Rxf6 e4 47. Rf5 Nb7 (47... Nd3 $5 48. Rf7 (48. b6 e3 49. Nd4
Rb8 (49... Re8 50. b7) 50. Rb5 Nf2 (50... Nf4 51. Kg3 e2 52. Kf2 $18) 51. Nf5
$1 e2 52. Re5 {[%csl Rh8]} h5 53. Rxe2 $18 {[%csl Rf2]}) 48... Re8 49. b6 e3
50. Re7 Rxe7 51. Nxe7 e2 52. b7 e1=Q 53. b8=Q+ Kg7 54. Qg8+ Kf6 55. Qf8+ Ke5
56. Qf5+ Kd4 57. Nc6+ Ke3 58. Qxh7 $18) 48. Re5 Nd6 49. Nd4 Rb8 50. g4 Kg8 51.
Kg3 Kf7 52. Nf5 Kf6 (52... Nxb5 53. Rxb5 Rxb5 54. Nd6+ $18) (52... Nxf5+ 53.
Rxf5+ Ke6 54. Kf4 $18) 53. Kf4 Nxb5 (53... Rxb5 54. g5+ $18) 54. g5+ Kg6 (54...
Kf7 55. Rxb5 Rxb5 56. Nd6+ $18) 55. Re7 Rh8 (55... Rg8 56. Nh4+ Kh5 57. Rxh7#)
56. Kg4 $1 h5+ 57. Kf4 (57. Kf4 h4 (57... Rg8 58. Nh4#) 58. Kg4 $18 {[%cal
Ge7g7]} Rh7 59. Re6+ Kf7 60. g6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Na3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Nxc4 c5 14.
dxc5 Qxc5 15. b3 Bxc4 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rfc1 Qe5 19. bxc4 Rd4 20.
Rab1 Rdxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxe2 23. Ra4 a6 24. Kg2 Qe5 25. Rd1 h5 26.
Rd3 Qb5 27. Raa3 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qc6+ 30. Kg1 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:3600+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 {danach verflacht die Partie
sehr schnell} (12. Ne4 {ist ein ambitionierterer Versuch} Qe7 13. Qh5 Nc6 14.
Nb3 Be8 15. a3 f5 16. Qe2 Bxa3 17. bxa3 fxe4 18. Nc5 Ne5 19. Ba2 Nf3+ 20. Kh1
Qh4 21. gxf3 Bh5 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bg4 exf3 24. Qb2 Bxg4 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. Qd4 h5
27. Nd3 Rd8 28. Qe4 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Nf4 Kh7 31. Rc5 g6 32. h3 Bf5 33.
Nxh5 Bxh3 34. Kh2 Bf5 35. Nf6+ Kh6 36. e4 Rf8 37. e5 b6 38. Rd5 Kg7 39. Kg3 Be6
40. Rh1 Bg8 41. Kf4 Rc8 42. Rd4 b5 43. Re1 a5 44. Kxf3 Rc3+ 45. Kf4 Rxa3 46.
Nxg8 Kxg8 47. e6 Ra4 48. Rxa4 bxa4 49. Ke5 Kg7 50. Kd6 Kf8 51. Rc1 Re8 52. Ke5
a3 53. Kf6 a2 54. Ra1 Rb8 55. f4 Rb4 56. f5 gxf5 57. Rxa2 Rh4 58. Rd2 Rh6+ 59.
Ke5 Rh1 60. Kd6 Ke8 61. Rg2 Rd1+ 62. Ke5 Rh1 63. Rg6 Ke7 64. Rg7+ Ke8 65. Kf6
Rh6+ 66. Ke5 Rh1 {1/2-1/2 (66) So,W (2762)-Hou,Y (2673) Wijk aan Zee 2015 CBM
165 [Ftacnik,L]}) 12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Qxb7 (14. Rxc3 Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5
16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 (18) Ivanchuk,V (2715)-Carlsen,M 
(2862) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 14... Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Bxb2 16. Rc2 Rac8 17. Qa4 Rc7 {
Diagramm [#] Weiß hat aufgrund der etwas besser platzierten Figuren
"symbolischen Vorteil", doch die Stellung gibt freilich zu wenig her um den
Weltmeister unter Druck zu setzen} 18. Bd3 Rxc2 19. Bxc2 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qc3 21.
Bb3 Qc5 22. g3 Bf6 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. h4 g6 27. Qa8 Kg7
28. Kg2 h5 29. Qe4 a5 30. Ba4 Qc5 31. Qb7 Qb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Kf3 Bc3 34. Kg2
Be1 35. Kf1 Bc3 36. Kg2 Be1 37. Kf1 Bc3 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 {This
line has had its ebbs and flows of popularity. Right now even the top players
are willing to use it in the ongoing fight for a workable edge in the Catalan.}
({The main line is still} 7. Qc2 {and now:} {However,} a6 {is still definitely
the main reaction.} ({No one has yet comprehensively refuted Bukavshin's} 7...
b6 8. Bg5 (8. Ne5 Qxd4 9. Bxa8 Qxe5 10. Bf3 (10. Bg2 Nd5 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qe4
Bf6 13. Qxe5 Bxe5 14. Rd1 Nc6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Rxd5 Bxe2 17. Nc3 Bc4 18. Rd1
Nb4 19. Bf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd5 21. Bd2 f6 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Re4 b5 $14 {Michalik,
P (2570)-Hansen,S (2568) Germany 2016}) 10... Nd5 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qa4 c5 13.
Nd2 Rc8 14. Rd1 c4 15. Nf1 b5 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Qe4 Qf6 $6 (17... Qb8 $5 $44 {/\}
18. Ne3 Nf6) 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Ne5 $2 20. Bg2 $6 (20. Qxa7 $1 Nxf3+ 21.
exf3 Qxf3 22. Rd7 $18) 20... Bc5 21. Qf4 b4 22. Be3 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Bxe3 24. fxe3
$16 {Nyback,T (2608)-Pihlajasalo,A (2442) Finland 2015}) 8... Ba6 9. Nbd2 (9.
Rd1 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Nxc4 c5 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Ned6 Rc7 17. e4 Nb7 18. Qa4 Nxd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. exd5 Bb7 21. dxe6
Qxe6 22. Re1 Qd7 $11 {Vitiugov,N (2728)-Brkic,A (2585) Biel 2016}) 9... Nd5 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. Rac1 (12. Nfe5 $5) 12... c5 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Qa3 N5f6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nfe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qb7+ 19. f3 Ne8 20. e4 Qc7
21. Qa4 h6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc2 Kf8 $11 {Aronian,L (2792)-Fressinet,L (2687)
Paris blitz 2016}) 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 {was the topic of an opening survey
in CBM 169. Some more recent examples show Black is gradually neutralising
White's pressure:} 10. Bg5 (10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. e3 Na6 14.
Rac1 Nb4 15. Rfd1 Ra6 16. Qe2 Nbd5 17. Nb5 Ne7 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nfd5 20.
Nc4 Ng6 21. Kh1 Qe7 22. b3 Rd8 23. Rd2 Raa8 24. Rdc2 Nb4 25. Rd2 Nd5 $11 {
Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Dominguez Perez,L (2723) Capablanca mem Varadero 2016}) 10...
Bd5 (10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 (11. Nbd2 a5 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. f3 c5 17. e4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Nb3 Rfd8 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rd8 22. Nb3 {Aronian,L (2792)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven blitz 2016} Nd7 $11)
11... h6 12. Bd2 ({A rare idea, previously White played mostly} 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
13. b4 Bd5 $5 $11) 12... a5 13. Rfd1 Bb4 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. Be1 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Nb6
17. b3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Ba3 19. Ra1 Bb4 20. Rac1 Be8 21. Qb1 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23.
Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Na2 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Bxe1 26. Nxe1 Nbd5 $11 {Aronian,L (2792)
-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris blitz 2016}) 11. Qc2 (11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1
cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 $5 (16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4
Nc6 18. Qc5 Qa5 $146 (18... Qc7 19. Ne4 $14) 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Nc5
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 h6 23. Rd7 b5 24. b3 Rc8 25. Nxa6 bxa4 26. bxa4 Rc4 27. Ra7 Rxa4
28. Nc5 Ra1 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Nd7 g5 31. Ne5 Nb3 32. Rxa1 Nxa1 33. Nxf7 $16 {
Aronian,L (2792)-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris blitz 2016}) 17. Nxc6 Qxd3 18. Rxd3
bxc6 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Nd2 f5 24. Rc1 c5
25. f4 g5 26. Rc3 Rd8 $11 {Jenkins,R (1934)-Varlamov,F (2255) email 2012})
14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Qf3 (16. Rac1 $146 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qf3 Qb4
19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rcd2 h6 21. h3 Rc7 22. e3 Rfc8 23. Qe2 Qb6 $11 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2789)-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris blitz 2016}) 16... Qb6 17. a5 Qa7 18.
Be3 Qb8 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Ra4 Rc6 21. Bg5 Qe8 22. Rad4 h6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. e4 e5
25. R4d3 Rac8 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2819)-Nakamura,H (2791) chess.com blitz
2016}) 11... Be4 12. Qc1 (12. Qd1 h6 (12... c5 $11 {Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V 
(2816) Saint Louis 2015 This thrust should be sufficient for equality, see the
notes to the game by Marin in CBM 168.}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6
16. e3 a5 17. Qe2 Na6 18. Rfd1 Nb4 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Rc5 g6 22. Bg2
Bg7 23. f4 Rd5 24. Rcc1 Rc8 25. b3 Rdd8 26. h4 {1/2, Matlakov,M (2684)
-Andreikin,D (2733) Poikovsky 2016} h5 $11) 12... h6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Nbd7
14. Nbd2 Bc6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxc5 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20.
Bxd8 Rfxd8 21. Nb3 Bb6 22. Rac1 Kf8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. e3 g6 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Nc5
$14 {Ipatov,A (2648)-Stefansson,H (2581) Gjakova 2016}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1
a5 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Nb3 Na6 18. h4 Qb6 19. Qc4 Rfd8 20. Rd2 Qb4
21. Rc1 Be7 22. e3 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Nb4 24. Rc1 Na2 25. Ra1 Nb4 $11 {Markus,R 
(2617)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Skopje 2015}) 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 {An important
crossroads. So is not interested in material and wants to fight for the
initiative with his bishop pair.} ({The alternative is} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6
Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {and now:} 11. Qa4 ({A fashionable and interesting move is} 
11. Na3 Rd8 $5 (11... c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qh5 (13... Qc6 14. Rc1 Ba6 (
14... Bb7 15. f3 Ba6 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qd4 Rfc8 18. b3 Qa6 19. bxc4 Qxa2 20.
Kf2 $14 {Kramnik,V (2783)-Adams,M (2745) Shamkir 2015 See the notes to this
game by Havasi in CBM 166.}) 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. b3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qe4 18. Rc4 Qe5
19. Qf3 Rfd8 20. Bd4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Rfc1 f6 23. Ra4 a5 {Rozum,I (2559)
-Moskalenko,A (2464) Kazan 2016}) (13... Qb4 14. Qd4 $5 (14. Qc1 Ba6 15. Bd4
Rfd8 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. Qc3 Qa4 18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 c3 20. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Bxe2 $11 {Aronian,L (2797)-Nakamura,H (2767) Saint Louis 2014}) 14... Ba6 15.
Rfd1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. e4 Nf6 19. f3 Rfd8 (19... c3 $5 20. Bxc3
Be2 21. Re1 Bxf3 $132) 20. Bc3 Rd3 21. Kf2 Rad8 22. Ke2 Nd7 23. Nc2 $14 {
/=, Ju,W (2559)-Zhao,X (2508) Sharjah 2014}) 14. f3 c3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Qc1 Ba6
17. c4 Rac8 18. Bxa7 (18. Rd1 $142 $5 Nd5 19. Rd4 {perhaps gives White a small
plus}) 18... Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxa7+ 20. Qe3 Qa6 21. Ne5 Rc2 $11 {Kramnik,V (2787)
-Anand,V (2770) Khanty-Mansiysk ct 2014}) 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Nxc4 (13. Qa4 Rd6 14.
Nxc4 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Rxd7 16. b3 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rxd4 18. Bf4 Rxc4 19. Rfc1 Ra4 20.
Bxc7 Nd5 21. a3 Nxc7 22. Rxc7 h5 23. Rd1 Rxa3 24. Rdd7 Rf8 $11 {Yuffa,D (2502)
-Popov,I (2648) Kolomna 2016}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. b3 Bxc4 16. Bb2 Rac8
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rfc1 Qe5 $1 19. bxc4 Rd4 20. Rab1 Rdxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22.
Rxc4 Qxe2 23. Ra4 a6 24. Kg2 Qe5 25. Rd1 h5 $11 {Wei,Y (2696)-So,W (2770)
Bilbao 2016}) (11. Qc2 e5 ({The main move, but even} 11... c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13.
Qxd4 e5 14. Qh4 Qb7 $5 $146 {deserves attention:} 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Bg5 Ng4 17.
h3 Qxb2 18. Rfc1 h6 19. hxg4 hxg5 20. Qxg5 f6 21. Qe3 Bxg4 22. Rab1 Qa3 23. Rb3
Qa5 {So,W (2770)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven blitz 2016}) 12. dxe5 (12. Rd1 {
was introduced by Kramnik. White ignores the P and continues his development,
but subsequent practice has shown, how Black should handle this idea:} Bb7 $142
$1 {This was recommended already by Illingworth in CBM 157:} (12... Re8 13. d5
(13. Nc3 $5) 13... c6 14. d6 Qe6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Qxc4 Qxd6 17. Nc3 {1/2,
Mastrovasilis,A (2510)-Rusev,K (2516) Skopje 2012} (17. e4 Ne3 18. Rxd6 Nxc4
$11) 17... Be6 $11) (12... Rb8 13. Nc3 h6 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Rd4 Be6
17. Rad1 Rb6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. f3 Rfb8 20. Qe3 Rxb2 21. Rxc4 R2b7 22. Ra4 Re8 $1
23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 Qb4 25. Be5 (25. Qd4 $142 $5 c5 26. Qd3+ $14) 25... Nd5
26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxc7 Qc4 $14 {/=, Kramnik,V (2810)-Carlsen,M (2872) London
ct 2013}) 13. Nc3 (13. Bg5 Rad8 14. Qxc4 exd4 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 {Li,C (2686)-Xiu,D (2556) Shenzhen 2013} 18. Nb3 Ba6 19. Qc6 $11) 13...
Qe6 14. dxe5 Qh3 15. e4 Ng4 16. f4 Rad8 17. Rxd8 (17. Qg2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Bxe4+
19. Kg1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 h5 21. h3 Nh6 22. Be3 a6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Nf2 Bd5 25. g4
hxg4 26. hxg4 Rb8 27. Rc2 Bf3 $11 {Percze,R (2334)-Kovacs,A (2471) email 2012})
17... Rxd8 18. Qg2 Qh6 19. h3 Qb6+ (19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qb6+ 21. Be3 Nxe3 22.
Na4 Qd4 $132) 20. Kf1 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rd1+ 22. Ke2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qe3+ 24. Kd1
Qd3+ 25. Ke1 Qe3+ 26. Qe2 Qxc1+ 27. Qd1 Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Nh2+ 29. Kg2 Qxe4+ 30.
Kxh2 Qd3 31. Qc1 h5 $11 {Wang,Y (2705)-Wei,Y (2557) Shenzhen 2013}) 12... Qxe5
13. Bf4 Qh5 (13... Qe6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Rfd1 h6 16. f3 g5 17. Bxc7 Rac8 18. Ba5
Rfe8 19. Qd2 Rc5 20. Bd8 Nd5 $13 {Schmuecker,M (2213)-Hausrath,D (2488)
Oberhausen 2013}) (13... Qc5 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Nxc4 Nxf4 17. gxf4
Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Qh5 19. f3 Re6 20. Ne5 Rae8 21. Qb3 Qh4 22. e3 h5 {Horvath,C 
(2512)-Prohaszka,P (2617) Bol 2015} 23. Qc2 {/\} f6 24. Ng6 Qh3 25. Qf2 $16)
14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. Rd4 Bh3 18. f3 Be6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20.
Qc3 f6 21. Kg2 Rae8 22. R1d2 a5 23. g4 a4 24. Bg3 Qc5 25. Re4 Rf7 26. Qe3 Qxe3
27. Rxe3 Rfe7 $14 {/=, Tomashevsky,E (2749)-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk
2015 Although nominally this endgame is slightly better for White due to the
resulting pawn structure, the opposite coloured bishops are a strong
neutralising factor. Black held the game without any serious problems.}) 11...
e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qd3 (14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Re1 Bg4 17.
Nc3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qc3 Bxe2 20. Be3 Qf3 21. Rac1 a6 22. Bd4 Qg4 23. Be5
f6 24. Bxc7 Kh8 $44 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2,Rh3] Kramnik,V (2790)-Leko,P (2734)
Dortmund 2010}) 14... Rad8 15. Qe3 Qh5 (15... Qa5 16. Qa3 Qb5 $5 $146 (16...
Qh5 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Rf2 h6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Re1 Bxa2
23. Qxa7 c6 24. e4 Qe6 25. Kg2 $14 {Kramnik,V (2812)-Aronian,L (2792) Paris
blitz 2016}) 17. Nc3 Qb7 18. f3 Bh3 19. Re1 (19. Rf2 $142 $1 $13) 19... Qb6+ $1
20. e3 $8 Rd3 21. Qa4 Rfd8 22. Qh4 Bc8 23. g4 Bb7 24. Rf1 h6 $1 25. Qf2 Nd7 $1
26. Qg3 Qc5 27. Kg2 Ne5 $44 {|^, Kantor,G (2416)-Rydl,J (2398) Celje 2016
Black has excellent piece play; for White it's very difficult to fully
consolidate his setup once his pawn was forced to leave e2.}) 16. f3 Bc4 $1 17.
Nc3 Rfe8 18. g4 $5 $146 (18. Qg5 Qh3 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bd4 f6 21. Qc1 Nxc3 22.
Qxc3 Bxe2 23. Rf2 a6 24. b3 Qd7 25. Re1 Bb5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Kg2 $11 {
1/2, Filippov,V (2639)-Grischuk,A (2719) Tripoli 2004}) (18. Qf2 Nd5 19. Re1
Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qb5 21. e4 Rd3 22. Bf4 Rxc3 23. a4 Qa6 24. Rec1 Rxc1+ $11 {
1/2, Papaioannou,I (2628)-Beliavsky,A (2656) Novi Sad 2009}) 18... Qg6 19. Qf2
Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Re1 h5 22. g5 f6 23. h4 Rde5 24. e4 f5 25. Bf4 R5e7 26.
Rac1 Bxa2 27. Qxa7 Bf7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4
$11 {Kramnik,V (2812)-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris blitz 2016}) 8... bxc6 9. Na3 {
The only way to fight for an edge. Other moves promise Black rather easy
equality:} (9. e3 Nd5 (9... Ba6) ({and} 9... Rb8 $5 {are playable alternatives
as well.}) 10. Qa4 Nb6 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. b3 c5 15. Bb2
cxd4 16. Bxd4 f6 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Nxc4 Qc8 (18... Rc8 $11) 19. Rac1 Bxc4 (
19... Rd8 $5) 20. Qxc4 Ba3 21. Bh3 f5 22. Rc2 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 a5 24. Rc6 Rf6 25.
Bf1 Bc5 26. Bc4 Re8 27. Rd7 Kf8 28. h4 Rf7 29. Rd1 Rfe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (60)
Berkes,F (2596)-Magalashvili,D (2448) Istanbul 2005}) (9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. Nc3 Bb7
11. Bxb7 (11. Qa4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Qd6 14. Qxc4 Rb4 15. Qd3 Qxd3 16.
exd3 Rxb2 17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Be3 Bb4 $36 {Shipov,S (2625)-Lautier,J (2653)
Moscow 2001}) 11... Rxb7 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Be3 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16.
Rfc1 Bd6 17. Qxc4 Rxb2 18. Rxb2 Rxb2 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bf4 Kf8 $1 $11 {/=/+,
Sloth,J (2610)-Rittner,H (2601) corr 1999}) 9... Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 {This was
Illingworth's preference in his aforementioned article in 2013 (CBM 157).
Let's check the alternatives:} (10... a5 $5 {might well become more popular in
the near future:} 11. Bxc6 (11. Qa4 Ba6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Qxa5 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7
15. Qc3 Qd5 16. f3 Rd8 17. e4 Qxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. Be3 Rd6 20. Rab1 (20.
Rfc1 Rd3 $132) 20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 h6 $11 {Gelfand,B (2747)-Aronian,L (2770)
Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 11... Rb8 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Nd5 (13... Qe7 $5 $13) 14. e4
Ne7 (14... Nb6 15. a4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Rab1 Qd7 19. Rb5 Rbb8
20. Rxa5 Ra8 21. Bb4 Nxa4 22. Rc1 Rxa5 23. Bxa5 Ra8 24. Bb4 Qxd4 25. Qxc4 Qxc4
26. Rxc4 c5 $14 {Hirneise,T (2471)-Kovacs,G (2460) Budapest 2016}) 15. Ba4 f5
16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Rf7 18. Be3 f4 19. Bxf4 Ng6 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Qe4 Qe7 22.
Bf4 Qxa3 23. Bxe5 Qxa4 $14 {/<=>, Kramnik,V (2777)-Bruzon Batista,L (2659)
Baku 2015}) (10... Rb8 11. Qa4 $1 (11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Qc3 c5 13. dxc5 Qa6 14. Bf4
Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Rfc1 Nd5 17. Qxc4 Qxa3 18. Bd2 c6 19. e4 Nf6 20. Kg2 h6
21. Rc2 Rd8 22. Re1 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 $11 {Fridman,D (2620)-Ladva,O (2453)
Riga 2016}) 11... Qxd4 (11... Rb6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Qd6 (13... Qxd4 14. Be3
Rb2 (14... Qb2 15. Rfc1 $16 {Vogel,R (2191)-Wiegner,D (2176) Bayern 2007}) 15.
Qc1 (15. Qxh7+ Kxh7 16. Bxd4 Rxe2 17. Rfc1 Bb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20.
Rxc6 Rb8 21. Rxc7 Rbb2 22. Rf1 Kg7 23. Rxa7 Rxa2 $11 {Roy Chowdhury,S (2494)
-Kunal,M (2323) Kanpur 2014}) 15... Qe5 16. f4 Qb5 17. Bxc6 Qb8 18. Bd4 Rxe2
19. Bf3 $36) 14. Rd1 Rfb8 15. Bf3 Qd8 16. e4 $36 {Anthonius B,R (2569)-Tambora,
R (2768) 3m + 0s, rated 2006}) 12. Be3 Qb2 13. Qxc4 Nd5 14. Bxa7 Ra8 15. Bd4 (
15. Bc5 Ba6 16. Qe4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. e3 Ra4 19. Qf3 Rc4 20. Rab1 Qc2 21.
Bd4 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Qf4 Rxa3 24. Rbc1 Qb2 25. Rb1 Qc2 26. Rbc1 Qb2 27.
Rb1 Qc2 {1/2, Ju,W (2500)-Lhamsuren,U (2115) Olongapo City 2010}) 15... Qb5 16.
Qxb5 cxb5 17. Bc5 (17. Rfc1 Ra4 18. Bc5 Re8 19. e4 Nb6 20. Rab1 (20. Bb4 $14)
20... Bd7 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. e5 Rb8 23. Bf1 Rxa3 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 $11 {
½, Ftacnik,L (2475)-Geller,E (2565) Valetta olm 1980}) 17... Re8 18. Rfc1 c6 (
18... Ra4 19. e4 Nb6 {transposes to Ftacnik-Geller}) 19. e4 Nf6 20. f3 Bb7 21.
Rd1 Red8 22. Kf2 Rd7 23. Ke3 $14 {Wang,Y (2697)-Nielsen,P (2693) Beijing
blindfold rpd 2011}) (10... Nd5 {is the most popular move, but probably not
the best. After} 11. Qa4 {Black has to fight for equality:} Nb6 (11... Nc3 12.
Qc2 Nb5 13. e3 Nd6 14. a4 Qg5 15. Qc3 Qf5 16. Ba3 Rd8 (16... Qd3 17. Qxd3 cxd3
18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. Bxc6 d2 20. Rc2 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rfc8 22. Rd1 g5 23. g4 Rab8 24.
Rxd2 $16 {Andersen,M (2479)-Bekker Jensen,S (2451) Svendborg 2016}) 17. Rab1
Bd7 18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. e4 Qg6 21. Rbc1 Be8 22. Qc3 f6 23. e5 Nf5 24.
Bc5 fxe5 25. dxe5 a5 26. Qxc4 $16 {Stupak,K (2514)-Pileckis,E (2447) Tromso
olm 2014}) {However, White doesn't have to take the pawn immediately,} 12. Qa5
$5 $44 {is a serious alternative:} (12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Qc5 Qd6 $5 (13... Bb7 14.
e4 Qd6 15. Bf4 $1 (15. Rb1 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Na4 17. Rb4 Bc6 18. Bf4 a5 $6 (18...
Nc3 $1 $132) 19. Rxc4 Bb5 20. Rcc1 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Rc7] Schlosser,
P (2509)-Abergel,T (2457) Pardubice 2016}) 15... Qxc5 16. dxc5 Na4 17. Rfc1 Ba6
18. Bf1 Nxc5 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Na6 21. Bxc7 Nxc7 22. Rxc7 g5 23. Rd1 Rb2
24. Kg2 Kg7 25. h3 Re2 26. Kf3 Rxa2 27. Rxa7 $14 {Ftacnik,L (2470)-Liberzon,V 
(2545) Hastings 1980}) 14. Rb1 $5 (14. Bf4 Qxc5 15. dxc5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17.
Bxc7 Rb2 18. Rfd1 Rxe2 19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Re5 Rb2 21. Re3 Re8 22. Bf4 {K64,R 
(2673)-Super_GM,R (2621) 3m + 0s, rated 2006} Rc8 $11) 14... Bb7 $142 $5 (14...
Ba6 15. Qa5 Nd5 16. Rxb8 Rxb8 17. e4 Rb5 $2 (17... Qb6 18. Qe1 Nf6 $13) 18. Qa4
Nc3 19. Qxc4 Qxd4 20. Qc6 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Qd6 22. Qa8+ Qf8 23. Qxa7 Ra5 24. Be3
Qxa3 25. Qb8+ Qf8 26. Qxc7 Rxa2 27. Rd1 $18 {Mihajlovskij,S (2451)-Ivanov,A 
(2458) St Petersburg 2007}) 15. Bf4 (15. e4 {- see Schlosser-Abergel above})
15... Qxc5 16. dxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 $132) 12... Rb8 13. e3 (13. Rd1 Nd5 14.
a4 (14. e4 $14 {Ribli}) 14... Qd6 15. e4 Qb4 16. Bd2 c3 17. Qxb4 Rxb4 18. Be1
Nb6 19. Bxc3 Rxa4 20. a3 Rd8 21. Bb4 Ba6 22. Rac1 Be2 23. Rd2 Bb5 24. Bf1 Rd7
25. Bc5 e5 $132 {Iljushin,A (2460)-Kiriakov,P (2495) Maikop 1998}) 13... Bd7 $6
14. a4 Qe7 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Rfc1 Rb7 17. e4 c3 18. Be1 Nf6 19. Bxc3 $16 {
Lorparizangeneh,S (2478)-Yuan,Q (2366) Bhubaneswar 2016}) 11. Qd2 {White's
more recent attempts to breathe life into this branch are connected with the
text move. He wants to coordinate his forces first and just as in some lines
from the above note, ignores the offered Pc6.} (11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rb6 13.
Bd2 (13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Qa5 c3 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxc3 Rc6 18. Qb3 Qxd4
19. Be3 Qe4 20. Rad1 Rc4 21. Bxa7 c6 22. Qe3 $11 {½, Beliavsky,A (2620)
-Geller,E (2615) Moscow 1981}) 13... Qd6 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Rxb6
Qxb6 17. Rc1 Qxd4 18. Qxa6 Qxd2 19. Qxc4 g6 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxc7 Re8 22. Rc2
Qd1+ 23. Kg2 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qxd5 a6 27. a4 h6 28. h4 h5
$14 {/=, Antunes,A (2510)-Janjgava,L (2500) Moscow 1994}) (11. a4 Qd6 12. Qd2
Rfb8 13. Qa5 Rb6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Qc3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Rxb4 17. Bd2 Rb2 18. Bc3 Rc2
19. Rec1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Nd5 21. Be1 Ba6 22. e4 Nf6 23. f3 Rd8 24. Bc3 Nd7 25.
Bf1 c5 $11 {Wang,Y (2734)-Zhou,J (2660) Xinghua Jiangsu 2011}) 11... Rb8 (11...
Qc8 12. a4 (12. Qa5 $5 {transposes into the game after} Rb8 (12... Nd5 13. e4
Nb6 14. a4 $5 c3 15. Re1 $14)) 12... Rd8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Ba3 Nd5 (14... Rxb1
15. Rxb1 e5 $5 16. Be7 Rxd4 17. Qa5 Nd7 18. Bxc6 c3 19. Qxc3 Bxe2 20. Qxd4 exd4
21. Bxd7 Qa8 22. Bc6 Qc8 $11 {is a typical computer suggestion}) 15. Bc5 Rb7
16. Be4 (16. Qc2 $1 $14) 16... c3 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bf3 Bc4 19. h4 Rxb1 20. Rxb1
Qa6 21. Kh2 Nb6 {Jumabayev,R (2607)-Gundavaa,B (2517) Abu Dhabi 2016} 22. Rb4
Nd5 23. Rb1 $11) (11... c3 12. Qxc3 Bxe2 13. Re1 $14 {/\} Bb5 14. a4 $1 {
and White wins an exchange after} Bxa4 15. Qb4 Bb5 16. a4 Ba6 17. Ba3 Re8 (
17... Qc8 18. Qxf8+ Qxf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rec1 Rc8 21. Rab1 Bd3 22. Rb7 a6 23.
Rxc6 $18 {Lenderman,A (2614)-Tang,A (2416) Philadelphia 2016}) 18. Bxc6 $16)
12. Qa5 Qc8 (12... Rb6 13. a4 Qe7 (13... Qc8 14. Ba3 Rd8 15. Bc5 Rb2 16. e3 (
16. e4 Nd7 17. Be7 Re8 18. Ba3 Rb8 19. Rfd1 c5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Bb7 {
Ortiz Suarez,I (2578)-Lenderman,A (2614) San Salvador 2016} 22. c6 $5 Bxc6 23.
Rd4 $14) 16... Nd7 17. Be7 Re8 18. Ba3 Rb6 19. Bc5 Rb2 20. Qc3 Qb7 21. Ba3 Rb6
22. Rad1 Nf6 23. e4 Qc8 24. Bc5 Rb7 25. Rfe1 $14 Nd7 26. e5 Nb8 27. Be4 Rd8 28.
g4 Nd7 29. Qh3 h6 30. Ba3 Nf8 31. g5 $40 {Melkumyan,H (2632)-Fridman,D (2627)
Reykjavik 2015 This game illustrates the dangers of a passive wait-and-see
approach.}) (13... Qd6 14. e4 (14. Qc3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bc5
Rbb8 18. f3 e5 19. e4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Qg5 21. Rad1 {Li,C (2669)-Ganguly,S (2627)
Ningbo 2011} Rbd8 22. Bxa7 c5 $132) 14... Qe7 15. Rd1 Rfb8 16. a3 c3 $2 (16...
Nd7 $132 {[%cal Yc6c5,Ye6e5]}) 17. Qxc3 Rb3 18. Qxc6 Bb7 19. Qc2 Ba8 20. d5 $16
{Ozturk,K (2277)-Olsarova,K (2255) Baku olw 2016}) 14. Qc3 Rfb8 (14... Nd5 $142
$5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Ba3 Rd6 17. Rab1 Rc8 $13) 15. Ba3 Qe8 16. Bc5 Rb2 17. Bxa7
(17. e4 $142 $5 $36) 17... R8b7 18. Bc5 Nd5 19. Qa5 Qa8 20. Rfc1 Rb8 21. Qe1 c3
22. e4 Re2 23. Qd1 Rd2 24. Qe1 Re2 25. Qd1 Rd2 $11 26. Qg4 {Wen,Y (2618)-Xiu,D
(2563) Zaozhuang 2015} Nb6 $15 (26... Nb4 $5 27. Rxc3 Nd3 $36)) 13. a4 (13. e4
Rd8 14. Rd1 Rb5 15. Qc3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qf5 18. Bf4 Nxd5 (18... Ne8 $2
19. Qxc4 Nd6 20. Qa4 Rb6 21. Re1 g5 22. Be3 Re8 23. Rac1 Rb2 24. g4 Qf6 25.
Bxc5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 $16 Bc4 $2 27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Bf8+ {1-0, Li,C 
(2751)-Wang,H (2717) Huaian blitz 2016}) 19. Bxc7 (19. Qxc4 c6 $11) 19... Rd7
20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Bb7 22. Rac1 Rb6 $11 {/\} 23. Rxc4 $4 Ne3 $1 $19) (13.
Bxc6 Rb6 14. Bg2 Rd8 15. Bg5 Rb5 16. Qd2 c5 17. a4 Rb8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh6
cxd4 20. Qxf6 c3 $15 {nightfarmer,h (2319)-vendlindja,h (2698) Engine Room 2011
}) 13... Rd8 14. Ba3 {[%mdl 512] White sacrifices a pawn to target Black's
weaknesses as fast as possible.} (14. Rd1 Nd5 (14... e5 $5 15. Qxe5 Nd5 $132 {
Illingworth} (15... Re8 $11)) (14... c3 15. Qxc3 Bxe2 $11 {Kavalek}) 15. Ba3 f5
16. Bc5 Rb6 (16... c3 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc4 $11 (18... Be2 19. Re1 Qa6 $11))
17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Rb2 19. Ba3 Rb6 20. Re1 c3 21. Qc5 Qd7 22. Bg2 Rdb8 $2 (
22... Bd3 $1 $11) 23. Bh3 Re8 {Li,C (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2753) Huaian blitz
2016} 24. Bxe6+ $1 $18) 14... Rxd4 (14... c3 $5 15. Qxc3 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Qa6 17.
Rac1 Nd5 $132) 15. Rfb1 $5 $146 {[%cal Ra5a6][%mdl 8]} (15. Rab1 Rb6 16. Bc5
Rd5 (16... Rd8 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Qc3 Nd5 19. Qc2 c5 20. Rfd1 g6 21. a3 f5 22.
e4 Ne7 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Qd2 Nc6 26. exf5 Nd4 27. fxg6 hxg6 28.
Qg5 Kg7 29. Be4 Qf7 30. Qe5+ Kh7 {1/2, Kohlweyer,B (2440)-Grochal,J (2170)
Vlissingen 2013} 31. Re1 c3 32. Re3 $16 {/\} c2 33. Bxc2 Nxc2 34. Re4) (16...
Rd7 $5 {/\} 17. Rfd1 Qd8 $1 $15 {So puts his other rook on b1 to prevent this
idea.}) 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qb4 (19. Qe1 d4 $132) 19... Nd7 20. a5
b5 21. Qe7 c5 22. f4 d4 23. f5 e5 24. f6 gxf6 25. g4 h6 26. Rf5 {1/2, Efimenko,
Z (2689)-Sakaev,K (2607) Vrnjacka Banja 2010} Qc6 $44 {<=>}) (15. Bc5 Rd5 $1 {
/\} 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rab1 Ra8 $1 $15 {[%cal Yf6d7]}) 15... Rb6 {Nakamura
prepares a sacrifice of his own, this rook will shield the b-file even against
the Bc5.} ({Possibly he was inspired by Sakaev's game, but Kavalek suggests
the more mundane} 15... Rxb1+ 16. Rxb1 Nd7 17. Bc5 (17. Bxc6 h6 18. Qc3 e5 $132
{and Black seems to be holding the balance here.}) 17... Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Rd8 19.
Qxa7 c3 20. Qc5 Bxe2 21. Qxc3 h6 22. Bxc6 $11 {/+/= Material is equal again,
White is very slightly better.}) 16. Bc5 Rd7 ({Here Sakaev's idea} 16... Rd5 $6
{is dubious due to} 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qd2 {/\} Nd7 20. a5 bxa5 (
20... b5 21. a4 $16) 21. e4 $1 (21. Qxa5 c5 $14) 21... c6 22. Qxa5 $16) 17. Rd1
$1 {So is in no hurry to take the exchange and improves his position first.
With the rooks on a1 and d1 Black doesn't have the aforementioned Qd8 motif.} (
17. Bxb6 $143 $6 cxb6 18. Qc3 Nd5 {and contrary to the game Black retains the
major pieces and with them very good compensation and counterplay.}) 17... h6
$2 {Now White can advantageously cash in.} (17... Rb2 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bd4 $1
Rb8 (19... Rxe2 20. Bf3 Rc2 21. Be4 Re2 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (22... Kf8 23. Qg5 g6
24. Rd1 e5 25. Bc3 c5 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6 $18 {->}) 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qxe2
$16) 20. Bxa7 (20. Bxc6 Bb7 $132) 20... Ra8 21. Bd4 $14) ({A better
alternative is the simple} 17... Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rb8 19. Bxa7 (19. e4 $5 h6 20.
Bd4 $44) 19... Ra8 20. Bd4 Bb5 21. Qc3 Bxa4 22. Rd2 Nd5 23. Qxc4 Bb5 $11) ({
Another interesting try is the refined} 17... Nd5 $5 18. e4 Nf6 {This locks in
the Bg2 for the time being, after} 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Qd2 Nc5 22.
Qd6 ({Analogous with the game} 22. Rd1 $6 {runs into} Nd3 $1) 22... c3 (22...
Nxa4 $2 23. Rd1 {[%cal Rd6e7]}) 23. e5 c2 24. Rc1 Bd3 25. Qxc6 Qf8 26. a5 bxa5
27. Qc7 h6 28. Bf1 Be4 $44 29. Qxa7 a4 {[%csl Gc2] Black should hold, the Pc2
is annoying.}) 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 (19... axb6 20. Qc3 c5 21. Rd1 Nf6
22. a5 $16 {/\} b5 23. Qe5) 20. Qd2 c5 (20... Nc5 $5 21. Rd1 Nxa4 22. Qd8+ Qxd8
23. Rxd8+ Kh7 24. Kf1 $5 (24. Bxc6 Nc3 25. Rd2 $16) 24... Bb5 25. Rd7 f5 (25...
c3 26. Ke1 Kg6 27. Rxa7 $16) 26. Rxa7 (26. Ke1 a6 27. Rd6 $16) 26... c3 27. Ke1
Nb2 28. Ra3 Na4 (28... c2 29. Rc3 Ba4 30. Kd2 (30. Bxc6 $2 Nd1 31. Rc4 Nb2 $11)
30... c5 31. Kc1 Nd1 32. Rc4 Be8 33. Rxc2 Nxf2 34. Rd2 $18 {[%cal Rd2d6]}) 29.
Kd1 c5 30. Rb3 Bc4 31. Kc2 $1 e5 $5 (31... Bxb3+ 32. axb3 Nb2 33. f3 b5 34.
Kxc3 Nd1+ 35. Kd2 Nf2 36. Ke1 {[%csl Rf2]} c4 37. bxc4 b4 38. c5 b3 39. Kd2 b2
40. Kc2 Nd1 41. c6 $18) 32. Rb1 e4 33. f3 b5 34. a3 e3 35. f4 Bxe2 36. Bf1 Bxf1
37. Rxf1 b4 38. Re1 bxa3 39. Rxe3 a2 40. Re1 $16 {[%cal Ye1a1,Ya1a2]}) 21. Rd1
Nf6 22. Kf1 Kh7 23. Qc2+ $6 (23. Qd8 $142 {-25.Qd8!}) 23... Kg8 ({A more
resilient try was} 23... g6 $142 $1 24. Qc3 Kg7 25. Bf3 (25. Qe5 $6 Qe8) 25...
Qc7 $16 {/+/=}) 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Qd8 $1 {Forces a queen swap, which effectively
decides the game. White's remaining active forces (R+K) will cope with Black's
pawns, while the Kh7 remains out of the game.} Qxd8 (25... e5 26. Qxc8 Bxc8 27.
Rd8 c3 28. Ke1 Be6 29. Ra8 $5 Bxa2 30. Rxa7 $18) 26. Rxd8 $18 c3 27. Ke1 {
[%csl Ra7,Gd8,Ge1]} Bc4 28. Kd1 Bxa2 29. Kc2 Bc4 30. e3 (30. e4 $5 e5 31. Kxc3
Be6 32. f3 $18 {[%cal Yd8a8,Yg2f1]}) 30... b5 31. Kxc3 a6 (31... Bd5 32. Bxd5
Nxd5+ 33. Kd2 bxa4 34. Ra8 $18 {and White will pick up all the queenside pawns
and convert the extra exchange with ease.}) 32. Ra8 Nd5+ 33. Bxd5 exd5 (33...
Bxd5 34. Rxa6 bxa4 (34... b4+ 35. Kb2 {/\} c4 36. Rb6 $18) 35. Rxa4 {[%cal
Re3e4]} f5 36. Ra5 c4 37. Kd4 Kg6 (37... h5 38. Ke5 Kg6 39. h4 Kh7 40. Ra7 Kg6
41. Rc7 Kh7 42. f3 $5 Bxf3 43. Kxe6 $18) 38. g4 $5 fxg4 39. e4 Bb7 40. Ke5 h5
41. Rc5 $18 {[%cal Rc5c7]}) 34. a5 $1 {After forcing Black's pawns forward,
the lone potential passed pawn will secure White's victory.} b4+ 35. Kd2 Bf1
36. Rc8 c4 37. Rb8 b3 (37... c3+ 38. Kc2 {[%csl Rb4,Rc3]} Bb5 39. Rxb5 axb5 40.
a6 $18) 38. Kc3 {Black's pawns lack effective support and will soon start
dropping off, so Nakamura resigned.} (38. Kc3 Bd3 39. Rb6 (39. Rd8 {[%cal
Rd8d5]} Be4 40. Rd6 $18) 39... h5 (39... g5 40. g4 $18) 40. h4 $1 (40. Rxa6 $2
b2 41. Rb6 b1=Q 42. Rxb1 Bxb1 43. a6 Be4 44. Kd4 c3 45. Kxc3 d4+ $11) (40. f3
$5 g5 41. Rxa6 b2 42. Rb6 b1=Q 43. Rxb1 Bxb1 44. a6 g4 45. fxg4 $1 Be4 46. Kd4
c3 47. Kxc3 d4+ 48. Kxd4 Ba8 49. gxh5 $18) 40... f6 41. f3 Kg6 42. Rxa6 b2 43.
Rb6 b1=Q 44. Rxb1 Bxb1 45. a6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
(8. Rc1 {ist hier der übliche Zug.}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 {Die symmetrische Struktur ließe eine hohe Remistendenz
erwarten, doch Schwarz ist mit der Entwicklung ein wenig in Rückstand geraten.
} Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 Bf6 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. Qe2 (16. Qf3) ({oder} 16. Qh5
{waren kraftvoller.}) 16... Bd7 17. Nb5 (17. Bd6 $1) 17... a6 $6 (17... Bxb5 $1
18. Qxb5 Rc8 $11) 18. Nd6 Bc6 {Diagramm [#]} 19. Nxb7 $6 {Danach ist der
weiße Vorteil weg.} (19. Rfd1) 19... Bxb7 20. Bc7 Qe7 21. Bxb6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2
Qb7+ 23. Qf3 Qxb6 24. Rc6 Qb7 25. Rc2 Qxf3+ (25... Qb4 {hätte Weiß
naturgemäß etwas mehr Probleme gemacht.}) 26. Kxf3 {Jetzt kommt es
tatsächlich zu dem - erwarteten - Remisschluss.} Rfc8 27. Rfc1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2
Rb8 29. Rc6 a5 30. Rc5 Ra8 31. Rb5 Ra7 32. Bc2 Kf8 33. a4 Ke7 34. b4 Bc3 35.
bxa5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Bd5 {[#]} Nxf2 {Eine Neuerung. Ein ähnliches Motiv kennt man aus
einer bekannten Variante des offenenen Spaniers.} (9... Nc5 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. Bc4
Ne6 12. Bc1 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Na3 d5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Nc2 Nef4 17. Nfd4 Nxe2+
18. Qxe2 Re8 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Bf4 Nc6 22. Nb5 Qf6 23. Be3 Ba5 24.
Nc7 Bxc7 25. Qxc7 Bf5 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Qe7 28. Qf4 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30.
Be3 f6 31. Rfd1 Be6 32. Rd4 Kg8 33. Rb4 Re7 34. a4 a6 35. a5 Kf7 36. h4 gxh4
37. Rxh4 Bd7 38. Rd1 Bc6 39. Kf1 Rae8 40. Ke2 Re4 41. Rxe4 {1/2-1/2 (41)
Gelfand,B (2720)-Eljanov,P (2716) Moscow 2008}) 10. Rxf2 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12.
Bb3 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qf6 14. Qd2 g5 {Verhindert vor allem den Damentausch. g4
droht nicht so sehr, weil Weiß Sxh6 hat.} 15. Kg1 Bg4 16. Qf2 Rfe8 17. Be3 $5
{So bringt weitere Würze ins Spiel.} (17. Nbd2 {wäre der "Normalzug" gewesen.
Aber dann hat Weiß probleme mit der Entwicklung.}) 17... Bxf3 18. Nd2 {
Das war die Idee.} Rxe3 $1 {Die Rückgabe der Qualitär löst alle Probleme.} (
18... Qe5 19. Nc4 Qf5 20. gxf3 b5 21. Nd2) 19. Qxe3 Bh5 20. Qh3 Be2 21. Re1 Re8
22. Bc4 Qd8 23. Qxh6 (23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Qh5+ {wäre eine andere
Lösung gewesen.}) 23... Bxc4 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qxg5+ Kf8 26. Qc5+ Kg8 27.
Qg5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Bb2 f5 13. e3 Ba6 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15.
Nxa3 b5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nb1 b4 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. Ne1 h5 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Qd8 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 h4 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Nxc2
hxg3 28. hxg3 g5 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. a3 bxa3 31. Nbxa3 Nc3+ 32. Kd2 Ne4+ 33. Ke2
Ndf6 34. b4 a4 35. Ne1 Ke7 36. Nd3 Nd7 37. Kd1 Nb6 38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Nxc4 dxc4
40. Nb2 Nxf2 41. Nxa4 Ne4 42. Nb6 c3 43. Na4 Nxg3 44. Kxc3 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
Nb6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. a5 c6 11. axb6 cxb5 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. bxa7 Bxa7 14. Nxe5 Bf5
15. Re1 Bb8 16. Na3 b4 17. cxb4 Qd5 18. Nec4 Bxd3 19. Rxe7 Bxc4 20. Qxd5 Bxd5
21. Rd7 Bc6 22. Rd1 Ba4 23. Rd3 Bc7 24. b3 Bc6 25. f3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. b5
Bd7 28. Kf2 Be7 29. Ke2 Bxa3 30. Bxa3 Bxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Sinquefield Cup is an intimidating event beginning to end. At the opening
ceremony I looked at all these top ten players gathered together in one room,
knowing I would have to confront them one by one ... I assure you just the
thought had confidence sapping power!  This game was played after the rest day,
therefore both of us had time to prepare for this crucial mid-point match.
Just prior to the rest day Veselin had just won a very long game against the
tough Ding Liren and was consequently leading the event with 3.5/5. I was at 3/
5. It was clear from the beginning of the tournament that Veselin was in great
form, so if I was to make a break for the lead, now was the time. Fortunately
I had white, so it seemed the ball was in my court and I should push to take
the lead.} 1. c4 {At the same time it's never clear what the best opening is
to go for when you have to try for a win. There are a number of attractive
choices and the test is picking the right one. I decided on the English, with
an idea of heading the game towards unfamiliar positions.} e5 2. g3 Nf6 ({
I was hoping he would go for something else:} 2... c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5.
cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. Ne3 {where at least I can try and win his
pawn on e4, and create some tactical play.}) 3. Bg2 d5 {This appears to me to
be the most solid and principled system.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. d3 (8. Rb1 {had been played by Anish Giri against Levon Aronian in
Round 5, however it's not clear if the interesting idea he had in that game
could stand the stress of deeper probing.} a5) (8. a3 {had been played by
Peter Svidler against me in Round 7. After} O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Bb2 Nb3 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc4 16. Qc1 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Rb8 {
my bishop pair compensates for White's space advantage on the queenside.}) 8...
O-O 9. a3 {I have played this d3 and a3 system before and it's a good and
solid line. My concern was that Veselin who prepares so well, would be sure to
know it as he certainly must have looked at all of my recent games. I debated
it but at the end of the day decided to go for it anyway, hoping that if he
caught me, my experience in this line would save me.} (9. Be3 Re8 {is known to
be okay for Black, so I played a3 first, to see where Black was going. Against
...Re8 setups I want to go b2-b4, and against ...Be6 I want to have the
Be3-Rc1 setup available.}) 9... Be6 (9... Re8 10. b4 {is another variation
which occured in my blitz game against Magnus during the Paris Grand Chess
Tour.}) 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
Nd4 $1 {Veselin reacted very well against the system I chose. His position is
absolutely solid with no weakness. Black also managed to trade a number of
pieces and it's hard to generate play for White.} 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qb3 Rb8 18.
e4 $1 {To get rid of the backward e pawn.} (18. Rc2 c5 {can only be good for
Black.}) 18... dxe3 ({A decent alternative is} 18... c5 {to start pushing
pawns on the queenside.} 19. Nc4 $1 Bf8 (19... b5 20. Ne5) 20. Nb6 Re6 21. Nd5
b5 {with a concrete position where each move matters.}) 19. fxe3 Rf8 20. Ne4 {
Preventing ...Kh8. I want to keep the pressure on f7 by doubling my rooks on
the f-file..} ({However the immediate} 20. Rf3 Kh8 $11 {followed by ...f6
gives White nothing.}) (20. Rf5 Kh8 $11) ({Or} 20. d4 c5 21. d5 b5 22. e4 Bd6 {
and ...f6 next, with completely fine play for Black.}) 20... Qd7 (20... c6 21.
Rf3) 21. Rf3 Rbd8 $1 ({Black wanted to avoid} 21... c6 22. Rcf1 {when White
has some slight pressure.} Qd5 (22... Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Kf3 Ke8 {Here I thought that White had nothing, but in fact it
seemed to be a pleasant endgame. White centralizes his king with Kf4-e5 and
slowly starts pushing the kingside pawns.}) 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Nc3 d4 25. Nd5
Bd6 26. Nb6 {Threatening a rook fork with Nd7.} Rbd8 27. e4 $14 {with an
outpost on d5 the knight looks stronger than the bishop and White should have
good chances to outplay his opponent.}) 22. d4 ({If I was in a more concrete
mood I would have gone for} 22. Qxb7 Rb8 (22... Qxd3 23. Rc3 Qb1 24. Rf1 Rb8 (
24... Rd1 25. Rxd1 Qxd1 26. Qxa6 {wins a pawn, and its not clear if Black has
enough for it.}) 25. Rxb1 Rxb7 26. b4 Re8 {when this endgame should still end
in a draw.}) 23. Qxc7 Rxb2+ 24. Rf2 Rxf2+ 25. Nxf2 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Bxa3 {but
during the game I didn't think that White had much in this endgame anyway.})
22... c6 23. Rcf1 Qd5 24. Qc2 $1 {Not the best move, but for this game it was
a good idea to keep the queens on.} (24. Qxd5 Rxd5 {is just equal. White's
pawns are a little fragile on the dark-squares and at the same time he has
more pawn islands (3 vs 2) than Black.} 25. Rf5 Rd7 {My guess was that this
ending would end in a draw.}) 24... g6 (24... Qe6 {also looks very good. Black
will go ...f5 next and there is little White can do to stop this.}) 25. g4 {
To prevent f7-f5 and gain some space on the kingside. I have to be careful and
not let my e3-pawn get too vulnerable.} (25. Nc3 Qe6 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 f5
$15 {is clearly not good.}) 25... Rde8 $1 {Veselin now starts playing very
ambitiously and strongly.} ({Although} 25... Bh4 {is good too. Black wants to
go Rfe8-e7 next, while keeping his other rook on the d-file. In this case, I
don't think I will play} 26. Kh3 $5 {which is the computer suggestion.}) 26. h3
Bd8 27. Nc3 Qe6 ({Black avoids the repetition} 27... Qd6 28. Ne4 $11) 28. Na4 (
28. e4 Bb6 29. d5 Qe5 $15) 28... b6 ({Or here} 28... Qd5 29. Nc3 $11) 29. Rc1 {
I quickly seized my chance, now that he had created a weakness on c6 for
himself.} c5 (29... Qe7 $1 {is what the engines where screaming for at the
live commentary.} 30. Qxc6 (30. Nc3 h5) 30... Qg5 $44 {with ample compensation
for the pawn. It's hard to parry all of Black's threats and my king feels
vulnerable, though I feel that White can hold with some accurate play.}) (29...
Qd5 30. Nc3 {is a little different, and the game should end in a draw after}
Qg5 31. Ne4 Qd5 32. Nc3 $11) 30. dxc5 b5 31. Nc3 Qc6 32. Qd2 {White needs to
keep his pieces on active places.} (32. Nd1 $2 f5 $19 {is clearly bad. In fact
it is losing immediately.}) 32... Re5 $2 {Playing way too ambitiously!} (32...
Qxc5 33. Nd5 Qa7 {gives Black no problems, but at the same time} 34. Qd4 (34.
Rc6 Qb7 35. Qc3 {is more complex, and White's initiative looks a little
threatening}) 34... Qxd4 35. exd4 {should not give White much problem in
holding the draw either.}) 33. b4 {Now my protected passed pawn will be hard
to deal with.} Bg5 34. Rd1 $1 {I must prioritize activity above all else. At
the same time I seize control of the d-file. Now the fun begins as I turn from
being slightly worse, to much better and suddenly winning.} Bxe3 $2 {A blunder
and a little bit of desperation. When you miss something in your calculation
and then decide to make a sort of random move, it's usually not a wise
decision.} (34... Rxe3 {is the best chance.} 35. Qd5 Qe8 36. Qxg5 Rxc3 37. Rxc3
Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Qxd1 39. Qe3 {and I would prefer White here as his rook is very
well placed to support the advance of the c-pawn.} (39. Qc1 Qd5 40. Qf4 {
might be even better, although White has to meet} f5 {with} 41. Rf3 $1 {
to prevent the opening of the f-file.})) (34... Rd8 35. Qa2 $1 {is perhaps
what he missed.}) 35. Qd7 $1 {Most accurate.} (35. Qd6 Qe8 36. Qxa6 {wins a
couple of pawns although} h5 $1 {might give Black some tricks considering that
White's king is very vulnerable.} 37. Qxb5 hxg4 38. hxg4 Qe6 39. Qd7 Qb3 40.
Qd3 Qe6 {when White is winning, but he has to watch out.} 41. Re1 $1 Re8 42.
Rexe3 Rxe3 43. Rxe3 Qxe3 44. Qxe3 Rxe3 45. Nd5 $18) 35... Qa8 $2 36. Nd5 {
Already here White has more than one winning continuation.} (36. h4 {to
prevent ...Bg5.} f5 37. c6 $18) ({Or} 36. c6) 36... Bg5 37. c6 {The reason I
can push my c-pawn so boldly is because his queen is seriously trapped in the
corner on a8.} Bh4 (37... Re2+ {is what I was mostly looking at during the
game. Apparently the best reply is} 38. Kg3 $1 {Activating the king and
threatening h4 at the same time.} f5 (38... Rc2 39. c7) 39. gxf5 Rf7 40. Qd6
gxf5 41. h4 Bd8 42. Kh3 $18 {Now that the White king is safe and the
complications are gone, White is all set to deliver a decisive attack.}) 38.
Rd2 {Keeping an eye on the second rank.} Re1 (38... Qe8 39. Qxe8 Rfxe8 40. c7
Rc8 41. Rc3 $16 {I didn't mind trading the queens at all, besides with a
strong passed pawn White should win this ending in the long run.}) 39. Rc2 $1 (
39. c7 Rc1) 39... Kg7 40. Nb6 Qb8 {Finally we made it to move 40 and got an
extra hour on the clock, but it cannot help Black because he is simply lost.} (
40... Qd8 41. c7) 41. Qd4+ {Followed by c7, and Veselin resigned. It is clear
that the importance of this game in terms of the final standing was paramount.
Without this win it's hard to see how I would have won the Sinquefield Cup,
considering that maybe even +2 would not be enough to win clear first if I
drew with Veselin. In the end it worked out well and I managed to win clear
first with 5.5/9.   Winning this tournament was a particularly sweet victory
because 12 months earlier in the 2015 edition of The Sinquefield Cup, I came
in dead last. It was an emotionally crushing time for me but I resolved to
come back and fight harder this year. This is what you need to do if you want
to compete professionally. All the players on this level are really, really
tough, and as I said at the closing, anyone of us could have clinched it this
year. It just happened to be my turn.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 Nb3 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Nc4 16. Qc1 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Rb8 18. e3 f5 19. Na4 Bd6 20. b6 c6 21. d4 Qe7
22. Nc5 exd4 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. exd4 f4 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qb3 Kh8 27. Bxd5 Qf6 28.
Qb5 Bxa3 29. Qxa5 Bb2 30. Bf3 Ra8 31. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Qc3 Rae8 22. Rae1 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Qa5 b5
27. Qxa7 Qxe5 28. Qd4 Qe6 29. a4 bxa4 30. Qxa4 h6 31. h3 Rb8 32. Rc1 Rxb2 33.
Qxc6 Qxc6 34. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "60"]

1. e4 {(2s)} e5 {(1s)} 2. Nf3 {(5s)} Nc6 {(2s)} 3. Bb5 {(2s)} Nf6 {(4s)} 4. O-O
{Sich in einer Must-Win-Situation auf das Berliner Endspiel einzulassen wurde
von Kasparov kritisiert - wer könnte es besser wissen als der russische
Ex-Weltmeister, der im Jahre 2000 den Titel an Kramnik abgeben musste und dies
unter anderem aufgrund der Tatsache weil er sich in seinen Weißpartien die
Zähne an der Berliner Mauer ausbiß (4s)} Nxe4 {(2s)} 5. d4 {(4s)} Nd6 {(2s)} 6.
Bxc6 {(4s)} dxc6 {(2s)} 7. dxe5 {(5s)} Nf5 {(2s)} 8. Qxd8+ {(5s)} Kxd8 {(2s)}
9. h3 {(5s)} Ke8 {(3s)} 10. Nc3 {(3s)} h5 {(2s)} 11. Bg5 {(6s)} (11. Bf4 Be7
12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 {probierte MVL in der 7. Runde gegen Nakamura
}) 11... Be6 {(8s)} 12. Rad1 {(3s)} (12. a3 {war MVLs Wahl in einer Partie
gegen Nielsen 2011.} Bd5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Rad1 Be7 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8
17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ng5 Ng6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. b3 Rf8 22. Rd3 h4 23.
Rd4 Rd8 24. Rg4 Nxe5 25. Rxh4 Rd2 26. Rh8+ Kd7 27. Rh7 Rxc2 28. Rxg7+ Ke8 29.
Ne4 Nf7 30. h4 c5 31. Ng5 Nxg5 32. Rxg5 c4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. h5 c5 35. g3 {
1-0 (35) Vachier Lagrave,M (2710)-Nielsen,P (2693) Beijing 2011}) 12... Be7 {
(1439 s)} 13. b3 {(7s)} a5 {(195s)} (13... h4 {wurde bisher zweimal von
Kramnik gespielt, doch So weicht verzichtet auf den Raumgewinn am Königsflügel.
Der Bauer auf h4 sichert die Postion des Sf5 endgültig, doch kettet diesen
allerdings auch an die Verteidigung des Bauern.} 14. Ne4 (14. Rfe1 Rd8 15.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ne4 b6 17. Bf4 Kc8 18. Neg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Bd5 20. Nh2 c5 21. Rd1
Bc6 22. c3 a5 23. Ng4 Bd7 24. f3 a4 25. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 (25) Aronian,L (2820)
-Kramnik,V (2801) Zuerich 2012}) 14... a5 (14... b6 15. c4 a5 16. Rd2 Rd8 17.
Rfd1 Rxd2 18. Bxd2 c5 19. Bf4 a4 20. Nc3 axb3 21. axb3 Bd8 22. Kf1 Rg8 23. Ne4
Bc8 24. Ra1 Bb7 25. Neg5 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Ne4 Kd7 28. Rd1+ Kc8 29. Re1 Rg7
30. Nfd2 Nd4 31. f3 Bc6 32. Nf2 Bd7 33. Ng4 Bf5 34. Kf2 Kd7 35. Ne3 Bh7 36. Nd5
Bc2 37. Ne3 Bd3 38. Nd5 Nxb3 39. Nxb3 Bxc4 40. Nxc5+ bxc5 41. Rd1 Kc8 42. Nc3
Rd7 43. Rc1 Bd3 44. Na4 c4 45. Nb2 Rd5 46. Nxc4 Rc5 47. Nb2 Rxc1 48. Bxc1 Bb5
49. g3 hxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Kd7 51. Nd1 Ke6 52. Nc3 Be8 53. Be3 Be7 54. h4 c5 55. Kf2
c4 56. Ke2 Bg6 57. Bd4 f5 58. f4 Bxh4 59. Ke3 Bf7 60. Bg7 Kd6 61. Bf8+ Kc6 62.
Ne2 Be1 63. Nd4+ Kd5 64. Nxf5 c3 65. Kd3 Bg6 66. Ke2 Bxf5 67. Kxe1 {1/2-1/2 
(67) Aronian,L (2815)-Kramnik,V (2795) London 2012}) 15. a4 b6 16. Bf4 c5 17.
Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 (38) Caruana,F (2781)-Karjakin,S (2780) Wijk
aan Zee 2013 und Weiß muss sich schön langsam um Ausgleich bemühen}) 14. Rd3 {
(13s)} Rd8 {(289s)} 15. Rxd8+ {(36s)} Bxd8 {(9s)} (15... Kxd8 {um den König
auf den Damenflügel zu bringen ist hier vermutlich weniger gut. Prinzipiell
verträgt sich der König auf c8 schlecht mit dem Vorstoß h5, da der f7 einer
Deckung bedarf.} 16. Rd1+ Kc8 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ng5 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Nxe6+ fxe6 21. f4 $14) 16. Rd1 {(8 s)} Bxg5 {(37s)} 17. Nxg5 {(7s)} Ke7 {(60s)}
18. Ne2 {Weiß bewegt den Sc3 in Richtung f4, von wo aus der Druck auf den Le6
ausübt und nach möglichem Sxe6 den Bauern zum zurückschlagen zwingt. (699s)}
Nh4 $1 {(274s)} (18... Bc8 19. Nf4 {und dieser Konstellation kann Schwarz
keine Fortschritte machen, während Weiß langsam die Stellung verbessern kann.}
g6 (19... f6 20. Ng6+ $18) 20. g3 $14 {[%cal Gg1g2,Gg2f3]}) 19. g3 {(920s)} (
19. Nf4 $2 Bf5 20. c4 f6 $1 $17) 19... Ng6 20. Nxe6 {(4s)} (20. f4 Bc8 $132)
20... fxe6 $1 {(488s)} (20... Kxe6 21. f4 {und Schwarz kann die dominante
Königsstellung nicht aufrecht erhalten, Weiß droht Sd4-Sf5} c5 22. Kf2 $14) 21.
f4 {(6s)} Rf8 {[%cal Gh5h4]} (21... h4 22. g4 Rf8 23. Rd4 c5 24. Re4) 22. Rd4 {
(766s)} (22. h4 {würde alle dynamischen Ansätze zunicht machen} Rd8 $5 23. Rxd8
Kxd8 $11) 22... c5 {(96s)} 23. Re4 {(16s)} Rd8 $1 {(6s)} (23... b6 24. Kf2 {
[%cal Gf2f3,Gg3g4]}) 24. Kf2 {(5s)} Rd1 {nun kommt So zu Gegenspiel. Dies ist
auch notwendig, da bei passiver Verteidigung die weißen Bauern am Königsflügel
wohl dennoch gefährlich geworden wären. (344s)} 25. g4 {(451s)} hxg4 {(544s)}
26. hxg4 {Diagramm [#] (24s)} b5 {So möchte seine eigene Bauernmehrheit in
Bewegung setzen, da weißes f5 ohnehin schwer zu verhindern ist. (5s)} (26...
Kf7 {hätte ebenso das Gleichgewicht gehalten} 27. f5 Ne7 (27... exf5 $5 28.
gxf5 Ne7 29. Ng3 Rd2+ 30. Re2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 g6 $11) 28. fxe6+ Kxe6 29. Nf4+
Kd7 30. e6+ Kd6 31. Re2 $13) 27. f5 {(483s)} (27. a4 $5 {so könnte Weiß die
Kontrolle besser behalten und das Spiel in weniger forcierte Bahnen lenken.}
Rd2 (27... c6 28. Ke3 Ra1 29. Nc3 $14) 28. Ke3 Rxc2 29. Kd3 Rb2 30. Kc3 Ra2 31.
axb5 $13) 27... Nh4 {(285s)} 28. Ng3 {(32s)} Ra1 {(1029s)} 29. a4 {(434s)} Ra2
{(14s)} 30. axb5 {(7s)} Rxc2+ {(4s)} 31. Re2 {(6s)} Rxe2+ {(400s)} 32. Kxe2 {
[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3c4,Gc4c5] Diagramm [#] dieses Endspiel sollte bei genauem Spiel
Remis sein - Wesley So zeigt in dieser wichtigen Partie keine Nerven und zeigt
Übersicht und saubere Rechenleistung.} c4 $1 {So erkennt, dass seine einzige
Chance auf eine Freibauernbildung sofort genutzt werden muss. Mittels des
gefährlichen a-Bauern lenkt er den weißen König an den Brettrand. (3s)} 33.
bxc4 {(7s)} a4 {(2s)} 34. Kd3 {(234s)} Nf3 {(62s)} 35. f6+ {(184s)} Kf7 $1 {
(57s)} (35... gxf6 {wäre ebenso Remis gewesen, doch der Partiezug macht die
schwarze Aufgabe wesentlich leichter} 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Ne4+ Ke5 38. Nc3 a3
39. c5 Kf4 $1 40. Kc4 Ne5+ 41. Kb3 Kxg4 42. Kxa3 Kf4 (42... Kf5 $2 43. Kb4 Kf6
(43... Nd3+ $142 44. Kc4 Ne5+ 45. Kd4 Nf3+ 46. Ke3 Ne5 47. Na4 $14) 44. Ka5 Ke7
45. Ka6 Kd7 46. Kb7 $18) 43. Kb4 Nd3+ $1 44. Kc4 Ne5+ 45. Kd4 Nf3+ $1 $11) 36.
fxg7 {(27s)} Nxe5+ {(23s)} 37. Kc3 {(4s)} a3 {(4s)} 38. c5 {Diagramm [#] (16s)}
Nd3 $1 {der letzte genaue Zug und alle Klippen sind umschifft (339s)} 39. Kb3 {
(3s)} Nxc5+ {(3s)} 40. Kxa3 {(0s)} Kxg7 {(0s)} 41. Kb4 {(0s)} Nd3+ {(404s)} 42.
Kc4 {(52s)} Ne5+ {(387s)} 43. Kc5 {(6s)} Kh6 {(36s)} 44. Ne2 {(88s)} c6 $1 {
(124s)} 45. bxc6 {(6s)} (45. b6 Nd7+ 46. Kxc6 Nxb6 47. Kxb6 Kg5) 45... Nxc6 {
(3s)} 46. Kxc6 {(2s)} Kg5 {(5s)} 47. Kd6 {(1s)} Kxg4 {(4s)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Andorra"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 Rb8 7. e5 Nd5 8.
c4 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ng6 11. a3 Be7 12. Nf3 c5 13. h4 Rb6 14. h5 Nf8 15.
Qc3 f6 16. h6 g6 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Qxe5 O-O 20. Rd1 Bb7 21. Rh3 Bd6
22. Qc3 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. b4 cxb4 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. axb4 Bxb4+ 27. Kf1 Bd6
28. Rh4 Nf4 29. Be2 Rf5 30. Rd4 Kf7 31. Bd3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 g5 33. Rg4 Kf6 34.
Rgd4 Bc6 35. Rxd6+ cxd6 36. Rxd6+ Ke7 37. Rd3 Bxf3 38. gxf3 Kd8 39. Kg2 Rf4 40.
Rb3 Kc7 41. Re3 Rh4 42. Re5 Rxh6 43. Rxg5 Rg6 44. f4 Kc6 45. Kf3 Rxg5 46. fxg5
d5 47. cxd5+ Kxd5 48. Kg4 b5 49. f4 b4 50. f5 b3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Rf7 {A rare move, which
is preparing for ...Bf8, Rg7. On the other hand the R will be pinned on the
a2-g8 diagonal.} (13... Rf6) ({and} 13... Ng6 {are the main continuations.})
14. c5 $1 {This is the point of White's play! He doesn't want to lose any time,
he sacrifices the c-P for quick queenside play.} ({Nevertheless} 14. Nd3 {
is similar and common.}) 14... Nxc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Bc4 $1 {This is the
disadvantage of ...Rf7. Black can't avoid d6.} Kf8 $6 {Black wants to avoid
the pin, but this is an inaccuracy.} (16... Qd6 $2 {is bad, as} 17. Nb5 $18 {
followed by d6.}) (16... a6 $1 {was correct to control the b5 square,} 17. d6
cxd6 18. Qb3 (18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {and now White can't play Nb5!}) 18... Qf8 19. Rd1
Nc6 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 17. d6 cxd6 18. Bxf7 Kxf7 19. Nb5 d5 $2
$146 {The first new move, but this is a mistake.} ({The strange} 19... Ke6 $5 {
was the best move, because only the K could protect the d6-P.} 20. Qb3+ (20.
Rxc5 $5) 20... Kf6 21. Rd1 Be6 22. Qc3 Nc8 $132 {Kozul-Wahls, Novi Sad 1990,
and Black is safe.}) 20. Rxc5 Be6 ({In the event of} 20... Qb6 {White simply
plays} 21. Nd3 $16 {.}) 21. Nc7 dxe4 22. Qc2 $1 {A very strong move, White
doesn't exchange Qs, he continues with the pressure on Black's position.} Qd4+
(22... exf3 $2 {loses immediately because of} 23. Nxf3 $18) ({and} 22... e3 23.
Nxe6 Kxe6 24. Nd3 $18 {is also hopeless for Black.}) 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. fxe4 (24.
Nxe6 $1 {was the most accurate move,} Kxe6 25. fxe4 $16 {and White is much
better.}) 24... g4 ({The engine suggests} 24... Bxa2 $5 25. Nf3 Qd3 {and White
is also better here, but it still gives more practical chance than the text
move.}) 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Rc7 b5 27. Qb3+ Kd6 $6 {Loses quickly, but Black's
position was already bad.} (27... Kf6 {could have been met by the smart} 28.
Qg3 $1 $18 {and White should be winning.}) 28. Nc2 Qa4 29. Qc3 ({The simple} 
29. Qxa4 {was also fine,} bxa4 30. Rxa7 $18 {and White wins.}) 29... Ke6 30.
Re1 Qa6 31. Nb4 Qd6 32. Nd5 $1 {The strongest continuation, White removes the
defender, the e7-N, and crushes Black's position.} Rd7 (32... Nxd5 33. exd5+
$18 {is winning obviously.}) 33. Nxf4+ $1 {Another strong tactical blow!} exf4
34. Qb3+ Ke5 (34... Kf6 35. e5+ $18) 35. Qxb5+ Ke6 36. Qb3+ Ke5 37. Qc3+ Ke6
38. Rxd7 Bxc3 39. Rxd6+ Kxd6 40. bxc3 Ke5 41. Rb1 Nc6 42. Rb7 f3 43. gxf3 gxf3
44. Rc7 {A nice victory by So!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. O-O g6 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Bh2 Ng7 14. Rab1 a5 15.
a3 Bf5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ra3 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. b5
Ne6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rb6 Qc7 24. Rfb1 Ra1 25. Rxa1 Qxb6 26. Na4 Qa6 27. Rc1
Ra8 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Qxc5 Ne4 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Qb2 Qa7 32. Qb3 Rb8 33. Qc2 Rc8
34. Ne5 c5 35. f3 Nd6 36. dxc5 Nc4 37. Ng4 Qxc5 38. Qc3 Rc6 39. Ra1 d4 40. exd4
Qd5 41. Kh1 h5 42. Ne3 Nxe3 43. Qxe3 Kg7 44. Kg1 Rc2 45. Rd1 Qe6 46. Qxe6 fxe6
47. Kh2 h4 48. Re1 Kf6 49. Re4 g5 50. Kg1 Rd2 51. Kf1 Kf5 52. Rg4 Ra2 53. Kg1
Rd2 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. Re4 Rd2 56. Kg1 Kf6 57. Kh1 Kf5 58. Kh2 Kf6 59. Kg1 Kf5 60.
Kf1 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nh5 13. a3 g6 14. Nf1 f5 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Ne3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rxe5 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bxb5
Qb6 22. O-O Kg7 23. Bd3 Bg5 24. c4 Rae8 25. cxd5 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe3+ 27. Rf2 c4
28. Bxc4 Rf8 29. Rdf1 Qd4 30. b3 h5 31. d6 h4 32. Kh1 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 hxg3 34.
Rf7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Bf6 12. Nc4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bb5 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. a4 Ba6 16. Re1 b6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Rfd8 20. Qe5 Qxe5
21. Nxe5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxe2 23. Nc6 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxd1 25. Nd4 Bg4 26. Kf1 Kf8
27. Ke1 Bd7 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Kc3 Kd6 30. Kc4 a6 31. Nf3 Bc6 32. Nd2 Ke5 33. Kc3
Kd5 34. f3 g5 35. Nc4 b5 36. axb5 Bxb5 37. Ne3+ Ke5 38. Nc4+ Ke6 39. Kd4 Bc6
40. Nd2 Bb5 41. b4 Be2 42. Ke3 Bb5 43. Kd4 Be2 44. Ke4 Bb5 45. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. a4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Bf4 Qc8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. Nc4 Nb4 20. Nxb4 cxb4 21.
b3 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. bxc4 Rfc8 24. Rd7 Bf6 25. Rb1 a5 26. Ra7 Bd8 27. Rc1
b3 28. Rb7 b2 29. Rb1 Bf6 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Bc6 Rb3 32. Kg2 Ra3 33. c5 Ra1 34.
Be4 Rxa4 35. Bd3 Rb4 36. c6 Rb6 37. Be4 Be5 38. f4 Bc7 39. Bc2 Kf8 40. Kf3 Rb4
41. Ke3 a4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{I think this year's Olympiad was significantly harder than those of other
years. First of all, it seemed like everyone was intense, strong, focused and
competitive. Secondly, it was the first time that a team had to win 10 out of
11 matches in order to gain first place (normally 9.5/11 suffices). So even
though everyone was saying we had a strong team, nothing was ever easy or
guaranteed. Every single step was dangerous. Then finally, when we should have
been able to relax knowing we'd nailed it, there was a strangely complex
tiebreak that kept everyone holding their breath.   This game was played in
the 8th round. Our team was leading 6.5/7 and Russia was only half a point
behind (they lost their match against Ukraine). I don't need to tell you how
crucial this match was in the fight for an Olympic gold medal.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 {Ian is purely a 1.e4 player with an aggressive and imaginative style.
Before this game he was very much on fire with 7 out of 7 and it wasn't a
surprise that the Russians gave him the white pieces for this match. Usually
he goes 3.d4 for a Scotch Game.} 3. Bc4 {The Giuoco Piano is an evergreen
opening and it is one of the oldest in chess, having roots all the way back to
the 17th century. It has become popular once again as a way to get a game.} Bc5
4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O ({I think he must have been inspired by a game played by
GM Karjakin in the previous round:} 5... d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3
Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 d5 14. Nb3 b5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16.
Rxe3 Rd6 17. Nc5 $16 Qc8 18. Ree1 Nh5 $2 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Qa2 $18 {Karjakin,
S-Navara,D Baku 2016, and White won super quickly.}) 6. a4 {A relatively new
move, reintroduced this year by GM Grischuk. White makes sure that d3 is
firmly defended in case of a breakthrough in the center with ...d5.} ({A month
earlier Vishy Anand played} 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 (8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5)
8... Nb6 {but had to agree to a draw later on.}) (6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 {
is the old main line. But unable to get much with it, White players found this
plan of a2-a4. The idea is to be able to develop the knight on a3 in some
cases, and to gain space on the queenside.}) 6... d6 (6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nbd2 Bb6 9. Re1 $14 {White gets good control over the center and has nice
outposts for his pieces.}) 7. c3 a6 (7... a5 {is possible too.}) 8. h3 {
I think in general White does not want to commit his kingside pawns right away,
but he cannot play Re1 without fear of Ng4.} (8. Re1 {might allow} Ng4 (8...
Ba7) 9. Re2 {when my analysis runs} (9. d4 $2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 $1 11. Nxd4
Qh4 $19) 9... Kh8 10. d4 Ba7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Re1 exd4 (12... h6 13. Bb3) 13.
cxd4 d5 (13... Nxe4 14. Rxe4 d5 15. Rh4 dxc4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Nc3 Qg6
19. Ne2 $14 {gives White too strong an initiative for the pawn.}) 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nc3 Qd8 (16... Qd6 17. d5 Nb4 18. Re4 Bf5 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Re2
$14) 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bf4 {with a position that should be close to equality.}) (
8. Nbd2 Ba7) 8... Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 {The most typical plan in this kind of pawn
structure. Black puts his knight on g6 and prepares the c6-d5 break in the
center.} ({I was also considering} 9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 {but I wasn't very
sure.... The point is that White really doesn't mind the exchange of
light-squared bishops and with the appearance of a knight on c4 it is not
clear if the time spent by Black is worth it.}) (9... Be6 {Even here the
exchange of the light-squared bishops on e6 will lead to the opening of the
f-file (so in my next round against Aryan Tari, I went for} 10. Nbd2 {).} Bxc4
11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne3 $14 {in this position White remains with a slight
advantage.}) 10. d4 ({Later even Vladimir Kramnik tried his hand at the Giuoco
Piano outplaying Radjabov in a nice way:} 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 h6 (11... c6 12.
Bf1 (12. Bb3 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Nh5) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Nh5 $13
{might be better.}) 12. Bf1 (12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bc2 $14 {looks like a slight edge
for White.}) 12... Re8 13. a5 Bd7 14. b4 Bc6 $6 (14... d5) 15. d5 Bd7 16. c4
Nf4 17. c5 g5 $6 {Now the position looks like a Bayonet King's Indian (an
opening you would expect from a Kramnik-Radjabov game) with a bishop on a7!}
18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Be3 $16 {Kramnik,V-Radjabov,T Baku 2016, and White won
relatively quickly from here.} (19. Ra3 $5 {as in the spirit of the King's
Indian-rook lift on the third rank!})) (10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Nh4 Kh8 12. Nxg6+ fxg6
{is excellent for Black.}) 10... Ng6 {I just continue manoeuvring my pieces.} (
{I was also looking at} 10... exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 h6 (12... Nexd5 13. Bg5
h6 14. Bh4 {gives an annoying pin on the diagonal-} g5 15. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 16.
Bxg5 $18) 13. Nc3 Nexd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 c6 16. Bd2 $14 {but apparently
Black does not completely equalize here. White has a lead in development and
pressure in the open files to compensate for his isolated d-pawn.}) 11. Bd3 (
11. Nbd2 {transposes to the Kramnik game-see 10.Nbd2.}) 11... c6 (11... Nh5 {
right away is possible too.}) ({However if Black does not like all these
Nh5-f4 knight moves then} 11... Re8 12. Qc2 Be6 {is a good option. Black is
simply preparing the ...d5 break, and if this operation is successful he
equalizes completely.} (12... h6 13. Be3 d5 14. Nbd2 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16.
Nxd4 Nf4 $11)) 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nbd2 (13. Bf1 {might be a possible improvement.}
) 13... Nhf4 14. Bf1 exd4 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 d5) 15... Bxd4 (15... d5 16. Bxa7
Rxa7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. a5 $16 {this is clearly better for White. Black's dark
squares on the queenside are far too weak to defend comfortably.}) 16. cxd4 (
16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Re3 Qf6 {leads to a balanced position, as my knights have
good outposts in the center.}) 16... d5 17. e5 f6 (17... a5 {right away makes
a lot of sense too.}) 18. Ra3 (18. a5 fxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7) 18... fxe5 19. dxe5 {
GM Ian Nepomniatchi is always interesting and keeps surprising me by making
unexpected and quick decisions. For example here, I was almost sure that he
would recapture with the knight and then try to make use of the open e-file.} (
19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Ng6 21. Re1 Qf6 22. Nf3 Bf5 $11) 19... a5 {I wanted to
clarify the pawn structure on the queenside and not have to worry about a
possible dark square bind.} 20. Qc1 Qe7 (20... Ne6) 21. Rb3 Bf5 {I have plenty
of options here and perhaps what I chose is not the most accurate. But playing
Black in a team event means that you have to guarantee your safety first and I
chose to finish my development.} ({Both} 21... Rf7) ({and} 21... Ne6 22. g3 Qf7
{give Black good play. The undeveloped bishop on c8 gives me a moment of
concern though.}) 22. Nd4 Ne6 (22... Nh4 $5 {Stockfish's suggestion.}) 23. Nxf5
$2 {This is where the battle starts to turn in my favour.} ({White maintains
equality by} 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. g3 Rf7 25. f4 Raf8 $11 {when White has a strong
pawn chain although he always has to be wary of a piece sacrifice on f4.})
23... Rxf5 24. Bd3 Rf4 {There is no point in taking the pawn on e5 yet.} 25.
Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qd1 ({A more stubborn line is} 26. Rg3 Raf8 27. Nf3 Rxa4 28. Rxg6
$15) 26... Raf8 27. Rf3 Qb4 $17 {Black has a dream position. Blockading knight
on e6, full control of the f-file, and on top of that I am threatening to pick
up his queenside pawns.} 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Nf3 (29. Qc2 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 31.
b3 Kf7 $17 {and Black starts picking up loose pawns.}) 29... Qxa4 (29... Qxb2 {
might be even stronger, but I prefer to take his a-pawn as it is well-known
that a knight has the most trouble when defending against a passed rook pawn.
And besides I keep the b-file closed.}) 30. Qd3 Rf5 (30... Re4 $142 31. Rxe4
Qxe4 32. Qa3 Qb4 33. Qd3 Kf7 $19 {would make the conversion much easier but I
couldn't decide whether to keep the rooks or trade them.}) 31. Qb1 Qf4 (31...
Qb4 32. Nh2 a4 33. Ng4 c5 $19) 32. Qc2 {Preventing Ng5 by protecting the f2
pawn.} Kh7 $1 33. Re3 Qc4 {I don't mind the exchange of queens at all.} (33...
Qb4) 34. Qd1 (34. Qxc4 dxc4 35. Ra3 b6 36. Kf1 (36. Ra4 Rf4) 36... Kg8 $17)
34... Rf4 {I was getting low on time and therefore my main objective was to
reach move 40 while maintaining my substantial advantage.} (34... Qb4) 35. Rc3
Qb4 36. Qc1 (36. Rb3 Qa4 37. Qd3 b5 $19) 36... a4 {Pushing my a-pawn one step
closer to promotion.} 37. h4 Kg8 (37... Nd4 $19) 38. Qb1 Qe4 (38... Nd4) 39.
Qd1 Nd4 40. Re3 (40. Nxd4 Qxd4) 40... Nxf3+ 41. gxf3 Qf5 {Suddenly Ray Robson
on board 4, lost his game and quickly resigned against GM Grischuk. Fabiano
and Hikaru had both drawn their games against Sergey Karjakin and big Vlad
respectively. Yikes. Now I really had to win this game to tie the match.
Initially I was distracted by disappointment that we wouldn't win this match 
(which would ensure almost certain gold) but at the end of the day you have to
move on, refocus and wait for another chance.} 42. e6 Rxh4 (42... Qh3 {is
enough for a win too.}) 43. Re4 $5 {Probably the most shocking move played
against me for a long time. So Ian! I was taking my time, making sure I wasn't
missing any tricks and then suddenly he comes up with this move. Fortunately I
am too many pawns up.} (43. e7 Qh3 44. e8=Q+ Kh7) (43. f4 Qxf4 (43... Kf8) 44.
e7 Qg5+ 45. Kf1 Rh1+ 46. Ke2 Qh5+ 47. Rf3 Rxd1 48. e8=Q+ Kh7 $19) 43... Rxe4
44. fxe4 Qxe4 45. Qd2 Qxe6 46. Qa5 Qg4+ 47. Kf1 b5 48. Qc7 g5 49. Qb8+ Kh7 50.
Qd6 b4 {This is the way it went in this exciting Olympiad. Every fight was a
tough one to the absolute end. There were no sliders!} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. a4 d6 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. d4 exd4
15. cxd4 b5 16. Be3 c5 17. axb5 axb5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 e5 21.
Rad1 Kh8 22. Qb6 Rad8 23. Re3 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Qc5 Qb7 26. Rb3 b4 27. Qc2
Ndf4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qc4 Rd4 30. Qf1 Rd8 31. Qc4 Rd4 32. Qf1 Rd8 33. Qc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 {GM Levan Pantsulaia has rich experience in the Reti Opening.
During his career he managed to outplay many strong players from this position.
} g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 (4. Qa4+ {is another common way of regaining the pawn.})
4... Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Bd2 ({Perhaps, Levan wasn't happy with his
previous experience with this line:} 7. Bg2 e4 8. dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nf6 10.
Nfd2 Be6 {Pantsulaia,L (2615)-Sargissian,G (2668) Jerusalem ISR 2015, and
Black had excellent compensaton for a pawn}) 7... Be6 8. Rc1 Nge7 9. Bg2 ({
It was possible to acquire the pair of bishops by means of} 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. e4 {
, but after} Bxc4 11. Rxc4 Nd4 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nc6 {Black wouldn't face
any problems due to his control over the d4-spot.}) 9... a5 10. O-O O-O {
The resulting position is quite complex and offers interesting play for both
players} 11. b3 (11. Bc3 f6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Bd2 g5 $15
{Petrosian,T (2651)-Pashikian,A (2617) Yerevan 2014}) 11... h6 $146 (11... f6
$5 {deserved serious consideration:} 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 {and Black's
position seems preferable due to a space advantage.}) ({The previously played} 
11... Qd7 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. Bh3 f5 14. Ne3 $13 {Becker,M (2381)-Schmidt,S (2201)
Germany 2005, allowed White to liquidate the important bishop.}) 12. Bc3 f6 {
Protecting the central pawn is a necessary measure, but the situation is not
as good as before.} 13. Qd2 {Connecting the rooks and getting ready for
pushing d3-d4.} ({Another interesting possibility was:} 13. e4 $5 Bg4 (13...
Nb4 14. Nxa5 Nxa2 15. Nxb7 Qc8 16. Nc5 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 $44) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
h5 16. Qe2 Bh6 17. Rcd1 Nd4 18. Qb2 Nec6 19. f4 $132 {with double-edged play.})
13... a4 14. Bb2 $2 {This move is connected with a blunder.} ({Instead,} 14. e4
$1 axb3 15. axb3 Qd7 (15... b5 $6 16. Na5 Qb8 17. d4 b4 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bb2
Na5 20. d5 Bf7 21. Qe3 $14) 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4
Rfd8 20. Bc3 $11 {would maintain the balance.}) 14... axb3 15. axb3 b5 $1 {
Wesley is making the a5-spot vacant for the knight.} 16. Ne3 (16. Na3 Na5 17.
Qc2 Nxb3 18. Rcd1 Na5 19. Nxb5 c6 20. Na3 Bb3 $17) 16... Na5 17. Qb4 $2 {
A decisive mistake.} ({The lesser evil would be} 17. Rb1 Nxb3 18. Qd1 c6 $17 {
- Black is a pawn up, but the game continues.}) 17... Nxb3 18. Ng5 {A
desperate attempt to complicate matters.} ({But} 18. Rc3 {would hardly be any
better:} c5 19. Qxb5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Rb3 (21. Rxc5 Rb8 $19) 21... dxe3
22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Ra3 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qc8 25. e4 c4 $19 {Despite liquidating
all the opponent's q-side pawns White's position is absolutely lost - the king
is too weak.}) 18... hxg5 19. Bxa8 c5 $1 {I guess, this strong reply was
underestimated by Levan. Now White cannot avoid a major loss of material.} ({
Of course, not} 19... Nxc1 $2 20. Rxc1 Qxa8 21. Qxe7 Re8 22. Qxc7 $11) 20. Rxc5
Qxa8 21. Rxb5 ({Black's technical task doesn't seem tough after} 21. Rc7 Nd5
22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qe7 Bf7 24. Rd7 Qc6 25. Rc7 Qe6 $19) 21... Nc6 22. Qd6 Nbd4 (
{A simpler way was} 22... Re8 $1 23. Qa3 Qxa3 24. Bxa3 Ncd4 $19) 23. Bxd4 ({
The most stubborn try was} 23. Ra1 Qc8 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Rb2 {, but the
vulnerablity of the Kg1 should tell. For instance,} Rd8 26. Qa6 Qc3 27. Qa3
Qxa3 28. Rxa3 f5 $19 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gf4f3]}) 23... Nxd4 24. Rb2 Rd8 25. Qb6 f5 {
The final storm is coming.} 26. Rfb1 f4 27. Nc4 e4 {The rest is just torture.}
28. e3 fxe3 29. fxe3 exd3 30. exd4 Bxc4 31. Qxg6 Qd5 32. Rf2 Qxd4 33. Rbb2 Qe5
34. Rbd2 Rd6 35. Qf5 Qe1+ 36. Rf1 Qxd2 37. Qc8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. h3 Bb4 10. c5 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bb5 Na5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Nc4
15. b4 a5 16. O-O axb4 17. axb4 Qb8 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nd2 bxc5 20. bxc5 Qb4 21.
Qf3 Bd5 22. Qxd5 Qxc3 23. Ne4 Qd3 24. Nxf6+ Kh8 25. Nd7 Rfe8 26. Ne5 Qf5 27.
Qxc4 Kg7 28. Qc3 Ra2 29. Nd3 Qf6 30. Nb4 Rae2 31. Nd5 Qg5 32. Nc7 R8e3 33. Qc1
h6 34. d5 Qe5 35. fxe3 Qg3 36. Qa1+ 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brunello, Marina"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. c3
Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. b4 Ra8 12. O-O axb4 13. cxb4 b6 14. c6 Bxb4 15.
cxd7 Ba6 16. Qe3 Bc5 17. Nd4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qxd7 19. N2b3 Ra4 20. Kg1 Rfa8 21.
Qd2 Qc7 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Nf3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 R4xa5 25. a3 Rb5 26. Kf1 Ra4 27. Ke2
f6 28. Kd3 Kf7 29. Ra2 Ke7 30. Bb2 d4 31. Bc1 fxe5 32. Nxe5 Rb3+ 33. Kc2 Rc3+
34. Kd1 Kd6 35. Nf7+ Ke7 36. Ne5 Ra6 37. Rb2 Kd6 38. Bd2 Kxe5 39. Bxc3 dxc3 40.
Rb3 Rd6+ 41. Kc1 Rd3 42. a4 Kd4 43. a5 Rd2 44. Ra3 Rxf2 45. a6 Kd3 46. Kb1 Rf1+
47. Ka2 Kd2 48. a7 Rf8 49. Kb3 c2 50. Ra2 c4+ 51. Kxc4 Kd1 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng5 h6 8. f4
exf4 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Nh4 Bb8 11. Ng6 d5 12. exd5 fxg6 13. dxc6+ Kh7 14. Bxf4 Ng4
15. Bxb8 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Nf2+ 18. Kg1 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ 20. Kg1
Nh3+ 21. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 Nfd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 Qa5
9. Bh6 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne5 11. Bg7 Rg8 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. h4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Nb6 15.
Ne2 h5 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Kf2 Qc7 18. Rb2 b6 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Nc1 Kf8 21. Nd3 Qd6
22. Rhb1 Rb8 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Ba4 f6 26. Qh7 Kf8 27. Bc6 Rg7 28.
Qh6 Kf7 29. Rb3 b5 30. Nb2 Nb6 31. a4 b4 32. a5 Nd7 33. Nd3 Qc7 34. Qe3 bxc3
35. Bxd7 Rxb3 36. Be6+ Bxe6 37. dxe6+ Kxe6 38. Rxb3 f5 39. exf5+ gxf5 40. Rb6+
1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Na4 Nd4 12. Nc5 a5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb3 g5
15. Qd2 g4 16. Nh4 Re5 17. Qf4 Qd6 18. e3 Rb5 19. Rxc7 Qxf4 20. exf4 a4 21.
Nxd4 Rxb2 22. Be4 Rxa2 23. Rb1 a3 24. Nc2 Bd6 25. Rc3 Na4 26. Rc4 Be6 27. Nxa3
Rxa3 28. Rc2 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. a3
g6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfc1 Nf8 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Ra2 a6 16. Qd1 Bf8 17. Na4 Bd6 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. a4 Ng5 20. Be1 Bb8 21. Bf1 Qc7
22. g3 h5 23. h4 Nge4 24. Rb2 Qe7 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Ra3 28.
bxc6 bxc6 29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. Qxb3 Qe6 31. Bg2 Rc8 32. Qb7 Nd6 33. Qa6 Nc4 34. e4
Rd8 35. Qa4 Bc7 36. exd5 cxd5 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxc4 Bb6 39. Qxd5 Rxd5 40. Rc8+
Kh7 41. Bc3 Bxd4 42. Bxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Na3
Nbc6 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Be3 b5 13. Na3 a6 14. dxc5 Be7 15.
Nc2 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Be4 17. a4 Qb7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 O-O 20. axb5 Qxb5 21.
Qxb5 axb5 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 23. Rd7 Ra2 24. b4 Bg5 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. Rb1 Rca8 27.
h3 R8a4 28. Rb7 Rxb4 29. Rxb4 Nxb4 30. Rxb5 Nd3 31. Nc4 Rc2 32. Nd6 Nxe5 33.
Ne4 f6 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb3 Rc4 36. f3 Nd7 37. Rb7 Nxc5 38. Rc7 Rxe4 39. fxe4
Nxe4 40. Re7 e5 41. g4 Nc3 42. Kg2 Nd5 43. Ra7 Nf4+ 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Rb7 Ne2+
46. Kf2 Nf4 47. Kg3 Ne2+ 48. Kf2 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 e6 7. Nbc3 O-O 8. Ng3
exd5 9. cxd5 Nh5 10. Nxh5 gxh5 11. Be2 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Qg5 Qxg5
15. Bxg5 Re8 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. a4 Nd7 18. h3 Ne5 19. g4 Bd7 20. Kf2 Rac8 21. Rhg1
hxg4 22. hxg4 Ng6 23. Bg3 Rb8 24. Nd1 b5 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Ne3
Bg7 28. Bxd6 Bxb2 29. Rab1 Bd4 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. Rgd1 Nf4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Nf5
Nd3+ 34. Ke2 Nf4+ 35. Kd2 Ra8 36. Nxd4 Ra3 37. Rb3 Rxb3 38. Nxb3 h5 39. gxh5
Nxh5 40. Kc3 Kf8 41. Nd4 Ke7 42. Nxb5 Nf4 43. Kd4 f6 44. Ke3 Ng2+ 45. Kf2 Nf4
46. Kg3 Nd3 47. Kg4 Ne5+ 48. Kf4 Nc4 49. Kf5 Kf7 50. Nd4 Ne3+ 51. Kf4 Nc4 52.
Nc6 Nd6 53. Ke3 Nb5 54. Kd3 Ke8 55. f4 Kd7 56. e5 fxe5 57. fxe5 Nc7 58. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
Bf4 Rd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e6 18. Nh3 Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20. Nf4 exd5 21.
Nfxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 b5 23. Be2 c6 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Nd1 Rd8 27. Ne3
Rd2 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 c5 30. b4 Nb7 31. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Ba3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. e3 Rd8 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 Rb8 19. Rfc1 Be6 20. Rc7 Rd7
21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Bxb7 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Rxb7 25. Rxa2 h5 26. Kg2 g6 27.
f4 Kg7 28. Kf3 f5 29. h3 Re7 30. Ra3 Kf7 31. g4 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 fxg4+ 33. Kxg4
a5 34. f5 gxf5+ 35. Kxf5 Re6 36. Rxa5 Rxe3 37. Ra7+ Re7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 {A super-refined move order, delaying the knight's development
in order to avoid ...Bg4 and overprotect c3 as soon as possible.} e5 {The
logical reaction in the absence of a knight on f3.} ({The typical} 9... Qa5 {
is entirely playable, of course.} 10. d5 ({In fact,} 10. Nf3 {transposing to
the main lines, may be more consistent.}) 10... e6 11. c4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 {
White has managed to maintain the integrity of his centre, but with the king
in the centre and incomplete development he will soon be subject to
counterattacking moves such as ...b7-b5 and ...f7-f5. Here is just one recent
example.} b6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Kc2 Rae8 16. Rhe1 b5 17. Rb1 (17. cxb5
exd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Kb1 Rc8 $5 $36) 17... b4 {1/2-1/2 Ladva,O (2453)
-Naroditsky,D (2646) Riga 2016}) 10. d5 {The most principled answer.} ({
The ultra-cautious} 10. Nf3 {does not yield much.} cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4
Bd7 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 (69) Giri,A (2793)-Caruana,F (2808) Saint
Louis 2015}) (10. dxe5 {leaves White with a weak queenside while the kingside
majority is not easy to promote.} Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 (11. Bxd2 Bxe5 12. Nf3 Bg7 13.
Bc4 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 {Black could also prepare the exchange of
bishops with ...Re8.} 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $15 {Giri,A 
(2734)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2745) Beijing 2013 (0-1, 39), White's weaknesses
proved more relevant than Black's.}) 11... Rd8+ ({If} 11... b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 {
as in Babula,V (2569)-Anand,V (2788) Hungary 2009 (0-1, 39) White could have
posed some problems with} 13. e6 $5) 12. Kc2 Bd7 $1 ({More active than} 12...
b6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. f3 Bxe5 15. Nh3 Nc6 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Rcd1 Na5 18. Bd5 Bxd5
19. Rxd5 Bf6 20. Rhd1 Rae8 21. Bf4 Nc4 22. Rd7 {Dokhoian,Y (2540)-Svidler,P 
(2480) Copenhagen 1991 (1-0 ,43), with some slight pressure.}) 13. f4 ({
If White plays in similar fashion to the aforementioned game} 13. Bc4 Bc6 14.
f3 {Black has} b5 15. Be2 Bxe5 $15 16. Bxc5 $6 b4 $3 17. Bxb4 Ba4+ 18. Kb2 Nc6
$36) ({Immediate pawn grabbing is also dangerous:} 13. Bxc5 Bc6 14. f3 $6 Ba4+
15. Kb2 Bh6 16. Re1 Rd2+ 17. Ka3 b5 $40) 13... Bc6 14. Nf3 (14. Bd3 $2 Ba4+ 15.
Kd2 c4) 14... Bxe4+ 15. Kb2 Nd7 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Rhe1 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Nxe3 20. Rxe3 b5 $15 {Svidler,P (2759)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2798) Biel 2016 (0-1,
46)}) (10. dxc5 {has never beenj tested but it does not look appealing.} Qxd2+
11. Kxd2 Be6 12. Nf3 h6 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gf8c8]} 13. Rb1 f5 14. Kc2 f4 15. Bc1 Nd7
16. Ba3 Rfc8 17. Rxb7 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 $36 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 10... Nd7 {
If White manages to consolidate and complete his development he will be better.
Therefore Black should act quickly.} (10... Qd6 {looks solid but offers White
a valuable tempo.} 11. Nf3 ({Actually the best way to proceed seems to be} 11.
Bd3 f5 12. f3 Nd7 {Ulko,J (2422)-Yeletsky,I (2200) Kazan 2014 (1/2-1/2, 40)}
13. Ne2 $14) 11... f5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Nd2 $6 Nb6 ({Missing his chance with} 
13... f4 $1 14. Nc4 Qf6 15. Bd2 b5 16. Na5 c4 $15 {Black has achieved major
progress on both wings and White has not enough development to question his
queenside stability, for instance:} 17. Rb1 a6 18. a4 Nc5 19. axb5 Nxe4 $1) 14.
f3 Bd7 15. Be2 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. h4 h6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. g4 Rac8 20. Rb1 $16 {
Wang,H (2710)-Radjabov,T (2734) Beijing 2014 (½-½, 45), White is better on
practically all sectors of the board.}) 11. c4 f5 12. Bg5 {The only way to try
to maintain the stability.} (12. f3 $2 fxe4 13. fxe4 Qh4+) 12... Nf6 13. Ne2 $2
{A curious blunder at such an early stage.} ({The better} 13. Bd3 {would
transpose to a previous game where the strategic plot was still very much
alive.} fxe4 14. Bc2 {Black has won a pawn but needs to play accurately in
order to avoid Ne2-g3/c3 y Nxe4 with a strategic advantage.} e3 $5 $146 {
Probably the best.} (14... b5 {doesn't seem to shatter White's stability:} 15.
Ne2 bxc4 16. Nc3 $14) (14... Bf5 {is also a bit slow} 15. Ne2 h6 16. Be3 Ng4 {
Stupak,K (2562)-Laylo,D (2451) Subic Bay 2016 (1-0, 56)} 17. Nc3 $14 {[%cal
Gc3e4]}) 15. Bxe3 (15. fxe3 {removes any strategic risk for Black} b6 $5 {
[%cal Gc8a6] Preventing Ne2-c3 in view of the threat ...Ba6.} 16. e4 h6 17.
Bxh6 $2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qh4+ $19) 15... Ng4 ({The more restrained} 15... b6 {
is also possible.} 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Bb1 Ne8 18. Ng3 Nd6 19. Qd3 Bc8 $5 {[%cal
Gc8f5,Ge5e4]}) 16. Bg5 (16. Bxc5 $2 Bh6) (16. Ne2 Qh4 17. g3 Qh5 $36) (16. Be4
Rxf2 $5 17. Bxf2 Bh6 18. Qc3 Bxc1 $13 19. Qxc1 $2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Qh4+ {[%csl
Ge4]} 21. Ke3 $6 Qf4+ 22. Kd3 Qxc1) 16... Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {After the
exchange of bishops Black has no strategic problems at all. He also maintains
something of a lead in development.} 18. f3 (18. Nh3 e4 $5 19. Bxe4 Qe5 20. f3
Bf5 21. Qc3 Qxc3+ 22. Rxc3 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rae8 $11 {Black will retrieve the
pawn with a probable draw.}) 18... Qh4+ 19. g3 Qh6 $13 20. fxg4 $2 Rf1+ $1 21.
Ke2 Rf2+) (13. exf5 {is not really a solution to the central tension.} h6 $5 ({
There is nothing wrong with the neutral} 13... Bxf5 {, of course.}) 14. Bxf6 {
A forced concession.} (14. Bh4 $2 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Qe3 Qa5+ 17. Kd1 Bxf5 $19)
(14. Be3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Bxf5 19. Ne2 e4
$17 {[%cal Gg7d4]}) 14... Bxf6 {[%cal Gf6g5]} 15. h4 Bxf5 $15 16. Qxh6 Rf7 $1 {
Black retrieves with great play the h4-pawn since} 17. g3 $2 {leads to trouble:
} g5 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 18. hxg5 Rh7 {[%csl Gh1]}) (13. f3 $2 fxe4 14. fxe4 (14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 $19 {[%csl Gf1]}) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxd8 Nxd2 {is even worse than in
the game as the f1-bishop is hanging.}) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxd8 Nxd2 15. Be7 Rf7
16. Bxc5 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 {The knight has been jumping around a lot to be
exchanged for a undeveloped bishop. But this did not improve White's
development, as his rook is doing little on f1 and the king is stuck in the
centre.} b6 18. Bb4 $17 {/-+ As a result of the forced operation which he
allowed, Black has two bishops, better development, the more flexible
structure and a clear target on c4. The knight is on a very bad path, not
being able to create threats or defend c4 in any way.} Ba6 19. f4 Rc8 20. fxe5
Bxe5 21. Rf3 Bxc4 (21... Rxc4 {looks slightly more natural, avoiding the pin,
but the game move is also all right.}) 22. Re3 Bg7 23. Nf4 {White has finally
managed to get "perfectly coordinated" but has lost a vital pawn on the way
and his d5-pawn is also doomed.} Rd7 24. a4 {Trying to ensure some breathing
space for the bishop on order to prepare d5-d6.} ({If} 24. d6 Bd4 25. Re2 (25.
Rh3 $2 {leaves the e-file undefended.} a5 26. Ba3 Re8+ 27. Kd1 b5 $19) 25... a5
26. Ba3 b5 27. Nd5 Kf7 28. Re7+ Rxe7+ 29. Nxe7 Re8 30. Rc2 Bb6 {[%cal Gf7e6,
Ge6d7,Gb5b4] would leave White in a precarious position.}) 24... Bh6 {The
simplest way to win the pawn and avoid any complications based on Ne6.} 25. g3
Bxf4 26. gxf4 Rxd5 {With two extra pawns, Black would even win many of the
endings resulting after general rook exchanges but for the time being White's
king is also a bit insecure.} 27. Re7 Rd4 28. Bd2 Kf8 29. Bb4 {This speeds up
the defeat.} ({The rook cannot quit the e-file:} 29. Rxa7 Re8+ 30. Kf2 (30. Kd1
Bb3+) 30... Re2+) ({Even after the relatively better} 29. Re5 {Black should
win without problems:} Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Be3 Re4 32. Kd2 Kd7 {The maximum
White can do to get some hope would be exchanging rooks. But Black would not
remove the rook from e4 and the ending after Rxe4, ...fxe4 would offer him two
passed pawns with an easy win.}) 29... Re8 (29... Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {wins the
f4-pawn for if} 31. Bd2 $2 Re4+ {wins even more material:} 32. Kf2 (32. Kd1
Bb3+) 32... Re2+) 0-1

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 ({Once considered a reliable drawing weapon in an
only slightly unpleasant position,} 10... Bd5 {has yielded White good results
lately:} 11. Qc2 (11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)
-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris 2016 CBM 173 [Besenthal,K] (1-0, 54)}) 11... Be4 12.
Qd1 (12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 {Eljanov,P (2717)-Nakamura,H (2814) Baku
2015 CBM 169 [Eljanov,P] (1-0, 58)}) 12... c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nbd2 Bc6 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 17. Rc1 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nf3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rfc8
21. Ne5 h6 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. Nd3 {Giri,A (2793)-Leko,P (2707) Baku 2015 CBM 169 
[Stohl,I] (1-0, 46)}) ({Anticipating a bit, Adams seems to enjoy rare lines,
yielding him somewhat passive but solid positions, as in} 10... h6 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. e3 a5 {Eljanov,P (2723)-Adams,M (2740) Biel
2015 CBM 168 [Marin,M] (0-1, 59)}) 11. Nc3 Ra6 $5 {This rare move brings the
rook closer to the b4-square.} ({Usually it is the knight heading for it with} 
11... Na6 {but this allows White to occupy the centre:} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4
Nb4 14. Rfd1 g6 15. h4 Bg7 16. h5 (16. Rd2 {Aronian,L (2777)-Kramnik,V (2783)
Zuerich 2015 CBM 165 [Roiz,M] (1/2-1/2, 61)}) 16... b6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nh2
Qd7 19. e5 {Aronian,L (2773)-Alekseev,E (2725) Ohrid 2009 CBM 133 [Ftacnik,L] 
(1-0, 38)}) 12. Qd3 $5 ({The solid} 12. e3 {has the drawback of cutting off
the bishop's retreat, inevitably leading to its exchange.} Rb6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14.
Rfd1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. Qc2 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 $14 {Nakamura,H (2793)-Aronian,
L (2788) London 2015 CBM 170 [Sumets,A] (½-½, 41), with the usual solid but
passive Black position.}) ({It should be mentioned that} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 {
does not work now due to} Rb6 {[%csl Gb2,Gd4][%cal Gb6b4,Gf6d4] causing
troubles with the d4- and b2-pawns.}) 12... Rb6 13. Qc2 h6 $146 {Before making
a decision regarding the centre Black forces his opponent into defining his
intentions with respect to his bishop.} ({The alternative is} 13... Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Rb4 $6 {This only wastes time without bothering White.} (14... Qxd4 15.
Be3 $18) ({The critical move seems to be} 14... Nc6 {more or less forcing} 15.
e3 {when after} Nb4 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 {the game would transpose to a
similar position as in the aforementioned game Eljanov-Adams. But maybe Adams
wanted something different this time.}) 15. Rfd1 c6 (15... Rxd4 16. Rxd4 Qxd4
17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Qxc7 Qxc7 19. Nxc7 $14) 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Bc1 Rb6 18. e4 Nb4 19.
Qe2 Re8 20. Bg2 Ra6 21. Be3 Nd7 22. d5 $16 {1-0 (40) Ruck,R (2535)-Moor,O 
(2377) Zuerich 2005}) (13... Rb4 {is pointless due to} 14. e4 $16) 14. Bd2 {
White is just happy to keep his bishop. Now he will be able to play e2-e3
without problems.} Bb4 15. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Bxf3 ({Giving up the other
bishop strengthens White's centre:} 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 {As we will see,
the blockade is not very stable.} 17. Qc1 Nc6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Bf1 $5 Rd8 (19...
Bxf3 20. exf3 e5 21. Re1 Qd6 22. d5 $5 Qxd5 23. Be3 {[%csl Gb6]} Rb3 24. Qc2
$16 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Gf1e2,Ge2d1]}) 20. Bf4 (20. Ne1 e5 $132) 20... Nd5 21. Nd2
Bg6 22. Bg2 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 16. Bxf3 Nc6 17. e3 $14 {For the time being
White cannot advance his central pawns, but in the long run they could become
threatening, especially with two bishops sustaining them.} e5 {In principle
Black should break up the centre after thorough preparation, but it seems that
here there is no obvious way to improve the queen's placement, for instance.} (
17... Qe7 18. Rac1 e5 19. Nb5 {[%cal Gd2c3,Ge1e7]} Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Rd8 21. Bg2
$14 exd4 22. exd4 Qd7 23. Qf4 $16 {[%csl Gc7]}) (17... Re8 18. Rad1 {[%cal
Gd1d8]}) 18. Bxc6 $1 {The best way of keeping a stable advantage.} (18. d5 Bxc3
19. Bxc3 Nb4 20. Qd2 e4 $5 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxe4 Re8 23. Bb1 (23. Bg2 Nc2 $1
24. Qxc2 Rxb2) 23... Qg5 {retrieves the pawn with a normal position.}) 18...
exd4 (18... Rxc6 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. f4 $16 {offers Black no compensation.}) 19.
Bf3 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bc5 $14 {Black has dismantled White's centre and weakened
his queenside structure, but is still far from equality. The bishop pair is
strong, as is the mobile kingside majority. As for the queenside weaknesses,
they are not easy to attack, while Black has also lost his outpost on b4.
Moreover, the isolated pawns safely prevent the advance of Black's majority.
In the next phase the game will slowly flow towards a better ending for White.}
21. Rab1 Rd6 22. Red1 b6 23. c4 Qe7 24. Bc3 Rfd8 25. Bb2 Qe6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Bd6 29. Qd4 {This most natural move could have run into a
surprising antidote.} ({True,} 29. c5 {does not seem to offer more than
reasonable compensation:} Bxc5 (29... bxc5 30. Qe1 {[%csl Ga5]} Qf5 31. Kg2 c4
32. e4 $14) 30. Qd8+ Ne8 31. Bd5 Qe7 32. Qc8 Bxe3 $5 (32... Kh7 {also looks
reliable.}) 33. Bc6 (33. fxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kf1 Qd3+ $11 35. Ke1 $2 Qb1+ $1 $19)
33... Bxf2+ 34. Kg2 Bxg3 35. Qxe8+ Qxe8 36. Bxe8 Bd6 {White's bishops are very
active, but with four pawns for a bishop Black should be able to draw.}) ({
With hindsight} 29. Qc2 {may have been slightly stronger.} Be5 {Exchanging
bishops would spare Black any problems but this is not easy to achieve.} (29...
Qe7 30. Qf5 $14) 30. Ba3 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Bd6 31. c5 $14) 29... Qe8 (29... Qd7 $1
{is a better way of attacking a4.} 30. Bd1 (30. Qd1 Qe6 {transposes back to a
previous position.}) 30... Be5 $3 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 {After exchanging queens and
achieving a perfect regrouping Black should be able to hold.}) 30. Bd1 Qc6 $6 {
Adams must have thought that with queens on the board he would have chances
for counterplay. He probably underestimated White's next move.} (30... Qe4 $5
$14 {looks safer.}) 31. Bc2 $1 {Suddenly White is perfectly coordinated and
all his pieces are targeting the enemy kingside.} Kf8 32. e4 Bc5 33. Qd8+ Ne8
34. Qd5 Qg6 ({The exchange on d5 is not something Black would be happy about:} 
34... Qxd5 35. cxd5 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gf2f4]}) 35. Kg2 Ke7 (35... c6 $5 36. Qd7
Qd6 $14) 36. f4 c6 37. Qd3 Nc7 $2 {Things have not gone Black's way but the
last move is a blunder.} (37... Qe6 38. h4 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 38. f5 $1 $18 {
Suddenly the queen has no good squares.} Qg5 (38... Qd6 39. Qxd6+ Bxd6 40. Bxg7
$18) (38... Qh7 {looks ugly in general but there is also a quick win available:
} 39. f6+ gxf6 40. Bxf6+ $1 $18 Kxf6 41. e5+) 39. Be5 Ne6 (39... Ne8 {would
lose the queen:} 40. Bf4 Qf6 (40... Qh5 41. Bd1) 41. e5) 40. fxe6 {A good
technical game by Wesley, despite Michael's hesitations in the defence.} (40.
fxe6 Qxe5 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Qxf7+ Kg5 43. h4+ Kg4 44. Bd1#) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I don't think it's posisible to fully describe my joy at the way this 2016
year turned out. First I was awarded the Samford Scholarship. As well as
helping me financially, it boosted my confidence to know great men believed in
me. Then a double Gold at the Olympiad, first place in the Sinquefield Cup,
first place in the London Classic, topped off by winning overall GCT champion.
I even did reasonably well in the Rapid and Blitz legs, time controls I am not
that experienced with. Maybe it is not possible to describe the way I feel
because they haven't invented the words yet. This year has been the greatest
in my professional chess career so far. I would like to thank the Lord and my
family for helping me achieve this level as I am fully aware it would have
been impossible on my own. Of course, never forgotten are the sponsors like
Rex Sinquefield, Jan Callewaert, Malcolm Pein, the Vivendi sponsors, and the
hundreds of staff members who make the events possible. They make it easy to
reach out to chess fans all over the world and lift up the level of interest
in our sport.  Plus I learned so much by being allowed to play against world
class chessers in the series of four events. It raised my experience and
understanding in BIG ways. I was thrilled to be a participant in the 2016 GCT 
(remember, I was a very last minute addition in 2016 ... in fact Xmas 2015 we
didn't even know yet that I was to be included. I would not have qualified if
Magnus hadn't been unavailable because of the Championship Match.)  I decided
to annotate this game as I feel that this was one of my toughest fights in
London. For this round Levon Aronian (who is a cheerfully deadly opponent)
came very determined to make use of his white pieces, chop my head off and
seize the tournament lead for good.} 1. c4 {Levon has expanded his White
opening repertoire and now succesfully plays a wide variety of moves in move 1.
Therefore I have to anticipate 1.d4, 1.Nf3 and 1.e4 from him as well.} c5 2.
Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 {Since I was intending to go for the Grünfeld, I decided to
go for this variation and open up the position right away.} (3... Nc6 {is the
trendy English Four Knights. Currently Black is not experiencing any problems
here.}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {Now White has many possibilities. 5.g3, 5.e3, 5.e4, 5.d4
all are possible but Levon goes for the most aggressive continuation. I told
you he is not to be fooled around with!} 5. e4 (5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3
e5 8. O-O Be7 {(38) So-Eljanov Douglas Isle of Man 2016, with easy equality
for Black.}) (5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 {is usually how games would
transpose to the Grünfeld.}) 5... Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ ({Krasenkow,M: In old times
(mostly in the 70s)} 6... Be6 {was extremely popular. After} 7. Bxe6 Nd3+ 8.
Kf1 fxe6 9. Ng5 {Tal's novelty} Qb6 $5 {, which helped him to beat Polugaevsky
in their famous game played in the Riga Interzonal (1979), became a frequent
topic of smalltalk in chess salons :-). However, it turned out that} 10. Qf3 c4
11. b3 $1 {put Black's concept under doubt. Therefore most players of Black
came back to the knight check, which was first seen in practice in the 20s and
30s of the last century.}) 7. Ke2 Nf4+ (7... Nxc1+ 8. Rxc1 a6 {deserves
attention.} (8... Nc6 {Krasenkow,M} 9. Bb5 $14) 9. d4 {Krasenkow,M} b5 $5 10.
Bd5 Ra7 {looks bizarre due to White's huge development advantage but in fact,
it is not easy to exploit it since Black's position is quite solid.} 11. Ne5 e6
12. Bc6+ Ke7 13. Qd2 $1 f6 $1 14. Nd5+ $1 exd5 15. Rxc5 dxe4 {
Jakovenko-Sutovsky (Poikovsky 2016), led to tremendous complications in the
game which Black finally won but White could have attacked more successfully.})
8. Kf1 Nd3 {I admit to not having played 3...d5 before; as such my experience
in this variation was limited. This line is probably too risky and therefore
my choice might not be the best. Nevertheless, I decided to go for this 8...
Nd3, as it was what I had prepared.} (8... Ne6 {is safer and perhaps better.
Levon has some good experience with this though, having defeated Topalov in
the same London Classic a year ago.} 9. b4 cxb4 (9... g6 10. bxc5 Bg7 {is one
idea for future tests. The critical line goes} 11. Bxe6 Bxe6 12. d4 Nc6 13. Be3
Qa5 14. Rc1 O-O-O $132 {when Black seems to have sufficient play for his pawn.}
) 10. Nd5 g6 11. d4 Bg7 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qd2 {the position looks to
be very unclear. However Levon won quite quickly:} Qa5 15. h4 Rc8 16. Bb3 $16
Qb5+ 17. Kg1 h6 18. Kh2 g5 19. Rhd1 Kf8 20. Kg1 Rd8 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nxg5
23. Qxg5 Bh6 24. Qh4 Bg7 25. Qf4 Bh6 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 {1-0 (27) Aronian,L
(2781)-Topalov,V (2803) London 2015}) {The reason I show all these
alternatives for Black is that this line 5.e4 followed by 6.Bc4 is all very
concrete. Black has to play very accurately in order to equalize and only
future tests and analyses can show how best to do so.} 9. Qe2 ({White has no
way to punish Black's seemingly disorganized pieces.} 9. Qb3 e6 10. Qb5+ {
looks like winning pawns for White, but I checked it with the computer and it
shows a trick:} Bd7 11. Qxb7 Nc6 $1 {Black is much better.} 12. Bxd3 (12. Nb5
Rb8) 12... Rb8 13. Qa6 Nb4 14. Qc4 Nxd3 $17 15. Qxd3 $2 Bb5 $19) 9... Nxc1 10.
Rxc1 e6 11. h4 {It is clear to me that Levon has come fully armed and he
quickly went for the most critical line. In my opinion, the variation that he
played in this game is the only way to put pressure on 8...Nd3.} (11. Rd1 {
to break early in the center does not lead anywhere:} a6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 (
13. Rxd4 Qc7) 13... Qc7 $11 {Black has a solid position and the bishop pair
too.}) 11... a6 {Krasenkow,M: 'Black wants to develop his bishop to b7 (after .
..b7-b5). The drawback of this plan is that it weakens his queenside too much.
Specifically, White will be able to undermine Black's pawns by means of a2-a4!'
} ({The other way of development is} 11... Nc6 {Krasenkow,M with idea ...
Bc8-d7, e.g.} 12. e5 Bd7 13. Rh3 Qb6 {followed by ...0-0-0 (Jakovenko-Vidit,
Gibraltar 2016). It looks quite passive to me but the young Indian GM held his
ground.}) 12. e5 {Making space on e4 for his pieces. This spearhead on e5 is
going to be really annoying for Black for a long time.} Nc6 (12... b5 13. Bd3
Bb7 14. Be4 Nc6 {is another way to get to our game.}) 13. Rh3 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. Be4 {[%cal Ge4b7,Ge4h7] The bishop on e4 is in such a commanding place
that it restricts Black's mobility on the queenside as well as the kingside.
One thing I like about Black's position is his bishop pair but with my knight
on c6 pinned I don't see how I can ever activate my bishop on b7.} Qd7 {
d7 is the most natural square for the queen. It keeps all the key squares
defended and in some cases I can even castle long.} 16. Rg3 g6 17. Kg1 {
I am impressed by the way Levon organizes his pieces and does not rush into
the offensive. The king is much safer placed on g1 and it allows White extra
aggressive possibilities later on.} Be7 (17... h5 {is another possibility that
I thought was reasonable to fix his h4-pawn. But after} 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne4
Bxe4 20. Qxe4 {White is slightly better, due to his space advantage.} Rc8 21.
Ng5 $14) 18. Qe3 {I had reached a similar position in my preparation before
the tournament, but I mostly considered lines where White goes for a quick
h4-h5. Therefore I was a little confused and decided to castle long.} O-O-O $2
{A mistake. The king is now very vulnerable on the queenside. After this Black
is in dire straits. The problem was that I remembered some lines in my
analysis where Black castles long, but in this specific position it is just
not good.} ({Instead of that Black should choose} 18... h6 19. d3 Rb8 {, now
h5 will always be met by ...g5. White has no direct threats yet, but Black has
no safe hiding place for his king either. The position is really unclear.}) ({
Or} 18... Rd8 19. Qf4 (19. Qh6 Nd4) (19. h5 Nd4) 19... Nb4 20. Ng5 $1 O-O 21.
h5 Nxa2 $1 {The computer is shouting equality, but it looks like Black is
close to getting mated. Deeper analysis is required to make 18...Rd8 work.} 22.
Nxa2 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxd2 25. Rg3 Qxb2) (18... h5 $2 {looks okay,
but after} 19. Ng5 Bxg5 (19... Qd4 20. Qf4) 20. Rxg5 {Black's dark-squares in
particular d6 and f6 are too weak.}) (18... Na5 $2 {does not make much sense,
as my knight was just fine on c6. After} 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ne4 Nc4 21. Qf4 $18
{White is close to winning.}) 19. Rg4 $1 {The rook is very well placed on the
4th rank. I am not sure if Levon had seen this rook maneuver before. Levon is
a very imaginative player and he excels in original positions such as these,
so it is not surprising at all that he played the middlegame very well.} (19.
Qf4 Rhf8 20. d4 cxd4 21. Ne2 Kb8 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Nfxd4 Bd5 $11) (19. h5 {
does not do anything after} Kb8) 19... Kb8 (19... Nb4 {does not help as White
just goes} 20. Ng5 $16 ({Or} 20. d4)) 20. Rf4 (20. a4 {looks just as good too.}
) 20... Rhf8 21. a4 b4 {I don't really have much choice here as my king is
very vulnerable on the queenside.} ({After} 21... Nb4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 Nd3
24. Ra5 {the position is in White's favour as well.}) 22. Bxc6 (22. Ne2 {
should be met apparently by} h6 $1 {preparing g6-g5.} (22... Na5 $2 23. Rxc5))
{Here I went into a long 53-minute think. The position was really difficult
and I had to make a critical decision. I decided that this was the best
occasion to use my time advantage. It is clear that something went wrong for
me in the opening and White was now in control. Very tricky and I have no
choice but to keep fighting somehow.} 22... Bxc6 ({I couldn't find any
equality either after} 22... Qxc6 23. Ne4 Rd5 (23... Rc8 24. Nf6) 24. Nf6 Bxf6
25. Rxf6 {it is very hard to play Black's position thanks to my terrible
weaknesses in the kingside.} (25. exf6 Qd6) 25... Qc7 26. Qf4 $16) 23. Ne4 Bxe4
24. Rxe4 a5 ({Unfortunately I don't win a pawn:} 24... Qxa4 25. Rxc5 {and even
after the counterblow} Rd3 26. Qxd3 Bxc5 27. Ng5 {White still has a stable
advantage.}) 25. Rec4 {In fact White has many ways to an advantage here.} (25.
d4 Qxa4 26. Kh2 $16) ({Even} 25. Rf4 {is good since} Qxa4 $2 {loses:} (25...
Qd3 26. Rxc5) 26. Rxc5 $1 Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Ka8 28. Nd4 $18) ({But not} 25. b3 Qd3
{when if Black can exchange queens and control the d-file, then he will be
doing well.}) 25... Qxa4 $1 {On arriving at this difficult position, I had no
choice but to fight back and I knew that I had a hard defense coming up ahead
of me. Not wanting to play passively and get into a strategically lost
position I took a deep breath and decided to just grab the 'free' pawn.} (25...
Qd3 {Here I was worried about} 26. Qh6 $1 {where my pawns on the kingside are
vulnerable.} (26. Rxc5 Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Qa6 28. Qc7+ Ka8 29. Rc5 Rc8 30. Qxa5 Qxa5
31. Rxa5+ Kb7 {In general Black is happy once the queens are exchanged, since
the mating threats are gone.} 32. Rb5+ Ka6 33. Rxb4 Ka5 {Black should be close
to equalizing.}) 26... Rh8 27. Qf4 (27. R1c2) 27... Qf5 28. Qe3 Rd3 29. Qh6 $14
{I like White here.}) (25... Rc8 26. b3 {looks like lost for Black to me. I
have no counterplay and my kingside pawns are really weak.}) 26. d4 (26. Rxc5
Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Rc8 28. Qb6+ Ka8 $11 {does not lead to more than a draw for
White, as I control the a-file.}) 26... Rd5 (26... Qc6 27. dxc5 Rd5 {
transposes to the game.}) 27. dxc5 (27. b3 Qc6) 27... Qc6 $1 {Black is still
much worse, but at least he is fighting.} ({Originally my intention was} 27...
Rd1+ {based on the rule that exchanges help the defender, but then I noticed}
28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd5 30. c6 $1 $18 {and White just crashes through. Once
I saw this I quickly played 27...Qc6.}) 28. Nd4 (28. b3 Rfd8 29. Kh2 Qc7 $14)
28... Qc7 29. Qf3 (29. Qf4 Rfd8) 29... Rfd8 $1 {It is not too hard to make my
moves, as i'ts either this or Black is lost.} (29... Rc8 30. Nb3 $18) 30. Nb5
Qxe5 31. c6 Rc8 32. Qxf7 {Levon used almost all his remaining time, deep in
concentration, and then when he had around three minutes left he decided to
just play safely.} ({White should have gone for} 32. c7+ $1 Kb7 33. Nd4 Bd6 34.
Nc6 ({I only considered} 34. g3 Rxc7 $17) 34... Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Rxc7 $8 (35... Ka6
$2 36. b3 Rxc7 37. g3 $18 {loses for Black according to my super computer.})
36. Nxa5+ (36. g3 Kb6 37. Qe3+ Ka6 $13) 36... Kb6 37. Rxc7 Bxc7 38. Nc4+ Kb7
39. g3 {White has powerful compensation for the pawn, but when you have three
minutes and you need to make eight moves to reach the time control (remember
in London Classic you don't get the increments until move 41) things can get
out of control.}) 32... Qf6 $11 33. Rf4 (33. Qxf6 $2 Bxf6 34. Rc5 Bxb2 $19 {
even loses for White, as my two passed-pawns outweigh his strong c-pawn.})
33... Qxf7 ({I saw that} 33... Qxb2 {is also fine for me, however I did not
seriously consider going for it as my king is very vulnerable. I wanted to
trade queens!} 34. Rf1 (34. Rcc4) 34... Rxb5 35. Qxe7 Qc3 {even though
objectively Black is just fine, I still think going for the endgame is simpler.
}) 34. Rxf7 Rxb5 35. Rxe7 Rc7 36. Rxe6 Ka7 {Now we both activate our kings. I
am going to pick up his extra c-pawn sooner or later.} 37. Kf1 {Here Levon
finally offered a draw, which I accepted because I could see no real way for
either of us to generate winning chances. As they say ... rook endgames are
always drawn!} (37. Kf1 Kb6 38. Ke2 Rc5 (38... Rd5 39. b3) 39. Rxc5 Kxc5 40.
Kd3 a4 (40... Kd5) 41. h5 $11 {this draw in Round 3 against Super GM Levon was
a huge step towards my winning the London Chess Classic. Not only did I get
rid of one of my Black games but I also avoided a possible loss against one of
the main contenders for the event. This draw left me more secure in the
tournament but at the same time it inspired me to play better. I was unhappy
that in an unfamiliar position I made a mistake which left me on the verge of
a loss. I resolved at that moment to play more sharply. GM Levon Aronian
clearly came to this encounter deeply determined and he was in contention for
most of the event. Until Round 6 he was doing well but then after getting a
strong advantage with Black against MVL he missed 20...Qd7! and later on even
lost the game. That ended his chance for first place, but I have no doubt that
this friendly but dangerous opponent will once again bounce back and come
looking for my head again in some future event. Need to watch out for him!})
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 {Last year in Berlin at the World Rapid and Blitz
Championships both Carlsen and Kramnik begun to employ the London System (they
had trained together before that event). Their successes have inspired many
followers since then. Under Magnus' reign there has been a strong tendency to
look for structures as White where preparation matters less than strategic
ideas and general understanding. Then the trick becomes choosing the type of
position that your opponent would be most uncomfortable with, rather than
trying to prove an advantage right from the start.} c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 ({
After} 5... Qb6 $6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 {an engine will tell you that Black
is doing alright, but} 8. Bb5 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. N2b3 Bxc5 (11...
O-O 12. Bd3 e5 13. Nb5 Qb4 14. a3 Qa4 15. Bg5 {exerts pressure; the queen is
misplaced.}) 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Bd3 $1 Nxd4 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Bd6 {is certainly
no pleasure to handle as Black, whose king will not find safety.}) 6. c3 cxd4
$5 (6... Bd6 {A lot of top players have chosen this line against the London
System already, so Anish must have spent most of his preparation coming up
with an idea here. And of course he had one more reason to expect his opponent
to go down this road, since Wesley had just won a beautiful game at the
Olympiad:} 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nh5
13. a3 g6 14. Nf1 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxg3 19.
hxg3 Rxe5 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bxb5 Qb6 22. O-O Kg7 $36 {0-1 (34) Sedlak,N-So,W Baku
2016.  This reminded me of a cunning strategy Alexei Shirov likes to employ:
He would look for lines where the opponent scored very well (if he won
brilliantly even better), and then see if he could dig up an unpleasant
surprise for them there, expecting that he could put it to use with near
certainty.}) 7. exd4 Nh5 {The tournament leader goes for an original position,
certainly not anticipated by Anish.} 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bd6 {White would love to
move his c-pawn to c4 and the knight to c3, but as it stands there is no way
to put pressure on Black.} 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 f5 {Justifying the h5-knight.}
12. Ne5 $2 {Anish clearly lost the thread here, misevaluating coming events.} (
12. Ng5 Qe8 13. f4 {would keep a balanced position.}) 12... f4 $1 13. Qxh5 fxe3
14. fxe3 Nxe5 (14... Bxe5 $1 15. dxe5 Bd7 {was stronger still, keeping the
pace up. ...Qb6 and ..Rf5 are in the air. White faces a grim defence, as
trying to relieve the pressure by} 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. Nf3 {falls short to} Nxf3+
18. Bxf3 Qa5 $1 {/\ ...Bb5} 19. a4 b5) 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Rf1 $1 {Exchanges to
ease the pressure.} Bxe3 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 {The worries
about the white king are gone, but certainly Wesley had liked the prospect of
this position as it could become quite passive for White if he were tied to
the defence of the Pe5 (say by a bishop from c7).} Bd7 20. Rd1 Rf8 (20... Bb6 {
may be very precise, since} 21. c4 {is strongly met by} Rc8 22. cxd5 Rc2) 21.
c4 $1 {Anish is correct in trying to liquidate in the position as long as he
still can.} (21. Ke2 Bb6 22. c4 {leaves Black a lot of options, and I can
imagine how one could get irritated by something like} Rf7 $5 (22... Kf7 23.
Nd4 dxc4 24. Rf1+ Ke7 25. Rxf8 Kxf8 26. Ke3 Bc7 27. Bxb7 Bxe5 28. Ba6 {would
be quite a defence as well.}) 23. cxd5 Bb5+ 24. Ke1 exd5 25. Rxd5 Bc4 {but
White has a strong rejoinder:} 26. Nd2 $1 Bxa2 27. b3) 21... Bc6 22. Nd4 $2 ({
But here} 22. Ke2 $1 Bb6 23. Nd4 {would simply be a better version of the game:
} Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rf5 25. cxd5 Rxe5+ 26. Kd3 exd5 27. Rf4 $1 {shutting the Black
king out and safeguarding the 2nd rank next} Re1 28. Rf2 {and White's perfect
coordination neutralises the extra pawn.}) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rf5 24. g4 {
This looks somewhat loose, on g4 the pawn may prove to be exposed.} (24. Rf4
Rxe5+ 25. Kd2 g5 26. Rf2 {should have been considered, again trying to lock
the Black king out.}) 24... Rxe5+ 25. Kf2 Kf7 $17 26. b4 {White tries to
create some action on the queenside, hoping to liquidate as many pawns as
possible.} Ke7 27. b5 Bd7 28. b6 dxc4 29. Rxc4 axb6 30. Rc7 Rb5 31. Rxb7 Kd6 {
It looks like Black is establishing control, but with so few pawns left, there
are always chances for a succesful defence.} 32. Kg3 h6 33. Rb8 Rb2 {Natural,
but not best.} ({Nr. 1 rule when converting a static advantage: Keep an eye on
counterplay at all times!} 33... Rb4 $1 {with the idea to play ...b5, then ...
Ra4 and not letting the white a-pawn run amok, as in the game.} 34. Rg8 Ra4 35.
Rxg7 Ra3+ 36. Kf2 Rxa2+ 37. Kg3 Ra3+ 38. Kf2 b5 {does not inspire any hope for
White.}) 34. Bf3 b5 $6 35. a4 $1 b4 36. a5 Rb3 37. Kg2 $1 {After this precise
move White is holding.} (37. Kf2 $2 Kc5 38. a6 Ra3 39. Rb7 Bb5 $19 40. a7 Rxf3+
$1) 37... Bc6 $6 {Giving in a bit too early.} (37... Kc5 38. a6 Ra3 39. Rb7) ({
After} 37... g5 38. a6 Ra3 {Black could still try for a bit}) 38. Bxc6 Kxc6 39.
a6 Ra3 40. Rxb4 Rxa6 41. h4 {This required no more effort from Anish. On one
side 3 vs 2 promises nothing.} e5 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Rb5+ Ke6 44. Rb7 Kf6 45. g5+
hxg5 46. hxg5+ Kg6 47. Re7 Ra5 48. Ke3 Rb5 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Rb5 51. Kf3 Rd5
52. Ke3 e4 53. Kxe4 Rxg5 54. Kf3 Kh5 55. Re1 Rg4 56. Rh1+ Kg5 {A refreshing
display from Wesley in the opening, but Anish put up a defence and took his
last chance to escape.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Bxa3 11. Qxc3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O
Bb7 15. Be2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Qa3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. h4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1
Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Rc7 Nf8 23. Rxa7 d5 24. Ra8 g6 25. g3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27.
Bxg4 Kg7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Bxh5 Ng6 30. Bxg6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 {The Giuoco Piano is here to stay, at
least for a while. Only one issue back in CBM 175 I annotated the game
Karjakin-Navara, Baku olm 2016 and there have been numerous high-level
examples since - last, but not least in the World Championship match...} ({
However, in this game both players will postpone castling for quite a few
moves. while both Karjakin and subsequently Carlsen preferred} 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3
O-O 6. a4 (6. c3 d5 $5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 $5 (8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Bxc6
bxc6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Ne4 Bg6 14. Qb3 Bf8 15. Qc2 c5 16. b3 h6 17.
Bb2 Nd5 18. Rad1 Qd7 19. c4 Nb4 20. Qb1 f6 21. Re3 Rad8 22. Rd2 Qc6 $17 {
Fedoseev,V (2667)-Shirov,A (2673) Moscow rpd 2016}) 8... Bf5 $5 ({1a)} 8... a6
9. a5 (9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Ba2 Qxd3 $5 (10... a5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Nbxd4
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 15. Bb3 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Re8 18. Qg3 Bd5 19. Bg5 f6
20. Bh6 Qe7 21. Bc2 Qf7 22. Rfe1 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2701)-Almasi,Z (2702) Hungary
2016} Nc4 $11) 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bb1 Qd6 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qc2 Ne7 $1 (14... g6 15.
Nge4 Bf5 16. Nxd6 Bxc2 17. Nxb7 Bxb1 18. Nxc5 Bc2 19. Nc4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Re1 f5 22. f3 Bc2 23. Nxe5 Rfe8 24. Bf4 $14 {Schroeder,J (2507)-Shirov,A (2674)
Helsingor 2016}) 15. Nge4 Bf5 16. Nxd6 Bxc2 17. Nxb7 Bxb1 18. Nxc5 Bf5 19. Nc4
Nc6 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. b4 Nd7 22. Be3 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 f6 24. Ne3 Be6 $11 {Cornette,
M (2583)-Naroditsky,D (2634) Grosseto Prugna 2016}) 9... Bf5 $5 (9... b5 10.
axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 {Karjakin,S (2773)-Giri,A (2785) Bilbao 2016} 12. h3 Bh5
13. Bg5 $1 $14 {Roiz}) 10. Nbd2 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14.
Rxa6 Bxd3 15. Ra1 Bxf1 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Kxf1 f6 18. Ke2 Kf7 19. Nfd2 f5 20. g3
Bf6 $11 {Alekseev,E (2636)-Predke,A (2587) Sochi blitz 2016}) (8... a5 9. Nbd2
Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne4 (11. Re1 Bg4 12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15.
axb5 exd4 16. Nxd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd6 18. Rd1 {½-½ (88) Giri,A (2782)
-Aronian,L (2792) Leuven 2016} (18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Bxc7 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Nd5 21. Bxa5
dxc3 22. bxc3 Rfc8 23. Red1 Nf4 24. Kh2 h6 25. Bb4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Nd5 $11 {
Kramnik,V (2812)-Aronian,L (2792) Paris rpd 2016}) 18... Qc5 19. Rxd4 Qxb5 20.
Qxb7 Rac8 $132) 11... Na7 $5 (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 {
Anand,V (2770)-So,W (2770) Leuven blitz 2016} 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd4 $36) 12.
d4 Nxb5 13. axb5 exd4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd4 (15. Nxd4 Be6 16. Qf3 Bd5 17. Qg4
Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 $1 19. b3 a4 20. Ba3 Rfd8 $15 {Asis Gargatagli,H (2499)
-Naiditsch,A (2684) Barcelona 2016}) 15... Bd7 16. Bf4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfc8 18.
Rfc1 c5 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. b3 Bd7 21. Bd2 a4 22. bxa4 Nxa4 23. Rcb1 Nc5 $11 {
Predojevic,B (2639)-Banusz,T (2611) Austria 2015}) (8... Nb6 9. Bb5 Ne7 $1 10.
a5 (10. Nxe5 c6 11. Bc4 Bd6 12. Nf3 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Qc7 14. Re1 {Sedina,E (2275)
-Loiacono,A (2085) Trieste 2016} Bf5 $44 {[%cal Ya8d8]}) 10... c6 11. axb6 cxb5
12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. bxa7 Bxa7 14. Nxe5 Bf5 (14... Bb8 15. d4 Nd5 16. Nd2 f6 17.
Nef3 Bf5 18. Re1 Re8 19. Nf1 Bg6 20. Ng3 Qd7 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bd2 Qd7 23. Qa1
Bxg3 24. hxg3 h6 25. Qf1 Qc6 26. Qe2 Bf7 27. Nh4 Qe8 28. Qxe8+ Bxe8 $44 {
Bok,B (2613)-Georgiadis,N (2470) Biel 2016}) 15. Be3 (15. Na3 Bb8 16. d4 {
Mamedov,R (2666)-Balogh,C (2614) Baku 2016} b4 $1 $44) 15... Bb8 16. d4 f6 17.
Nf3 Nd5 18. Re1 g5 (18... Qd7 $44) 19. Nfd2 Bg6 20. Nf1 h5 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Na3
b4 23. Nc2 bxc3 24. bxc3 b5 25. Na3 b4 26. cxb4 Bf7 $132 {Alekseev,E (2636)
-Eliseev,U (2606) St Petersburg 2016}) 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb5 Ne7 {is a new
version of the 8...Nb6 idea, possibly a promising one:} 11. a5 c6 12. axb6 cxb5
13. Rxa7 (13. Be3 $5 $11) 13... Qxb6 14. Rxa8 Bxf2+ 15. Kh1 Rxa8 16. Rxe5 Bc5
17. Na3 Bd7 18. Nc2 Bd6 19. Re1 Nf5 20. d4 f6 21. Nb4 Bxb4 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23.
Qxb4 Qc6 24. Bf4 Be6 25. Qc5 Bd5 26. Qxc6 bxc6 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Rf4] ^-, Mamedov,
R (2688)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Doha 2016}) ({After} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 {
the safest, but not the only choice is} Be7 $5 (7... d6 8. c3 a6 9. a4 g5 10.
Bg3 (10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Kg7 12. Qf3 (12. b4 Bb6 13. Qf3 Qe7 (13... Rh8 $142
$5) 14. Na3 Be6 15. Bd5 Rh8 16. Nc4 Rag8 17. b5 Nb8 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Bxb7 a5
20. d4 Nbd7 21. Bc6 Kf8 22. h4 $14 {Daulyte,D (2421)-Abdumalik,Z (2389) Baku
olw 2016}) 12... Rh8 13. Nd2 Kg6 14. h4 Bg4 $1 15. Bxf6 Qd7 16. Qg3 Kxf6 17. d4
exd4 18. e5+ Ke7 19. Ne4 Rag8 20. Nf6 Qf5 21. Bd3 Qe6 22. b4 Ba7 $17 {Caruana,
F (2804)-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris blitz 2016}) 10... Ba7 (10... g4 $6 11. Bh4 $1
$44) 11. Na3 (11. Nbd2 Nh7 $1 {transposes to our game}) 11... Bg4 (11... Ne7
12. Nc2 Kg7 13. Kh1 Nh5 14. d4 f5 15. exf5 e4 16. Nxg5 Nxg3+ 17. fxg3 hxg5 18.
f6+ Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Kxf6 20. Qf1+ Bf5 21. g4 d5 22. Be2 Qd6 23. Ne3 Qf4 24. Qg1
Kg7 25. Rf1 $16 {So,W (2770)-Anand,V (2770) Leuven blitz 2016}) (11... Kg7 12.
Nc2 Be6 13. Ba2 b5 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. Bb1 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nd7 17. d4 f6 18. Bd3 c6
19. Nd2 Bf7 20. b4 Qc7 21. c4 bxa4 22. c5 a5 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25.
Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 $36 {Muzychuk,M (2545)-Cramling,P (2463) Chengdu 2016}) 12.
Re1 (12. Nc2 d5 $6 (12... Nh5 $142) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bh5 16.
Ra3 Kh8 17. Qd2 f5 18. Be5+ Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Kg7 20. Rg3 f4 21. Rh3 Be8 22. Qd3
$14 {[%csl Rg7] 1/2-1/2 (45) Dragun,K (2594)-Gajewski,G (2633) Poznan 2016}) (
12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Kh7 16. Nf5 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Nf5
$11 {½,Chocenka,D (2403)-Jasinski,M (2393) email 2014}) 12... Nh5 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 Nxg3 15. Qxg3 Qf6 16. Re2 Ne7 17. Nc2 Kg7 18. Rd1 Qf4 19. Qxf4 exf4
20. d4 Ng6 21. Ne1 Rae8 $11 {Neiksans,A (2614)-Lalith,B (2565) Warsaw 2016}) 8.
c3 (8. Bg3 d6 9. a4 $5 $13 {/\} Nh5 $6 10. Nxe5 $1 $14) 8... d6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 (
9... Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a4 Bg4 15. b4 Nc6
16. h3 Bd7 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Nf1 Qf6 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. d4 Neg6 21. Kh2 a5 $1 $132 {
Karttunen,M (2445)-Stefansson,H (2521) Rhodes 2013}) 10. Bxe7 (10. Bg3 Nxg3 11.
hxg3 Bf6 12. Nh2 g6 13. f4 Na5 14. Ng4 Bg7 15. Bb5 c6 16. Ba4 Qb6+ 17. Rf2 exf4
18. gxf4 Qxb2 $17 {Thorhallsson,T (2454)-Godena,M (2522) Saint Vincent 2005})
10... Qxe7 11. d4 Nf4 12. Re1 Qf6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nf1 Rd8 16.
Qb3 Qg6 17. Ng3 h5 18. h4 b6 19. Qb5 Qf6 20. Rad1 Bg4 $15 {Starostits,I (2489)
-Berzinsh,R (2422) Riga 2012}) ({3)} 6. h3 d6 (6... d5 $6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Re8 9. Ng5 $1 Be6 10. c3 Nf4 11. Nxe6 Nxe6 12. Nd2 Bf8 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bd5 Qf6
15. Be3 h6 16. Qa4 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc4 Qd6 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. Rd2 Re7 22. Rde2 $16 {Karthikeyan,M (2435)-Monnisha,G (2070) Golden Sands
2013}) ({However, Black can postpone the advance of the Pd7 with} 6... a6 {, or
}) (6... h6 {Both are useful waiting moves and in most cases play just
tranposes into the main line,}) 7. c3 h6 (7... a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2
Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 ({We mentioned some relevant games
after} 13... Nxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Nh4 {and}) (13... Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 $5 15. Nh4
{in CBM 175}) 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Qe2 (15. Bd2 Qd6 16. Qc1 Nd5 17. d4 exd4 18.
Bxh6 Ne3 19. fxe3 d3 20. Ne4 Qd5 21. Bxd3 Qxd3 22. Nf2 Qg6 23. Bf4 Bb6 $44 {
Ponomariov,R (2709)-Anton Guijarro,D (2650) Tallinn rpd 2016}) 15... Qd7 16.
Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nd5 (17... Bd5 18. e4 Be6 $13) (17... Qd6 $5) 18. d4 exd4 19.
exd4 Bxh3 (19... Bf5 $2 20. Ne5 $1 Rxe5 (20... Nf4 21. Qf2 Nxe5 22. Bxf5 Ned3
23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qd2 Qb5 25. b3 c5 26. Bxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxf4 Qxc3 28. Rc1 $18 {
Radjabov,T (2788)-Naiditsch,A (2712) Istanbul olm 2012}) 21. dxe5 Nf4 22. Qf2
Bxc2 23. Qxf4 Qe6 24. b3 $16 {Radjabov,T (2724)-Anand,V (2785) Dubai rpd 2014})
(19... Nf6 $5 20. Qf2 $14 {/=}) 20. Qd3 g6 21. gxh3 Qxh3 22. Nh2 $6 (22. Ne4 $1
$16) 22... Ncb4 23. cxb4 Nxb4 24. Qb3 Nxc2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rf1 Re6 $15 {
Gauri,S (2307)-Chirila,I (2542) Chicago 2015}) 8. Re1 a5 (8... a6 9. Bb3 b5 $5
(9... Ba7 {-7...a6}) 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. a4 Rb8 13. d4 Ng6 14. Be3
exd4 $5 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne3 Qd8 19. Nd5 Bb7 20.
Nxb6 Qxb6 $11 {Harikrishna,P (2752)-Carlsen,M (2857) Baku olm 2016}) 9. Bb3 (9.
Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nc4 (11. Bxa4 Rxa4 12. Qxa4 Nb4 13. Qd1 Nxd3 14. Rf1
Bc6 15. Qc2 Nf4 16. b4 Ba7 17. c4 Qc8 18. c5 Bd7 19. Nh4 Bxh3 20. Nc4 Qg4 21.
Bxf4 exf4 22. Qd3 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 f3 24. Nce3 Qg6 $40 {Drozdowski,K (1725)
-Vyzharov,I (2148) email 2010}) 11... Nb8 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. d4 Ba7 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 a3 17. b4 Nxe4 18. Nf5 Ndf6 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. g4 Qa4
21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22. Re3 g6 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. h4 Kxh6 25. g5+ Kg7 26. gxf6+ Nxf6
27. Rxe5 Rd8 $15 {Papp,G (2587)-Harikrishna,P (2768) Novi Sad 2016}) 9... Re8
10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ba4 (11. Bc2 Ba7 12. Nf1 d5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Rd1 d4 15. Ng3 a4
16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxa4 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd7 19. Bd2 Ne7 20. Bb3 Nc8 21. Rac1 c5 22.
Be1 Nd6 $15 {Beradze,I (2327)-Javakhadze,Z (2415) Poti 2012}) 11... Qb8 $5 (
11... Ba7 {Harikrishna,P (2752)-Karjakin,S (2769) Baku 2016}) 12. d4 exd4 13.
cxd4 b5 14. dxc5 bxa4 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nb1 (16. Qxa4 Nb4 $44) 16... d5 17.
exd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Nc3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 a3 {Harika,D (2528)
-Adams,M (2745) Douglas 2016} 22. bxa3 Ne5 23. Qf5 Rxc3 24. Bd4 $11) 6... d6 7.
c3 a6 {was the move order, employed in New York - we will get to the
Carlsen-Karajkin games below.}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 {Technically only this move is
characteristic of the Giuoco Piano.} (5. d4 exd4 6. e5 {is (was?) a favourite
of Jobava, leading to a more open and completely different type of struggle.
This line was the topic of an opening survey in CBM 158.}) 5... a6 ({The
alternative to the typical text move is} 5... d6 6. O-O a5 $5 {, fighting for
queenside space at the cost of slightly weakening b5.} ({Black still has the
flexible} 6... h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6 {, now} 9. Nf1 ({The last chance to
keep more tension and play} 9. a4 $142) 9... Na5 $1 10. b4 Nxc4 11. bxc5 Na5
12. cxd6 cxd6 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rb1 Qc7 $1 16. Bd2 Re8 17. h3 Nb7 18.
Nh4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rxb5 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Qxc3 22. Nf3 Ra5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24.
Qd2 Qb5 25. Qc3 f6 26. d4 exd4 27. Nxd4 Qd7 $11 {Giri,A (2755)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2761) Moscow 2016 petered out into sterile symmetry.}) {There followed} 7. Re1
h6 (7... O-O 8. Nbd2 Kh8 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Ng3 Bb6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13.
Rxe3 Ne7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. d4 Nc6 16. a4 Rfe8 17. h3 Kg8 18. Qe2 Ra6 19. Rd1
Qe7 20. Rd2 g6 21. Qd1 Rb6 22. Rde2 Qf8 {½, Ehlvest,J (2620)-Spassky,B (2580)
Clermont Ferrand 1989}) 8. a4 O-O 9. Na3 Be6 $5 ({For} 9... Re8 10. Nc2 Ba7 11.
Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 {see Carlsen-Adams (notes by Carlsen
in CBM 171) and Caruana-Topalov (notes by Sagar Shah in CBM 172).}) 10. Bxe6
fxe6 11. Nc2 Qe8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qg6 14. Qb3 Nd8 15. Nf5 Qf7 16. Ng3 b6
17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. h3 Rf7 20. Qb5 Raf8 21. Re2 Ne7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23.
d4 Ng6 24. Rc2 {Aronian,L (2795)-Tomashevsky,E (2731) Moscow blitz 2016} exd4
25. cxd4 Nb8 $1 $11 {[%cal Yb8a6,Ya6b4]}) 6. a4 {This move is an integral part
of the modern treatment of the Italian.} ({For a long time White did without
it, the position after} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 O-O
11. Bb3 {can arise via different move orders. Here Black has had good results
with} Bg4 ({The analoguous} 11... Nh7 $5 {also deserves attention.}) 12. Kh1 $6
(12. h3 $142 Bh5 13. Nc4 $5 $13 Kh7 14. Bc2 Bg6 15. Re1 Nh5 16. Bh2 Qf6 17. Ne3
Rae8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. d4 Nf6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qe2
Rd8 24. Rad1 Rfe8 25. Ba4 c6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 h5 $11 {
Nikac,P (2350)-Blagojevic,D (2532) Tivat 2011}) 12... Bh5 13. Qe1 Kg7 14. Bd1
Bg6 15. Nc4 Re8 16. Bc2 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. a4 Nh5 {[%cal Yd6d5,Yf7f5]} 19. b4
d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. b5 e4 $1 $17 {Chandler,M (2485)-Karpov,A (2710) Bath 1983}
) 6... d6 7. Bg5 {Topalov finally opts for this active sortie, but the two of
them had already played this line earlier and So was well prepared this time.}
({Transposing into Karjakin-Navara (CBM 175) is} 7. O-O {and now:} h6 (7... Ba7
8. Re1 (8. Na3 Ne7 9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Ne3 {is
Anand-Aronian, Candidates 2016 - see the notes to this game in CBM 172 by
Marin.} a5 $5 (12... c6 13. Qc2 d5 14. Bb3 {Grischuk,A (2747)-Karjakin,S (2774)
Almaty blitz 2016} a5 $5 $132) 13. Qc2 c6 14. Rfe1 d5 15. Ba2 b6 16. Rad1 Re7
17. Nf5 Ree8 18. c4 Be6 19. cxd5 {½, Kozionov,K (2453)-Mastrovasilis,A (2555)
Riga 2016}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Ne7 (9... h6 {- 7...h6}) 10. Nbd2 (10. d4 Ng6 11.
Bd3 (11. Nbd2 {- 10.Nbd2}) 11... c6 (11... Re8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Be3 d5 14. Nbd2
exd4 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bc6 17. Bg5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 c6 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Qxb6
Bxb6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. a5 Ba7 23. d5 Rab8 24. Rad1 Bc5 25. Bxg6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
hxg6 27. Rc1 Bb4 $11 {Kramnik,V (2801)-Aronian,L (2784) Stavanger 2016}) 12.
Be3 Nh5 13. Nbd2 Nhf4 14. Bf1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 f6 18. Ra3
fxe5 19. dxe5 a5 20. Qc1 Qe7 21. Rb3 Bf5 22. Nd4 Ne6 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)
-So,W (2782) Baku 2016} 23. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 24. g3 $13 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 10... Ng6
11. d4 c6 (11... h6 12. Bf1 $1 Re8 13. a5 Bd7 14. b4 Bc6 $6 15. d5 Bd7 16. c4
Nf4 17. c5 {(), Kramnik,V (2808)-Radjabov,T (2722) Baku olm 2016}) 12. Bf1 $5 (
12. b4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 $5 (13... d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Be6
17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ra6 Bb6 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Ng5 Bxd4 21. Ndf3 Bf6 22. Nxe6 fxe6
23. Rxe6 $36 {Karjakin,S (2785)-Matlakov,M (2694) Doha rpd 2016}) 14. Bxf7+
Rxf7 15. Nxe4 d5 16. Nc5 h6 17. Ra3 Bf5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 20. Rf3 {
Carlsen,M (2853)-Karjakin,S (2772) New York 2016} Bg6 $5 $132) 12... a5 13.
dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 b5 18. Ne3 bxa4 19. Rxa4
Bxe3 20. Bxe3 (20. Rxe3 $14) 20... Rxa4 21. Qxa4 Nxe4 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. b5 $44 {
Carlsen,M (2853)-Karjakin,S (2772) New York rpd plof 2016}) 8. Nbd2 (8. Na3 O-O
9. Nc2 (9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. Nc2 Ng6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Re8 14. Qc2 Ng4
15. Qa2 Rf8 16. h3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qe7 18. Rf2 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Raf1 Rf6 21.
a5 Raf8 22. c4 Nh4 $11 {Jakovenko,D (2712)-Matlakov,M (2684) Poikovsky 2016})
9... Ne7 (9... Re8 {see Anand-Kramnik, Moscow blitz 2016.}) 10. a5 (10. d4 exd4
11. cxd4 Ba7 12. Bd3 c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. Ncxd4 Bg4 15. Bb2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Re1
Nf5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Rg4 Qe7 $44 {
Abasov,N (2552)-Golubov,S (2481) Baku op 2016}) 10... Ng6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3
Ng4 13. h3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Rf2 Bd7 17. Raf1 Rab8 18. Kh2 f6
19. Kg1 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Nf8 21. Nf3 Ng6 {½, Salgado Lopez,I (2662)-Lenic,L (2622)
Baku olm 2016}) 8... O-O 9. h3 (9. Re1 Be6 10. b4 (10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 Nh5
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qe8 14. b4 Nf6 15. Ng3 a5 16. b5 Ne7 17. c4 Ng6 18. Rf1
b6 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Qe2 Rd7 21. Nh5 Rdf7 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 $11 {
Anand,V (2770)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven blitz 2016}) 10... Ba7 11. h3 Bxc4 12.
Nxc4 Re8 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Qc2 Raa8 18.
Nc4 Qd5 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. Nc4 Qf5 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 e4 24. bxc6
exf3 $132 {Topalov,V (2761)-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris blitz 2016}) 9... Re8 (9...
Ba7 10. Re1 (10. b4 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13. b5 Bd7 14. Qc2 Nh5 $5 15.
bxa6 bxa6 16. Bxa6 exd4 17. Bc4 d3 18. Bxd3 Qf6 19. Nb3 Ngf4 20. Nbd4 Qg6 21.
Bf1 Nxh3+ 22. Kh1 Ng5 $40 {Rebord,M (2488)-Sadowski,M (2510) email 2010}) 10...
Nh5 $5 (10... Re8 {can after} 11. b4 {lead to positions from the 9...Re8 line.}
) 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 (12. Ne3 Nf4 13. Ng4 Qg6 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. d4 Bxg4 16.
hxg4 Qxg4 17. e5 (17. Qd3 {see Giri-So, Bilbao 2016}) 17... Rae8 18. exd6 cxd6
19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Bd5 g5 21. Be4 Re7 22. Qd5 Rfe8 23. Nxg5 Ne5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25.
Bh7+ Kg7 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Re2 $11 {Espinosa Aranda,A 
(2438)-Antoli Royo,J (2441) Monzon 2016}) 12... Nf4 (12... Bxe3 $142 13. Nxe3
Nf4 $13) 13. d4 $5 (13. Ng3 g5 14. Nh2 Ne7 15. Ng4 Qg6 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Ne3 h5
18. d4 Be6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qd7 {Seils,J (2366)-Rabiega,R (2524)
Germany 2004} Qf7 22. f3 Nc6 23. Rad1 Raa8 $11) 13... Ne7 14. N1h2 Neg6 15. Bf1
Re8 16. Qd2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. a5 Ba4 20. Ra1 Bc6 21. g3 Ne6
22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Raa8 25. Bg2 $14 {Antipov,M (2557)-Gledura,
B (2585) Bastia 2016}) ({2a)} 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Nc4 $13 {
/+/= A similar position arose in Giri-Kramnik. Leuven blitz 2016. This version
with the rook on f1 is perhaps slightly better for White.}) 10. Re1 Be6 11.
Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 {Now in my opinion the most logical is} Qd7 ({2b1)
} 13... Re8 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. c4 Nd7 17. a5 Ndf8 18. Be3 Ne6 19. c5
d5 $6 (19... Ngf4 $142) 20. d4 $1 dxe4 21. Nxe5 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Nxg6 e3
24. fxe3 Qxb4 25. Nf4 $16 {Karjakin,S (2785)-Nguyen,N (2629) Doha rpd 2016}) (
13... d5 14. Nb3 dxe4 (14... b5 $6 {[%csl Rc5]} 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 {
Karjakin,S (2769)-Navara,D (2742) Baku olm 2016} Re8 $5 17. Nc5 Qd6 $14 {
For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 175.}) 15. dxe4 Ne7 (15...
Qe8 16. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Yc3c4]}) 16. Be3 (16. c4 $5) 16... Bxe3 17. Rxe3 b6 18.
a5 Nc8 19. Qe2 (19. c4 $14) 19... Nd6 20. Nfd2 Qc8 21. c4 Nb7 22. Nf3 bxa5 (
22... c5 $1 $11) 23. Nxa5 Nxa5 24. Rxa5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Borisek,J 
(2561) Doha rpd 2016} Qf8 25. Qe1 Rb8 $132) ({2b4)} 13... Nh5 14. Nf1 Qf6 15.
N1h2 (15. b5 $142) 15... Ree8 16. Ng4 Qe6 17. Rb1 Nf6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. c4 Bxe3
$1 20. Bxe3 Ng6 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Nd7 $132 {[%cal Yd7e5] Grischuk,A (2752)
-Jakovenko,D (2714) Novosibirsk 2016}) (13... Ne7 {is another solid and
patient move - see CBM 175.}) 14. Nf1 (14. Nb3 Ree8 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 17.
Bc3 $2 (17. d4 $11) 17... Nh5 18. d4 Nhf4 19. Re3 Nxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Nf4+ 21. Kg1
Qxh3 22. Ne1 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh5 24. Kg1 Re6 $1 25. Ra2 Rae8 26. c5 {Khairullin,I
(2630)-De Jong,J (2447) Novi Sad 2016} Rg6+ 27. Rg3 Rg4 $1 $40 {[%cal Rg4h4]})
14... Ree8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 (16... Nd8 17. Nc4 Ne6 $11 {Van Foreest,J
(2551)-Tkachiev,V (2660) Stockholm 2016}) 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Nef5 d5
20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. e5 Ne4 22. Nd4 Qc4 23. Re3 c5 24. bxc5 Qxc5 $132 {Van
Foreest,J (2614)-Kharchenko,B (2450) Novi Sad 2016}) 7... Ba7 8. Nbd2 (8. O-O {
won't force Black to automatically follow suit and castle. Interesting is} h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne7 $5 (10... Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Kh1 (12. b4 Nxg3 13. hxg3
Qf6 14. b5 Na5 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Bxa6 h5 17. Re1 h4 18. Nf1 Be6 19. d4 hxg3 20.
Nxg3 g4 $17 {Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2481)-Sasikiran,K (2639) Benasque 2016})
12... Nf4 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Ne7 16. Qc2 Neg6 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. g3
Nh3 19. Kg2 Bb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. d4 Qe8 $13 {Andreikin,D (2636)-Nyback,T 
(2628) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 11. d4 (11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. d4 Qe7 13. Re1 Nh7 $1
14. h3 h5 15. Nf1 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Ne3 O-O-O 18. Nxg4 hxg4 19. Nh2 Nf6 20.
Qd3 Nh5 21. Bxa6 Nxg3 22. fxg3 c6 23. Nxg4 exd4 24. cxd4 Ne5 $19 {->, Yudin,S 
(2530)-Harutyunian,T (2452) Kazan 2016}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe5 O-O 13. Nxf7 Rxf7
14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. f4 g4 16. f5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Ng8 $1 18. Qxg4 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5
20. Nd2 Nf6 21. Nf3 Nh7 22. g4 Bd7 23. Rfe1 Rg8 24. Kf2 Nf6 25. Kg3 c5 $15 {
[%csl Ga7,Gd7] Mamedov,R (2655)-Caruana,F (2804) Shamkir 2016 For more details
see the notes to this game in CBM 173 by Mokal.}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O
11. O-O Nh7 $1 $146 {[%cal Yh6h4][%mdl 8] A strong move, which seems to have
occurred previously only in an engine game. Black goes for direct cunterplay
by preparing h5.} (11... g4 $143 $6 12. Bh4 $1 Kg7 13. Kh1 gxf3 14. Qxf3 Nb8 $2
(14... Rg8 $1 15. Rg1 $5 {[%cal Yg2g4,Yd2f1,Yf1e3,Yf1g3]} (15. g4 Bxg4 16.
Bxf6+ Qxf6 $11) (15. Bd5 $36 Nb8 16. Qe2 {[%cal Rf2f4]} Kh7 17. h3 c6 18. Bxf7
Rf8 19. Bb3 Qe8 20. f4 Nh5 21. f5 $44 {Tuncer}) 15... h5 16. h3 Qe7 17. Nf1 Be6
18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rh8 20. Qg3+ Kf8 21. Raf1 Rh6 22. Bd5 $1 $14) 15. g4 Nbd7
(15... Bxg4 16. Rg1 h5 17. h3 $18) 16. Rg1 Rh8 17. Nf1 Qe8 18. g5 $18 Ng8 19.
gxh6+ Kf8 20. Qg3 Ngf6 21. Qg7+ Ke7 22. Rg6 Rg8 23. Bxf6+ Nxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kd7
25. Bxf7 {1-0, Demchenko,A (2589)-Howell,D (2671) Gjakova 2016}) ({Previously
the usual move was} 11... Kg7 12. Re1 Be6 (12... Nh7 {allows} 13. d4 $5 g4 14.
Nh4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Nf1 $44 {[%csl Rg7]} Bf6 $6 (16... Nf6) (16... Kh8 {
and}) (16... Qg5 {are all possible improvements}) 17. Nf5+ Bxf5 18. exf5 h5 19.
Bf4 Bg5 20. Ng3 Kh6 21. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Rh2h4]} Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Ne5 23. Ba2 (23. f6
$1 Qxf6 24. Bd3 $40) 23... Nf6 24. Qd2+ Kh7 25. Qg5 Rg8 26. Qh4 {Van Foreest,J
(2615)-Leko,P (2709) Douglas 2016} Rg7 $14) 13. b4 (13. h3 $5 {also deserves
attention}) 13... g4 14. Nh4 Ne7 $2 ({Passive; he had to play} 14... Nh5 $1 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxg4+ Qg5 $132) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nc4 (16. d4 $5 {/\} exd4 17. e5
$16) 16... b5 17. Ne3 h5 18. Kh1 Ng6 19. Nxg6 Kxg6 {Topalov,V (2761)-So,W 
(2770) Leuven blitz 2016} 20. d4 $1 exd4 21. cxd4 Nxe4 22. axb5 $36 {/\} axb5
23. Nxg4 $1 Nxg3+ 24. fxg3 $40 {[%csl Rg6]}) 12. h3 {Subsequent attempts
didn't threaten Black's concept:} (12. Ne1 Kg7 13. Nc2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne3
Bg6 16. Re1 Nf6 17. b4 Qd7 18. b5 Ne7 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Ne4 Nh5 21. Rb1 {
Mamedov,R (2688)-Leko,P (2693) Tallinn blitz 2016} Nf4 $15 (21... Qc6 $5)) (12.
b4 h5 13. h3 h4 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. Qe1 h3 18. Ng1 $6 (18.
Rg1 Kh8 19. Bg3 $11) 18... hxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Kh8 20. f4 $2 Rg8 21. Kh1 Qg6 22. Qg3
Qh5 23. Ndf3 {Ponomariov,R (2709)-Sychev,K (2453) Tallinn blitz 2016} Bxf3+ 24.
Qxf3 Rxg1+ $1 $18) 12... h5 13. d4 {A thematic reaction, White parries a flank
attack with a central advance.} (13. b4 {- 12.b4}) ({The aforementioned engine
predecessor went} 13. Kh1 Kh8 (13... Qf6 $5) 14. b4 h4 15. Bh2 g4 16. Ng1 (16.
hxg4 Bxg4 $11) 16... Rg8 ({There is also the interesting} 16... Nf6 $5) 17.
hxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. f4 Bxg1 20. Rxg1 exf4 21. d4 (21. Bxf7 $6 Rg3 $1 $36 {
is risky}) (21. Bxf4 Qf6 22. Qf1 $13) 21... Qf6 22. Qe2 $2 (22. Qh5 $8 $13 {
Tuncer}) 22... Rg3 $1 23. Raf1 Ng5 24. Bd5 Kg7 25. Qf2 Ne7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27.
Bxa6 Ng6 28. b5 Qe6 29. e5 d5 30. Rb1 Rh8 $40 {Pacificrabitt-Chessgott Engine
Room 2016}) 13... exd4 ({Advancing the Pg5 was not ideal in the previous notes;
even now} 13... g4 14. Bh4 Qd7 15. Nh2 ({Here White can maybe afford even} 15.
hxg4 hxg4 16. Nh2) 15... exd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 (16... Nxd4 17. Ra3 $1 $44) 17. Ra3
$44 ({or} 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Be2 $13 {leads to a double-edged position, in
which Black's king could end up seriously exposed.})) 14. Nxd4 ({A suggestion
for the future might be} 14. cxd4 h4 15. Bh2 Nxd4 ({Maybe Veselin didn't like} 
15... g4 {, but this is at best unclear after} 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Be2 $5 h3 18.
d5 $13 {/+/=}) 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Nf3 $44) 14... g4 {Now White's B doesn't have
the h4 square and So prefers active play to material. Although this aggressive
advance will quickly pay off, this was mainly due to Topalov's poor form in
London.} (14... h4 $143 $6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bh2 $36 {[%csl Ra7,Rg8] and the
Ba7 is sorely missed on the kingside.}) ({Objectively speaking, possibly the
best move was} 14... Nxd4 $5 15. cxd4 h4 16. Bh2 Bxd4 17. Nf3 (17. Qh5 Bxb2 18.
Rab1 Be5 19. f4 $44 {/=}) {We have already mentioned this position above, after
} 17... Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. e5 {Black should try to return some material to
finish his development:} g4 $5 (19... dxe5 $6 20. Qc2 $1 $32 e4 (20... Re8 $2
21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxh7 $16) 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22. Qe3 $5 $14) (19... d5 20. Bxd5 c6
21. Be4 Qxd1 22. Rbxd1 Re8 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Nxg5+ Kg8 25. Ne4 $14) 20. hxg4
Bxg4 21. exd6 (21. Rxb7 Ng5 $132) 21... cxd6 22. Rb4 (22. Bxd6 Bxf3 23. gxf3
Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qf5 25. Qd5 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Kh8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Qh5 $8 Bd4 29. Bxf7
$8 Qg3+ $11) 22... Qd7 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 Rfd8 $11) 15. hxg4 $6 {[%mdl 128]
Opening the <->h gives Black attacking chances and So will fully exploit them.}
(15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. h4 Re8 17. Re1 Nf8 18. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Rg4,Rg8,Rh5] >< Kg8})
15... hxg4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e5 {Topalov is again in a hurry to resolve the
central position.} (17. Nb3 $142 $1 Qg5 18. Re1 $13 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yb3d4] /+/=})
17... d5 18. Be2 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} ({As Black's Q is aiming for g5
anyway, more to the point was} 18. Bd3 Qg5 19. Nb3 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qc1 $1
Qxc1 (21... Qh5 $6 22. Re1 {[%cal Ye1e5]} Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Rf6 25.
Re5 Bf5 26. Nd4 Rh6 (26... Bxd4 27. cxd4 Rh6 28. Kf1 $16) 27. Qxh6 Qxh6 28.
Nxf5 $16) 22. Raxc1 Rb8 23. Nd4 Rxb2 24. Nxc6 Bc5 $132 {/=}) 18... Qg5 19. a5
$2 {And on the other hand activating the R via a4 is too slow.} ({He had to
play} 19. Nb3 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qd2 Qxd2 (21... Qh5 $5 22. Bd3 Bf5 $15) 22.
Nxd2 Nh5 23. Bh4 (23. Bxc7 Rf7 24. Bd6 (24. Bh2 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Ra8f8]}) 24...
g3 $1 25. Bxh5 gxf2+ 26. Kh2 Rh7 $36 {[%csl Gf2,Rh2]}) {, although Black
already has the upper hand after} 23... Nf4 $15 (23... Rb8 $5 24. b3 a5 $15))
19... f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Ra4 (21. Bxc7 Kg7 $19 {[%cal Rf8h8,Rg5h5] Veselin
must have been regretting his 15th move here...} (21... g3 $2 22. Bb6)) 21...
Rf7 $1 {The final prophylaxis/preparation.} (21... Nh5 22. Bxg4 Nxg3 23. Bxc8 {
[%cal Ra4g4]} Rf4 24. Nf3 Qh6 25. Bh3 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 $15 {is
unconvincing.}) 22. Re1 Nh5 $19 {The defence collapses, Black doesn't even
need his queenside pieces.} 23. Bxg4 Nxg3 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Rxc8 Bxf2+ 26. Kh2
Qe5 {The quickest, So forces mate.} 27. Kh3 Ne2 (27... Ne2 {[%cal Re5g3]} 28.
Nf1 Ng1#) 0-1

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Qb6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Be5 a5 14. O-O axb4
15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Rd8 17. b5 Bc5 18. Qd2 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4
21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Qe3 Be6 23. Ra1 h6 24. Ra8+ Kh7 25. Bd3+ g6 26. Ra4 Rd6 27.
Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rd4 Kg7 29. f4 Kf6 30. Kf2 Bf5 31. Bc4 Ke7 32. Ke3 f6 33. h4 Rd6
34. Rxd6 Kxd6 35. Kd4 b6 36. g3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd8 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a4 h6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nf1 e4 13. Ng3 Bh7 14. dxe4 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Bxe4 16. Bf4 Bb6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bg3 Rae8 19. Rd7 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Rad1 Rf5 23. R1d2 Re8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. f3 Re7 26. Rd8+ Re8 27.
R8d7 Re7 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. R2d7 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Ke7 31. Rg8 Rg5 32. g4 Bc5 33.
Bd3 Bd6 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Re8 Rd5 36. Ke2 Re5+ 37. Rxe5 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Ng4 12. e6 fxe6 13. Nxe4 Bd7 14. f3
Ne5 15. Bb3 Rd8 16. Bd2 Nd3 17. Kc2 Nb4+ 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Nc3 Ke7 20. Rhe1
Bxc3 21. Kxc3 Rc8+ 22. Kd2 Rhd8 23. Ke3 e5 24. Rad1 Bc6 25. h4 h6 26. a3 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 Rf8 28. Rf1 Rf4 29. g3 Rd4 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33.
f4 gxf4+ 34. gxf4 exf4+ 35. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Pacific"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. Bb3 fxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. Nh5 f6 14. Nxg7 Kxg7
15. h4 Kh8 16. Bh6 Rg8 17. Qf2 b6 18. Ng5 Nge5 19. Qxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Bd7 21.
Raf1 Rg6 22. Rxg6 hxg6 23. Ba4 Kg8 24. Rf6 Re8 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27.
Nxe6 Ba4 28. b3 Bd7 29. Nf4 d4 30. Nd5 Kf7 31. Bf4 Ke6 32. Bxe5 Kxe5 33. Ne7
Kf6 34. Nd5+ Ke5 35. Ne7 Kf6 36. Nd5+ Ke5 37. Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Pacific"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harmon Vellotti, Luke"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. Be3
Re8 9. Bb5 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. c3 Rb8 16. Qd2 a5 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Qb7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bf1 c5
21. Re1 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 h6 23. Bc1 a4 24. Qe7 Qc6 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. c4 d4 27. b3
Bf5 28. Qe7 axb3 29. axb3 Be6 30. Qa7 Qd6 31. Bd3 Qe5 32. Bd2 Bf5 33. Bf1 Be6
34. Bd3 Qh5 35. Qa1 Bf5 36. Bf1 Bc2 37. b4 cxb4 38. Bxb4 Be4 39. Qe1 Qf5 40.
Bd2 h5 41. f3 Bc6 42. Qe7 Qc2 43. Bf4 Qf5 44. Qg5 Qe6 45. Bd3 Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kh7
47. Qg5 f5 48. Kh2 Qf6 49. Qg3 Qe7 50. Qf2 Bf6 51. Qc2 h4 52. Qf2 Kg7 53. Bd2
Be5+ 54. Kg1 Qa3 55. Qe2 Qd6 56. Bg5 Bf6 57. Bxf6+ Kxf6 58. Kf1 Qf4 59. Qf2 Ke5
60. Qe1+ Qe3 61. Qa5+ Ke6 62. Qa3 Kf7 63. c5 Kf6 64. Qb3 Kg5 65. Bc2 Kf4 66.
Qxe3+ Kxe3 67. Ke1 d3 68. Bb3 d2+ 69. Kd1 Bb5 70. Kc2 f4 71. Kc3 g5 72. Kb4 Be8
73. Ka5 Kf2 0-1

[Event "PRO League Pacific"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 a4 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxa4 Rfc8 21. f5
exf5 22. Qxf5 Nf8 23. Bb2 Bc4 24. bxc4 Rxa4 25. cxd5 Qc4 26. Rhf1 Ra7 27. Kc1
Rac7 28. d6 Rd7 29. Kb1 Ra8 30. Rd3 Qxa2+ 31. Kc1 Ne6 32. Rh3 g6 33. Qe4 Rc8
34. Qxb4 Qa6 35. Rff3 Rb7 36. Qd2 Qa2 37. Rb3 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Qxb3 39. d7 Qb8 40.
dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 41. Bc3 h5 42. Qe3 Qc6 43. Qf3 Qc5 44. Kd2 Kg7 45. h3 Kg8 46. Ke2
Qg1 47. Kd3 Qb1 48. Kd2 Qg1 49. Qe4 Qf2+ 50. Kc1 Qf1+ 51. Kb2 Qb5+ 52. Bb4 Nc5
53. Qd4 Ne6 54. Qe4 Nc5 55. Qd4 Ne6 56. Qd6 Qb7 57. g3 Qf3 58. Qb8+ Kg7 59. Be7
Kh7 60. Bf6 Nf8 61. Qxf8 Qb7+ 62. Kc3 Qf3+ 63. Kd4 Qf2+ 64. Kc3 Qf3+ 65. Kc4
Qe4+ 66. Kb3 Qd5+ 67. c4 Qd3+ 68. Kb4 Qd2+ 69. Kb5 Qb2+ 70. Qb4 Qd4 71. c5 Qd5
72. Kb6 Qe6+ 73. c6 Qxh3 74. Qf8 1-0

[Event "PRO League Pacific"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Bc4
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Rc8 13. O-O-O Rxc3 14. bxc3
Qc7 15. Kb2 Ne5 16. Rhe1 Qc5 17. Re3 Kd7 18. Qh3+ Kc7 19. Bxf7 Kb8 20. Bb3 Rc8
21. Qg3 Nfd7 22. f4 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. Kc1 e5 27.
fxe5 dxe5 28. Rb4 Nc4 29. Re1 Na3 30. Nd2 Rd8 31. Rb3 Qd6 32. Qf2 Bc8 33. Kb2
Qxd2 34. Qb6+ Bb7 35. Rxa3 Rc8 36. Qe3 Qxg2 37. Re2 Qg4 38. Rf2 Qe6 39. Rb3 Qc4
40. Rb4 Qc6 41. a4 bxa4 42. Rf7 Rc7 43. Rf8+ Rc8 44. Rxc8+ Kxc8 45. Qh3+ Kb8
46. Qxh7 a3+ 47. Ka2 a5 48. Rb3 a4 49. Qxb7+ Qxb7 50. Rxb7+ Kxb7 51. Kxa3 Kb6
52. Kxa4 Kc5 53. Kb3 Kb5 54. c4+ Kc5 55. Kc3 g5 56. h3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Pacific"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raptis, Nick"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Portland Rain"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. c3 Qc7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Bxe4 16. g5 Bxg2 17. gxf6 Bxf1 18. Qg4 g6 19. Kxf1 Bf8 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Qh4
gxf5 22. Ke2 Ne4 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Bh6 Rxf6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. f3 Qb6 27. Rab1
Qa6+ 28. Ke3 f4+ 29. Kxe4 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "PRO League Pacific"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Breckenridge, Steven James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Portland Rain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Be2 Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. b3 Nfd7 14. a3 f6 15. Bh4 Bh6
16. b4 Bxd2 17. bxc5 Bxc1 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxc1 Qc5 20. Rd1 a4 21. Kh1 Kg7 22.
f3 Nb6 23. Rf1 Nxc4 24. dxc6 b5 25. Nd5 Rf8 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. f4 h6 28. fxe5
fxe5 29. Be7 Kh7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Pacific"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Haessler, Carl A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Portland Rain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 f6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
f5 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nf8 12. Qc2 Qd5 13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. Bd2 h6 15.
Rac1 Kb8 16. Ba5 Rd7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qe4 19. Qxe4 fxe4 20. Nd2 Ne7 21.
Nxe4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nd5 23. g3 Nd7 24. f4 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Nxc5 27. h4
Rg8 28. Bc3 Kc8 29. Bd4 Nd7 30. Kg2 c5 31. Bf2 Rg6 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxd5 b6
34. g4 Nxe5 35. g5 Ng6 36. Rd2 c4 37. Bg3 b5 38. h5 Ne7 39. Kf3 b4 40. Rd6 Rxd6
41. Bxd6 a5 42. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Pacific"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zavortink, Matt B"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Portland Rain"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 g6 10. Ndf3 O-O 11. Be2 f6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2 e5 14. O-O e4
15. Ne1 Ng7 16. f3 Qc7 17. f4 Nf5 18. Nc2 a5 19. c4 Ba6 20. c5 Be7 21. b4 Bxe2
22. Qxe2 axb4 23. Nxb4 Ra3 24. Nc2 Rc3 25. a4 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille Migraines"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Bf6 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. Nf3
Be4 15. O-O Qf6 16. Qd4 Qd6 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxd6 Rxd6 20. Rfd1
Rad8 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rc1 Ne6 23. Rc8+ Nd8 24. f3 Kf8 25. fxe4 Ke7 26. Kf2 Rc6
27. Bg4 Rxc8 28. Bxc8 b6 29. Ke2 Nc6 30. Kd3 Ne5+ 31. Kd4 Kd6 32. Bb7 f6 33.
Bd5 h5 34. h3 g5 35. b4 h4 36. Bb7 g4 37. hxg4 Nxg4 38. e5+ fxe5+ 39. Ke4 Nf2+
40. Kf3 Nd1 41. Be4 Nc3 42. Bc2 Nd5 43. Ke4 Nf6+ 44. Kf5 Nd5 45. Ke4 Nc3+ 46.
Kf3 Nb5 47. a4 Nc3 48. Bb3 Nb1 49. Kg4 Nd2 50. Bc2 Nc4 51. Kxh4 Nxe3 52. Be4
Nd1 53. Bc2 Ne3 54. Be4 Nd1 55. Kg5 Nc3 56. Bc2 Kd5 57. g4 e4 58. Kf4 Kd4 59.
g5 Nd5+ 60. Kg4 e3 61. Kf3 Kc3 62. Bd1 Kd2 63. Be2 Ne7 64. Bb5 a5 65. bxa5 bxa5
66. Bf1 Ng6 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Degraeve, Remy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille Migraines"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 gxf5 7. exf5 d5 8. Bb5
e5 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nh4 Bf6 11. Qh5 a6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. Nf3 e4 14. Ne1 Rg8 15.
Ne2 Rg5 16. Qxh7 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. c3 Rxf5 20. Rxf5 Bxf5 21.
Qg8+ Ke7 22. Qxa8 Bd7 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Marseille Migraines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nb3 Qe8 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. Qe2 c5 18. Nf3 e5 19. Bg5 Qb5 20. Nd2 Qxe2 21. Rxe2
Kf7 22. Nc4 Ne8 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Rd1 Rf6 25. Red2 g6 26. g3 Rb5 27. Kf1 Re6
28. Ke2 Rf6 29. h4 Re6 30. Ke3 h5 31. f3 Rb8 32. f4 exf4+ 33. gxf4 Rb5 34. Kf3
Rb8 35. e5 Rd8 36. Rd5 Rd7 37. Rg1 dxe5 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Nxe5+ Kc7 40. Nxg6
Nd6 41. Ne5 Nf5 42. Ke4 Rf6 43. Rg5 Nd4 44. Rxh5 Nxc2 45. Rh7+ Kd8 46. h5 Nd4
47. h6 Ne6 48. Nc6+ Ke8 49. Ke5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Marseille Migraines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Bb2 Bf5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. a4 Ne4 10. c4 Re8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Rac1
Nf6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. f3 h5 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. b5 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8
21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Bxc3 Ne8 23. Bb4 f6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Kf7 26. a5 b6 27.
axb6 axb6 28. Bc5 bxc5 29. b6 Bh6 30. f4 c4 31. Bxg6+ Kxg6 32. b7 f5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. a3 Rfe8
15. Na4 b6 16. Nc3 Reb8 17. Rcd1 c5 18. Qc2 c4 19. e4 Qg6 20. Nh4 Qh7 21. f4
dxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Rd8 24. f5 Bd5 25. Nc3 Rac8 26. f6 gxf6 27. Bg4 Rc6
28. Rde1 Kf8 29. Re3 b5 30. Rfe1 b4 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. Kf1 a5 33. R1e2 Be6 34.
Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 Kf7 37. Ra6 Rxd4 38. Nf3 Rd3 39. Ne4 Nd5 40.
Kf2 Rb3 41. Kg3 Rxb2 42. Nd4 c3 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Rd7 Ne3 45. Kf3 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
d4 Qc7 9. h3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. d5 Be7 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Nc4 Red8 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Rad1 g6 21.
Kh1 h5 22. b3 Be8 23. Qe2 Qb6 24. Rd3 Qc5 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Nc4 f6 27. Qe3 Qxe3
28. fxe3 Kf7 29. Nxa5 Rb8 30. Nc4 Ke6 31. g4 Rb7 32. Kg2 g5 33. a5 Bg6 34. R3d2
Be7 35. Kf3 Rbd7 36. Nb6 Ra7 37. b4 Rb8 38. Na2 Rh8 39. Kg3 Bxe4 40. c4 hxg4
41. hxg4 f5 42. gxf5+ Bxf5 43. Rh2 Rxh2 44. Kxh2 Bf6 45. Nc3 Rh7+ 46. Kg2 e4
47. Ne2 Bg4 48. Nd4+ Bxd4 49. Rxd4 Bf3+ 50. Kg3 g4 51. a6 Ke5 52. b5 Rh3+ 53.
Kf2 g3+ 54. Ke1 g2 55. a7 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Brown, Michael William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. d5 Bd7 15.
Nf1 Rdc8 16. Bd3 Nb7 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Bf1 Na4 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bb1 Na4 21. Qd2 a5
22. b3 Nc5 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Nd2 a4 26. b4 Na6 27. a3 Rc3 28. Bd3
Rac8 29. Nb1 Rb3 30. Ra2 Bd8 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Bxc2 Rb2 33. Nc3 Qc8 34. Qd3 Nxb4
35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Na2 Rc4 37. Rc1 b4 38. Bd1 Bb5 39. Rxc4 Bxc4 40. Qb1 b3 41.
Nc3 Qa6 42. Bc1 Nd7 43. Ba3 Nc5 44. Nf5 g6 45. Ne3 Bd3 46. Qc1 Bg5 47. Bf3 Qa5
48. g3 h5 49. h4 Bd8 50. Be2 Bxe4 51. Nc4 Qc7 52. Bxc5 Qxc5 53. Nxe4 Qxd5 54.
Nc3 Qd4 55. Nxa4 d5 56. Ncb2 Bb6 57. Nxb6 Qxb6 58. Qe3 Qb4 59. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. O-O-O+
Kc8 8. f4 exf4 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. Nd4 Bg4 11. Rd3 Rd8 12. Nb3 Be3+ 13. Kb1 Nbd7 14.
h3 Bh5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 c6 17. Ra5 f6 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Rxh5 g6 20. Ra5
Nc5 21. Be2 Nxe4 22. Bf3 Nd2+ 23. Nxd2 Rxd2 24. Ra4 Be5 25. Rh4 h5 26. Rd1
Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Kc7 28. Re4 Rd8 29. Bf3 Rd2 30. c3 a5 31. a4 Kd6 32. Kc1 Rf2 33.
Re2 Rf1+ 34. Kc2 Ra1 35. Rd2+ Kc7 36. Kb3 Rf1 37. Re2 h4 38. Be4 g5 39. Bf3 b5
40. axb5 cxb5 41. Rd2 Kb6 42. Kc2 a4 43. Be2 Rf2 44. Bd1 Rf4 45. Kb1 a3 46.
bxa3 Bxc3 47. Rd3 Be5 48. Rf3 Rd4 49. Kc2 Rc4+ 50. Kb1 Kc5 51. Rb3 Rc3 52.
Rxc3+ Bxc3 53. Kc2 Be5 54. Be2 Bd6 55. Kb3 Bf4 56. Bd3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aleskerov, Faik"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 a5 7. O-O Nd4 8. Nxd4
Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. d4 O-O 11. Kh2 Re8 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Nf4 Qe8
15. f3 d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qc4 Re2 19. c3 Bd7 20. a4 Qe7 21. b4
axb4 22. cxb4 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. b5 Bb3 25. Qd3 Bxd5 26. Ba3 Qe6 27. Rd1 c6
28. bxc6 Bxc6 29. h4 h6 30. Bb4 Re3 31. Qd2 Bxf3 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Qxe1 34.
Bxe1 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 f5 36. g4 fxg4 37. Kg3 h5 38. Kf4 Bd8 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 b5 8. Nge2
bxc4 9. Bxc4 exd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qb6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Qxa8 Nc6 14. Qxf8+
Kxf8 15. Bxd6+ Kg8 16. O-O-O Na5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc4 19. Bf4 h6 20. b3
Qa6 21. bxc4 Qxa2 22. Ng3 a5 23. Bd2 a4 24. Kd1 Qxc4 25. Ke1 a3 26. Kf2 a2 27.
Ne2 Qc2 28. Be3 c4 29. Bd4 Qb1 30. Rf1 c3 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Ra8 c2 33. Nc1 Bc5
34. Bxc5 a1=Q 35. Rxa1 Qxa1 36. Be3 Qe5 37. h3 f5 38. exf5 Qxf5 39. Ne2 Qf6 40.
Rc1 Qh4+ 41. Kf1 Qc4 42. Ke1 Qb4+ 43. Kf2 Qh4+ 44. Kf1 Qc4 45. f4 Qe4 46. Kf2
g5 47. g3 gxf4 48. gxf4 Qf5 49. Nd4 Qxh3 50. Rxc2 Qh2+ 51. Kf3 Qh1+ 52. Kg3 Qe4
53. Rc3 h5 54. Nf3 Kg7 55. Bd4+ Kf8 56. Be5 Qg6+ 57. Ng5 Qf5 58. Nh7+ Kf7 59.
Nf6 Kg6 60. Kh4 Qb1 61. Rg3+ Kf5 62. Rg5+ Ke6 63. Kxh5 Kf7 64. Kh6 Qh1+ 65. Nh5
Qe4 66. Rg7+ Ke6 67. Rg6+ Kf7 68. Rf6+ Ke7 69. Ng3 Qg2 70. f5 Qd5 71. Re6+ Kf7
72. Nh5 Qf3 73. Rg6 Qe3+ 74. Bf4 Qe4 75. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Chirila, Ioan Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 O-O 8.
h5 Bg4 9. hxg6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 hxg6 11. Kc2 Nd7 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. Be3 b6 14. Rh4
Bd7 15. Bc4 Ne6 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rah1 Rad8 19. Rg4 Kf7 20. Rh3
e5 21. a4 Rh8 22. Rgh4 Rxh4 23. Rxh4 Bf6 24. Rh1 Ke6 25. a5 Rh8 26. Rd1 g5 27.
g4 Rb8 28. c4 Kf7 29. Kc3 Ke8 30. b4 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. b5 Kc8 33. c5 Kb7
34. Kc4 e6 35. Bd2 Be7 36. Bb4 Bf6 37. f3 Kc8 38. a6 Kd7 39. Bd2 Be7 40. Be3
bxc5 41. Bd2 Kc8 42. Bc3 Bd6 43. Be1 Kd7 44. Ba5 Kc8 45. Kd3 Be7 46. Kc3 Kd7
47. b6 cxb6 48. Bxb6 Kc6 49. Bxa7 Kb5 50. Bb8 Kxa6 51. Kc4 Kb7 52. Bxe5 Kc6 53.
Bg3 Bf6 54. Bf2 Be7 55. Be3 e5 56. Bd2 Bd8 57. Be1 Bf6 58. Bf2 Be7 59. Be3 Bf6
60. Bxc5 Bd8 61. Bb4 Bf6 62. Bf8 Bd8 63. Bg7 Kd6 64. Kb5 Ke6 65. Bf8 Kf7 66.
Bc5 Ke6 67. Kc6 Ba5 68. Be3 Bd8 69. Bb6 Be7 70. Bc5 Bd8 71. Be3 Be7 72. Kc7 Bf6
73. Bc5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Viswanadha, Kesav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Bb2 Rac8
15. a4 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Nd2 Nb8 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. Qh5 h6 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Bb1
cxd4 22. cxd4 Nb4 23. Qg4 Kf8 24. Ng3 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Rd7 26. Nh5 g5 27. Nf6 Bxf6
28. exf6 Rd5 29. Qh5 Ke8 30. Qxh6 Qe5 31. Bd3 Rxd4 32. Bb5+ Bc6 33. Rxd4 Qxd4
34. Bf1 Nd5 35. Bxg5 Bxa4 36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Qh7 Qg4 38. Qxf7+ Kd6 39. Qf8+ Kd7
40. f7 Qxg5 41. Qe8+ Kc7 42. Qxa4 Nf4 43. f8=Q Nh3+ 44. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bf5
{[%emt 0:02:24]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Ne5 {[%emt 0:
09:36]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8.
cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:51]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 12. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:
18]} 13. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:07:10]} 14. Qc4 $146 {[%emt 0:17:54]
} (14. Qd4 Rd8 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Rxd7 17. f3 f6 18. e4 Bg6 19. Bc4 Bf7 20.
e5 Be7 21. Ke2 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rhd1 Rg8 25. g3 Rg5 26. Rxd7
Kxd7 27. Rd1+ Ke7 28. b4 Rg8 29. Rd4 Rc8 30. Rh4 Bg6 31. a4 e5 32. Bd3 b5 33.
axb5 axb5 34. Bxb5 Rc2+ 35. Kd1 Rb2 36. Ba4 e4 37. fxe4 Rxb4 38. Bc2 f5 39. Kd2
fxe4 40. Kc3 Rb6 41. Bxe4 Bxe4 42. Rxe4+ Kf6 43. Rh4 Kg6 {Kovalenko,I (2667)
-Andreikin,D (2733) Poikovsky 2016 1/2-1/2}) 14... Qxc4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 15.
Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Bb3 {[%emt 0:07:53]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:11:51]} 17. Ke2 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Be4 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 18. Bxg7 {
[%emt 0:14:53]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:01:
16]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 21. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. Rxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Kxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. f3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:23]
} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 32. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Be5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
01:59]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 8. Nc3
{[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be6 $146 {
[%emt 0:09:30]} (9... Bf5 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Be4 13. Be1 Ne8
14. e3 Nd6 15. Bb4 a5 16. Be1 e6 17. Ra2 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5
Rdc8 21. Bd2 Nf5 22. Bxa5 b4 23. c6 Ne7 24. c7 Bf6 25. Rca1 Ra7 26. Nd4 Bxd4
27. exd4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rb7 29. Rc1 Nf5 30. Ra4 Kf8 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Bxb4+ Ke8
33. Bc5 Rxc7 34. Ra1 Kd7 35. b4 Nd6 36. b3 f6 37. Ra6 Rc6 38. Ra7+ Rc7 39. Ra6
{Chandra,A (2464)-Zierk,S (2488) Saint Louis 2016 1/2-1/2 (76)}) 10. Na4 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 11. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 12. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 13. Ba5 {[%emt 0:09:28]}
b6 {[%emt 0:17:39]} 14. Be1 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 15. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:19:13]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} e5 {[%emt 0:15:
31]} 17. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:36]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 18. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:07:31]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:10:27]} 21. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:
33]} 22. Na4 {[%emt 0:20:57]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 23. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:06:35]}
Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 25. Na4 {
[%emt 0:04:03]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:07:23]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:08:49]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 27. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rad7 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 28. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:41]}
Rd6 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 30. Rxd6 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:
01]} 32. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 33. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Bd4
{[%emt 0:01:23]} 34. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 35. bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]
} 37. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 38. g4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} h5 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 39. gxh5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 41. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:
15]} 42. b4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 ({Subsequently Rapport tried
} 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 {with greater success:} 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4
10. Qc2 (10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc8 12. e4 d6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Rad1 a4 15. h4
Ra5 16. Bc1 Re8 17. Nh2 Qa8 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. d5 Bf8 20. Ne3 a3 21. f4 Ra4 22. e5
Nd7 23. h5 Nc5 24. Qf1 h6 $13 {Ding,L (2760)-Rapport,R (2692) Sharjah 2017 In
the end White's impressive centre turned out to be exposed.}) 10... Nxc3 11.
Qxc3 d6 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rad1 Be4 14. Qc1 Qe8 15. Qe3 Bf6 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 e5
18. Qb3+ Qf7 19. Bg5 Qxb3 20. axb3 h6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Nd2 Bxg2
24. Kxg2 Nc6 25. Nc4 Nd4 $11 {Giri,A (2773)-Rapport,R (2702) Wijk aan Zee 2017}
) 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 {The most popular reaction in high-level
practice, but lately Black seems to be having some problems here.} (8... Nxd2
9. Qxd2 d6 10. b4 $5 {is promising for White - he has more space and will soon
swap the light-squared bishops, ridding Black of the ^^ (our game will also
follow a simialr pattern).} Nd7 11. Rfd1 a5 12. b5 Bf6 13. Rac1 g6 (13... Qe7
14. e3 g6 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bg7 17. Nd3 f5 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Qf3 e5 20. Qb7
Nf6 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. c5 bxc5 23. Qc6 $16 {Markus,R (2649)-Beliavsky,A (2605)
Hungary 2017}) 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 e5 16. e3 Re8 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. Nf3 exd4 19.
exd4 Nf6 20. c5 Bh6 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. c6 $14 {Van Wely,L (2674)-Iturrizaga
Bonelli,E (2650) Monzon 2016}) ({Perhaps} 8... f5 {can be revived again:} 9.
Ne5 $5 {has the reputation of an effective antidote, White swaps 2 pairs of
minor pieces, but retains some pressure:} (9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Be1 (11.
Ne1 Nac5 12. Nd3 Nxd3 13. exd3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c6 15. d4 Qc7 16. dxe6 dxe6 17.
Rfd1 Rad8 18. d5 Qd7 19. d6 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qe2 Qf7 22. b4 Bd4 23. Nb5 e5
24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qe5 f4 27. Qxc5 {½, Frey Beckman,K (2700)
-Novikovas,A (2358) email 2005} fxg3 28. fxg3 Qf2+ $11) 11... Nac5 12. Nd4 (12.
b4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Be1 c6 $1 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Qb3 c5 17. a3 Rc8 18. Rc2
Qc7 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. f3 {Sorin,A (2509)-Barrientos Chavarriaga,S 
(2435) Mallorca olm 2004} Qf7 22. Bf2 Rfd8 $15 {See the notes to this game in
CBM 104 by Ftacnik.}) 12... Qe7 13. e3 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. f3 Ng5 15. Bf2 c5 16.
dxc6 dxc6 17. Qb3 c5 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Bc6 20. a3 Nf7 21. Nc3 Qb7 22. Rxd8+
Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 g5 25. h3 h5 $36 {(), Ftacnik,L (2545)-Tukmakov,V 
(2570) Moscow 1985}) 13... a5 14. Nde2 Rae8 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Bxc3 (16...
c6 $5 $132 {[%cal Rc6d5,Rb7a6]}) 17. Bxc3 d6 18. Kh1 Ne4 19. Rcd1 Qf7 20. Qd3
Qh5 21. Kg1 Ng5 22. f3 h6 23. b3 Bc8 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Rde1 Re7 26. Qd2 e5 27.
Qe2 Qg6 28. Bd2 Ree8 $11 {Karpov,A (2670)-Adams,M (2729) Moscow blitz 2007})
9... Nxc3 (9... Bf6 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nd6 14. b3
Qe7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Rf7 20. Rfe1
Qf8 21. Re2 g6 22. Kg2 Bg7 23. Ng5 Re7 24. f4 Qf5 25. Nb5 h6 26. Nf3 Qxe4 27.
Rxe4 $16 {(), Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Oparin,G (2575) Sochi 2016}) 10. Bxc3 Bxg2
11. Kxg2 Bf6 (11... Qe8 12. Re1 d6 13. Nd3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e4 fxe4 16.
Rxe4 e5 17. f4 Qc6 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Kg1 Bf6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5
Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rad8 24. Rd1 $16 {Bacrot,E (2686)-Korobov,A (2709) Reykjavik 2015
}) 12. Qd3 a5 $5 (12... d5 $6 13. Rfd1 Qd6 14. Qf3 c6 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bb4 Nxe5
17. Bxd6 Nxf3 18. Bxf8 Nxd4 19. e3 Ne2 20. Rc2 Kxf8 21. Rxe2 Ke7 22. Rc2 Kd6
23. b4 $16 {L'Ami,E (2596)-Tiviakov,S (2677) Wijk aan Zee 2012 See the notes
to this game in CBM 147 by L'Ami.}) 13. Rad1 (13. e4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Na6 15. exf5
Nc5 16. Qd4 Rxf5 17. f4 Rf7 18. Kg1 Qc8 19. Rae1 Qb7 20. b3 Qc6 21. Re2 Raf8
22. Bb2 g5 $1 $132 {Berczes,D (2526)-Abasov,N (2465) Richardson 2013}) (13. Nf3
Nc6 14. Rfd1 d5 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Qc2 h6 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Qb3 dxc4
20. Qxc4 Qd5 21. Bf4 Nxa2 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxc7 Rad8 24. e3 Rb5 $11 {Sergiev,
S (2352)-Evstigneev,S (2291) email 2012}) 13... Na6 14. a3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nc5
16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Bd4 a4 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rd3 d6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. h4 Rab8 22.
R1d2 h6 23. Qf3 Rb6 24. e4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 $14 {/<=>, Zuev,D (2439)-Primakov,V 
(2397) email 2012 White has an edge, but Black defended well and held the
major piece endgame.}) 9. Rc1 ({White has had some recent success with} 9. Be1
$5 d5 ({A principled reaction is} 9... c5 {, but here White gets a safe edge:}
10. Qc2 (10. Rc1 Na6 (10... cxd4 $6 11. Nxd4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 d5 14.
cxd5 Qxd5+ 15. Nf3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Na6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rc4 Rfc8 19. Ra4 Nc5
20. Rg4+ Kf8 21. Rh4 Kg7 22. Rdd4 f5 23. g4 $16 {Xu,Y (2523)-Zeng,C (2549)
Xinghua 2016}) (10... d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Nba6 14. Ndb5 Qe7
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxe2 17. Qc4 Rae8 18. b4 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 Nd3 20. Bc3 Bxc3
21. Rxc3 Ndxb4 22. a3 Re5 23. Nxa7 Nd5 24. Rc6 Nb8 {Timoscenko,G (2505)
-Timoshenko,G (2540) Moscow 1990} 25. Rfc1 $1 $36) 11. a3 Nc7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13.
Bc3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 d5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qd4 Rfc8 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Kf8 20. Kf3 f5 21. h3 Rd8 22. e3 Kg7 23. g4 fxg4+ 24. hxg4 $14 {Ehlvest,J
(2600)-Timoshenko,G (2460) Tallinn 1989}) (10. d5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. bxc3
d6 (12... Re8 $5 13. Nd2 $14) 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qd3 d5 (14... Nc6 15. Rad1 $36)
15. Rad1 (15. cxd5 $16) 15... Nd7 16. Qe3 Qf6 17. h4 Rae8 18. Ng5 $2 h6 19. Nf3
Re7 20. Rd2 Ba6 $17 {Gunina,V (2520)-Ushenina,A (2458) Hancheng blitz 2016})
10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 {[%cal Rf3g5]} a6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxb7 Ra7 14. Bg2 Bf6 15.
Rfd1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Qd2 $14 {Timoscenko,G 
(2455)-Naumkin,I (2440) Riga 1988}) (9... Re8 $6 10. Qc2 d5 (10... Nxc3 $142
11. Bxc3 d6 12. e4 e5 13. d5 $14) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bxd4 (12... Qxd4 13.
Nxe4 $36) 13. Rd1 $1 Qc8 14. Nxe4 Bc5 15. Ng5 $5 ({Plays for the attack
instead of the technical} 15. Nxc5 $16) 15... f5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bc3 Bf8 (
17... h6 18. Nxe6 $18) 18. e4 h6 19. exf5 hxg5 20. f6 c5 21. f4 g4 22. f5 $18 {
->, Aronian,L (2780)-Rapport,R (2702) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 10. Qc2 Na6 $5 (10...
c5 11. dxc5 $14) (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 c5 $6 (13... c6
$14) 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bh3 $1 Rfd8 17. bxc5 Rac8 18. Qa4 Nxc5 19.
Qxa7 Rc6 20. Rab1 Qd6 21. Qa3 d4 22. Bg2 Ra6 23. Qb2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Na4 25. Qd2
Nc3 26. Rb2 $14 {/+/-, Vitiugov,N (2724)-Inarkiev,E (2723) Moscow 2017}) 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Qxd4 13. Nxe4 Nc5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. b4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb7 17.
Bc3 Qe7 18. Rfd1 c5 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Be1 a5 21. f3 h6 22. Rab1 cxb4 23. axb4
axb4 24. Rxb4 Rc6 $11 {Grabowski,E-Haag,R (2015) email 2012}) 9... Nxd2 (9...
c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d6 13. Be1 Re8 14. Nh4 Ba6
15. f3 Nf6 16. Rf2 Nbd7 17. Bc3 b5 18. b3 b4 19. Ba1 Ne5 20. Qd2 Bc8 21. e4 Qb6
22. h3 a5 23. f4 Ng6 24. e5 Nxh4 25. gxh4 Nh5 26. Bf3 Ng3 27. e6 $40 {[%csl
Ga1] Romanov,E (2622)-Granda Zuniga,J (2646) Sitges 2016}) 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4
{was long considered the main line. Although White's attacking chances
certainly can't be underestimated and in practice he scores well, objectively
the position remains rather unclear after both B moves:} Be5 $5 (13... Be7 14.
f4 Nd7 (14... f5 15. Nf2 Ba6 (15... Na6 16. e4 $14) 16. a4 Bf6 17. Re1 Nd7 18.
e3 (18. e4 $5 $14) 18... Rb8 19. Qc2 g6 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Bg7 22. Bh3 Kh8
23. e4 g5 $1 $13 {Carlsen,M (2857)-Cordova,E (2638) Baku olm 2016 For more
details see the notes to this game in CBM 175 by Roiz.}) 15. g4 a6 16. a4 Nf6
$1 (16... Re8 17. g5 Bf8 18. Kh1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21. Nbc3 Qb4 22.
Qd3 Nb6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Rcd1 Nc4 25. b3 Nb6 26. g6 $1 fxg6 27. f5 $40 {Karpov,
A (2725)-Salov,V (2660) Linares 1993}) 17. g5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f6 19. h4 Bc8 20.
e3 Qe8 21. b3 Bd7 $13 {Ruhle,E (2050)-Gebhardt,U (2088) email 2010}) 14. e3 (
14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Rfe1 g6 16. h4 $5 {is another interesting idea:} b5 17. a3 Qb6
18. h5 Nd7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qh6 Bg7 21. Qh4 Rfe8 22. Bh3 Rad8 23. b4 {Timman,
J (2610)-Malek,D (2391) Germany 2015} Re5 $5 $13) 14... Ba6 (14... g6 15. f4
Bg7 16. g4 Ba6 17. Rf3 b5 18. Qd2 b4 (18... Qe7 $5) 19. Nd1 Qe7 20. Ndf2 Nd7
21. g5 Rae8 22. h4 Bb7 23. Bh3 Nb6 24. f5 gxf5 $2 (24... f6 $5 $132 {/=/+}) 25.
Rxf5 Bc8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6 Qxe3 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Bxc8 Nxc8
31. Ng4 $40 {Gajewski,G (2631)-Urkedal,F (2494) Fagernes 2014}) 15. Re1 g6 16.
f4 Bg7 17. Qa4 (17. g4 b5 18. Bf1 Qe7 19. Qf3 {Marin,M (2549)-Brunello,S (2468)
Edinburgh rpd 2007} b4 $36) 17... Bd3 18. Rcd1 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 a6 20. a4 Nd7 21.
Qc4 Qe7 22. e4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Rfd8 24. e5 dxe5 25. d6 Qxd6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qd5
Qxd5+ 28. Nxd5 exf4 29. gxf4 Kf8 $11 {Andreev,T (2050)-Zorr,S (2144) email 2011
}) ({In Gibraltar Nakamura was twice successful after} 9... d6 10. d5 Nxc3 (
10... Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e5 12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Na6 15. Qb3 Bg5 16. e3 f5
17. f4 Bf6 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Kh8 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Qc3 $16 Rae8
23. Rcd1 Rf6 24. e4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 c6 $2 26. dxc6 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bxc6 28. Qf3 $1
{[%cal Re4c6,Rf3f8] 1-0, Nakamura,H (2785)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2652) Caleta
2017}) 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. e4 (13. Nd2 a5 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 f6 16.
Ne4 Nc5 17. g4 Bc8 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rg3 Qe7 20. h4 a4 21. Kh2 Kh8 22. Qe3 Rab8
23. b4 axb3 24. axb3 Ra8 25. b4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Ra4 27. Qd2 b5 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29.
g5 Rfa8 $132 {Potkin,V (2597)-Anton Guijarro,D (2650) Tallinn blitz 2016})
13... a5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. f4 $14 {White's space advantage outweighs his poor
Bg2, Black faces a long defence.} Qe7 16. Nf3 f6 17. Re1 Nc5 18. Rce3 Bc8 19.
Qc2 Bd7 20. b3 Rfb8 21. a3 b5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Nd2 Rb7 24. Rb1 Be8 25. b4 axb4
26. axb4 Nd7 27. Nc4 Nf8 28. Na5 $36 {Nakamura,H (2785)-Anton Guijarro,D (2650)
Caleta rpd 2017}) 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 ({Another version of the
aforementioned 9...d6 lines is} 11... Qe7 12. e4 $5 (12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 e5
14. Qd2 {and now:} {Black's defence held after} f5 $5 (14... Nd7 15. e4 a5 16.
f4 Nc5 (16... exf4 17. gxf4 Rae8 18. Rce1 Ba6 19. b3 Qh4 20. Ne2 Bc8 21. Nd4
Kh8 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. a3 Nf6 24. Nb5 Re7 25. e5 $16 {Shimanov,A (2664)-Ponkratov,
P (2605) Ekaterinburg 2013}) 17. f5 f6 18. Bf3 g5 19. b3 Bc8 20. Bd1 Bd7 21. a3
Ra7 22. b4 Nb7 23. Rf2 Nd8 24. Qe3 axb4 25. axb4 Nf7 26. h4 $14 {Karpov,A 
(2730)-Salov,V (2665) Reykjavik 1991}) 15. f4 e4 16. g4 Bc8 17. Qd4 Re8 18.
gxf5 Bxf5 19. Nd1 Bg4 20. Nf2 Bxe2 21. Rfe1 e3 22. Ne4 Bg4 23. Rxe3 Nd7 24.
Rce1 Qf8 25. Ng5 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Re8 27. Ne6 Qf6 28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. h3 Bxe6 30.
dxe6 a5 31. f5 g6 32. fxg6 hxg6 $11 {Jakovenko,D (2744)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2695)
Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 12... Nd7 13. Nd4 {seems to be a more accurate move-order}
Ne5 (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 $14 {- see Karpov-Salov above}) 14. b3 Ng6
15. dxe6 fxe6 16. e5 Bg5 17. exd6 cxd6 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Bf6 20. Qe4 Bxd4+
21. Qxd4 Rad8 22. Qd3 Qc7 23. Rce1 Qc5+ 24. Rf2 Rfe8 25. Kg2 $36 {Fages,J-Do
Amaral,R email 2006}) 12. e4 ({Very similar is} 12. h4 a5 13. Bh3 Na6 14. e4
Bc8 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. Kg2 Qd7 17. b3 Nc5 18. Qe2 g6 19. h5 Qg4 20. Rh1 Be7 21.
Rce1 f5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nd2 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Kg7 25. Nb5 Rac8 {Berkes,F (2669)
-Zhao,J (2578) Doha 2014} 26. f4 $5 $14) 12... Nd7 13. h4 a5 14. Bh3 Nc5 15.
Kg2 $14 {[%mdl 32] White's idea is to use his space advantage to play on the
kingside, leaving the opposite flank intact for the time being and ignoring
the well placed Nc5.} (15. Ne1 $143 Bc8 (15... g6 16. Nd3 Ba6 17. b3 h5 18.
Nxc5 bxc5 19. Qd3 Bg7 20. Kh2 Qe7 21. Rce1 Bh6 22. Rd1 Rab8 23. Qc2 Ra8 24. Qd3
Rab8 25. Qc2 Ra8 26. Qd3 {½, Shimanov,A (2650)-Khismatullin,D (2674)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Kh2 g6 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20.
Kg2 f5 21. f3 h5 22. Rf2 Kh7 23. Rh1 Bh6 24. Qd3 f4 $15 {Riazantsev,A (2688)
-Korobov,A (2694) Sochi 2015 Here on the contrary Black grabbed the initiative
on the kingside and is doing fine.}) 15... Bc8 16. Rh1 $5 $146 {So adopts a
slightly different plan of kingside expansion.} ({However, it seems no less
effective than Tomashevsky's} 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Rh1 Nf6
20. Nf1 h5 21. Ne3 g6 22. Rcg1 Kg7 23. Kf1 Rh8 24. Ke1 Qd7 25. Kd1 Kg8 26. f3
Bf8 27. g4 $36 {Tomashevsky,E (2731)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Baku olm 2016 For
details see the notes to this game in CBM 175 by Moradiabadi.}) 16... Bxh3+ 17.
Rxh3 Qd7 18. Nh2 {[%cal Yg4g5,Yg3g5]} h5 (18... Be7 19. g4 $14 {is unpleasant,
but Ponomariov's setup also isn't without danger.}) 19. f3 {White doesn't need
this move to get in g4.} (19. Rh1 $142 $1 g6 (19... Be7 20. Qe2 g6 21. g4 hxg4
22. Nxg4 Kg7 23. h5 $40) 20. g4 Kg7 $5 (20... hxg4 21. Rg3 $40) (20... Kh7 21.
gxh5 gxh5 22. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Rh5] This shows the drawback of 19.f3}) 21. gxh5
Rh8 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Nf1 $14 {/+/-}) 19... g6 20. g4 Kh7 $1 21. Rh1 {[%cal
Yh2f1,Yf1g3,Yd2d1,Yd2e2] It isn't often that one see both sides preparing for
major offensive operations on the kingside like this. Who is attacking whom?
White's plan is Nf1-g3 prepared by protecting g4 with the queen and taking the
king out of the x-ray attack on the g-file.} (21. gxh5 $2 gxh5 22. Nf1 Bg7 $15
{is not good, so opening up the kingside now requires some heavy preparation.
The idea is to protect g4 with the Q and transfer the N to g3. But this takes
time, which Black uses to get counterplay.}) 21... Rg8 22. Qd1 Bg7 23. Nf1 Bh6
$1 24. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 64] Now White's slow strategy runs into tactics.} (24. Ng3
{[%cal Yg2f1]} Bf4 $132) (24. g5 Bg7 25. Ng3 {[%cal Yf3f4,Yg3h5]} Rgf8 $132 {
[%cal Yf7f6]}) 24... Bc1 $1 $36 25. Ng3 (25. Qxc1 $4 Nd3+ $19) (25. b3 Bb2 26.
Nb5 f5 $1 $15 (26... hxg4 27. fxg4 Nxe4+ 28. Kg2 $13)) 25... Bxb2 26. Nb5 Bc1
$1 {After taking an important pawn to safeguard the Nc5, the B returns the way
it came.} 27. gxh5 Bf4 28. Nc3 ({More resilient was} 28. Kf1 $5 Bxg3 29. Rxg3
gxh5 30. Rhg1 $15 {or}) (28. Qc2 {, taking the sting out of the following move.
}) 28... f5 $1 $17 {he sacrifices a pawn to develop his attack.} 29. hxg6+ (29.
Qc2 $5) 29... Rxg6 30. Nxf5 Rag8 31. Kf1 b5 $3 {[%csl Gg6,Gg8,Rh1,Rh3] A great
idea to blow open the position. Compare the effectivity of Black's and White's
rooks. The former are on an open file, the latter are out of play.} (31... Rg2
$6 {is less convincing:} 32. Ne2 Qe8 $5 (32... b5 33. Nxf4 exf4 34. R3h2 $11)
33. h5 (33. Nxf4 exf4 34. R3h2 Qg6 35. Qd4 Qh5 $17) 33... b5 34. Nxf4 exf4 35.
R3h2 $15) 32. cxb5 Rg2 $1 $40 33. Qb1 (33. Ne2 Qxb5 $19 {[%cal Rc5d3]}) 33...
Qf7 $2 {Rapport loses the thread.} ({The simplest was} 33... Rd2 $1 34. Ne2 (
34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qe8 $19) 34... Nd3 {[%cal Rd7b5]} 35. a4 Nb2 {[%cal
Rd2d1]} 36. Kf2 Nxa4 {[%cal Rd2e2]} 37. Rc1 Rb2 $19 {etc.}) ({A more artistic
way was} 33... c6 $5 {, e.g.} 34. dxc6 Qa7 35. b6 Qa6+ 36. Qb5 Qxb5+ 37. Nxb5
Nd3 $19 {[%cal Rg2f2] with a mating attack}) 34. Ne2 Qg6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A
final blunder, which completely turns the game around.} ({The computer move} 
34... c6 $1 {was probably already the only way to hold the balance, but this
is almost impossible to find once Black hadn't played it one move earlier.} {
A sample line is} 35. b6 (35. bxc6 $2 Qa7 $19) 35... cxd5 36. exd5 Kh8 37. b7
Nxb7 38. Nxf4 exf4 39. Qa1+ Kh7 40. Qb1 Kh8 $11) 35. Ne7 $18 Rf2+ ({A last
desperate try, but} 35... Qg7 36. Nxg8 Qxg8 37. Rg1 $18 {gives White a
decisive material advantage.}) 36. Kxf2 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 Rg3 38. Rxg3 (38. Nxg3 $2
Bxg3+ 39. Kd1 Qxf3+ 40. Kc1 Qe3+ 41. Kd1 (41. Kb2 $2 Qd4+ 42. Ka3 Qc3+ $19)
41... Qf3+ $11 (41... Qd4+ 42. Ke2 Qf2+ $11)) 38... Qxh1+ (38... Bxg3+ 39. Nxg3
Qxg3+ 40. Ke2 Qg2+ 41. Ke3 $18) 39. Rg1 $8 Qxf3 40. Nxf4 $8 Qe3+ 41. Ne2 Nd3+
42. Qxd3 $8 Qxd3 43. Ng8 $1 {Although White had to make a series of only moves,
they were quite straightforward. Now Black's play is over and his K in a
mating net.} Qf3 44. h5 Kh8 45. Rg6 Qh1+ (45... Qxe4 46. Nf6 $18) (45... Qxh5
46. Rh6+ $18) 46. Kd2 Qxe4 47. Nf6 Qb4+ 48. Ke3 (48. Ke3 Qa3+ 49. Kf2 Qc5+ 50.
Kf1 {and the checks are over}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {
[%emt 0:00:54]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:02:
52]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 6. d3 {
[%emt 0:01:15]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:11:15]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:11:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:13:
23]} 8. Qb3 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. cxd5 $146 {[%emt 0:09:33]}
(9. Be3 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Bf5 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 h6 15. Ra4 {
1/2-1/2 (15) Gonda,L (2563)-Varga,Z (2464) Balatonboglar 2014}) 9... Qxb3 {
[%emt 0:03:47]} 10. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 11. Be3 {
[%emt 0:06:52]} a6 {[%emt 0:08:36]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:
08]} 13. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. d4 {[%emt 0:10:58]}
Rfe8 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 15. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:41]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:47]} 16. Bh6 {
[%emt 0:02:46]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:04:54]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:
13]} 18. h4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:06:17]} 19. e3 {[%emt 0:09:45]} a5 {
[%emt 0:10:59]} 20. Rh1 {[%emt 0:07:44]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:06:17]} 21. Ra1 {[%emt 0:
09:22]} Rea8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 22. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:12:01]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
23. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:04:34]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:09:33]} 24. d5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} 25. h5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 26. hxg6 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Be5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 28.
Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 29. d6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rd3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. d7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 31. b3 {[%emt 0:
01:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 32. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 33.
bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rxd7 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 35. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Be5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 36. Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 37. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:
33]} 38. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 39. Rxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 41. Rxf5+ {
[%emt 0:11:44]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 42. Rxe5+ {[%emt 0:01:47]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:
02:31]} 43. Bd4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 {} d5 6. d4 {} cxd4 7. Nxd4
dxc4 ({Wesley mentions that he felt the really testing move was} 7... e5 {
Indeed the database shows the strongest game as being from 2011 between
Fischdick vs Schlick. (Yes, those are really the names), which Black won.}) 8.
Qa4+ Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Qa3 Qd6 12. Qxd6 exd6 13. a4 a6 ({I
thought} 13... Be6 {was possible. I'm not sure it works. For example,} 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Rxd6 {This is one variation I saw.} Rad8 16. Rxe6 Kf7 {and somehow
this rook is under pressure. So I have to move here:} 17. Re3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. Rf3+ Ke8 {and now I am a pawn up, but he's got some pressure on b2,
so I can't move my bishop away.} 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {Probably much better for me,
but it is one possibility.}) 14. Bf4 {I didn't try to recapture my pawn right
away and instead hindered his development.} d5 (14... Ne8 15. Rac1 a5 16. Ndb5
Bd7 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rab8 21. Rc5 Rfd8 22. Na7
Rd2 23. Rb5 Nd7 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8 25. Ncb5 Nd7 26. Rxc4 Bxb2 27. Kf1 Nb6 28. Re4
f5 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Nxa4 31. Nc6 Nc3 32. Nxa5 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Nxe2 34. Nc4 Ba1
35. Nbd6+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kg8 {1-0 (55) Kramnik,V (2783)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2720)
Dortmund 2015}) 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Rac1 {Another point of Rc1 is that it asks
Black where he will play his awkward knight on d7. 16...Nc5 is not possible
due to 17.Bd6. By the way, here he (Harikrishna) had less than 20 minutes left,
so he is in some time trouble already.} ({After} 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Ne5 {
I can win a pawn, but then he completes his development.} 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19.
Bxc4 Bg4 {Now White is better, but it is not so easy to convert.}) 16... Rd8
17. Bc7 Re8 18. Bd6 ({After} 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 {he once again has the idea
} Ne5) 18... Ne5 {I was attracted to...} 19. Bxd5 $1 {...because after} Nxd5 {
...taking is forced or I will play Bg2 and he will be completely paralysed.} ({
He probably didn't play} 19... Rd8 {in view of} 20. Bxb7 Bxb7 21. Bxe5) 20.
Nxd5 {The knight is hitting b6, c7 and e7.} Bg4 $1 {A very strong move. I have
to be very careful here.} 21. Rd2 {I wasn't too happy with this move, but
maybe it works, since I could not see anything refuting it.} ({For example,
after} 21. Nc7 {he plays} Nd3 $1 {and it is really, really tricky. I can
probably equalise with} 22. exd3 ({If I were to blunder with} 22. Rxc4 $2 Nxb2
23. Nxe8 Rxe8 {and most of my pieces and pawns are hanging.})) (21. f3 $2 {
would be a serious mistake because of} Nd3 $1 {and here the knight on d4 is
under threaten of being captured with check.}) 21... Red8 {The next moves are
forced due to the threat of Nc7 or Nb6.} ({During the game I worried about} 
21... c3 $6 {which forces} 22. Rxc3 {due to the possible ...Nc4, but after} Nc6
({After} 22... Red8 23. Nb6 Rxd6 24. Nxa8 {I have} Nc6 25. e3) 23. Nxc6 Bxc3 {
White just takes back with} 24. bxc3 {since now after} bxc6 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26.
Nxe8+ Rxe8 {so I was probably just imagining things.}) 22. Nb6 Rxd6 ({You
wouldn't want to play} 22... Ra7) 23. Nxa8 Nc6 24. Nf3 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxb2 26.
Rxc4 Bxe2 27. Re4 Bd3 28. Re3 {I still wasn't sure I was winning due to his
powerful bishops.} Nb4 $2 {A serious mistake.} ({Instead Black should play
something like} 28... Bf5 29. Rb3 Bf6 30. Rxb7 Nxa5 31. Rb6 Bc3 {and the point
is that Black really needs to keep the bishop pair at all costs. For example,
an endgame like} 32. Nb3 Nxb3 33. Rxb3 Bf6 34. Rb6 Kg7 35. Rxa6 {and this
endgame could easily be a draw, as long a White is unable to exchange his
knight for one of the bishops.}) 29. Nb6 {There is a small trap here.} Bd4 ({
Here he would be forced to let one of his bishops be exchanged for a knight
after} 29... Bc1 30. Nbc4 {with the idea of Re1.}) 30. Re7 Nc6 31. Rxb7 Nxa5
32. Rd7 Nc6 33. Nb3 Bf5 ({Black clearly felt that after} 33... Bxb6 34. Rxd3 {
he is technically lost, but this had to put up more resistance than the game
move, which just drops a piece.}) 34. Rxd4 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Bd3 36. Kg2 Kf8 37.
Kf3 Ke7 38. Ke3 {} Bf1 39. Nf3 Kd6 40. Kd4 f6 41. Nd2 {} Be2 {} 42. Nd5 f5 {
} 43. Nc3 {} Bh5 {} 44. Nc4+ {} Ke6 45. f4 Kd7 {} 46. Kc5 {} h6 {} 47.
Nd5 {} Ke6 {} 48. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 $5 {When was the last time someone played the King's Gambit
against Wesley So?! Well, the databases reveal that this was the first time!
Adhiban has seriously made some very interesting choices at this event. Rather
than going deep into some line, he has just changed the battlefield in order
to make it more even.} exf4 3. Bc4 (3. Nf3 {is by far the most popular move in
the position.}) 3... d5 {Played after seven minutes of thought. Wesley would
have definitely prepared something against the King's Gambit but to remember
all the analysis on the spot is not an easy task.} (3... Qh4+ 4. Kf1 {The
tempo that you will gain with Nf3 is worth losing your castling rights!}) 4.
Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Bd6 (6... g5 {is another possible move, but
Wesley likes to go for simple developing moves rather than clinging on to
pawns with moves like g5.}) 7. Nf3 O-O 8. d4 {Adhiban was still blitzing his
moves.} Re8 {15 minutes of thought! The opening is already a success for the
Indian player.} 9. e5 c6 (9... f6 10. Bxf4 $14) 10. Nxf4 {White has not only
recovered his pawn, but is a pawn up and has a clearly preferable position.
Getting such a position against Wesley after 10 moves in any major well-known
opening line might be almost impossible.} f6 11. Nd3 {The first move where
Adhiban had to think. 12 minutes for 11.Nd3.} (11. O-O $5 fxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5+
13. Kh1 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bf5 $44) (11. Qd3 $5 fxe5 12. dxe5 Bc7 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14.
O-O $16) 11... fxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6 13. Qe2 Bf5 14. Be3 Qa5+ 15. c3 Bc7 16. O-O
Qa6 {White is a pawn up, but Black's bishop pair and the pretty weak e5-pawn
gives Black decent compensation.} (16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxe5 18. Ng5 $1 g6 19.
Qc4+ Qd5 20. Qh4 $18) 17. Rad1 Nd7 (17... Qxa2 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. Nf4 $18) 18. Bd4
{Adhiban played this after 26 minutes, but the move lets Black equalise with
ease.} (18. b3 $5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. c4 $14) 18... c5 $1 19.
Bf2 Nxe5 20. Nfxe5 Bxe5 21. Qf3 Be4 22. Qh3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 {The position is
just even now.} Qxa2 24. Bxc5 Qxb2 25. Bxa7 $1 Bxc3 (25... Rxa7 26. Qd5+ Kh8
27. Qxe5 $11) 26. Bf2 Be5 27. Rb1 Qa2 28. Rxb7 {The pawns are exchanged and
the game ends in a draw.} Rf8 29. Qb3+ Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Ra2 31. Rf3 Rxf3 32. gxf3
Kf7 33. Bg3 Bd4+ 34. Kh1 Rd2 35. Bf4 Re2 36. Rd1 Bc3 37. Rd3 Bb4 38. Rd4 Bc5
39. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 6. c3 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:01:01]}
8. Na3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (8. Re1 h6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 Ne7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3
c6 13. a5 d5 14. Bb3 Ng6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 Ne7 18. f3 Be6 19.
fxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. c4 Qe6 23. Rxe4 f6 24. Qg4 f5 25. Qh3
Nc6 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Re7 Qxc4 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rf7 31. Rxf7
Kxf7 32. Rb1 Rd7 33. Kf2 Rc7 34. Rb3 f4 35. Kf3 g5 36. Ke4 Kg6 37. Rb6+ Kh5 {
Carlsen,M (2840)-Inarkiev,E (2709) Doha 2016 1-0}) 8... h6 {[%emt 0:07:13]} 9.
Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qe7 $146 {[%emt 0:05:20]} (9... O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3
Ne7 12. Qc2 c6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. a5 c5 16. Nb3 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18.
Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. Bf1 a5 21. g3 d5 22. exd5 Nexd5 23. Nec4 Qc7 24. Nb3
a4 25. Nbd2 Nb6 26. Ne3 a3 27. b3 Qe5 28. Bg2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nbd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5
31. Nc4 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Qxc3 33. Rxa3 Re8 34. Qf3 Qd4 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Qxa8+ Kh7
37. Qf3 Kg8 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qf3 {Cornette,M (2597)-Bacrot,E (2689) London
2016 1/2-1/2 (63)}) 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Be6 {[%emt 0:09:20]} 11. Bxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 12. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} 13. d4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 14. Nd2 {[%emt 0:12:42]}
O-O {[%emt 0:02:04]} 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Raa8 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 16. g3 {
[%emt 0:04:50]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 17. a5 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:20:
20]} 18. d5 {[%emt 0:11:39]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 19. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nh7
{[%emt 0:07:25]} 20. Ra3 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 21. Rb3 {
[%emt 0:05:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 22. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:
54]} 23. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 24. Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:30]}
h5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 25. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:18:23]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. fxe3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 27. Qh4 {[%emt 0:06:58] Although he took
it sportingly, White missed a chance to obtain a decisive advantage three
straight moves with the same shot.} Ng5 {[%emt 0:07:57]} (27... Rbf8 $1 28. g4
R5f6 29. c4 Qe7 {threatening Rf1+ with a discovered attack on the queen.} 30.
Qg3 Qf7 {and Black's attack becomes unstoppable.}) 28. Rb4 {[%emt 0:10:31]} e4
{[%emt 0:04:02]} (28... Rbf8 $1 29. Rg4 Nh7 30. c4 Qf7 31. Qh3 Ng5 {and again
Black's advantage should be decisive.}) 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:07:49]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:
08:09]} ({This was the most definitive as th king exposed on g2 means the Rf2+
threat has that much more bite.} 29... Rbf8 $1 30. Nxe4 Nf3 31. Qh3 Qe8 32. Qg4
Qf7 {and Black is winning.}) 30. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} (
30... Nf3 {was the last chance to keep the edge.} 31. Qh3 Qxd5) 31. Rd4 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 32. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 33. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Rbf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 35. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 36.
Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 37. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Re6 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 38. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 4. b3 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:02:16]} (6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d4 a6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11.
Rc1 Ne4 12. Rc2 Qe7 13. Qc1 Ndf6 14. Ne2 c5 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne4 17. dxc5
bxc5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ba3 Rd5 22. Nb2 Bd6 23. Rd1 Rh5
24. Nc4 Bc7 25. Nd2 Bd6 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. Nb2 Bd6 28. Qd2 Rh6 29. Qe2 Rc8 30.
Rcd2 a5 31. Nc4 Ba6 32. Qg4 Rg6 33. Nxd6 {1-0 (33) Karjakin,S (2785)-Fressinet,
L (2672) Doha 2016}) 6... a6 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:06:07]} exd5 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 9. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:10]} 10. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe7 $146 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (11... Re8 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Rc2
Ndf6 14. Qc1 Ng4 15. Ba3 Rc8 16. Na4 a5 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Rd1 Bb4 19. Ne5 c5 20.
Bb2 c4 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 23. Nc5 bxc4 24. Nxb7 Qe7 25. Nc5 c3 26. Ba1
Bxc5 27. dxc5 Qxc5 28. Rd4 Rc7 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. g4 Qe5+ 31. f4 Qb5 32. g5 Nxg5
33. fxg5 Qxg5 34. Rxc3 Rce7 35. Rc5 Qh6 36. Rc8 Rxe3 37. Rxe8+ Nxe8 38. Re4
Rxe4 39. Qxh6 gxh6 40. Bxe4 Nd6 41. Bd3 {Salem,A (2608)-Osmanodja,F (2318)
Warsaw 2016 1-0}) 12. a4 {[%emt 0:12:13]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:11:03]} 13. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:07:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:09:23]} 14. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:
56]} 15. Re1 {[%emt 0:11:28]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:09:47]} 16. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nc3
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Rec2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} c6 {[%emt 0:12:
13]} 20. Nd3 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:15]} g6
{[%emt 0:03:17]} 22. Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. e4 {
[%emt 0:01:58]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:07:20]} Qxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 12. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:15:34]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. Rh3 {[%emt 0:08:38]}
a6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:08:02]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:
15]} 18. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 19. Rc3 $146 {[%emt 0:06:
50]} (19. Rb3 Rc8 20. Bxb5+ axb5 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 O-O 23. R7xb5 Rfd8 24.
Ke2 Kg7 25. Ra4 Ra8 26. Rbb4 Rdb8 27. Nb3 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 29. Nd2 Kg6 30.
g3 h5 31. Rd4 f5 32. exf5+ Kxf5 33. Rf4+ Kg6 34. Rd4 Kf5 35. Rf4+ Kg6 36. Rd4 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Giri,A (2773)-Aronian,L (2780) Stavanger 2015}) 19... Rd8 {
[%emt 0:08:40]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:10:03]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 21. Bxb5+ {
[%emt 0:00:07]} axb5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 22. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 24. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]
} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:06:41]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 26. Rxb8
{[%emt 0:03:21]} Rxb8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 27. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:
06:22]} 28. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 33. g4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 34. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 35. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 36. Rd4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38.
Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I really, really needed to do well at Tata Steel Chess this year.  First, I
have been coming here since I was sixteen years old and my goal has always
been to rise to the A group and win it. Okay, I finally got into A group when
I was twenty, but when oh when, was I ever going to win it? The field gets
stronger every year and this year was the fiercest competition ever. If I
didn’t make a big push right now, if it didn’t happen for me this year …
who knows? Maybe I would never get another chance.  Second, I heard a whisper
that Karpov was coming to present the top award. What? I have studied just
about every game he ever played. Would I actually meet him in person? Would it
be a great moment? Or an embarrassing one? Third, I wanted to be invited to
the Tata Steel Chess 80th anniversary in 2018 and my performance last year 
(2016) wasn’t that hot.    Before this game I'd made four draws in a row. I
was still leading the tournament with 6.0/9 but I knew that of course sooner
or later someone would catch up with me. Yikes, I needed to start winning
games! But the question was, how? I know it seems "easy" to people watching
but trust me you need more than "luck" to swim in a tank of hungry and savvy
predators. It makes me laugh when people make comments that you should do this
or do that. Stepping it up against chess players of this calibre takes an
incredible amount of nerve.   For example, in the 10th round I was playing GM
Radoslaw Wojtaszek, one of the strongest players in the world. In terms of
chess skill he is a totally solid, well-rounded and detailed player, with a
very well-prepared and excellent opening repertoire. In the opening lines he
chooses, he has vast experience. My only hope was that Radek was having a
slightly unstable tournament in Wijk. Before this game he had 4.0/9 and the
positions he had been getting were not entirely to his taste. Feeling the need
to advance, I tried to psyche myself up with the thought that although it
would be a tough fight, I might have a chance. MIGHT. In these super
tournaments you need to build up in your mind any slight hope that you imagine
exists or you go in unarmed.} 1. c4 (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 {I seriously considered going for 1.e4 and the Najdorf Sicilian
although Radek has played hundreds of games here with Black. I dropped the
idea because after briefly checking some lines I realised how hard it is to
find an advantage for White in any of them. No wonder even top players have
started experimenting with 6.a3 or 6.Nb3...}) 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4
({I wanted to avoid} 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 {as it looks really
solid for Black. In Gibraltar, Michael Adams outplayed his opponent} 7. Ne5 Qc8
8. d3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nd2 {followed by Nf3, but the computer insists the
position is approximately equal.}) 4... Be7 {Anyway, I said a prayer and
decided on the Catalan. Perhaps inspired by Levon Aronian's victory with the
Black pieces against Eljanov in Round 5, Radek simply goes for the solid
classical main line.} ({But also the check} 4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 {is always going
to be a very solid choice against the Catalan. Here 5...Bxd2+, 5...Bd6, and 5..
.Be7 are all completely fine options.}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 $5 {A relatively
rare variation which is like a breath of fresh air compared to the deeply
analysed main line 6.0-0. This 6.Qc2 has been played by Top GMs such as
Aronian, Gelfand, Giri, Nakamura, Li Chao, and Wojtaszek(!). It had been
suggested to me by my coach and I was also inspired to try it after Nakamura
used it against Carlsen in Bilbao 2016. I analysed it for both sides and found
there were ways for Black to equalise, but decided to give it a try anyway.} ({
Radek has tons of experience in the Catalan as well, playing it with both
sides. Let me show one highly entertaining game of his played recently in the
Bundesliga, which is also very important for the theory of the 8.Nxc6 line:} 6.
O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5
Rb6 13. a4 Qd6 14. Qc3 (14. e4 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Rxb4 16. Ba3 Rxa4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18.
a3 c5 $11) 14... Rd8 15. Ba3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Bc5 Rd5 $1 {A very
powerful move, which the computer has trouble understanding at first.} ({
White has better chances after} 17... Rd6 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rb8 20. Bxa7
Rf8 21. Bxc6 Nd5 22. a3 $14) 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Bxb6 axb6 {The connected pawn
chains provide sufficient compensation for the sacrificed rooks.} 20. Rab1 (20.
Rfb1 Kf8 21. a5 b5 22. a4 c6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. a6 Bxa6 26. Rxa6
Ke7 $11) 20... Kf8 21. a5 ({After} 21. Rb4 Ne4 22. Rc1 Ke7 {I would prefer
Black.}) 21... b5 22. a4 c6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rxb5 $1 {Sacrificing a rook for
a pawn! White didn't really have another choice here.} (24. Rb4 Ne4 25. Rc1 Ke7
26. f3 Nd6 $19 {is totally winning for Black.}) 24... Bxb5 25. Rb1 Bd7 $1 (
25... Bc6 $2 26. Rb6 $18) 26. a6 Ne8 27. a7 Bc6 28. Rb6 Ba8 29. Rb8 Bc6 30. Rc8
Bb7 31. Rb8 Bc6 32. Rc8 Bb7 33. Rb8 {½-½ (33) Wojtaszek,R (2746)-Jakovenko,D
(2714) Germany 2016}) 6... c5 (6... dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 {gives White the extra
options of 8.Bg5 or 8.Qc2.}) 7. O-O Nc6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nf5 d4 10.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 {was played in a game between Aronian and Carlsen, with Black
holding an easy draw.}) 8. dxc5 d4 9. a3 (9. Bg5 {was what Radek played a few
months ago. After} Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qb2 Nc6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 Nxc5 $11 {it's clear that with such a strong knight on c5, Black has
absolutely no problems.} 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. Nb3 b6 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19.
Nd4 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 bxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8
25. Rb1 g6 26. Rb7 Rd2 27. Rxa7 Rxe2 28. Ra5 Rc2 29. Rxc5 Rxa2 30. Kg2 Rc2 31.
Rc7 Kg7 {½-½ (31) Wojtaszek,R (2729)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2682) Poland 2016}) 9...
a5 (9... e5 10. b4 e4 11. Ng5 {does not give Black enough activity for his
pawn.} d3 12. exd3 Nd4 13. Qb2 exd3 14. Nc3 $16) 10. Rd1 e5 ({A good
alternative is} 10... Bxc5 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Na4 e5 13. Bg5 Ba7 {where the
position is complex, but Black should be okay. He is going to win the bishop
pair next with h7-h6.}) 11. Nc3 Bxc5 (11... Nd7 12. Nd5 Nxc5 13. b3 Be6 14. Rb1
$13) 12. Nd5 h6 ({The alternative} 12... Ng4 $5 {is very concrete but perhaps
very good. I don't think Black should play it without having analysed it at
least, but it should be enough to equalise.}) 13. Bd2 {Preparing b2-b4.
Starting from move 10 onwards Radek was using quite a lot of time, and it gave
me hope that I might be able to fight for something real in this game.} a4 (
13... Bg4 $1 14. b4 (14. h3 Bh5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qf5 Bxe2) 14... axb4 15. axb4
d3 $1 16. Qxd3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 e4 {is the main line of my analyses, with the
game petering out to a draw. So 13...Bg4 might be the simplest solution.}) (
13... Ng4 $5) 14. Bb4 Nxb4 (14... Bd6 {might be the best defence, but it's not
an easy move to make as the pawn on a4 will be hanging.} 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nb6
(16. Rac1 Nd7) 16... Ra5 {but here it turns out that Black will get enough
activity if White captures the pawn on a4:} 17. Nxa4 e4 18. c5 Qd8 19. Ne1 d3
20. exd3 Nd4 21. Qc4 Be6 $132) (14... Nd7 {is not very attractive, with the
bishop on c8 locked in.} 15. e3 $14) 15. axb4 Nxd5 16. bxc5 ({After} 16. cxd5
$2 Bd6 17. Rxa4 Bd7 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 $15 {Black is simply better even with a pawn
down! Fortunately I did not choose this, as my bishop is blocked in and White
would have to suffer for a while here.}) 16... Nb4 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. b4 $1 {
Radek said afterwards that he missed this while calculating his 14th move. And
I agree, it can be easy to miss! Of course for me this is the only way to
continue my fight for an advantage so I am holding my breath.} Qe7 ({During
the game and even now I think that} 18... Be6 $1 {is the best move for Black.
Again, I was happy that Radek was using quite a bit of time and in the end
chose 18...Qe7. But after 18...Be6, attacking c4 Black might be just fine, for
example:} 19. b5 (19. e3 Bxc4 20. exd4 e4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bd3 $11) 19...
Na5 20. Qb4 (20. Rxa4 Nxc4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qb4 Qa2 $132) (20. Nxe5 Nb3 21.
Qb4 (21. Qf4 Nxc5 22. Rxd4 Qa5 $44) 21... Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Qe7 $13) 20... Nxc4 (
20... Nb3 21. Ra3) 21. Rac1 $1 {Of course I didn't see this move from afar, 
(it's almost impossible to spot it over the board) but it's not enough for an
advantage anyway.} Na5 22. Nxe5 (22. c6 bxc6 23. Nxe5 cxb5 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25.
Qxb5 a3 $44) 22... Nb3 23. Bxb7 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa5 25. Qa3 Qxb5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8
27. Nf3 Qb3 28. Qxb3 axb3 29. Rb1 {and White even has to take some little care
to draw.}) 19. Qb2 $1 {Now my queen is ideally placed, and I achieve some
stability over the position. I can protect my c4-pawn with Nd2, and I can
slowly round up the a4-pawn or start pushing my queenside pawns with b5, etc.}
Bg4 20. Re1 {A good prophylactic move! Later some people told me they really
liked this move, and it's also the choice of the computer! The idea is simple
and logical : I want to play Nd2 to control the centre, while I get pressure
on the e-file by recapturing with the e-pawn if he decides to swap off my
knight on f3.} (20. b5 {is not enough after} Nd8 {and later ...Ne6.} 21. Qa3
Re8 {followed by ...Rc8, etc.}) 20... Rfd8 (20... Bxf3 21. exf3 Qe6 22. Bf1 Qf5
23. Ra3 $16) 21. Nd2 Be6 $6 (21... d3 {can be simply met by} 22. e3) 22. b5 $1
{White's advantage is growing with each move and now the time to strike has
come!} Nb8 (22... Na5 23. Rxa4 Qxc5 24. Qa2 $18) 23. Qb4 f5 (23... a3 24. Nb3
a2 25. Na5) 24. Nb3 $1 {I was about to take on a4, fortunately I spotted an
even stronger continuation!} (24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Qxa4 Qxc5 26. Bxb7 e4 $14 {
is not very clear.}) 24... Nd7 {This loses right away, but then again it's
probably too late for Black to make a comeback.} (24... a3 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 26.
Qxa3 Bxc4 27. Na5 $18) (24... e4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Nd7 (26... Bf7 27. Rd1)
27. c6 bxc6 (27... Nb6 28. Qa7) 28. Nxd4 Nc5 29. Qa1 $18) 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26.
Rxa4 Rxb7 27. c6 Qxb4 28. Rxb4 Rc7 29. cxd7 Rxc4 (29... Rdxd7 30. c5 Bxb3 31.
c6 $18) 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. Rc1 {It's quite unfortunate for Black, but
everything from move 25 is forced up to here. His king is one square too far
away from the battle.} Be6 32. Rc8 ({Even faster is} 32. b6 $1 Rxd7 (32... Kf7
33. b7 Bxd7 34. Rc7) 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Nc5 $18 {but I didn't really consider
anything but 32.Rc8, as with my move I trade all the pieces and win a piece
for a pawn.}) 32... Rxc8 33. dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 34. b6 {Here Radek resigned as Black
has no way to set up a fortress. White definitely has enough pawns to make
sufficient progress in this ending.} (34. f4 $18 {This game was really
important to win the Tata Steel tournament, as it ended my series of draws and
it motivated me to do even better in the remaining rounds in order not to
relinquish the lead. Kudos and respect to GM Radek, an excellent chess player
and very nice human being!}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:23]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 6.
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:01:19]} 8. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11.
Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 12. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne8 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 17. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:
01:26]} 18. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]
} Ng7 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 20. Be5 {[%emt 0:10:18]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 21. Nxe5
{[%emt 0:03:02]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 22. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:
35]} 23. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. h4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 6. Qxd4
{[%emt 0:00:32]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 8. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:05:40]}
Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Bxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} (11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 Rhd8 15. Bxc6
bxc6 16. Rfc1 Bd5 17. Bc5+ Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Rab8 19. Rc2 Bxa2 20. h3 Be6 21. Rxa7+
Kf6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxc6 Rxb2 24. Rcc7 Rg8 25. h4 Rb5 26. g3 Kg6 27. Ra6 Kf6
28. Kg2 Rbb8 29. g4 Rbc8 30. g5+ Kf5 31. Re7 Rce8 32. Rea7 Kg4 33. Ra4+ Kh5 34.
Kg3 Ref8 35. Re7 Rf5 36. Rxe6 Rgf8 37. f4 Rb5 38. Ra3 Rb1 39. Re7 Rg1+ 40. Kh2
Rg4 {Mamedyarov,S (2768)-Wei,Y (2707) Doha 2016 1/2-1/2}) 11... bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 12. Nxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 14. Na4 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 15.
Bf4+ $146 {[%emt 0:16:15]} (15. Rd1 Rhd8 16. Bf4+ Kb7 17. Rac1 a5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8
19. Rc4 Rd5 20. Be3 Rb5 21. h3 Kc7 22. b3 Rd5 23. Bf4+ Kb7 24. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 
(24) Lysyj,I (2691)-Wang,Y (2726) China 2015}) 15... Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16.
Be3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:45:49]} 17. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Rhf8 {
[%emt 0:03:48]} 18. Nc5 {[%emt 0:14:34]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 19. Rxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:07:04]} 20. Bxf4+ {[%emt 0:11:18]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 21. Ke3 {[%emt 0:07:33]} Raf8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 22. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 23. g3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:02:46]} 24. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 25. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rgf6 {[%emt 0:
02:08]} 26. Rxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 27. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:06:
45]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. R1c6+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29.
Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. R7c6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. R7c6+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After such a long event, I believe that the last round can be fraught with
emotions, especially for the players who feel like they suffered through their
tournament. I suspect that Nepo brought quite a bit of frustration to the
board and desperately wanted to redeem himself.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5
4. dxc5 e6 5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 dxe4 7. Qe2 Qa5 8. O-O-O $6 {19th-century-style.} ({
After} 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qxc5 11. Nf3 Be7 {it is about to look
like a Rubinstein-French - my pet opening. Black would be close to equality
and certainly Ian was in no mood for this.}) 8... Qxa2 9. Qb5+ $4 {The queen
goes to no-man's-land, and I just can't see any point to it. I guess Ian gave
in to another impulse.} ({Of course White should eliminate the knight and
recapture on e4, but after} 9. Bxf6 Qa1+ 10. Nb1 gxf6 11. Qxe4 a6 $1 {stopping
Bb5, Black has no reason to worry - the bishop pair is an asset and White has
no initiative.} 12. Nf3 Nd7) 9... Nbd7 10. c6 (10. Bxf6 a6 $1 {just kills
White's clumsy coordination}) 10... bxc6 11. Qxc6 Bb7 $1 12. Qxb7 Qa1+ 13. Nb1
Rb8 {And that's it - game over!} 14. Qxb8+ Nxb8 15. Bb5+ Nfd7 16. Ne2 Be7 17.
Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. h4 Rd8 20. Rh3 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Rxd4 22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23.
Bxd1 Qa5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Rg3 Qe5 26. Ra3 Nc6 27. g3 Qd4 28. Re3 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robin, Samy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 a6 7. Ne2 c5 8. c3 Nbc6
9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Nf4 Nf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bg7 17. Qh5 Bd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re3 Rg8 20. Rh3 Qe7 21.
Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Ng6+ Rxg6 23. Qxg6 Qg7 24. Qh5 Ke7 25. Qh4+ Kf7 26. Rg3 Qh8 27.
Qg5 Rf8 28. Re1 Rg8 29. Qxg8+ Qxg8 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. b4 cxb4 32. cxb4 Bb5 33.
Rc1 Bc4 34. f4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Bxa2 36. Rc7+ Kg6 37. Rxb7 Bc4 38. Ke3 Kh5 39. Rg7
Kh6 40. Rg5 Bb3 41. Kd4 Ba2 42. h3 Bb3 43. g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 Ba2 45. Rg8 Bb3 46.
Re8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
Bd6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Re1 Re8 14. a3 Rc8
15. b4 b5 16. Ne3 Nc3 17. Qb3 Bb6 18. Bd2 e4 19. dxe4 Nxe4 20. Rad1 Ne5 21. Bc1
Qf6 22. Nxe5 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Nxg3+ 24. Kh2 Bxd1 25. Nxd1 Qxe1 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27.
Bb2 Bg1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 11. d4 dxe4 12. Nxe5 Bb7 13. Be3 c5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15.
Qb1 Nc6 16. Nxe4 cxd4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxd4 Nd5 19. Ng3 g6 20. Be5 Bd6 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. Qc1 Rfe8 24. Qh6 Rad8 25. Bb3 Nf4 26. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nb3 Ng6 8.
f4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. N1d2 e5 11. f5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Bf6 14. c3 Ne5
15. Nc4 b5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rg4 h5 18. Rg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qg5 20. Qf3 Rb8 21.
Qf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 d6 23. Kf2 Re8 24. Rh1 Bb7 25. Nd2 g6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. g4
hxg4 28. Rg1 Kf7 29. Rxg4 Rh8 30. Nf3 Rh6 31. Ke3 Re8 32. Rg1 Kf6 33. Kd4 Rh3
34. Rf1 Rd8 35. Bb1 Rg3 36. Rf2 Ke7 37. Ng5 Rf8 38. Rh2 Rxf4 39. Rh7+ Kf6 40.
Rxb7 Kxg5 41. Kd5 Rg1 42. Bc2 Rg2 43. Bb3 Rd2+ 44. Kc6 Rxe4 45. Kb6 Rxb2 46.
Kxa6 Re5 47. Rxb5 Rxb5 48. Kxb5 Kf4 49. Kc6 Ke5 50. Bf7 g5 51. a4 Rc2 52. c4
Ra2 53. Kb5 g4 54. a5 g3 55. c5 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Nf8 14. Ne5 Be7
15. Nd2 c6 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Re1 N6d7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. f4 f6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
f5 Re8 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Nxe6 25. Nb3 Kf7 26. Kf2 Ke7 27.
Na5 Kd6 28. b4 Nb6 29. Bc2 Nc7 30. Nb7+ Ke7 31. a4 Nc4 32. Ke2 Ne6 33. g3 Ng5
34. Nc5 Ne6 35. Nb7 Nd8 36. Nc5 Ne6 37. Nb3 Ng5 38. g4 Ne6 39. a5 Nf4+ 40. Kf3
g5 41. Nc5 Nd2+ 42. Kf2 Ne6 43. Nxe6 Kxe6 44. Ke2 Nc4 45. Ba4 Kd6 46. h3 Kc7
47. Bc2 Nd6 48. Bd3 Kd7 49. Kd2 Ke6 50. Bc2 Nc4+ 51. Ke2 Nd6 52. Ba4 Kd7 53.
Bc2 Ke6 54. Bd3 f5 55. gxf5+ Nxf5 56. b5 cxb5 57. Bxb5 Nd6 58. Bd3 Nb7 59. a6
Nd6 60. Kf3 h5 61. Ke3 Kf6 62. Kf3 Ke6 63. Ke3 Nf5+ 64. Kf3 Ne7 65. Ke3 Ng8 66.
Kf3 Nf6 67. Bg6 Kd6 68. Bd3 Kc6 69. c4 dxc4 70. Bxc4 Kd6 71. Bf7 Ke7 72. Bc4
Kd6 73. Bf7 Kc6 74. Bc4 Kb6 75. Ke3 h4 76. Kf3 Ka5 77. Ke3 Kb4 78. Be6 Kb5 79.
Bc8 Kc4 80. Be6+ Kb5 81. Bc8 Kb6 82. Kf3 Kc7 83. Bb7 Kd6 84. Ba8 Kc7 85. Bb7
Kd6 86. Ba8 Kc7 87. Bb7 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Ne7
15. Bc4 a5 16. h4 Bh6 17. Ncb4 Bd7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Ra2 Kh8 21.
Qe2 Rb8 22. g3 Be6 23. O-O f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Rfa1 Qd7 26. Rxa5 Bg4 27. Qc2
Bf3 28. Bf1 e4 29. Re1 Qf7 30. b4 Rbe8 31. Ne3 g5 32. hxg5 Qh5 33. Bg2 Bxg5 34.
Qd2 Rf6 35. Qd4 Qg6 36. Rxg5 Qxg5 37. Nd5 Re5 38. Nxf6 Qxf6 39. Bxf3 Qxf3 40.
Re3 Qf5 41. Qxd6 Rd5 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Kg2 Rd2 44. Qf4 Qxf4 45. gxf4 Rc2 46. b5
Kf6 47. Rxe4 Rxc3 48. Rb4 Rc7 49. b6 Rb7 50. Rb5 Ke6 51. f5+ Kf6 52. f4 h6 53.
Kg3 Kg7 54. Kg4 Kf6 55. Kh5 Kg7 56. Kh4 Kf6 57. Kg4 Rg7+ 58. Kh5 Rb7 59. Kxh6
Rb8 60. Kh5 Rh8+ 61. Kg4 Rb8 62. Kf3 Rb7 63. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. a4 d6 8. Na3
O-O 9. Nc2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Kh8 15.
Bxa7 Rxa7 16. d4 Nf4 17. Bf1 Ra8 18. g3 Qd5 19. Re3 Ne6 20. c4 Qd8 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Be2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Ng5 25. Qg4 Qd2 26. Re2 Qd3 27. Ne1
Qb3 28. Kg2 Rae8 29. Ra3 Qb6 30. Rae3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Qxb2 32. h4 Nf7 33. Re7 Qb4
34. Rxc7 g6 35. Nf3 Qxa4 36. Qd4 Nh6 37. Qd6 Kg8 38. Qd5+ Rf7 39. Rxb7 Qe8 40.
c5 Nf5 41. c6 Ne7 42. Qe6 Kg7 43. Rd7 Qf8 44. c7 Qc8 45. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Villegas, Pierre"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 d5
9. O-O c6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bxd5+ cxd5
15. Nxd5 Kh8 16. Nc7 Nxe5 17. Nxa8 Qxd4 18. Nc7 Qe4 19. Rfe1 f4 20. Qd5 Qxd5
21. Nxd5 fxg3 22. hxg3 Bc5 23. Nf4 g5 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. exd3 Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Bxe1
27. Rxe1 Kg7 28. Re7+ Rf7 29. Re5 Rf5 30. Re7+ Kg6 31. Rc7 Rf8 32. Rc5 Bf5 33.
g4 Bxg4 34. Rxa5 h5 35. Rb5 h4 36. Rxb7 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Re1 c6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qc2 Rae8 12. Bh4 g6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3
Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Nf1 Nd6 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kg7 20. Kg2
Nf6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. fxg4 Qe7 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Bxe2 g5 25. Bd3 h6 26. f3 Kf6
27. Kf2 Ke6 28. Ke3 b6 29. b3 c5 30. b4 cxb4 31. cxb4 Nc4+ 32. Ke2 Nb2 33. b5
Nc4 34. Bxc4 dxc4 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Kc2 Kd5 37. Kc3 f6 38. a3 f5 39. gxf5 h5 40.
f6 Ke6 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. a3 c6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Bxf4 9. exf4 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Nb8 12. Ne5 Ba6 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. f3 Bxb5 15.
fxe4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd7 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. c4 Qc7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
dxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 Rad8 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Qf3 f6 25. Nc6 Rd7 26. Rfd1 Rc8 27.
Ne7+ Nxe7 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Rxd6 Nxd6 30. Qc6 Re7 31. h3 Ne4 32. g4 g5 33. Kg2
Kg7 34. h4 gxf4 35. Kf3 Nc5 36. Kxf4 Nd3+ 37. Kg3 Re3+ 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39. Kf3
Ne5+ 40. Kxe2 Nxc6 41. Ke3 Ne5 42. Kf4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Brown, Michael William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. b3 Nc6 15.
Bb2 Bb7 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bb1 a5 19. Nf1 Bf8 20. Bc3 Na6 21. Bd2 Rdc8
22. Be3 Nc5 23. Bd3 Nfd7 24. Ng3 g6 25. a3 b4 26. a4 Ba6 27. Be2 Qb7 28. Rc2
Rc7 29. Bxa6 Qxa6 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Nxe2 Rac8 32. Rec1 Be7 33. Nd2 Bd8 34. g4
Nd3 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Rc4 Rxc4 37. Nxc4 Bc7 38. f3 f6 39. Kf1 Kf7 40. Ng3 N7c5
41. Nd2 Bb6 42. Nc4 Bc7 43. Nd2 Bb6 44. Ke2 Nc1+ 45. Kd1 N1d3 46. Ngf1 Ke7 47.
Nc4 Bc7 48. Ke2 Kd7 49. Kd2 Ke7 50. h4 Kf7 51. Ng3 Ke7 52. h5 Kf7 53. Ne2 Ke7
54. Ng3 Kf7 55. hxg6+ hxg6 56. g5 Kg7 57. gxf6+ Kxf6 58. Nf1 Ke7 59. Nh2 Kd7
60. Ng4 Bd8 61. Bh6 Ke8 62. Nxd6+ Kd7 63. Nc4 Bc7 64. Be3 Ke7 65. Ngxe5 Bxe5
66. Nxe5 Nxe5 67. Bxc5+ Kd7 68. f4 Ng4 69. e5 Nh6 70. Kd3 Nf5 71. Kc4 Ng3 72.
Kb5 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7
15. f3 Ba6 16. Be2 f5 17. O-O Kf7 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Rhd8 20. Bf1 g5 21. Bf2
cxd4 22. exd4 f4 23. a4 Nf5 24. a5 Rc7 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nd2 Nd6 27. g3 fxg3
28. Bxg3 Rc6 29. Rxe6 Nf6 30. Rce1 Bc8 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. d5 Nf5 33. Bd3 Nxd5 34.
cxd5 Rxd5 35. Nc4 Rxd3 36. Ne5+ Kh5 37. Nxd3 Nxe7 38. Rxe7 Rc3 39. Ne5 Bh3 40.
Kf2 b5 41. Rb7 Rb3 42. Rb6 Bf5 43. Nf7 Bg6 44. Ne5 Bf5 45. h3 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Rb1+
47. Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Kc3 Rc2+ 49. Kd4 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bg3
O-O 9. O-O Rc8 10. Qe2 Bxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc2 Qb6 14. Rab1 Rfe8
15. Ba4 Re7 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bd1 a6 19. Qb3 Bf5 20. Rc1 Bd3 21.
Re1 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. c4 Rd8 24. Be2 Re6 25. Rcd1 Red6 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27.
Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Qa4 Kf8 29. b4 g6 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Rb1 Rc3 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. Rxb4
Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rc2 35. Rxb7 Rxf2 36. a4 Ra2 37. c5 Rxa4 38. c6 Rc4 39. c7 Kg7 40.
Ra7 h5 41. Rxa6 Rxc7 42. Ra4 f5 43. Kg1 Rc6 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Ra8 Kg5 46. Ra2 Kg4
47. Rb2 Rc1 48. Rd2 g5 49. Re2 h4 50. gxh4 Kxh4 51. Ra2 Kg4 52. Rb2 f4 53. Rb4
Rc2+ 54. Kf1 Rc1+ 55. Kf2 Rc2+ 56. Kf1 Kg3 57. Rxe4 f3 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. O-O Bd7 8.
d4 a6 9. c4 Qd6 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Rd1 Qe6 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Ng5 Qg4 14. h3 axb5
15. Qxb5 Qf5 16. Qxb7 Nd4 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Qa6 Nxb5 19. cxb5 Ra8 20. g4 Qc2 21.
Rd2 Qg6 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. c4 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qf4 Qb8 10. Rd1 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 Nd8 12. Rac1 Ne6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Rc8
15. b3 d6 16. Nd5 Nf6 17. Bc3 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. cxd5 Kd7 20. Ng5 f6 21.
Bh3+ f5 22. e4 h6 23. Nf3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Kxc8 26. Nh4 Kd8 27. Nxg6
fxe4 28. Nf4 Bc8 29. Kg2 e5 30. dxe6 Ke7 31. Nd5+ Ke8 32. Nf6+ Ke7 33. Ng8+ Ke8
34. Nf6+ Ke7 35. Nxe4 Nxe6 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Kf3 d5 38. Nc3 Ke5 39. Ne2 d4 40.
Nf4 Bf5 41. Ke2 Bb1 42. a3 Bc2 43. Nd3+ Kf5 44. b4 Ke4 45. f3+ Kd5 46. Kd2 Ba4
47. g4 Be8 48. h4 Kc4 49. Ne5+ Kb3 50. h5 Kxa3 51. g5 hxg5 52. h6 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. f3 Nf7 14. Rb1 h5 15. Nd3
Bh6 16. Bf2 Bd7 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. a4 a5 20. Qc2 Ra6 21. Rfd1 Re8 22.
Nxc5 bxc5 23. Rb7 Ra8 24. Nb5 Qc8 25. Rc7 Qd8 26. Rb7 Qc8 27. Ra7 Rxa7 28. Nxa7
Qa6 29. Nb5 Rc8 30. Qc3 Nd8 31. Rb1 Nb7 32. Bd1 Qb6 33. Qd3 Qa6 34. Bc2 Kf7 35.
Be1 Ke7 36. Qb3 Nd8 37. Qc3 Nb7 38. Na3 Ra8 39. Qb3 Nd8 40. Qb6 Qxb6 41. Rxb6
Nf7 42. Nb5 Bf8 43. Rb7 Kd8 44. Ra7 Rxa7 45. Nxa7 Kc7 46. Bxa5+ Kb7 47. Nb5 Be7
48. Kf2 f5 49. exf5 gxf5 50. g3 Bg5 51. Ke2 f4 52. Bg6 Bxb5 53. cxb5 Nh6 54.
Be1 Kb6 55. Be8 fxg3 56. a5+ Kb7 57. hxg3 Nf5 58. Bc6+ Ka7 59. Kd3 Nd4 60. Ke4
Bc1 61. g4 hxg4 62. fxg4 c4 63. Bb4 Bb2 64. Bxd6 c3 65. b6+ Ka6 66. b7 Nxc6 67.
dxc6 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Oussedik, Elias"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Bd3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bh3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
exd4 b5 16. g3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Bg2 Bb4 20. Rec1 Qd6 21. a4
bxa4 22. Nxa4 Bc6 23. Nc3 Bb7 24. Na4 Qf6 25. Rc2 Bc6 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 Bb5
28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Bxf3 Rac8 30. Rac1 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Re1+ 33. Kg2
Bf1+ 34. Kg1 Bh3# 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 b4 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. Nbd2 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bf6 16. N2b3 Nxb3 17. Bxb3 Bb7 18. Nf5 Nc5 19. Bd5 Kh8 20. Be3 Rb8 21.
Bxc5 dxc5 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. e5 Be7 24. Qf3 Qc8 25. Re4 Rc7 26. Rc1 Qe6 27. Rd1
g6 28. Ne3 c4 29. Nd5 Rc5 30. Nxb4 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Nc6 Qf6 33. Nxe7 Qxe7
34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. Qxc4 Qb7 36. b4 Rc8 37. Qd3 Qxb4 38. Qxa6 Re8 39. Qb5 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5
h6 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. O-O a6 14. Re1 Bb5 15.
Bxb5 axb5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Qxb5 Ra5 18. Qe2 Ra4 19. g4 Rfa8 20. Bc1 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Rc4 22. Ra2 Nc6 23. c3 Rxc3 24. Bb2 Rc4 25. Raa1 Na5 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Rac1
Qd8 28. Kg2 b5 29. Rb1 Nc6 30. Bc1 b4 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Rd1 f6 33. exf6 Nxf6 34.
Qe2 Ne4 35. axb4 e5 36. b5 Nxd4 37. Nxd4 exd4 38. Qd3 Qf6 39. Qf3 Qxf3+ 40.
Kxf3 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. Nf3 Bd5 14. Rc1
Bxc4 15. Rxc4 Rc8 16. Bxa7 Rxc4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. bxc4 Ra8 19. Bd4 Rxa2 20. Rb1
Rc2 21. g3 h6 22. Rxb7 Bd6 23. Be5 Bc5 24. Rb8+ Kh7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rc8 Rxc4
27. Nd2 Rc3 28. Kg2 Bb4 29. Rb8 Bd6 30. Rd8 Bc7 31. Rc8 Be5 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33.
Ne4 Bb2 34. Nd6 Kg6 35. Kf3 f5 36. Ke2 Bc3 37. Kd3 Be1 38. f3 h5 39. Ke2 Bb4
40. Nc4 Bc3 41. Kd3 Bb4 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nc6 Bc5 44. Nd4 Bb4 45. f4 Bd6 46. Kc4
Ba3 47. Nf3 Bc1 48. Kd3 Ba3 49. Ne5 Bb4 50. Kc4 Be1 51. Nf3 Ba5 52. Ng5 Be1 53.
Kd3 Bb4 54. e4 fxe4+ 55. Kxe4 Kg6 56. Nf3 Bc3 57. Ne5+ Kf6 58. Nd7+ Ke7 59. Nc5
Kf6 60. Nd7+ Ke7 61. Nc5 Kf6 62. Nd7+ Ke7 63. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Oussedik, Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Qc7 6. b3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Nf3
e6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. h3 Rac8 14. Re1 Qb8 15.
a4 Rfe8 16. e4 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qa8 18. Nd4 g6 19. f4 e5 20. Nf3 exf4 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Ncd7 23. gxf4 Nxd5 24. Nd4 Nb4 25. Qc3 Na2 26. Qg3 Qb8 27. Ra1 Nb4 28.
Qc3 a5 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Nc6 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. a3
Nb6 15. Nd2 Ng4 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Nb6
21. Qd3 a4 22. Qd1 Ra7 23. Na2 Nc4 24. Nb4 Raa8 25. Nd3 b6 26. Ra1 Re7 27. Qc2
h6 28. Ra2 Re6 29. Qc3 Rae8 30. b3 axb3 31. Qxb3 Ra8 32. a4 Ree8 33. Nb2 b5 34.
axb5 Rxa2 35. Qxa2 cxb5 36. Nd3 Qg6 37. Qe2 Qe4 38. Rb1 Qxd4 39. exd4 Rxe2 40.
Rxb5 Rd2 41. Nf4 Rxd4 42. Nxd5 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Rd2 44. Rb4 Ne5 45. Ne7+ Kh7 46.
Kg3 g6 47. Rb5 Nd7 48. Rd5 Rxd5 49. Nxd5 Kg7 50. Kf4 Nf6 51. Nxf6 Kxf6 52. h4
Ke6 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kd4 Ke6 55. Ke4 Kd6 56. Kd4 Ke6 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. b3 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Rd1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke7 17. g3 Bc8 18. Ne2 c5 19. Nf4 Nd4 20. c3
Nc6 21. e6 Ne5 22. exf7 Kf6 23. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. h5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Bxd1
15. Kxd1 h6 16. Ke2 Nbc6 17. g4 Kd7 18. Rhg1 f6 19. Bf4 Raf8 20. Ke3 Rf7 21.
Rg3 g5 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. exf6 Nxf4 24. Kxf4 Rxf6+ 25. Ke3 Kd6 26. Rh1 Rg8 27.
Rh5 Rgf8 28. Rgh3 Rf4 29. Rg3 R8f6 30. g5 hxg5 31. Rhxg5 b5 32. Rg7 Rf7 33.
Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Rg6 Ne7 35. Rg1 Nf5+ 36. Kd2 a6 37. Ne5 Rh7 38. Nf3 Rb7 39. Rg8
b4 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Ra8 Ra4 42. Kc3 Ra3+ 43. Kb4 Rxd3 44. Rxa6+ Ke7 45. Ne5
Rxd4+ 46. Kc5 Re4 47. f4 Kf6 48. Ng4+ Kg6 49. Ne5+ Kf6 50. Ng4+ Ke7 51. Ne5 Re2
52. Ra7+ Ke8 53. Ra8+ Ke7 54. Ra7+ Kf8 55. Kc6 Re4 56. Kd7 Nd4 57. Ra1 Kg7 58.
Ke7 Rxf4 59. Rg1+ Kh6 60. Rh1+ Kg5 61. Rg1+ Kf5 62. Nf7 Ke4 63. Ng5+ Kf5 64.
Nf7 Rh4 65. Rf1+ Ke4 66. Ng5+ Kd3 67. Rd1+ Kc4 68. Rc1+ Kd3 69. Kd6 Rh5 70. Nf7
Nb3 71. Re1 Nd4 72. Ne5+ Kc3 73. Re3+ Kc2 74. Re1 Kd2 75. Ra1 Rh6 76. Ra2+ Ke3
77. Ra3+ Ke4 78. Ra4 Rf6 79. Rb4 Rf4 80. Nc6 Kd3 81. Ne5+ Ke4 82. Nc6 Ke3 83.
Rb1 Nxc6 84. Kxc6 d4 85. Kc5 d3 86. Re1+ Kf2 87. Rxe6 d2 88. Rd6 Ke2 89. Re6+
Kd3 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 a6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. a4 Be7 13. g3 Bh5 14. O-O O-O 15.
Ng2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. g4 Bg6 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nxg6+ fxg6 20. f4 e5 21. fxe5
Nxe5 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Rf1 Rd8 25. Qxb7 Qxg5+ 26. Kh1 Qh4 27.
Qc7 h6 28. Qxd8+ Bxd8 29. Rf8+ Kh7 30. Bg8+ Kh8 31. Bf7+ Kh7 32. Bg8+ Kh8 33.
Bf7+ Kh7 34. Bg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mihajlov, Sebastian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O b4 11. Ne4 c5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. b3 cxd4 14. exd4 h6 15.
Qe2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Kd7 19. Bc4 Bd6 20. Bd2 a5 21. Bb5+
Ke7 22. Rac1 Rhc8 23. Rc4 Nd5 24. Rfc1 Nb6 25. Rc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Nd5 27. h4 Bf4
28. Be1 h5 29. Kg2 g5 30. hxg5 Bxg5 31. Kh2 Bf6 32. Rc4 Bg5 33. Rc5 Bf4+ 34.
Kh1 Bd6 35. Rc1 Rg8 36. Bd2 Bf4 37. Bxf4 Nxf4 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Ra7 Rg2 40. Be8
Rxf2 41. Rxf7+ Kg5 42. Rg7+ Kh4 43. Bc6 Rb2 44. Rf7 Ne2 45. Bd7 Nxd4 46. Rf4+
Kg3 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nilsen, Joachim Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 Nb4 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bf6 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Bg6 17. g4 h6 18. Bg2 Qc4 19. Re3 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Qd5 21.
c4 Qa5 22. d5 Ne7 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc5 25. Qf3 Qd6 26. Rae1 Rf8 27. Qg3 c6
28. Nf3 Qxg3+ 29. fxg3 cxd5 30. Rxe7 dxc4 31. Ne5 c3 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Bd3 c2
34. Rc1 Rc3 35. Bxg6 Rfc8 36. Kg2 Rxa3 37. Rxb7 a5 38. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Bxc2 Ra2
40. Rc7 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
O-O 9. Nf3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b5 Na5 12. Ba3 d4 13. Ne4 Nc4 14. Bb4 Re8 15.
Qb3 Be6 16. Nfg5 Bd5 17. Nd6 Bxg2 18. Ngxf7 Qd7 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Nd6 Bxh1 21.
Nxe8 Bd5 22. Nxg7 Nxd2 23. Qd3 Nxb1 24. Qxd4 Qc8 25. f3 Qc4 26. Qb2 Qb3 27. Qd4
Na3 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Qf6 Qxb4 30. Ne8 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. O-O a4 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Qd3 f5 14. Ne5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 d6 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. e4 Nc6 18. Rae1 Ra5 19. d5 fxe4 20. Qxe4 exd5 21.
cxd5 Ne7 22. Rd1 Qf5 23. Qxe7 Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 Rc5 25. Rd2 h6 26. Re1 Rf5 27. Re3
Rc1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Re5 30. Qc1 b5 31. h3 Kf8 32. h4 Ke8 33. Kh2 Kd8
34. Qh1 Qb3 35. Qg2 Re1 36. Qh3 Qf3 37. Qg2 Qf5 38. Qh3 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Shabalov is the lowest seed in the field, but he earned the right to be there
by virtue of winning yet another U.S. Open in 2016. King of the Opens he
certainly is, Shabba is turning 50 this year, and it's getting harder and
harder for him to compete with the young stars of today. The recipe for
success remains the same - ultra-sharp attacking play. Question is, how to get
it?} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 {This means Shabba won't get to play the
Botvinnik Variation tonight.} Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 {A rare move, but often
it leads to the same thing as} (5... Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 {I'm not expert
enough to discern the difference.}) 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6
hxg6 10. g5 $5 {The most resolute.} ({The other popular move,} 10. a3 {allows
Black to play his pawn forward,} g5 {which maintains his knight on f6. The
recent game Andreikin-Aronian, Tata Steel 2017, went in White's favour after}
11. Bd2 g6 12. Qf3 a6 13. Bd3 dxc4 {I'd blame this surrendering of the centre
for all the bad things that happened to Levon in that game.} (13... Bg7 14.
O-O-O Nb6 {looks more reliable.}) 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bf1 c5 16. Bg2 Ra7 17. O-O
Qb8 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. b4 $5 cxb4 20. axb4 Nb6 21. e4 {etc.}) 10... Ng8 11. h4
Ne7 12. Bd2 Nf5 {OK, the knight has circled around to a nice square, and e3-e4
is now discouraged by the underprotected d4-pawn.} 13. Qg4 a6 ({I like} 13...
Nb6 14. c5 Nd7 15. b4 b6 {White is not developed enough to contest the newly
opening files on the queenside, and, besides, his queen is AWOL.}) 14. O-O-O
dxc4 {Once again, this plan. In many ways I understand why Shabalov chose it:
true to his style he sought active play. The problem is, this typical Meran
plan is supposed to liberate Bc8, which happened not to be there anymore.} ({
The Chebanenko inspired} 14... b5 15. c5 {leaves Black really short of elbow
room, as} e5 {accomplishes nothing but inviting White to play} 16. h5) 15. Bxc4
c5 (15... b5 16. Be2 c5 17. d5 {Black's light squares seem totally abandoned.})
16. dxc5 {One of Wesley's great assets is his lack of fear of simplifications.
He's confident he can overcome his opponents resistance in symmetrical
structures, and he always does!} (16. d5 Ne5 17. Qe4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 b5 19. Qe4
Nd6 20. Qc2 Qd7 {is tenable.}) 16... Bxc5 (16... Nxc5 17. Kb1 Qc7 {seems more
harmonious, but, still, what's next?} 18. Be2 O-O-O 19. e4 Nd4 {gets busted by}
20. Nd5 $1) 17. Be2 Be7 18. Kb1 Qb6 $6 {This only helps White to unroll.} ({
On the other hand,} 18... O-O 19. h5 {is suicidal.}) 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qd6
21. Ba5 $1 Ne5 22. Qe4 Nc6 23. Rhd1 {Forceful and strong. White couldn't care
less about the h4-pawn.} Rxh4 24. f4 Qb8 (24... Nxa5 {was worth trying if only
because of the cute trap} 25. Rxd6 Nxd6 26. Qd4 Nc6 27. Qxg7 $2 ({White should
win after} 27. Qb6) 27... Ne4 {and the queen is very short of squares.}) 25.
Nb6 {This is it.} Nd6 26. Qa4 Ra7 27. Bf3 Nb5 28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Rd7 {Judging by
this smooth effort Wesley So is not planning to slow down any time soon.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qc2 Nce7 14. Nbd2 f6
15. Nf1 g6 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Ng3 Ng7 19. Nh4 c6 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Re3
Kf7 22. Kf1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Ngf5 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Qe2 Rg8 27. f3
g5 28. g4 Bb1 29. Qd1 Bxa2 30. Kf2 Rg6 31. Qh1 Qd6 32. g3 Qd7 33. Bxg5 Rxg5 34.
Qxh7+ Rg7 35. Qh5+ Rg6 36. Qh7+ Rg7 37. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. b3 h4 14. Rfe1
a5 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Bxe7+ Kxe7 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4
Be6 21. c4 a4 22. c5 axb3 23. axb3 g6 24. Re4 Bd5 25. Rg4 Rh5 26. f4 Rh8 {
As it happens the Berlin endgame has gradually turned in Black's favour.
Seeing no way out for his rook Wesley went forward.} 27. f5 gxf5 28. Rf4 ({
The problem is that as soon as the rooks are traded the remote position of the
white king makes the ending dangerous for White, e.g.} 28. Rxh4 Rxh4 29. Nxf5+
Ke6 30. Nxh4 Bxb3 31. Nf3 Bd5 32. Kf2 {and here} Bxf3 33. Kxf3 Kxe5 {just wins.
} 34. h4 f5 35. h5 Kf6 36. Kf4 b5 $19) 28... Kd7 29. Rxf5 Rg8 30. Rf2 Rg5 {
Fabiano was getting short of time.} ({For that reason here he rejected the
more promising continuation} 30... Rg3 31. b4 Rc3) 31. Kh2 Rxe5 32. Rf4 Rg5 33.
Rg4 {A tough choice for Wesley.} ({The rook ending a pawn down after} 33. Nf3
Bxf3 34. Rxf3 Ke6 {didn't look safe for White, yet it may have been a better
choice. White has a plan to attack the black pawns:} 35. Rc3 Re5 36. Rc4 f5 37.
Rb4 Rxc5 38. Rxb7 Rb5 39. Rxc7 {reaching safety.}) 33... Rxg4 34. hxg4 Ke7 {
The king threatens to come out via f6.} 35. g3 $6 {Unnecessary.} ({The direct} 
35. g5 f6 36. g6 {would force Black to shed his kingside pawns:} f5 (36... Kf8
37. Kh3 Kg7 38. Kxh4 Kxg6 39. g4 {is easy}) 37. Nxf5+ Kf6 38. Nxh4 Bxb3 39. Kg3
Bc2 40. Kf4 Bxg6 {and here there's a fancy way to force a draw:} 41. Nf3 (41.
Ke3 Bc2 42. Kd4 {is also pretty reliable.}) 41... Ke6 42. g4 Kd5 43. Ne5 Bh7
44. Nd7 {The knight holds everything together.}) 35... Kf6 $6 {Time trouble.} (
{Fabiano could have posed serious problems had he found} 35... h3 $1 {Now} 36.
g5 {can be answered with} (36. Kxh3 {allows the king through in a situation
where White's counterplay on the kingside is much slower in coming:} Kf6 37. b4
Be4 38. Kh4 Ke5 39. Ne2 Bf3 40. Ng1 Bd5 41. Ne2 Bc4 42. Ng1 Kd4 {One sample
line goes as follows} 43. Nf3+ Kc3 44. Ne5 Kxb4 ({also,} 44... Bd5 {wins}) 45.
Nxc4 (45. Nd7 Be6) 45... Kxc4 46. Kg5 Kxc5 47. Kf6 b5 48. Kxf7 {Now we will
see new queens appearing and leaving the board in rapid succession.} b4 49. g5
b3 50. g6 b2 51. g7 b1=Q 52. g8=Q Qb3+ 53. Kf8 Qxg8+ 54. Kxg8 Kd6 $1 55. g4 c5
56. g5 c4 57. g6 c3 58. g7 c2 59. Kf8 c1=Q 60. g8=Q Qh6+ 61. Ke8 Qe6+) 36...
Bg2 37. b4 b6 38. g4 {Possibly, Caruana saw all this, but not the backdoor
entrance for his king:} Kd7 $5 39. Kg3 Kc8 {Trouble spot.} 40. Nf5 $1 {Only
this saves White.} (40. Ne2 Kb7 41. Nf4 Ka6 $19) 40... Kb7 41. Nh6 Bd5 42. Kxh3
Ka6 43. Kg3 Kb5 44. Kf4 Kxb4 45. cxb6 cxb6 46. Ke5 {The king joins the fray
just in time.}) 36. gxh4 Ke5 37. Nf5 Bxb3 38. h5 Kf6 39. Kg3 Kg5 40. h6 Kg6 41.
g5 {Now the far advanced h6-pawn guarantees a draw} Bc2 42. Nd4 Bb1 43. Kf4 f6
44. gxf6 Kxf6 45. Nb3 b6 46. Nd4 bxc5 47. Nxc6 Kg6 48. Ke5 Kxh6 49. Kd5 c4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the only decisive game of the day, Wesley So, the world No. 2 faced solid
and 'almost always in shape' Alex Onischuk, who happens to have been my coach
during my time at Texas Tech. In the close battle that ensued, Wesley So posed
problems to Alex Onischuk which the latter did not manage to solve in time
pressure.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 {It is hard to guess what opening Wesley
would choose for each game.} e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 {Wesley goes for an
off-beat line instead of playing the main line of the Catalan, which Onischuk
most likely expected.} b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5 (8. e3 {is equally popular but is
also a better known and more probed line.}) 8... Nxd5 {This is one of many
common approaches.} 9. d4 Nd7 10. Re1 $5 {Wesley might have analysed this line
after he beat Anish Giri last June in Paris!} (10. Nbd2 {is more popular.})
10... c5 11. e4 N5f6 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 {So far so good! both players
are following the known theory of this line.} 14. Qe2 Bc5 (14... Qxd4 $2 15.
Nd5 Qc5 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxe5 {leaves White with a pair of
bishops and an ensuing endgame in which Black has no active way to hold.}) 15.
Red1 (15. Ncb5 a6 16. Rad1 axb5 17. Nxe6 Qe7 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Bd4 b4 20. f4
Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Qc5 22. Qe3 Nfg4 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Rd1 Rd8 {0-1 (24) Giri,A (2782)
-So,W (2770) Paris 2016}) 15... Qe7 (15... Bxd4 16. Nb5 Bxb2 (16... Bxf2+ 17.
Qxf2 Qb8 18. Nd6 Nfd7 {looks bad for Black but it is not clear how White can
break Black in this position.}) 17. Rxd8 Bxa1 18. Rd1 $18 {does not work
either.}) 16. Na4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 {Despite White's pair of bishops Black
should be able to hold this position.} 18. Be3 Rfd8 {} 19. Nc3 Qb4 20. Qb2 {
A provocative move by World no. 2. Onischuk could stay still or go for the
battle. What would a principled player do in such situations?} Ng4 $5 {Of
course Onischuk accepts the challenge.} 21. Bf4 Nce5 22. a3 Qc5 (22... Qe7 23.
h3 g5 24. Bxe5 (24. Bd2 Nxf2 {loses}) (24. hxg4 gxf4 {is very bad for White})
24... Nxe5 25. Nb5 f6 {was a better choice in my opinion.}) 23. Na4 Qb5 24. Nc3
Qc5 25. Na4 Qb5 26. h3 {Not a draw for Wesley, yet!} Nd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. hxg4
{The moment of truth for Onischuk...} Qxb3 $2 {Onischuk had played a very good
game so far but this is a grave mistake.} (28... Rxb3 29. Qd4 Rc8 30. Bf1 Qe8 {
, as both super GM Nakamura and engines suggest, should keep the position
balanced although it might be a matter of taste as to whether one prefers
White or Black in this position.}) 29. Bf1 $1 {The move that Onischuk might
have missed.} Qxb2 (29... Bxe4 30. Bxd3 Qxd3 31. Qc3 Qd5 {may be a
continuation worthy of consideration given the practical aspects of the game.})
30. Nxb2 Rb3 31. Nc4 Rd8 32. Nd6 Ba8 33. g5 $1 {This prevents ...g5. White is
winning and Wesley converts this game into a full point like a machine.
Speaking of technique in chess, one should show this game to every kid who
learns chess.} Rc3 34. a4 Rc5 35. e5 Rd7 36. Be3 Rxe5 37. Rc1 Rd8 38. Rc7 Rd5
39. Nxf7 Rf8 40. g6 hxg6 41. Ng5 Rd1 42. Nxe6 Re8 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Rxg6 Be4
45. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Rd1 O-O
15. b5 Qc8 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. bxa6 Bxa6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nce4 20. Bb2 Nc3 21.
Bxc3 Qxc3 22. Rab1 Rac8 23. Bd3 Qc6 24. Qe1 Ra8 25. Rb4 Qc7 26. Rc4 Qa7 27. Rb1
Rfc8 28. Rcb4 Nd5 29. Rh4 h6 30. Qe4 Nf6 31. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. g6 fxg6 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Nf3 Bg4 $1 (12... Bf5 13. Ne5 Nf6 14.
Rg1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qb3 $16 {1-0 (40) Caruana,F (2736)
-Melkumyan,H (2620) Moscow 2012}) 13. Rg1 Nf6 14. Rg3 $2 (14. Qc2 $145 $1 Bxf3
15. Bxg6+ Nxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kd7 17. Qf5+ Ke8 $11) 14... g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5
Rh1+ 17. Bf1 Qc8 18. Qb3 $6 {312 Akobian had uncorked a very important novelty
early on in this game. Here, he could have played two very important move
which would have earned him the brilliancy prize of the year (I doubt such a
prize still exists but we would have given one to 'Var' had he found it!).} (
18. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 19. Qb3 Bd6 20. Rxg4 Qxg4 21. Qxb7 Qc8 $17) 18... N8h7 {
In extreme time pressure, Akobian did not find the winning continuation
despite spending sixteen minutes trying to find the idea. I think he believed
deep down that his position is winning but he was unable to fully realize the
potential of the maneuver Qf5-d3.} ({The winning maneuver would have been} 
18... Bd6 $1 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 {[#]} Qf5 $3 21. Qxb7 (21. f3 N6d7 22. O-O-O
Qxg5 23. fxg4 O-O-O {and Black would win all of the White's pawn in the center!
}) (21. e4 Nxe4 {And Black is winning.}) 21... Qd3 22. Qxc6+ Kf7 {and mate
follows.}) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. O-O-O Bd6 21. Rxg4 Qxg4 22. Qxb7 Rc8 23. Qa6 (23.
Bd3 $11) 23... Rc7 24. Be2 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Qf5 26. Nd2 (26. a3 $142) 26... Ng5
27. f4 Nh3 28. Bf3 Bb4 $17 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Qb5+ Kf7 31. Qxb4 Qd3 $2 (31...
Qc2+ $145 32. Ke1 Qc1+ 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. Bxd5 Ng1+ 35. Kf2 a5 36. Qxa5 Rc2 $19) (
31... Ng1 $145 $19) 32. Bxd5+ $11 Kg7 33. Qb3 Nf2+ 34. Ke1 Rc1+ 35. Kxf2 Qxd2+
36. Kf3 Re1 37. Bc4 Qh2 38. Qb7+ Kh6 39. Qe7 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qh4+
41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 43. Kf3 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Kf3 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Re8 11. d3 Bc5 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Nfd2 Nb4 14. Ne4 a5 15. f4
Be7 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. a3 b6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxc6 Ra7 20. Bxd4 e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Ra2 Re7 25. Kg2 Qd6 26. Bf3 Qe6 27. Re2 Qh3+
28. Kg1 h5 29. Qe1 Qf5 30. Nd2 Qxd3 31. Kh1 Qf5 32. Bd5 Qf6 33. Nf3 Bg4 34. Kg2
g6 35. Re3 Bd6 36. Rxe7 Bxf3+ 37. Bxf3 Bxe7 38. a4 Kg7 39. Bd5 Bc5 40. h4 Qb2+
41. Kh3 Bd4 42. Qf1 f6 43. Qe1 Be5 44. Qe3 Qb1 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 46. Kh3 Qf5+ 47.
Kg2 Qg4 48. Qf2 Qd1 49. Qe3 Qb1 50. Bf3 Qc2+ 51. Kh3 Qf5+ 52. Kg2 Qc2+ 53. Kh3
Qf5+ 54. Kg2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game between the two giants ended peacefully without much of a fight.} 1.
d4 {It is hard to predict Wesley So's first move.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3
{Wesley might have good memories from the Catalan against Naka. He won a
beautiful technical game against the latter in a trimuphant performance at
last year's Sinquefield Cup!} Bb4+ {This time Naka opts for one of the two
closed versions of the Catalan.} (4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5 Qc8 13. a4 Rd8 14. Ba3
Rxd4 15. Rfb1 Rb6 16. Bc5 Rd7 17. Rd1 h6 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Qd2 c5
21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Kf1 Kh7 23. Qc2+ Kg8 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Qd8 Qxd8 26. Rxd8 c3 27.
Ke1 Bc4 28. Kd1 Bxa2 29. Kc2 Bc4 30. e3 b5 31. Kxc3 a6 32. Ra8 Nd5+ 33. Bxd5
exd5 34. a5 b4+ 35. Kd2 Bf1 36. Rc8 c4 37. Rb8 b3 38. Kc3 {1-0 (38) So,W (2771)
-Nakamura,H (2791) Saint Louis 2016}) 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Ne4 $5 {This might have caught Wesley by surprise. This is a less tested but
good enough choice.} 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 $5 {Nakamura shows some ambition by
playing it like Carlsen.} 11. Bc1 (11. Be3 Nd6 12. b3 Nf5 13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3
b5 $5 15. e4 b4 16. exd5 bxc3 17. dxc6 Nb8 $5 {led to a close battle between
Eljanov and Carlsen in which the Norwegian outplayed his ambitious opponent}
18. Qe4 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 Na6 22. Rac1 Nc7 23. Ne5 f4 24.
Nc4 Rd8 25. Rxc3 Nxd5 26. c7 Nxc7 27. Bxa8 Nxa8 28. e3 Bb4 29. Rc2 Bb7 30. h4
Be4 31. Rh2 Nb6 32. Ne5 fxe3 33. hxg5 Rxd4 34. Ng4 Nd5 {0-1 (34) Eljanov,P 
(2760)-Carlsen, M (2844) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 11... f5 {Yours truly had some
pleasant experience in this line. I won an important game against GM Denes
Boros to finish clear first in the Washington International last year!} 12. b3
{This is a better move than what I played.} (12. Rb1 Bf6 13. e3 b6 $6 (13...
Qe7 14. b4 Nb6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. c5 Nc8 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Be8
20. e4 Bg6 21. Ne5 Qg7 22. Be3 Ne7 23. Nxg6 Qxg6 24. Rf2 Bg7 25. Rbf1 a6 26. a4
g4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Bh6 31. Bf2 cxb5 32. Qb1
Kf7 33. Kh1 b4 34. Bg1 Bd2 35. Qf1+ Qf6 36. Qb5 Bc3 37. exd5 exd5 38. Qxb7 Bxd4
39. Qxb4 Bxg1 40. Kxg1 h5 {1/2-1/2 (40) Rozum,I (2581)-Oparin,G (2597)
Vladivostok 2016}) 14. b4 g4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4
Qe7 19. b5 Rac8 20. Ba3 Qxa3 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Nb8 24. Bd5
Na6 25. Qxg4 Qe7 26. a3 Rcd8 27. Qe4 Qg7 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. Be4 Qe7 30. Bg2 Rc8
31. Qa4 Nb8 32. Rbc1 Rc7 33. Rc2 Nd7 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Rcc1 Nf8 36. Qb3 h5 37. a4
Ne6 38. a5 Qd6 39. axb6 axb6 40. Rb1 Qe7 41. Qxb6 Rxc4 42. Qb5 Rc7 43. Qxh5+
Kg7 44. Rb5 Ng5 45. h4 Nf7 46. Rb6 Rd6 47. Rxd6 Nxd6 48. e4 {1-0 (48)
Moradiabadi,E (2595)-Boros,D (2441) Rockville 2016}) 12... b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Qe8 {Was played after a long think. Nakamura decides to stay solid and
see what Wesley has up his sleeve.} 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Ba3 Rc8 {} 17. Rfe1 Nf7
18. Qb2 Nf6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 {The position is even. The players played cautiously
until move 30 and then they agreed on a draw.} 20. b4 Rfd8 21. e3 g4 {} 22.
cxd5 cxd5 23. b5 Rc7 (23... h5 24. Ne2 h4 25. Nf4 h3 26. Bf1 Ne4 {is equal as
well.}) 24. Rc1 Rdc8 25. Ne2 Nd6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Nfe4 29.
Bxe4 dxe4 30. Ne2 Bd5 {The position is locked and neither side can improve.
Nakamura wanted to try something but Wesley kept things smooth and things
fizzled out soon into a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. e3 {
Standard issue Catalan, one of those positions where White doesn't seem to be
trying for much. Yet, "careful play" is required from Black, which in this day
and age means computer-approved preparation.} c5 $5 {Wesley shows he'd done
his homework.} (14... a5 {is considered automatic.}) 15. dxc5 Qe8 16. Rd4 (16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Rab1 Rb4 19. f4 f5 20. Nd2 Bf6 21. Nxc4 Rxa4 {
is roughly balanced.}) 16... Nd7 $1 {An improvement over one long-forgotten
game} ({which went} 16... Rb4 17. Na2 Qxa4 18. Nxb4 Qxa1+ 19. Kg2 Qa5 20. Nc6
Qxc5 $14 {Sjugirov-Smirnov, 2012}) 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. c6 {It's hard to tell if
Jeffery was still looking for an advantage or was ready to bail out.} ({
An attempt to take away e5 from the black knight} 18. f4 {meets with} e5 19.
Rxc4 exf4 20. exf4 Qe3+ 21. Kg2 Nf6 {White gets to keep his extra pawn, but
his king is weak. Lines such as this give bad vibes and usually are declined
as long as there are some other options.}) ({The next move to think of is} 18.
Rf1 {anticipating} Ne5 19. f4 Nc6 20. Rxc4 {but then comes} Na5 21. Rd4 Qxc5 {
and once again, having weakened his position with the f-pawn move, White finds
himself on the defensive end of it.}) ({In the meantime, the "simple"} 18. Rxc4
Ne5 19. Re4 Qxc5 {is really awkward for White.}) 18... Ne5 19. Qe4 Qc5 20. Nd5
{A logical continuation of the previous move. Moves from both sides become
forced.} Nd3 21. Nxc7 Nxf2 $1 {Wesley had to have seen this shot from afar.
Did Jeff completely miss it?} 22. Kxf2 {A quick reply, but possibly, Xiong was
bluffing.} ({Instead of playing mind games, he should have paid attention to
the board. Maybe, then he would have found} 22. Nxa6 {which happens to be a
good enough move to continue the game:} Qg5 {appears to be Black's best.} (
22... Nxe4 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc4 {and White's pawns are more than enough to
offset Black's extra knight.}) (22... Qh5 $4 23. Qc2 {and White even wins.})
23. Qf3 $1 {A beautiful move that consolidates everything.} ({no need to flirt
with disaster after} 23. Kxf2 Rxb2+ 24. Ke1) ({and} 23. Qc2 {is now bad on
account of} Nd3) 23... Rxb2 24. c7 Nd3 (24... Nh3+ $145 $1 25. Kh1 h6 $3 26.
Rxc4 (26. Rf1 Qa5 $3 $19) 26... Rf2 $1 27. Qb7 Qxe3 28. c8=Q Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kh7
$19) 25. Rf1 {Suddenly White has a threat of his own: Qxf7+!, his pieces are
all participating and the c7-pawn is alive. Game on!}) 22... Rxb2+ 23. Kf1 Qh5
24. Qg4 Qxh2 25. Qf3 c3 $1 {Only this move made clear how difficult White's
task is going to be.} 26. Rc1 e5 $1 {Wesley took about 20 minutes on this one.
He just wanted to make sure.} 27. Rh4 $2 {Another error from Jeffery ends the
game on the spot.} ({The right move was} 27. Rc4 {If anything, it would force
Black to seek ways of getting his other rook involved. Without breathing space,
calculating the resulting variations could be unnerving. Would So be up to the
task?} Rfb8 {is the right move.} (27... Qd2 28. Rd1 Rd8 {same as in the game,
but here White does have a miracle line} 29. Nd5 $3 (29. Rxd2 Rdxd2 30. Kg1
Rb1+ 31. Qf1 c2 32. Nxa6 {is not enough to save White:} Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rd1+ 34.
Ke2 c1=Q 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Nb8 Rc5 37. Kd3 f5 $19) 29... Rxd5 30. Rxd2 Rdxd2 {
and now} 31. Qe2 $3 Rxe2 32. c7 {forcing Black to take the perpetual.}) 28. Nd5
(28. Nxa6 Qd2 29. R4xc3 e4) 28... Rf2+ 29. Qxf2 Qh1+ 30. Qg1 (30. Ke2 Rb2+)
30... Qxd5 31. R4xc3 Rb2 $19) 27... Qd2 28. Rd1 Rd8 $1 29. Nd5 Rxd5 30. Rd4
Rxd4 (30... exd4 $4 31. c7 $18) 31. exd4 Qxd1+ {Fresh out of tactical tricks
Xiong resigned.} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. f4 b6 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Rc1 Nc7 14. O-O Rfc8
15. Rc2 Nce8 16. Rfc1 Qd8 17. Nb5 Ne4 18. Rc6 N4d6 19. b3 Nxb5 20. Qxb5 Nd6 21.
Qd3 f6 22. a4 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Rc8 24. Qc2 Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Kf7 26. Nd2 h6 27. h3 g5
28. g4 Ke7 29. Kf2 Qb8 30. Kf3 f5 31. Kg2 gxf4 32. exf4 fxg4 33. hxg4 h5 34.
Nf3 hxg4 35. Ne5 Qc8 36. Ng6+ Kf6 37. Qxd6 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qxb3+ 39. Kxg4 Qd1+ 40.
Kh4 Qe1+ 41. Kg4 Qe2+ 42. Kg3 Kxg6 43. Qxb6 Kf5 44. Qxa5 Qg4+ 45. Kf2 Qxf4+ 46.
Ke2 Qe4+ 47. Kf1 Qd3+ 48. Ke1 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Ke4 50. Qb6 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+ 52.
Kg2 Qc2+ 53. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.04.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxd5 Bc5 11. Ne3 Bg6 12. Qxb7 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. d3
Nc5 15. Qb5 Rb8 16. Qc4 Ne6 17. f4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Qd4 19. Rxb2 Rxb2 20. Bg4 Rb4
21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. f5 Nf4 23. Nc2 Ra4 24. Bxf4 h5 25. Bd1 Bh7 26. Ne3 Rxa2 27.
e6 fxe6 28. Bb3 Re2 29. fxe6 Re8 30. e7+ Kh8 31. Bg5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.04.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4
Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Ndf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. Nc4 Ncxe4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qd1 Qc5 19. Be3 Qa5 20. c4 Rad8
21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Rfd1 Ne6 23. Qc3 Qc7 24. Qa3 b6 25. b4 g5 26. Qa4 c5 27. bxc5
Nxc5 28. Qc2 Ne6 29. a4 Nf4 30. Bf1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Ne4 32. a5 Nc5 33. axb6 axb6
34. Qf5 f6 35. h4 Re5 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. Qxf4 Qe7 38. Bg2 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Qxe1+
40. Kh2 Qe7 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qxb6 Qe5+ 43. Kg1 Qd4 44. Qb1+ Nd3 45. Qc2 Kh8 46.
Qe2 Ne5 47. Bd5 g5 48. h5 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kh6 50. Kg3 Qf4+ 51. Kh3 Qd4 52. Kg3 Qf4+
53. Kg2 Qd4 54. Be6 Nd3 55. Kg1 Nf4 56. Qc2 Qa1+ 57. Kh2 Qe5 58. Bg8 Nxh5+ 59.
Kg2 Nf4+ 60. Kf3 Ng6 61. Qe4 Nh4+ 62. Ke3 Ng2+ 63. Kf3 Ne1+ 64. Ke3 Nc2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Hello everyone and welcome to the round one Game of the Day at the Gashimov
Memorial. Today the choice was relatively straightforward, since the game
So-Mamedyarov was the game with by far the most fireworks. So, let's get to it.
} 1. e4 e5 {The first interesting choice. Mamediarov is capable of playing
almost any first move, but in this game he goes for the most common at the
elite level, 1...e5 against 1.e4.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {A slight surprise, since
Wesley more commonly chooses the Ruy Lopez or the Italian game these days.}
exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 {8.c4 is more common,
but probably Mamedyarov wasn't surprised by 8.Nd2, since it has also become
popular of late, Also, Wesley himself played it in the 2015 Tata Steel against
Levon Aronian.} (8. c4 {is more common, after which Black can reply with both
8...Ba6 followed by ...Nb6, or 8...Nb6 straight away, with both having their
pluses and minuses.}) 8... a5 $5 {Not yet a novelty, but already we're in
rare-move territory. The most common for Black is 8...g6. Aronian tried 8...
Rb8!?} (8... g6 {is also a highly theoretical debate after} 9. c4 (9. Nf3 $5)
9... Nf4 (9... Ba6 $5)) (8... Rb8 {was played by Aronian and it seems like it
also got him a decent position. However, I'm sure Wesley analysed this
position quite deeply and had something better prepared in the event of ...Rb8}
9. c4 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ng6 11. f4 f6 (11... d6 {Perhaps that was stronger.}) 12.
Qxa7 Rb7 13. Qf2 fxe5 14. f5 Nf4 15. Qf3 (15. a3 $5 Qf7 16. g3 Nh5 17. b4)
15... Qf7 16. g3 Nh5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. g4 d5 19. g5 e4 (19... Ne4 $5) (19... Nd7)
20. Qh3 Ng8 $4 {A strange blunder.} (20... Nd7 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23.
Qxh8 Nc5 24. O-O Bxf5 $44 {was still very complex.}) 21. Bh5 g6 22. fxg6 Bxh3
23. gxf7+ Kd7 24. fxg8=Q Rxg8 25. Rg1 $18 {1-0 (54) So,W (2762)-Aronian,L 
(2797) Wijk aan Zee NED 2015. And White later on converted his extra piece.})
9. c4 {Wesley has his first big think here, for around 10 minutes, which
indicates he was at least a little bit surprised by the a5 move, or maybe he
was just trying to recall his preparation. Wesley goes for the principled
approach. It does seem like the only really logical move though, since sooner
or later c4 probably has to be played. The interesting thing though, is now
White transposes into a lot of lines with 8.c4 rather than 8.Nd2, and it's
possible that Mamedyarov tricked Wesley out of his preparation.} Nb6 10. b3 {
And now, a big 30-minute think on the b3-move. Probably Wesley saw the dangers
of this move, since it was relatively easy to anticipate Black's replies after
b3. However, it's possible that Wesley just couldn't find a great alternative
to it. Or maybe he evaluated the position down the line as a position with
good compensation for a pawn, which certainly has its merits as well.} (10. Qe3
) (10. Qe4) (10. g3 {are all adequate solutions but also are slightly less
ambitious and give Black easier play.}) 10... a4 11. Bb2 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1+
13. Bxa1 Qa3 14. Qd1 {Of course... only move.} (14. Bc3 $4 Qc1+) (14. Bd4 $6
Bb4 15. Qd1 c5 16. Be3 Qb2 $15 {and Black has pressure.}) 14... Bb4 15. Bd3 {
When White played 10.b3 he probably had to foresee up to 15.Bd3 and see he's
at least ok in all the lines. That, as well as comparing to other possibilites
on move 10 explain the 30-minute think on that move.} (15. Be2 $2 {isn't
effective since then after} Qa5 $17 {White can't easily break the pin.}) 15...
Qa5 {Mamedyarov is still playing extremely fast which shows he's still in
preparation. Though while I'm analyzing with perhaps a weaker engine than
Mamedyarov, I'm wondering if it's just my engine being not so strong, or
perhaps Mamedyarov slightly confused his preparation, since it seems to me
that 15...Qa2 is a serious alternative that might even be stronger.} (15... Qa2
$5 16. Bd4 (16. Ke2 d5 {Now ...d5 seems very strong for Black.}) 16... O-O 17.
Be3 {and perhaps now} Qa5) 16. Ke2 $5 (16. Bd4 $5 {might be also very
interesting, trying to play Qc2.} O-O (16... Bc3 17. Bxc3 Qxc3 18. Qe2 O-O (
18... Qa1+ $6 19. Bb1) (18... Qc1+ 19. Qd1 Qc3 $11) 19. O-O Re8 $11 {with
comfortable equality.}) 17. Qc2) 16... d6 {Mamedyarov's first big think of the
game for around 10 minutes.} 17. Qc2 $1 {A very interesting positional pawn
sacrifice, which was the main point of Ke2, and possibly planned all along
when 10.b3 was played.} (17. exd6 $2 O-O $40 {is extremely dangerous for White.
}) 17... dxe5 18. Bb2 Qc5 $1 {Getting his queen out of the danger zone. This
move cost Mamedyarov 40 minutes thought.} (18... Nd7 19. Ra1 Qc5 20. Bf5 $44)
19. Nf3 Bg4 {This was a critical position, which probably Mamediarov seriously
thought about even before 18...Qc5, when he thought for 40 minutes. Here Black
has many interesting choices, but possibly ...Bg4 wasn't objectively the
absolute best.} (19... Qe7 {would allow a slightly annoying move,} 20. Be4 Qe6
21. Ng5 Qh6 22. h4 $44 {with good compensation for White since Black is a
little bit tied down here.}) (19... g6 $1 {At a high depth the computer really
screams for this move, but it seems like a very difficult move to play during
the game. Sure, it defends the pawn but it seems meaningless and seems like
the e5-pawn is hanging. However Black is doing well in all the lines here.} 20.
Nxe5 (20. Bxe5 O-O {is even more dangerous for White.} 21. Bf4 Qe7+ 22. Be3 Nd7
23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. h3 Bc5 $15) (20. h4 Bg4 {But now that the
h7-pawn is protected, the Bg4-move is strong.} 21. h5 $1 Rf8 $1 22. Kf1 Nd7 {
and even though White has compensation, it looks like Black is to be preferred
slightly.}) 20... O-O {It's a tricky position but Black seems better here.} 21.
Be4 (21. Nf3 Re8+ 22. Kf1 Bg4 $36) 21... Re8 22. Rd1 f6 23. Bxg6 Rxe5+ 24. Kf1
Rg5 25. Bxh7+ Kf7 $17) (19... h6 $6 {isn't nearly as effective as g6.} 20. Nxe5
O-O 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Qe4 Nd5 24. Kf1 $11 {With a mess, which is
likely going to end in a pereptual check.}) 20. Bxh7 Nd7 (20... Qe7 21. Be4 (
21. Bf5 $6 {doesn't work so well anymore for White.} Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 g6) 21...
Qe6 22. h3 Bxf3+ 23. Kxf3 g6 24. g4 $11 {with dynamic equality.}) 21. Bf5 Bxf3+
$1 {The only move not to be clearly worse.} (21... Bxf5 $6 22. Qxf5 g6 23. Qg4
{lets White keep a very important knight on f3 which is very annoying for
Black to deal with.} Qe7 24. Rd1 Bd6 25. b4 $1 Bxb4 (25... c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27.
Qc8+ Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. Nxe5 Re8 30. Kf3 $16) 26. Nxe5 $1 $18) 22. Kxf3 $5
(22. gxf3 g6 (22... Nf6 {would be quite good for Black.})) 22... g6 23. Bxd7+ (
23. Ra1 $5 Rh4 $1 24. Kg3 Rd4 $3 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Bxd7 Qf4+ 28.
Kh3 Qh6+ 29. Kg3 Qf4+ {would not be forced but would be a very interestling
sample line leading to perpetual check.}) 23... Kxd7 24. Qe4 (24. g3 {In
retrospect g3 might've been safer, to tuck the king in on g2, and not have to
worry about it being under attack. I think only White can be better here.})
24... Re8 25. Ke2 {Still objectively ok, but in my opinion playing a little
bit with fire.} (25. g3) 25... Kc8 {Black does the right thing and gets his
king into safety. It becomes easier for Black from here on, especially in time
pressure, which makes it no surprise that White is the one who cracks in the
end since his position in my opinion is now a little bit more difficult to
play despite the position being objectively equal.} 26. Rd1 f5 27. Qh4 (27. Qe3
$5) 27... Qe7 28. Qg3 ({Of course} 28. Qxe7 {is safer, after which White
doesn't really risk losing, but White continues to play very ambitiously and
is taking some risks.}) 28... g5 29. Bc3 Bc5 30. Bd2 $6 {And now with low time,
White makes the first objective inaccuracy of the game. The bishop ends up
being misplaced on d2, while ...f4 is a move Black wants to play anyway in
many lines.} ({Either} 30. b4 $5 Bxb4 31. Bxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxg5 Qxc4+ 33. Ke1 $11)
({Or} 30. Ra1 $11 {would still keep the game balanced.}) 30... f4 $1 {Now
Black starts to seize the initiative.} 31. Qh3+ Kb7 $6 {Now Black errs in
return.} (31... Kb8 $1 32. b4 Bd4 33. b5 e4 {and now bxc6 comes without check
and Black's initiative is quicker.} 34. Qb3 (34. bxc6 $6 e3 $1 35. fxe3 (35.
Rb1+ Ka8 {doesn't really help White.}) 35... Qe4 $3 {and Black has a decisive
attack.} 36. Qf3 Qc2 37. Rc1 Qa2 38. e4 Be3 $19) 34... c5 (34... Bb6 $5 35.
bxc6 Qe5) 35. b6 c6 36. Qa2 Qf7 {and Black has very strong initiative which
means White has nothing better than to go into an unpleasant endgame with...}
37. Qa7+ Qxa7 38. bxa7+ Kxa7 $15 {where White maybe can draw but has to work
for it.}) 32. b4 Bd4 33. Qd3 $6 {In time pressure it's understable that
mistakes start coming in bunches, even amongst elite players when the position
is so sharp.} (33. b5 $1 {White can create enough counterplay here.} e4 (33...
cxb5 34. Rb1 $1 c6 35. cxb5 c5 36. Qf5 {and it's still a mess.} (36. Qh6 Qe6))
34. bxc6+ Kxc6 35. Qb3 Bb6 36. Qa4+ Kb7 37. Ra1 Qc5 38. Qa6+ Kc6 39. Qa4+ $11)
33... Rd8 (33... Qd7 {might've been slightly more precise.}) 34. b5 Qe6 (34...
cxb5 {might've objectively worked though it's hard to blame Black for not
going for this in time pressure. Variations that arise here are very complex
and almost impossible to work out precisely in time pressure.} 35. Rb1 e4 $1
36. Rxb5+ Bb6 37. Qc2 e3 $5 (37... Qe6 38. c5 (38. Kf1 Kc8 39. c5 Qc6 $1 $17)
38... f3+) 38. fxe3 fxe3 39. Be1 Qe8 $1 {and Black still might be slightly
better.}) 35. bxc6+ Kxc6 36. f3 Rb8 37. Be1 g4 38. Rd2 gxf3+ 39. Qxf3+ $4 {
And now comes a shocker. Just two moves before making time control, Wesley So
makes a game losing blunder. It goes to show us that we're all human, and when
we're under pressure most of the game and have to work hard, at some point
people crack, even the best of the best.} (39. gxf3 $11 {would still be equal.}
) 39... e4 {And White resigned. I'm not exactly even sure what Wesley missed.
Maybe he forgot about the c4-pawn being hanging. Either way, despite the fact
that this great battle between two great fighters ended prematurely, I still
really enjoyed commentating on this game, since there were a lot of
interesting moments starting with the opening stage, and throughout the whole
game.} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 8.
Ne5 h5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 h4 11. Bb2 Qc8 12. Rfc1 hxg3 13. hxg3 Bd5 14. Nf3 g6
15. Nc4 Bg7 16. Bd4 c5 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. b4 c4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. d3 b5 21. e4
Bc6 22. dxc4 Bxe4 23. Qe2 O-O 24. Bxf6 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf6 26. c5 Rd8 27. Kg2
Qa3 28. Rc2 Qxb4 29. Bxb7 Rd7 30. Bc6 Rc7 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32. Bxb5 Bd4 33. c6 Be5
34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Ra7 Bd6 36. Kf3 Rb8 37. Rb7 Rxb7 38. cxb7 e6 39. Ke4 Kf8 40. g4
g5 41. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 Bd6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. c5 Bf8 11. Qc2 c6 12. b4 a6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Ke2 g5 15.
h3 Bg7 16. a4 Qe7 17. Rad1 O-O 18. g4 e5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bf5 exd4 21. h4 Ne5
22. Nxd4 gxh4 23. Bd3 Qg5 24. Rdg1 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxd4 26. Qxd4+ Qg7 27. Qd2 Qf6
28. g5 hxg5 29. f4 Rg8 30. fxg5 Qe5 31. Rxh4+ Kg7 32. g6 Rh8 33. gxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Qd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rag8 36. Rf1+ Ke7 37. Rdf4 Rf8 38. Rxf8 Rxf8 39. Rxf8 Kxf8
40. e4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 c6 16. Nf3 Ng7 17. Qe2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Ne5 Bxe5
21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 h5 27.
a4 g5 28. Bb8 a6 29. h3 Ng7 30. a5 Kg6 31. g4 f5 32. f3 Ne6 33. b4 Nd8 34. Bc7
Nf7 35. Kf2 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kf6 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Bb8 Nh6 39. Kh3 fxg4+ 40. fxg4
Ng8 41. Ba7 Nf6 42. Bc5 Ne4 43. Kg2 Nxc3 44. Kf3 Ne4 45. Kg2 Nf6 46. Kf3 Kd7
47. Kg3 Kc7 48. Kf3 Ne4 49. Bb6+ Kd7 50. Bc5 Nd6 51. Ke3 Kc7 52. Bb6+ Kc8 53.
Bc5 Nc4+ 54. Ke2 Kd7 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. Ke2 Kf6 57. Kf3 Nd2+ 58. Ke2 Ne4 59. Ke3
Kg6 60. Ke2 Nf6 61. Kf3 Kf7 62. Kg3 Ke6 63. Kf3 Kf7 64. Kg3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 (3... dxc4 {here or on the next move, is the
other direction the game can take.}) 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O (5. cxd5 $6 {is a
strategic mistake before Black has committed to b6. After} exd5 6. O-O O-O 7.
d4 c6 8. Nc3 Bf5 {it s hard for White achieve e4, while the Carlsbad minority
attack, with b2-b4-b5 is almost impossible to get working. Black is already a
bit better.}) 5... O-O 6. d4 (6. b3 b6 {After this move cxd5 becomes a
possibility. The point is that the light squares has been weakened and if
Black answers with exd5, then after Nf3-e5 Black will have little choice but
to play ...c5 at some stage and accept a couple of hanging pawns.} (6... d4 7.
e3 c5 8. exd4 cxd4 9. d3 Nc6 10. Re1 {leads to a Benoni setup with colours
reversed, which would be a formidable weapon in the hands of someone who wants
to create an unbalanced game.}) (6... c5 7. e3 (7. Bb2 $5 d4 8. e3 Nc6 9. exd4
cxd4 10. Re1 $1 {[%cal Gf3e5] is another Benoni inspired line where the
drawing tendencies are low.} (10. d3 e5 {and the bishop makes no sense on b2.})
) 7... b6) 7. Bb2 (7. Nc3 Bb7 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Qd3 c5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qe8 {
Kramnik,V (2805)-Aronian,L (2785) 8th London Classic 2016, was not without
complications.}) 7... Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 (8... exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Re8 11.
Rc1 {scores quite well for White, perhaps not because White's position is
better, but since it is harder to handle Black's structure for a human.}) 9. d4
Nd7 (9... c5 {was played by Aronian and could be the better move.}) 10. Re1 c5
11. e4 N5f6 12. Nc3 {(Ever noticed how few really strong GMs there are who
place their knight on d2 when c3 is an option?)} cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qe2 $1
Bc5 (14... Qxd4 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Nxe7+ (17. Bxe5 $5 {might be even
stronger.}) 17... Qxe7 18. Bxe5 Rac8 19. Bb2 {and White will continue with f3
and enjoy the bishop pair in an endgame with pawns on both sides.}) 15. Red1
Qe7 16. Na4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Qb4 20. Qb2 Ng4 21. Bf4 Nce5
22. a3 Qc5 23. Na4 Qb5 24. Nc3 Qc5 25. Na4 Qb5 26. h3 Nd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28.
hxg4 Qxb3 29. Bf1 {So,W (2820)-Onischuk,A (2665) ch-USA 2017, and White went
on to win.}) 6... dxc4 {I dare say that noone understands the Catalan better
than Kramnik, so it is well worth noting which line he chooses with the black
side.} 7. Qc2 ({The other main line goes} 7. Ne5 {, when Black's most reliable
counter was seen today on a adjacent board:} Nc6 8. Bxc6 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 {
has also been played a lot, but it leads to terribly forced variations where
it seems to me that Black is not doing worse.}) 8... bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+
Qxe7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qh4 Qb7 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Bg5 Nd5
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. b3 f6 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Rfe1 a5 21. f3 Rfc8 22. Kf2 a4 23. Qe4
axb3 24. axb3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qxb3 26. Ra8 Rxa8 27. Qxa8+ {and draw was soon
agreed.}) 7... a6 8. a4 (8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 {was a line that
attracted a lot of attention for many years. However Black came up with a very
solid antidote with} Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 $1 {when White has been unable to set
Black any real problems.} (11... c6 {is a new continuation for those who shun
draws before move 15.})) 8... Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 (10. Bg5 {has been more
popular. A recent game went} Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 a5 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Ne5 c6 19. e4 Rc8 20. Ng4 c5 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. e5 (22. d5 $5) 22... Qe7 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Rcd8 {Adams,M 
(2760)-Harikrishna,P (2755) Du Te Cup 2017, with a balanced game; (although
White soon went wrong and lost).}) 10... a5 {This has gone from main- to
sub-line in a short time. Black is planning to exchange Bc6 for Nf3 at an
opportune moment and then argue the bishop pair is of little use when the
opponent has such a wonderfully harmonious pawn structure.} (10... Bd6 {
has taken over as the most common. Aronian played two games on the black side
lately:} 11. Qc1 Bxf4 (11... a5 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
c6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Rd7 20. Rd2 Qd8 21. Rad1 Be7
22. h4 Rb8 23. e3 Nd5 24. Qc2 Qc7 25. Kg2 g6 26. h5 {Ding Liren (2760)-Aronian,
L (2785) Sharjah Grand Prix 2017, and White had managed to ge an initiative.})
12. Qxf4 Qd6 13. Qc1 Bd5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. e3 Nb4 16. Qb1 (16. a5 $5 Qe7 17. Nxd5
Nbxd5 18. Ne5 $14) 16... Qe7 17. a5 c5 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19. e4 Nc7 20. dxc5 Qxc5
21. e5 Qe7 {Eljanov,P (2755)-Aronian,L (2780) 79th Tata Steel GpA 2017. Black
had solved the opening problems and went on to win.}) 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Qd3 {
In this part of the game, play is all about whether White gets to play e2-e4.
White threatens to play e4.} Bb4 {Black stops e2-e4.} 13. Rfe1 {White
threatens to play e4.} Re8 {Black can answer e2-e4 with ...Nc5, so he takes a
moment to prepare some activity of his own (e6-e5).} 14. Qc2 {Now e2-e4 is in
the making, again.} (14. e4 $2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxe4 $1 16. Rxe4 $2 Nc5 $17) 14...
Bxf3 {Black finally decides to exchange the bishop. There was no good way to
stop e4 anymore.} (14... Bxc3 $6 15. bxc3 Be4 16. Qb2 h6 (16... c5 17. Ng5 {
and Black regrets the insertion of a4 and a5 since his queenside is quite weak.
}) 17. Bf1 b6 18. Red1 Bb7 19. Ne5 {and White has been able to keep the bishop
pair without compromising the pawn structure, so White is better.}) 15. Bxf3 c6
{This structure arises in most of the games in this line. White has more space
and the bishop pair, but Black lacks weaknesses and has a nice outpost on b4.
Some might find this position to be boring, but at this stage I was basically
jumping up and down from the excitement of seeing two such great players
dealing with it.} 16. Red1 $1 {Black has exchanged the bishop on c6, so White
no longer needs the rook on e1 in order to play e4. Now White plans to improve
the knight...} (16. Na2 $2 Bxe1) 16... Qe7 17. Na2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc1 {
Around this point in the game something goes wrong, but I really struggle to
see what it is. Kramnik's moves all seem reasonable.} Nd5 20. e4 Nb4 21. Qc3 e5
(21... f5 $6 {aims to wrestle control of d5 from White, but it is a double
edged victory. After} 22. Nb3 {a5 remains weak and e6 is a new target.}) ({
If Black tries to ride out the game in passive manner with} 21... Qe7 {, then
White will play} 22. Nb3 {and follow up with Bg2 and f4 before deciding on how
to continue. Black has no good way to solve the problem with the weak a5-pawn 
(apart from keeping the rook on a8 and the queen on e7), since b6 just creates
a new set of weaknesses (White will immediately re-route the knight on b3 to
d3 or e3).}) ({Perhaps the whole setup with queen on e7 and rook on a8 is too
passive and Black should try} 21... Rad8 22. Nb3 Qc7 $5 {The advantage of such
a setup is that Black only needs one piece to keep an eye on a5. White keeps a
slight advantage, but needs to come up with an active plan.}) 22. Nb3 Qe7 23.
Bg2 exd4 24. Rxd4 {As I'm watching this game live, I'm prone to proclaim the
opening to be a slight success for White, so it will be very exciting to see
if I'm right. How will Kramnik deal with the a5-weakness and the Bg2/f4/
e5-plan?} Nf8 $5 {Here the knight is out of harm's way when White starts
throwing the f- and e-pawns forward and it can also challenge the rook on d4.
Black's dream scenario is to be able to exchange a couple of knights and enter
a N+Q vs. B+Q endgame. The N+Q has a tendency to be quite good here,
especially if White has weakened his queenside.} ({Black would like to solve
his problems with} 24... b6 {, but then, after} 25. Rad1 Nf6 26. f3 c5 27. R4d2
Red8 28. Bf1 {White is basically a pawn up, since the pawns on the queenside
are immobile. Also, the knight on b4 is out of play, the bishop will find an
excellent square on c4 and later on in the endgame c4 is a juicy square for
the white knight.}) ({Considering how the game continues, Black could try
something drastic, like:} 24... Nf6 25. f3 $1 h5 $5 26. Rad1 h4 {Hard to
believe in though.} 27. Qc5 $5 $14) 25. Rad1 Red8 26. R1d2 $5 {A very tricky
move. So simply threatens to take on d8 and then a5 and perhaps he guessed the
Kramnik would be reluctant to touch the b-pawn.} (26. e5 {is more forceful and
leads to some initiative for White after} b6 27. f4) 26... Ne6 $2 {Such a move
means that Kramnik is not in good shape.} (26... g6 {would prepare exchanges
on d4, so as not to invite the knight to f5. However, after} 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
Nxa5 Ra8 29. Nc4 Rxa4 30. Rd1 {White is still much better.}) (26... b6 $1 {
is not - I'm guessing - to Kramnik's liking since it weakens the light squares
in the long term. However, here there were no good alternatives.} {After} 27.
e5 {White has some initiative still, but Black is close to equality.}) 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Nxa5 Ra8 29. Nc4 Rxa4 30. Nd6 {Now Black is in trouble. White's
pieces could not be better placed, while the knight on b4 is suddenly without
support.} Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Na6 $1 {A persistent move.} ({If instead} 31... c5 {
, then} 32. Kg2 Nc6 33. Bc4 b6 34. b4 $1 Ra8 35. Nf5 Qc7 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Bd5
{looks hopeless for Black. For instance:} Re8 38. Nxg7 Nxg7 39. Qxc5 Rc8 40.
Rc2 {wins two pawns for White.}) 32. Kg2 Nac7 {I often meet players who think
that there is some inherent value in pieces protecting one another. Indeed, it
might seem like strong players have a tendency to keep everything connected.
"Seem" is the operative word here. Harmony and mutual protection is not the
same thing. But, if there is a weak square somewhere and one side directs the
knights towards that square, it is not uncommon for these knights to protect
one another. It is a consequence of another factor; of coordination. Here the
knights protect each other because the knight on e6 is a pillar in the defence
and if you try to protect it from c5, then the knight can be kicked away with
b4.} 33. Nf5 Qe8 34. Bc4 {White's pieces are all on great squares. It is
unlikely that Black can defend this.} Ra8 35. Rd6 $5 (35. Nd6 Qe7 36. Nxb7 {
wins a pawn, but So prefers to keep the pressure.}) 35... Qf8 36. Rd7 Re8 37.
Qe5 $1 {A very strong move, since it forces Black to enter a position that is
lost. The engine likes a number of moves better, but from a human point of
view this is just the best; not allowing any curved balls from Black.} b5 ({
The best defence was} 37... g6 {, when 38.Nd6 is good, but} 38. Qf6 gxf5 39.
exf5 Qg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. fxe6 Nxe6 42. Rxb7 {looks like a sure road to
victory. This is probably why So played Qe5.}) 38. Ba2 g6 {This should lose
immediately. However, the alternative} (38... Na6 39. Ra7 Nac5 {is not much
better:} 40. b4 Na4 41. Rxf7 Qxf7 42. Nd6 Qf6 43. Qxf6 gxf6 44. Nxe8 Kf8 45.
Nxf6 $18) 39. Ne3 $2 ({Here So could have ended the game with} 39. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7
(39... Qxf7 40. Nh6+) 40. Qxc7+ Kf6 41. Qxc6 $1 gxf5 42. exf5 {and White is
winning since} Kxf5 {fails to} 43. Bxe6+ Rxe6 (43... Kf6 44. Bd7+) 44. Qf3+ {
[%cal Gf3f8]}) 39... Re7 40. Rxe7 Qxe7 41. Ng4 Qg5 (41... Qd8 42. Nh6+ Kf8 43.
Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qxh7 Ng5 45. Ng8+ Ke8 46. Qh4 $16) 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. Nd7+ Qxe5 44.
Nxe5 Nd4 45. Bxf7 $18 c5 46. f4 c4 47. Kf2 Kg7 48. Ke3 Nb3 49. g4 Nc5 (49...
Na1 50. g5 Nc2+ 51. Kf3 Ne1+ 52. Kf2 Nd3+ 53. Nxd3 Kxf7 54. Ne5+ Ke7 55. Ke3
$18) 50. h4 Na4 51. b3 cxb3 52. Bxb3 Nc5 53. Bd1 h6 54. Nc6 N7a6 55. Kd4 Ne6+
56. Ke5 Nec5 57. Bc2 b4 58. Nd4 g5 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. f5 Nd7+ 61. Kd6 Nf6 62. e5
Nxg4 63. Ne6+ Kh6 (63... Kf7 64. Nxg5+ Kg7 65. Ne6+ Kf7 66. Bb3 Nh6 67. f6 $18)
64. f6 Nb8 65. Ba4 Kg6 {and the game ended. Whether on time or because 66.Be8+
followed by f7 wins, I don't know. Anyway, a great game. There is still life
in the Catalan.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Moradiabadi,E: 'The Shamkir super tournament started with a 'hiccup' for the
top seed, US champion and world No. 2, Wesley So. The Minnesota-based super GM
went down at the hands of the host's best player Shakhriyar 'Shak' Mamedyarov
with the white pieces which put an end to his streak of 67 undefeated rated
games. However, after three solid draws Wesley took down Russia No. 1 Vladimir
Kramnik, and today the world championship challenger Sergey Karjakin in smooth
fashion. Coming back after such a painful defeat and winning back-to-back
games against the No. 1 and No. 2 Russian players requires a 'Magnus-on-top'
like spirit and Wesley shows us that he has the will and resilience to fight
for the very top!'} 1. Nf3 {Moradiabadi,E} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5.
d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 $5 {This continuation
may look strange but White probably wanted to avoid main theoretical lines
Moradiabadi,E: 'In the past Wesley opted for a different path against Caruana.'
} (10. Qc2 {or}) (10. Be2) 10... h6 {Black replies with a useful waiting move,
too.} (10... dxc4 {looks a bit illogical but the difference from the 10.Be2
line (White's pawn is on h3 instead of h2) is hardly crucial:} 11. Bxc4 b5 12.
Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Ne4 {0-1 (31) Wegerer,F 
(2218)-Keller,M (2148) Latschach 2013} Nd7 $5 {[%cal Yc6e5]}) (10... Qe7 11.
Qc2 (11. cxd5 Rd8 $1) 11... Rd8 12. Rd1 h6 (12... d4 $5) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne2
Be6 15. Ned4 Rac8 16. Qb3 Ne4 $132 {1/2 (37) Hoang,T (2227)-Le,T (2331) Can
Tho 2012}) (10... Re8 $5) 11. Rc1 Re8 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Karjakin played this
after a long 'pause'. The idea is to take back on d5 with the e-pawn, so that
the rook on e8 becomes useful.'} 12. Bd3 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Obviously White is
not interested in that kind of isolated pawn! Wesley is still 'blitzing' his
moves.'} dxc4 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Finally, Karjakin earned his tempo after
stalling a while, but comparing Rc1 with ...Re8, White definitely got
something to play now.'} 13. Bxc4 Qxd1+ {With the rook on e8, this simplifying
move is more appropriate since Black's king can easily reach the centre (...
Kg8-f8-e7).} 14. Rxd1 {Moradiabadi,E: 'To decide between the three recaptures,
Wesley spent 13:30 minutes.'} b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ke2 {Moradiabadi,E: 'In a
symmetrical pawn structure of this kind, tempi are less valuable while piece
placement becomes important as it might take a number of moves for each piece
to reach its optimal square.'} (16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Red8 18. O-O (18. Rc1
Nxb4 19. Bxb7 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Rab8 $11 {[%cal Rb8b7,Rd3b2]}) 18... f6 $11 {
[%cal Yg8f7]}) 16... Kf8 17. Rhg1 {[%cal Rg2g4,Rg4g5]} Rad8 $11 18. Bb1 Ne7 {
Moradiabadi,E: 'The knight will land on d5, many pieces will be exchanged and
Black has no weaknesses. I repeat that Black has no weaknesses!'} 19. Nd2 {
Moradiabadi,E: 'Wesley opts for the same manoeuvre where he has an eye on the
c5-square too.'} Bb6 (19... Rd7 $5 20. g4 Red8 $11) 20. g4 Ned5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 (
21... Rxd5 {Moradiabadi,E} 22. h4 h5 23. g5 Ng4 24. Nb3 Red8 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26.
Nd2 Bb7 27. Bc3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Ne5 {seems like a better continuation than what
Black played in the game but even in the game, Black's position was solid, if
a bit passive compared to this line.}) 22. Nb3 f6 23. Bg6 Re7 24. Rc1 {
Moradiabadi,E: 'Wesley is addressing the c5-square. It is interesting how he
keeps creating problems in a dry position like this one!'} Red7 25. Rgd1 Ne7
26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bb1 Rc7 $6 {This unnecessary exchange allows the activation
of White's pieces and gives him some chances.} (27... Bd5 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5
Bc4+ 30. Ke1 Kf7 $11) 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 {[%mdl 4096]} 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Ba2 Nd5 (
30... Kf7 $5 {was a sufficient defence. After} 31. f4 Nc6 32. f5 Nd8 33. fxe6+
Ke7 {Black will play ...a6-a5 or ...Bc7-d6xc5 and only later recapture White's
e6-pawn. E.g.} 34. Bd5 Bd6 35. Bd4 {(preventing 35...Bxc5)} Bxe6 {(now
appropriate: White wins the a6 pawn but a drawish endgame with
opposite-coloured bishops arises)} 36. Nxe6 Nxe6 37. Bb7 Nxd4+ 38. exd4 Kd7 39.
Bxa6 Kc6 $11) 31. f4 Bd6 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Karjakin defends with resilience.
Remember, this guy had defended for a month against Magnus Carlsen and held a
draw. Therefore, he is not going to be an easy nut to crack. However, I
believe that Karjakin is not defending at his best today.'} (31... a5 $1 {
was still OK for Black:} 32. f5 (32. bxa5 Bxa5 33. f5 Ke7 34. Nxe6 Bxe6 35.
fxe6 Nc3+ $11) 32... axb4 33. axb4 Bd6 34. Bxd5 exd5 {should be drawish.}) 32.
Bd4 Kf7 33. Kd3 Ne7 $6 (33... Nc7 $14) 34. Ne4 Bc7 $2 (34... Bb8 $1 {was a
better defence. After} 35. f5 Nc6 36. Bxe6+ Bxe6 37. fxe6+ Kxe6 38. Nc5+ Kd5
39. Nxa6 (39. e4+ Kd6 40. Nxa6 Nxd4 41. Kxd4 Ba7+ 42. Kd3 Kc6 $11) 39... Nxd4
40. Nxb8 (40. exd4 Bg3 {[%csl Ra6]}) 40... Ne6 {White can hardly convert his
advantage due to the poor position of his knight.}) 35. f5 $1 Nc6 36. fxe6+
Bxe6 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. Nc5+ Ke7 39. Nxa6 {White has won a pawn in a
comfortable version.} Bd6 40. Bc5 Ne5+ 41. Ke4 Nc4 42. Kd5 Bxc5 43. Kxc5 Nxa3
44. Nc7 Kd7 45. Nxb5 Nc2 46. Nd4 Nxe3 47. Nf5 Nd1 48. Kb6 $2 {A sudden slip.} (
48. Nxg7 Nf2 49. Nh5 $1 Nxh3 50. Nxf6+ Kc7 51. Ng8 $18) 48... g6 $1 49. Nxh6
Ne3 $2 {Amazingly, Black had a marvellous rescue indicated by the Chesspro.ru
website:} (49... Ke6 $1 50. b5 Nc3 51. Kc6 Na4 52. b6 (52. h4 $144 f5 53. g5 f4
54. Ng4 f3 55. Nf2 Ke5 56. b6 Nxb6 57. Kxb6 Kf4) 52... Nxb6 53. Kxb6 f5 $1 54.
g5 (54. Kc5 fxg4 55. Nxg4 Kf5 56. Kd4 Kf4 57. Nf2 Kg3 58. Ke3 g5 $11) 54... f4
55. h4 f3 56. Ng4 Kf5 57. Nf2 Kf4 58. Kc5 Kg3 {(White lacks one tempo to bring
his king back)} 59. h5 $8 Kxf2 60. hxg6 Kg3 61. g7 f2 62. g8=Q f1=Q {- this
queen endgame is drawish.}) 50. b5 f5 (50... Ke6 {is too late due to} 51. Kc5
$1 Nd5 52. h4 $18 {Black can't give up his knight for the b-pawn and obtain
the position from the previous annotation.}) 51. Ka6 fxg4 52. hxg4 Nd5 53. b6
Kc6 (53... Nxb6 54. Kxb6 Ke6 55. g5 $18) 54. b7 Nc7+ 55. Ka7 Nb5+ 56. Ka8 Nc7+
57. Kb8 Nb5 58. Ka8 Nc7+ 59. Kb8 Nb5 60. Nf7 $1 Kb6 61. g5 Ka6 62. Nd8 Kb6 63.
Kc8 Nd6+ 64. Kd7 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Karjakin wins the passed pawn but his pawn
on g6 falls and he loses the game. A great victory for Wesley and a bitter
defeat for Sergey who lost this battle in his own territory: Defending a
slightly uncomfortable situation!'} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 {Even Pavel Eljanov, the classically trained 1.d4 player,
cannot resist the modern fashion.} Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6
7. c4 Be7 $5 {Wesley employs a fancy move order} ({designed to avoid} 7... Ngf6
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nc3 {as played with White
by Vachier-Lagrave.}) 8. Nc3 ({Now} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3 {offers
Black an attractive option in} O-O-O 11. Nc3 Bd6) 8... dxc4 {Normally Black
doesn't mix early development of his light-squared bishop with this typical
Slav pawn grab. Wesley So has no such inhibitions.} ({Otherwise White might
try something like} 8... Ngf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Bg6 11. f4) 9. b3 $1 {
Pavel Eljanov doesn't mind turning it into a real gambit. The same approach 
(in similar positions) has recently been tried by Mamedyarov and Nakamura.} ({
Perhaps, White doesn't have a better choice. A standard Catalan reaction would
be} 9. Ne5 {but after} Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 {Black can choose the
dynamic} f6 $5 12. Bf4 fxe5 13. Bxe5 Nf6) ({I guess, one might consider} 9. a4
{but} a5 10. e4 Ngf6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qxc4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 {must be OK for
Black.}) 9... cxb3 10. Qxb3 Ngf6 $5 {A very remarkable decision. Wesley
immediately gives back the pawn in order to facilitate his development.} (10...
Qb6 11. Qa4 Bg6 12. e4 Ngf6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. Nh4 {is exactly what
White would like to see: Black is on the back foot, cramped and under the
threat of d4-d5.}) 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. g4 $5 ({The knight is awkward
to protect:} 13. Rfc1 Ba3 14. Rc2 Bg6 $17) ({while} 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxd7 Bf6 {
gives Black active play.}) 13... Bg6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bd2 (15. Qxd7 Nxf4 16. Qxe7
Qxc3 {heavily favours Black.}) 15... Rfd8 16. Qxc6 Rac8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5
a6 19. Na7 $5 {I like Pavel's spirit.} ({He didn't fancy going back:} 19. Nc3
Ba3 20. Rad1 Bc2 21. Rde1 {Here despite White's material advantage his game is
really awkward.}) 19... Rc7 20. Ba5 Rxa7 21. Bxd8 Bxd8 22. Rfc1 {How to
evaluate this position? Many factors come into play: White's control over the
c-file, Black's back rank, White's somewhat over-extended kingside, the
out-of-play position of the Nh5. My best guess, they all cancel each other out,
and the game is roughly balanced. The remaining play seems to confirm it.} Kf8
23. e3 {Naturally Black's Nh5-f4 had to be stopped.} Be4 24. Rc8 Ke7 25. Nd2
Bxg2 26. Kxg2 f6 27. h4 g6 28. Ne4 ({One suggestion I can make for White is to
choose a different route for the knight.} 28. Nc4 {hoping for} Ng7 $2 (28... f5
{is a better try. After} 29. Rb1 Ng7 30. f4 Ne8 31. Kf3 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Bxc7 33.
Rb7 Nb8 {Black seems to be defending his a-pawn, but White can go on by
opening the h-file:} 34. h5 Kd7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rb1 {etc.}) 29. gxf6+ Nxf6
30. Ne5 $1 Rc7 31. Nc6+ Kd7 32. Rxd8+ Kxc6 33. Rc1+ Kb7 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. Ra8
Kb7 36. Rf8 {This looks really good for White.}) 28... f5 29. Nc5 Nxc5 {
I wonder if there was a real need for Black to do this.} (29... Ng7) 30. dxc5
Rc7 31. Ra8 $1 {This goes against the common wisdom of always trading a pair
of rooks to get to the pure form of R vs 2 pieces.} ({The problem with} 31.
Rxc7+ {though, is that White cannot bring his king over to help the c-pawn.}
Bxc7 32. Rd1 Ng7 33. f4 a5 34. Kf3 Nh5 35. Ke2 $5 Ng3+ 36. Kf3 (36. Kd3 $2 Kd7
{if White loses the c-pawn it'll be Black trying for a win.}) 36... Nh5 (36...
Ne4 {no need for} 37. c6 Nc5 38. h5) 37. Rd2 Ng7 $11 {etc. Neither side can
make progress.}) 31... Rxc5 32. Rd1 $6 {An unfortunate move that cost Pavel
his remaining chances.} (32. Rxa6 e5 33. a4 Ba5 34. Rb1 Bc7 35. Rb5 Rc2 {
Most likely Black is in time with his counterplay against the white king.})
32... Bc7 33. Rh8 Be5 $1 34. Rhd8 (34. Rxh7+ Bg7 {leaves the rook arrested.})
34... Rc7 35. Ra8 f4 36. e4 Rc3 37. f3 Ng3 38. Rxa6 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Rc3 40. Kg2 (
40. Rb1 {only looks attractive. In fact the black king is safe, and once he
gets his knight to a better square, it's going to be White worrying about the
outcome.} Bc7 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 Ne2) 40... Rc2+ 41. Kh3 Rc3 ({On the other
hand Black will risk losing if he attempts to keep the game going:} 41... Ne2
42. Ra7+ Bc7 43. a4 e5 44. a5 Nd4 45. a6 Kd6 46. Ra1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. N2f3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Bb8
15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ba6 Rcd8 18. Bd3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qc2 Rde8
21. g3 Bg4 22. Ng5 Bxd1 23. Nxe4 Bxc2 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxc2 Rc8 26. Kf1 f5 27.
f3 Kf7 28. e4 fxe4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Rc4 c5 31. Rxe4 Rc6 32. Ra4 a6 33. Ke2 g5
34. Bc1 h6 35. Re4 Be7 36. Be3 Re6 37. Rc4 g4 38. Kd2 Rd6+ 39. Kc1 h5 40. Rxc5
Re6 41. Rc3 Bb4 42. Rd3 Rd6 43. Kc2 Ke6 44. Bd4 Kd5 45. Ba7+ Kc6 46. Rxd6+ Kxd6
47. Kd3 Kd5 48. a4 Be7 49. Bf2 Bb4 50. Bb6 Be7 51. Kc3 h4 52. gxh4 Bxh4 53. Bc7
Be1+ 54. Kd3 Bf2 55. b4 Bd4 56. Ke2 Kc4 57. Bd6 Bg1 58. a5 Bxh2 59. Bxh2 Kxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc1 c5
15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Rd1 a5 17. c6 Bxc6 18. Nfd4 Bxg2 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Kxg2 a4 21.
Nxb5 Rb7 22. N3d4 Bc5 23. Nc3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxb2 25. Rxa4 Rc2 26. Ne4 Rxe2 27.
Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. a4 Rb8 30. Rc1 f5 31. Rf4 Rbb2 32. g4 Kg7 33. Rc3
Kf6 34. Kg3 Rbc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. gxf5 e5 37. Rh4 Ra2 38. Rh6+ Kxf5 39. Rxh7
Ke6 40. Rh8 Rxa4 41. Re8+ Kf5 42. f3 Ra6 43. Re7 Rg6+ 44. Kf2 Rh6 45. Rxf7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O Nd7 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Rfd8 12. g4 Bg6 13. c5 Qxb3 14. axb3 Rdc8
15. b4 a6 16. Nd2 Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. f4 Rb8 20. e3 Be4 21. g5
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nh5 23. Nc1 f5 24. Nd3 Kf7 25. Kf3 g6 26. h4 Ng7 27. Rh1 h5 28.
Ke2 Ne8 29. Kd2 Rcc8 30. Ne2 Nc7 31. Ng1 Ke7 32. Nf3 Rg8 33. Nfe5 Nxe5 34. Nxe5
Rbc8 35. Ra5 Rg7 36. Rha1 Rgg8 37. Kd3 Rg7 38. Kd2 Kd8 39. Kd3 Ke8 40. Kd2 Kd8
41. Kd3 Ke8 42. Kd2 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rac8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qh4 c5 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfd8 19. Qe3 h6 20. Qe2 Bb4 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 e5 24. g3 e4 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxe4 Bc5 27.
Qe2 g6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Bd5 h5 30. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na5 Rac8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Nb7 h6 19. Nd6 Rb8 20.
Be3 Bb6 21. Rb1 Nd5 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Rc1 Rb2 24. e4 Nb6 25. a4 Ra2 26. c4 Rxa4
27. c5 Nd7 28. Rb1 Nxc5 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Nxf7 Nxe4 31. Rh8+ Kg6 32. Ne5+ Kf5
33. Nxc6 a5 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Rf8+ Kg6 36. h4 a4 37. Rf4 Rxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Nxf2 39.
Kxf2 a3 40. Nb4 Kf5 41. Kf3 h5 42. Na2 e5 43. Nc3 e4+ 44. Kg2 Kg4 45. Nd1 Kf5
46. Ne3+ Ke6 47. Kf2 a2 48. Nc2 Kf5 49. Ne3+ Kf6 50. Nc2 Ke5 51. Ke2 Kd6 52.
Ke3 Ke5 53. Ke2 g5 54. hxg5 Kf5 55. Kf2 Kxg5 56. Kg2 Kf6 57. Kf2 Kf5 58. Ne3+
Kf6 59. Nc2 Kg5 60. Kg2 Kg4 61. Ne3+ Kg5 62. Nc2 Kf6 63. Kf2 Kf5 64. Ne3+ Ke6
65. Nc2 Kd6 66. Ke3 Ke5 67. Ke2 Kf5 68. Kf2 Kg5 69. Kg2 Kf6 70. Kf2 Kf5 71.
Ne3+ Kg5 72. Nc2 Kf5 73. Ne3+ Kg5 74. Nc2 h4 75. gxh4+ Kxh4 76. Ke3 a1=Q 77.
Nxa1 Kg4 78. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. b3 O-O 10. Ba3 b6 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Rc2 Nf5 15.
e3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nd6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nb5 21.
Ne2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Rc8 23. Qd2 a5 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Nxc7 27.
Nd4 Ke7 28. f4 Kd7 29. Kf2 b5 30. a3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Kf3 Na6 33. g4 Nc5
34. h3 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Bb4
15. c3 Bf8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Nc5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21.
Be3 Ne6 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Qe2 Bc5 24. Bd4 Qb6 25. Qf2 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. f5
Ng5 28. h4 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. e6 fxe6 31. fxg6 Qd8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qf4 Qd5
34. Rde1 e5 35. Qf5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 d5 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
cxd3 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Rfe8 13. Bg3 Rad8 14. a3
Nh5 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Qc3 g5 17. b4 f6 18. Nb3 e5 19. Qc2 f5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Rxe5 22. b5 Qxb5 23. Rb1 Qa4 24. Qc3 Rde7 25. Nc5 Qh4 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27.
Qxe5 Rf7 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Ne6+ Kf6 30. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. e5
Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Re8 15. Ne3
Bb7 16. h5 Bf8 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. c4 dxc4 19. dxc4 Qc7 20. Qxa4 Nd4 21. Nd2 Bxg2
22. Nxg2 Ra8 23. Qd1 Rxa3 24. h6 g6 25. Nh4 Qc6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Bg5 Nxe5 28.
Bxe7 Nef3+ 29. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Kf1 Nxe1 31. Qxe1 f5 32. Bxc5 Rd3 33. Nf6+ Kf7
34. Nxe8 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qf3+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qf3+ 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3
b6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Bxb5
15. Qxb5 f5 16. Nb3 Ng6 17. Qc4 Qg5 18. Qxe6+ Kh7 19. Nd2 Nh4 20. g3 Qg4 21.
Qd6 Qh3 22. gxh4 Rf6 23. Qg3 Rg6 24. Kh1 Rxg3 25. fxg3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27.
dxc5 bxc5 28. Rad1 Re8 29. Nc4 Re7 30. Rf2 Qg4 31. Rd5 f4 32. gxf4 gxf4 33.
Rxf4 Qe2 34. Rh4+ Kg6 35. Ne5+ Rxe5 36. Rd6+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. h5 a4 13. h6 g6 14. Bf4 a3 15. b3 Bb7 16.
N1h2 Rc8 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Ng4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qd1 Rc6 21. Rc1 Qc7 22. Nh2
Rc8 23. Nf3 Rxc2 24. Nxd4 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Ba6 26. Bf4 Qc3 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Kh2
Nf8 29. Re3 Qc2 30. Qg4 Bxd3 31. Bg5 Bf5 32. Qh4 Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Qxf2 34. Rf3
Qxa2 35. Rxf5 Rc2 36. Kh3 Rxg2 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kf8 40.
Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Bb4 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Be2 Ng6 16. f4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. Bf3 Rae8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21.
Rad1 Nh4 22. Qe2 f6 23. Rxd5 fxe5 24. Rxe5 Nf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Rxf3 27.
Bd4 Rxh3 28. Rb1 Re7 29. Rb5 Rh6 30. Rxa5 Ra6 31. Rd5 Rxa4 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. f4
Ke6 34. Rd8 Ra1 35. Kf3 Rf1+ 36. Ke4 Re1+ 37. Be3 g6 38. Rf8 Rc7 39. Kd3 Rd1+
40. Ke2 Rd5 41. Bd4 Rf7 42. Re8+ Kd7 43. Rh8 Rxf4 44. Rxh7+ Kc6 45. Rg7 Rg4 46.
Kf3 Rg5 47. Kf4 Rf5+ 48. Ke4 Rg5 49. Kf4 Rf5+ 50. Ke4 Rg5 51. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. h5 a4 13. h6 g6 14. Bf4 a3 15. b3 Bb7 16.
Qd2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Re8 18. N1h2 Qc7 19. Ng4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bg5 Bf8 22. Qf4
Qc3 23. Bf6 Qb2 24. Bg7 Be7 25. Bf6 Bf8 26. Bg7 Be7 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 Rxc2
29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Qxd4 Qc3 31. Qe3 d4 32. Qe2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Nc5 34. Qe5 Nxd3
35. Qb5 Nxe1+ 36. Kh3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O e5 9. c3 Qe8 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nc4 Bf6 12. Ne3 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Nf4 14. Bf1 Nf6
15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. Re3 h5 20. Rae1 h4 21.
g3 Qg5 22. Kh1 Nh5 23. Be2 hxg3 24. hxg3 Kg7 25. Kg1 Rh8 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. Qd1
Qh3 28. g4 Ng3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
g6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nb1 Qb6 15.
Qe2 Na5 16. Nc3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxc4 exf3 20. d5 fxg2 21.
Rfe1 Rc8 22. Qe4 e5 23. d6 Bxd6 24. Nd5 Qxb2 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6 27.
Bxf6 Be6 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf7 31. Kxg2 Kf6 32. f4 Bd7 33.
Kf2 Bc6 34. Ke3 a6 35. h4 h6 36. Kd4 Bf3 37. Kc5 Bc6 38. Kd6 Kf7 39. f5 g5 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. Re6 g4 42. Rg6 g3 43. Ke5 g2 44. Rg5 b5 45. f6 a5 46. Rg7+ Kf8
47. Ke6 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Rf7+ Ke8 52. Rg7 Kf8 53.
Rg3 b3 54. f7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 e5 8. c3
Nh5 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Ncxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Bg5 Bf6
15. Be3 b6 16. a4 a5 17. Kh2 Rad8 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. g3 Kh8 20. Kg2 Bc6 21. Bg5 f6
22. Bd2 f5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne6 Bxe4+ 25. Kh2 Ba8 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Rad1 f4 28.
g4 f3 29. Qe3 e4 30. gxh5 Be5+ 31. Kh1 Bf4 32. Qd4+ Be5 33. Qe3 Bf4 34. Qd4+
Be5 35. Rxe4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 Rd8 37. Qxg6 Rd6 38. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 e6 8. Ne4 d5
9. Ng3 c5 10. c3 Ne7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Qd2 c4 13. Bc2 a5 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. h4 b4
16. h5 Rg8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Bxh6 19. Rxh6 Nf8 20. Qf4 Ra7 21. Kd2 a4 22.
a3 bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Qe7 24. Rah1 Qxa3 25. Rh8 Rxh8 26. Rxh8 Na5 27. Nh7 Nb3+ 28.
Ke2 Kd7 29. Qxf7+ Kc6 30. Qxa7 Qb2 31. Qxa4+ Kc7 32. Rxf8 Qxc2+ 33. Kf3 Nxd4+
34. cxd4 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nc4 a6 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Nfxe5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 dxe5 14. Nxe5 e6
15. Qf3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Nc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ne3 Rd8 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Re8 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qc2 Rad8
15. Rfd1 h5 16. b4 h4 17. b5 e5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Be2 exd4 20. exd4 c5 21. dxc5
Bxc5 22. Bb5 Qe5 23. Re1 Qg3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qf5 Re5 26. Qf4 Nb6 27. Bc6 Nc4
28. Rf1 Re6 29. Bf3 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 Qe5 31. Rd1 Bd6 32. Kf1 Qh2 33. Ne2 Qh1+ 34.
Ng1 Bh2 35. Qd8+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd2 Ke7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Bc7
15. Na4 Nbd7 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Rfc1 Rhc8 18. Nb6 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Nxb6 20. axb6 a5
21. Nc5 Rb8 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Ra1 Rxb6 24. Rxa5 Rb7 25. Bd3 Rd7 26. Kf1 Bxh2
27. Bxb4+ Bd6 28. Bc3 g6 29. Ke2 Nd5 30. Bd2 Bb4 31. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 f5 4. c4 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. d4 e4 10. Ne1 Ne7 11. d5 g5 12. Nc2 Ng6 13. Rc1 f4 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Re1
Nh4 16. Bf1 Ng4 17. Rc2 Qe5 18. h3 fxe3 19. hxg4 exf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Rxe4
Qg3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1+
8. Kxd1 Nd7 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Nf3 b6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. b4 Nd7
15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. bxa5 bxa5 17. Kc1 Ba3+ 18. Kd2 Rhd8 19. Bb6 Re8 20. Rhd1 Rb8
21. Rab1 Bc4 22. Bxa5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Ra8 24. Rb7+ Kc8 25. Rc7+ Kb8 26. Rxc6 Rxa5
27. Rxc4 Bd6 28. Ra4 Rxa4 29. Bxa4 Bxh2 30. g3 h5 31. Be8 h4 32. gxh4 f6 33.
Bf7 e5 34. Kd3 Kb7 35. Ke2 Bf4 36. Kf3 Kb6 37. Kg4 Bd2 38. Kf5 Kc5 39. Kg6 Bh6
40. h5 Kb5 41. Bb3 Ka5 42. a4 Kb6 43. c4 Kc5 44. a5 Kc6 45. Ba4+ Kc5 46. Bb5
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nh4 c5 8. c3
Nbc6 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 h6 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. O-O e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bc2 Qf6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Rxe5 Rxe5
21. Bb3 Qe6 22. Rd1 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Bc5 25. Bxd5 Qf5 26. f4 b6 27.
b4 Bf2 28. Qf3 Qh5+ 29. Qxh5 gxh5 30. c4 h4 31. gxh4 Bxh4 32. c5 bxc5 33. bxc5
Be7 34. c6 Bd6 35. g3 Kg7 36. Kh3 Bc7 37. a4 a5 38. Kg4 Bd6 39. Kf5 Bc7 40. Bf3
Bd6 41. Bh5 Bc7 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. Kd5 Ke7 44. Kc5 f6 45. Kd5 Bb6 46. Bg4 Bc7 47.
Bh3 Bb6 48. Bg4 Bd8 49. Be2 Bb6 50. Ke4 Bf2 51. g4 Kd6 52. Kf5 Be3 53. Bf3 Kc7
54. Bd5 Bd2 55. Be4 Bc1 56. Bd5 Bd2 57. Ke4 Bc1 58. Kf3 Kd6 59. Kg3 Bd2 60. Be4
Bc1 61. Kf3 Bd2 62. f5 Bc3 63. Ke2 Be5 64. Kd3 Kc5 65. Bf3 Bc7 66. Kc3 Be5+ 67.
Kd3 Bc7 68. Kc3 Be5+ 69. Kd3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bf4 Qc8
15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qc2 Bxg5 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Bf5 Qc7 21.
Nxg5 Bxd5 22. Qxa4 Qe5 23. Qh4 Qxf5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Rfe1+ Be6 26. Qxg7 Kd6 27.
Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Qf8+ Kc7 29. Red1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b5 2. c4 bxc4 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. e5
Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nf5 13. Qd1 Bc5 14. Bd3 Qh4
15. Qe2 Nd4 16. Qf1 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qg3+ 18. Qg2 Bxf2+ 19. Kf1 Bxe1 20. Nb5 Bxf3
21. Nc7+ Ke7 22. Qc2 Bb4 23. Be3 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 e6 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. g3 d5 6. d3 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1+ 8.
Nxd1 b6 9. c3 Bb7 10. Nf2 h5 11. Be3 Ng8 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 Be7
15. Ne5 b5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bc2 Ng4 18. Nxg4 hxg4 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rxd2
21. Rxd2 Rh5 22. e5 Rh8 23. Bd1 Bf3 24. Bxf3 gxf3 25. Rf2 f5 26. exf6 gxf6 27.
h4 Kf7 28. Rxf3 Kg6 29. Bf2 Kf5 30. Kd2 c4 31. Ke2 Rd8 32. Re3 Bc5 33. g4+ Kxg4
34. Rg3+ Kxf4 35. Rf3+ Kg4 36. Bxc5 f5 37. Bd4 Re8 38. Re3 Kxh4 39. Kf3 Kg5 40.
Re1 a5 41. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c4 f5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Rc1 b6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 e6 10. e3 Qe7 11. O-O h5 12. h4 O-O-O 13. d4 Kb8 14. d5 Ne5 15. d6
Qf8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxb7 Kxb7 18. Nb5 a6 19. Qf3+ Kb8 20. Nc7 Qxd6 21. Nxa6+
Ka7 22. b4 Kxa6 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rd3 Qc6 26. Qe2 Kb7 27. c5 bxc5
28. Rb3+ Kc7 29. Qd2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Bf5 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rb1 a5
15. a3 b5 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Rfc1 a4 18. Na2 Nc4 19. Nb4 Re6 20. Qd1 Rae8 21. b3
axb3 22. Rxb3 Ra8 23. Rbc3 Nd7 24. Ra1 Ndb6 25. Rcc1 Qe7 26. Qe1 Qd7 27. Bf1
Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Nxa3 29. Ra1 Nac4 30. Ra6 Qd6 31. Nd3 Re8 32. Qa1 Na4 33. Ne5
Nxe5 34. Bxb5 Qb4 35. Bxa4 Nd3 36. Bxc6 Rb8 37. Ra8 Rxa8 38. Qxa8+ Kh7 39. Qa1
Qd2 40. Qf1 Nb4 41. Be8 f5 42. g3 g5 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 f4 45. Qh3 Nd3 46.
Qf5+ Kh8 47. Qh5+ Kg8 48. Qxd5+ Kh8 49. Qf3 fxe3 50. Qxe3 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qf1 52.
Bg6 Qxf2+ 53. Qxf2 Nxf2 54. Kg3 Nd1 55. d5 Nc3 56. d6 Ne2+ 57. Kf3 Nd4+ 58. Ke4
Ne6 59. Kd5 Nd8 60. d7 Kg8 61. Kd6 Kf8 62. h5 Nb7+ 63. Kc7 Ke7 64. Be4 Nd8 65.
Bd5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nc2 Rac8 14. Rb1 Qa6
15. Bc3 b6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Nd5 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Rfc1 Nf5 21.
Nb3 Nd6 22. Nd2 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Ne3 Rdd8 26. Ng4 Nd4 27.
Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Ne3 Nf5 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Rd1 Qe6 32. h4 h5 33. Rd3
f6 34. Re3 Qd6 35. Rd3 Qc6 36. Qb3+ Kg7 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Qd3 Kf7 39. Qb3+ Qc4
40. Qxc4+ Rxc4 41. Ra3 a5 42. Rb3 Rb4 43. Rxb4 axb4 44. Kf1 g5 45. Ke1 Ke6 46.
e3 Kf5 47. f3 gxh4 48. gxh4 e5 49. Ke2 e4 50. Kf2 Ke5 51. Ke2 Kd5 52. fxe4+
Kxe4 53. Kf2 Kd3 54. Kf3 Kc3 55. Kf4 Kb2 56. Kf5 Kxa2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
e5 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. f4 Qb8 14. Kh1 a4 15.
Rae1 Ra5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Rd5 18. Nxe5 Qc8 19. Qxa4 Ng4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
Be4 Rh5 22. Bg3 Qe7 23. Bf3 Qd7 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. Qxc6 Ne3 26. Rfe1 Nxd1 27. Rxd1
Qc2 28. Bxh5 gxh5 29. Qf3 Qxb2 30. Qxh5 Qxa2 31. f5 Qc4 32. f6 Bxf6 33. Qxh6
Bg7 34. Qe3 Qxc3 35. Qxc3 Bxc3 36. Bxc7 Rc8 37. Bf4 Bg7 38. h4 Rc4 39. Rf1 Bh6
40. Bg3 Kg7 41. Kh2 Kg6 42. Rf3 f5 43. Bf2 Rf4 44. Kg3 Rxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Bf8 46.
Bg3 Bb4 47. Be5 Ba3 48. g3 Bb4 49. Bd4 Bd6 50. g4 fxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Kh7 52. Be5
Bxe5 53. h5 Kh6 54. Kf3 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. a4 a5 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nd2 Bb4 13. c3 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15.
Be3 Re8 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Rd1 Bxf5 19. exf5 h6 20. Nd2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
Nb6 22. Qg3 Nxa4 23. b3 Nb6 24. h4 Rad8 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nh5 27. Qg4 Nf4
28. Ne4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Re1 Nbd5 31. c4 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 Nf4+ 33. Kg3 Rd3+
34. f3 Qd8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nh7+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Ne4 Qb6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. c3 d6 10. Qd2 g5 11. e3 g4 12. Ng1 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Bb5+ Bd7
15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Rc1 h5 18. h4 gxh3 19. Rxh3 Qe6 20. Qb4 Qxa2 21.
Ng3 Qe6 22. Nxh5 Qg6 23. Nf4 Qg7 24. Nd5 Nb6 25. Qb5+ Kf8 26. Rxh8+ Qxh8 27.
Nxb6 axb6 28. Qxb6 Qh1+ 29. Kd2 Qh4 30. g3 Qf6 31. f4 exd4 32. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 33.
exd4 Rd7 34. Kd3 f5 35. Rh1 Rg7 36. Rh5 Rxg3+ 37. Kc4 Ke7 38. b4 Rf3 39. Rxf5
Ke6 40. Rf8 Ke7 41. Rb8 Rxf4 42. Rxb7+ Ke6 43. b5 Rf1 44. d5+ Kf6 45. b6 Rb1
46. Rb8 Kg7 47. b7 Rb2 48. Kd4 Rb1 49. Ke4 Rb5 50. Kf4 Kh7 51. Rd8 Rxb7 52. Kf5
Re7 53. Kf6 Re1 54. Rxd6 Rf1+ 55. Ke7 Rd1 56. Rd8 Kg7 57. d6 Re1+ 58. Kd7 Kf7
59. Ra8 Rd1 60. Ra2 Kf6 61. Rf2+ Ke5 62. Ke7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O Nd7 6. c4 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ne5 8.
Qb3 Qb6 9. cxd5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nxf3+ 11. exf3 cxd5 12. Nc3 e6 13. Nb5 Kd7 14.
Rxa7 Rxa7 15. Nxa7 Ne7 16. d3 Nf5 17. Kg2 Bc5 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Bd2 Nd4 20. Nxd4
Bxd4 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Kc6 23. Kf1 Kb5 24. Bd2 Bxb2 25. Ke2 Bd4 26. f4 f5
27. f3 g6 28. g4 Bc5 29. Kd1 d4 30. Kc2 Bb4 31. Bc1 Kc5 32. Kd1 b5 33. Ke2 h5
34. g5 Kd5 35. Kd1 Ba5 36. Ke2 Kc5 37. Ba3+ Bb4 38. Bc1 Kd5 39. Kd1 Ba5 40. Ke2
Bc7 41. Bd2 Bd6 42. b4 Bc7 43. Kf1 Bd6 44. Kg2 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 O-O 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4
Qe7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Rad1 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bc5 Qe8 19. Ng5 b6 20. Ba3 c5
21. Nxe6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qe7 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. b3 Kf7 26. Bb2 Qe2 27.
Bxf6 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Kxf6 29. Kf2 Re7 30. Rd5 Ke6 31. Re5+ Kf6 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 33.
Ke3 Ke6 34. Ke4 b5 35. c4 b4 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. Ke3 h6 38. Kd3 Kxf4 39. Ke2 g5 40.
Kf2 h5 41. Ke2 g4 42. fxg4 Kxg4 43. Kf2 Kf4 44. Kg2 Ke3 45. Kg3 Kd3 46. Kh4 Kc3
47. Kxh5 Kb2 48. h4 Kxa2 49. Kg4 Kxb3 50. h5 Kxc4 51. h6 b3 52. h7 b2 53. h8=Q
b1=Q 54. Qg8+ Kc3 55. Qg7+ Kc2 56. Qh7+ Kc1 57. Qh1+ Kb2 58. Qb7+ Kc2 59. Qe4+
Kb2 60. Qb7+ Kc1 61. Qh1+ Kb2 62. Qb7+ Kc1 63. Qh1+ Kb2 64. Qb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bb5+ Kd8 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nd4 a6 13. Re1 axb5 14. Nxb5
Qd7 15. Nxd6 Nd3 16. Bg3 Nxe1 17. Qxe1 Nh5 18. Qe5 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Ke7 20. N2c4
dxc4 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. h4 Rhd8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Nb4 10. Be2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Re1 Ne7 15.
Qe2 Ng6 16. g3 b5 17. Rac1 a6 18. b4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bd4 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qf5
22. c3 Rc4 23. Nd2 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 dxe4
28. Kf1 Bd5 29. Ke2 f5 30. a4 Rb8 31. Rb1 Kf7 32. b5 a5 33. b6 Ke7 34. Red1 Bb7
35. Rb5 Bc6 36. Rxa5 Rxb6 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. Ke3 Rb3 39. Kd4 Rb2 40. Rf1 Bd5 41.
a5 Rd2+ 42. Kc5 Rc2 43. Kd4 Rd2+ 44. Kc5 Rc2 45. a6 Rxc3 46. Ra1 Rd3 47. Rd7 c3
48. a7 c2 49. Rc1 Rc3+ 50. Kb4 Rc8 51. Ka5 g5 52. Kb6 f4 53. gxf4 gxf4 54. Rc7
Rxc7 55. Kxc7 e3 56. fxe3 fxe3 57. Rxc2 Ke5 58. Rc5 e2 59. Rxd5+ exd5 60. a8=Q
Ke4 61. Kd6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 Bd6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 g4 12. Nd2 Bxg3 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. hxg3 f5
15. Qb3 Nd7 16. c5 Ke7 17. Bc4 e5 18. Rh5 exd4 19. Rxf5 Rf8 20. Rxf8 Kxf8 21.
exd4 Ne5 22. Qc3 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 b5 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. Ke2 Rd8 27. Ke3
Qf6 28. Rc3 Qg5+ 29. Ke2 Qf6 30. d5 Qe5 31. Qc6 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Rc4 h5
34. Rxe4 Rc5 35. Kd3 Kf7 36. f3 Rg5 37. fxg4 hxg4 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Kf4 Rf5+ 40.
Kxg4 Rd5 41. Kf3 Kf5 42. g4+ Kg5 43. a4 b5 44. Rf4 bxa4 45. Rf5+ Rxf5+ 46. gxf5
Kxf5 47. g4+ Kg5 48. Kg3 a5 49. Kf3 Kg6 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. g5+ Kg6 52. Kg4 a3 53.
bxa3 a4 54. Kf4 Kg7 55. Kf5 Kf7 56. Kg4 Kg6 57. Kh4 Kg7 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Kf4 Kg7
60. Kf5 Kf7 61. g6+ Kg7 62. Kg5 Kg8 63. Kf6 Kf8 64. Ke6 Kg7 65. Kf5 Kg8 66. Kf6
Kf8 67. Ke6 Kg7 68. Kd5 Kxg6 69. Kc6 Kf7 70. Kb5 Ke8 71. Kxa4 Kd8 72. Kb5 Kc8
73. Kb6 Kb8 74. a4 Ka8 75. a5 Kb8 76. a6 Ka8 77. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd7 14. a4 Qc8
15. a5 Nd7 16. Bc3 Bc6 17. Qc2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. Qc3 Nd7 21.
Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 h6 23. Ra3 Rab8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rba1 Ne5 26. Ra7 Rb7 27.
Ra8 Rbb8 28. R8a7 Rb7 29. Ra8 Rbb8 30. R8a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Rae1 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h4 a6 14. a4 Nh5
15. Bh2 Nf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qc7 19. Qxd5 Nf4 20. Qe4 O-O-O
21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Rh5 23. Qg4 Rdh8 24. Ne4 Ne7 25. Rh1 Nd5 26. Ne5 Kb8 27.
Qf3 f5 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Nxg6 R8h6 30. Nxf6 Nxf6 31. Qxf6 Rf5 32. Qxf5 exf5 33.
Re8+ Ka7 34. Ne7 Qd7 35. Nc8+ Kb8 36. Rhe1 Nf4+ 37. Kf3 Ne6 38. Rg8 Nxd4+ 39.
Kf4 Ne6+ 40. Ke5 Nd8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qf5 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Na4 b6 12. d4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. Be2 Qf5 15.
Bd3 Qd7 16. Bb5 Ne4 17. Qe2 Qf5 18. dxc5 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 bxc5 20. Ba6 Bxa6 21.
Qxa6 Nb4 22. Qa5 Qf6 23. Na4 Nxa2 24. Ra1 Nac3 25. Nxc5 Nd2 26. Nxd2 Rxd2 27.
Rac1 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Rd5 29. Rc2 Qxf2 30. Qe1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nb3 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Nxc5 8.
Nxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. c3 Be7 13. Qa4 Ne4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 e5 17. Ne2 f5 18. Rad1 Rf7 19. g3 Raf8 20. Qxa7 f4
21. Qxb6 f3 22. Nc1 Qg5 23. Rfe1 Qh5 24. Qb5 Rf6 25. h4 Rg6 26. Kh2 Rg4 27. Qf1
Bc8 28. Qh1 Rxh4+ 29. gxh4 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Ba6+ 32. Nd3 Rd8 33. b3
Bxd3+ 34. Rxd3 exd3 35. Rd1 d2 36. c4 Qf5 37. Qh4 Kh7 38. e4 Qd7 39. Kg1 Qd3
40. Kh2 Qe2 41. Rg1 d1=Q 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kg6
46. Qe6+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. c3 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. e4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rad1
cxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Rd2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qe2
Rd5 21. Red1 b5 22. Nc2 Rad8 23. Ne3 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Ne4 26. Qd4
Nd6 27. a4 Nc4 28. axb5 axb5 29. b3 Ne5 30. c4 bxc4 31. Nxc4 Nc6 32. Qc5 Qd8
33. Qxc6 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg1 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 g6 14. Be2 Bg7 15.
O-O b6 16. c4 O-O 17. h3 Nh7 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bf6 20. Kg2 Bg5 21. Rh1 Bxe3
22. Qxe3 Qg5 23. Kf2 Qxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Kg7 25. Nd2 Ng5 26. b4 a5 27. a3 Ra7 28.
Bd3 Rfa8 29. Nb3 Nf6 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Rab1 e4 32. Bxe4 Re8 33. Nd2 Ngxe4 34.
fxe4 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Rae7 36. Rh3 Rxe4+ 37. Kd3 Rxg4 38. Rb6 Ree4 39. Rc6 g5 40.
Rf3 f6 41. Rxd6 Rd4+ 42. Ke3 Rxc4 43. Rfxf6 Rg3+ 44. Kf2 Rxa3 45. Rg6+ Kf7 46.
Rgf6+ Kg7 47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rgf6+ Kg7 49. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qb7 15. Re1
Rfc8 16. Bc2 Bd8 17. Qd2 Bc7 18. Ra1 Bc4 19. Reb1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxf4 21. exf4
Ra8 22. Qc1 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Ne8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Nc7 26. g3 Kf8 27. Qa3 bxc5
28. bxc5 Qa6 29. Qxa6 Nxa6 30. f4 Ke7 31. Kf2 f6 32. h4 Nb4 33. Bd1 Bd3 34. Ke3
Bc2 35. Na2 Nxa2 36. Bxc2 Nc3 37. g4 fxe5 38. dxe5 Na2 39. Kd4 Nb4 40. Ba4 Kd7
41. f5 Ke7 42. Bd1 Na6 43. Ba4 Nb8 44. Bc2 Nd7 45. Ba4 Nb8 46. Ke3 Nd7 47. Kd4
Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. d5
Ne5 16. Be2 exd5 17. cxd5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qd6 19. g3 Bd7 20. Bg2 Rfe8 21. e4
Bxb2 22. Qxb2 f5 23. Re1 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Re7 25. Bg2 Rbe8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. h4 b5
28. Rc1 c4 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd4 Rf7 32. Ra1 Qf6 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Qc5
g5 35. hxg5 Qxg5 36. Ra7 Qe5 37. f4 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qd1 39. d6 Qg4 40. Qe5+ Kh6
41. Rxd7 Rxd7 42. Bh3 Qd1 43. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Bxh4 9. Qb3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bh2 Bxg4 12. Qxb7 Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Nxe7 14. Be2 Bxe2
15. Kxe2 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Kf7 20. Rxc6 Nd5 21.
Rc5 Rad8 22. Nxh4 Nxh4 23. Nd6+ Ke6 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. Re1 Rhd8 26. Nc7+ Kf7 27.
Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rc7+ R8d7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Rd1 Ke6 31. Kd3 Nf3 32. Bb8 Rxd4+
33. Ke2 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 a6 35. Ke2 Nd4+ 36. Ke3 Nc6 37. Bh2 Kd5 38. f4 g4 39. f5
h5 40. Bc7 h4 41. Kf4 g3 42. Bb6 Nd4 43. Ke3 Nxf5+ 44. Kf3 h3 45. b3 h2 46. Kg2
Nh4+ 47. Kh1 Ke4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. O-O h6 14. Qh3 Bd6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O 17. Bc2 Bf4 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rfe1 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bf4 21.
Re4 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Kg7 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. Rg4 Rbc8 25. Re3 f5 26. Rh4 g5 27. Rhh3
Rf6 28. Re5 Qd6 29. Rhe3 b5 30. Bb3 f4 31. Re1 f3 32. g3 Qf8 33. Kg1 Qf7 34.
Qd3 Re8 35. R1e3 Rf5 36. Rxf5 Qxf5 37. Rxf3 Qxd3 38. Rxd3 Kf6 39. Rf3+ Ke7 40.
Re3 Kd6 41. Kf1 e5 42. Rf3 exd4 43. cxd4 Bh3+ 44. Kg1 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Bg4 46. Rf6+
Ke7 47. Rf7+ Kd6 48. Rf6+ Ke7 49. Rf7+ Kd6 50. Rf6+ Ke7 51. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. d4 c6 8. Nc3
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f4 Re8 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd2 f6
15. exf6 Qxf6 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 a5 19. b5 cxb5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21.
Qxb5 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Bg4 23. Rae1 Qd2 24. h3 Be6 25. a3 Qe3 26. Kh2 b6 27. f5 Bf7
28. f6 g6 29. Rc1 Kg8 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. Re7 Qxa3 32. Qg5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 f5 14. e5
O-O 15. Bc4+ e6 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. h4 Rac8 18. Bd2 h6 19. Bb3 Kf7 20. Rhg1 Rfd8
21. g4 Ne7 22. g5 h5 23. Ba5 Re8 24. Bb4 Bf8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxe7 Bxe7 27.
Rd1 Bb5+ 28. Ke1 Rc3 29. Nd2 Rh3 30. Bc4 Rxh4 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. Nf3 Rh1+ 33.
Ke2 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 Ke8 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Ke3 Kc6 37. Kf4 Ba3 38. Nh4 Bc1+ 39. Kg3
Bxg5 40. Nxg6 Kd5 41. f4 Bd8 42. Nf8 b4 43. Kh3 b5 44. Kg3 h4+ 45. Kh3 b3 46.
axb3 b4 47. Nd7 Kxd4 48. Nf8 Kd5 49. Nd7 Be7 50. Nb8 Ke4 51. Nc6 Bc5 52. Nd8
Kd5 53. Nb7 Be3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qxc6 Rxc6 19. Rac1 a6 20. Rxc6 bxc6
21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Bc5 Kf8 23. Kg2 h5 24. Kf3 g6 25. h3 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Ke7 27. g4
hxg4+ 28. hxg4 f6 29. Ra5 Ra8 30. g5 f5 31. e4 Kd6 32. e5+ Kc7 33. Ra4 c5 34.
Rh4 Kc6 35. Ke3 a5 36. Rh6 Kd5 37. Rxg6 a4 38. Rg7 axb3 39. Rd7+ Kc4 40. axb3+
Kxb3 41. g6 c4 42. g7 c3 43. Rb7+ Kc2 44. Rc7 Rg8 45. Kf4 Kd2 46. Kg5 c2 47.
Kf6 c1=Q 48. Rxc1 Kxc1 49. Kf7 Ra8 50. f4 Kd2 51. Kxe6 Ke3 52. Kxf5 Rg8 53. Kf6
Kxf4 54. e6 Ra8 55. e7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. b3 b5 15.
Nd2 Nd7 16. a4 b4 17. Nce4 Ne5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Re8 20. Re1 f5 21. Nd2 Bc3
22. e3 Qf6 23. Re2 Re7 24. Qb3 Rae8 25. Nb1 Be5 26. f4 Bd4 27. Rce1 Bxe3+ 28.
Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. c3 Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Qd4 Nf5 16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qf4 g6 19. Nd4 Bh6 20. Qf3 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Bg7 22. e4 Bxe5 23. exd5 O-O 24. dxe6 Bxd4+ 25. cxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 fxe6
27. Qxb7 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rf8 29. Rg1 Rf2 30. Qe7 Qd5 31. Qxa7 Rxb2 32. a4 Ra2
33. h3 e5 34. Qe7 Kh8 35. Qg5 Kg7 36. Rf1 Qd6 37. Rb1 Rxa4 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Qc1
Ra8 40. Qc4+ Kh8 41. Qc1 Kg8 42. Qc4+ Kh8 43. Qc1 Qf8 44. Qg5 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+
46. Qxf4 exf4 47. Rf7 Ra4 48. Kg1 Kg8 49. Rb7 Ra5 50. Rb4 Rf5 51. h4 f3 52. g3
f2+ 53. Kf1 Rf3 54. g4 hxg4 55. Rxg4 Kh7 56. Rg2 Kh6 57. Rxf2 Rh3 58. Rf4 Kh5
59. Kg2 Rxh4 60. Rf8 Rg4+ 61. Kh3 Rh4+ 62. Kg3 Ra4 63. Rb8 Ra3+ 64. Kg2 g5 65.
Rb4 g4 66. Rb8 Ra2+ 67. Kg3 Ra3+ 68. Kg2 Ra2+ 69. Kg3 Ra3+ 70. Kg2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
O-O 9. Qe2 Qc8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Qb7 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Ndf3 Ne4
15. Qb5 f6 16. dxc5 Naxc5 17. Nd3 Ne6 18. Nd4 a6 19. Qa4 N6c5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21.
Rxc5 bxc5 22. Nf5 c4 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Ba3 Qe8 25. Bxf8 Qxa4 26. bxa4 Kxf8 27.
Kf1 Ke7 28. Rb1 Kd6 29. Ke2 Kc5 30. Rb7 g5 31. Kd2 d4 32. exd4+ Kxd4 33. Rd7+
Kc5 34. Kc3 Re8 35. Rc7+ Kd5 36. Rd7+ Kc5 37. Rc7+ Kd5 38. Rd7+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc4 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 cxd5 10. Nce5 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd4 Bg4
14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Rhe1 Kf8 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20.
f3 Nd6 21. Bf1 g5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. b4 Ra8 24. Kb2 Ke7 25. Nb3 Bc8 26. b5 Bd7
27. bxc6 Bxc6 28. Nd4 Bb7 29. Bd3 h6 30. h4 Ra4 31. c3 Ba6 32. Kb3 b5 33. hxg5
hxg5 34. Nxb5 Bxb5 35. Bxb5 Rh4 36. Rxd5 f5 37. a4 Rh2 38. c4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. Qc1 Nc6 11. dxc5 d4 12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Nbd2 Nc3 14. Bxc3 dxc3
15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxc3 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qxa1 18. Qxa1 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Rd8 20. Nd6 Rb8
21. Ng5 f6 22. Nge4 Kg7 23. e3 Be6 24. Nc3 Rd7 25. Ncb5 Rbd8 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27.
Nd4 Bh3 28. Nxc6 Ra8 29. Nd4 a5 30. Rc1 Re7 31. c6 Rd8 32. N4b5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Rae1 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Nd7
15. Re3 O-O 16. h4 Nf6 17. Qd1 b5 18. Ne5 b4 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Rh3 Qc7 21. Ndf3
bxc3 22. bxc3 Rac8 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Qf3 Bd8 26. h5 Nxh5 27. Bxd8
Rexd8 28. g4 Nf6 29. Kg2 g5 30. Qe3 Ne4 31. f3 Nf6 32. Rfh1 Kf8 33. Qxg5 Qxc3
34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Qxg7 Qc2+ 37. Kg3 Rf8 38. Rh6 Ne8 39. Qg5+ f6
40. Qg6 Qxa4 41. Rh7+ Kd8 42. Qb1 Qb5 43. Nc6+ Qxc6 44. Qb8+ Qc8 45. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. a4
bxc5 9. b5 c4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bd2 Qa5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Nc3 Qc7 15.
Rfb1 Ba5 16. e4 Bb7 17. exd5 exd5 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Ra2 Ne6 21. Be5
Qc5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bf1 f5 24. Nd1 f4 25. Qf5 Qf8 26. Ne5 Qg7 27. Nc6 Bxc6
28. bxc6 Rad8 29. Rb5 Nd4 30. Qxf4 Nxb5 31. axb5 Bb6 32. Ra6 Re4 33. c7 Rxf4
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 a5 7. b3 Bxc5 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Bb5 d4 10. Bxc6 dxe3 11. Ne4 exf2+ 12. Kf1 Qb6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Be4
Rd8 15. Qe2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 g6 7. e3 b4 8. Nbd2
Bg7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne4 Qf5 14. Ng3 Qf6 15.
Ne4 Qf5 16. Ng3 Qf6 17. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Qa4 Bd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxc4 Nd5 13. O-O Rc8 14.
Qd4 e6 15. Ne4 a6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nf4 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Qxf4 fxe5 20. Qxe5
Rg8 21. Rfd1 Qc6 22. g3 Be7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Qf4 Qb6 25. Qxh6 Rc2 26. Rd2 Qxb2
27. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. d3 Ne8 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. a3 a5 12. Nd5 Be6 13. e3 Rb8 14. Rb1 b5 15. cxb5
Bxd5 16. bxc6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe8 18. Nc4 Qxc6+ 19. e4 d5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
dxe4 22. Bxc7 exd3+ 23. Kg1 Qxc7 24. Qxd3 Rfd8 25. Qc3 Rd4 26. Rbc1 Qb6 27.
Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxb3 29. Rxa5 Rd2 30. a4 Ra2 31. Rb5 Rxb5 32. axb5 Rb2 33.
b6 Rxb6 34. h4 h5 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Re1 Kf6 37. Re3 Re6 38. Rf3+ Kg7 39. Rd3 Rf6
40. Re3 Rf5 41. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 Bd6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Ke2 Be7 13. b4 a6 14. Rc1 O-O
15. a4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxh4 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Nb6 19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 a5 21.
g3 Be7 22. Kf1 a4 23. h4 Ra5 24. h5 Nc4 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Bf5 Qd6 27. Kg2 Qb6 28.
Bd7 Qd6 29. Qf5 Nb6 30. Bc8 Rxb5 31. Bxb7 Rb2 32. Rc6 Qb8 33. Ba6 Qa8 34. Bd3
g6 35. hxg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bg3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qa5+ 14. Ke2
Rd8 15. Bh4 Bd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 f5 19. h3 Bc6 20. Nf3 Bc7
21. g4 Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Rxd4 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Ke2 fxg4 25. hxg4 Rxg4 26. Bxh7+
Kf8 27. Rdg1 Rxg1 28. Rxg1 Ke7 29. Be4 b6 30. Rd1 Rg8 31. Kf3 Be5 32. Bc6 Bd6
33. b4 Rc8 34. b5 a5 35. a4 Rh8 36. Rd4 f5 37. Ke2 Rh2 38. Kf1 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1
Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. c6 Nf6 11. a3 a5 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Rc1 f6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ne5
Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Nd7 Re8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Ne5 Nh5 20. Bg3 Bd6 21. Bf2 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Qg5 23. Qe2 Raa8 24. g4 fxg4 25. fxg4 Rf8 26. gxh5 Qxe5 27. O-O Qe4
28. Bg3 e5 29. Rce1 h6 30. Qg2 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Qd4 33. Qf3 Kh8 34.
Qf5 Re8 35. Qg6 Rg8 36. Kg2 Qxb2+ 37. Rf2 Qc3 38. Qe6 e4 39. Be5 Qxa3 40. Qxh6#
1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. Rb1 cxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Ne5 h6 16. g4 Rb7 17. f4 Qb4 18. Nd3 Qd6 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. g5 Ne8 21. gxh6 g6
22. Nb3 Kh7 23. Nc5 Nf6 24. g4 Ne4 25. g5 Ng3 26. Rh3 Nf5 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Kf2
Ra7 29. Qc3 Qb8 30. b4 Ba6 31. Rhh1 Bc4 32. Ne5 Qc8 33. bxa5 Kh7 34. Rb6 f6 35.
Rxc6 Qa8 36. gxf6 Rxf6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Nxe6 Nd6 39. Ng5+ Kg8 40. h7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne5 9. O-O Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 e5 11. Nb5 a6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. N5c3 Qc7 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. Qa3 Bg4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. f3 Be6 20. Nc3 f5
21. Rd6 Qc7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Qd3 f4 27.
Qf5 Ke7 28. h4 Qc8 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. h5 Ke6 31. c4 b6 32. b4 Qc6 33. Qe4 Qc7 34.
c5 bxc5 35. Rxc5 Qd7 36. Qc4+ Kf5 37. Qc2+ Kg5 38. Rc7 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Qxb4 40.
Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxf4 9. exf4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. b4 Qd6 14. b5
Na5 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qa4 Rhf8 17. Rfe1 Kb8 18. Qb4 Rc8 19. Rac1 Nc4 20. a4 Nxe5
21. fxe5 Nd7 22. a5 Qc5 23. Qf4 Ka8 24. a6 f5 25. c4 Nb6 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Qg3
Qxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc7 30. Be2 h6 31. Bf3 Rd8 32. Qg6 Re7 33. Qh5 Kb8
34. Qh4 Red7 35. axb7 Kxb7 36. Qa4 Kb8 37. Qa6 Nb6 38. Qa2 Nd5 39. Bxd5 Rxd5
40. Qa6 Rxe5 41. b6 axb6 42. Qxb6+ Kc8 43. Qa6+ Kb8 44. Qb6+ Kc8 45. Qc6+ Kb8
46. Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Qb3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d4 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bf4
Nd7 9. Na3 e5 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qc2 a5 12. Nb5 Nb4 13. Qd1 c6 14. Na3 Bf8 15. Nc2
Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Nc5 17. a3 a4 18. Bb4 Nb3 19. Rae1 Bxb4 20. axb4 Qb6 21. e3 Bg4
22. Nd2 Qxb4 23. Nxb3 axb3 24. Qc1 Bf5 25. Qd1 Rad8 26. e4 Bd7 27. f4 b5 28.
cxb5 Qxb5 29. Rf2 c5 30. Bf1 f6 31. Qh5 Ra8 32. Rc1 Kh8 33. g4 exf4 34. Rxc5
Qb4 35. Rc7 Qd6 36. Rb7 Reb8 37. Rxb8+ Rxb8 38. g5 Qe5 39. h4 f5 40. Qf3 fxe4
41. dxe4 Rf8 42. Bc4 Bc6 43. Re2 Qc5 44. Bd3 Bb5 45. e5 Bxd3 46. Qxd3 f3 47.
Rf2 Qc1+ 48. Qf1 Qf4 49. Qh3 d3 50. Qd7 Qxe5 51. Qxd3 Qg3+ 52. Kf1 Qxh4 53.
Rxf3 Qh3+ 54. Kf2 Qxf3+ 55. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 56. Kxf3 Kg8 57. Ke4 Kf7 58. Kf5 Ke7 59.
Ke5 h6 60. gxh6 gxh6 61. Kf5 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Ne1 Qd7 13. f4 Rfd8 14. Rd1 Na5 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. d3 a6 17. a4 Ne8 18. f5 Bf6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Ng2 Qd7 21. Nf4 Nc6
22. Nh5 Be5 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Ba3 Nd6 25. Qg4 Nf5 26. Rf3 Kh8 27. Ng5 Rf8 28.
Rdf1 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Bd4 30. Bc1 Ne5 31. Qh4 Ng6 32. Qg4 Ne5 33. Qh4 h6 34. Ne4
Qxh4 35. gxh4 Ng4 36. Rfe1 Rf3 37. Kg2 Rxe3 38. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 39. Kf3 Rf8+ 40. Ke2
Nc2 41. Rb1 Nb4 42. Nhg3 Rf4 43. Nd2 Rxh4 44. Nf3 Rf4 45. Ne4 Nxd3 46. Nxd4
Rxe4+ 47. Kxd3 Rxd4+ 48. Kc3 Rd6 49. Re1 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15.
e4 Bd7 16. g4 Nf6 17. g5 Nh5 18. f4 b5 19. fxe5 b4 20. Nc4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe5
22. Qf3 f5 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxd7 Re7 27. Qg4 Qxc3
28. Ra3 Qd4+ 29. Be3 Qb2 30. Bg5 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Ree8 32. Qxh5 gxh5 33. Bf6+ Qxf6
34. Rxf6 Rg8 35. Ra2 Rg6 36. Rxg6 hxg6 37. a5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Bf3 c4 40.
Rc2 Rb3 41. Be2 c3 42. Bxa6 Kf6 43. Bc4 Ra3 44. a6 Ke5 45. Kg3 Kxe4 46. Kh4 Kd4
47. Bf1 Kxd5 48. Kg5 Ke4 49. Kxg6 d5 50. Kxh5 d4 51. Rg2 Ke3 52. Bc4 Ra4 53.
Ra2 Rxc4 54. a7 Rc8 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Rxa8 c2 57. Rc8 d3 58. Kg5 Kd2 59. h4
c1=Q 60. Rxc1 Kxc1 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. c4
O-O 15. Be3 e5 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. b4 Rc7 20. c5 Ne4 21.
Rac1 Rfc8 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Bd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Rcd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ng5 Nb8 12. O-O-O Kh8 13. Kb1 Qe7 14. Rc1 h6 15.
Nf3 Nbd7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ne4 19. Rc2 Ba6 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21.
Rxf1 Rac8 22. f4 Nxc3+ 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qh4 25. Qa3 Rc8 26. Qxa7 Qxh2 27.
a3 Qg2 28. Re1 Qf2 29. Rh1 Qxe3 30. Ka2 Qxd4 31. Qd7 Qc4+ 32. Ka1 d4 33. Rg1
Rg8 34. Rd1 d3 35. Rxd3 Qxf4 36. Qd6 Qc1+ 37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. Ka1 f4 39. Rc3 Qd5
40. Qxb6 Qxe5 41. a4 Rf8 42. Qb4 Kg8 43. Rf3 Qf5 44. Qc4 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Be6
9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14. d4 Qe7 15.
Qb3 Kh8 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 exd4 18. cxd4 e5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rc1 exd4 21.
exd4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxc7 Rf8 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Kg8 27.
b6 h6 28. Nd2 Nf4 29. Rc7 Rf7 30. Nc4 Nd5 31. Rc8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Nxd6
Nxb6 34. Nxb7 Ke7 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Na5 Na4 38. Nb3 Nb2 39. Nd2 Nd1+
40. Ke2 Nb2 41. Nb3 Kc4 42. Nc5 Kxd4 43. Ne6+ Ke4 44. Nxg7 Nc4 45. Kf2 Kf4 46.
g3+ Ke4 47. g4 Kf4 48. Nh5+ Kg5 49. Kg3 Ne5 50. Nf4 Kf6 51. Kh4 Ng6+ 52. Kg3
Nxf4 53. Kxf4 Kg6 54. h4 Kf6 55. Kf3 Kf7 56. Ke3 Ke7 57. Kd3 Kd7 58. Kc4 Ke6
59. Kd4 Kd6 60. Ke4 Ke6 61. Kf4 Kf6 62. Ke4 Ke6 63. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qc1 Qxc5 11. Na3 Qh5 12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Nxg5 Bd7
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Nfe5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Nd3
Nd5 21. Ba3 Kf8 22. Nc5 Nc3 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Kf1 Nxa2 25. Na5 b6 26. Nc6 Nxc6
27. Bxc6 Be5 28. e3 Bd6 29. Bb2 Nb4 30. Be4 Kf7 31. Ke2 Nd5 32. Bd3 e5 33. h4
Nf6 34. Bb5 e6 35. Bc6 Nd5 36. Kf3 h5 37. Ke4 Nf6+ 38. Kd3 Ng4 39. Ke2 Nf6 40.
Kd3 Ng4 41. Ke2 Nf6 42. Kd3 Ng4 43. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 14. Bxe6 Qxe6
15. c4 Ne7 16. Nd5 Nexd5 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. d4 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Rc1 Qb6 21.
Re3 exd4 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Rxb7 Qxa2 24. Rcc7 Rab8 25. Rxf7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Rxe4
27. Rb8+ Kf7 28. Rb6 a5 29. Qd3 d5 30. Rb7+ Kg8 31. Rb8+ Re8 32. Rb7 Re4 33.
Nxd4 Qc4 34. Qxc4 dxc4 35. Nf5 Re5 36. g4 Ne8 37. Kg2 Rc5 38. Ra7 Nc7 39. f3
Ne6 40. Re7 Re5 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Kf1 Kg6 43. Nd6 Kf6 44. Ne4+ Kf7 45. Nd6+ Kf6
46. Nxc4 Rc5 47. Ne3 Rb5 48. Nc4 Rc5 49. Ne3 Rb5 50. Nd1 Rb3 51. Kf2 Kf7 52.
Ra8 Ng5 53. Rxa5 Rxf3+ 54. Kg2 Rd3 55. Nf2 Rd2 56. Rf5+ Ke6 57. b4 Rb2 58. Rf4
Ke5 59. Rf8 Kd6 60. Rf4 Ne6 61. Re4 Kd5 62. Re3 Rxb4 63. Kg3 Rd4 64. h4 Rc4 65.
Nd3 Re4 66. Rxe4 Kxe4 67. Nf2+ Ke3 68. Nd1+ Ke4 69. Nf2+ Ke3 70. Nd1+ Ke4 71.
Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 b5 15.
b4 Be6 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Bd2 h6 18. c4 Rac8 19. c5 Bb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 Red8
22. Na5 Qe8 23. Bc3 Nh7 24. g3 Nhf8 25. Rb6 Kh7 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28.
Bxe5 Ra8 29. Bd6 Ra6 30. f4 Rda8 31. f5 Bc4 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. e5 Nd7 34. Qxc4
Nf6 35. e6 Nd5 36. Qe4 f6 37. e7 Nxb4 38. Qxb4 Rxa5 39. Qg4 Kg8 40. Qg6 Ra2 41.
g4 Rc2 42. Kf1 Rb2 43. h4 Rb4 44. h5 Rb2 45. Bc7 Rd2 46. Bf4 Rd4 47. Bd6 Rb4
48. Re2 Rb1+ 49. Kf2 Rb3 50. Bc7 Rd3 51. Bf4 Rd4 52. Bd6 Rb4 53. Kg3 Rb3+ 54.
Kh4 Rba3 55. Re6 R3a7 56. Re3 Ra4 57. Kg3 Rb4 58. Bc7 Rd4 59. Bf4 Rd7 60. Bd6
Rb7 61. g5 hxg5 62. h6 Qxg6 63. fxg6 Re8 64. h7+ Kh8 65. Kg4 f5+ 66. Kxg5 Rb1
67. Ra3 Rg1+ 68. Kxf5 Re1 69. Ra2 R8xe7 70. Bxe7 Re5+ 71. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Ba2 Qxd3 13. a5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Nc8 16. b4 Ba7 17. Re1 Nd6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Kf1 Ne4 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Bd2 Kf8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Ke7 27.
Ke2 c5 28. Kd3 cxb4 29. cxb4 Kd6 30. Kc4 b5+ 31. axb6 Bxb6 32. b5 axb5+ 33.
Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Yuffa,D"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Anish has liked the English of late: his brilliant game against Anand in the
same tournament has shown it.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3
e6 {The most popular according to the database.} 6. h4 ({Spicy.} 6. O-O {
is more calm} Nge7 {White can play a cat and mouse game in centre:} 7. d3 ({
An interesting interpretation by Daniil Dubov:} 7. a3 d5 8. b4 $5 cxb4 $6 (8...
dxc4 $1 9. bxc5 e5 {remains complicated}) 9. axb4 dxc4 10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4
12. Qa4 $16 {Dubov-Sychev, 1-0, 2016}) (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 O-O 9. Nbxd4 d5 $11 {
and it's getting a bit boring}) (7. e3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 {similar to
the option above}) 7... O-O 8. Bd2 d5 9. a3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4
dxc4 13. dxc4 Rc8 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 Na5 $11 {Petrosian-Fischer, 0-1, 1970})
6... Nf6 (6... h6 {is the most popular continuation.} 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bd2 (8. h5
$6 g5 9. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 10. Bxg5 f6 11. Be3 d6 12. h6 Bf8 13. g4 Ne5 $19 {
Romanishin-Ribli, 0-1, 1978})) (6... d5 $5 {is the most logical and concrete:}
7. h5 Nge7 $1 8. d3 (8. h6 Bf6 {and due to the pawn centre Black has an
exellent position.}) 8... h6 $5 {a non-typical but extremely strong decision
concerning the pawn structure} 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 (11. e4 d4
12. Ne2 g5 $15 {White's steeds have remained in their stalls}) 11... b6 $5 (
11... Bg4 $5 {is a tempation:} 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qa6 Qd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nh2 Be6
$44 {with good compensation for a pawn}) 12. d4 $5 Bg4 $5 {White is under
pressure.}) 7. d4 (7. d3 {does not look so timid:} d5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6
10. Nd2 O-O ({after} 10... d4 {White has a very promising King's Indian
structure:} 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nce4 Be7 13. f4 {and despite the couple of
bishops I'd play White.})) 7... cxd4 (7... O-O {does not equalise because of}
8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bf4 Rd8 (9... Qxc5 10. Bd6 Qxc4 11. Bxf8 Bxf8 12. O-O d5 13. a3
$14 {it's just a exchange for a pawn, nothing special}) 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Bc7
Re8 12. Nb5 {and White's boa is constricting.}) 8. Nxd4 O-O $146 (8... d5 {
has been played once, but, unsuccessfully.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxc6 (10. cxd5 exd5
11. Be3 Re8 {the h4-pawn is an evident defect in White's position} 12. Nb3 $6
Rxe3 $5 $36 {a typical sacrifice}) 10... bxc6 11. Qa4 Qb6 $15 {Le Roux-Vallin,
1-0, 2001. Black was better.}) 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 $6 ({I'd prefer} 10...
exd5 {leading to variations above. Now the h4-pawn suddenly becomes useful
after...}) 11. Nxc6 $6 ({...} 11. Bg5 $1 f6 (11... Qa5 12. Nb3 {taking on d5
and playing with no risk}) 12. Bc1 Nxd4 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Nc3 $14 {A nice
pendulum entices Black to push the f-pawn and leave his bishop stuck for a
moment.}) 11... bxc6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Qc2 Qa5 {
Amazingly even such a solid player as Wesley Sohas given White a chance in
this dry position.} 16. Rfd1 Qc5 {An inaccuracy.} (16... Rad8 17. Bxc6 Rc8 {
leads to a dead draw.}) 17. Rd7 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Bc4 20. Qd2 (20. a4
Bd5 21. Qd2 a5 {Obviously White is pressing but I don't see anything forced.})
20... a5 21. Bf3 Qa3 22. h5 Qxa2 23. Qd4 c5 $6 {A mistake.} ({Despite the
visual risk it was neccessary to bare the king by} 23... gxh5 $1 24. Qh4 Qb1+
$1 ({of course not} 24... Qa1+ $4 25. Kg2 Qxc3 26. Rd4 $1 Bd5 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28.
Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rg4+ $18) 25. Kg2 Qb5 26. Bxh5 Qe5 $11 ({or} 26...
Bxe2)) 24. Qe3 a4 (24... Qa4 25. Rc7 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 $16 {leaves Black's problems
unsolved.}) 25. Kg2 Qb1 26. h6 Qf5 27. g4 Qf6 28. Qxc5 Bd5 29. e4 Ba8 30. Ra7
e5 31. Rxa4 Qf4 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rc8 ({The brave attempt to play} 33... g5
{would suffer a relapse:} 34. Be2 Bc6 35. Ra5 Re8 36. Kf3 Bd7 37. Bc4 Kf8 38.
Bd5 Ke7 39. c4 Be6 40. c5 Rc8 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Rc6
$22 Ke8 45. Rc7 Kf8 46. Rb7 Ke8 47. Rb2 Rc8 48. Rb5 Rd8 49. c6 $18) 34. Ra5 Kf8
35. Kg3 Bc6 36. c4 $6 ({Anish played an exellent game previously.} 36. Rxe5 $1
{leads to a technical position after} Bd7 37. Ra5 Rxc3 38. Ra8+ Rc8 39. Ra7 Be6
40. Kf4 Rc5 41. e5 Bc8 42. Bd1 Be6 43. Ba4 Rc8 44. Kg5 $18 {combining the
threats.}) 36... Bd7 37. Be2 ({A smart move.} 37. Rxe5 Rxc4 38. g5 Bc6 39. Kf4
Rc1 40. Ra5 Rf1 41. Rc5 Bd7 42. Rc7 Bb5 43. Kg3 Rg1+ {Black's rook is too
active on the 1st rank unlike the variant above}) 37... Be6 38. Rxe5 Bxc4 39.
Bxc4 $6 {Now it's a draw.} ({The last chance was} 39. Bf3 $5 f6 (39... Re8 40.
Rc5 Be6 41. g5 Ke7 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. Ra7 Rc8 44. Kf4 $18 {with the idea of e5
and Re7}) 40. Ra5 Re8 41. Kf4 Bd3 42. g5 $1 {seems to be winning} (42. Ra7 Re7
$1 {no fear!} 43. Rxe7 (43. Ra8+ Re8 44. Ra3 Bb5 {it's not an immediate draw,
but it's not lost}) 43... Kxe7 44. Bd1 g5+ 45. Kf5 Bc4 46. e5 Be6+ 47. Ke4 Kf7
48. Kd4 Bc8 49. Bb3+ Ke7 50. Bc2 Bxg4 51. Bxh7 fxe5+ 52. Kxe5 Kf7 {looks
fantastic, but it's a draw} 53. Bf5 Bd1 54. Kd6 (54. e4 Bc2 55. Kd4 Bxe4) 54...
g4 $11) 42... fxg5+ 43. Rxg5 {and, step by step, combining the threats White
will push the pawns and transfer the bishop to d5 which should decide the game.
}) 39... Rxc4 40. Kf4 Rc6 41. g5 Rc1 42. Ra5 Ke7 43. Ke5 (43. Ra8 Rf1+ 44. Ke5
Rg1 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Rb7 Rg2 47. Kd5 Rd2+ $11) 43... Rc7 44. Rb5 Ra7 45. Rc5
Rb7 46. Ra5 Rc7 47. Ra8 Rc5+ 48. Kf4 Rc1 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. e5 Rf1+
52. Ke4 Rg1 53. Ra8 Rxg5 54. Ra7+ Ke6 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Kd5 Rh5 57. Ra7+ Kf8 58.
Ra8+ Ke7 59. Ra7+ Kf8 {A very complicated game that all the way through has
demonstrated the importance of every move.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Na5
Bd5 15. Bd2 Rhc8 16. Rfc1 Ne5 17. Nb4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Nxd5+ exd5 20. Bc3
Rab8 21. Rc2 Bb4 22. Be5 Bd6 23. Bd4 Bc5 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rcd2
Be7 27. Bf3 d4 28. exd4 Rb4 29. Rc2 Rdb8 30. Rdd2 Kg6 31. a3 R4b6 32. g3 Bg5
33. Re2 Bf6 34. Be4+ Kh6 35. Red2 Re8 36. Bd5 Rxb2 37. Bxf7 c3 38. Rxb2 Rd8 39.
Rdc2 cxb2 40. Rxb2 Bxd4 41. Rb4 g6 42. Ra4 Rd6 43. Kf1 Bb2 44. Ra5 Rc6 45. a4
Kg7 46. Bd5 Rc1+ 47. Kg2 Rc2 48. Be4 Rd2 49. Rxa6 Bd4 50. Rd6 Rxf2+ 51. Kh3 Be3
52. a5 Ra2 53. a6 Bg1 54. Kg4 Ra3 55. Rd1 Bc5 56. Rd7+ Kf6 57. Bd3 Bg1 58. h3
Ke6 59. Bb5 h5+ 60. Kf4 h4 61. gxh4 Rxa6 62. Rg7 Kf6 63. Rxg6+ Kxg6 64. h5+
Kxh5 65. Be2+ Kh4 66. Bxa6 Kxh3 67. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. Bc2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Qd4 b6 16. b4 Rd8 17. Qc3 Nd7 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Bxa8 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxa8 21.
O-O Qd6 22. Rc1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Qc7 Qb2 26. Qb7 Rf8 27. Qxa7
Qxb4 28. g3 g6 29. h4 Qb2 30. Kg2 Qc2 31. Rd7 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+
34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 {It seems White has totally hit
the wall in this line.} ({Perhaps, it's time to switch back to} 5. Bg5 {
particularly with the idea of meeting the popular Lasker Defence,} O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 {with} 10. g4 $1 ({or} 10. h4 {first}) 10...
Nd7 11. h4 {- Aronian-Harikrishna, 2011, and Matlakov-Howell, Euro Individual
Ch 2017}) 5... O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 $1 {It's mainly about this move.} 7. a3 ({
The only way to stop c7-c5 is, well,} 7. c5 {which brought Anand success in a
World Championship match game against Carlsen in 2014, but since then White
has had precious little success with it. Wesley himself scored only 0.5-1.5 in
two tries against Nakamura a year ago.} c6) 7... c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5
10. dxc5 Nxc5 {The point of Black's play. Instead of directly challenging
White's stronghold on d4, the black knight prefers to stay active.} 11. Be5 Bf6
{The simplest.} (11... Bf5 {Mamedyarov-Kramnik, 2016, is a nice developing
move, but the game showed us how White benefits from his own complete
development more than Black. After} 12. Be2 Bf6 13. O-O $5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qf6 {
Shak played the energetic} 15. b4 $1 {and was able to obtain something of an
edge.}) 12. Bxf6 (12. Be2 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nf3 Bd7 $1 {is very similar to
the game.} 15. O-O (15. Nd4 Ba4 16. Qd2 Nb3 17. Nxb3 Bxb3 18. Rc1 Rfd8) 15...
Ba4 16. Qd4 Rac8 {The black bishop deprives the white rooks of their
birthright d1-square, effectively neutralising the pressure against the
isolated pawn.}) 12... Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qe7 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qb4 a5 17.
Qc3 Ne4 18. Qd4 Nc5 19. Qc3 Ne4 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Rac8 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Nd4
Bd7 $1 {The key manoeuvre.} 24. f3 Ba4 25. Rd2 Nb3 26. Nxb3 Bxb3 27. Kf2 Rd6
28. f4 g6 {If White could only airlift his Rh1 to d4, then the pressure on d5
would give him fair chances. In the real world, it is not going to happen.} 29.
e4 {Wesley knows it and decides to change the pawn structure.} Rf6 30. exd5
Rxf4+ 31. Bf3 Rd8 32. Kg3 Rf6 33. Rc1 Rfd6 {Rock solid again, and I will leave
the rest of the game without notes.} 34. Rd4 a4 35. h4 Kg7 36. Rc3 h6 37. Rc7
Bxd5 38. Rxa4 Bxf3 39. gxf3 b5 40. Rf4 R8d7 41. Rxd7 Rxd7 42. Rb4 Rd5 43. Kf4
f5 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Rd4 Rxd4 46. Kxd4 g5 47. hxg5+ hxg5 48. b3 Ke6 49. a4 bxa4
50. bxa4 Kd6 51. a5 g4 52. fxg4 fxg4 53. a6 Kc7 54. a7 Kb7 55. a8=Q+ Kxa8 56.
Kd3 g3 57. Ke2 g2 58. Kf2 g1=Q+ 59. Kxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. c3 Kg7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Nc2 Nh5 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 f5 16. Be6 Ne7 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Nh2 Be2 19. exf5 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 h5 21. Qd1
Qe8 22. e4 Ng8 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Bxg8 Kxg8 25. g4 h4 26. Nf3 Qg7 27. Qxg5 Qxg5
28. Nxg5 b5 29. Ne6 Rf7 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Rf2 c6 32. g5 Rb8 33. Kh2 Rfb7 34. g6
Re8 35. Kh3 a4 36. Kxh4 Rbe7 37. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. Qb3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. cxb6
Qxb6 9. b5 Nbd7 10. e3 Nc5 11. Qd1 Na4 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Qb3 Ne4 15.
Nd4 O-O 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 e5 18. Nf3 Nac3 19. Qb2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bxb5 21.
Qb2 Rfb8 22. Rd1 f6 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Qe6 25. Rab1 Rc8 26. Qb4 Be2 27. Rd2
Bc4 28. a4 Qa6 29. Ra1 Rab8 30. Qc3 Bb3 31. Qb2 Bxa4 32. Qa2 Qc4 33. h3 Be8 34.
Qa7 Bf7 35. Rda2 Qc7 36. Qxc7 Rxc7 37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 g5 39. g4 Bg6 40. Ra1
h5 41. Nh2 h4 42. Nf3 Rb2 43. Rd1 Be4 44. Nd2 Bd3 45. Nf1 Bc4 46. Rc1 Kf7 47.
e4 Bxf1 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Kxf1 dxe4 50. Rc3 Rd2 51. Kg2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Nf6 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Be7 14. c6 Bc8
15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nf3 a5 18. a4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 Bd6 21.
Qc2 f5 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Ba3 Bd3 25. Rxd3 exd3 26. Qxd3 Rac8 27. b4
axb4 28. Bxb4 Qc7 29. h3 Rfd8 30. Qb5 Qa7 31. Ba5 Rf8 32. Bb6 Qe7 33. a5 f4 34.
exf4 Rxf4 35. a6 Rf5 36. Qa4 Qg5 37. Rb1 Qg6 38. Ra1 Rg5 39. g4 h5 40. a7 Kh7
41. Be3 Re5 42. g5 Rxe3 43. fxe3 Qxg5+ 44. Kh1 Qxe3 45. Qc2+ Kh6 46. Qg2 Ra8
47. c7 Qc3 48. Rg1 Kh7 49. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. Na3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14. Rfd1
Nc6 15. Rac1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f3 Nc5 19. Kf2 Kf8 20. e4 f6
21. Ke3 Ke8 22. h4 Rd8 23. g4 h6 24. f4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. f5
g5 28. h5 Nd7 29. Kd4 b5 30. Ne3 a6 31. Kd5 Ne5 32. Ke6 Ke8 33. a4 bxa4 34.
bxa4 Nd7 35. a5 Nc5+ 36. Kd5 Nb3 37. Nc4 Kd7 38. e5 fxe5 39. Nxe5+ Ke8 40. Nc4
Kd7 41. Ne5+ Ke8 42. Nc6 Kd7 43. Nb8+ Ke8 44. Nxa6 Nxa5 45. Nc5 Kf7 46. Nd3 Nb3
47. Ne5+ Kf6 48. Nd7+ Kf7 49. Ne5+ Kf6 50. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. d3 Rc8 14. b4 Ne6
15. Qb3 Qe7 16. a3 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rb1 Bc6 21.
d4 c4 22. Qc2 Nf4 23. Bf1 Ng6 24. a4 Qd7 25. Nc3 h5 26. g3 h4 27. Bg2 hxg3 28.
hxg3 Kg7 29. Nd2 Qg4 30. Nf1 Qg5 31. e4 dxe4 32. d5 Bd7 33. Nxe4 Qe5 34. Ne3 f5
35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36. Ng5 Qb3 37. Qd2 c3 38. Qd4+ f6 39. Ne6+ Bxe6 40. dxe6 Qxe6
41. Bh3 Ne7 42. Re1 Kg8 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. Qd7 Red8 45. Qxa7 Rc7 46. Qb6 Qc5 47.
Qe6+ Kg7 48. Bxf5 Qe5 49. Qb6 Rh8+ 50. Kg1 Qc5 51. Qb1 Nd5 52. Qe4 Nxe3 53.
Rxe3 c2 54. Qg4+ Kf8 55. Bxc2 Qxc2 56. Qb4+ Kf7 57. Kg2 Qc6+ 58. Rf3 Rh2+ 59.
Kxh2 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c4 Ne5 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bf1 b4 10. d3 e6 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. a3 Nd7 13. Nb3 a5 14. axb4 cxb4
15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Nb3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 a4 20. c5 Qc6 21.
Nd4 Qxc5 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Nc6 Nb8 24. Qd6 Nxc6 25. Rxc6 Qd8 26. Qxb4 Qe7 27.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 28. Rc7+ Kd6 29. Rxf7 Rb8 30. Ra3 Rb4 31. Rxg7 Rxe4 32. Ra7 Rb4 33.
Ra2 Bd7 34. b3 axb3 35. Rd2+ Ke5 36. Raxd7 b2 37. Bd3 Rc8 38. Rd1 Rc1 39. Bb1
Rbc4 40. Kf1 Ra4 41. Re1+ Kf6 42. Rdd1 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
Bg4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5 12. Qb3 c5 13. f4 c4 14. Qc2 Nd3+ 15.
Bxd3 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc8 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. O-O Qd7 21. Qe3
Rc7 22. Ne2 Rfc8 23. f3 Qh3 24. Rf2 Rc2 25. a4 a6 26. Raf1 h5 27. Kh1 Rb2 28.
f5 Rcc2 29. Rg1 Nxf5 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Rfg2 Qxd5 32. Qf4 Kh7 33. Rg5 Qe6 34.
Qd4 Qf6 35. Rxh5+ gxh5 36. Qd3+ Kh6 37. Qe3+ Kh7 38. Qd3+ Kh6 39. Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. c4 cxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Ne5 Bf8 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Rfe1 Rc7
15. Qe3 dxc4 16. bxc4 g6 17. Ndf3 Bg7 18. Ng5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Qf4 Qe7 21.
Ba3 Nc5 22. h4 Rd8 23. Bc2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd7 25. Rd6 Bxe5 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27.
Qxe5 Qxa3 28. Qc7 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qxc2 30. Qxd7 Qxf2 31. Qxb7 Qxh4+ 32. Nh3 Qxc4
33. Qxa7 h6 34. a3 Qc5 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Qf3 g5 37. Nf2 f5 38. g3 h5 39. Qe2 Qd6
40. Qxh5 Qd2 41. Kg2 g4 42. Qe8 Qd5+ 43. Kg1 Qd6 44. Kh2 Qc5 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46.
Qd8+ Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qd2 Qxa3 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Qxb6 Qf3 51. Qc7+ Kf6 52.
Kg1 Qe3 53. Qd6 Qc1+ 54. Kg2 Qe3 55. Qf8+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Kf7 58. Qa8
Kf6 59. Qa1+ Kg6 60. Qd1 e5 61. Qd6+ Kf7 62. Qd7+ Kf6 63. Qc6+ Kg5 64. Qd5 e4
65. Qd8+ Kg6 66. Qd6+ Kg5 67. Qe7+ Kg6 68. Qe5 Qf3+ 69. Kg1 e3 70. Qe6+ Kg5 71.
Qe7+ Kg6 72. Qd6+ Kg7 73. Qd4+ Kg6 74. Qd6+ Kg7 75. Nd3 Qd1+ 76. Kg2 Qe2+ 77.
Kg1 Qd1+ 78. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qc2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. e3 Qa5 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ndxc5 14. Nd4
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Qd5 19. Rcc1 Rac8 20. Qa3
a6 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bf2 Nc4 23. Qd3 b5 24. e4 Qd6 25. Qb3 Qg6 26. Rd1 Nb6 27. Ne2
Be6 28. Qb4 Na4 29. a3 Rc2 30. Rd2 Rec8 31. Rad1 Kh7 32. h4 Qf6 33. Qd6 Qb2 34.
Rxc2 Qxc2 35. Nf4 Nb2 36. Re1 Qc6 37. Qd4 Nc4 38. Rd1 f6 39. h5 Bf7 40. Qd7 Qc7
41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Rd7 Qe5 43. Qg4 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Ne5 45. Qf5 Nxd7 46. Qxd7 Re8 47.
Nd5 Qe5+ 48. Bg3 Qxh5+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne1 Nd6 12. Na3 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. b4 axb4
15. Bxb4 Ba6 16. e3 Nc4 17. Qb3 Ra7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxb4
21. Qxb4 Na5 22. Nd3 Qb8 23. Qe7 Qd8 24. Qb4 Qb8 25. Qe7 Qd8 26. Qd6 Nf6 27.
Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Rc1 Nc4 29. Nb4 Ra8 30. Na6 Rc8 31. Bf1 Ne4 32. Nb4 Ned6 33. Nc6
Kf8 34. Bxc4 dxc4 35. Kf1 f6 36. Nb4 Nxb5 37. d5 Kf7 38. Ke2 Rc7 39. e4 Nd6 40.
f3 Ra7 41. Rc2 exd5 42. Nxd5 b5 43. Rd2 Ke6 44. Nc3 Rb7 45. Rd5 b4 46. Na4 Ke7
47. e5 fxe5 48. Rxe5+ Kf6 49. Rd5 Nf5 50. Nc5 Ra7 51. g4 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Ne3 53.
Ne4+ Ke6 54. Rb5 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Bb3
h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Na5 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 exd4
15. cxd4 Kh8 16. O-O Qd7 17. d5 c5 18. Rae1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rae8 20. Re6 Nc6 21.
Qa4 Rd8 22. Qe4 Ne5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qd6 25. Ndc4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Bd6 15.
Ne2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. f4 Re8 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Qxa6 Nc5 21. Qe2
Ra8 22. Ba1 Qd7 23. Kh2 Ne6 24. Qg4 Rxa2 25. Nh5 Kh8 26. Nf6 Qd8 27. Qf5 g6 28.
Nxe8+ Rxa1 29. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4
Na6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. a4 h5 18. Nd3 Rf7 19. Rc4 Bf8 20. Kh1 Rg7 21. Rg1 Nh8 22.
g3 fxg3 23. Rxg3 Nf7 24. Qc1 g4 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Nxc7 Nxc7 27. Rxc7 Rc8 28.
Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Bxa7 Bd7 30. Be3 Qh4 31. Nf2 Kh8 32. Qg1 Bxa4 33. Bxg4 Kg8 34.
Be6 Bb5 35. Rxg7+ Bxg7 36. Qg6 Qf6 37. Qxf6 Bxf6 38. Ng4 Kg7 39. Kg2 Ng5 40.
Bf5 Be2 41. Kg3 Bd8 42. h4 Nf3 43. Bh6+ Kf7 44. h5 Bh4+ 45. Kg2 Ng5 46. Bg6+
Ke7 47. Ne3 Bf3+ 48. Kh2 Kf6 49. Nf5 Bxe4 50. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. d4 Qd7 12. Bd3 Na5 13. Re1 Nc4 14. Rb1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 b5 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. Nb3 Rb6 18. Bf4 Qg4 19. Bg3 Qg6 20. Qf3 a5 21.
Rbd1 Qc2 22. Qxd5 Qxa2 23. Nc5 Rd8 24. Nd7 c6 25. Qe4 Ra6 26. e6 f6 27. d5 cxd5
28. Qxd5 Qb3 29. Qb7 Rxe6 30. Qd5 Nd2 31. Qxb3 Nxb3 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Ree1 a4
34. Bc7 Rc8 35. Bd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 Rxc3 37. Nb6 a3 38. Nd5 Rc4 39. Ra6 b4 40.
Ra4 Nc1 41. Rxb4 a2 42. Rb7+ Kg6 43. Ra7 Rc2 44. Nb4 Rb2 45. Rxc1 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nbd7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O Bf8 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Ne1 Ne4 15.
Nd3 Ndf6 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Nd3 f6 21. Nf4
Qf7 22. Qf3 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Rd3 c4 25. Rdd1 c3 26. Ba1 c2 27. Re1 Ba3 28.
Qe2 Qc7 29. Bh3 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 d4 31. Be6+ Rxe6 32. Nxe6 Qd7 33. Nxd4 Ng5 34.
Rxc2 Rd8 35. f3 Qh3 36. Rc7 Rxd4 37. Rxb7 Rd8 38. Bd4 h5 39. f4 Ne4 40. Qc4+
Kh8 41. Qf7 Rg8 42. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 c5 7. a3 Nbc6 8. Rb1 Be6
9. b4 Qd7 10. Nf3 h6 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nd5 g5 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 b6 15. h4 g4
16. Nh2 h5 17. Rb2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. f4 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rac8 21. Rbf2 exf4
22. Rxf4 Qd6 23. Nxg4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 Ng6 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qxc8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8+
Qxf8 28. Qe6+ Qf7 29. Qc8+ Qf8 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Qc8+ Nf8 32. Bh3 Qf3 33. Qb8
Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Qd2+ 35. Kh1 Qxd3 36. Be6+ Kh8 37. Bf5 Qf3+ 38. Kh2 d3 39. Qf4
Qe2+ 40. Kh3 d2 41. Bg4 d1=Q 42. Bxe2 Qxe2 43. d6 Qd1 44. e5 Ng6 45. Qf5 Qh1+
46. Kg4 Nxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Nc5 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Be3 Na4 12. Bc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. a4 O-O
15. h4 h5 16. a5 Ne5 17. f3 Rd8 18. Rhd1 Kf8 19. Nc4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Ke8 21. Nd2
Bf6 22. Bd4 b6 23. Ra1 Bb7 24. g3 c5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. f4 Bc7 27. axb6 axb6 28.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Kd7 31. Kd3 Kd6 32. c4 e6 33. Ne4+ Kd7 34.
dxe6+ Kxe6 35. Nc3 Bd8 36. Nd5 Kf5 37. Ne3+ Ke6 38. b3 Be7 39. Nd5 Bd8 40. Ke4
f5+ 41. Kd3 Kd6 42. Kc3 b5 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. Nc3 b4 45. Nd5 Kd6 46. Ke3 Ke6 47.
Kd3 Kd6 48. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 a6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Na4 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8.
c3 Qxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. c4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Rd8 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Bb3 f6 19. Bc3 a5 20. a3 Kh8 21. Qe3
Ra6 22. Rad1 e5 23. Bxa5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Be6 25. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 12. e5 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15.
Qd1 Re8 16. a4 Na5 17. Re3 Qd7 18. h4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. h5 a5 21. Ba3 b5
22. Bd6 bxa4 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc4 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Rf3 Rec8 27. Qd3 Bg5 28.
Rh1 Kg7 29. g4 {Critical moment.} Qb7 {A bit careless, but who would spot
White's idea?} (29... Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 h6 {is safe for Black, but
most likely drawish.}) 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Rf6 $3 {Fantastic concept.} Bxf6 (
31... Rxc3 32. Rxh7+) (31... Rg8 32. Qf3 h6 (32... Rcc8 33. Rf7+ Qxf7 34. Rxh7+
) 33. Rxe6 Rcc8 34. Rf6 {White looks winning here.}) 32. exf6+ Kg8 (32... Kxf6
33. Be5+ {will cost Black his queen.}) 33. Be7 $1 R4c7 (33... Rf8 $142 $16) 34.
Bd6 $2 {In time trouble Caruna slips up.} (34. f7+ $1 {was winning:} Kg7 (34...
Kxf7 35. Rxh7+) 35. Qe3 Rxe7 36. Qe5+ Kxf7 37. Rxh7+ Ke8 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Rxe7+
Kc6 40. Qg7 Rc7 41. Rxe6+ Kb5 42. Qxg6 Rxc3 43. Qb1+ Rb3 44. Qc2 {and White
should wrap it up soon.}) 34... Rxc3 35. Qe2 Qf7 36. g5 h5 $19 37. Qb5 e5 38.
Bxe5 Qe6 39. Rh4 Qf5 40. Qxd5+ Kh8 41. f7+ Kh7 42. Qb7 Qxg5+ 43. Bg3 {Seizing
his chance So finishes in style.} Rxg3+ $1 44. fxg3 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 (45. Kh3 Qf5+
46. g4 Qd3+) 45... Qf5+ 46. Ke3 Rc3+ 47. Ke2 Qd3+ 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 {This obscure opening line is getting more and more
attention through the efforts of Vishy Anand.} 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 c6 (4... Nf6 5.
b4 $5 {Giri}) 5. d4 cxd5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. Qg4 g6 9. b4 $5 {Wesley's
innovation.} (9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Qd6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. e4 $44 {
Psakhis-Sokolov, 1992}) 9... Qd6 10. cxd5 Nf6 (10... Qxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. b5
Nce7 13. Nf3 {is the idea.}) 11. Qc4 Na6 12. Rc1 $1 b6 (12... O-O 13. b5) 13.
Nf3 (13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. Rxc8+ Ke7 15. Rxh8 Nxb4 16. Rc8 Ne4 {gives Black a lot
of counterplay. On paper White has more than enough for a queen, but his
forces are poorly developed.}) 13... Bb7 14. e4 O-O 15. a3 Rfc8 16. Qd3 Rxc1+
17. Bxc1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. Qb1 Ncxd5 $1 {The only way to handle this
position. Black must break out before White is fully mobilized.} 20. exd5 Qxd5
21. Be2 (21. Qb2 Qe4+ 22. Be2 d5 23. Qb3 h6 $5 ({White is prepared for} 23...
d4 24. Ng5) 24. Bxh6 d4 25. Ng5 $4 Rc1+) 21... e4 22. Nh4 $5 {This is the
beauty of Rapid chess - people aren't afraid of taking chances.} ({The most
practical choice would be} 22. Be3 {but once he returns his extra piece White
only has enough for equality.} exf3 23. Bxf3 Ne4 24. O-O Qe6) 22... g5 23. Qb2
Ne8 24. Nf3 exf3 25. gxf3 Ng7 ({Also good was} 25... Qe6 $1 26. Rg1 (26. Bxg5
Bxf3 27. Rg1 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Kf8 $17) 26... f6 27. f4 Bf3 28. Be3 Bxe2 29. Qxe2
Ng7 30. fxg5 f5) 26. Rg1 h6 27. f4 Qe4 28. fxg5 h5 29. Qb3 Ne6 30. Be3 Nd4 31.
Bxd4 Rc1+ {A step in the wrong direction. Objectively, Black is winning, but
in a real game situation he shouldn't have given White even a trace of
counterplay.} ({The powerful centralization of the black pieces would decide
the outcome after} 31... Qxd4 32. Rg3 Rc1+ 33. Bd1 Be4 34. g6 d5 35. gxf7+ Kf8)
32. Kd2 Rxg1 33. Qc3 Rxg5 34. Be3 Rd5+ 35. Kc1 Rd6 (35... Bc6 $17) 36. b5 Rd5
37. Qc7 Re5 $2 $138 38. Bd3 Qxd3 39. Qb8+ Re8 $2 {Incomprehensible. I suspect
Etienne just touched his rook and forgot his king was in check.} (39... Kh7 40.
Qxe5 Be4 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ Bg6 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qc7 Qxa3+ {and Black
keeps playing for a win.}) 40. Qxe8+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kh7 42. Qxh5+ Kg8 43. Qg5+
Kh7 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Qg3+ Kh7 46. Qh4+ Kg8 47. Bd4 Qxa3+ 48. Bb2 Qc5+ 49. Kb1
Qf5+ 50. Ka1 f6 51. Bxf6 Kf7 52. Bb2 Be4 53. Qh8 Bd3 54. Qg7+ Ke6 55. Qg8+ Qf7
56. Qb8 Qxf2 $4 {Oh, no.} 57. Qe5+ Kf7 58. Qd5+ Ke8 59. Qxd3 Qxh2 60. Qe4+ Kd8
61. Bf6+ Kc8 62. Qa8+ Kc7 63. Qxa7+ Kd6 64. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxf4 8.
exf4 Qa5 9. Nbd2 Qxc5 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. c3 O-O 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rfd8 14. Qe2
Rac8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Rbd1 a5 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Re8 19. Rd2 Qc5 20. a3 Rb8
21. Rc2 b5 22. b4 Qb6 23. h3 Rec8 24. g4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Rc4 27. g5
hxg5 28. fxg5 e5 29. bxa5 Qc5 30. Qxe5 Re8 31. Qxe8+ Bxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33. Re4
Qxa3 34. g6+ Kxg6 35. Rg4+ Kh7 36. Nxb5 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Rxg4+ 38. hxg4 Qd1 39. Nd4
Qxg4+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qa1 42. f3 Qxa5 43. Re2 Qxc3 44. Nf5 Qd3 45. Ng3 f5
46. Ra2 Qd5 47. Re2 Kg6 48. Rf2 Kg5 49. Ne2 Kh4 50. Rf1 Qd2 51. Rf2 Qe3 52. Kf1
Kg5 53. Kg2 Kf6 54. Ng1 Qg5+ 55. Kf1 Qg3 56. Rg2 Qd6 57. Re2 g5 58. Kg2 Qd5 59.
Kf2 Kg6 60. Kg3 Qd4 61. Kg2 Kh5 62. Rf2 Kh4 63. Kf1 Qd1+ 64. Kg2 Qd5 65. Kf1 g4
66. Rh2+ Kg5 67. Rg2 Qd1+ 68. Kf2 Qd4+ 69. Kf1 Qe3 70. fxg4 fxg4 71. Ne2 Qe5
72. Rg3 Qa1+ 73. Kf2 Qf6+ 74. Ke1 Kh4 75. Rc3 Qf5 76. Kd2 Kg5 77. Ke1 Qb1+ 78.
Kf2 Qh1 79. Rg3 Kf5 80. Rc3 Qh2+ 81. Kf1 Ke4 82. Rg3 Qxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. Bb3
Re8 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 d5 {I'm no expert on this
structure, but it seems to me Black has fully equalized here.} 13. Be3 {
Not sure about this one either} (13. Ng3 Qd7 14. Bd2 Bb6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bc1
$11) 13... Bf8 $1 14. Rad1 Na5 $1 (14... d4 $6 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bd2 {is quite
fine for White.}) 15. Qc2 c5 16. exd5 {Understandable.} ({Wesley wasn't keen
on giving Magnus tons of space after} 16. Ng3 Nc6 17. Bc1 d4 {as White's play
on the K-side is going nowhere:} 18. Nf5 Kh7 19. g4 g6 20. Ng3 b5 21. g5 Nd7
22. gxh6 Bxh6 23. h4 Nf8 {etc.}) 16... Qxd5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Ne3 Qd7 $15 {
The Classic Maroczy Bind of a Bogo-Indian variety. White is very short of
ideas here.} 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Na3 Qb7 23. c4 b4 24. Nb5
Rad8 25. Ra1 $6 (25. Bc1 Re6 26. b3 g6 27. Bb2 Qe7 28. Re3 Bg7 29. Rde1 Nh5 30.
g3 $15 {I realize this is no great shakes, but I see nothing better for White
but stay put.}) 25... Qd7 26. Ra6 Re6 27. Qa4 {Fishing for chances.} ({Instead,
} 27. Rea1 {was tactically sound:} Qxd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Nc7 Red6 30. Nb5)
27... Qxd3 $1 {No hesitation from Magnus. The King is back.} 28. Bxh6 $5 {
This is a clever try, the best Wesley could come up with.} ({On} 28. Nc7 {
Magnus would flex his muscles with} Nd4 $1 29. Nxe6 (29. Nxd4 Rxa6 30. Qxa6
cxd4 {is just plain hopeless.}) 29... Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qxd2 $1 31. Nxd8 Qxe1+ 32.
Kg2 Nh5 {[#] The finish is very instructive:} 33. Qa1 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 Qd2 35. Nc6
Nd3 36. Qf1 Ne1 37. Nxe5 g5 $1 38. Rf6 Bd6 {Look at the pathetic role played
by the white queen.}) 28... gxh6 {Carlsen goes materialistic.} (28... e4 $5 29.
Ng5 Re5 30. Rxc6 gxh6 31. Rxf6 Rxg5 {would not yet gain Black any extra pawns
or pieces, but with the white forces scattered all over, the spoils of war
wouldn't be long in coming.}) 29. Nc7 Nd4 {In Rapid (and even more in Blitz!)
it's essentual to trust your calculations and go all the way.} ({Magnus
refused to get distracted by} 29... Red6 30. Rxc6 e4 31. Nh2 Qd2 $19) 30. Nxd4
Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Rd6 $1 32. Nc6 Qf5 $1 33. Nd5 (33. Qa8 Qd7 {hits both knights.})
33... Qe6 {This is how far Carlsen had to calculate, and no one can find a
fault in his work. Impressive.} 34. Qa8 Rxc6 35. Re3 Ne8 36. Rg3+ Kh7 37. Rf3
e4 38. Rf4 Ra6 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qxa6 Bg7 41. Qc6 Bd4 42. Kh2 Ng7 43. Ne3 Qf4+
0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Rd1+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 11. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. a4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 15. a5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
16. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 17. a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 18. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 20. axb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
21. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Re1+ {[%emt 0:01:51]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 24. Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. b3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:
42]} 26. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0:01:03]}
Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 28. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Rc5 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 30. Rcxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 31. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]
} Rb4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 33. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 34. Nd4 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 36. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. g4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Ke7
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 38. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Rc1 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 40. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 41.
h4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Re4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 42. h5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} 43. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:30]}
c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 46. Ng4 {
[%emt 0:02:46]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} 48. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 49. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 51. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. h7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bxh7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 53. Nxh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c3
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. Nxe6+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxf2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 58. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. e3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 13. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 16. Bxe4 {
[%emt 0:04:20]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exf3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 18. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} fxg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 19. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} b6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 20. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 21. Rxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Rbd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 23. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:20]}
Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 26. Rb7 {
[%emt 0:01:52]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:
24]} 28. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 29. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Rb5 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 32. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 33. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 34. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Be1
{[%emt 0:00:17]} 35. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} Be1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:
48]} 38. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 39. fxg5 {[%emt 0:05:12]}
Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 40. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 41. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 42. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 43. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Be1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 46. Rh8+ {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 48. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Be7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 51. Kxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} 53. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ba5
{[%emt 0:00:18]} 55. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. Rf1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 58. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc5+
{[%emt 0:00:40]} 60. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Kc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd5+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 63. Ke2 Ba7 64. a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 65. Rh1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 66. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 67. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 68. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 69. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 70. Rh6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 71. Bf6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 72. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 73. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Rxa6 74. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bg2
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 8. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:11]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:
01:32]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
13. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {
[%emt 0:02:07]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Bh3 {[%emt 0:
01:40]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 17. exf5 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
18. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qxd4+
{[%emt 0:00:53]} 20. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Rfd1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:02:38]} 22. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ng4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Re8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 26. g4 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Rbd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:
17]} 28. a3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. g5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. f5 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Rb3+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} 35. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Rxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 37. Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 38. g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 40. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ra7+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 43. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a3
{[%emt 0:00:33]} 45. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Ra7+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 48. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 49. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb1
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Kg4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 53. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. Rf2+ {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 57. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:
49]} 58. Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg8
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 60. h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 6. Nh4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 8. Nxg6 hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. e4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 10.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 11. e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} f6
{[%emt 0:05:04]} 14. exf6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Bh3 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 16. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:
56]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:01:36]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
Nce7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 19. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Nc2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rah8 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 22. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 23. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 24. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7 27. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:03:29]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:
06]} 29. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 31. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Rxd4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 34. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Nb2 {[%emt 0:01:30]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Rc7+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 39. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxh2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Ng4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 42. a4 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 44. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 45. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ne3+
{[%emt 0:00:28]} 46. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Rxe6+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 49. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 {I don't believe White can get anything
in this line.} cxb6 12. a3 f5 $1 (12... Re8 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. e3 f6
$14 {was seen in Karjakin(!)-Safarli, 2015}) 13. e3 Bf6 {Sergey finds a much
better place for his bishop.} 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. Re1 Bf7 16. Nb5 Bh5 17. Qc2 Qd7
18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Nc4 ({Better was} 19. Bf1 $142 {but who wants to play like
this?}) 19... Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Ncd6 {White is already in a full escape
mode.} Rb3 $6 ({There was a long line to calculate,} 21... e4 22. Nxf5 Bxb2 23.
Bxe4 (23. Rc2 Bxa3 24. Bxe4 Bb4 $17) 23... Rb3 24. Nfd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxc1 26.
Nxb3 Bxa3 $17 {For some reason Sergey didn't go for it.}) 22. Nc7 Ne7 23. Ne6
Rb8 24. Rc7 Rxb2 25. Rec1 h6 26. h3 Rd2 $6 27. Nxf5 $2 {Wesley just
miscalculated.} (27. Nc4 Ra2 28. Nxb6 {is, actually, very pleasant for White.})
27... Nxf5 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. Be4 g6 31. g4 Nd6 32. Rc7+ Kg8 33.
gxh5 $2 (33. Bxb7 Bh4 $17) 33... Nxe4 34. hxg6 Nd6 35. Rd7 b5 36. Kf1 b4 37.
axb4 axb4 38. Ke1 Rd5 39. e4 b3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14.
Nb3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxe4 16. f3 a4 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Nb5 Ne6 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. Kf2 c5
21. Be3 f5 22. f4 Bc6 23. Rd6 Rac8 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Ne2 Bb5 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Ne2
Bb5 28. Ng1 g5 29. fxg5 a3 30. bxa3 Ra8 31. Rc3 Ra4 32. Rb6 f4 33. Rxb5 Nxg5
34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. Rxc5 fxe3+ 36. Ke1 Rg4 37. g3 Ne4 38. Rc4 Rg6 39. Rbb4 Nd6 40.
Rc6 Nf5 41. Rc5 Nd6 42. Nf3 Ne4 43. Re5 Nf6 44. Rxe8+ Nxe8 45. Re4 Nc7 46. Rxe3
Ra6 47. Nd4 Nd5 48. Rf3 Nf6 49. Kd2 Kf7 50. Nb5 Kg6 51. Rf4 h5 52. a4 Ng4 53.
h3 Ne5 54. Kc3 Rc6+ 55. Kd4 Nf7 56. Kd5 Rc2 57. a3 Rd2+ 58. Rd4 Rb2 59. Rb4
Rd2+ 60. Nd4 Ng5 61. a5 Nf3 62. a6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Qd6 11. Bd3 f5 12. f3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. c4 fxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 b6 17. Bf2 Ba6 18. O-O b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Bxc5 Rxf1+ 21.
Kxf1 Qa6 22. Ke1 Bc4 23. Be7 Bf8 24. d6 Bxe7 25. dxe7 Re8 26. Ng1 Bf7 27. Nf3
Rxe7 28. Qb4 Re8 29. a3 Qf6 30. Kf2 g5 31. h3 Bh5 32. Rc7 g4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 34.
Qc4+ Be6 35. Qb5 Rf8 36. Kg1 Bg4 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Rc6 Qg7 39. Nxe5 Be2 40. Qd4
Kg8 41. Qd5+ Kh8 42. Qc5 Rg8 43. Qf2 Qxe5 44. Qxe2 Re8 45. Qf3 Qxe4 46. Qxe4
Rxe4 47. Rc8+ Kg7 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rxa7 Re2 50. a4 Ra2 51. a5 h5 52. Kh2 Ra3
53. g3 Ra2+ 54. Kh3 Ra4 55. Ra8 Kg7 56. a6 Kh7 57. Kg2 Ra3 58. Kf2 Kg7 59. Kg2
Kh7 60. Kh3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bd2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxc5 12. Bc2 Nce4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14.
Rfd1 Qa5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. h3 g6 19. Rac1 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rc8 21. b3 h5 22. g4 Qc5 23. Kg2 Qe5 24. Rd4 Kg7 25. Qd1 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Rc2
27. Qxe4 Qg5+ 28. Kf1 Rxa2 29. Ra4 Rd2 30. Ke1 Rd5 31. Rd4 Rb5 32. b4 a5 33. h4
Qg1+ 34. Ke2 Rf5 35. f4 Qg4+ 36. Kd3 Qd1+ 37. Kc3 Qc1+ 38. Kd3 a4 39. Ke2 a3
40. Rd2 Qg1 41. Qc4 Rf6 42. Qd4 a2 43. Rd1 Qg2+ 44. Kd3 Qc6 45. h5 Kh7 46.
hxg6+ Rxg6 47. b5 Qxb5+ 48. Kc2 Rg2+ 49. Kc3 Qb2+ 50. Kc4 Rc2+ 51. Kd5 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 c6 6. Be3 d5 7. e5 Ne8 8. h4
dxc4 9. h5 c5 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3
Nc6 15. Bxc4 Bg4 16. Rh6 e6 17. Rd7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Bd4 Nxf3+ 20. Ke2
Nxd4+ 21. cxd4 Ng7 22. Bd3 Rab8 23. Rh1 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rb1 Rd7 26. Ke3
Kf8 27. a4 e5 28. dxe5 Ne6 29. c6 bxc6 30. Bc4 Ke7 31. Rb8 Nd4 32. f4 Nf5+ 33.
Kf3 Nd4+ 34. Ke4 Nf5 35. Kf3 c5 36. Rc8 Nd4+ 37. Ke3 Nc2+ 38. Kf3 Ne1+ 39. Kg4
Ng2 40. Bb5 Rd8 41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. Kg5 Rd4 43. Kh6 Rd8 44. Bc4 Rd4 45. Bb5 Rd8
46. Bc4 Rd4 47. Bxf7 Nxf4 48. Rxa7 c4 49. Kg5 Nd5 50. Bxd5 Rxd5 51. Kf6 Kg8 52.
Kxg6 Kf8 53. Kf6 Kg8 54. e6 Rc5 55. Ra8+ Kh7 56. e7 Rc6+ 57. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Nxd4
15. Bxd5 Nxc2 16. Bxb7 Nxa1 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Rxa1 fxg5 20. Rc1 g4
21. Ne1 Bf6 22. Rc2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Kh7 24. Ke2 Kg6 25. Nd3 e5 26. Rc7 Kf5 27. Rxa7
e4 28. Nb4 Bg5 29. Rf7+ Kg6 30. Rb7 Rd2+ 31. Kf1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rd2+ 33. Kf1 Rd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. a4 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qf6
15. Be3 Bg4 16. Be2 Red8 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Bg4 a5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Nd7 23. Red1 Kf8 24. Rd3 Ke7 25. Kf1 Nb6 26. Nd2 Ke6 27. Bxb6
cxb6 28. Nc4 Bc5 29. Rad1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc8 31. f3 Bg1 32. Rd6+ Ke7 33. Nxb6
Bxb6 34. Rxb6 Rc7 35. Ke2 Kd8 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rb6 Kd8 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rd5
Rxc3 40. Rxe5+ Kf6 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. b6 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Rxa5 Rxb6 45. Kf2
Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Ra2 47. h4 b6 48. Ra6 Ke7 49. h5 Rb2 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. f4 Ra2 52.
Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Kg4 Ra2 54. g3 Ra1 55. Ra6 f5+ 56. exf5+ Kf7 57. Ra7+ Kf6 58. Ra6
Kf7 59. f6 g6 60. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. h3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Rd1 Be7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 O-O 16. e4 Na5 17. Bd2 Bxd5 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Rxd5 c4 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Rd1
g6 22. a4 Bf6 23. Nf3 Rxd5 24. exd5 Rd8 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. d6 Bxb2 27. Qe7 Qd7
28. Rd5 Ba3 29. Qf6 Bxd6 30. Ng5 Bh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qxd5 32. Nxf7 Qxf7 33. Qxd8+ Kg7
34. Qd4+ Kf8 35. Qd8+ Qe8 36. Qd6+ Qe7 37. Qf4+ Qf7 38. Qd6+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Qf8
40. Qd5+ Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 dxc4 6. a4 Nd7 7. Na3 Bxa3 8.
Rxa3 Ngf6 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re3 Qa5 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qc2
Ng4 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. e3 Nxa4 17. b3 Nb6 18. Bb2 Qb5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Ra1 Ne4
21. d3 Nf6 22. Rxa7 Nc8 23. Ra4 Nd5 24. Qc4 Nc7 25. Qc3 Ne6 26. Ra5 Qb6 27.
Rxf5 Nd6 28. Rg5 Kf8 29. Rh5 Nb5 30. Qb4+ Kg8 31. Qe4 h6 32. Qg4 Qa5 33. Rxh6
Qe1+ 34. Bf1 Nc3 35. Bxc3 Qxc3 36. Rh4 Qxb3 37. Qh5 Kf8 38. Qe5 Ke7 39. Re4 Ra8
40. Qxg7 Qd1 41. Qg5+ Kd7 42. Qf6 Ra1 43. Qxf7+ Kd8 44. Qf6+ Kc7 45. Qe5+ Kb6
46. Qxa1 Qxa1 47. Rxe6 Kc7 48. d4 b5 49. Re7+ Kd6 50. Rb7 Qa8 51. Rg7 b4 52.
Bc4 Qa3 53. Rb7 Qc1+ 54. Bf1 Qb1 55. h4 c5 56. dxc5+ Kxc5 57. h5 Kc6 58. Rb8 b3
59. h6 b2 60. h7 Qxh7 61. Rxb2 Qg7 62. Rd2 Qa1 63. Kg2 Kc5 64. Rd4 Qa8+ 65. Kg1
Qa1 66. g4 Qb1 67. g5 Qf5 68. Bg2 Qg6 69. Kh2 Qh5+ 70. Kg1 Qg6 71. Rd5+ Kc6 72.
Kh2 Kc7 73. Kg3 Qc2 74. e4 Qc3+ 75. Bf3 Qg7 76. Bg2 Qc3+ 77. Kg4 Qb2 78. Rf5
Kd6 79. g6 Ke7 80. Bh3 Qe2+ 81. f3 Qb2 82. Kg5 Qc1+ 83. f4 Qa1 84. e5 Qa8 85.
Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4
15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Rxc5 Rd8 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. a3 Kf8 20. f3 Rd6 21.
Kf2 Rad8 22. b4 a6 23. h4 Nd5 24. Bc4 Nc7 25. Be2 Nd5 26. Rd1 g6 27. g4 Bc8 28.
Rcc1 Re8 29. Nc2 Rde6 30. e4 Nc3 31. Re1 Rf6 32. Kg3 Rd6 33. Bf1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. Bxc4
Bb4 9. Qc2 Bh5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd3 Na6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nxb4 axb4
15. Na2 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Nxb4 Ra5 18. Nd3 Nf6 19. Nc5 Qd5 20. Nxb7 Ra7 21.
Nc5 Re7 22. a5 Bf3 23. gxf3 Qxf3 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Bg5 Qh5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Kh1
f4 28. Rae1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 f3 30. Rg1 Qh3 31. Qe6 Qh4 32. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rac8
15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rfd8 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Rc2 h5 20. Rfc1 Rc7 21.
Bc3 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Bb3 d6 8. Re1
h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qxh6 Rxe5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qf6
21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qe7 24. g3 Re6 25. h4 a5 26. Kg2 b6 27. Re3
Rd6 28. Rxe4 Rxd4 29. Rxe7 Rd2 30. b4 Rxa2 31. Rxc7 Rc2 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. g4 a4
34. Kg3 a3 35. f3 Rc1 36. Ra7 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 Ne5 14. b4 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qd4 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Bf1 Qg7 19. Qe3 g5 20. Bc7 b6 21. Rac1
Bb7 22. Rd7 Rfe8 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxb7 Bd6 25. Rxb6 Bf4 26. Qc3 Bxc1 27. Qxc1
Rec8 28. Qd2 Rxa3 29. b5 Qe5 30. Rb7 Ra1 31. h4 gxh4 32. f4 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3
fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5
Nc5 21. Ba3 Rxf3 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Raf8 24. Rc7 Rxf2 25. Rxa7 Rc2 26. Rf1
Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Kg8 28. Kg1 Rxc3 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. Ra7+ Kg6 31. Ra6+ Kh5 32. Ra7
h6 33. Rxg7 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Kh3 Rxa2 36. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 exd6 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Ne7 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bh2 g4 15.
hxg4 Nxg4 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Rae1 Bc6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bd3 Nh4 20. Nh2 Nxh2 21. Kxh2
Ng6 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Kg1 f5 24. Ne2 h5 25. Bf4 h4 26. Bg5 Bf6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28.
Qf4 Rae8 29. Nd4 Re7 30. Nf3 Rfe8 31. Re3 Rg7 32. Nh2 Rf8 33. Kh1 Ng6 34. Qb4
f4 35. Ree1 Ne5 36. Be4 h3 37. g3 Qh6 38. Qxb7 Bc8 39. Qxa7 Bf5 40. Bxf5 Rxf5
41. g4 Nxg4 42. Nxg4 Rxg4 43. Qxc7 Rf8 44. Qd7 Rg6 45. Rg1 Rg2 46. Qe6+ Qxe6
47. dxe6 f3 48. Re3 Kh7 49. Re4 Kg6 50. e7 Re8 51. Re3 Kg5 52. Rxf3 Rxg1+ 53.
Kxg1 Rxe7 54. Rxh3 Re1+ 55. Kg2 Rb1 56. Rb3 Kf4 57. a4 Ra1 58. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Rd1 Rd8 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. a3 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O a5 14. Nb5 Qe7 15.
Rc1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. Nxc7 Rac8 18. Nb5 e5 19. Qb3 a4 20. Qa2 Na5 21. Be2
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nb3 23. Rd1 Be6 24. Qb1 Bf5 25. e4 exd4 26. exf5 Qxe2 27. Nc3 Qe7
28. Na2 gxf5 29. Nb4 Qe4 30. Nd3 Rc8 31. Re1 Qd5 32. Nh4 Qd7 33. Qd1 Bf6 34.
Qh5 Bxh4 35. Qxh4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. h4 e6 10. f3 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Bf2 O-O 15.
Qb3 Qe7 16. g4 Kh8 17. Be2 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. e5 Bb4 20. Kf1 f4 21. Nxb4 axb4
22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nd6 Qe6 24. Kg1 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Ne4 Rae8 27. Re1 Re6 28.
Bd3 Ne3 29. Rh2 Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Qh5 31. Rh3 Rg3 32. Rxg3 fxg3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Nd2 c4 7. Qc2 Nh5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Be2 Ng7 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Qc1 e6 13. Ngf3 Qa5 14. e4 Bh7 15. O-O
Be7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. h4 b5 21. b4 Qd8 22.
a4 a5 23. axb5 axb4 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. exd5 exd5 26. Bf3 Qd8 27. hxg5 hxg5 28.
b6 bxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxb6 30. Bxd5+ Kf8 31. Nxc4 Qb5 32. Ne3 Rd8 33. Qc7 Qd7 34.
Qa5 Nh5 35. Bc7 Rc8 36. Bh2 Nf4 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. Nc4 Qf5 39. Qa7 Qxd5 40.
Qxe7+ Kg8 41. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Rb8 9. f4 Bd7 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 b4 12. Nce2 a5 13. f5 a4 14. Rb1 Ne8 15. g5 a3
16. b3 Nc7 17. h4 Nb5 18. h5 Ncd4 19. Bd2 Be5 20. Nf4 gxf5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22.
Ne4 Kh8 23. g6 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Nc3 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26. Bh3 Ne3 27. Qf3 Nxf1+ 28.
Rxf1 Be5 29. gxh7 e6 30. Rg1 Bc6 31. Kh1 Qh4 32. Ng2 Bxe4 33. Nxh4 Bxf3+ 34.
Nxf3 Bf6 35. Rg4 Rb4 36. d4 cxd4 37. Rf4 d3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Rd8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne7 19. c4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Ng6 21. Ra7 c6
22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxb7 Qc8 25. Rb6 cxb5 26. Rxb5 Nd7 27. Nd5 Rc6
28. Nd2 Nc5 29. Qb2 Kh7 30. Rb8 Qe6 31. Qb5 Nf4 32. Ra8 Qg6 33. Nxf4 exf4 34.
Qb8 Qf6 35. Nf3 Nd7 36. Qe8 Rd6 37. e5 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qe6 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. Rg8
Kf5 41. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Be5
Bf5 15. Be2 Rac8 16. O-O Bd3 17. Bxd3 Nxd3 18. Rcd1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rc2 20. Rxd5
Rxb2 21. Rd7 Bf6 22. Nc4 Rxa2 23. Rxb7 Rd8 24. h3 a5 25. Ra7 a4 26. Rb1 Bg7 27.
g4 Bf8 28. Kg2 a3 29. Rb3 Rc2 30. Nxa3 Bxa3 31. Raxa3 Rdd2 32. Rb6 Rxf2+ 33.
Kg3 Kg7 34. Raa6 Rg2+ 35. Kf3 Rcf2+ 36. Ke4 Rg3 37. Rxh6 Rff3 38. Rh5 Rxe3+ 39.
Kd4 Rd3+ 40. Kc4 Rc3+ 41. Kd4 Rcd3+ 42. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
c6 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. b4 Rad8 12. Qb3 a6 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15.
Nd4 Bg4 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nf3 Bb8 20. Rf1 e5 21. f5 Nf8
22. e4 N8h7 23. Bc1 dxe4 24. dxe4 Ba7+ 25. c5 b6 26. cxb6 Bxb6+ 27. Kh2 Bd4 28.
Rde1 c5 29. Bd2 Rb8 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Nd1 a5 32. Nf2 axb4 33. axb4 Qb7 34. Qd3
Re7 35. Rc1 Ng5 36. Rfe1 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. h4 Ngh7 39. Rc1 Qb7 40. g4 Qb5
41. Qxb5 Rxb5 42. Rc8+ Nf8 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 N6d7 45. Nd3 f6 46. g6 Rb7 47.
Kg2 Nb6 48. Rc6 Nfd7 49. Nc5 Rb8 50. Nxd7 Nxd7 51. Rc7 Nb6 52. Kf3 Rc8 53.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 54. b5 Kf8 55. Bb4+ Ke8 56. Bc5 Kd7 57. Bf8 Nd6 58. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. c3 a6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. b4 Nh7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 b6 14. b5 axb5 15.
axb5 Na5 16. c4 Ng5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nb7 21. f4
Nh7 22. Nb3 Nf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qxe5 Nd6 26. Ned4 Nxc4 27. Qxe6+
Qxe6 28. Nxe6 Nd5 29. Rc1 Nde3 30. Kf2 Ra2+ 31. Kf3 Ra3 32. Nbd4 Nd5+ 33. Ke4
Nf6+ 34. Kf5 Ne3+ 35. Kg6 Nxg2 36. Nxg7 Nd5 37. Nge6 Ngxf4+ 38. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 39.
Kf5 Rd3 40. Rc4 Ng2 41. Kg6 Nh4+ 42. Kf6 Nf3 43. Nf5 Rd7 44. Nxh6+ Kf8 45. Ng4
Rd6+ 46. Kf5 Nd4+ 47. Ke5 Nxb5 48. Rxc7 Nxc7 49. Kxd6 Ne8+ 50. Kc6 Ng7 51. Kxb6
Kf7 52. Nf6 Kxf6 53. h4 Kg6 54. h5+ Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 d6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 cxd6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b3 d5 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Ne4 Nb4 17. O-O Bf5 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Bf3 O-O 20. Rfc1 Rd4
21. Ng3 Be6 22. h5 c5 23. Ne4 Ba3 24. Rc2 Bf5 25. Re1 Rfd8 26. g4 Be6 27. Re3
Bb4 28. Be2 h6 29. f3 Bd5 30. Bc4 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Rf3 R8d2+
34. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kh3 f6 36. e5 Ke7 37. exf6+ gxf6 38. Re3+ Kf8 39. a4 Rd6 40.
Kg2 Bd2 41. Re2 Bc3 42. Kf3 Be5 43. Rc2 Rd4 44. Be6 Ke7 45. Bf5 Kd6 46. Ke2 a5
47. Rc3 Rxg4 48. Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 c5 8. axb5
cxd4 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qb3 Bc5 14. Nf3 Nd7
15. Na4 Bf8 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. f3 Be7 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8
21. Rd1 Bg5 22. Qf2 Qc7 23. Nc5 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. b4 Bc8 26. g3 Qe5 27.
Qd2 Bb6 28. Kg2 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qd3 g5 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4
Kg7 34. Qc3+ e5 35. f4 Be6 36. Qg3+ Kf6 37. fxe5+ Qxe5 38. Qf3+ Kg6 39. Bxe6
fxe6 40. Qg3+ Kf6 41. Qf2+ Kg6 42. Qg3+ Kf6 43. Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qd5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rfc1
f6 15. Nd2 Kf7 16. Rc2 a5 17. Qc4 Bb7 18. Nb3 Ba6 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Nxa5 Bd3
21. Rc3 Bb5 22. Nb3 Bc4 23. Nc1 Rhc8 24. a3 e5 25. Nd3 Ke6 26. Rac1 Rcb8 27. b4
Ra6 28. f4 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Rba8 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. g4
h6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. fxe5 Nxg4 12. O-O-O Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Qg5 14. Qxg5
hxg5 15. exd6 O-O-O 16. e5 Re8 17. Rhf1 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Rxf6 Bg7 20. Rf7
Bxc3 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22. Bb5+ Kd8 23. Bxe8 Be5 24. Bg6 Rxh2 25. Bf5 Rf2 26. Bh3
Rf4 27. Rd5 Re4 28. Bf5 Bf4+ 29. Kd1 Re5 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. d7 Bxb2 32. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bc4 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb5 Qd5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Bxe5 Bg4
15. Bc7 O-O 16. a3 Bxf3 17. axb4 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Nd7 12. Nd2 Ke7 13. Ke2 Nc5 14.
Bf3 Bd7 15. c4 a5 16. Ne4 Rac8 17. Rhc1 Na6 18. b3 b5 19. Nc3 b4 20. Bb7 bxc3
21. Bxa6 Rc7 22. a4 Bc6 23. g3 Rd8 24. Rxc3 Rcd7 25. Rc2 Rd3 26. Bb5 Be4 27.
Rb2 Rc3 28. c5 Rxc5 29. Bc4 Rb8 30. Rd2 Rb4 31. Rd4 Bc2 32. Ra3 g5 33. Kd2 Bg6
34. Ra1 Rf5 35. Ke2 g4 36. Ra2 Rh5 37. Ke1 Re5 38. Ke2 Be4 39. Rad2 Rb7 40. Bb5
Bf3+ 41. Kf2 Rh5 42. Ke1 Rc7 43. Rd7+ Rxd7 44. Rxd7+ Kf6 45. Rd2 Re5 46. Kf2
Rf5 47. Ke1 h5 48. Rd4 Re5 49. Kd2 h4 50. gxh4 Rh5 51. Be2 e5 52. Rc4 Bxe2 53.
Kxe2 Kf5 54. h3 gxh3 55. Kf3 Rh8 56. Kg3 Rb8 57. e4+ Kg6 58. Rc3 Rb4 59. Re3 f5
60. exf5+ Kxf5 61. Kxh3 Kf4 62. Rc3 e4 63. Kg2 Rd4 64. Kf2 Rd2+ 65. Ke1 Rh2 66.
Rc5 Kf3 67. Rf5+ Ke3 68. Kd1 Rd2+ 69. Kc1 Rd3 70. Kc2 Rd2+ 71. Kc3 Rd3+ 72. Kc4
Rd4+ 73. Kc3 Rd3+ 74. Kc4 Rd4+ 75. Kc3 Rd3+ 76. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qd5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rfc1
f6 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Qc3 Kf7 17. Nc4 Rhb8 18. Bf4 Rb5 19. Rd1 Be8 20. b3 Rd8 21.
Qe1 Qd7 22. Bd2 Rd5 23. Ba5 Rc8 24. Bc3 Kg7 25. Ne3 Rb5 26. Rd3 g5 27. Nc4 Rd5
28. Rad1 Bf7 29. h3 h5 30. Qe2 Re8 31. Ne3 Rb5 32. Nf1 Bd6 33. Ng3 Bxg3 34.
Rxg3 h4 35. Re3 Rd5 36. f4 gxf4 37. Qg4+ Rg5 38. Qxf4 e5 39. Qxh4 Bd5 40. Rg3
Rxg3 41. Qxg3+ Kf7 42. dxe5 Rg8 43. Qf3 Ke8 44. Qh5+ Kd8 45. Rd2 fxe5 46. Qxe5
Kc8 47. Kh2 Kb7 48. Re2 Ka8 49. Be1 Qh7 50. Bg3 Rh8 51. Qe7 Qf5 52. Rf2 Qh5 53.
Rf8+ Rxf8 54. Qxf8+ Kb7 55. Qb8+ Ka6 56. Bf2 Qf7 57. Qc8+ Kb5 58. Qb8+ Ka6 59.
Bd4 Qe7 60. Qxa7+ Qxa7 61. Bxa7 Kxa7 62. h4 Kb6 63. h5 Kc5 64. Kg3 Kd6 65. h6
Bg8 66. Kf4 Ke6 67. Kg5 Bh7 68. b4 Kf7 69. a4 Be4 70. g4 Bc2 71. a5 Bd3 72. Kf4
Kg6 73. g5 1-0

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. Bf4 b4 12. h4 a4 13. N1h2 a3 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bh3 Rc8
16. Rc1 Re8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Nf8 19. Qh5 Nd4 20. Bg2 Re7 21. Ng4 c4 22.
Nf6+ Kh8 23. dxc4 dxc4 24. Rcd1 cxb3 25. cxb3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qb6 27. Re4 Nf5 28.
Ng4 Qb7 29. Rde1 Rc2 30. Qh1 Rxa2 31. Kh3 Rc2 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. f3 a2 34. Ne3
Nxe3 35. Bxe3 Qa6 36. Rxb4 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 a1=Q 38. Rb8 Qf1+ 39. Kh4 Qh1+ 40. Kg4
h5+ 0-1

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. a4 d6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. g3 Ng6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 a5 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Ne3 Nf8
22. Qb3 Nb4 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Ne6 25. Rc3 Reb8 26. Qb5 Qxb5 27. axb5 a4 28.
Ra1 Ra5 29. b4 Ra7 30. Rca3 Rba8 31. Rc1 g5 32. h3 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Kg7
35. Kf1 Rh8 36. Ke2 Rh3 37. Rca1 Ra8 38. Rxa4 Nf4+ 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2
b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. dxc5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 bxc5 12. h4 h5 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qe3 Nd7 15.
Rh3 Rb8 16. c4 d4 17. Qe4 Qc7 18. Re1 Qb7 19. Qd3 Kg8 20. Rg3 Ne7 21. Kg1 Nf5
22. Rg5 Nf8 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Nd2 Qe7 26. Ne4 Rf8 27. Rb1 Rh6 28. Qf3
Nfxh4 29. Bxh4 Nxh4 30. Qf6 Qxf6 31. exf6 Rg6 32. Rb5 Rxg5 33. Nxg5 gxf6 34.
Ne4 f5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxh5+ Kh6 37. Nf4 Rg8 38. Rxc5 e5 39. Nd3 Rxg2+ 40. Kf1
e4 41. Ne1 Rh2 42. Rc8 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 f4 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rh5 Kg6 46. Rh8 Kg7 47.
Rh5 f3+ 48. Nxf3 exf3+ 49. Kd2 Kf6 50. c5 Ke6 51. Rh6+ Kd7 52. a4 Kc7 53. a5 f6
54. Kd3 Rd1+ 55. Ke4 Ng2 56. Rxf6 Rd2 57. a6 Rxc2 58. Rf7+ Kc6 59. Rxa7 Rxf2
60. Rf7 Kxc5 61. Rxf3 Ra2 62. Rf8 Ra4 63. a7 Rxa7 64. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Ne7 14. Qe2
Re8 15. Qe4 Ng6 16. Be3 a6 17. g3 f5 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Qh5 Ne7 20. d5 e5 21. Ba7
Ra8 22. Bb6 g6 23. Bxd8 gxh5 24. Bb6 Bd7 25. b4 Rac8 26. Rac1 Kg7 27. h4 Ng8
28. Bf1 Nf6 29. Bg2 Rc4 30. Bf1 Rcc8 31. Bg2 Rc4 32. Bf1 Rcc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. O-O-O Bf6 11. h4 Nf8 12. Ng5 d5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qf3 h5
15. Qg3 Bg4 16. Rde1 c6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Qf2 Qa5 19. Kb1 Re7 20. g4 Rae8 21. Bd2
Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 axb6 24. gxh5 gxh5 25. Bf2 c5 26. c4 dxc4 27. Ne4
Be7 28. Bxc4 Ng6 29. Bd5 Bc6 30. c4 Rd8 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Kc2 Ne5 33. Nd2 Nd3
34. Be3 f5 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Bg5 Nb4+ 37. Kd1 Nxa2 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. Rg5 Kf6 40.
Rxh5 Nb4 41. b3 Ke5 42. Rh7 Kd4 43. Re7 Rh8 44. f4 Kd3 45. Nf3 Nc2 46. Re2 Nd4
47. Ne5+ Kc3 48. Re3+ Kb4 49. Rh3 Rh5 50. Kc1 Nxb3+ 51. Kb2 Nd4 52. Rc3 b5 53.
cxb5 cxb5 54. Nd3+ Ka5 55. Rxc5 Rxh4 56. Rd5 Rh2+ 57. Kb1 Rh1+ 58. Kb2 Rh2+ 59.
Kb1 Ne2 60. Rxf5 Nc3+ 61. Kc1 Ka4 62. Re5 Kb3 63. Nc5+ Kc4 64. Ne4 Ne2+ 65. Kd1
Nd4 66. Nd2+ Rxd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 Qb6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rab1 Be6 12. Qh4 Qa6 13. Ng5 Nbd7 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. dxc4 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. b3 b6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Bf4 Nfg4
21. Na7 Rc7 22. Nc6 Rbc8 23. Nd8 1-0

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Rxb2 14.
O-O Bf6 15. a4 Qc8 16. Rab1 Nc6 17. Qa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 Rfb8 19. Bb5 Rxb1 20.
Rxb1 Na5 21. Rd1 Bxc3 22. Rd3 Bb4 23. c3 Ba3 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. h4 c6 26. Bd3 g6
27. Re1 f6 28. Ra1 Bc5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rb1 Rd8 31. Bf1 Ke7 32. g3 c4 33. Rb6
Ra8 34. Rb2 Nb3 35. Ra2 Ra5 36. Bxc4 Nc5 37. Bg8 h6 38. Bh7 Rxa4 39. Rxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. Re1 {This way of handling the Italian is getting more and more
popular.} Ne7 ({A few days later Wesley went for} 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12.
b4 Qe8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 $132 {Karjakin,S - So,W Saint
Louis USA 2017}) 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 {White has a superiority in the centre,
but the Pe4 is under pressure now.} Re8 13. Bc2 {As a result, White has to
move the bishop once again.} Bd7 $146 (13... b5 {was employed by Peter Svidler
in the same event:} 14. b4 Bb7 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. c4 $14 {Karjakin,S - Svidler,P
Saint Louis USA 2017}) (13... c6 {didn't offer Black full equality in the
following top-level encounter:} 14. Nf1 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Ng3 (19. Be3 $14) 19... Bb8 20. Be3 Bxe5 $11 {Anand,V -
Aronian,L Saint Louis USA 2016}) 14. a5 {Maxime is seizing more space on the
q-side. Now White can choose between different possible routes for the Nd2.} ({
The natural} 14. Nf1 $5 {also deserved serious attention. For instance,} c5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Ne3 Bc6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. Ng3 $1 {, and Black still
has some problems to solve.}) 14... c6 ({In the event of} 14... Qc8 15. Nf1 c5
(15... Bxh3 $2 {doesn't work:} 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Qd3 $18 {, and the attack
ends.}) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. c4 $1 Bc6 18. N3d2 Nf4 19. Ne3 $14 {Black would
suffer from the poor Ba7.}) ({After} 14... Nh5 15. Nf1 Nhf4 16. Ng3 Qf6 17. Be3
$14 {Black's activity on the k-side is only visual.}) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 {
Now the vulnerablity of the dark squares in Black's camp cannot be
underestimated.} Qe7 ({Possibly, a more accurate move was} 16... Qc7 $5 {
, intending to meet} 17. Qd6 {with} Qc8 $1 18. Qd3 Qc7 (18... Bxh3 19. Nh2 $1
Be6 20. Nd6 Qc7 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 $14) 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Be6 $14 {, and Black
is only slightly worse.}) 17. Qd6 Qxd6 $6 {This is a serious concession - the
penetration of White's knight would cause Wesley serious problems.} ({A much
better try was} 17... Qd8 $1 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Be6 20. Qxd8 Rexd8 21. Rad1
Kf8 $14) 18. Nxd6 Re6 19. Rd1 Rb8 20. Kf1 {Maxim isn't in a rush.} ({Another
promising way of handling the position was} 20. b4 $5 Re7 21. c4 Be6 22. Bb2
$16 {, slowly squeezing the opponent's pieces.}) 20... Re7 21. Nc4 Rbe8 22. b3
Be6 23. Nb6 $6 {An unsuccessful decision - in the resuting closed position
White would hardly benefit from having the bishop pair.} ({A much stronger
move was} 23. Ba3 $1 Bxc4+ 24. bxc4 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Rb1 b5 (26... Bc5 27.
Rxb7 Bxa3 28. Rxd7 $16) 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. Rd6 $16) 23... Bxb6 24. axb6 Rd7 25.
Be3 Rc8 $1 {GM So manages to fully consolidate.} 26. c4 (26. Ne1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
c5 28. c4 Nd7 29. Nd3 {would lead to the same.}) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 c5 28.
Ne1 Nd7 29. Nd3 f6 {The position is almost equal - both sides have their
troubles now.} 30. Ra1 Ne7 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd2 f5 $2 {Till now Wesley was
defending very well, but this move enables White to activate the bishops again!
} ({The precise} 32... g5 $1 {would most likely allow Black to achieve a draw:}
33. Bd1 (33. g4 Rc6 34. Kc3 Rxb6 35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. Bxc5 Rc6 37. Be3 Ng6 $11)
33... f5 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Bh5+ Kg7 $11) 33. f4 $1 exf4 (33... fxe4 34. Nxe5+
Nxe5 35. fxe5 Bf5 36. Kc3 Ke6 37. g4 Bg6 38. Rd1 Rc6 39. Rd8 $18 {is
completely lost for Black, whose pieces are tied to protecting the weak pawns.}
) 34. Nxf4 g5 (34... Nxb6 {is hardly any better:} 35. Nd5 Rd8 36. Rf1 $16) 35.
Nxe6 Kxe6 36. exf5+ Nxf5 37. Bg1 Nd4 $6 (37... Nd6 {was better:} 38. Re1+ Kf6
39. Bd1 Ne5 $16) 38. Re1+ $6 {Returning the favour.} ({The precise} 38. Bxd4
cxd4 39. Be4 Rb8 40. Bf3 Nxb6 41. Kd3 Nd7 42. Kxd4 Kd6 43. b4 Nf6 44. Re1 $18 {
would yield White a decisive positional advantage.}) 38... Kf6 39. Rf1+ Ke7 40.
Re1+ Kd8 $2 {Alas, Wesley chooses a wrong way for deviating from repeating the
moves.} (40... Kf6 41. Bxd4+ cxd4 42. Rf1+ Ke7 43. Bf5 Rc6 44. Re1+ Kd8 45. Re4
Nxb6 46. Bg4 $16 {looks extremely unpleasant for Black, but the limited
material balance offers Black some drawing chances.}) 41. Be4 $1 Nxb3+ (41...
Nxb6 42. Bxd4 cxd4 43. Bxb7 Rb8 44. Bxa6 $18) 42. Kc3 Nd4 43. Bh2 $1 {Black
cannot avoid the major loss of material, so he resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {An extravagant line, leading to
unnatural white play in the hope of retaining the space advantage. Personally
I would not create myself such early problems with the queen safety, leading
most likely to delay in development. I was a witness when Ljubojevic
introduced this line in grandmaster practice (Szirak 1987, see below). I
remember that Adorjan was chasing him during the rest of the tournament
rhaetorically asking: "Ljubo, will you admit I was better?"} Nf6 5. Bf4 {
White prepares the d2-square for the queen hoping to expose the bishop as
little as possible. In the game the latter proved illusory. There is a whole
bunch of alternatives.} ({The bishop is even more vulnerable after} 5. Bg5 Nc6
6. Qd2 Bg7 7. e4 d6 ({Actually Black could already start the chase:} 7... h6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nge5 11. h4 g4 $13) 8. Nge2 O-O 9. f3 Qa5 10. Nd5
Nxd5 11. cxd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Nd4 $14 {1-0 (34) Penzold,A 
(2387)-Berebora,F (2437) Germany 2015}) (5. e4 Nc6 {forces the queen to avoid
the desirable retreat to d2 in order to keep the bishop's line of advance open.
} 6. Qd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 (9... Bg4 $5 $11) 10. Be3 Nc5 11.
Qc2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 f5 (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Be2 Qc7 16. f4
Ned7 $13) 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qb2 Qb6 15. Qc1 {Cifuentes Parada,R (2509)-Van den
Berg,A (2267) Leiden 1992 (1-0, 35), and White retained some attacking chances.
}) ({Ljubo's aforementioned game went} 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 
(49) Ljubojevic,L (2625)-Adorjan,A (2540) Szirak 1987 CBM 003 [Ftacnik,L]}) ({
Or if} 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b3 Qa5 9. e4 {Black can use his
advance in development to break the centre:} e6 10. Bb2 d5 $36 {Garcia Palermo,
C (2490)-Spangenberg,H (2505) Villa Gesell 1996 (0-1, 30)}) 5... Nc6 (5... Bg7
{allows unnnecessary (even though not bad for Black) complicatons:} 6. Bxb8
Rxb8 7. Qxa7 Qc7 8. Nf3 (8. Nb5 Qxc4 9. Qxb8 O-O 10. Nc3 Qb4 {offers Black a
lot of play on the dark squares and an overwhelming advance in development for
the missing rook.}) 8... Ng4 $2 ({Black should have aimed for counterplay in
the centre.} 8... d5 9. cxd5 O-O $44) {In Dvoirys,S (2553)-Kholopov,A (2294)
Cheliabinsk 2008 (1-0, 39) White's simplest way to an advantage as:} 9. Nb5
Qxc4 10. Qxb8 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14. Qg3 $18) 6. Qd2 d6
7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3 $146 ({Deviating from another game of the old specialist of
this variation where White allowed the exchange on f3, increasing Black's
control on the dark squares.} 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Rc8 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. O-O Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. b3 h5 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L (2635)-Sax,G (2580)
Tilburg 1989. Of course Black has no problems.}) 8... Ne5 9. Nge2 {White is
close to completing his development but most of his minor pieces are developed
unnaturally.} Nh5 $5 {Immediately questioning the safety of the bishop.} ({
Black could have also embarked the slow mode typical for the Maroczy structure:
} 9... O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Rfd1 Nfd7 {[%csl Gc4,Gd3][%cal Gd7c5]} 12. b3 b5 $5
13. cxb5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 axb5 15. Rac1 (15. Qxb5 Ba6 16. Qd5 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Bxa1
18. Rxa1 Qa5 $17) 15... b4 16. Nd5 Nc5 (16... Rxa2 $2 17. Rxc8 $1) 17. Qe3 (17.
Rxc5 dxc5 18. Nf6+ exf6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bf8 21. Bh6 Bb7 $11) 17... Bb7
$13) 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Be6 {With a few more or less
forced moves Black has ensured his control on the dark squares and the bishop
pair. He has no problems at all.} 14. h3 (14. f3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Ne5 16. b3 Qa5
17. Rc1 O-O-O $5 $15 {[%cal Gh6h5,Gc8b8,Gd8c8]}) 14... Ne5 ({Actually it was
entirely possible (and most likely better) to keep a knight on e5:} 14... Nxg3
15. Nxg3 Ne5 {If Black feared} 16. Nh5 {but this is inoffensive:} Nxd3+ 17.
Qxd3 Be5 18. g3 $6 Qa5 $36) 15. Bxe5 $1 {Aiming at keeping the h5-knight out
of play. Other moves tend to hand over the initiative to Black.} (15. b3 Nxg3
16. Nxg3 b5 $5 17. cxb5 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Nge2 O-O 20. O-O Rc5 $36) (15. Nd5
Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rc8 20. Rac1 Bxb2 21.
Rb1 Bf6 22. Rxb7 Rxc4 23. Rxa7 O-O $15) 15... Bxe5 16. g3 {White has some
chances to gain even more space but he needs to be careful.} Qa5 17. f4 $2 {
Just careless.} (17. Rb1 $5 Rc8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Nd5 $13 {For instance} Qd7 $6
20. h4 $36 g4 $6 21. O-O $16 {White dominates the centre and Black will find
it difficult transferring the king to a safe area.}) 17... Bxc3 $1 {[%csl Gg3]}
18. bxc3 (18. Nxc3 Nxg3 $19) 18... Qc7 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Bxc4 21. Bxc4
Qxc4 $17 {White's structure is in ruins and Black's win should be a matter of
elementary technique.} 22. Qd5 Qxd5 23. exd5 Rc8 24. Rb1 b6 25. Rb3 Nf6 26. Ra3
a5 27. Nf4 (27. Rb3 Nxd5 $19) 27... Rg8 28. c4 (28. g4 Rg5 $19) 28... Rxc4 29.
Ke2 Ne4 30. g4 f5 31. Rg1 (31. gxf5 Ng3+) 31... fxg4 32. hxg4 Nc3+ 33. Kd3 Rxf4
34. Rxc3 Rgxg4 35. Rc8+ (35. Rxg4 Rxg4 $19 36. Rb3 $6 Rg3+) 35... Kf7 36. Rb1
Rd4+ 37. Ke3 Rxd5 38. Rxb6 Rg2 39. a4 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nbd2 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 Nh5 16. Nf1 Qf6 17. Qd1 b4 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf4 20. Ne3 Qg6 21.
Kh2 Re8 22. Ba4 Qf6 23. Ng4 Qe7 24. Ne3 Qf6 25. Bb5 exd4 26. cxd4 Nb8 27. Bf1
Ng6 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. Qc2 c6 30. Nc3 c5 31. Rd1 Nc6 32. dxc5 dxc5 33. Nb5 Qb8+
34. Kg1 Nb4 35. Qxc5 Bxb5 36. Qxb4 Bc6 37. Qxb8 Rxb8 38. Bd3 Rb4 39. Rb1 Ra4
40. Bc2 Rc4 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Bb3 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Bxe4 44. Bxf7 Ne7 45. Re8 Rc7 46.
Ne5 Bd5 47. Bh5 g6 48. Be2 Nc6 49. Ng4 Kg7 50. Ne3 Bf7 51. Re4 Rb7 52. Bf3 Rb4
53. Rxb4 Nxb4 54. Be4 Na6 55. f4 Nc5 56. Bb1 Nd7 57. g4 Nf6 58. Kg3 Nd5 59. Nd1
Be8 60. Be4 Ba4 61. Nb2 Nc3 62. Kf3 Bb5 63. Bb7 g5 64. fxg5 hxg5 65. Be4 Nxe4
66. Kxe4 Bf1 67. Kf5 Bxh3 68. Kxg5 Bxg4 69. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Nf5 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bb6
21. e6 Qe7 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Re6 Kh8 24. Ne5 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qg8 26. Nd7 Rf7 27.
Ne5 Rff8 28. Nd7 Rf7 29. Ne5 Rff8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 {It is kind of funny that Carlsen has
played only 4 classical games in the Scotch Game since he became a grandmaster.
Probably another reason for Wesley So to try it against the reigning World
Champion.} Bb4+ $5 {An off-beat variation, forcing White to play c3, and
removing that ideal square for the b1-knight. Magnus himself said he wasn't
expecting the Scotch and just thought about playing some variation to try and
develop his pieces.} (4... Nf6 {is the most popular response, with well-known
variations after the most ambitious 5.Nxc6 followed by 6.e5, or the simpler 5.
Nc3.}) (4... Bc5 {when White has options between the old moves Nxc6 and Be3,
or the more fashionable Nb3 followed by Nc3, Qe2, Be3 or Bg5 and possibly
castling queenside.}) 5. c3 Be7 $6 {should be inferior for Black. We arrive in
a Philidor-type position, where White has sound pieces and a space advantage.}
(5... Bc5 $5 {is also possible, now in the Nxc6 and Nb3 variations, the
b1-knight would like to go to c3.} 6. Be3 Bb6 {and here White would be happy
to play Nc3-Nd5 as well, justifying the ...Bb4+ and ...Bc5 manoeuvre.} (6...
Qf6 $2 {now this wouldn't make any sense, since the pawn is already on c3 
(this is played in the line after 4...Bc5 where White still has the pawn on c2)
}) 7. Nf5 $1 g6 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. f3 Qe7 (10... O-O 11. c4 {and
White tries to keep a positional advantage. Black has an interesting piece
sacrifice with ...d5 now:} d5 12. cxd5 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qxe4 15. Bd3
Qd4 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Na3 Nxd3 $2 (18... Bd7 $5 $40) 19. Qxd3 $6 (19.
Nac2 $1 $18) 19... Qxb2+ 20. Nac2 Bd7 (20... Qe5 $1 $132) 21. Qc3 $16 {1-0 (30)
Danin,A (2581)-Zeller,F (2402) Wunsiedel 2016}) 11. Be2 $5 (11. c4 Qb4+ 12. Qd2
Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {with a pleasant endgame} d6 14. Nc3 Kd8 15. Be2 Re8 16. Rac1
$14 {1-0 (40) Yu,Y (2662)-Salem,A (2570) Kocaeli 2013}) 11... Qc5 12. Qd2 h5 $6
13. Na3 Qe7 $2 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. d6 $1 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Nb5
Ke7 19. a4 $18 {1-0 (47) Duda,J (2693)-Degraeve,J (2592) Chartres 2017}) 6.
Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 $5 Nf6 8. e5 $36) 7... d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10.
Nd2 {I like White's position here, the knight will be well placed on f3, Black
has to be watching for moves like e5.} Re8 11. Nf3 Nd7 {A natural reaction -
the knight stands well on c5 in these kind of structures, but this will be the
start of his problems as well.} 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bg4 $6 (13... Ne6 $5 14.
Be3 c5 {followed by ...Rb8 and ...a5} 15. b4 $5 {trying to avoid that plan}
cxb4 16. cxb4 $14) 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be3 $1 {Threatening to destroy Black's
structure; this is the key move to look for an advantage. Carlsen said in the
post-mortem that his position started to deteriorate now, after this and 16.
Ba4!, that he missed.} Nd7 (15... Qb8 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rb1 $16 {has to be
ugly for Black.}) 16. Ba4 $1 c5 (16... Ne5 $2 17. g4 $1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bg6 19.
Bxc6 $18 {is simply lost for Black.}) 17. g4 $5 (17. e5 $1 {was a very
interesting pawn sacrifice:} Bxf3 (17... Nxe5 18. g4 $1 Bg6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20.
Bxe8 $18) (17... Rb8 18. b3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe5 20. Qe4 Rf8 21. Rad1 $44) 18.
Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qe4 {hitting the e8-rook} Rf8 20. Rad1 {threatening to take on c5
} Qc8 21. Bxc5 (21. b4 $5 cxb4 22. cxb4 $44 {trying to maintain the pressure,
without exchanging anything.}) 21... dxc5 22. Qxe5 Bd6 23. Qe4 $16 {with good
prospects.}) 17... Bg6 18. e5 (18. Bc6 $1 Rb8 19. b4 {was a very strong hidden
idea} h5 $1 {with a double-edged position, that should be safe enough for White
} (19... cxb4 $2 20. Qa4 $1 {winning the e8 exchange by force, because now b6
is under control} (20. Bxa7 $6 Ra8 $1 21. Bxa8 $2 Qxa8 22. Be3 Bxe4 $19 {
is horrible for White}) 20... Nb6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8
24. cxb4 $18 {should be simply winning}) 20. bxc5 hxg4 21. hxg4 $16) 18... Rb8
19. Bf4 $2 {Now many simplifications take place, Carlsen equalises and gets
the initiative suddenly.} (19. b3 $1 $16 {was simple and strong, Black still
has to solve many problems.}) 19... Rxb2 $1 20. exd6 $2 (20. Bxd7 $1 {was the
best chance to equalise} Qxd7 21. exd6 cxd6 22. Ne5 Qc7 (22... Qc8 23. Nxg6
hxg6 24. Bxd6 $11) 23. Nc4 $11) 20... Bxd6 $1 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23.
Qxd6 (23. Nd2 {the computer suggests this very sad idea to survive, a hard
decision to make after giving away a pawn. On the other hand, there is a Nc4
threat} d5 24. Nb3 Qe7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Nxc5 Qd6 27. Qd4 h5 $36) 23... Qe2 $1
{Maybe So missed this move.} 24. Qg3 Nf8 $1 $17 {White has many problems now,
with the weak king, weak pawns and having to control Black's initiative.} 25.
Re1 Rb1 $1 26. Rxb1 Bxb1 {At least the a2-pawn will be lost, White is in deep
trouble.} 27. Bc6 (27. a3 Be4 $1 {with mating ideas as well} 28. Nh2 Qe1+ 29.
Nf1 Qb1 $1 {threatening the unstoppable ...Bd3} 30. f4 Bd3 31. Qf3 c4 $19 {
Black will take on c3 at the proper time and win the game.}) 27... Bxa2 $19 28.
Qd6 Qc4 $1 29. Ne5 Qxc3 {With no counterplay left, and two pawns down, White
had to resign.} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 {This is less favourable here than after} (9. Rc1 Rd8 $6 {
The development of White's rook is more useful, and the f7-point becomes
vulnerable in some lines (see Navara - Leko in this issue).}) 9... dxc4 (9...
Bd7 $5 {is another common move.}) 10. O-O Bxc3 (10... Bd7 {is more accurate}
11. Bxc4 $140 Bxc3 12. bxc3 {avoiding the game line.}) (10... a6 11. Bxc4 {
is hardly satisfactory for Black, as tournament practice shows.}) 11. bxc3 Bd7
(11... e5 {doesn't solve Black's problems:} 12. Qxc4 exd4 (12... Rd8 13. dxe5
Qe7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Qf4 a6 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bd3 Rad8 18. Nd4 $16 {1-0 (65)
Ragger,M (2655)-Paikidze,N (2411) Moscow 2012}) (12... Bf5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14.
Qxc7 Nd3 15. Rad1 $16 {1-0 (27) Moranda,W (2559)-Rosenthal,D (2413) Germany
2013}) (12... Qd6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Qa4 Qe7 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
c6 18. Be2 Bf5 19. f4 $16 {1-0 (52) Zhukova,N (2456)-Khurtsilava,I (2212)
Chakvi 2015}) 13. cxd4 Bg4 (13... Rd8 14. Rab1 $5) 14. Rab1 Qd6 15. Rfc1 Rab8
16. Qc3 Rfc8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rb5 Ne7 19. Ne5 $14 {1/2 (84) Gavrilov,A (2425)
-Rzayev,B (2400) Prague 2016}) 12. Qxc4 (12. Bxc4 {leads to the line usually
arising after 10...Bd7. It is more comfortable for Black, who can easily
neutralise White's small edge:} Rfd8 (12... Qe7 13. Qc2 $5 (13. Be2 e5 (13...
b6 14. Qb3 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qb2 c5 $11 {0-1 (47) Fressinet,L (2687)-Giri,
A (2782) Paris 2016}) 14. Qb3 b6 15. Qc4 Rac8 16. Nd2 Na5 17. Qb4 c5 18. Qa3
Rfe8 $11 {1-0 (62) Fedoseev,V (2601)-Aleksandrov,A (2586) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}
) 13... Na5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. f4 Be8 17. Qf2 (17. Qe2 Rac8 18. f5 f6
19. Ng4 {0-1 (44) Hansen,C (2621)-Hammer,J (2665) Oslo 2015} h5 20. Nf2 e5 $1 {
I.Stohl}) 17... Nc6 18. Qg3 f5 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Qf2 cxd4 21. exd4 Qa3 22. Qd2
Bh5 $11 (22... Ne7 $143 23. Rac1 Bh5 24. Ne5 Nd5 25. Bc4 b5 26. Bb3 $14 {
1/2 (32) Ribli,Z (2555)-Movsesian,S (2677) Munich GER 2016})) 13. Qc2 (13. Qa3
Qe7 14. Qxe7 (14. Qb2 Na5 15. Bd3 c5 16. e4 Be8 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 $11
{1/2 (67) Shankland,S (2661)-Aronian,L (2770) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 14... Nxe7 15.
Ne5 (15. a4 c5 16. Rfb1 Rab8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. a5 Rdc8 19. Bb5 Rc7 20. Bxe8 Rxe8
21. Nd3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nd5 $11 {1/2 (45) Sargissian,G (2679)-Fressinet,L (2702)
Douglas 2015}) 15... Be8 16. Rfb1 Rab8 17. a4 b6 18. a5 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20.
f3 Kf8 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. Be2 f6 $11 {1/2 (46) Navara,D (2730)-So,W (2773) Wijk
aan Zee 2016}) (13. Be2 Be8 (13... e5 $5 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rfd1 Bf5 $132 {I.Stohl}
) 14. Qa3 Qe7 15. Qb2 b6 (15... Na5 16. Qb4 $5 Qxb4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Rab1 $14 {
1-0 (58) Topalov,V (2798)-Aronian,L (2780) Stavanger 2015 CBM 167 [Stohl,I]})
16. Nd2 Na5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 a5 $11 {1/2 (32) Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)
-Aronian,L (2765) Saint Louis 2015}) 13... Na5 14. Be2 (14. Bd3 c5 15. Ne5 Be8
16. f4 Rac8 17. Qf2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qe7 $13 {1/2 (50) Sanikidze,T (2537)
-Libiszewski,F (2533) Drancy 2016}) 14... c5 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qe4 Nc6 17. f4
Rac8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. c4 f5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qe5 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Kf7 23. Rfd1 g6
$11 {1/2 (35) Bu Xiangzhi (2711)-Le Quang Liem (2712) Ho Chi Minh City VIE 2017
}) 12... Rac8 (12... Rfd8 13. Nd2 (13. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Yd3e4]}) (13. Rab1 $5)
13... Rac8 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. a4 a5 16. Bf3 $14 {1-0 (43) Ushenina,A (2438)
-Milliet,S (2356) Reykjavik 2015}) 13. Rad1 (13. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Yd3e4]}) 13...
Rfd8 14. Nd2 (14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qa3 b6) 14... Na5 15. Qb4 b6 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Ne4
Qf5 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. f3 Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A positional mistake. Black
trades his strong bishop and opens up the f-file for White.} (19... Nb7 $14 {
[%cal Yf5a5]}) 20. fxe4 Qg5 21. Rf3 c5 22. Qb2 e5 23. Rdf1 $1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rb7
25. d5 {[%csl Ra5]} Rc7 26. h4 $1 {Black loses his crucial e5-pawn, after
which White's central pawn avalanche starts crushing his position.} Qxh4 (26...
Qh5 27. Rf5) 27. Qxe5 Qe7 (27... Re7 28. Qc3 Nb7 29. e5 $1 Rxd5 30. Qb3 $16 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 28. Qg3 Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This loses at once.} (28... Qd6 {
was more stubborn but after} 29. e5 $1 Qxd5 30. e6 Qd6 $8 31. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 32.
Qxd6 Rxd6 33. exf7 Rd8 34. f8=Q Rxf8 35. Rxf8 $16 {White kept good winning
chances.}) 29. Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6h6]} h5 (29... Kf8 30. Rg6 $1 Qc3 31. e5 Qxd3
32. Rxg7 $18) 30. Rh6 $1 Qc3 31. Rxh5 g6 32. e5 $1 (32. e5 Qxd3 33. Qh4 gxh5
34. Qxd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 b6 13. a3 a5 14. Rfc1 Bb7
15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Ne4 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Kf1 Rad8 19. g3 f5 20. Ke1 Kf6 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Kxe5 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. Kc3 Bc6 27.
b4 axb4+ 28. Kxb4 h6 29. Bb5 Bf3 30. Be8 Ke7 31. Ba4 Kd6 32. Be8 Ke7 33. Ba4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. Re1 h6 (9... Ne7 {has been a common choice of many top players like Carlsen,
Anand, Nakamura and Wesley So himself, but it has seen some uninspiring
results recently} 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 (11... h6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bc2 b5 14.
b4 Bb7 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. c4 exd4 17. cxb5 d3 18. Bxd3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
Bxe4 21. bxa6 $16 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2773)-Svidler,P (2749)/St. Louis USA 2017 
(39)}) 12. Bd3 ({Interestingly Karjakin and So played this position with
reversed colors previously -} 12. Bf1 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 b5 15. b4 Be6
16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Bd2 h6 18. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 So,W (2812)-Karjakin,S (2781)/
Stavanger 2017 (71)}) 12... Re8 (12... Nh5) 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 c5
16. d5 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832)/Stavanger 2017 (40)}) ({
Another major option for Black is} 9... b5 10. Bb3 (10. Ba2 b4 11. Bg5 Rb8 12.
Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Bc4 g5 15. Bg3 Na5 $5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. d4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P (2737)-Mamedyarov,S (2800)/Geneva 2017}) (10. axb5 $6
axb5 11. Bxb5 Bxf2+) 10... h6 (10... b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Bc2 $5 h6
14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave,M (2789)-Aronian,L 
(2799)/St. Louis USA 2017}) 11. axb5 axb5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nbd2
Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nh5 16. Nf1 Qf6 {looked fine for Black in So,W -Nakamura,H St.
Louis USA 2017(69).}) 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 ({Just a day
previously this position had arisen in a game played in China:} 12. Nf1 Nh5 13.
Be3 a5 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. d4 Qf6 16. Re3 Nf4 17. h4 $6 Qg6 $40 {0-1 Ding Liren 
(2777)-Giri,A (2772)/Wenzhou CHN 2017(45)}) 12... Qe8 $146 {This transfer of
the queen to the kingside is a natural novelty} ({The World Champion had
chosen a different square for his queen:} 12... Nh5 13. Ra2 Qf6 14. Nc4 b5 15.
Ne3 Bb6 16. Ng4 Qe7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Nd8 21. d4
$14 {Anand,V (2786)-Carlsen,M (2832)/Stavanger 2017(34), was pleasant for
White.}) 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 {Neutralising some of the pressure on the
kingside.} Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 16. Rb1 b5 {Stopping White's push on the
queenside.} ({It was interesting to ignore it with} 16... Qg6 $5 17. Ng3 Rf7 {
[%cal Ga8f8]} 18. b5 (18. d4 Raf8) 18... Na5 {but that would be another story.}
) 17. Ra1 Qg6 {A natural follow-up but...} ({...Wesley So missed a chance to
fight for the initiative in the centre with} 17... d5 $5 {[%cal Gd5d4] The
threat of ...d4 makes things a bit ugly for White, for example} 18. axb5 (18.
Qb3 $2 d4 $19) (18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qg6 21. Ng3 h5 $36) (18. Re1
d4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 (21. Qb3 Nxh3+ $19) 21... Qxa8 22. Qb3)
18... axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. d4 dxe4 21. Nxe5 Nd5 $15) 18. Ng3 Qf6 19. Ne2 Ng6
20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rf1 Rab8 22. g3 Qf7 {Probably out of form, Black misses
another opportunity.} ({This was a chance for} 22... Nf4 $1 23. gxf4 (23. axb5
axb5 (23... Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Qxf3 25. Re3 Qh5 26. g4) 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Ree1) (
23. Nxf4 exf4 24. Ree1 bxa4 25. Qxa4 (25. Qa3 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. g4 Qb5)
25... fxg3 26. fxg3 Qxc3) 23... Qg6+ (23... exf4 24. Nxf4 Qxf4 25. axb5 axb5
26. Qxe6) 24. Kh1 exf4) 23. Nh2 d5 {[%csl Rc5] Starting activity in the centre
but weakening the c5-square. There is a difference between 17...d5 and now. At
move 17 the b4-pawn was unsupported which made ...d4 more powerful. The knight
on f3 was another target (for ...Nxh3) if White moved the queen from d1 and
the rook on e3. But now White freely exchanges the rook on e3 and his knights
are placed well enough to avoid any threats.} 24. Rf3 Qd7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kg2
Rxf3 (26... d4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. cxd4 exd4 29. Rc1 $36) 27. Nxf3 Rf8 28. Neg1
(28. Ra1 $6 dxe4 29. dxe4 Rxf3 $1 30. Kxf3 Qd3+ 31. Kg2 Qxe2 $17) 28... Ra8 29.
Rc1 Qd6 30. Ne1 Nge7 31. Ngf3 Ng8 32. Nc2 Nf6 33. Re1 Rf8 34. Na3 Rb8 35. Nc2
Rf8 36. Na3 Rb8 {Both sides have been manoeuvring with their knights and rooks
and the position seems pretty much equal.} 37. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2b3,Gb3c5]
Now, Karjakin shows his cards. He must have been eyeing up the c5-square for a
long time but it is only now that he deems fit to go for it.} Nd7 38. Nbd2 d4
$6 {This second commitment in the centre makes things a bit difficult for
Black. Wesley So could have continued waiting as he had his weakness covered
for now.} ({For example} 38... Ra8 39. Rc1 Ra4 (39... Nb6 {[%cal Gb6a4]} 40. c4
) 40. Qb2 Kg8 41. Nb3 Kh7 (41... d4 42. Nc5 dxc3 (42... Nxc5 43. bxc5 Qxc5 44.
cxd4 $16) 43. Qxc3 Nxc5 44. Qxc5 Qxc5 45. Rxc5 Nxb4 46. Nxe5 $36) {Now if
White exchanges with} 42. Ra1 Rxa1 43. Qxa1 (43. Nxa1 Nb6 44. Nb3 Na4) {
then Black has} 43... d4 $132 {[%csl Rb4]}) 39. Rc1 dxc3 $6 {As often happens
one mistake follows the other.} (39... Rb7 $142 40. cxd4 exd4 (40... Nxd4 41.
Nxd4 exd4 42. f4 $36) 41. Rxc6 $5 Qxc6 42. Nxd4 Qd6 43. Nxe6 $14) (39... Rb6
$142 40. c4 (40. cxd4 exd4 $13) 40... Nxb4 (40... Qxb4 41. cxb5 Qxb3 42. Nxb3
Rxb5 43. Rxc6 Rxb3 44. Rxc7 Nf6 45. Nxe5 $18) 41. c5 Nxc5 42. Qxb4 Nxd3 43.
Qxd6 cxd6 44. Rc7 $14 {[%cal Gd2b3]}) 40. Qxc3 Rb6 (40... Nxb4 41. Qxc7 Qxc7
42. Rxc7 Rd8 43. Ne1 (43. Rc3 Rb8 44. Nb3) 43... Nf6 (43... Na6 44. Rb7 b4 45.
Nb3 $16) 44. Rc3 Rb8 45. Ndf3 Nd7 46. Rc7 Rd8 47. Rb7 Nc5 48. Rxb5 Nbxd3 49.
Nxd3 Nxd3 50. Nxe5 $16) 41. Nb3 {Finally White is ready to use the c5-square
which was weakened by Black on move number 23.} Nxb4 {Instead of waiting
passively So decides to clear things up.} ({After} 41... Ra6 $5 {White can
play some useful move as Black is stuck} 42. h4 $14 (42. Nc5 Nxc5 43. bxc5 Qd7
44. Nxe5 Nxe5 45. Qxe5 Qxd3 46. Qxc7 Qxe4+ $11) 42... Kg8 43. Nc5 Nxc5 44. bxc5
Qd7 45. Nxe5 Nxe5 46. Qxe5 Qxd3 47. c6 $16) (41... Qxb4 42. Qxb4 Nxb4 43. Rxc7
{[%csl Rd7]} Rd6 44. d4 $16) 42. Qxc7 Kh7 (42... Nxd3 $2 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Rc8
$18) 43. d4 {Exchanging one weakness for another.} Qxc7 (43... exd4 $6 44.
Nfxd4 {[%csl Rb5]} Qxc7 (44... Na6 45. Qxd6 Rxd6 46. Nxb5) 45. Rxc7 Nf6 46. e5
Nfd5 47. Rd7 $16 {[%cal Gd7d6]}) 44. Rxc7 Nf6 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 45. Nc5 Na6 (45...
exd4 {had the potential to go into some complications} 46. Re7 (46. Nxd4 Na6
47. Nxa6 Rxa6 48. Kf3 Rb6 49. Kf4 b4 50. Nb3 Kg6 51. Ke5 Rb5+ 52. Kxe6 Nxe4) (
46. e5 Nfd5 47. Rc8 d3 48. Nd7 Rc6 $17) 46... d3 47. Nxe6 (47. Nd2 $142 {
[%csl Re6]} e5 48. Rxe5) 47... Ra6 48. Rxg7+ (48. Nxg7 Nc6 49. Rc7 Nxe4) 48...
Kh8 49. Re7 Nc6 50. Rc7 Nxe4) 46. Rc8 $1 {A very nice idea. In the post game
interview Karjakin said that he was very happy to have found this manoeuvre of
Nc5 and Rc8.} Nxc5 ({The point is that} 46... exd4 {can be answered by} 47. e5
$1 Nxc5 (47... Nd5 48. Nd7 $18 Rb7 49. Nf8+ Kg8 50. Nxe6+ $18) 48. exf6 Nd7 49.
f7 $18) 47. dxc5 Ra6 48. Nxe5 Nxe4 49. c6 {The passed pawn is too strong and
White is technically winning, although with knights on the board he has to be
careful of some tricks.} Ra2 (49... Nd6 50. Rd8 $18 {[%cal Gc6c7,Gc7c8]}) 50.
Kf3 Ng5+ $6 {Going after a corner and making White's task easy. Karjakin said
that he did not expect his opponent to go for the h3-pawn as the black knight
would remain out of play over there.} (50... Nf6 $142 51. Rb8 Ra3+ (51... Nd5
52. Rxb5) 52. Kg2 Rc3 53. Rxb5 $18) (50... Nxf2 51. c7 Rc2 52. Rb8 Rxc7 53.
Kxf2 $18) 51. Ke3 Nxh3 52. Rb8 Rc2 (52... Ra3+ 53. Kd4 Ra4+ 54. Kc5 Ra1 55. Kb6
$18) 53. f4 h5 54. Rxb5 Nf2 55. Kd4 Rd2+ (55... Ng4 56. Rc5 $18) 56. Kc5 Ne4+
57. Kb6 Rc2 58. c7 Nd6 59. Rb3 Ne8 60. Nc6 Nxc7 61. Kxc7 Rc4 62. Kd6 h4 63. Ne5
1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Rc2 c4 16. e3 Bb5 17. Qb4 Rc8 18. Be2 Nd7 19. O-O Rab8 20. Rfc1 a5 21.
Qc3 Kg7 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Ba6 24. Kf1 Ne5 25. Ke1 f5 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3
Rb3 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxb2 31. Rc5 Rb1+ 32. Ke2 Rh1 33. Rxa5
Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Ngf6 16. O-O-O Ke7 17. Nde4 Rad8 18. Rhe1 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20.
Re5 Ng4 21. Re2 Rd5 22. c4 Rd7 23. f3 Nf6 24. Re5 Rc8 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. Ne3 Rcd8
27. Nc2 b6 28. Rde1 Rd6 29. c5 Rd5 30. cxb6 axb6 31. g4 R5d6 32. b4 Nd5 33. Kb2
Nf4 34. R1e3 f6 35. R5e4 e5 36. dxe5 Nd3+ 37. Kc3 fxe5 38. a4 Nf2 39. Rxe5 Nd1+
40. Kc4 Nxe3+ 41. Rxe3 Rd5 42. Rc3 Kf7 43. Ne3 b5+ 44. axb5 cxb5+ 45. Kb3 Rd3
46. Nf5 Kf6 47. Kc2 Rd2+ 48. Kc1 Rd1+ 49. Kc2 R8d2+ 50. Kb3 Rd3 51. Ne3 Rb1+
52. Kc2 Rxc3+ 53. Kxc3 Ke5 54. Nf5 Rf1 55. Nxg7 Rxf3+ 56. Kd2 Kf4 57. Nf5 Kxg4
58. Nxh6+ Kxh5 59. Ng8 Rf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "Ruiz,J/Macieja"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nc3 g5 11. Be3 Nd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 $6 {Too passive.} ({
I should have tried} 12... exd5 13. Qc1 (13. Ne5 Nb6 $1 (13... Bf6 14. f4 Bg7
15. Rad1 $1 $14) (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nf5 15. Bd2 $11) 14. b3 Bf5 {with a
great position.}) 13... f6 14. h4 h6 $11) 13. Rfd1 b6 $6 (13... b5 $1 {to gain
space on the queenside was more aggressive.} 14. a3 (14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Nd3 a5 16.
Nc5 Bc6 $11) 14... Nb6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Bd2 a5 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Nc5 Bc6 $11 {
I was afraid to give the c5-square to my opponent.}) 14. Ne5 (14. Qc1 $5 {
was another interesting plan.} h6 (14... g4 $2 15. Ne5 $18) 15. h4 Nc4 (15...
f6 $2 16. Nxd5 $1 exd5 17. Nxg5 $18) 16. hxg5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 hxg5 18. Bh3 Bf6
19. Kg2 Kg7 $14) 14... Bb7 15. Qa4 Nb8 $1 {Protecting the light squares and
keeping the position closed.} (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nf5 (16... Nc4 $4 17. Qxc4
$1 dxc4 18. Rxd8 $18) 17. Bd2 $14) 16. Rac1 f6 (16... Qe8 $5 {was a good
defensive move.}) 17. Bh3 $5 f5 $6 ({I considered} 17... Nf5 $5 {really
interesting, as after} 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nd3 Nc6 {White didn't have an easy
way to improve his position, but eventually I decided to keep my structure
solid.}) ({A simple move such as} 17... Bc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gb8c6] defending
the e6-pawn, followed by ...Bd7 and ...Nc6, was much stronger. I was nervous
though, as I was facing one of the best players in the world.} 18. Nd3 Bd7 19.
Qc2 Nc4 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. e3 Rc8 $11) 18. Bg2 {...f5 has been provoked, there
are no tasks remaining for the bishop on h3-c8 diagonal.} (18. Nb5 $6 Qe8 $5 (
18... Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Ba6 20. Qa4 Bxe2 21. Re1 $44) 19. Rc7 $6 (19. Nc3) 19...
Bd8 $5 (19... Nxb5 20. Rxb7 Nd6 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. Rc7 Na6 23. Rc3 Bf6 24. Rdc1
Rec8 25. Rc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Rd8 27. a3 Nb8 28. Rc7 a5 $11) (19... a6 20. Rxe7 $1
Qxe7 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxg5 Nc6 23. Bf4 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Qe7 25. Qb3 $44) 20. Qb4
$1 Nxb5 21. Rxb7 a5 22. Qb3 Nd6 23. Rxb6 Bxb6 24. Qxb6 Ra6 25. Qc7 $44) 18...
Nf7 $6 {Trying to exchange the strong knight, but losing control over the
b5-square.} (18... Bf6 $14) 19. Nb5 $1 Qe8 $6 (19... Na6 20. Qb3 $5 (20. Nc6
Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qd7 22. Rc2 $1 Nd6 23. Qxa6 Qxb5 (23... Nxb5 $6 24. Rdc1 $1 f4
25. Bd2 Nxd4 26. Rc7 $16) 24. Qxb5 Nxb5 25. Rc6 Kf7 26. a4 Nd6 27. Bxg5 Bxg5
28. Rxd6 Ke7 29. Rc6 Rfc8 $14) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nc5 22. Qa3 $16) (19... Nxe5
20. dxe5 Nc6 21. Rc3 $36) 20. Qb3 Na6 21. Nc7 $2 {Missing an opportunity to
obtain a decisive advantage.} (21. Nxa7 $1 Nb4 (21... Rxa7 22. Qxb6 Qb8 23.
Qxe6 $18) 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Bd2 $1 Rxa7 24. Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Qxb4 Rxa2 26. Qxb6
$18) 21... Nxc7 22. Rxc7 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rb8 24. Rdc1 $6 ({We both saw} 24. Rxb7
$1 {but as my opponent needed a draw to qualify to the next round of the World
Cup, I think he didn't want to take any risk.} Rxb7 25. Bxd5 Rc7 26. Bxe6+ Kg7
27. Bd2 $1 $16) 24... Rf7 {Now Black's position is solid again.} 25. Bd2 Rc8 $5
26. Rxc8 (26. Rxb7 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Qc8 28. Rxa7 (28. Bxd5 exd5 (28... Qxc1+ $2
29. Kg2 exd5 30. e6 $18) 29. e6 Qxb7 30. exf7+ Kxf7 $14) 28... Qxc1+ 29. Bf1
Bc5 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 $14) 26... Bxc8 27. Rc7 Bc5 $1 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Qa4 (29.
Bxg5 Qh5 30. Be3 Qxe2 31. Bf1 Qe1 32. Qa4 $11) ({The only try to play for a
win was} 29. Qc2 $1 Ba6 (29... Qc7 $2 30. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Gd2g5,Gb2b4]}) 30. Qa4
$1 Bxe2 31. Bxg5 $14) 29... Qd7 $5 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Bxg5 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2
Qb6 9. Qc1 f6 10. c3 Be7 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Ned4 O-O
15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Rae8 17. Qe3 Ng4 18. Qd2 e5 19. fxe5 Ngxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5
21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Re1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Re3 b5 25. a3 h6 26. Qe1 Qg5 27.
Qg3 Qxg3 28. Rxg3 Rf6 29. Rf3 Rd6 30. Kf2 Rd5 31. Ke3 Re5+ 32. Kf4 Re7 33. h4
Bc8 34. Rf2 Bb7 35. Rd2 Re4+ 36. Kg3 Re3+ 37. Kf2 Re4 38. g3 Re7 39. Re2 Rf7+
40. Ke1 Kh7 41. Re5 Bc8 42. Re2 Kg6 43. Rf2 Re7+ 44. Re2 Rf7 45. Rf2 Re7+ 46.
Re2 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14.
Be3 Rhd8 15. Nc5 Nd4 16. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qa4 Nd6 14. Bd4 Bd7
15. Qb4 Bc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc8 19. Qd4 f6 20. Nf3 Qc4 21.
Rfc1 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Kf7 23. Rc7 Rac8 24. Rac1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. Qb5 Qxb5
15. Nxb5 Rac8 16. h3 Be6 17. Rac1 g5 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Bc7 Re8 20. Bh2 Bf6 21.
Nfd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Kf1 Nc5 26. Bf3 Be6 27.
b3 Bxd4 28. exd4 Ne4 29. Ke1 Bf5 30. a4 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Bh5 Bh7
34. Be5 f6 35. Bb8 a6 36. Bc7 Nd6 37. Bxd6 Kxd6 38. a5 Be4 39. g3 Bf5 40. h4
Kc6 41. Be2 Bc2 42. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. c6 bxc6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. b3 c5 15.
Ne4 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bc3 19. Rdc2 Nf6 20. Qf4 Bb4 21.
Ne5 Qc7 22. Nd3 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Rd6 24. g3 Rbd8 25. a4 Ng4 26. Be2 Ne5 27. Kf1
Nc6 28. Bc4 g5 29. Nh5 Kf8 30. Nf6 Ke7 31. Ne4 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Na5
34. Be2 Rd8 35. Bc4 f5 36. Nc3 Nxc4 37. bxc4 Rd3 38. Ne2 Ra3 39. g4 fxg4 40.
Ng3 Rxa4 41. Ne4 Ra1 42. f3 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 a5 44. Kg4 Re1 45. Kh5 Rxe3 46. Ng3
Rc3 47. Re2 Rxc4 48. Kxh6 g4 49. Kg6 a4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Re1 Nb4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Bg3 Bxg3
15. fxg3 Qd6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Re3 h5 19. Nh4 Qf4 20. Rae1 Qg5 21.
Nf3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. e6 Qd6 8. exf7+
Bxf7 9. Be3 hxg4 10. fxg4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qe6 12. Kd2 Nxg4 13. Bg5 Nf2 14. Qf3 Nxh1
15. Qxh1 Qd6 16. Bh3 e6 17. Rf1 Be7 18. Bf4 Qb4 19. Nge2 Nd7 20. a3 Qxb2 21.
Rb1 Qxa3 22. Rxb7 Qa6 23. Qb1 Rxh4 24. Bf1 Rxf4 25. Nxf4 Qa5 26. Qe1 Bg5 27.
Qg3 Bh6 28. Bd3 O-O-O 29. Rb3 e5 30. dxe5 d4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Ne2
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Bf8 16. g3 Ke7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bh3 Bh6 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Nd4 Ng6
21. Rf1 Nxf4 22. gxf4 b4 23. Rd3 Rc4 24. b3 Rc5 25. Bg4 Rc3 26. Rxc3 bxc3 27.
Be2 a5 28. Bc4 Rc8 29. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. h4 Bc5 12. Bd3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nf6 14. Rde1
Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Re7 Re8 17. Rhe1 Rxe7 18. Rxe7 Kf8 19. Re1 h6 20. a3 Ng4
21. Ne5 Nxf2 22. Rf1 Ng4 23. Rxf7+ Ke8 24. Rf1 Nxe5 25. Re1 Bg4 26. Rxe5+ Kd7
27. c4 Kd6 28. Re3 dxc4 29. Bxc4 Rf8 30. g3 Rf2 31. b4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kb2
b5 34. Bd3 Bf3 35. Kc3 g4 36. Bf5 Rg2 37. Kd4 Rd2+ 38. Kc3 Rg2 39. Kd4 Rd2+ 40.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8.
Nc3 c5 9. Be5 d6 10. Bg3 Bf5 11. Bh4 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. d4 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15.
Qd2 Rfd8 16. d5 Bg6 17. h4 Bh5 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 f5 20. f4 exf3 21. gxf3
Re8 22. Kd2 Qf6 23. f4 Re7 24. Rh3 Nd7 25. Rg1 Nb8 26. Qd1 Nd7 27. Rg5 Rf7 28.
Kc2 Re8 29. Qd3 h6 30. Rg1 Nf8 31. h5 b6 32. Rhg3 Ree7 33. Nb1 Qh4 34. Qf1 Rd7
35. Nd2 Nh7 36. Nf3 Qe7 37. Qd3 Qe4 38. Nh4 Qxd3+ 39. Kxd3 Nf8 40. Ke2 Rf6 41.
Kf3 Re7 42. Ng6 Nxg6 43. Rxg6 Ref7 44. Re1 Re7 45. Reg1 Ref7 46. Rxf6 Rxf6 47.
e4 fxe4+ 48. Kxe4 Kf7 49. Kf3 Kf8 50. Re1 Kf7 51. Kg4 Kf8 52. Re6 Kf7 53. f5
Kf8 54. Rxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Re8 10. Bf4 h6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Qa4 Nf8 13. Nc6 Qd7 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7
15. Qxd7 Rxd7 16. Bh3 Re7 17. Nb5 Ng6 18. Be3 Ne4 19. a4 a6 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Rae8 22. Bg2 c6 23. Ra2 f6 24. Bc1 Nh8 25. Ba3 Rc7 26. Rb2 b5 27. e4 Nf7
28. Re3 bxa4 29. exd5 Rxe3 30. fxe3 cxd5 31. c4 Rd7 32. Bh3 Rc7 33. Bg2 Rd7 34.
Rb6 Nd8 35. cxd5 f5 36. g4 Bxd5 37. gxf5 Bc4 38. Bf1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 a5 40. Rb5
Nc6 41. Kf2 Ra7 42. Ke2 Kf7 43. Kd2 Nb4 44. e4 Rc7 45. Rxa5 Rc2+ 46. Kd1 Rc4
47. Ra7+ Kg8 48. Rxa4 Rxd4+ 49. Ke2 Rxe4+ 50. Kf3 Re5 51. Rxb4 Rxf5+ 52. Rf4
Ra5 53. Bb4 Rb5 54. Bc3 Rb7 55. Rc4 Rf7+ 56. Ke4 Kh7 57. Be5 Rf1 58. Rc7 Rg1
59. Kf5 Rg5+ 60. Ke6 Kg8 61. Rc3 Rg6+ 62. Kf5 Rg5+ 63. Kf4 Rg1 64. Kf5 Rf1+ 65.
Kg6 Rg1+ 66. Bg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. a3 Ne5 12. h4 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bf5 14. Qd4
Rfe8 15. g4 Bf6 16. Qf4 Be4 17. Rxd6 Qa4 18. Rd3 b5 19. g5 Bxd3 20. Qxa4 bxa4
21. cxd3 Bd8 22. Nd2 Bb6 23. Ne4 Re5 24. Rg1 Bxe3+ 25. fxe3 Rf5 26. Rg4 Rf3 27.
Nc5 Rxe3 28. Rxa4 Re2 29. Ra6 f5 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Rxc6 f5 32. Nd7 Rd8 33. Nf6+
Kf7 34. Nxh7 Rxd3 35. Ng5+ Ke7 36. Ra6 f4 37. Rxa7+ Ke8 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. Ra7+
Ke8 40. Ra8+ Ke7 41. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Re1 c6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7
15. Bd3 Re8 16. Bg5 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxd1 18. Rbxd1 Nf6 19. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00] Quintiliano,R} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06] Quintiliano,R: 'The Petroff Defence was present in
almost every round of the World Cup, as its solidity is ideally suited to the
World's Cup format of mini-matches. It was also Wesley's choice in the
previous game of his short encounter with Fedoseev, and that game was a quick
draw.'} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:16] Wesley So saw Anish Giri playing this line and
according to the American, if Anish plays something in the opening you can be
sure that it's solid.} (8. c4 {is the main variation} Nb4 9. Be2 O-O {Anand
has played this variation successfully in past.} 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qc1 Na5 18. Qe3
Bf8 19. c4 Qd8 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Qg3 Nc6 24. Ng4 Qg6 25.
d5 Na5 26. Bxc7 Bc2 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Nh6+ Kh8 {1-0 (45) Anand,V 
(2790)-Kramnik,V (2788) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 8... Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (8... Nd6
9. c3 Bf5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Re1 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 a5 13. a4 Ne4 14. Be3 Qc8 15. Ne5
Bd6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rae1 Nd7 20. Bf2 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Qb7
22. Nc1 Rb8 23. Nd3 Qb3 24. Bg3 h6 25. Bxd6 cxd6 {1/2-1/2 (35) Giri,A (2769)
-Yu Yangyi (2750) Shenzhen CHN 2017}) 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:56]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 10. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]
White has a small edge in this position thanks to the control of the e-file
and some superior development.} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:09:38]} ({
An instructive top game went} 12. Bf4 {Quintiliano,R} Bd6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3
Qd7 15. Re3 $1 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 h6 (17... Re8 $2 18. Qf5 $1 {
is a nice trick}) 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. c3 a5 22. Qa3 b6
23. Qe7 {Adams,M (2738)-Wang,Y (2737) Baku ol (Men) 42nd 2016 (7.1) 1-0 and
despite the simplifcations, the endgame's practical difficulties proved to be
too much for Black -}) 12... Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 14. Re2 {[%emt 0:06:42] Re3 used to be played earlier and now
it is Re2. I am sure that there is some difference between the two, but not
something very huge.} (14. Re3 Rae8 15. Rae1 Bd8 16. h3 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 f6 18.
Re2 Rf7 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Nf1 Bf8 21. Qf3 Re7 22. Ne3 Nd8 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Nxd5
Qd6 25. Nxe7+ Bxe7 26. Qe4 Bf8 27. Qe8 g6 28. a4 Kg7 29. b4 Qc7 30. Re3 Nf7 31.
Qe6 Qd8 32. a5 h5 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. Qe6 Qd8 35. Kf1 Nh6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Nf7
38. Ke2 Ng5 39. Qb6 Qd7 40. Kd3 Bd6 41. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 (41) Kasparov,G (2625)
-Karpov,A (2690) Moscow 1981}) 14... Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 15. Rae1 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:05:37]} ({Fedoseev was tested in
this line once again very soon after the World Cup and this time he was
prepared.} 16. h3 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 f6 18. Nd2 a5 19. Qb5 Ne5 20. Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 
(20) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Fedoseev,V (2733) Sochi 2017}) 16... Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 17. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:08] Fedoseev was playing his
moves extremely fast and it seemed as if he was very well prepared. As Wesley
said after the game that he was thinking that a draw would most likely happen
and he would have to prepare for the tiebreaks.} 18. Nb3 {[%emt 0:11:57]} (18.
Nf3 f6 19. h4 {was another way to go but after} Rf7 {with the idea of ...Re7,
it should be even.}) 18... b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Ne7 $1 {[%emt 0:06:21]} (20... Rf7 21.
Qb5 {White has some pressure.}) 21. Nd3 {[%emt 0:08:27]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:08] An
aggressive approach by Fedoseev} (21... Ng6 22. Bg3 Rf7 $1 {would have been
the best way to kill the game - shake hands and go back home.}) (21... Qxa4 22.
Bxc7 $5 (22. Qe6+ Rf7 (22... Kh8 23. Bxc7 $16) 23. Bg3 $13) 22... Bxc7 23. Qxe7
$14) 22. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:24]} (22... Qxa4 $2 {
(Quintiliano,R) would show some problems in Black's position} 23. h4 $1 h6 24.
hxg5 hxg5 25. f4 $1 $40) 23. b3 {[%emt 0:10:23]} Be7 $2 {[%emt 0:01:05] After
this move, Wesley takes over and is able to put tremendous pressure on
Fedoseev.} (23... Rf7 $11 {Once again, it's this same idea of ...Rf7-e7 that
gives Black the equality.}) 24. h4 $3 {[%emt 0:03:47] Taking advantage of the
knight being overloaded on g6. Quintiliano,R: 'The most important thing in
this game, besides the excellent technique displayed by White from now, is how
he sensed the opportunity after Black's mistake, calculated with precision and
forced a clearly better endgame. It is a wonderful example of tactics and
calculation supporting strategy and positional feeling.'} gxh4 {[%emt 0:06:33]}
(24... Rf7 {Quintiliano,R} 25. h5 Nf8 26. f4 $1 h6 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Nf2 {
[%cal Gf2g4]} f5 29. Nd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd3e5]}) 25. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf7 {
[%emt 0:22:48] This move arrives but a bit late now in this position. White
has a definite edge.} (25... Nxf4 {Quintiliano,R} 26. Qxe7 Qg4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4
28. Qd7 $1 $16 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge1e7] also looks very dangerous for Black.})
26. Qe6 {[%emt 0:08:30] A good practical decision. After this point, only two
results are possible - White wins or draw.} (26. Qh5 {was another option} Nxf4
27. Bxf4 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Re3 Rf7 32. Qxh4 $14)
26... Qxe6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 27. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} (
27... Nf8 {Quintiliano,R} 28. Rc6 {[%cal Yf4d5]} Bd6 29. Nxd5 Ng6 (29... Ne6
30. Nxc7 $1) 30. Rc4 $16) 28. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 29. b4
$1 {[%emt 0:00:19] Black cannot take as White would get an outside a-passer.
But if he doesn't then his a5-pawn would be weak.} Kg7 {[%emt 0:08:07]} (29...
axb4 30. cxb4 $16 {[%cal Ga4a8]} Kg7 {Quintiliano,R} 31. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Ya4a5]
now the distant passed pawn decides the game} Be7 32. a5 $1 Bxb4 33. a6 Rf8 34.
Bxc7 Ra8 35. Rxb6 Ba5 36. Rb7 Bxc7 37. Rxc7+ Kg6 38. a7 $18) 30. bxa5 {[%emt 0:
03:34]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:13]
Quintiliano,R: 'The lesser evil, at least Black avoid the immediate disaster. '
} 32. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04] The material is even and effectively White is a
pawn up because the h-pawns are doubled.} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 33. Rc5 {
[%emt 0:03:18]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:05:58] Now the slow grind begins. White has the
better pawn structure, much more active rooks, active bishop and he is clearly
better.} 34. f3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:16]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 36. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} (36... Ke7
37. Be1 h3 38. Bh4 (38. gxh3) 38... Rb7 39. Rxf6 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Ke8 41. Rh6 hxg2
42. Kxg2 Bxh4 43. Rxh4 Rb3 $16 {Rook endgames are always notorious for their
drawing tendencies.}) 37. Be1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. Rc5 {
[%emt 0:02:45]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:52] Quintiliano,R: 'A new and necessary
concession.'} (38... h6 {Quintiliano,R} 39. c4 $1 Bb6 40. Rxd5+ Rxd5 41. cxd5
Bxd4+ 42. Bf2 Be5 (42... Bxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kf5 44. f4 $18) 43. Bb6 $18) 39. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:01:19][%csl Gh3] I like this move, it covers the important possibility
of an h3-break and also Black's ambition of getting his king in White's camp
via Kf4-e3 is also stopped as Bd2 is a quick checkmate.} Kh5 {[%emt 0:07:31]}
40. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 41. Be3 {[%emt 0:14:29]} Bb6 {
[%emt 0:08:05]} 42. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 43. Bf4 {[%emt 0:
03:51]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Be5 {[%emt 0:02:07] White has improved his
bishop's position.} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 45. Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} f4 $6 {
[%emt 0:02:42] As Wesley said after the game, he was very happy to see his
opponent pushing this pawn on to a dark square. It only meant that if the
players ever went into a bishop endgame, it would be completely lost for Black.
} ({Black should have opted for waiting strategy with} 45... Kg6 46. Kh3 Kg5 {
White has a clear advantage, maybe close to winning, but he has to find the
way to break Black's position.} (46... Kh5 {Quintiliano,R} 47. Rc6 $1 {Black
is running out of moves and falls into a sort of zugzwang} h6 48. Kh2 Kg5 49.
f4+ Kh5 50. Ra6 $22 Rb7 51. Rd6 $18)) 46. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 47. Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:20][%csl Ra5,Rc7][%cal Ge5c7] Now Black's bishop and
rook are tied to the defence of his weak a5- and d5-pawns, White's bishop
controls the vital c7-square which stops Black's counterplay on the c-file.}
Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 48. Kh3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 49. Rc6 {
[%emt 0:03:42]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 50. Re6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} (50. Rc5 Kf5 51.
Rb5 {This is some kind of zugzwang for Black.} h5 (51... Kg5 52. Bb8 Kf5 53. c4
$18) 52. Bb8 Ke6 (52... Kg5 53. c4) 53. Bxf4 Ra7 54. Be5 $18) 50... Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} 51. Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 52. Bd6 {[%emt 0:
00:53]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 53. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 54.
Be5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 55. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:53] Wesley makes
a big decision here of exchanging rooks. He has made sure that the ensuing
bishop endgame is completely winning for him.} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 56. Bxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 57. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 58. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 59. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf5
{[%emt 0:04:26]} 60. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:10] Wesley puts his bishop on the c1-h6
diagonal.} Ke6 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 61. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:02:10]}
62. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 63. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (63. Kd3
$2 {would have been a mistake as Black will get a break-through with} h3 $1 64.
gxh3 Kh4 65. Bxf4 h5 66. c4 dxc4+ 67. Kxc4 Kxh3 $11) 63... Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
64. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 65. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:04] Once the
bishop comes to e1, the white king can move without any worries, as the ...h3
gxh3 break gives him access to the black king.} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 66. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 67. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 68. c4 {[%emt 0:00:17][%csl Ga5,Gf4,Gh4] White creates a passed pawn.} Kc6
{[%emt 0:00:20] Quintiliano,R: 'The simple way to win such endgames is
overload the opponent's bishop, which is always having a difficult time
protecting more than one pawn. So the zugzwang will mark Fedoseev's fate and
Wesley executes it in textbook style.'} (68... Ke6 $5 69. Bc3 Bc7 70. Bd2 h6
71. Bc1 Bd6 72. Kc3 Bc7 73. Bd2 Bd6 74. Kd3 Bc7 75. Bc3 Bd8 76. Be1 Kd6 77. Bd2
$18) 69. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 70. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd8
{[%emt 0:00:53]} 71. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 72. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:04] Zugzwang. It's really beautiful to see how Wesley plays waiting
moves and puts his opponent in a helpless situation. For a dynamic player like
Fedoseev this is a nightmare.} h5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 73. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bb6
{[%emt 0:01:16]} 74. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 75. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 76. Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:
34]} 77. Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10] Black's bishop is tied up now!} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 78. Be5+ {[%emt 0:00:06] Once again White's bishop arrives on e5 with
great effect.} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (78... Ke6 79. Bc7 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 79.
Kc3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:08] Zugzwang} Bh6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 80. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 81. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 82. gxh3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 83. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:33] ...and the
f4-pawn falls and with it the game, Wesley played a really good endgame.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12] Black goes for the solid 1...e5 in
response to 1.e4. In such important encounters, it makes sense not to go for
Najdorfs and Caro-Kanns!} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00] Wesley plays the Giuoco Piano. After the game he said that he
thought MVL was also White and there would be two Giuoco Pianos on the board!}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:22] Ding is not afraid of the move 4.Ng5!? Usually we see top
players reaching the main lines of Giuoco Piano through 3...Bc5 move order.} 4.
d3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:
56]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:35]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} a5 {
[%emt 0:00:47] The first person to play this move was Boris Spassky in 1989.
Later Eljanov and l'Ami played it in 2016. The idea is to create breathing
space for the dark squared bishop, but at the same time prevent queenside
expanstion by White. This does weaken the b5 square though.} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:
07:05] Wesley had a good seven minute think and made this move.} Be6 {[%emt 0:
03:36]} 9. Bb5 {[%emt 0:05:15] The b5-square was weakened, so White makes use
of it. We are already in virgin territory.} Qb8 $5 {[%emt 0:01:08] What an
interesting idea by Ding Liren, taking a leaf out of the book of Akiba
Rubinstein, who made a similar manoeuvre against Janowski in Karlsbad 1907.
The queen will come to a7 and put more pressure on the a7-f2 diagonal.} 10. Nf1
{[%emt 0:17:51]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:03] Exchanging the
bishops is the most logical thing to do here.} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 12. Nxe3 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:12] Black is preparing ...c6 and if possible
also ...d5.} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:07:09]} (13... c6 14. Bc4 d5
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 {and there can be some pressure on the e5-pawn in the
future.}) 14. Bc4 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:05:25]} 15. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
06] Such positions are deceptive. One might feel that they are equal and
perhaps they are. But one lapse in concentration and things can start going
wrong pretty quickly. Mainly I would say White has the chances here if he can
engineer the d4 break.} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 16. g3 {[%emt 0:04:33] Stopping a
...Nf4 move.} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 17. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:03:
58]} 18. Qb5 {[%emt 0:05:50] The White queen is well placed. Taking it will
move the pawn to b5 and help White to create some play down the a-file. But
can you tolerate this queen on b5?} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:08:59] After the game Ding
Liren said that he shouldn't have taken the queen and instead should have
continued with ...Ne6 or ...b6.} 19. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
20. Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 21. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nc5 {
[%emt 0:05:32]} 22. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11] This might seem like a move where White
has agreed to a locked position, but it turns out that Wesley has something to
play for here. Mainly to put his knight on c2 from e1 and then try for the b4
break.} a4 {[%emt 0:20:47] Ding Liren thought for nearly 20 minutes and came
up with this move.} ({Let's give the move to White to understand what he is
trying for.} 22... Z0 23. Rea1 {Now threatening b4} Rac8 24. Ne1 $14 {The
knight will go to c2 and prepare b4. It won't be an earth shattering advantage,
but White is better.}) 23. Rea1 {[%emt 0:08:02]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 24. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:01:45]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} (24... Nc5 25. Ne1 $14) 25. Nd2 {[%emt 0:
01:05]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:14:50]} (25... Nc5 26. Rda1 $14 (26. Nc2 {was what Ding
thought was pretty strong.} c6 {This seems like an error, but if this is not
played then White will just go from c2 to b4 and control the c6-square.} 27.
bxc6 Rxc6 28. b4 $16)) 26. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:07:05]} ({After the game Ding said that he would have gone for d3-d4
here.} 27. d4 exd4 28. Rxd4 Nc5 29. Nd5 $14) 27... Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:12] The
other knight has settled on c5, but White's knight on e3 has quite a lot of
scope as well. He will go to d5 and then to b4 and c6 or he can go to d1 and
c3. In general White has more ideas. Also the a4-pawn can become weak at some
point.} 28. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 29. f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]
Wesley starts turning the screws on the kingside as well.} Ra5 {[%emt 0:03:00]}
30. Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Raa8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Ke8 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:40] Bringing the king to defend d3 is a
good idea. The rooks are now free to do something better.} f6 {[%emt 0:02:19]}
33. f5 {[%emt 0:07:57] At this point I entered the tournament hall and saw
that Wesley was looking extremely focused and confident. Ding on the other
hand was a tad nervous.} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 34. g4 {[%emt 0:00:20] White's
plan is simple - go for a kingside breakthrough with g5.} Rh8 {[%emt 0:03:18]}
35. h4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 36. Nd5 {[%emt 0:07:19]} Ra5 {
[%emt 0:00:50]} 37. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 38. g5 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:21] I was expecting White to make a lot of moves before going for
this break. But Wesley makes this bold breakthrough on move 38, just two moves
away from the time control and having just one and a half minutes on his clock.
A bold decision for sure.} hxg5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 39. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rh3+
{[%emt 0:00:25]} 40. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb3+ $6 {[%emt 0:02:15][%cal Ga3b3]
A mistake on the 40th move.} (40... Rh2+ 41. Kc3 Rh3 42. gxf6 {Wesley has
calculated very accurately.} gxf6 (42... Rxd3+ 43. Kc2 $18) (42... Nxe4+ 43.
Kb4 Nxf6 44. Ne7+ Kb7 45. Rxg7 $16) 43. Kc2 Rh2+ 44. Kb1 $14) 41. Kc3 $2 {
[%emt 0:03:10] Wesley lets his opponent off the hook.} ({This was surely the
best move in the position. Whether it was winning or not is unclear, but it
surely gives White the best practical chances.} 41. Rxb3 $1 axb3 42. gxf6 gxf6
43. Kc3 $1 $16 {It is important to start with this move to not let Black's
rooks co-ordinate on the seventh rank.} (43. Rg7 $5 Rh2+ 44. Kc3 Ra2 45. Rxc7+
Kd8 $1 {I left the engine running for more than an hour when I went for
diinner in this position and I can confidently say that ...Kd8 draws.} (45...
Kb8 46. Rc6 $1 Raxb2 47. Rxb6+ Kc8 48. Rxd6 Rb1 49. Kb4 b2 50. Nb6+ Kb8 (50...
Kc7 51. Rd7+ Kxb6 52. c5#) 51. Rd8+ Kb7 52. Rd7+ Kb8 53. Kc5 $1 Ra1 54. Kc6
b1=Q 55. Rb7# {A very nice variation showing the co-ordination of White's
pieces.}) 46. Rc6 Raxb2 47. Rxd6+ Ke8 {Komodo 11.01 64-bit:} 48. Re6+ (48. Rxb6
Rb1 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Rb7+ $11) ({Komodo 11.01 64-bit:} 48. Nxf6+ Kf7 49. Rxb6
Rb1 50. Ng4 Rc2+ 51. Kb4 b2 52. Nh6+ Ke7 53. Re6+ Kf8 {[%eval 0,46]} 54. Rf6+
Ke8 55. Re6+ Kf8 {[%eval 0,46]}) ({Komodo 11.01 64-bit:} 48. Rxf6 Rb1 49. Kb4
b2 50. Re6+ Kf7 51. Rf6+ {[%eval 0,46]} Kg8 52. Rg6+ Kf7 53. Rf6+ {[%eval 0,46]
}) 48... Kf7 49. Rxf6+ Kg7 (49... Ke8 50. Nxb6 Rb1 51. Na4 b2 52. Kb3 Rd1 53.
Nxb2 Rb1 54. Kb4 (54. Re6+ Kf7 55. Rxe5 Rhxb2+ 56. Kc3 Rb3+ 57. Kd4 Rd1 $11)
54... Rbxb2+ 55. Kc5 Rhd2 56. Rd6 Rb3 57. Kc6 Rbxd3 58. Rxd3 Rxd3 59. b6 Rd4
60. b7 Rxc4+ 61. Kb5 $18 {and having the king on the last rank spells Black's
doom.}) 50. Rg6+ Kf7 51. Nxb6 Rb1 52. Na4 b2 53. Kb3 Ra1 54. Nxb2 Rb1 55. Kb4
Rbxb2+ 56. Kc5 Rb3 57. Rd6 Rd2 58. Kc6 Rdxd3 59. Rxd3 Rxd3 60. b6 Rd4 $11 {
[%eval 0,46]} 61. Kc5 Rd7 62. Kc6 Rd4 $11 {[%eval 0,46]}) (43. Rg8+ $1 {
This is an update! White is winning after this move.} Kd7 (43... Kb7 44. Rg7
Rh2+ 45. Kc3 Ra2 46. Rxc7+ Kb8 {The most important part being that the king is
stuck on the wrong side.} 47. Rc6 Raxb2 48. Rxb6+ Kc8 49. Rxd6 $1 {and this is
already winning as seen in variations starting with 43.Rg7.} Rb1 50. Kb4 b2 51.
Nb6+ Kb8 52. Rd8+ Kb7 53. Rd7+ Kb8 54. Kc5 Rc1 55. Kc6 b1=Q 56. Rb7#) 44. Nb4
$1 {Nc6 is a mating threat hence the king has to get out of there. This is a
very powerful move.} Ke7 45. Rc8 Rh2+ (45... Kd7 46. Rb8 $1 $18 {Nc6 will
either weave a mating net or attack the a5 rook.}) (45... Ra2 46. Nxa2 Kd7 47.
Rxc7+ $18) 46. Kc3 Ra2 (46... Ra1 47. Nd5+ Kf7 48. Rxc7+ Kf8 49. Nxb6 Rc1+ 50.
Kxb3 Rb1 51. Na4 $18 {White is completely winning.}) (46... Kf7 47. Rxc7+ Ke8
48. Rc6 $18) 47. Nxa2 Kd7 48. Rxc7+ $1 {A very strong idea pointed out by
ChessBase newspage reader Mark S.} (48. Ra8 bxa2 49. Rxa2 {This might also be
winning albeit with some effort.}) 48... Kxc7 49. Nb4 $1 {and this knight vs
rook endgame is completely winning. For eg.} Rh6 50. Nd5+ Kb7 51. Kxb3 Ka7 52.
Kc3 Kb7 53. b4 Ka7 (53... Rh2 54. Nxf6 $18) 54. c5 $1 bxc5 55. bxc5 dxc5 56.
Kc4 $18 {White's co-ordinated forces are no match for Black.}) 43... Rh7 {
This is what Wesley said after the game that he saw.} (43... Rh2 44. Kxb3 $16)
(43... Kb7 44. Rg7 $18) 44. Nxf6 Rf7 45. Nd5 Kb7 46. Kxb3 Ra8 {The discussion
can start at this point whether this is really better for White. But I think
it can also end at this point, saying that Wesley should have gone for this
variation irrespective of whether he is winning or not because he has the best
chances to press here. According to the official commentator Mirochnichenko,
White can put his rook on g6 and then try for something like b4-c5. Although I
am not really sure as both rooks can penetrate after b4 and start perpetual
checks. What do you think?}) 41... Nd4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 42. gxf6 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} Rh2 $1 {[%emt 0:01:54] Wesley sees that things have gone wrong and
immediately forces the draw.} (42... gxf6 43. Rg2 $1 $16 {And White is pushing
here.} (43. Rg7 $2 Rh2 $11)) (42... Ne2+ $2 43. Kd2 Nxg1 44. fxg7 Rg3 45. f6
$18) 43. Nxb6+ {[%emt 0:07:05]} (43. fxg7 $4 {would have ended the game
prematurely.} Rc2+ 44. Kb4 c5+ 45. bxc6 Nxc6#) 43... cxb6 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 44.
fxg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxb2+ $11
{[%emt 0:00:04] Ding can be happy with this result. He did equalise out of the
opening, but after that he was clearly worse. And So played really well to
only go back with the half point.} 46. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 47. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb2+ $11 {[%emt 0:00:03] Ding Liren can be happy
with this result. He did equalize out of the opening, but after that he was
clearly worse. And Wesley played really well to only go back with the half
point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/Amruta Mokal"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:31]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:
00:05] This has been tried most recently by Markus Ragger. One of the players
who has played it a lot is the Chinese player Ju Wenjun. Perhaps Ding picked
up this idea from her. Of course, he avoids Wesley's preparation in the Open
Catalan after 0-0 dxc4.} b6 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:04:50]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} (8. Bb2 Nbd7 (8... dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10.
e3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Rfd8 $11 {1/2 (30)-1/2 (30) Ju,W (2535)-Tan,Z 
(2483) China 2013}) 9. e3 Ne4 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rd1 Bf6 12. Ne5 $14 {1-0 (55) Ju,
W (2505) -Kantorik,M (2331) Caleta 2013}) 8... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:14:07]} 9. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 10. Ne1 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:01:03] Usually a
backward move like this should not be any good, but this idea by Ding Liren
turns out to be really interesting. Wesley liked this idea so much that he
urged White players to try it out in their games.} (10. cxd5 {has been the
main continuation with 142 games in the live book} Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 {Black
should be happy with his position.}) 10... cxd4 {[%emt 0:11:22]} (10... Ne4 $5
{should be Black's best option perhaps.} 11. cxd5 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qc2 f5 13.
Rd1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 {would be an interesting position to play}) 11... exd5
12. Nc2 $11 {/+=}) (10... Rc8 11. cxd5 (11. Rc1 {is also possible.}) (11. Nc2 {
also looks good for White.}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 (
14. Ng2 c4 $1) 14... Nxc5 15. Ng2 $13) 11. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc5 $6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} (11... Nc5 {could have been better} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rd1 Ne6
14. Qe5 Qc8 15. Qf5 (15. Nxd5 $4 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 (17. Qxd5 Rd8 {
and the rook is lost by x-ray.}) 17... Bf6 {and Black wins a piece.}) 15... g6
16. Qb1 Rd8 17. Nf3 {an unclear position where White can play against the IQP
but Black too will find his own means of piece activity.}) 12. Qf4 {[%emt 0:18:
38]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:27] This move doesn't make much sense. White just plays
Nd3 with tempo and secures the bishop pair.} (12... Qe7 $14 {maybe a better
option, but White keeps his edge.}) 13. Nd3 {[%emt 0:10:58]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:12:
52]} 14. Bxc3 $16 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:24] Wesley thought this was
the move that landed him in trouble, but I think he is already quite worse.} (
14... dxc4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bb4 $1 {suggested by Wesley after the game} Re8 17.
Ba6 cxd3 18. Bd6 Ra8 19. Bb7 $14) (14... Qb8 15. Qxb8 Rfxb8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17.
Rac1 $14) 15. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:07:13]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 16. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:
21]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18.
Qxb8 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Rfxb8 {[%emt 0:09:20]} (18... Raxb8 19. Rc7 {and the a7
pawn hangs after ...Bxg2. Hence Wesley took on b8 with the f-rook.}) 19. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:03:23]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 20. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne8 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:05] Yes this is passive, but it is very important to stop the rook
from entering c7.} 21. Nc6 {[%emt 0:17:21] White has many ways to strengthen
his position. This looks not at all bad.} (21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rcc1 Kf8 23. Nc6
Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nf6 {Black should be able to hold with not too much difficulty.})
(21. b4 {is possible.}) ({so is} 21. a4) 21... Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 23. e4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} ({I also liked
the idea of fixing he knight on c6 with b4-b5.} 23. b4 a6 24. a4 b5 25. axb5 (
25. Rc5 bxa4 26. Ra1 Rb5 27. Rxa4 Rxc5 28. bxc5 $14) 25... axb5 26. Rc5 $14)
23... Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:51] Wesley said that he played this move because he
wanted to meet e5 with ...Nd5.} 24. f4 {[%emt 0:05:33]} b5 {[%emt 0:08:06]} (
24... Ng4 $1 {This active knight move would have been the most accurate way to
maintain equality when the rooks are currently a bit tied down} 25. Rd3 (25.
Re1 Rc7 {would lead to similar variations}) 25... Rc7 {is preferable to ...Rc8}
(25... Rc8 26. Ne5 Rxc4 (26... Nxe5 {Black cannot take because of the
intermediate check} 27. Rxc8+) 27. Nxc4 Ke7 $14) 26. h3 (26. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 27.
fxe5 Rxc4 28. bxc4 Rc8 $15) 26... b5 $1 27. Rc1 (27. Rc5 Nf6 {provoking} 28. e5
Nd5 {with the idea of winning a piece by ...Rac8} 29. Nb8 $8 (29. Rd2 $4 Rac8
30. Rdc2 Ne3+ $19) 29... Rxc5 30. Nd7+ Ke7 31. Nxc5 Rc8 $11 32. Ne4 Rc2+ 33.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 34. Nxd2 $11 {with a completely equal knight endgame}) 27... Rac8 28.
Rdc3 (28. Nxa7 Rxc1 29. Nxc8 Rc2+ $1 (29... Rxc8 30. hxg4 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 {
with the difference of the white king being on an active square than on the
back rank} Rxa2 32. Rd8+ Ke7 33. Rb8 Rc2 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Rxb5) 30. Kf1 (30.
Kf3 Nh2+ 31. Ke3 Rxc8 $17) 30... Nh2+ 31. Kg1 Rxc8 32. Kxh2 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Rxa2
$11) 28... Ne3+ 29. Rxe3 (29. Kf3 Nc4 $1 $11) 29... Rxc6 $11) 25. Rcd4 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 26. Ne5 {[%emt 0:07:02]} h6 $6 {[%emt 0:02:
13] A pretty bad move by Wesley.} (26... Rc7 27. Kf3 Rac8 28. g4 Ke8 29. g5 Nh5
$14) 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Nd7
{[%emt 0:01:34]} 29. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Ke3 $14 {would
have been the most simple way to put pressure on Black's position.}) 29... a5 {
[%emt 0:02:41]} 30. Rc6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} (30. f5 $5 exf5 31. exf5 Kf8 (31...
gxf5 32. Rd6 $16) 32. Rd6 $14) 30... Ke7 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 31. a3 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} (31. f5 $1 Kf6 (31... Rd8 32. fxg6 Ne5+ (32... fxg6 33. Ke3 $16) 33. Nxe5
Rxd4 34. Ra6 $18) 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rd5 $5 $16 (33. Ke3 $16)) 31... Raa7 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 33. Rc8 {[%emt 0:
00:22]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 35.
Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:20] Of course
Ding Liren plays on in this position.} Nb6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:31] It is very
difficult to understand why this move is weak and there is only one way that
White can take advantage of it. Ding Liren was not able to find it during the
game.} (36... Nxc5 $142 37. Rxc5 $14 {White has a small edge here as well, but
this should be within the realms of a draw.}) 37. Rc6 $6 {[%emt 0:04:19]} (37.
Rh8 $3 {This is the move that gives White a very big advantage, perhaps not
winning, but definitely big enough to cause Black enough headaches.} Rc7 {
The rook is attack so this is forced.} 38. Rdd8 $1 {The two rooks have made
their way to the back rank and are planning to weave a mating net.} Rxc5 (38...
Ra8 $6 39. Rxa8 Nxa8 40. Rxa8 Rxc5 41. Kd4 $16) 39. e5 $1 {Now the door is
shut on the black king. Rhe8 mate is a very big threat.} f5 {Absolutely the
only move to stay in the game.} 40. Rb8 $1 {Attacking the knight and also
creating the deadly threat of Rh7#. Fortunately Black has} Rc8 (40... Rc3+ 41.
Kd4 (41. Kd2) 41... Rc8 42. Rbxc8 Nxc8 43. Rxc8 Rd7+ 44. Kc5 Rd5+ 45. Kb6 Rd3
46. b4 $18) 41. Rbxc8 Nxc8 42. Rxc8 {This position should be enough for Ding
Liren to decide that he should go for this line. But let's try to dig deeper.}
a4 $1 {Black tries to do something active.} 43. b4 Rd7 44. Rh8 $1 {This move
forces h5 and reduces Black's options in this position.} h5 45. Rb8 Rd5 46. h4
$1 {This fixes the pawns on the kingside and Black slowly runs out of moves.} (
46. Rb6 {This keeps an eye on the e6- and b5-pawns, but at the same time has
some nasty threats like ...Kf7 Rd6! Black must be very careful.} g5 $5 (46...
Kd7 47. Rb7+ Kc8 48. Rg7 Rd1 49. Rxg6 Ra1 50. Rxe6 Rxa3+ 51. Kd4 $16) 47. Rb7+
Kf8 48. fxg5 Rxe5+ 49. Kf3 $16) (46. Ke2 h4 $1 $14) 46... Kf7 (46... Rd1 47.
Rxb5 Ra1 48. Kd4 Rxa3 49. Rb7+ Kd8 50. Kc5 $16 {It seems like White should win
this.}) 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Ke2 $16 {is a zugzwang.} Ke8 49. Rg7 Rd8 50. Rxg6 {
White should win this.}) 37... Rc7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:01] After this Wesley
doesn't give his opponent any chances and achieves the draw.} 38. Rxb6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. e5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} g5 $1 {[%emt 0:
04:13]} 40. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxf4+ {[%emt 0:02:19]} 41. gxf4 {[%emt 0:02:
41]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. h3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 43. b4 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} axb4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 44. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 45. Ke4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 46. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:01:16]}
Rc4+ {[%emt 0:02:29]} 47. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (47. Ke3 Rxh3+ $17) 47... Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} (47... Rc3 48. Rb7+ Kf8 $11) 48. Rc5 {[%emt 0:05:36]} Rxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 49. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. f5 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} exf5+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 51. Kxf5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} (51. Kd5 Kd7 $11)
51... Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 53.
Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} f6 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 55. exf6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Rxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 58. h5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:02] A great fight and excellent
play by Ding Liren. Unfortunate he couldn't convert this position. Wesley So
defended very well after Ding missed his opportunity.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} (5. Qa4+ {is the main line}
Nbd7 {is the most popular} (5... Bd7 {is also theory}) 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O b6 8.
d4 (8. Nc3 Bb7 9. d4 Rc8 10. Qd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bb4 13. Ndb5 a6
14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qe7 16. Qd3 b5 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Nd5 Qe6 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qa3 Rc2 23. b3 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Qc5 25. Qxa6 O-O 26.
a4 Rxe2 27. a5 e4 {0-1 (56) Grischuk,A (2771)-Eljanov,P (2717) Baku AZE 2015})
8... Bb7 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Rac1 Qb7+ 16. N2f3 O-O 17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Nc5 19. b4 Rfc8 20. Nfd4
e5 21. Nb3 Rxc6 22. bxc5 Rac8 23. Rd6 bxc5 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Nxc5
{1/2-1/2 (34) Aronian,L (2782)-Gelfand,B (2750) Nice 2010}) 5... a6 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 6. a4 {[%emt 0:01:46] Although this is the main move in the position
it has not been scoring so well mainly because of ...Nc6.} (6. Qc2 b5 7. Ne5
Nd5 8. d3 cxd3 9. Nxd3 {with good compensation.}) 6... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7.
Qc2 $6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} (7. Na3 {is much more common and much better.} Bxa3 8.
Rxa3 e5 9. b3 cxb3 10. Rxb3 O-O 11. Ba3 $44) 7... Na5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} ({
It could have been stronger to continue with} 7... e5 $1 8. Qxc4 (8. Na3 Bxa3
9. bxa3 (9. Rxa3 Be6 $15) 9... Be6 $15) 8... Be6 9. Qc2 e4 10. Ng5 Nd4 11. Nxe6
Nxc2 12. Nxd8 Nxa1 $15) 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:08] Now it transposes to the main
line} Qd5 $1 {[%emt 0:04:39]} (8... Nb3 $6 9. Rb1 $14 Bxa3 10. bxa3 b5 11. Bb2
Bb7 12. d3 O-O 13. axb5 axb5 14. dxc4 bxc4 15. Rbd1 Be4 16. Qxc4 Na5 17. Qb4
Bd5 18. Nh4 c5 19. Qc3 Qb8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Nc4 22. Ba1 Rxa3 23. Qxc4
Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qa8 25. Qd1 f6 26. Nf5 c4 27. Qd4 Kh8 28. Bc3 Ra4 29. e4 Qc6 30.
e5 Raa8 31. Qg4 {1-0 (31) Tomashevsky,E (2688)-Sjugirov,S (2585) Ulan Ude 2009}
) 9. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:56] White is looking to break the position with d3 and
take advantage of the queen on d5.} (9. Ne1 Qc5 10. d4 (10. d3) 10... cxd3 (
10... Qxd4 11. Bd2 Nb3 12. Rd1 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Qa7 14. Nxc4 $11) 11. Qxd3 $44)
9... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} (10. d3 Nb3 11. Ra2 (11. Rb1
Bxa4 $15) 11... Nxc1 12. Qxc1 Bxa4 (12... cxd3 13. Nc4 Qh5 14. Rxd3 Bc6 $13)
13. Nd2 Qc5 $15) 10... Qf5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} (10... Bc6 {According to Ding and
engines this move was stronger than what was played in the game.}) 11. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:03:17]} (11. Ne5 $5 Qxc2 12. Nxc2 Nd5 13. e4 (13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Bd6
$15) (13. Bd2 {is probably the best} Nb3 14. Ra2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 $11) 13... Nb6
14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Rb1 (15. Ra2 $5) 15... Nb3 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. d5
exd5 19. exd5 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Bf1 Na5 22. Nf5 Rf6 23. Nxg7 Nxa4 24. Re1
Nb3 25. Ne8 Rb6 26. Re7 Nd2 27. d6 cxd6 28. Rd1 Kd8 29. Rxf7 Kxe8 30. Rg7 Nxf1
{0-1 (30) Melkumyan,H (2519)-Pashikian,A (2621) Yerevan 2009}) (11. Qc3 $2 Nb3
$1 {White will lose an exchange:} 12. Ra2 (12. Bd2 Nxa1 13. Rxa1 $17) 12... Nd5
13. Qxc4 Na5 14. e4 (14. Qd3) 14... Nxc4 15. exf5 Nxa3 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rxa3
Bxa3 18. bxa3 $19) 11... Qxc2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 12. Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nb3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:10] The bishop
will be well placed on d5. Ding places it on the important diagonal before
White can play Ne5.} 14. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 15. Bc3 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} c5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:17] Ding strikes in the centre at the right
time.} 16. a5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Na1 $5 {an interesting idea
going for the exchange of the important knight on b3.} Rc8 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19.
Nxc4 Nxa1 20. Raxa1 Be7 (20... Bxf2+ $6 {will not earn Black any advantage} 21.
Kxf2 Rxc4 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. b3 Rc2 24. Bh6 $11) (20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxf2+ 22.
Kxf2 Rxc4 23. Rab1 Rc7 $11 {[%csl Ga4,Gc3] White's pawn structure will give
Black some chances but White should be okay.}) 21. Rd4 O-O 22. e4 Nxc3 23. bxc3
Rc7 $15 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge7c5]}) 16... Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:44] All very simple
and strong moves.} 17. Ra4 $6 {[%emt 0:04:46] This move has a drawback and
Ding spots it quickly.} (17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Na1 $5 $15) 17... cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 18. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:57] Very alert and not making any mistakes.} Nc5 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:34] This is the key move, now the knight will land on e4 and it
will control important squares in White's camp.} 19. Raa1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (19.
Ra2 Nfe4 $17 20. f3 (20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. f3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bc5 $17 {As happened
in the game Black's bishop pair will give him a lasting edge in upcoming
endgame.}) 20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 f6 22. Ng4 e5 23. Ne3 Bf7 24. Ndf5 Rd8 25. Rad2
Rxd2 26. Rxd2 g6 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Ke7 $17 {A very well placed knight on
c5 and White's weakness of the a5-pawn will surely guarantee Black a good
advantage.}) 19... Nce4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 20. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. f3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 22. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:01] Black has not only the bishop pair, but also an extra pawn. He
is clearly better.} f6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 23. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:32] Connecting the rooks and
Black's king is ready to take an active part in the endgame.} 25. Rab1 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 26. e4 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 27. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (27. Rxd4 Bc6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ke2 Rd3 30. Rc1
$17 {White is passive and sooner or later, Black will create a passer on the
queenside.}) 27... Bc6 $17 {[%emt 0:00:09] The bishop comes to b5 and defends
everything.} 28. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 29. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} c3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 30. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 31. Nc2
{[%emt 0:00:37]} (31. Rc1 $5 Rdc8 32. Rb3 g6 33. g4 {[%csl Rf5]} (33. Nd1 c2
34. Ne3 f5 35. exf5 exf5 36. Ke1 Kd6 37. Kd2 Re8 $17) 33... Kd6 34. Nd1 c2 35.
Ne3 Kd7 36. Rb2 $15 {White has good counterplay.}) 31... Rdc8 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
32. Na3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:44] A bad oversight by Wesley.} (32. Rc1 $17) 32... c2
$1 33. Rc1 Bd3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:17] It seems Wesley missed this move. The knight
on a3 has run out of squares!} 34. Rxb7+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} (34. Ke3 Rc3 $19)
34... R6c7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 35. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} (35. Rxc7+ Rxc7 36. Ke3
Rc3 $19 {[%csl Ra3]}) 35... Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 36. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 $1
{[%emt 0:01:56]} (36... g5 {[%cal Gg5g4] with the idea of ...g4 was also very
powerful.}) 37. e5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} (37... Rd8 38. Ke3 Be4+
39. Ke2 Bxf3+ 40. Kd2 Rb3 41. Nxc2 Be4 $19) 38. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f4 $1 $19
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (39... fxg3
40. hxg3 h5 $19 {was the easiest way to win. The simple point being that White
has absolutely no moves. He cannot take the pawn on c2 because the h-pawn just
queens.}) 40. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} R8c4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} (41... Rxf3 $19 {[%cal Gf3f2,Gf2a2]} 42. Nb4 Rg8 {
and the game should be over soon.}) 42. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxf3 $2 {[%emt 0:
00:04] Ding Liren chooses the most inappropriate moment to take on f3.} (42...
Rc7 43. Ra2 Kf7 {Black just holds the position and White is at a loss for
moves.} (43... Rxf3 {is also fine now.}) 44. Rb2 Rxf3 $19) 43. Rb7+ $1 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 44. Nb4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:27] With two
powerful moves, White has activated his position.} Rxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} (
44... Rf2+ 45. Ke1 $11) 45. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Kf1
{[%emt 0:00:40]} Be4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (46... Rxe5 47. Nc6 Bd3+ 48. Kg1 Rg5+
49. Kf2 Rc4 50. Re7+ Kf8 51. Rxc4 Bxc4 52. Rxh7 $19) 47. Rg7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:29]
Of course Wesley is a machine! He defends amazingly. Black has lost all his
advantage now and a mate is threatened on c8.} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 48. Ra7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 49. Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd3+ {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 50. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 51. Rd1 $2 {[%emt 0:00:
23] this gives Black some chances.} (51. Nc5 $11) 51... Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (
51... Rg5+ $1 {This is an important check which will give one extra tempo in
following line, in the game Black didn't get this chance.} 52. Kf2 Rxa5 53. Nc7
Rxa7 54. Nxe6+ Ke8 55. Nxd8 Ra2+ {This is the point of ...Rg5!} 56. Kg1 Be2 57.
Rd4 f3 $19 {and with his extra pawn White can fight for a win.} {The knight
can not come out so easily} 58. Nc6 {as after} (58. Kf2 Bd1+ 59. Kf1 Ba4 {
[%cal Ga4b5,Gb5f1,Gf3f2]} 60. Rxa4 Rxa4 61. Nc6 $19) 58... f2+ 59. Kxf2 Bb5+
60. Kg3 Bxc6 $19 {White will have a tough time to defend this endgame. Black
has a good plan of action he will bring his king up with bishop and rook help
and slowly push his pawns and try to win the h-pawn which will eventually win
the game.}) 52. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 53. Nxe6+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 54. Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:03] This is the difference,
Black doesn't have the intermediate ...Ra2 check.} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07] Once
again Black has some chances to push.} 55. Rb1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 56. Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. Nc5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 58. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 59.
Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 60. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 61. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:24] With very little time on the clock, Wesley So
defends with great ingenuity.} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 62. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 63. Rf4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:03] And the f-pawn falls.} Rh1+ {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 64. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 65. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 66. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 67. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 68. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]
What an escape for the American grandmaster. While Wesley's defensive skills
were on show here, what I also feel should be highlighted is the tenacity of
the Chinese GM. After such a result it is easy to slump and lose the match.
But he kept his cool, offered a draw right out of the opening the next game,
gained back his composure and qualified to the Candidates by beating Wesley So.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 cxd4 9. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. b3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]
} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} 12. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:04] This position
has been reached four times before and has been played by strong players like
Berkes and Nikolic.} Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 15. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Nc5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (16. dxc5 $1 Bxb2 17. b4 $1 Ra8 (17...
Bxa1 18. bxa5 $18) 18. Nd4 $14) 16... Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} Rb5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (17... axb3 $1 18. axb3 Rb5 $11 {Ding Liren said
he saw this but didn't like that White could defend b3 with Ra3.}) 18. Bc3 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:57]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Ng5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:24] This was
missed by Ding Liren.} b2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} (19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $18) 20. Rab1 {
[%emt 0:00:11] At this point it seemed as White is just winning as the knight
on d3 is trapped. But Ding Liren finds the best practical try.} Nxf2 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Bxb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Rxb1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Nh3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:43] This is passive.
Wesley played this and offered a draw. Ding Liren thought for a bit, saw that
he has easy moves to make and more time on the clock and hence went ahead and
declined the draw offer.} (23. Nf3 $14) 23... exd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. exd4 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} (24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Qc7 $17) 24... Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25.
Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 26. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qc4 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} 27. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:22] Finally the pressure became too much
for Wesley to handle and he sacrifices two pieces for a rook.} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 28. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:03] Threatening Rxc3.} 30. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} h5 {
[%emt 0:00:05] Even though Black is a pawn down, he is in a completely
dominating position.} 31. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. h3 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. Qd3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe1+ $6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} (33... Bxd4+ $1 34. Bxd4 (34. Qxd4 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ $19) 34...
Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Qxc2 Qxc2+ $19) 34. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 35. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:02] Black
has won back the pawn and the white king is pretty weak. Ding Liren doesn't
miss this opportunity.} 38. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Rf3
{[%emt 0:01:11]} (39. Qg2 $1 {Wesley was not in the best defensive mood. This
would have been a stauncher defence.} Rc1+ 40. Kh2 $17) 39... Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg8
{[%emt 0:00:21]} (41... Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Rc1 $19 {would have won the queen, but
gives up the f7-pawn. So Black tries to win the queen when he can somehow
retain all his pawns.}) 42. a4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 43. a5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 44. a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 45. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (45. Kh3 Qe6+ $19) 45... Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 46.
Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxa6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (48. Rf4 {was better. But even this
should not hold.}) 48... Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 49. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe4+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 51. hxg5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53.
Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03] All the pawns have been removed from the
board. It's just queen verus rook. Ding Liren shows good techinque.} 57. Rf3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 58. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 59. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 60. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 61. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 62. Ra2 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 63. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 64. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 65. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 66. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 67. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 68. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qb7+ {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 69. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:01] This zigzg movement has
cost White the full rook.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 exd5 8. exd5
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nfd7 12. Qd1 Re8 13. Bd2 Na6 14. a3 Qh4 15.
Qg4 Qxg4 16. hxg4 Nc7 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. g3 Nef6 20. f3 Ne5 21. Be2
g5 22. Kg2 Re8 23. Re1 a6 24. Bf1 Kf8 25. b3 b6 26. a4 Rb8 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28.
Rxe4 Nd7 29. Re1 Ne5 30. Bc3 Ng6 31. Bd2 Ne5 32. Bc3 Bf6 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Bd3
Kg7 35. Re2 Kf6 36. Re1 Rb7 37. Re2 Rb8 38. Re1 Rh8 39. Re4 Rg8 40. f4 Bc3 41.
Kf3 Rh8 42. Re2 Bd4 43. Rh2 Re8 44. Re2 Rh8 45. Rh2 Kg7 46. fxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nf3
Bf6 15. e5 Be7 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Nd4 Qf7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Be3 a6 20. c4 Rad8 21.
Kg1 g6 22. h3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. b3 Kf7 26. g4 Be7 27. Kg2
Ke8 28. Bf2 Kf7 29. Kg3 Ke8 30. Qe3 b6 31. Qf3 Kf7 32. Be3 Ke8 33. Bf2 Kf7 34.
gxf5 gxf5 35. Kh2 Ke8 36. Bh4 Bb4 37. Bf6 Qd7 38. Qg2 Qd2 39. Qxd2 Bxd2 40. Kg3
Be1+ 41. Kf3 Kd7 42. Ke2 Bb4 43. Bh4 Bf8 44. Kf3 Bb4 45. Bg5 Be1 46. Bh6 Bb4
47. h4 Be1 48. h5 Bb4 49. a4 Bc3 50. Bf8 Bd2 51. Ba3 Bc3 52. Ke2 Ke6 53. Bf8
Kd7 54. Kd3 Be1 55. Ke2 Bc3 56. Kd3 Be1 57. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Ne2 Re8 8.
h3 a5 9. g4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. c3 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 c5
15. Qc2 Ng6 16. O-O-O Nh4 17. Rhf1 Nxf3 18. Rxf3 Ra6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qd5
21. Qa4 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. a4 Kf8 24. Kc2 Rd6 25. e4 Red8 26. b3 Ke7 27. h4
h5 28. g5 c6 29. Rdf1 Kd7 30. Ra1 Kc7 31. Rg3 Ra8 32. Ra2 b5 33. Ra1 Kb6 34. c4
Rd7 35. Rgg1 Kc7 36. Ra2 Rdd8 37. Rga1 bxc4 38. bxc4 Rab8 39. Rf1 Rb4 40. Re1
Rdb8 41. Rf1 R8b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nf3
Bf6 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. e5 Be7 17. Nd4 Qf7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Be3 a6 20. c4 Rad8 21.
h3 g6 22. b3 Kf7 23. Kh2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. g4 Rh8 26. Kg3 h5 27. gxf5 Qxf5
28. Qd3 Rd8 29. Qxf5+ gxf5 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. Bc5 b6 32. Ba3 c5 33. Bb2 Ke6 34.
Bc3 Be7 35. Kf3 Bf8 36. Ke3 Be7 37. Be1 Kd7 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Ke3 Kd7 40. Kd3 Ke6
41. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Re8 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 a5 11. a4 Nd7 12. Nf5 Nf8 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. Nc4 Bf8 15.
g4 Nd4 16. c3 Nxf5 17. gxf5 c6 18. Qc2 b5 19. Nd2 g6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. O-O-O
bxa4 22. Nc4 a3 23. bxa3 Rb8 24. h4 Bg4 25. Rdg1 Bh5 26. Rg3 Be7 27. Bg5 f6 28.
Be3 Kh7 29. Rhg1 Qd7 30. f4 Red8 31. Bd2 exf4 32. Bxf4 Rb7 33. Qg2 Rg8 34. Qh3
Qxh3 35. Rxh3 a4 36. Kc2 Kg7 37. Rhg3 Kf7 38. Na5 Rb6 39. Nc4 Rb7 40. Bd6 Rd8
41. Bxe7 Kxe7 42. Rf1 Ke6 43. Re3 Rdb8 44. Rg1 Rd7 45. Rgg3 Rdb7 46. Rg1 Rd7
47. Rb1 Rxb1 48. Kxb1 Bd1 49. Kc1 Bb3 50. Nd2 c4 51. dxc4 Rb7 52. Rg3 Rh7 53.
Nf3 Bxc4 54. Rxg6 Bd3 55. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 Nb8 11. Nf5 Nc6 12. g4 Be6 13. Ng5 a5 14. c3 a4 15.
Qd2 b5 16. Rg1 Re8 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. h4 Qd7 20. h5 Rd8 21. O-O-O
Ree8 22. Bg5 Rb8 23. h6 g6 24. Ne3 Be7 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. g5 Qe6 27. Kb1 Red8
28. Ng4 Nc6 29. Qe3 Qd6 30. Rgf1 b4 31. c4 Nd4 32. Rd2 Ne6 33. Qg3 Nf4 34. Re1
c6 35. Re3 a3 36. b3 Qd4 37. Rc2 Rd6 38. Nh2 Rd7 39. Ng4 Rd6 40. Nh2 Rd7 41.
Ng4 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4 Bb7 13. Qe3 Rc8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. b4 Na4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nd4 Ke7 18. Kd2 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nxc6+ Rxc6
21. Kc3 Rd8 22. a4 Rc7 23. Rhd1 Rcd7 24. Rxd7+ Rxd7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra5 Rd5
27. Ra7+ Rd7 28. Ra6 g5 29. g3 h5 30. Rc6 gxf4 31. gxf4 h4 32. Rc5 Rb7 33. Kd4
Rd7+ 34. Ke3 Rb7 35. Ke4 Kd7 36. h3 Rb8 37. f5 exf5+ 38. Kxf5 Rb6 39. c3 Kd8
40. Kg5 Ke7 41. Kf5 Kd7 42. Rd5+ Ke7 43. Rc5 Kd7 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. Rd5 Rb8 46.
Rd6+ Ke7 47. Kd4 Rg8 48. Rh6 Rg3 49. Rxh4 Rd3+ 50. Kc5 Rxc3 51. Kxb5 Ke6 52.
Rxc4 Rxh3 53. Rc5 Rb3 54. Ka5 Kf5 55. b5 Ke4 56. b6 Ra3+ 57. Kb4 Ra1 58. Kb5
Kd4 59. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Bc4 d6 8.
Nxf7 Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. h3 Qe8 11. Be3 Kg8 12. Ne2 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Bb6 14. a3
Bd7 15. O-O d5 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. e5 Nh5 18. Qe3 Qg6 19. Rae1 Rf8 20. Kh2 Nf4
21. Qg3 Qh6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Re5 Qf6 24. Rfe1 h6 25. d4 Bf7 26. c3 Bg6 27. Re7
Be4 28. Rxc7 Nh5 29. Qe5 Qxf2 30. Rg1 Rf5 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qb8 Nf6 33. Rh8+ Kg6
34. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Nh5+ 36. Kh2 Rf2 37. Rb8 Rxb2 38. Rxb7 Nf4 39. a4 Nxg2
40. a5 Kh5 41. Rxg7 Nf4+ 42. Kg3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. h4 d5 11. Ne5 c6 12. f3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. g4 Be6
15. Qh2 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Kb1 Qb8 18. Qd2 Be5 19. Bg2 Qc7 20. Ne2 Nb6 21.
Nd4 Nc4 22. Qd3 Bf7 23. Bc1 Rae8 24. h5 Qb6 25. b3 Nd6 26. Rhe1 Bf6 27. Bb2 c5
28. Nf5 c4 29. Qd2 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Bxb2 31. Kxb2 Qf6+ 32. c3 Bxh5 33. Qxd5+ Bf7
34. Qb5 a6 35. Qc5 Qg5 36. Qf2 cxb3 37. axb3 Qxf5 38. Qd4 h6 39. f4 Rxe1 40.
Rxe1 b5 41. Bb7 a5 42. Re5 Qg4 43. Ka3 b4+ 44. cxb4 axb4+ 45. Kxb4 Bg6 46. Bd5+
Kh7 47. Bc4 Rxf4 48. Qd5 Bf7 49. Qd3+ Qg6 50. Qxg6+ Kxg6 51. Kb5 h5 52. Re1 h4
53. Bxf7+ Rxf7 54. b4 Kh5 55. Kc6 h3 56. b5 g5 57. b6 g4 58. Rd1 h2 59. Rd8
h1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Nd7 7. Nbd2 f6 8.
Nc4 Nf8 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Ncd2 Ng6 12. Qf2 c5 13. a4 Qd7 14. O-O O-O
15. b3 a6 16. Nh4 Nxh4 17. Qxh4 b5 18. Nf3 c4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. d4 Bg4 21. Rfd1
exd4 22. Rxd4 Qe6 23. h3 c5 24. Rd2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rad8 26. Rad1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2
Qe5 28. Rd7 Kh8 29. Kg2 h6 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rb8 32. Rc7 Rb2 33. Rxc5 Rxc2
34. Rc6 c3 35. Rxa6 Ra2 36. Rc6 Rxa4 37. Rxc3 Ra1 38. f4 Kg8 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40.
Rc7+ Kf8 41. h4 Rg1+ 42. Kf3 h5 43. Rc5 g6 44. f5 Rg4 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. Rc7+ Kg8
47. Rc6 Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. fxg6 Rxh4 50. Rf7 Rg4 51. Rxf6 Kg7 52. e5 Rxg6 53.
Rf4 Rg5 54. Ke4 Rg6 55. Kd5 Ra6 56. Ke4 Rh6 57. Kd5 Ra6 58. e4 Ra5+ 59. Ke6
Ra6+ 60. Kf5 Kf7 61. Rh4 Rh6 62. Kg5 Rh8 63. Kf5 Rh6 64. Rf4 Ra6 65. Kg5+ Ke7
66. Rf6 Ra5 67. Kf5 Ra1 68. Rh6 Rf1+ 69. Kg5 Rg1+ 70. Kf4 Rf1+ 71. Ke3 Re1+ 72.
Kd4 Rc1 73. Kd5 Rd1+ 74. Kc4 Rc1+ 75. Kd3 Rd1+ 76. Ke2 Rh1 77. Kf3 Rf1+ 78. Kg3
Re1 79. Kf4 Rf1+ 80. Kg5 Rg1+ 81. Kf4 Rf1+ 82. Kg3 Re1 83. Kf3 Rd1 84. Rxh5 Ke6
85. Rh6+ Kxe5 86. Ke3 Re1+ 87. Kd3 Rd1+ 88. Kc2 Rd6 89. Kb2 Rxh6 90. Kc3 Kxe4
91. Kc2 Ke5 92. Kb3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Bd3 c6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Nd5 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. Qf4 Nxf5 16. Qxf5 d5 17. Rhe1 Re8 18. Qf4 Nf8 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Qd2
Qd7 21. Re1 Re8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Ne6 25. Kd2 Kf8 26. Ke3 Ke7
27. Nf4 Nxf4 28. Kxf4 Ke6 29. h4 f6 30. g4 g6 31. g5 Kf7 32. Kg4 Kg7 33. f4 f5+
34. Kf3 b5 35. b4 a6 36. a3 h5 37. Ke3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14.
O-O Qe7 15. Qe2 Qb7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. h4 Nb8 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Rc2 Nd7 20. e5 Rc7
21. Nd6 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Nb8 23. f4 Rc3 24. f5 Nc6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8
27. Rf2+ Kg8 28. Rf7 h6 29. h5 Nxd4 30. Rxa7 Nf5 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Re8 Ng3 33.
Rxe6 Nxh5 34. Re8 Nf4 35. Kf2 Kg6 36. g3 Nd5 37. Re6+ Kh7 38. Re8 Kg6 39. g4
Ra3 40. e6 Nf6 41. Rf8 Ra7 42. Nf5 Nxg4+ 43. Kf3 Nf6 44. e7 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Rxa2+
46. Kf1 Ra1+ 47. Kf2 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 Ra1+ 49. Kd2 Ra2+ 50. Kd3 Ra3+ 51. Kc2 Ra2+
52. Kd3 Ra3+ 53. Kd4 Ra4+ 54. Kd3 Ra3+ 55. Ke2 Ra2+ 56. Kf1 Ra1+ 57. Kg2 Re1
58. Nh4+ Kh7 59. Nf5 Kg6 60. Nh4+ Kh7 61. Nf5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ned4 Qb6 12. c3 b4 13. Bd3 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Kh1
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa6 17. Qc2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rac8 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
h6 22. Nf3 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Rc3 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Qe7 Qc6 26. Rae1 Qc8 27. Rb1 Qd8
28. Qd6 Qc7 29. Qe7 Qd8 30. Qd6 Qc7 31. Qe7 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Re3 Nf6 17. Qd3 b5 18. d5 exd5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Qxb5 Qb6
21. Qxb6 axb6 22. h4 h6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc1+ 25. Ne1 Nc3 26. Rd6 Nxa2
27. Rxb6 Nc3 28. Rd6 Rb8 29. Kh2 Nd1 30. Rf3 Nxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxe1 32. Rd7 Rf8 33.
Re7 Re3 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. gxf3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4 Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b4
15. a3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 a5 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. O-O Rb4 19. Qa7 a4 20. Rxa4 Rxb2 21.
Qd4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Bb7 25. Rd4 Rb2 26. c4 Bxf3 27.
Rxf3 h6 28. Rf2 Rb1+ 29. Rf1 Rb2 30. Rfd1 Rc2 31. R1d2 Rc3 32. Kf2 Kh7 33. R2d3
Rc2+ 34. Rd2 Rc3 35. R2d3 Rc2+ 36. Rd2 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nb3 Rd8 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Be3 Qa6 13. N1d2 Bd7 14. Nc5 Bxc5
15. Bxc5 Rac8 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Nb3 b6 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Qb2 Ne8 20. a3 Nc6 21. c5
Ne7 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. a4 Nd5 25. Bd4 Bd7 26. Bf1 Qa8 27. e4 Ndf6
28. Bxb6 Rb8 29. Nc5 Qc6 30. Rb1 Nxe4 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. a5 Nd2 33. Qb5 Nf6 34.
Rd1 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. b4 a5 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. b5 Ncxe5 12. f4 Nc4 13. c6 bxc6 14. bxc6 Nf6 15.
Qa4 Bc5 16. Na3 Ne4 17. c7+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nxc4 Nxc3 20. Ne5+ Kxc7 21.
Kh1 Bxd4 22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Ba3 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxa1 25. Rf1 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nb3 Rd8 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Be3 Qa6 13. N1d2 e5 14. a4 Be6 15.
Rfc1 Rac8 16. Qb2 Ng4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 b6 19. Ba3 Nd4 20. Bf1 Qb7 21. h3
Nf6 22. e3 Nc6 23. Kh2 Qd7 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Rac1 h6 26. Bg2 Qb8 27. Qb5 Bd7 28.
Qb1 Be6 29. Qb5 Bd7 30. Qb2 Be6 31. c5 Bd5 32. e4 Be6 33. cxb6 axb6 34. Rb1 Qa8
35. Qxb6 Qxa4 36. Qe3 Ra8 37. Ra1 Qd4 38. Bc5 Qxe3 39. Bxe3 Rxa1 40. Rxa1 Nd4
41. Rc1 Kf8 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4 Nb3 44. Nxb3 Bxb3 45. Rc3 Be6 46. f5 Rc8 47.
Bc5+ Rxc5 48. Rxc5 Bb3 49. Rc3 Ba2 50. Rc8+ Ke7 51. Rc7+ Kd6 52. Rb7 Ke5 53.
Rb5+ Kf4 54. e5 Nd7 55. Rb2 Bc4 56. Rb4 Nxe5 57. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5
h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. Rh3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Ne2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qxc2
15. Rb2 Qe4 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Bd2 Rc4 19. Nxe4 Rxd4 20. Nd6 Nc5 21.
Ke2 Rd5 22. f4 f6 23. Bc3 f5 24. Bb4 g5 25. hxg6 Nxg6 26. g3 Nd3 27. Rc2 Ndxf4+
28. gxf4 Nxf4+ 29. Kf3 Nxh3 30. Rc7 a5 31. Be1 Ng5+ 32. Kf4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Qf5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Rad8
15. Qe2 Qd3 16. Rae1 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Nd3 18. Ba1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Rc2 Rd7 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rc8 Rxc8 24. Bxc8 Rc7 25. Bxe6 Nb4 26. a3 Nc2 27.
Bf5 Nxa3 28. Rd4 h6 29. Bd3 Nc2 30. Rf4 Kg7 31. Kf1 a5 32. Ke2 Nb4 33. Bc4 Rc5
34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Rd4 b5 36. Bd3 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 Rc1 38. Rh4 Kg7 39. Rg4+ Kf8 40.
Rh4 Kg7 41. Rh5 a4 42. Rxb5 axb3 43. Rxb3 Rh1 44. h4 Rf1 45. Ke2 Rc1 46. Rb4
Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Ra2 48. Rg4+ Kf8 49. Rf4 Kg7 50. Rg4+ Kf8 51. Rd4 Kg7 52. Rd5 Ra3
53. Kf4 Ra4+ 54. e4 Ra2 55. f3 Ra3 56. g4 Rb3 57. Rc5 Ra3 58. Rf5 Rb3 59. Rd5
Ra3 60. Rd2 Rb3 61. Ra2 Rc3 62. Rf2 Rb3 63. Kf5 Rb5+ 64. Kf4 Rb3 65. Rf1 Rb4
66. Rg1 Rb3 67. Ra1 Rc3 68. Ra5 Rb3 69. Rf5 Rc3 70. g5 hxg5+ 71. hxg5 fxg5+ 72.
Kxg5 Rb3 73. Rf6 Rb4 74. Rf5 Rb3 75. Kf4 Rb2 76. Rg5+ Kf8 77. Ra5 Kg7 78. Rg5+
Kf8 79. Rh5 Kg7 80. e5 Rb4+ 81. Kf5 Rb3 82. f4 Rb1 83. Rg5+ Kf8 84. Kf6 Rb6+
85. Kf5 Ke7 86. Rg8 Rb1 87. Ra8 Rc1 88. Ra7+ Kf8 89. Rd7 Kg7 90. Kg5 Rg1+ 91.
Kf5 Re1 92. Rd6 Kf8 93. Kf6 Ke8 94. Ra6 Rf1 95. f5 Rf2 96. Ra8+ Kd7 97. Ra7+
Ke8 98. Re7+ Kd8 99. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. c4 Qe7 12. a3 e5 13. Bf5 e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15.
Bh3 g6 16. b4 Bd6 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Rac1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Be5 22. Nc4 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rad8 24. Ne5 Bb7 25. Qe3 Nd5 26. Qg3 Qd6 27. Qh4 f6
28. Nc4 Qf4 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. Qh3 Ne7 31. Ne3 Rxd4 32. Ba2 Bc8 33. Be6 Bb7 34.
Rfe1 Rfd8 35. Rf1 h5 36. g3 Qe5 37. Ba2 Bc8 38. Qg2 Bg4 39. Nxg4 hxg4 40. Rfe1
Nf5 41. Bb1 Re8 42. Rc2 Qd6 43. Rce2 Rd1 44. Bxe4 Nd4 45. Re3 Nf3+ 46. Bxf3
Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b6
15. Qd2 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Bb5 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bf3 Ba3 19. Rc2 Qd6 20. Be3 Bb4 21.
Qc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 Rf7 23. Rc8+ Rf8 24. Rc7 Rf7 25. Rc8+ Rf8 26. Rc2 Rd8 27. a4
Be8 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. Be4 h6 30. Bd3 Bd6 31. f4 Bd7 32. Kf3 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8
34. Bd4 f5 35. e4 Bb7 36. Ke3 g6 37. h3 h5 38. Bc4 Ke7 39. Bd3 Bb4 40. Be5 Bc5+
41. Bd4 Bb4 42. Be5 Bc5+ 43. Bd4 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ba3 c5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bf5 Bf8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb2 g6
15. Bh3 Ba6 16. Ne2 Nd3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rc2 Nb4 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Nfd4 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qb1 Qf6 23. Rfd1 Bb4 24. Rc2 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 d4 26. g3 dxe3 27.
Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. fxe3 Qd2 30. e4 h5 31. Bg2 h4 32. gxh4 Qf4 33. h3
Bd6 34. Qd1 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Bc5 38. Qf3 Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Qa1
40. a4 Qb2+ 41. Kf1 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Bb4 44. Kg1 Qc1+ 45. Qf1 Qe3+ 46.
Qf2 Qxb3 47. Qf3 Bc5+ 48. Kh2 Bd6+ 49. Kh1 Qxa4 50. Qf6 Qd1+ 51. Bf1 Qd2 52. e5
Qd5+ 53. Bg2 Qxe5 54. Qxe5 Bxe5 55. h5 gxh5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
g6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 Bb7 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nf1 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 17. Re3 Qd7 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. Rae1 Nf4 20. Bg3 Rf7 21. Bb5
Qf5 22. Rf3 g5 23. Bd3 Qd7 24. Bb5 Qf5 25. Ne3 Qe4 26. Qd1 Qg6 27. Ba4 Kh8 28.
Bb3 Rg7 29. Bc2 Qh5 30. Nf5 Rd7 31. Nxd6 Rxd6 32. Re7 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5
h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bd2 Bxd3 13. cxd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc2
15. Rc1 Qxd3 16. Rh3 Qe4+ 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Ne2 Ke8 19. Nc3 Nbc6 20. Nxe4 Kd7
21. Nd6 f6 22. Rhc3 fxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Rc7+ Kxd6 25. Bb4+ Kd5 26. Rd1+ Ke4
27. f3+ Kf5 28. Bxe7 Rhc8 29. g4+ Kf4 30. Bd6 Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Rc8 32. Rd7 Ke3 33.
Bxe5 Rc1+ 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Kxf3 36. Bxg7 Kxg4 37. Bxh6 Kxh5 38. Bf4 Kg4
39. Bb8 Kf5 40. Bxa7 Ke4 41. Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Rc1 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nb4
15. Bb1 Ba6 16. d3 Rfd8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qc2 f5 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Qd6 21. Qa4
Nxb4 22. Ba3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Ne5 Rd5 26. d4 Ra5 27. Bxb4
Bxb4 28. Nc6 Ba3 29. Rd1 Ra4 30. d5 exd5 31. Bxf5 g6 32. Be6+ Kg7 33. Bxd5 Bc4
34. Bxc4 Rxc4 35. Nxa7 Rc5 36. Rb1 Bb2 37. g3 Rc2 38. Nb5 Kf7 39. Rd1 Ke7 40.
Rd6 Be5 41. Rxb6 Rb2 42. Rb7+ Kf6 43. Nd6 Rxb7 44. Nxb7 Ke6 45. Nc5+ Kd5 46.
Nd3 Bd6 47. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qf4 Bg6 11. h4 Re8 12. g4 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. h5 Bh7
15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 d5 17. Kb1 c6 18. Nxh7 Nxh7 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Rdg1 Bd6 21.
Qg5 Bf8 22. h6 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qf5 Re6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. h3 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Re1 b6 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bb7 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd7 Rab8 20. Rad1 Ba8 21.
Qc7 Rbc8 22. Qf4 h6 23. Rd7 a5 24. Red1 Nb8 25. R7d6 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Nc6 27. h4
b5 28. g4 Ne7 29. Ne5 Nd5 30. Ra6 b4 31. c4 Nf6 32. Qe2 Rcd8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34.
g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Nd7 36. Nf3 Nf8 37. Qe4 Ng6 38. Rc6 Qe7 39. c5 Rd5 40. Rc8+
Kh7 41. Qg4 Nf8 42. c6 Rc5 43. g6+ fxg6 44. Kg2 Qf6 45. c7 Qe7 46. Qh3+ Kg8 47.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 48. c8=Q+ Rxc8 49. Qh8+ Kf7 50. Qxc8 Qf6 51. Qc7+ Kg8 52. Qxa5 Qxb2
53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Ng5+ Kh6 55. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O g6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Bg7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. c3 Qc7 15.
Re1 Nxe5 16. Kh1 f6 17. Nd4 Qc8 18. Bf1 N7c6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rad1
a5 22. Bg3 a4 23. Qc2 Qb7 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Nf7 26. c4 e5 27. Be2 d4 28. c5
f5 29. Bc4 Kh8 30. f3 Ng5 31. Bh4 Nf7 32. Re2 Qd7 33. Bg3 Ng5 34. Bh4 Ne6 35.
b4 Nf4 36. Ree1 Nd5 37. Qb3 Rab8 38. b5 Nf4 39. b6 e4 40. fxe4 fxe4 41. Bg3
Nxh3 42. Bxb8 Nf2+ 43. Kg1 Nxd1 44. Bd6 Ne3 45. b7 Nxc4 46. b8=Q d3 47. Qxe8+
Qxe8 48. Qxc4 d2 49. Rd1 e3 50. Qe2 Qe4 51. Bc7 h5 52. Ba5 Bd4 53. g3 Qg4 54.
Kf1 Qh3+ 55. Kg1 Qxg3+ 56. Kf1 Qh3+ 57. Kg1 Qg3+ 58. Kf1 Qh3+ 59. Kg1 Qg3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Rf8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14.
O-O-O Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. f3 f5 19. h4 h5 20. Kb1 Kh7
21. Bc2 Bh6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Nc4 fxe4 24. Nxe5 exf3 25. Nxc6 fxg2 26. Rhg1
bxc6 27. Rd7+ Bg7 28. Bxg6+ Kh6 29. Rxg2 Rf1+ 30. Kc2 Rxa2 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32.
Bd3+ Kf6 33. Bxf1 Ra4 34. Rh2 Rf4 35. Be2 Kg6 36. Bd3+ Kf6 37. Kd2 c5 38. Be2
Kg6 39. Ke3 Rb4 40. Bd3+ Kh6 41. Rg2 Rb3 42. Rg6+ Kh7 43. Rxb6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 a5 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. c3 Nc5 15. Bxc5
Qxc5 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. b3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Qc2 Bh6 21. Bc4 Qe7
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nxe5 Bxc4 24. Nxc6 Qd7 25. Qxc4 Bxc1 26. Nxd8 Bf4 27. Nc6
Qd1+ 28. Nf1 Qe1 29. Nd8 1-0

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
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1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4 d5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb2 a5
15. a3 Bf8 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 b5 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Bd4 f6 21.
Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 23. Nb1 Be7 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke1 Ke8 27. Rc6
Rd6 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rc6 Rd6 30. Rc8+ Rd8 31. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {The Anti-Grünfeld recipe, commonly used on the top
level since Kramnik-Shirov, Casorla (9) 1998.} d6 ({The same opponents had a
game in 2015 that went into a Modern Benoni after} 3... e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6.
Nc3 Bg7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Ng3) 4. e4 e5 5. Ne2 c5 $6 {The Old Benoni
is a rare guest in grandmaster games.} 6. d5 Nbd7 $6 {The knight is misplaced
here.} ({Grischuk-Nepo, World Blitz 2013 went} 6... h5 7. h4 Bh6 8. Bxh6 Rxh6
9. Qd2 Rh8 10. Nbc3 Na6 {and White applied a typical positional squeeze to win
in 39 moves.}) 7. Nbc3 a6 8. a4 $6 {I don't see why White should even bother
with preventing b7-b5. A pawn sac with the black pawn on e5 would be
unthinkable even for the most die-hard Benko fan.} (8. h4 h5 9. Be3 $16 {
I don't get it. What does Nepo see in this position?}) 8... Nh5 9. g3 {
Normally in the Sämisch KID White doesn't play like this.} ({If only White
kept his a-pawn where it belonged, he would have been happy to accept the
upcoming pawn sac.} 9. Be3 Bg7 10. g4 Nf4 {Absolutely forced.} 11. Nxf4 exf4
12. Bxf4 Bd4 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. h4 {as it is, Black would get chances
after} Qb6) 9... Bg7 10. h4 $5 ({Another interesting move was} 10. Bh3 O-O 11.
O-O {anticipating} f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qc2 {In that case, same as in the game
Black suffers the consequence of his early developing with Nbd7, as Bc8
remains blocked.}) 10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. g4 $1 fxg4 13. fxg4 Nf4 14. g5
O-O 15. Ne4 Nb6 $1 {Ian grabs a chance to get that knight out of the way.} 16.
N2g3 {The correct approach. White needs to keep the situation from getting out
of control.} ({The point was} 16. a5 $2 Nxc4 $1 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Bxc4 Re8 {
with a strong attack.}) 16... Bd7 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bd2 (18. Nxd6 Bxa4 19. Nxb7
Qc7 20. Rxa4 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 Qxb7 22. Ne4 Rab8 $13) 18... Nc8 {On the face of it
Wesley's kingside advantage should ensure a long-term edge for White, but
playing such positions takes a very subtle approach.} 19. Nh5 $2 {I don't like
this plan. Trading pieces just feels wrong.} ({Suppose we start with} 19. h5 h6
20. g6 Qc7 {and now White, whose king appears to be safe, can try the other
side:} 21. a5 Ne7 22. b4 $6 Nf5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Qf3 {only to
find himself under pressure after} b5 $1) (19. a5 Qc7 20. h5 $1 {only now when
the black queen no longer attacks the g5-pawn.} h6 21. Qc2 Ne7 22. O-O-O b5 23.
Ne2 $1 {So much for the positional squeeze. Instead, White is trying to get to
the black king!} b4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. gxh6 Bxh6 26. Kb1 Nf5 27. Qd3 $16) 19...
Bf5 20. Neg3 (20. Nef6 Nxh5 21. Nxh5 Ne7) 20... Qd7 21. Nxg7 Qxg7 22. Nxf5 Rxf5
23. Qb3 Na7 24. Qb6 {A disappointing finish.} ({I guess Wesley was not quite
happy with allowing} 24. O-O-O b5 {but White might still be better.}) 24... Nc8
25. Qb3 Na7 26. Qb6 Nc8 27. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. Bg5 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Qc7 15. Bxf6 Qxc4 16. Bxe5 Bf5 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. Qc1 h6 19. Qf4 Bg6 20. Qg3 Kh7
21. h4 f6 22. Rfd1 Re7 23. Rd2 Rae8 24. f3 Re2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. a3 Qb3 27. Re1
Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qxa3 29. c4 Qd3 30. Bxa7 Qxc4 31. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Bxa3 e5 8. Bxf8
Kxf8 9. d3 g6 10. O-O Kg7 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Qb3 h6 13. Qb2 Re8 14. Ra3 Re7 15.
e3 dxe3 16. fxe3 Bg4 17. d4 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 exd4 19. exd4 Qd6 20. d5 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. d6 Rd8 24. Rxa7 Rxd6 25. Rxb7 Rd7 26. Rb6 Ng4 27. Bh3 h5
28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Rb2 Rc5 30. Rc2 Rd4 31. Rf4 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Nd2 c6 9. Ba4 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3 Bb6 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Bxe3 15.
fxe3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. O-O O-O 18. Be1 Qe7 19. h3 Be6 20. Qe2 Bxb3 21. Qxh5
Bc2 22. Qe2 Ba4 23. b3 Bb5 24. a4 Ba6 25. b4 b6 26. c4 Bb7 27. a5 f6 28. d4 Qh7
29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Qxe4 31. cxd6 exd4 32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. a6 Bc8 34. Qxd4 Qxd4
35. exd4 Rb8 36. Bf2 Rf7 37. d5 cxd5 38. Rfc1 d4 39. Bxd4 Bf5 40. Rc7 Rd8 41.
Bc5 Rdd7 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Kf2 Be4 44. g4 f5 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Ra5 Bc2 47. Rb5
Ke6 48. Rb2 f4+ 49. Kd4 Bd1 50. Rb8 f3 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Ba3 Be2 53. Rh8 Kc4 54.
Rxh6 Kb3 55. Bc5 Kc4 56. Bd4 Kd5 57. Rg6 Rxd6 58. Rxg5+ Ke6 59. Bxa7 Rxa6 60.
Bc5 Ra2 61. Kf4 f2 62. Re5+ Kf7 63. Rf5+ Kg8 64. Bxf2 Bf1 65. Kg3 Ra3+ 66. Rf3
Rxf3+ 67. Kxf3 Bxh3 68. Kf4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 {Levon has been relying on this capture} ({instead of
} 10... Nxe5 {ever since he lost to Nakamura in the Sinquefield Cup 2013.
There's a different opinion, though. Ding Liren recently won a nice game
against Inarkiev in FIDE Grand Prix in Palma, and there have been efforts from
Carlsen and Svidler to uphold this line.}) 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 Be6 $5 {The
newest idea.} ({Levon twice tried} 12... Ng4) ({While others, including
Caruana, Tomashevsky and Svidler, have preferred the restrained} 12... h6) 13.
Bxe6 {Surprisingly this has never been played before, at least not in high
profile games.} ({Dominguez-Aronian, St. Louis Blitz 2017 saw} 13. Qe2 Qe7 14.
Bc4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nb3 ({White doesn't get anywhere after} 16. Bxa6 Qc5)
16... Rfd8 17. Nxd4 Bxc4 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Qf3 Ne8) 13... fxe6 14. Qe2 {It seems
like White is about to take all the commanding squares, but Black has active
counterplay.} Ng4 $5 15. Rf1 Bxf2+ ({Another option was} 15... Nd4 {but Levon
must have seen the good reply} 16. Qc4 $1 (16. Nxd4 Rxf2 $1 17. Rxf2 Qxd4 {
is Black's main idea.}) 16... Qd6 17. h3 {Now Black has to go all the way.}
Nxf3+ (17... Nf6 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 $16) 18. Nxf3 Nxf2 19.
Rxf2 Qd1+ 20. Qf1 Qxc2 {he seems to be getting enough pawns, but} 21. Qe1 Bxf2+
22. Qxf2 Qxe4 23. Be3 $14 {allows White to keep enough material on the board,
which is critical for success in battles between two minor pieces and a rook.})
16. Rxf2 Nd4 17. Qc4 $2 {Wesley chooses the wrong square for his queen.} ({
Black would be under some pressure to prove his compensation after the correct
} 17. Qd3 Nxf2 18. Kxf2) 17... Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ ({In turn, Levon misses the
best move} 18... Qg5 $1 {The only way for White to untangle would be} 19. Kg1 {
but then Black gets his material back:} Rxf3 20. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kh1 Qh5 {
The knight is taboo, as} 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. gxf3 {loses to} Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 Qd1+
25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26. Kg1 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Rf8) 19. Kg1 Qg4 ({Possibly} 19... Qf4 {
was better.}) 20. h3 $6 {Again, Wesley So is not precise with his calculations.
} (20. Qd3 Rad8 21. h3 {would bring Black's attack to its end.} Nxf3+ ({Else,} 
21... Qg3 22. Nxd4 Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Rxd4 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Rfd8 26. Nf1 Rxe4
27. Be3 Rc4 28. Rc1 Rd5 29. Nd2 Rc6 30. b3 Rxa5 31. Nc4 {holds the black
rooks' activity in check.}) 22. Nxf3 Rxd3 23. hxg4 Rd1+ 24. Kf2 {There's a
question whether White can win this, but he'll have his chances.}) 20... Qg3
21. Qd3 Rxf3 $1 {Aronian was not going to miss that. The following is forced.}
22. Nxf3 Rf8 23. Nxd4 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Rf1 25. Qxf1 Qxf1 26. Nf3 c5 {On paper
White has enough for a queen, and his king is safe, but the pin on the back
rank holds him down.} 27. b3 $6 {Wesley decides to address this issue, even at
the cost of some pawns.} ({Objectively, White is safe after} 27. c3 b3 28. c4
Qd1 29. Nxe5 h6 $11 {but it's impossible to play this position for a win.})
27... Qd1 28. Bb2 Qxc2 29. Bxe5 Qxb3 30. Rf1 h6 $2 {Aronian shows too much
respect to White's non-existent threats.} (30... Qc2 $1 {would have kept White
from activating his rook.} 31. Kg3 (31. Ng5 h6 $19) 31... c4 32. Rf2 Qxe4 33.
Rd2 Qg6+ 34. Kf2 Qe8 {leaving Black with decent chances of victory.}) 31. Rf2
$1 {Just at the last moment Wesley's rook breaks out into the open.} c4 32. Rd2
c3 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Rc8 Qb1 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Ke8 38. Rc8+ Kf7
({There is no escape for the king, as can be seen from} 38... Kd7 39. Rc7+ Kd8
40. Nd4 Qxe4 41. Nxe6+ Ke8 42. Nxg7+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bf7 17. Re1 Re8 18. Be3 c6 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Bc2
c5 22. Qh4 Bg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rad1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Qg4
Kf7 28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Qe2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3
Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nhf6 17. e3 Qb8 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. a4 h6 20. Nf3 Ne4 21.
a5 Bc6 22. axb6 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Nxb6 24. Qa3 Rc7 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Qb4 Nd7 27. Qxb8
Nxb8 28. Nd3 Rb7 29. Ra2 Nc6 30. Nc5 Rb6 31. b3 Kf8 32. Ba6 Nb4 33. Ra3 Nxa6
34. Nxa6 Bb5 35. Nc5 a6 36. f4 Ke7 37. Kf2 f6 38. g4 Rc6 39. Ra2 g5 40. Rc2 Rc8
41. Kg3 gxf4+ 42. exf4 e5 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. dxe5 d4 45. Rc1 Rd8 46. Nb7 Rd5 47.
Rc5 Ke6 48. Kf4 d3 49. Rxd5 Kxd5 50. Ke3 Kxe5 51. h4 d2 52. Kxd2 Kf4 53. g5
hxg5 54. hxg5 Kxg5 55. Nc5 Kf6 56. Nxa6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{London was cold, snowy, sleety, rainy and windy. Although I fought hard in my
games I couldn't seem to create much heat. What to do? People seem to think
that strong players can and should win whenever they want. My guess is the
people who think that have never played the best chess players in the world in
a lengthy tournament. Everyone fights to the death and more often than not, a
win or loss can hang on one single move. Anyway, I had some great battles that
did not end decisively and now I was at the last game. My last chance and I'm
playing black against the great Anand. Hope dies hard and of course I had a
flickering hope that I might crack a win this time but hey ... I'm sure Vishy
did too.} 1. e4 (1. c4 {was a strong possibility too. From time to time Vishy
plays this, with good results.}) 1... e5 {I considered other options in move 1,
like Caro or French but since I'd prepared 1...e5 mostly for this tournament,
I decided to stick with it.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {I was happy to see this move.
I'd prepared mostly for 3.Bb5, but before this tournament I'd prepared a DVD
for ChessBase in the Italian Game. In looking at the material for the work and
familiarizing myself with the typical ideas, plans, and setups, I also noticed
that it's not easy for White to claim a clear cut advantage when Black knows
what to do.} Bc5 4. O-O {The slow classical setup. For the time being, White
just wants to castle and develop his pieces.} ({Earlier this year Peter
Svidler tried the older variation against me, but in that game I equalized
well:} 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3
Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bb6 21. e6 Qe7 22. exf7+ Qxf7
23. Re6 Kh8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (29) Svidler,P (2749)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017})
4... Nf6 5. d3 O-O {Here Black already has a flexible choice, with ...a6,...a5,
...d6, or ...h6 all playable alternatives. I like 5...0-0, as I keep the
option of going d7-d5 in one move and I am not necessarily afraid of the pin
Bg5.} 6. a4 ({Just the previous day, I'd been very impressed by Vishy's game:} 
6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 (8. Re1 Bg4) 8... a6 {Both 8...a5 and 8...Nb6
looks good too.} 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. b4 Kh8 14.
Bd2 Nce7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 c6 $11 {with no problems. Black's play here
looks so convincing that in fact if Vishy went for this I wouldn't have minded
playing the exact same line starting with 8...a6 against him!} 17. Ng3 Be8 18.
Bxd5 cxd5 19. c4 Bc5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxe7 Bc5 24.
Rc7 Bb6 25. Re7 Bc5 26. Rc7 Bb6 27. Re7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)
-Anand,V (2782) London 2017}) ({With both our kings castled short} 6. Bg5 {
does not look dangerous, after} h6 7. Bh4 {Black can just go} g5 8. Bg3 d6 9.
c3 {And here there are many possibilities, but I like} a6 {to reserve a safe
square for my bishop.}) (6. h3 {is possible too. Black can play} d5 7. exd5
Nxd5 {but it's not the best timing, as d3 is solidly protected. So I would
prefer 6...d6.} 8. Nbd2 $14) (6. Re1 Ng4 7. Re2 {gives Black the extra option
of} Nd4 $5 ({Or perhaps even better is} 7... Kh8 8. h3 f5 $1 {1-0 (57) So,W 
(2770)-Giri,A (2785) Bilbao 2016}) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. h3 Nf6 {with
simplifications.}) (6. Nbd2 {is okay too, but it blocks the bishop from
developing. Black can play} d6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 Be6) (6. Nc3 {is not scary,
Black plays} h6 {to prevent Bg5 then} 7. Nd5 d6 $11) 6... h6 {A slight
move-order subtlety.} (6... a5 {is natural, but I assume he would go} 7. Bg5 {
which gives White extra possibilities, as now the b5 square is weak. Levon
played 3 games in 2017 with} h6 8. Bh4 Be7 {but I'm not particularly convinced
and I haven't analysed it deeply enough either.}) ({If} 6... d6 7. c3 {
threatens to trap my bishop, so} a5 8. Bg5 {and again the b5 square is weak,
but the position does not look clear at all to me.} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 {
I have no idea what is going on here. The difference with the pawn on a5 is
that after} Ba7 11. Na3 {White always has the option to gain time by jumping
on b5, while if I leave my bishop on c5 then its vulnerable to d3-d4.}) (6...
a6 {is another very serious possibility, but for this game I wanted to put my
pawn on a5.}) 7. c3 (7. a5 {is worthy of interest. White threatens a5-a6 so} a6
8. c3 d6 {gives a slightly different pawn structure.}) 7... a5 {I like this ...
a5 setup. Black fights for every bit of space in the queenside and controls
the dark squares very well.} 8. Nbd2 (8. d4 {gives Black many possble options:}
exd4 (8... Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe4) 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. e5 d5 ({Or} 10... Ne8 11. Nc3 d6 {
seems to hold out well.})) 8... d6 9. h3 Be6 {Trading pieces is welcome for
Black. Other options I considered were:} (9... Re8 {with the idea of Be6 while
avoiding the doubled-pawns.} 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bb5 {is the downside, as our
knight is pinned. Black can play 11...Nd7 or 11...Bd7 with some theory
involved.}) ({Or} 9... Ne7) 10. Re1 (10. Bxe6 fxe6 {looks a little worrying to
me because of the doubled-pawns. But Black controls enough space and should be
able to fight sucessfuly.} 11. Re1 d5 ({Or} 11... Qe8 12. Nf1 Nh5)) 10... Bxc4
11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Be3 {With g5 under my control he does not have really
anything better than to exchange dark-squared bishops.} Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 ({
The freeing break} 13... d5 {does not work yet} 14. Qb3 $1 dxe4 (14... d4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nf5 $14) 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxb7 Re6 (16... Qd7 17. Rad1 Nd6 18.
Nc4 $16) 17. Rad1) ({But I considered} 13... Ne7 {which is fine.}) 14. Qb3 Ne7
{I was starting to get worried over my c4-b5 light squares though closer
analysis shows White is not fast enough to exploit it. Then I decided to
transfer my knight to a better square.} ({Funnily enough} 14... Nd8 {is a
serious alternative here, given by the computer. I did not seriously consider
it during the game, but I can't find any way for White to do anything. Once my
knight gets to e6 then to f4, or c5 I consolidate.} 15. Nc4 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
exd5 f5) 15... Ne6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nf4 18. e5 N6d5 $11) 15. Nc4 Ng6 16.
Rad1 {I thought this was too slow, but the position is so sterile anyway.} ({
I told Vishy after the game that I thought} 16. Re3 {might be a bit better for
White, as he is faster on the e-file.} b6 17. Rae1 Nh5 $1 18. Kh2 (18. d4 Nhf4)
18... Nhf4 {but the computer disagrees with me anyway and it turns out that he
has problems with my knight on f4.}) (16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b6 $11) (16. Qb5 {
does not lead anywhere as ...b6 is sufficient, or} c6 17. Qb3 Qc7) 16... b6 17.
Qc2 {Again this looks slow. I thought his queen was just fine where it was but
it might be needed to protect the kingside from Nf4 sometimes.} (17. d4 exd4
18. Rxd4 Re6 {gives White problems along the e-file.}) (17. Qb5 Nf4 $11) 17...
d5 {I could play other moves, such as Qc6 or Nh5 but generally if d6-d5 works
I should just go for it.} 18. exd5 ({Slightly more precise is} 18. d4 {using
the fact that my queen is vulnerable. After} exd4 19. Rxd4 Qc6 20. exd5 Rxe1+
21. Nxe1 Nxd5 22. Qe4 Nde7 $11 {it is completely equal.}) 18... Qxd5 19. b3 {
I was a little surprised with this as now its clear that I have no problems
whatsoever.} ({I expected} 19. Ne3 Qc6 (19... Qb7 20. Nc4 {draw.}) 20. d4 $11)
19... Rad8 {Centralizing the rooks.} 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qa8
23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {By now I realize that Vishy is probably happy to force the
draw.} 24. Qd3 $6 {This is not the best way though as the queen can be kicked
by my knights with Nf4, Nd5 etc.} (24. Nd3 Nd5 {might be a bit uncomfortable
for White.}) (24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Nf4) ({I thought} 24. b4 {is the simplest,
to trade pawns and weaken my queenside.}) 24... Qe7 $1 {It is wise for Black
to keep queens for now.} ({I calculated this long line:} 24... Qxd3 25. Nxd3
Nd5 26. b4 Ngf4 (26... Nxc3 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Nc5) 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Nc5 Ne6
29. Ne4 (29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Nxa5 Nxc3 {leaves me a pawn up.}) 29... f5 30. Ng3
g6 31. Ne2 Nef4 32. Nxf4 Nxf4 {But then it turns out I am not even winning a
pawn:} 33. Ne5 $1 Ne2+ (33... Kg7 34. c4) 34. Kf1 Nxc3 35. Nxg6 Nxa4 36. Ne7+
Kf7 37. Nc6 $11) 25. Nc2 Nf4 26. Qd2 N6d5 27. Kf1 (27. Kh2 Qe2 28. g3 Qxd2 29.
Nxd2 Ne6 30. c4 Nb4 31. Nxb4 axb4 $15) 27... Nxc3 28. N4e3 $2 {The losing
mistake. He still had a lot of time here. Obviously on a good day he would
have surely spotted 28.Nxb6, but in London, Vishy and Michael Adams were a bit
out of form.} (28. Nxb6 $1 {might be enough for a draw.} cxb6 (28... Qg5 29.
Ne1) 29. Qxc3 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Ne2 32. Qc8+ {The point of the knight
sacrifice.} Kh7 33. Qf5+ $11) 28... Ne4 29. Qd4 c5 30. Qd1 Qf6 {Being quite
low on time, I chose a logical looking move.} ({Black wins right away after} 
30... Qh4 $1 31. Ng4 Nxh3 $1 (31... f5 32. Qd7 Qh5 {wins too, albeit a more
complicated one.}) 32. gxh3 (32. g3 Qg5) 32... Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Nc3 34. Qd8+ Kh7 {
and White's king has no defense. I spotted 31...Nxh3! but I just couldn't
believe that it wins on the spot! Maybe I need to have more belief in myself.}
35. Nh2 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Qf5 $19) 31. Ng4 ({Resistance could've been much tougher
with} 31. Qd7 {threatening Qe8 check.} Kh7 32. f3 Ng3+ 33. Kf2 Qh4 34. Qg4 $17)
(31. f3 Ng3+ 32. Kf2 Qh4 {is a bit different as White has no Qg4.}) 31... Qc3
32. Nce3 h5 33. Nh2 Qb2 {Here Vishy had to resign, as he will inevitably lose
a second pawn. An unexpected win for me! It's quite difficult to win with the
Black pieces against players of this caliber. You need to be in really good
form, or your opponent in really bad form. As I missed chances against
Nepomniatchi and Aronian earlier in the tournament, this win was received with
a big sigh of relief!} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 $5 {
[%emt 0:00:00] This is another exceedingly rare guest in elite practice.} 3. e5
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 5. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:03:01] I'm not surprised Wesley So decided to avoid the absolutely
most critical continuation and try for a positional edge, but I'm not sure
what Black's prep could have been.} (8. Qxd5 $1 {is critical, and I was once
privileged to watch a sharp line being played at a neighbouring board.} d6 (
8... Qb6 $6 9. Bc4 Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 O-O 11. Rf1 Bc5 12. Ng5 Nxe5 13. Nxf7 Nxf7 14.
Rxf7 Qe6+ 15. Qxe6 dxe6 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Bf4 $14 {Tan,J-Bach,M Helsingor
2015, among others.}) 9. exd6 Qb6 10. Be3 $5 (10. Qe4+ Be6 11. Qh4 Bxd6 12. Bd3
$14 {is safer}) 10... Qxb2 11. Bb5 $1 $14 {White retains an extra pawn against
best play.}) 8... d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:45]}
h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:09:25]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 13. Be3 {
[%emt 0:02:15] Presumably, Wesley So had in mind some idea of occupying the
d4-square when he made his 8th move, but it is not possible to execute unless
Black helpfully trades the bishops. With a move such as the one played Black
keeps equality.} d4 {[%emt 0:03:53]} (13... b6 $6 14. c3 Rfe8 15. Qd2 $14) 14.
Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Qd5 {
[%emt 0:06:46][%cal Gd7f5] Thematically playing for ...Bf5.} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:
02:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:18:57]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 18.
Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:09:54]} 19. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 20. Be4 {[%emt 0:11:07]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 21. Qxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 22. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:26] Instead of
playing this move it is also possible to offer a draw immediately.} Qxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} 23. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Re1 {
[%emt 0:05:57]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 25. a4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:02:
59]} 26. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:08:26]} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc2
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} dxc4
{[%emt 0:01:15]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 6. Qa4 {[%emt 0:
02:23]} (6. O-O {is another main move, but I believe ...Rb8 equalises.}) 6...
Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Bxb4 {
[%emt 0:01:11]} (8. Qb5 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 c3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qb2 Na4 12. Qc2 Nb6
13. e3 O-O 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rac1 Rd8 16. Nb3 Rb8 17. Nc5 Nd5 18. a3 h6 19. Rfe1
b6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxc6 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qd6 23. Qxd6 cxd6 24. Rxa7 Nc3 25. e4 b5
26. d5 Bg4 27. Nd4 b4 28. h3 Bd1 29. e5 b3 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Bc2 32. Nxb3
Rxb3 33. Ree7 g5 34. Rac7 Bf5 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rgf7 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Nd4 {
Harikrishna,P (2755)-Bu,X (2723) Danzhou 2016 0-1}) 8... Ndxb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:13:59]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:52]} a5 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 11. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 12. e3 {[%emt 0:
02:55]} (12. Nd2 $5 {scores extremely well, though it seems Black should
somehow have equality.} Nxd4 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bg2 Bc8 15. Nxc4 Ba6 $1 (15... c5
16. e3 Ba6 17. b3 $14 {Leko,P-Grischuk,A Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, was a better
version for White.}) 16. b3 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Ndc2 $11 {White will be hard pressed
to make anything of the advantage of the bishop.}) 12... a4 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
13. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:10:13] Probably the best try for an edge.} (13. Qe2 $5 {
and now} Na5 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bh3 17. Qf3 $5 {Aronian,
L-Kramnik,V Shanghai 2010, was an interesting piece of preparation from White,
but the exchange did eventually tell.}) 13... Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 14. Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:
00:05] Computers rather like White's position around here, but tend to calm
down quickly.} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:08:01]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 17. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:
10:49]} (17. e4 Nb6 18. Qc3 {might be an interesting way to play - White's
plans like b3, a4, Rfc1, Qc5 are much more immediately obvious than Black's
corresponding ones.}) 17... Rfc8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:07:34]} Bc6
$146 {[%emt 0:06:14]} (18... Be8 {is preferred by engines, but I actually
prefer the text. The follow-up after ...Be8 could be} 19. a4 c5 (19... c6 20.
Nd2 {when Black's grip on equality is a bit tenuous.}) 20. Ne1 Nb4 21. Nd3 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 Ra5 23. Qc3 b6 24. Rd1 Ra7 25. h4 {½-½ (25) Van der Hoeven,D (2639)
-Munoz Moreno,F (2525) ICCF email 2010}) 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Rxa3 {
[%emt 0:00:54] As a human you just know what is going to happen now...} 20.
Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxa1 {
[%emt 0:05:19]} 22. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 23. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:09:28]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 24. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:05:
32]} 25. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:04:49]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:05] ...and here it is.} 27. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kh7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 29. Rc8+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:
32]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Bg5
{[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:49]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]
} 8. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Bxc3+ {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 11. Be2 {
[%emt 0:01:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:
28]} 13. Nd4 {[%emt 0:10:50]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:09:29]} 14. c6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} bxc6
{[%emt 0:08:29]} 15. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Bg3 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 17. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nfe4 {[%emt 0:10:
56]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:16:37]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:04]}
Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 20. Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Nxe2+ {[%emt 0:02:23]} 21. Nxe2
{[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:04:07]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 23. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 24. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:43]
} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 25. Bd4 {[%emt 0:09:34]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 26. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} a6 {[%emt 0:14:20]} 27. h4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:10:
16]} 28. Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:08:44]}
Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Nxd3
{[%emt 0:02:05]} Bxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} 33. a3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 35. Ra1 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 36. Kh3 {
[%emt 0:03:09]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 38. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:39]}
Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Kg4 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 42. Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} 43. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be2
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O
{[%emt 0:04:31]} 5. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8.
Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re8 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:
03:31]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:12:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 14. f3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:41]
} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:05:46]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:17:41]} 16. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:04:14]} 17. Rae1 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 18. Bf2 {
[%emt 0:14:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} c6 {[%emt 0:08:18]}
20. Ne2 {[%emt 0:15:06]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:10:33]} 21. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nfg8 {
[%emt 0:08:42]} 22. Bh4 {[%emt 0:10:46]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 23. Ng3 {[%emt 0:
02:09]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:08:42]} 24. Re5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 25.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:07]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 26. Re6 {[%emt 0:10:36]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:06:49]} 27. b4 {[%emt 0:06:07]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Re1 {[%emt 0:
01:51]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 29. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30.
dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:09:11]} Qxc5 {
[%emt 0:02:24]} 32. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 33. fxg4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 35. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]}
Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 37. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:09] Caruana missed a chance with 37.
Rd6, when after 37...Nxf4, he would have 38.Ng5 and black's knight is lost.
Instead after 37.Bg5 the game ended in a draw ten moves later.} (37. Rd6 Nxf4
38. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7]}) 37... Rh7 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 38. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} d3 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} 39. f5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:02:02]} 40. Ke4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 41. Rf1 {[%emt 0:13:51]} d1=Q {[%emt 0:24:26]} 42.
Rxd1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nc3+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 43. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxd1 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 44. f6 {[%emt 0:12:46]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 45. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 46. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:
08:05]} 47. Kd4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 48. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} e5 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:03:23]} f5
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:08:27]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. dxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:45]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
8. b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:06]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:05:28]} c6 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:
01:16]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 12. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:10:47]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 13.
Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:52]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 14. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} f4 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} 15. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:08:19]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 16. hxg3 {[%emt 0:01:
20]} e3 {[%emt 0:32:51]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 18. Nxc7
{[%emt 0:09:36]} Nxc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:
04:13]} 20. Bd6 {[%emt 0:11:51]} g5 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 21. fxg5 {[%emt 0:06:01]}
Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Rd4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:07:17]} 23. Rd3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Rf1 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 25. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 26. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Bg4
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Rf4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Re6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 28. Bc7 {
[%emt 0:05:55]} h5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 29. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:08:
03]} 30. Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nge8 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:05:40]}
Bxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Rf5 {
[%emt 0:03:27]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 34. Rf4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:01:
48]} 35. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 36. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re8
{[%emt 0:05:24]} 37. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 38. Nf6+ {
[%emt 0:04:09]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:
02:42]} 40. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:05:49]}
Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 42. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:08:59]} 43. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 44. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:14:
03]} 45. cxb5 {[%emt 0:07:46]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 47. Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 48. Kxe3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Rh4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 50. Kf3 {[%emt 0:11:09]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]}
Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 52. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. Re4 {
[%emt 0:01:40]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} 54. e3 {[%emt 0:06:22]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:
16]} 55. b4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Rf5+ {[%emt 0:03:05]} 56. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd5
{[%emt 0:00:47]} 57. Rf7 {[%emt 0:04:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 58. Rg7+ {
[%emt 0:03:09]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 59. Rc7 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:
37]} 60. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 61. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:22]}
Rg6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 62. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:02:16]} 63. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 64. Kh3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 65. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 66. a3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kg6
{[%emt 0:01:43]} 67. g4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} hxg4+ {[%emt 0:10:41]} 68. Kxg4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 69. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 70. e4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 71. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:07:39]} Kd8
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 72. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 73. e5 {[%emt 0:
01:53]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 74. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 75.
bxa5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 76. Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rxa5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 77. e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 78. e7 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 79. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 80.
Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. b3 $5 {An extremely
rare way of avoiding the Queen's Gambit Accepted.} c5 ({In the only other game
played at grandmaster level Black played more carelessly:} 6... Be7 7. Bb2 O-O
8. Be2 c5 9. Rg1 {White does more or less the same as in our main game.} b5 10.
g4 b4 $6 {an unnecessary weakening.} 11. Na4 Bb7 12. g5 Nd5 13. Qc2 Nd7 {
Khismatullin,D (2628)-Grachev,B (2645) Sochi 2017 (0-1, 99)} 14. h4 {[%cal
Gh4h5]} N5b6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Nh2 $16) 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Qc2 Be7 9. a3 b6 {
A hyper cautious move.} ({But Black could have played the natural} 9... b5 10.
Be2 Bb7 {for instance:} 11. a4 Nb4 (11... b4 12. Nb1 O-O 13. d3 Nd5 14. Nbd2
Nc3 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Bxc3 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nb4 18. Rd1 Bf6 19. Qc4 {offers Black
active play, but probably not entirely adequate compensation for the pawn. The
fact is that White is quite solid on the light squares.}) 12. Qb1 bxa4 13. Rxa4
O-O {with satisfactory play.}) 10. g4 {Trying to speed up the attack.} (10. Rg1
{may simply transpose.}) 10... h6 {Again a solid approach.} (10... Nxg4 {
deserves mentioning.} 11. Rg1 (11. Qe4 Nf6 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qb7 Rb8 14. Qxa6
Ra8 $11 {with perpetual harassing of the queen.}) 11... f5 12. h3 Nce5 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Rxg7 Bf6 15. Rg3 b5 16. Be2 Bb7 17. O-O-O {Black is active and has
more space, but his king is a bit unsafe. Whit's play may be just easier in
the least of the cases.}) 11. Rg1 b5 ({Basically losing a tempo. Black might
have feared leaving the bishop on c4 due to} 11... Bb7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Rh6
14. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 15. Nxe6 {but things are not entirely clear as the king can
run away from the dangerous area:} Qd7 16. Nxg7+ Kd8) 12. Be2 Bb7 13. g5 hxg5
14. Nxg5 Rh6 (14... Rxh2 {is too risky:} 15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. Ne4
Ne8 18. Bxg7+ Nxg7 19. Rc1 $5 $16 {The g7-knight is not running anywhere so
White opens a new front along the c-file. The c5-pawn is in danger.} Nd4 $5 20.
Qxg7+ Ke8 21. Qg6+ Kd7 22. exd4 {[%cal Ge2g4,Ge4c5]} Qg8 (22... Qf8 23. Qg3 $1
$18) 23. Qxg8 Rxg8 24. Rxg8 Rh1+ 25. Bf1 Bxe4 26. f3 Bxf3 27. Kf2 Be4 28. dxc5
{and White should win.}) 15. Nce4 (15. Bf3 Rc8) 15... Nxe4 {This slightly
helps White developing the initiative.} (15... Na5 $5 {[%cal Gb7d5,Ga8c8]} 16.
d3 {[%cal Gb7d5,Ge4d2]} (16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nc6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Ne4 Kf8 {
leaves White's pawns hanging while the black king is relatively safe.}) 16...
Rc8 {with certain counterplay.}) 16. Nxe4 g6 $6 {Too passive.} (16... Qd5 $5
17. Bxg7 Rxh2 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rc8 {With his king facing problems
allowing the rook connection (one ould not think of castling long) White
cannot make use of his bishop pair at its best.}) 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Rxh2
19. a4 $36 {Instead of counterplay, Black only has queenside problems now.} Qh4
$2 {A desperate counterattack, which mainly weakens his own king's defence.} (
19... Rc8 $5 20. Bg7 Qe7 (20... Ne7 21. Qe5 $16) 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {[%cal Gf7f6]}
22. Bb2 (22. axb5 axb5 23. Bf3 {[%csl Gh1]} f6 24. Rxg6 Kf7 25. Rh6 Rxh6 26.
Bxh6 Rh8 27. Rc1 Rxh6 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rh1+ 30. Ke2 Rb1 31. Rc3 b4 $11)
22... b4 23. Rc1 {with some vague hopes for an encgame advantage due to his
bishops. The problem is that Black is active and the b3-pawn causes some
worries.}) 20. Rf1 Rc8 21. Qb6 {At this point White's initiative should be
decisive.} Nd8 22. axb5 Bg2 23. Ra4 Qh3 24. Ba3 {White starts missing simple
wins.} (24. bxa6 Bxf1 25. Bxf1 Rh1 26. Qb5+ Nc6 27. a7 $18) 24... Rh1 25. bxa6
Qh8 (25... Bxf1 26. Qb5+ Nc6 27. Bxf1 $18) 26. Rd4 $2 {Throwing away the win
by just one stroke.} (26. d4 $18) (26. Qb5+ Nc6 27. d4 $18) 26... Bxf1 27. Qb5+
$2 {White could have still forced a draw in at least two ways.} (27. Rxd8+ Rxd8
28. Qc6+ Rd7 29. Qc8+ Rd8 $11) (27. Bxf1 Nc6 28. a7 Nxd4 29. exd4 Rxf1+ 30.
Kxf1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qe4+ 32. Kd1 Qd3 33. Bc5 Qb1+ {and this time it is Black who
has the perpetual.}) 27... Nc6 28. Bxf1 Rxf1+ $1 {The start of a simple
combination winning material.} 29. Kxf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qh5+ 31. Qxh5 Nxd4+ $1 32.
exd4 gxh5 {The position is not easy to assess but White's connected pawns are
not dangerous so Black can hope stopping them and winning one of them, with
reasonable winnin chances.} 33. b4 (33. a7 Kd7 34. Bc5 Kc6 35. Kf1 Rg8 $1 $19 {
followed by the advance of the h-pawn.}) 33... Rb8 34. Kf3 Kd7 35. Kg3 Kc6 ({
It would have been better to activate the rook with} 35... Rb6 $1 36. b5 Rxb5
37. Bc5 Kc6 38. a7 Kb7 {with similar play as in the final phase of the game.})
36. b5+ $2 ({Black in vain forces Black into activating his rook. The best
defence was} 36. a7 Ra8 37. b5+ Kxb5 38. Bc5 Rh8 39. Kh4 Kc6 40. Be7 Kb7 41.
Bc5 Rh6 42. Kg5 Rh7 43. Kh4 Rh8 {White will soon land in zugzwang so he should
change the defensive system before advancing his pawns from the second rank.}
44. d5 exd5 45. f4 ({Probably the only saving setup. If} 45. Bd4 Re8 46. Kxh5
Re4 47. Bc5 Rc4 48. Bb6 d4 49. Kg5 Ra4 {or}) (45. Be3 Rd8 46. Kxh5 d4 47. Bg5
Rd6 48. Kg4 Kxa7 {Black should win.}) 45... Rc8 46. Be3 Rc4 47. Kxh5 d4 48. Bf2
d3 49. Kg4 Re4 50. Kf3 Re2 51. Be3 {[%cal Gf3e4] This defensive system seems
reliable enough.} f5 52. Bd4 Rxd2 53. Ke3 Rd1 54. Bc5 Ka8 55. Bd4 {with a draw
since} Rf1 56. Kxd3 Rxf4 {does not offer Black any constructive idea.}) 36...
Rxb5 37. Bc5 Rb2 38. a7 Kb7 39. d5 {Too late.} exd5 40. Be3 Rb4 {[%cal Gd5d4]}
41. d4 (41. Bc5 Rb3+ 42. f3 Rd3 43. Be3 d4 $19) 41... Rb1 {White cannot win
the h-pawn but will lose his a-pawn so he resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:22]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. Be2
{[%emt 0:05:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:10:44]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:03:07]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:04:
17]} 10. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 11. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:22]}
Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:08:09]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:11:37]} 13. Qb3 {
[%emt 0:09:50]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 14. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} axb6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 15. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 16. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Na7 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 17. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:15:55]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Rfd1 {
[%emt 0:02:26]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 19. Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:
11]} 20. Bxe7+ {[%emt 0:04:14]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Bc6 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 22. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:28]} 23. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:01:55]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 24. f3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:
35]} 25. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} g5 {
[%emt 0:03:49]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Rca5 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 28. e4 {[%emt 0:
03:59]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 29. hxg5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
30. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 31. Rh1 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Raa8 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} 32. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 33. Ke3 {[%emt 0:
00:59]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 34. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rgc8 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 35.
g3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 36. a3 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Rgc8 {[%emt 0:
07:26]} 37. Rb4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Rd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:02:02]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
14]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:05]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 7. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} 8. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 11. Qc1 {[%emt 0:
02:21]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 13.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:07:30]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:05:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:07:37]} 16. h4 {[%emt 0:29:
52]} h6 {[%emt 0:08:29]} 17. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18.
Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 19. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:08:09]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 21. Nc5 {
[%emt 0:19:32]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:08:52]} 22. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:
29]} 23. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 24. g4 {[%emt 0:12:54]} c5
{[%emt 0:17:41]} 25. dxc5 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 26. Rxc5 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 27. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 28. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:04] Home-made chess it is today! It is a
relief to see one of the world elite players trying out an 'interesting' 3rd
move in this position - there are many which have appealed to me and other
theory-lite players in the past, including Bg5, c3, b4...} ({It would be
remiss of me not to mention the 'Old Speckled Egg' setup, pioneered by my
fellow English GM, Keith Arkell. The idea is similar to those of the text.} 3.
b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 $1 {Against ...d5 setups, White obtains an easier
position!} 6. e3 c5 $11 {Fernandez,D-Ghasi,A chess. com INT 2017, Black had
equalised and ultimately won.}) 3... d5 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:01]}
(4. b4 $5 {is interesting if we bear the above note in mind. For instance, now}
Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e3 Bf5 7. c4 a5 8. b5 {leaves Black a bit short of plans, so
Black might have to play more directly, for instance with 4...a5.}) 4... Nc6 {
[%emt 0:15:09] Among other things, this move prevents b4, but it is hard to
find plans for Black in what follows.} 5. b3 {[%emt 0:11:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:
58]} 6. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:28]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:45]} a5 {
[%emt 0:07:40]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:04:31]} (8. c4 {attempts to call Black's bluff:}
a4 {is not that threatening since after} 9. bxa4 {the pawn will prove rather
hard to regain.}) 8... b6 {[%emt 0:05:39]} (8... Ne4 9. c4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 $14)
9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:58]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 10. c4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Ne7 {
[%emt 0:04:24]} 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:08:38] Allowing Black's light-squared bishop
to develop on its preferred diagonal.} ({We have nevertheless reached a
vaguely Catalan-esque position, in which White tends to keep the central pawn
tension until an advantageous moment, so} 11. Qc2 $5 {deserved consideration.
There could follow:} c6 12. Rac1 Ba6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qb1 $14 {and White has a
good version of the Catalan, because ...c5 is almost impossible to arrange.})
11... exd5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:08:55]} 13. Rc1
{[%emt 0:03:21] A slightly strange move, conceding the a-file and hence
equality.} (13. b5 {was the most principled. Doubtless, Black has in mind the
equally principled} cxb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 {but here White can pretend to have an
edge, e.g.} 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. a4 $32 {when if nothing else, the queenside pawn
structure bodes well for an endgame.}) 13... axb4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 14. axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07] Black keeps it solid, since ...Ne8-d6-c4 is
not too hard to arrange for him.} 15. Nb3 {[%emt 0:05:01]} (15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Qc2
$5 {was an interesting and quite maximalist pawn sacrifice.}) 15... Ra2 {
[%emt 0:11:22]} 16. Bc3 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 17. Be1 {[%emt 0:
04:47]} (17. Nfd2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd6 $11 {still leads to an equal position-
White has two knights but only one useful outpost!}) 17... Ra6 {[%emt 0:04:15]
From a human point of view, it is sensible to cut out Na5 options with the
attendant rook-traps, and also protect the c6-pawn.} (17... Bg4 $5 18. h3 Bxf3
19. Bxf3 Nd6 $11 {is equal for precisely the same reason as the last note.})
18. Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Rb6 $6 {[%emt 0:03:00] Solid to a fault.} (18... Nxc5
19. Rxc5 Qd6 {might have been slightly more unpleasant for White to play - c6
is not easy to hit, and Black's doubling on the a-file comes quickly.}) 19. Ra1
{[%emt 0:06:35]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:09:30]} 20. h3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 21. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 22. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:12] Now if we are looking at the position seriously, White has
a slight edge, though quite how to prosecute it is not clear.} 23. Ra7 {
[%emt 0:06:42]} (23. Qc2 Ra8 24. Bb4 Qd7 25. Ra2 Ra7 26. Rfa1 Rfa8 27. Be2 $14
{followed by kingside pawn pushes might be the best way to try- Black has no
counterplay and while his position is tremendously solid, he has no option
other than staying solid.}) 23... Ra8 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 24. Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (24... Rxa7 $5 25. Qxa7 Nf5 26. Bb4 Qg5 $132) 25. Rxa8 {
[%emt 0:02:16]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:
05]} 27. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5
{[%emt 0:02:50]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:02:04] Now play looks similar to two notes
ago, but Black is closer to arranging the major-piece swaps in a good way.}
hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 30. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 31. Rxa8+ {
[%emt 0:04:39]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:03:
48] On principle, with White having played kingside pawn pushes, it is correct
to keep queens on.} (32... Qxa3 $5 33. Bxa3 f4 $11 {was a way for Black to
think about maybe, eventually, winning-on a good day with a following wind,
and if and only if White tries to win with a pawn break.}) 33. gxf5 {[%emt 0:
01:17]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:39]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:02] The
position is now completely balanced and it is for White to force a draw before
Black develops real play with ...Ng6 or ...g4.} 35. Be2 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Qe4+ {
[%emt 0:01:42]} (35... Ng6 36. Qd3 $1 $11) 36. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qf5 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 37. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Bf3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 (6. Rxb1 {- see
Karjakin-Wei Yi in CBM 174.}) 6... Bb4+ 7. Kd1 {A very unusual line but Magnus
Carlsen regularly proves that White's king in the centre is less a problem for
him than it might seem.} Bd6 (7... O-O 8. c5 c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ke2 Ba5 11. g4
g6 {0-1 (26) Caruana,F (2807)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017} 12. h4 $40) (
7... Ne4 8. Qc2 Bd6 (8... c6 9. Bd3 f5 10. Ke2 (10. cxd5 $5 exd5 11. g4 $36)
10... Nd7 (10... Bd6 $142) 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. c5 Bxc5 {1-0 (23) Rambaldi,F (2574)
-Sanchez Alvarez,R (2402) Panama City PAN 2017} 13. Qxb7 $16) 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10.
Bd3 f5 {0-1 (75) Demidov,M (2523)-Kovalenko,I (2635) chess.com INT 2018} 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 $14) (7... Be7 8. c5 b6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bd3 {
1-0 (75) Margvelashvili,G (2547)-Gerzhoy,L (2489) Saint Louis 2012} f5 $13) (
7... c5 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Bc7 11. Bxc7 Qxc7 12. c5 O-O 13. Bb5 Ne4
14. Qb2 Nc6 15. Ke2 f5 $13 {1-0 (33) Olbrich,M (2302)-Stettler,M (2291)
Germany 2002}) (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Bg3 Nbd7 10. Ke2 Qe7 11. Qc2 O-O 12.
Rhd1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Kf1 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qe5 $11 {1/2 (23)
Wirthensohn,H (2361)-Mathonia,C (2197) Germany 2002}) 8. Bg5 (8. c5 Bxf4 9.
exf4 Ne4 10. Qc2 Qf6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. cxb6 cxb6 15. Ke2 b5
16. Bb3 a5 $17 {0-1 (30) Nikolic,Z-Djukic,Z Nis 1981}) (8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qc2 (9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ke2 Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 c5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 c5
16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Kf1 Rfc8 $15 {0-1 (49) Hauge,L (2436)-Vaibhav,S (2542) chess.
com INT 2018}) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nbd7 12. Ke2 c6 13. Rhd1 Qe7 14.
Rac1 e5 $11 {1/2 (18) Demidov,M (2523)-Andriasian,Z (2585) chess.com INT 2018})
8... h6 (8... c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 (11... Be7 $142 $14)
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qc2 $16 {1-0 (26) Carlsen,M (2838)-Finegold,B (2481) chess.
com INT 2017}) (8... c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ke2 Qe7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Kf1
e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qe6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bf5 Qe7 19. Qc2
$14 {1-0 (74) Kobo,O (2489)-Taylor,A (2256) Barcelona 2016}) 9. Bxf6 (9. Bh4 {
was played in two online games between Carlsen and So:} Nbd7 (9... g5 10. Bg3
Ne4 11. Qc2 g4 12. Nd2 Bxg3 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. hxg3 f5 15. Qb3 $14 {1/2 (77)
Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12.
Ke2 Be7 13. b4 a6 14. Rc1 O-O 15. a4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxh4 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Nb6
19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 a5 $11 {1-0 (35) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com
INT 2017}) 9... Qxf6 10. cxd5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10. c5 Bf8 ({there is nothing
wrong with} 10... Be7) 11. Qc2 c6 12. b4 a6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Ke2 g5 15. h3 Bg7
16. a4 Qe7 17. Rad1 O-O 18. g4 e5 $13 {1/2 (40) So,W (2822)-Wojtaszek,R (2745)
Shamkir 2017}) 10... exd5 11. e4 $1 {Unusual: White attacks in the centre when
his uncastled king is there! Moreover, he has no development advantage or
other positional trumps. The justification of his action is purely tactical: a
favourable constellation of pieces at this particular moment. And surprisingly
it works!} Be7 (11... Qe6 $5 12. e5 Be7 13. Bb5+ Nd7) 12. Bb5+ $5 ({Of course,
not} 12. exd5 Nd7 {followed by 0-0-0.}) ({The immediate} 12. e5 {allows Black
to activate his queen:} Qb6) 12... c6 13. e5 Qf4 14. Bd3 c5 {Black must get
access to White's king.} 15. dxc5 Nc6 16. Qc1 {Of course, the exchange of
queens is favourable for White.} Qb4 17. a3 $1 (17. Ke2 Bxc5 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. a4
a6 20. b4 Nxb4 21. Rb1 O-O 22. Kf1 Qc6 23. a5 Rac8 24. Qd2 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 {
0-1 (68) Sadzikowski,D (2584)-Bai,J (2575) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse G 2018}
Rfd8 $15) 17... Qxc5 18. Ke2 {...but Magnus Carlsen doesn't hurry!} ({After} 
18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Ke2 O-O {[%csl Re5] Black should equalize.}) 18... Nd4+ (
18... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Re7c5]}) 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. f4 O-O 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Rhe1 f6
23. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6+ 24. Kf3 {White has sacrificed a pawn but his king
is now safe, and the weakness of light squares in Black's position becomes
critical.} Qd7 (24... Qf7 {[%cal Yf7h5]} 25. Bf5 Kh8 26. Rad1 {is very
unpleasant, too.}) 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Qe3 Bd6 27. Bg6 f5 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6
Bc5 {This move allows White to regain material while keeping a big positional
advantage} ({but after} 29... Bb8 30. h4 {Black's position is completely
passive.}) 30. Re5 (30. g3 $142 {protecting the f4-pawn, and then Re6-e5.})
30... Rf6 (30... Bd6 $142 $1 31. Rxf5 (31. Rexd5 Rf6 $1 32. Bxf5 g6 {regaining
the f4-pawn is the point of Black's defence}) 31... Bc7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {
, and Black keeps good drawing chances.}) 31. Bxf5 Bd6 32. Rdxd5 Kf7 33. Re4 g6
34. Bg4 {As a result, White has won a pawn.} h5 35. Bh3 Re8 36. Red4 Be5 37.
Rb4 g5 38. g3 (38. Rxb7+ Kf8 39. g3 gxf4 40. g4 {was not clear due to} hxg4+
41. Bxg4 Rd6 $1 {with drawing chances for Black. If} 42. Rxd6 Bxd6 43. Rxa7 {
then} Re3+ 44. Kg2 Rb3) 38... b6 39. Rd7+ Kf8 40. Rh7 {White goes for a
position with 3 pawns vs. bishop. He had a good alternative:} (40. Rxa7 Bd6 41.
Rc4 gxf4 42. gxf4 b5 43. Re4 Rxe4 44. Kxe4 Rxf4+ 45. Kd5 $16) 40... g4+ 41.
Bxg4 hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 {Computers usually evaluate such positions as nearly equal
but in fact, they are quite difficult to defend. Wesley So fails to hold his
ground.} Bd6 43. Rc4 a5 (43... Rg6+ $142 44. Kf5 Rg7 {exchanging White's
active rook.}) 44. Rc6 Kg8 {Black now loses a fourth pawn but} ({if} 44... Be7
{then} 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46. Rxf6+ Bxf6 47. Rxe8 Kxe8 48. b3 {. After the exchange
of both pairs of rooks the endgame is winning for White.}) 45. Rb7 Be5 46.
Rcxb6 Rxb6 47. Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] The rest is a matter of technique, which the
World Champion hardly lacks.} Bd4 48. Rb5 Re2 49. b3 Rxh2 50. Rxa5 Re2 51. Rd5
Bb2 52. a4 Bc3 53. Kf5 Re8 54. g4 Rf8+ 55. Ke4 Rb8 56. Rb5 Re8+ 57. Kd3 Be1 58.
a5 Bf2 59. b4 Re3+ 60. Kc4 Re4+ 61. Kb3 Kf7 62. Re5 Rd4 (62... Rxf4 63. Rf5+
Rxf5 64. gxf5 $18) 63. b5 Rd3+ 64. Kc2 Rg3 65. g5 Bd4 66. Rd5 Be3 67. Rd3 Rg2+
68. Kb3 Bc1 69. b6 Ke6 70. Rd4 Rb2+ 71. Ka4 Kf5 72. Rb4 Ra2+ 73. Kb5 Bxf4 74.
Rxf4+ Kxf4 75. b7 {A fantastic game, a real gem of chess strategy of the
future. It is very difficult to say where Black committed mistakes leading to
his defeat!} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} O-O
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:31] Expressing a
willingness to play...a Benoni structure! Again Gawain Jones brings something
new to the top table. Obviously ...c6 or ...d6 are completely normal.} 6. dxc5
{[%emt 0:04:39]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 7. Qa4 {[%emt 0:11:04]} (7. Bd2 Qxc5 8.
Rc1 d6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Nh3 Bxh3 11. Bxh3 d5 $132 {Greet,A-Howell, D England 2017.
This was a game featuring another English star on the Black side of this line.}
) 7... Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (8...
Qh5 9. h3 $1 $14 {is strangely unpleasant.}) 9. c5 {[%emt 0:04:03] This is
very maximalist play, trying to rule out both ... d6 and ...b6 at once.} Nc6 $6
{[%emt 0:09:53] Black prepares a gambit, but this may not have been best.} (
9... Na6 $5 {leads to some lines which just have to be mentioned!} 10. Rc1 $6 (
10. Qb5 Ng4 $132) (10. Nb5 Qe5 11. Bd4 Qf5 12. Rc1 d5 $132) 10... Nxc5 $1 {
Ignoring the idea White had set up against this. The move works due to the
filthy detail} 11. Nb5 Qc6 $3 $15 {and suddenly Black is the one playing for
an edge.}) 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:14:56] Practically not a bad
move, as everything else is just nice for White.} (10... Qb8 11. Nf3 b6 {
is too slow: now White almost wins on the spot with} 12. Bf4 $16) 11. cxb6 {
[%emt 0:20:28]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 12. bxa7 {[%emt 0:12:04]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} 13. Nb5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06] Most accurate, but unfortunately for Black
also quite easy to find.} Bb7 {[%emt 0:11:22]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Qxb3 {
[%emt 0:11:47]} (14... Qe5 $5 15. Nf3 Qh5 {is actually not trivial for White
to play - the best move is apparently} 16. Nh4 $1 $16) 15. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} Nxa7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 16. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:30]
Bringing about an endgame where Black can put up some very inspired resistance,
but ultimately should lose against good play.} 17. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:15:49]} Rxb7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. f3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (18... e6 19. Nh3
Nd5 20. Bf2 Nc3 21. Rd2 d5 {is also maybe interesting, with the idea of ...d4
and ...e5 to play against White's minor pieces.}) 19. Bf2 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Ra8
{[%emt 0:05:58]} 20. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 21. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rbxa7 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 22. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 23. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:09:10]} 24. Rxa1 $16 {[%emt 0:
00:02] It is now just a technical question. While the fortress possibilities
are not small, and more than likely with perfect play the game is actually a
draw, Black is always going to lose this in a practical game unless he (for
instance) manages to exchange knights.} d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 25. Ra7 {[%emt 0:
02:10]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 26. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 27.
Ra8 {[%emt 0:10:17]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 28. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} h6 {[%emt 0:
00:52]} 29. Nh7 $5 {[%emt 0:00:05] An interesting call, and not one I
necessarily agree with.} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:02:55]} 31. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 32. g4 {[%emt 0:
03:10]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (33...
Ne3+ $5 {deserved consideration. I think if Black can get ...g5 for free then
he draws, but White's tempi don't work out either e.g.} 34. Kf2 Nd1+ 35. Kg3 (
35. Ke1 Ne3 {and since ...Ng2 is threatened White will have to go back.}) 35...
g5 36. e4 Nc3 $1 37. Rc8 Ne2+ $1 {It is rather useful that this is check.} 38.
Kf2 Nf4 $11 {This position has got to be a fortress.}) 34. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:56]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 35. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 36. Rc6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 37. e3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:24]
} 38. h5 {[%emt 0:00:23] So Black got ...g5 in but his knight has lost its
bearings a little bit.} Na3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Nc4 $2 {
[%emt 0:02:16] Losing a pawn, and possibly the decisive mistake.} (39... Nb5
40. Kf2 Kf6 {and even though it feels uncomfortable Black may be able to get
back on track soon with ...Ke7 and ...Nd6, since taking the h-pawn gets
White's rook trapped.}) 40. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 41. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 42. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:
37]} 43. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 44. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:58]}
Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:32] Initially I thought there were still chances for this to
be a fortress but then I realised Black has too many targets. Maybe with the
h-pawns off the board?} 45. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:12:37]} 46. Rd5 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:
15]} 48. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ng2+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} 49. Ke4 $18 {[%emt 0:00:20]
} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 50. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 51. Ke5 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 52. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 53. Kd6 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 54. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Kf8
{[%emt 0:03:16]} 55. Rf5 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Ng2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 56. Kd7 {
[%emt 0:03:01]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 57. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} f5 {[%emt 0:08:
03]} 58. Ke6 {[%emt 0:06:38]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 59. Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:40]}
Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 60. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 61. Re5 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 62. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:38] Perhaps
forgetting, or not knowing, that the Open Ruy Lopez was basically co-invented
by Anand, in New York 1995 (it existed before, but his role was similar to
that of Kramnik with the Berlin Wall!)} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} ({A little
history lesson is in order, beginnning with the move} 9... Nc5 {:} 10. c3 d4 (
10... Be7 {exists too, but after} 11. Bc2 {I feel White must have a more
pleasant position}) 11. Ng5 $5 {One of the most shocking moves in 'modern'
opening theory to an impressionable 9-year-old me, learning chess in 2004!}
dxc3 $6 (11... Qxg5 {was obviously tried too, and with best play Black is
committing to a piece sacrifice.} 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5
15. b4 Qd5 $1 $44 {Grischuk,A-Anand,V Wijk aan Zee 2005}) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
bxc3 Qd3 14. Nf3 (14. Bc2 $5 Qxc3 15. Nb3 $13 {was ultimately decided upon as
White's best, and Black is in quite a bit of trouble here.}) 14... O-O-O 15.
Qe1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb7 17. Be3 Be7 18. Bg5 (18. Qc1 $5 $40) 18... h6 (18... Rhe8
$11) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd4 Rxd4 21. cxd4 Qxb3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Nd5 24. Kf2
Kb6 $44 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V New York 1995, Black had enough compensation to
draw.}) 10. c3 {[%emt 0:05:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Bc2 {[%emt 0:05:23]}
f5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (11... Bf5 $5) 12. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} (12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 $32 {looks hard to play for Black, but maybe it is just me. A
useful game to look at: Anton Guijarro,D-Vidit,S Martuni 2016}) 12... Qd7 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Nfd4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:05:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (17.
Bxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 $14 {might have been worth playing, not least to remind
Wesley of his loss to Carlsen from this event!}) 17... Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (
17... b4 {makes the game quite strategically messy, but probably still better
for White.}) 18. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} (19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Bd8 23. b3 $14 {
is another take, with c4 to come soon}) 19... Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:13] So we get here anyway! However, here Black has good play
through the centre.} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (21. b4 $5 {
was vaguely Carlsenesque, but objectively Black should have no problem after
accepting:} cxb4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Qd3 $44) 21... d4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:26] It is
not only White who can play with colour complexes.} 22. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:50]}
c4 {[%emt 0:00:04] Threatening ...Bc5, and Ra5 is met with ...Qb6.} 23. b3 {
[%emt 0:08:35]} (23. Qd2 $5 Qd5 (23... Bc5 24. Qa5 $16) 24. Ra5 {would have
tested Black more, though he still has compensation.}) 23... Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 24. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:09:00]}
bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 26. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:04:09]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:11]} 27. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:13:49]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Rd1 $146 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (28. Ra8
Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Qb7+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ {1/2-1/2 (31) Adams,M (2761)-Giri,A 
(2769) Shenzhen 2017}) 28... Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 29. Qb7 {[%emt 0:07:25]} Bb6
$11 {[%emt 0:02:54] Neutralised by a whisker!} 30. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:05:21]} Bxd8
{[%emt 0:00:19]} 31. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 32. Qxb6 {
[%emt 0:01:25]} Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:26]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:44]}
Bb4+ {[%emt 0:03:13]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (5... Be7 {
is far more common. It has a few advantages over the text- for instance,
covering the h4-d8 diagonal; avoiding c5 with tempo, and keeping d5 better
covered.} 6. Nf3 (6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 {has scored extremely well for Black})
6... O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {We have obtained a standard 'delayed Catalan', as seen
for instance in Karjakin-Wei from this event.}) 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:15] Trying
to make Black take on c4 or play ...c6, neither of which is particularly
favourable.} O-O {[%emt 0:03:07]} (6... c6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7
10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bc2 $14 {Vallejo Pons,F-Quesada Perez,Y Monzon 2016}) (6...
dxc4 {might nevertheless be the best move.} 7. Qa4+ (7. e4 e5 $132) 7... Nbd7 (
7... Nc6 $6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qxc4 Qb8 11. b3 Qb7 12. Nf3 Bc6 $6
13. O-O Bxf3 14. exf3 Qxf3 15. d5 $16 {Donchenko, A-Bartel,M Gjakova 2016}) 8.
Qxc4 a6 $1 $132 {According to what I can see, this position has never been
viewed, let alone played, but a preliminary investigation indicates Black is
probably okay playing the standard ...Rb8, ... 0-0 and then whichever of ...b5,
...e5 and ...c5 best suits the position.} ({Meanwhile} 8... O-O 9. Nb5 $14 {
is arguably another disadvantage of ...Bd6})) 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:32] If this
forcing approach works, there is no need to analyse anything else.} (7. e4 {
might be another move, as in the Vallejo game above, but here Black can
eventually play ...c5 in one.}) 7... exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 10.
Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:07:57]} (10... c6 11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12. hxg3
Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Ng5 $16) 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} c6 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} (11... Nd7 {After the precise} 12. Rg1 $1 {Black has an
interesting choice to make.} Nf6 (12... Nb6 $5 13. Bh6 g6 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44 {
is not stupid either}) 13. Bc4 (13. Bh6 Ng4 14. Bg5 Be7 $11) 13... Bf5 14.
O-O-O (14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Bh6 Qh4 $1 $132) 14... Qe7 $132 {White's
attacking chances are not insignificant, but Black has completed development
and should be fine.}) 12. Bc4 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Bf5 $6 {[%emt 0:13:41] Between
them the last two moves deserve one 'dubious' mark, and I have decided to
award it here.} (12... Nd7 13. Rg1 Nb6 {was once again worth considering,
since White runs into some tactical issues down the road if he takes the
exchange.}) 13. Ng5 {[%emt 0:08:52]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:07:
15]} (14. O-O-O h6 15. e4 $40 {is revealed to be really problematic after some
deep engine analysis, but the text is more natural.}) 14... Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:19]
} 15. h4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:04:00]} (15... h5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3
g6 18. O-O-O Nd7 19. e4 $40) 16. O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:00]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:48]}
17. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h5 {[%emt 0:20:41]} (17... h6 18. h5 Qxg5 19. hxg6
Qxg6 20. Rdd1 $40 {is really difficult to believe for Black.}) (17... Nd7 18.
h5 Qxg5 19. hxg6 Qxg6 {could have been a bail-out option: the engine
recommendation is} 20. Qh3 {but there could follow} (20. Rdd1 $5) 20... Nf6 21.
Bd3 Qh6 {and Black has reached an endgame.}) 18. Rg1 {[%emt 0:09:39] The
position is now basically objectively winning in a number of ways.} (18. Qg3 $5
{is a slightly cunning move, cuing up Ne6 (the text does not do this, because
of the x-ray attack from the f8-rook.)}) 18... Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 19. Qg3 {
[%emt 0:04:47]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 20. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:
29]} (20... Nd5 21. e4 {does not really do anything to interfere with the
threat of Nxf7.}) 21. e4 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 22. e5 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:08:
41]} 24. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (24... fxg6 25. Qb3+ $18 {
is of course the point.}) 25. Bh7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26.
Rxg3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} fxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Bxe8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Rg5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. Rxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:16] It is
pointless to go on.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
{This was the system prepared by Caruana for this tournament. In several
similar positions he developed his queen to b3 instead of the usual Qc2. In
the past, these l;ines used to be a specialty of Romanishin.} Nbd7 ({For} 8...
b6 {see Caruana,F (2784)-Ding Liren (2769) Berlin 2018 (½-½, 67)}) 9. Bf4 a5
{Black refrains from ...b7-b6 in order to be able to answer cxd5 with ...exd5.
But the question is how he is going to complete his development.} ({The
question about whether the bishop stands better on d2 or on c1 is not entirely
elucidated. A Romanishin game, reaching this position without ...Bb4+ and Bd2
on the way, continued:} 9... Nh5 10. Bd2 $5 (10. Bc1 {is more natural but
curiously I did not find games with the most consequent} f5) 10... f5 (10... a5
{is an attempt to reach some improved version of the main game. White could try
} 11. Ne5 {since the central exchange would leave the h5-knight in a delicate
situation, but after} Nhf6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Be3 {Black is not without chances.})
11. Bb4 a5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 Nhf6 14. Ne1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge1d3,Gd2f3]} (
{Before starting the standard regrouping WHite could have considered
activating his major pieces, for instance} 14. Rac1 a4 15. Qe3 $14) 14... a4
15. Qc2 e5 $5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3
Be6 21. Nf3 f4 $13 {Romanishin,O-Korensky,V Tbilisi (Georgia) 1974 (1-0, 40.
Black's attacking chances (at least partly) compensate for White's blocvkade
on d4.}) (9... Qb6 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Na3 b6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qxc4
15. Qxc4 dxc4 16. Nfd4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nc7 Bb7 (18... Rb8 19. Nxd5) 19.
Nf5 Bb4 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Bd4 $14 {1-0 (70) Romanishin,O (2600)-Hertneck,G 
(2555) Bad Lauterberg 1991 CBM 027 [Hertneck,G]}) (9... b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 (10...
Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 {Roiz,M (2659)-Gyimesi,Z (2584) Germany 2009
CBM 134 [Roiz,M] (1-0, 83)}) 10. Rd1 Nh5 {I am always happy when I see this
move from the whote side as it allows "correcting" the bishop's position,
neutralising the merits of ...Bb4+. But ...a7-a5 involves a serious commitment
and Black's choice is narrower than in other lines already.} (10... b5 11. c5
Ba6 12. Qc2 b4 13. Bf1 (13. Re1 {is more or less similar to the main game.})
13... Ne4 14. Nbd2 f5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bg5 18. f4 Bf6 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. a3 b3 21. Rac1 $14 {Mamedyarov,S (2775)-Kovalenko,I (2644) Riga
2013 (½-½, 35)}) ({The consequent} 10... a4 {mainly weakens this pawn.} 11.
Qc2 b6 12. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 (12... Bb7 13. Nc3 a3 14. b3 $16 {planning e2-e4}) 13.
dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 {and in avoidance of the worse Black has to play}
d4 16. Rxd4 g5 17. Bc1 Bc5 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Nc3 b5 (19... a3 20. Na4 $1) 20.
Nxb5 Nxe5 $14 {with just some compensation for the pawn.}) ({The main move is} 
10... b6 {leaving White with some initiative in the symmetrical position
resulting after} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. a4 {½-½ Foisor,O 
(2495)-Arkhipov,S (2485) Moscow 1987}) 11. Bc1 Nhf6 12. Nbd2 $146 {A logical
novelty, preparing e2-e4 without leaving c4 vulnerable.} (12. Nc3 a4 13. Qc2 (
13. Nxa4 dxc4 14. Qc2 b5 $132) 13... dxc4 14. e4 h6 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5
$13 {½-½ Ulybin,M (2521)-Palac,M (2586) Zagreb 2011}) 12... b5 13. c5 b4 ({
Since Black's main plan is breaking in the centre, he should have prepared
this at once without wasting time with pawn moves:} 13... Qc7 $5 {It could be
that So wanted to keep his indirect control over g5, fearing something like}
14. e4 dxe4 ({The aforementioned hypotetical fears are justified after} 14...
Nxe4 $6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 a4 18. Qc2 f5 19. Be7 Re8 20. Bd6 {
with overwhelming compensation for the pawn.}) 15. Ng5 {But Black seems to be
doing fine here:} a4 16. Qc2 e3 17. fxe3 e5 $132) 14. Qc2 a4 15. Re1 ({Still
preparing e2- e4 as if} 15. e4 b3 16. Qb1 bxa2 17. Rxa2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19.
Qxe4 Nxc5 $1 {Black should be OK despite his apparently hanging position.
After the game move White has basically lost two tempi with his major pieces,
but the merits of the massive pawn advance on the queenside are not entirely
clear.}) 15... e5 {It's now or never.} ({It is too late for half measures as} 
15... Qc7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 $16 {leads to a favourable structure for White.}
) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Bxc5 $6 {Leaving g5 undefended is too
inviting for a Catalan specialist, even though Caruana hesitated for a while
before answering.} (18... Nxc5 $5 19. Be3 Ra5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. f4 {offers White
some pressure but not a direct atack.}) 19. Ng5 $1 {Perfectly in the good old
Catalan spirit, by switching to a kingside attack.} g6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. e4 $1 {
Black's kingside is not prepared for White's massive attack.} b3 22. axb3 axb3
23. Qe2 Ba6 ({Caruana was mainly worried about} 23... Ra2 24. e6 $1 ({During
the press conference Caruana indicated only} 24. Rab1 Ba6 25. Qf3 Bd3 26. Qxd3
Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxb2 {and}) (24. exd5 Ba6 25. Qf3 Rxb2 26. Ne4 cxd5
27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Be3 Bc4 29. Bd4 {when he did not like playing against the
passed b-pawn.}) 24... fxe6 25. exd5 e5 {Trying to prevent the queen's
infiltration.} 26. dxc6 exf4 27. cxd7 Bxd7 28. Rad1 {Despite the apparently
annoying pressure on f2 Black is in big trouble. For instance:} fxg3 29. hxg3
Rxf2 (29... Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxe1 31. Rxd7 {threatening Bd5+ followed by Rxh7
mate.}) 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Rxd7) 24. Qf3 Bc4 (24... h6 {just weakens the
kingside:} 25. Nh3 (25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. exd5 {also looks tempting but Black can
try surviving with} Nf8) 25... dxe4 26. Qxe4 $18 {c6 and h6 are hanging and
the threat e5-e6 is killing. More than Black cn cope with, for sure.}) 25. Rxa8
Rxa8 26. e6 dxe4 (26... fxe6 $2 27. Bc7 $1) 27. exf7+ Bxf7 28. Nxe4 Bd4 (28...
Re8 $16 {Caruana}) 29. Nd6 {Caruana concludes the attack with simple moves.}
Bd5 30. Qe2 Nf8 31. Bxd5+ cxd5 32. Qf3 Qa5 33. Re7 $4 {The bishop will move
away and there will be no defence against Qf7+.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 {Even though generally useful, this move is usually played at a
later stage.} (9. Re1 {and}) (9. Nbd2 {are by far more popular.}) 9... Bb7 ({
Once again not as popular as the alternative} 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 {, aiming
for a Chigorin setup.}) 10. Nbd2 Re8 $146 {Strictly speaking a novelty, but
play could have later transposed to familiar paths.} ({Transposing to an old
Breyer tabyia with} 10... Nb8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8) 11. Ng5 Rf8
12. Re1 {Of course, White is not interested in repeating moves so early.} d5 $6
{After the game, Grischuk criticised this move. True, So's initial intention
obviously was playing the Marshall attack, but opening the centre with loss of
time (...d7-d6-d5) is a bit risky.} (12... h6 13. Ngf3 Re8 {would transpose to
known lines, for instance} 14. Nf1 Bf8 15. Ng3 Nb8 16. Nh4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18.
Nhf5 {Kasparov,G (2825)-Svidler,P (2690) Linares 1998 CBM 064 [Hecht,H] (½-½,
64)}) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ndf3 {Grischuk was not entirely satisfied with this
move, as he could not find any favourable tactics after it.} ({With hindsight,
} 14. Nde4 {may be, indeed, more precise, sustaining Grischuk's intuitive
evaluation.} h6 (14... Qd7 {allows} 15. Qh5 {, increasing the pressure on e5,
for instance:} h6 16. Nf3 {One point is that} Nf6 {runs into} 17. Nxe5 $1) 15.
Nf3 Qd7 16. a4 ({This is the most precise move order. If} 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. a4 {
Black can play} b4 {as c3 is hanging.}) 16... Rad8 (16... b4 17. a5 $14) 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Ng3 {with certain pressure in the centre.}) 14... Qd7 15. d4 {
The best practical solution. WHite neutralises Black's space advantage and
takes the weak c5-square under control.} ({The pawn is not edible:} 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Rxe5 f6 $15) 15... exd4 16. cxd4 h6 17. Ne4 Rfe8 $6 {This is the main
reason for Black's ulterior difficulties.} ({He should not have given White
the time to build up his attack by increasing the potential pressure on d4
with:} 17... Rad8 18. Bd2 $6 (18. a4 {is probably better, maintaining the
equality.}) 18... Nf6 $1) 18. Bd2 (18. Qd3 $5 {was an interesting alternative,
mainly directed against Black's freeing ...Nf6.} Ncb4 (18... Nf6 $6 19. Bxh6 $1
) 19. Qb1 Rad8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Qd3 $14 {followed by Bd2 and Bc2.}) 18... Nf6 19.
Rc1 $1 {Taking the weakened c-file under control, which will surprisingly
result in the rook's inclusion in the attack.} ({Grischuk refrained from} 19.
d5 Nxd5 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Bxd5 {due to} Rad8 $11 {exchanging queens and
neutralising White's initiative.}) 19... Nxe4 {Obviously a concession,
allowing the radical activation of the white king's rook. But it is not easy
to suggest anything better.} ({Now and in the near future the pawn is not
edible:} 19... Nxd4 $2 20. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 21. Ne5+) ({It is too late for Black
to complete his development as} 19... Rad8 {allows} 20. Rxc6 $1 {threatening
Ne5 and if} Nxe4 21. Bxf7+ $18 {due to his inaccuracy on move 17 Black is
short of just one tempo to get coordinated.}) 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. Rg4 Kh8 {
Parrying Bxh6 (at least temporarily) but weakening f7 and giving away another
tempo.} ({If} 21... h5 22. Rf4 {the pawn is vulnerable to Rc5. After} Rad8 {
Grischuk intended} 23. Ng5 $5 $18) ({Taking the pawn once again fails to solve
Black's problems:} 21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bc3 c5 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4
Qe7 ({Actually} 25... Re1+ {is somewhat better, with just a "close to losing"
ending after} 26. Qxe1 Qxd4 27. Rc7 Bd5 28. Rd7 Qe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxf7 $16)
26. Rd7 Rad8 27. Bxf7+ $1 ({Better than Grischuk's suggestion} 27. Rcc7 $16 {
with a similar ending as above.}) 27... Qxf7 28. Rxd8 $18) 22. Rc5 {Grischuk
confessed he did not calculate anything when playing this move, evaluating the
position in an amusing way: "If there is no win, I could simply quit chess!"
This comment is more instructive than So's complaint that things did not work
out for him tactically. Indeed, all White's pieces are targeting the enemy
king and some of them also control important squares in the defensive area,
making it difficult for Black to get counterplay.} Rad8 23. Qc1 ({White is
confident in the strength of his position and does not hurry with the equally
strong} 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Qc1 Bg7 25. Rh5 Qd6 26. Ng5 {Grischuk saw all this,
but thought there might be some incertainty. In fact, White is winning after}
Re7 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28. Bxf7 {[%cal Gg4g6] The threat Rg6 is decisive and} Nxd4
{allows} 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Rxh6+ Bxh6 31. Qxh6#) 23... Nxd4 {There is nothing
else to do against the threat Bxh6.} 24. Nxd4 Re4 {A desperate attempt at
using White's apparent lack of cordination and severe time trouble. But as
mentioned before his pieces not only put pressure on Black, but also fulfil
defensive jobs.} ({If} 24... Bxd4 25. Bxh6 {"White already threatens mate with
checks, for instance"} Re2 26. Bxg7+ Bxg7 27. Rh5+ Kg8 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qh6+
({Personally I calculated} 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Rh8# {MM}) 29... Kg8 30. Qh8# {
(Grischuk).}) 25. Rxc7 Qxd4 26. Be3 ({Grischuk's first intention was} 26. Bc3
Rxg4 27. hxg4 Qe4 28. f3 {but then noticed} Bd4+ {. During the analysis, he
showed} 29. Kh1 $18 {, though. But his move is also winning.}) 26... Rxg4 27.
hxg4 {The attacking b3-bishop safely defends the back rank, an essential
aspect when the rook is far away.} Qe4 28. f3 {White simply wins a piece.} Qb4
29. Rxb7 Bxb2 30. Qf1 f6 31. Qf2 Be5 32. f4 Bd6 33. g5 {Karlovich appreciated
Grischuk's sangfroid when playing this in time trouble. He replied that if
White manages delivering mate, then he might not have to play all the moves
until the control!} Qe4 34. Qf3 Qb1+ 35. Qf1 Qe4 36. Qf3 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Bb4 38.
Qe2 Qe4 39. Qf3 Qb1 40. Kg3 fxg5 41. Kh2 Qf5 ({Against} 41... Bd6 {Grischuk
had calculated} 42. Rd7 Rxd7 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Bg8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kf5 46. Qe6#)
42. Rf7 Qg6 43. fxg5 Bd6+ 44. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 {The Marshall Gambit has
been a part of praxis for many years, but White has not been able to break it.
After many years of trying for an advantage with 13.d4, White has now shifted
his attention to 13.d3.} 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 (15. Qxf5 Qxh2+ 16. Kf1
Rfe8 $19 {White is already in big trouble.}) 15... Qh3 16. Be3 {This is
White's latest attempt to get an advantage with a lot of top players already
having played it.} (16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Bxd3 {
The bishop pair compensate for the missing pawn and Black is doing pretty well
here.}) 16... Bxd3 17. Nd2 (17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 $1 19. Qf3 Bc4 20. Nd2
Be6 {was drawn in the game Anand vs Aronian 2008.}) 17... Qf5 (17... Rfe8 {
This would be incorrect because the face off of the rooks down the e-file
works in White's favour.} 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Rad8 20. Bb6 $18) 18. Bd4 Rfd8
$5 {One cannot say that this is entirely a new idea. Maxim Matlakov had played
it a month ago in Feb 2018. But at the highest level we can say that it is
Ding Liren who introduced this move. The idea of the move is to keep an eye on
the d5 knight. Black would want to put his bishop on f8 and then push his pawn
to c5.} (18... Rfe8 {has been Aronian's favourite. Black has held his own in
most of the games except for one where Aronian lost to Caruana in 2014.}) 19.
a4 {White would like to keep the pawn on a4 and keep the tension in the
position. It's quite irritating for Black because he can never release the
tension. He has to be alert for White taking on b5 and then penetrating with
his rook.} (19. Kg2 Bf8 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4 a5 (21... Bxe4+ 22. Rxe4 c5 23.
Be5 $14) 22. a4 b4 $132) 19... h6 {Black makes a useful move avoiding any back
rank tricks.} ({Just a week after the game, this was played at the European
Championship. And it was a very well played game by Hrant Melkumyan.} 19... Bf8
20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qxf5 Bxf5 23. b4 f6 24. Kg2 Ra4 25. Rxa4 bxa4
26. Ra1 Bd7 27. Nf3 Kf7 28. Be3 Rc8 29. Ra3 g5 30. Nd4 Bd6 31. Kf1 Be5 32. Ke2
h5 33. Kd3 h4 34. Ra1 Kg6 35. Rg1 h3 36. Rb1 Bf5+ 37. Nxf5 Rxc3+ 38. Kd2 Kxf5
39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rxe3 41. Kxe3 Bxf4+ 42. Kd3 Bxh2 43. Rh1 Be5 44. Rxh3 a3
45. Rf3+ Ke6 46. Rf2 Kd6 47. Rg2 Kc6 {0-1 (47) Palac,M (2546)-Melkumyan,H 
(2664) Batumi 2018}) 20. h4 {Usually in this position none of the players want
to take their opponent's queen. For example if Black took on f3 then after
Nxf3 the knight would be very well placed looking at the d4 and e5 squares.} (
20. Kg2 {I have a feeling that Kg2 in general can be more useful than h4 as
then the knight need not keep defending the queen and can move to e4.} Bf8 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ne4 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 b4 25. Rd1 Ba6 26. c4 Nc7 27.
Bb6 (27. Ra1 c5 $11) 27... Ne6 28. c5 Bb5 $13) 20... Rac8 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Bxd5 {In many ways after this exchange, Black is out of danger.} (22. Ra7 {
was possible but Black can now aim to take the e-file with} Bf8 (22... Re8 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. Ra6 {seems a tad uncomfortable, but Black should
be able to hold on after} Ne7 $14 {/=}) 23. Re5 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 f6 25. Re3 $5 Bg6
26. Bb6 Kh8 $1 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 $11 {Black is doing fine.}) 22... cxd5 23. Qxf5
Bxf5 24. Ra5 {Black's pawns are weak, but the bishop pair compensates for them.
} b4 $1 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Ra5 (26. Rb5 Ra8 {Wesley was not too comfortable with
his rook stuck on b5 and the black rook penetrating with ...Ra2.}) 26... bxc3
27. Bxc3 Rb8 28. Nf1 Bb4 29. Raa1 Bc5 (29... Bxc3 30. bxc3 Rb2 31. Rac1 Ra8 $11
{And this should be a draw.}) 30. Ne3 Rd3 31. Red1 Rbd8 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rd1
Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Bb3 35. Ne3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Kf8 37. Kf2 {A very clinical game by
Ding Liren. The idea of Rfd8 held its ground. The question is: Where is
White's opening advantage?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. e3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Bd2
d4 15. Rad1 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 dxe3 17. Rd6 Re6 18. fxe3 Rxd6 19. cxd6 Bxf3 20. Bxf3
Qxd6 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. Bd5 Nd8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qd4 Qxd4
27. exd4 Rf8 28. Rc7 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ {The pseudo-Grunfeld lines are always a little bit difficult for
both sides to play, but when played correctly they are level.} 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.
Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 (11. Rc1 $5 {is a nice subtlety, the point being that Bd3 is
good against ...Nd7 but less so against ...Nc6. Here, Black has to commit
first.} b6 12. Bd3 $32) 11... Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3
{We have arrived at a tabiya.} Re8 {Not a novelty, but a sign of preparation
nevertheless.} (15... Qf6 {is the most common move - the idea is just to play
down the long diagonal with ...Qg6, intending maybe ...f5 under certain
circumstances, and ...Nf6 under others.} 16. d5 $5 {To my mind this is the
only move worth being afraid of.} (16. Qe3 Rfd8 $11 {Wang,Y-Li,C China 201,
isn't too troublesome,}) 16... Nc5 17. Nd4 Rfd8 (17... e5 18. Nf5 $1 Nxe4 19.
Nh6+ $1 Qxh6 20. Qxh6 gxh6 21. Rxe4 Rfd8 22. f4 $1 $16 {Ruck,R-Korpa,B
Zalakaros 2015}) 18. f4 $5 exd5 19. e5 Qe7 20. Nf5 $44) (15... h6 $5 {is one
other move which makes total sense - against White's Qf4 Black will be able to
play ...Qf6 with tempo.}) 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qe5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nh5 20.
Qh2 h6 21. d5 (21. Ne5 $5 {could actually be a better try for an edge.
Depending on circumstances, White intends either Nc4-d6 or f4-f5.} Qd6 (21...
Nf6 22. Qf4 Qc7 23. h4 $36) 22. Ng4 (22. f4 Rc3 {drums up too much counterplay}
) 22... Qxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Kf8 $11 {White still has his space, and I think the odd
dance of the knights at the edge of the board can only be to his benefit.})
21... exd5 22. exd5 (22. e5 $5 {was a remarkable idea suggested on chess24.
Black has to be quite careful his knight doesn't end up trapped.} g6 23. Nd4
Qd7 $1 {Black needs to blockade on e6.} (23... a6 {is too slow:} 24. Re3 {
followed by e6 gives White really good compensation.}) 24. g4 Ng7 25. Qf4 Kh7
26. Qf6 Rc7 $1 $15 {Next Black comes to e6. It can't be stopped.}) 22... Rxe1+
23. Nxe1 Qf6 24. Nd3 Ba6 {Right here the feeling was that Black was doing well,
but a bit of sober computer-aided analysis indicates otherwise.} 25. Qe5 $1
Bxd3 26. Qxh5 (26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. Rxd3 Kf8 $1 $15 {is a nasty squeeze.}) 26...
Bc2 (26... Qf5 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Bc4 $11 {is safer.}) 27. Rc1 (27. Qg4 $5 {
requires some accurate play to defuse:} Qf5 (27... Bf5 28. Qf4 $14) 28. Rc1 $5
Qxg4 29. hxg4 Bf5 $1 30. Re1 $1 Bxg4 31. Re7 Kf8 $1 32. Rxa7 Bd1 $3 $11) 27...
Bf5 28. Rxc8+ (28. Rc6 $5 {might just give White a tiny something:} Qa1+ (28...
Rxc6 29. dxc6 g6 30. Qf3 $14) 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. g3 Rd8 $1 31. d6 $5 $36 {
and Black will have to play some very precise chess to neutralise all the
tricks.}) 28... Bxc8 29. d6 g5 {At this point, I realised that it was Kramnik
pressing for the win, based on the purist's definition of a better bishop!} 30.
Qd1 Bd7 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Qb7 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Qxd6 35. Qxa7 h5 36. Qb7
h4 37. Qf3 Qe7 38. Qc3+ f6 {Black has completed his mission and can install
his queen on e5 in various ways to pretend that he's pressing.} 39. Qc4 Qe8 40.
Qb4 b5 41. a3 Qe5 42. Bd1 Bc6 43. Bf3 Be8 44. Kf1 Bf7 45. Be2 Be8 46. Bf3 f5 {
This was the only real try in the position - Black is going to try and arrange
...g4 by fair means or otherwise.} 47. Kg1 Bf7 48. Qd2 Kg6 49. Qc1 Be6 50. Qc6
Kf6 51. Qe8 (51. Qb6) 51... Qa1+ 52. Kh2 Qxa3 53. Qd8+ $1 (53. Qxb5 g4 $1 {
was the point of all the maneouvring. Now Black is at least posing some
questions to his opponent, e.g.} 54. hxg4 fxg4 55. Be2 g3+ 56. Kg1 Qa1+ 57. Bf1
Qd4 $15 {although it will be impossible to ever win against reasonable play.})
53... Qe7 54. Qh8+ Qg7 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Qf7 57. Qxb5 Qc7+ {Here Kramnik
offered a draw, having stretched the limits of human endurance in terms of how
long he tried to conjure something out of thin air. Alternatively, maybe the
patch of paint behind Wesley's head had finally finished drying.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{Avoiding the Marshall Attack.} b4 (8... Bb7 {is the main alternative, but
Levon always prefers to seize some space on the queenside.}) 9. a5 {Preventing
Nc6-a5 and also fixing the Pa6 as potential target. On the other hand the Pa5
might also become vulnerable.} (9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 {leads to another
important tabia, where Levon also has a lot of experience. A few months ago
this line appeared in an interesting game between the same players:} 11. Nbd2
Bc5 12. a5 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Ng4 15. Rf1 Bxf2+ $2 {Perhaps this was a
small bluff from Levon or maybe he just mixed up something.} (15... Nd4 16. Qc4
Qd6 {should be played}) 16. Rxf2 Nd4 17. Qc4 $2 (17. Qd3 $1 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 {
looks like a refutation of Black's idea. The queen should take part in the
defence.}) 17... Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qg4 20. h3 Qg3 21. Qd3 Rxf3 22.
Nxf3 Rf8 23. Nxd4 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Rf1 25. Qxf1 Qxf1 26. Nf3 $13 {1/2-1/2 (38) So,
W (2788)-Aronian,L (2805) London 2017}) 9... d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 {
Black has got rid of White's annoying bishop and the doubled pawns on the
e-file are not necessarily bad. The Pe6 covers the important squares d5 and f5.
} 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Nb3 (13. c3 Qe8 14. Nc4 Qg6 15. h3 Nd7 (15... Rb5 {looks
okay for Black. Later he can consider the aggressive manoeuvre Nf6-Nh5-Nf4})
16. Be3 d5 17. Ncd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qa4 $14 {1-0 (52)
Carlsen,M (2822)-Aronian,L (2809) Saint Louis 2017}) 13... Qc8 $1 14. h3 $146 (
14. Qe2 Nd8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nbxd4 c5 17. Nb3 e5 18. Nbd2 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20.
Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nb6 Qc6 22. Bg5 Bd8 23. Bxf6 Bxb6 24. axb6 Rxf6 25. Rxa6 h6 26.
Qd3 Rxb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (43) Caruana,F (2807)-Carlsen,M (2822) Saint Louis 2017})
14... Nd8 {Black wants to play c7-c5 and then return the knight back to c6,
getting more control in the centre.} (14... Na7 15. d4 exd4 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Nxe5 c5 18. Nc4 $44) 15. Be3 (15. d4 exd4 16. Qxd4 (16. e5 $6 {Here it doesn't
work. Compared to the line 14...Na7, the knight on d8 is more useful
protecting the Pe6.} dxe5 17. Nxe5 c5 18. Nc4 Nd5 {here White's compensation
is not sufficient.}) 16... c5 17. Qc4 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qe2 Bd6 $11) 15...
c5 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. c3 Rb5 {[%csl Ra5]} 18. d4 $1 {The Pa5 is attacked but
Wesley doesn't bother to defend it.} ({After} 18. Nc4 h6 {it's not clear what
White can do next. The d3-d4 push is not good anymore as the Pe4 and in some
lines the Nc4 will be hanging.}) 18... exd4 (18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Nxa5 20. Qe2
Qb7 21. Qd3 $14) (18... bxc3 19. bxc3 exd4 20. cxd4 c4 $1 21. Nxc4 Nxe4 22. Nb6
Qe8 23. d5 Nc3 24. Qd3 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxa6 Bf6 {is okay for Black
according to an engine. Although a human player would be seriously concerned
about the a-passer.}) 19. cxd4 Nxa5 20. dxc5 (20. e5 dxe5 21. dxc5 Nd5 22. Ne4
Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Nb7 24. Nxe5 Nxc5 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Nc6 Nxe4 28. Nxd8
Bg5 29. Nxe6 Bxe3 30. fxe3 a5 $11) 20... dxc5 21. Ra2 $1 {A useful and
somewhat mysterious rook move.} (21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Qa4 Qb7 {was another option,
but I like the move in the game.}) 21... Qb7 (21... Nd7 22. Qe2 Nb8 $1 {
This would be a good plan. Later Black will bring the knight from a5 to c6
back into play, then maybe rook back to b7. The knight from b8 protects the
Pa6. The position should be balanced, though it's easier to be on the White
side here.}) 22. b3 $1 {Simply playing for positional compensation. Black is
up a pawn, but he has numerous pawn weaknesses and his pieces on the queenside
are awkwardly placed. From a practical point of view it's much easier to
handle this position as White.} Kh8 {It appeares that this move is not
necessarily useful.} (22... Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Bg5 Qb7 25. Rd2 {[%cal
Gd2d7] White's forces are so harmonious, also thanks to 21.Ra2!} Qa7 $8 26.
Rde2 $1 $36) ({Again, the manoeuvre} 22... Nd7 {[%cal Ge7f6] was preferable.})
23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Rea1 Bd8 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Bf6 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Rad2 {
The white rooks quickly switch to the d-file.} Nb6 29. Qc2 Qc7 $6 (29... Qc8
30. Rc1 Be7 31. h4 $14) 30. e5 $1 Be7 (30... Bxe5 $2 31. Ng5 $18 {[%csl Re6,
Rh7]}) 31. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b5,Gd4e6]} Rc8 (31... Qxe5 32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Re2 Qc3
34. Rc1 Nd5 35. Qd2 Qf6 36. Bxc5 Nc3 37. Bxe7 Nxe2+ 38. Qxe2 Qxe7 39. Qxb5 $16)
32. Nxe6 {Of course. Who needs that silly rook on b5?!} ({After} 32. Nxb5 $6
axb5 {[%cal Gb6d5] Black would be okay. His pawn mass on the queenside has
potential.}) 32... Qxe5 33. Nf4 (33. Rd6 $3 {Stunning move.} c4 (33... Bxd6 $2
34. Ng5 $18 {[%cal Gc2h7,Gg5f7]}) 34. Bd4 Qxd6 35. Bxg7+ Kg8 36. Rxd6 Bxd6 37.
Qd1 $1 Rd5 38. Bd4 Kf7 39. Ng5+ $1 Rxg5 40. Bxb6 Ke7 41. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3b7] and
Black can't keep his passed pawn and coordinate his rooks.}) 33... Rf8 $2 {
This logical move is a fatal mistake.} (33... c4 $2 34. bxc4 Qf5 35. cxb5 $1
Rxc2 36. Rd8+ Bf8 37. Ne6 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Nxc8 39. Rd8 b3 40. Bd4 Kg8 41. Rxf8+
Qxf8 42. Nxf8 Kxf8 43. bxa6 $18 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d3]}) ({The variation
after 33...c4 underlines the drawback in Black's position - the weakness of
the back rank. Therefore, he should move his king away from h8.} 33... Kg8 $1
34. Re2 Bf8) 34. Re2 $1 Qc3 (34... Bf6 35. g3 $1 {[%cal Ge3d4]} Qc3 36. Qa2 $1
$18) 35. Qb1 (35. Qa2 $1 {was more precise, avoiding the exchange of queens
and attacking Pa6.}) 35... Qf6 36. Bc1 c4 (36... Qf7 37. Bb2 Bf6 38. Bxf6 Qxf6
39. Ne6 Rg8 40. Rd8 $1 c4 (40... Rxd8 41. Nxd8 Qxd8 42. Qe1 $18 {[%cal Ge2e8]})
{[%tqu "En","Find the best move for White.","","","e6f8","",10]} 41. Nf8 $1
Rxf8 42. Rxf8+ Qxf8 43. Qe1 {Black's pieces on the queenside are ridiculously
placed and can't help to prevent 44.Re8.} Nd7 44. Re8 Rb8 45. Rxf8+ Nxf8 46.
Qe5 Rc8 47. bxc4 b3 48. Qg3 b2 49. Qb3 Rxc4 50. Qxb2 {and White will win
eventually.}) 37. bxc4 Nxc4 38. Re6 {Black can not avoid heavy material losses.
} Qg5 (38... Qf7 39. Rd7 $18) 39. Ng6+ Qxg6 40. Rxg6 hxg6 41. Qe4 Bf6 42. Qxc4
b3 {This passed pawn is Black's last hope but White's material advantage is
just too big.} 43. Ba3 Rfb8 44. Rb1 b2 45. h4 $1 {The most accurate, fixing
the Pg6.} Ra5 46. Qd3 Rd8 47. Qb3 Rc8 48. Qb7 Rd8 49. Qb3 {Some of these queen
moves were not necessary, but the evaluation does not change - White is
winning.} Rc8 50. Qb4 Rb5 51. Qg4 Rc3 52. Bxb2 Rxb2 53. Rxb2 Rc1+ 54. Kh2 Bxb2
55. Qxg6 Ra1 56. g4 a5 57. Qh5+ Kg8 58. Qb5 Ba3 59. Qe5 Rd1 60. Qe6+ Kh7 61.
Qe4+ Kh8 62. Qa8+ Kh7 63. Qxa5 {Black's last hope has gone. Levon continued
for fifteen more pointless moves. I can easily understand his disappointment
with his overall result, but this particular game was a good achievement for
Wesley.} Bd6+ 64. Kg2 Rd4 65. Qf5+ Kh8 66. Qh5+ Kg8 67. g5 Kf8 68. Qg6 Be7 69.
Qf5+ Ke8 70. Kh3 Rd6 71. Qh7 Kf7 72. f4 Rd4 73. Qf5+ Ke8 74. Qe5 Rb4 75. Kg4
Kf8 76. Qf5+ Ke8 77. Qe6 Rd4 78. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd2 c5 $6 {With this move
Black accepts a slightly worse position.} ({Most prefer} 6... b6) 7. a3 cxd4 8.
axb4 dxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bd7 12. Ke2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nd5 14.
Ne5 Be8 15. Bd2 f6 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Rhc1 Nc6 18. Be4 Ndxb4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20.
Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rxa7 Rd7 22. Na5 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nxb2 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26.
Nxc6 {It may seem that having regained his pawn Black is out of danger, but
the remote position of his knight and a 7th rank weakness still pose problems.}
Re8 ({Staying active with} 26... Rb6 27. Nd4 Nc4 28. f4 h5 {appears to be a
better choice.}) 27. e4 Nc4 28. Kd3 Nd6 29. f4 Kf8 $6 (29... h5 $5) 30. e5 fxe5
31. fxe5 Nf5 32. g4 Nh4 ({This position is already quite dangerous for Black,
and it can only be held by precise play:} 32... Rc8 $1 {was a good start.}) 33.
Kc4 $1 Nf3 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Kb5 Ke8 $2 {The decisive error.} (35... Rc7 36. Kb6
Rd7 37. Rf2 Rd3 {This is what Wesley missed.} (37... Rf7 38. Nd8 {is, indeed,
lost for Black.})) 36. Kb6 g5 37. h3 {Quite a situation: Black cannot save his
rook without stepping back with the king to the f-file, which will cost him
the knight.} Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Rc3 39. Rh2 Ke7 40. Kb5 Re3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 {Recently Caruana had a
few games in this Petroff line.} 6. d3 ({In round 4 Kramnik played} 6. Nc3 {
against Caruana,} Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11.
Rhe1 Bf6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Bf4 Kf8 15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. h3 g5
18. Bh2 Kg7 $11 {Kramnik-Caruana, Berlin 2018, with a balanced position, which
later Black managed to win.}) 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Bg5 ({
In January Carlsen continued with} 9. Nd4 a6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bf3 Nc6
13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. O-O-O Kd7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bd2 f5
19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 g5 $11 {Carlsen-Caruana, Wijk aan Zee 2018, with an equal
position.}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O-O (10. Bxf6 $6 {is dubious, because of} Bxf6 11.
Nd5 Bd8 $15 {followed by ...c6 and Black is fine with his bishop pair.}) 10...
O-O $146 {The first new move in the game.} (10... h6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rde1 O-O
13. Bd1 a6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nc6 16. h3 Rae8 17. Rhe1 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Re8 $11
{C.Foisor-M.Foisor, Warsaw 2011}) 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. d4 a6 14. a3 ({
The tempting} 14. d5 $6 {could have been met by} Ne7 {preparing for ...Nf5.}
15. Bxa6 Nexd5 $1 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nf4 $15 {and Black looks nicely placed.
}) 14... Bd7 15. d5 Na7 16. Nd4 Nc8 {Black immediately activates his knight.
He would like to put it on b6.} 17. Nb3 g5 18. Bg3 Re8 19. Na5 b5 (19... b6 20.
Nc6 {is similar, but ...b5 looks more useful, because the black knight can go
to b6.}) 20. f3 (20. Bf3 $2 {is bad, because of} Nb6 $17 {followed by ...h5
and White is in trouble.}) ({Probably the knight manoeuvre with} 20. Na2 $5 {
was more accurate,} Nb6 (20... Ne4 21. Bd3) 21. Nb4 Ne4 22. c3 {and White
holds the dark squares on the queenside.}) 20... Nh5 21. Bf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nb6 {
Suddenly Black becomes active and the d5-pawn is weak.} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxb6
{Otherwise ...Bxc3 and ...Nbxd5.} cxb6 25. Nb7 Be5 26. Ne4 Rb8 (26... g4 $1 $15
{was stronger, to create a weakness on f3.}) 27. Nexd6 ({Of course} 27. Nbxd6
$2 {loses immediately, because of} f5 $19 {.}) 27... Ng6 $1 {It is very
important to come back with the knight.} ({In the event of} 27... Kf8 28. g3
Ng6 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. Re1 $16 {and suddenly Black is in big trouble.}) 28. g3 Ne7
29. a4 Nf5 (29... bxa4 30. Bxa6 {only helps White.}) 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 {The
b7-knight seems trapped, but White finds great counterplay.} 31. Re1 f6 32.
Rxe5 $1 {An exchange sacrifice, but the knight can come back on d6 and he gets
pawns for it.} fxe5 33. Nd6 Bd7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bxb5 Bxb5 36. Nxb5 Rf8 {
Black wins back a pawn, but White is active, so he has some compensation.} 37.
Kd2 Rxf3 38. Ke2 g4 39. Nd6 ({The impatient} 39. d6 $2 {could have been met by}
Kf7 $19 {and White will lose the d6-pawn.}) 39... h5 40. Nc4 b5 41. Nxe5 Rf5
42. Ng6 Kf7 43. Nf4 h4 44. Ng2 ({The careless} 44. Kd3 $4 {is a blunder, as}
Rxf4 $1 45. gxf4 g3 46. hxg3 h3 $19 {and he can't stop the h-pawn.}) ({If} 44.
Ke3 Re5+ {and the king has to go back.}) 44... hxg3 45. hxg3 Rf3 $1 {The best
practical chance.} ({In the event of} 45... Rxd5 46. Ne3 Rd4 (46... Rg5 47. Kd3
$11) 47. c3 Ra4 48. Kd3 $11 {and easy draw for White.}) 46. Ne3 Rxg3 47. c4 (
47. Kf2 $4 {is a big mistake, because} Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Rf4 $19 {and Black could
cut the white king off from the g-pawn.}) 47... bxc4 48. d6 $1 {The most
precise solution.} Ke6 49. Nxc4 Rf3 50. d7 $1 Rf8 51. Ne3 g3 52. d8=Q Rxd8 53.
Kf3 Rd3 {Still the engine gives -+, but the position is drawish already.} (
53... Rg8 54. b4 $11) 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. Ng2 Kd5 56. Nh4 Kc4 57. Kg4 Rd3 58. b4 (
58. Kh3 {is also fine,} Kd4 59. Nf5+ Ke5 60. Nh4 $11 {and draw.} ({But not} 60.
Nxg3 $4 Kf4 $19)) 58... Rb3 (58... Kxb4 59. Kh3 Kc4 60. Nf5 $11) 59. b5 Kd5 60.
b6 Ke4 61. b7 Rxb7 62. Kxg3 Rg7+ 63. Kf2 Rg4 64. Ng2 Rxg2+ 65. Kxg2 {A nice
fighting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Qe2 c6 16. Nd2 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. g3 Ng7 24. Kg2 Re6 25. Qd1 Qe7 26. Nd3 Rxe1 27. Qxe1
Qxe1 28. Nxe1 Nf5 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. g4 Nd6 31. h4 h6 32. f3 Ke7 33. Kf2 g5 34.
hxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 $5 {During the interview, Ding said he had studied this move
a few years ago while Wesley struggled to recall his lines.} ({More common
moves are} 9. Bd3) ({And} 9. a3) 9... Bb7 ({Another possible move here is} 9...
Bb4+ 10. Nd2 $1 (10. Kf1 Bd6 11. Ne5 (11. Bg3 Bb7 $36) 11... Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6
13. Qa4 Nb4 {and Black has a strong initiative.} 14. a3 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd3 16.
Bxc7 Nxb2 17. Qa6 {In the game (42) Kozul,Z (2590)-Babula,V (2584) Austria
2013, Black should've continued simply with the natural} Rac8 $1 18. Bf4 (18.
Bg3 Rc2) (18. Qxa7 Qc4+) 18... Rc2 $19 {followed by opening up lines with
f6-e5!}) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxg2 12. O-O-O Ba6 13. Rhg1 Qc6+ 14. Kb1 {
White clearly has compensation for the pawn but there is a dynamic struggle
ahead. Recent games have shown that it is easier to play White.} Bxe2 15. Qxe2
f6 (15... g6 $6 16. Ka1 Rc8 17. h4 Qe8 18. h5 $40 Nd7 19. Qf3 (19. Qg4 Nf6 20.
Qg5 Ne4 21. Qg2 $16) 19... a5 20. Rh1 Qe7 21. Bxc7 $14 {0-1 (24) Davtyan,A 
(2298)-Andersen,M (2586) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 16. e4 (16. Rc1 Qe4+ 17. Ka1 Rf7 18.
Bxc7 Nc6 19. Bg3 Rd8 $11 (19... Nxd4 $4 20. Qc4)) 16... Qd7 17. Qc4 (17. d5 $5
e5 18. Be3 (18. Bh6 Rf7) 18... a5 19. Rc1 Na6 20. f3 $14) 17... Qc6 18. Qe2 Qd7
19. Rg3 Nc6 20. Qc4 Ne5 21. Qc2 Rad8 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. Qc4 {1/2-1/2 (23)
Martinovic,S (2563)-Vetoshko,V (2485) Slovakia 2017}) 10. Bxc7 Qa5+ (10... Bb4+
$6 11. Kf1 {now the bishop on b4 looks silly.} Nc6 12. Bf4 Rac8 13. h4 $14 {
Black has a worse version of what happened in the game.}) 11. Kf1 Nd7 12. h4
Rac8 13. Bf4 (13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Bf4 f6 $1 $36 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Ge6e5,
Rf8f2]}) 13... Rfd8 14. Kg1 {This allows Black to clarify the situation and
equalise without problems.} ({During the game, Wes was worried about} 14. a3 $1
{which makes it difficult for Black to break in the centre after} Bxf3 ({
Black will have to content himself with manoeuvring and preparing the break at
the right time with:} 14... Nf6 15. Kg1 Ne4 16. Bd3 (16. Ne1 Ba6 17. Bf3 Nd2
$44) 16... f6 17. Qe2 {and the dynamic battle goes on.}) 15. gxf3 $1 (15. Bxf3
e5 16. Bg3 exd4 17. b4 Qa6+ 18. Be2 b5 19. exd4 Bf6 $36) 15... e5 16. b4 Qd5
17. dxe5 {and Black will have to go into the ending a pawn down.}) 14... Bxf3
$1 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 ({Wes also considered} 16... f6 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18.
Qf7 {and thought it might be too risky.} Qb4 (18... Bf8 19. Bd5) 19. Be4 $1 {
indeed after} exd4 (19... Nf8 20. h5 fxg5 21. h6 $40 {White will have at least
a draw somewhere e.g.} Bf6 22. hxg7+ Bxg7 23. Bxh7 Nxh7 24. Qf5 Kg8 25. Qxh7+
Kf8 26. Qf5+) 20. exd4 $1 {White has unpleasant pressure} Qxd4 21. Bh6 Bf8 (
21... f5 22. Bxf5 $36) 22. Bd5) 17. hxg5 exd4 18. Qxd4 (18. g6 $5 hxg6 $1 19.
Qxd4 Qg5 20. Qh4 Qxh4 21. Rxh4 Ne5 $15) 18... Qxg5 ({During one live game
commentary, I remember there was a suggestion to keep the game alive and
fighting after} 18... Nf8 $5 19. Qe4 $1 (19. Qh4 Rd2 $1 20. b4 (20. b3 Qe5)
20... Qe5 $1 21. Rf1 Rxa2 {and White has an unpleasant defence ahead.}) 19...
Rd2 $13 {with a complex game, but it's still not clear whether Black has
enough to give White real problems.} (19... Qxg5 20. Rh5 Qf6 21. Rb1 {there's
still not so much pressure from Black to work with.})) (18... Ne5 19. Qh4 Nxf3+
20. gxf3 Qf5 $11) 19. Rh5 Qf6 20. Rd5 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 {Equilibrium is reached as
Black gains back his pawn and White gains coordination among his pieces.} Ne5
22. Bd5 ({An attempt to create imbalance is} 22. Bb7 Rxd4 23. exd4 Rc7 24. Ba6
Ng4 $1 25. d5 Nf6 (25... Kf8 $2 26. d6 Rd7 27. Bc8 $18) 26. Rd1 (26. d6 Rd7)
26... Ne8 $11 {and it may be easier for Black to play this due to a blockade
on d6 and a potential outside passed h-pawn.} (26... Rd7 $5)) 22... Nc6 23.
Rdd1 Kf8 {Since neither side has any weaknesses and Black has a more active
king, White cannot exploit his superior minor piece, Ding decides to simplify
and the game inevitably fizzles out to a draw.} 24. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxc6
26. Rd7 Rc2 27. Rxa7 Rxb2 28. a4 Ra2 29. Rb7 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Rxa4 31. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Qc2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4
21. Qxc8+ Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. b3 Bc7 25. f4 Bb6+ 26. Kf1 Be3
27. h4 h5 28. Bh3 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Kf3 Bd2 31. e3 Be1 32. f5 exf5 33. Bxf5
g6 34. Bd3 Bc3 35. Kf4 Be1 36. Bc4 Bf2 37. Bd5 Be1 38. g4 hxg4 39. Kxg4 Bc3 40.
Kf4 Be1 41. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 ({White
can get only a worse position after} 7. Qb3 $6 Qb6 $1 {Black wants to take on
b3 and then he can win the b3-pawn by playing ...Bc2.}) 7... Be6 8. Qb3 $1 $146
{A very strong novelty. In comparison with 7.Qb3?! Qb6 Black's light-squared
bishop isn't well-placed and White intends to continue f3, h4, Bd3, Nge2
gaining space on the kingside.} ({The main line is} 8. h4 Nd7 ({Wesley So
prefers to take on h4:} 8... Bxh4 $5 9. Qb3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bh2 Bxg4 12. Qxb7
Qe7 13. Qxa8 Qxe3+ {and according to my computer, it's a draw:} 14. Be2 Bxf2+
15. Kf1 Bh4 16. Qxb8+ Kf7 17. Nd1 Bxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 Qxe2 20. Bg3 Qg4
21. Kg2 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 Qg4 23. Kg2 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qg4 {1/2 (24) Ding,L (2732)-So,W
(2762) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 9. g5 h6 10. g6 (10. Qf3 hxg5 11. hxg5 Rxh1 12. Qxh1
Bxg5 13. Qh8 Kf8 14. Bd6+ Be7 15. Bf4 Ndf6 16. Bd3 Qc8 17. f3 Bf5 18. e4 Bg6
$15 {Zacurdajev,M (2408)-Klimov,S (2483) St Petersburg 2008 0-1 (40)}) 10...
Ngf6 11. gxf7+ Bxf7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Qf3 Qb6 14. O-O-O c5 15. Nge2 Rac8 16. Rhg1
Kh8 17. Bc2 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc5 (18... Rg8 $5 19. Qg3 Bb4 20. Bc7 Rxc7 21. Rxb4
Qxb4 22. Qxc7 Qxh4 23. Ng3 $44) 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Bd6 Qxa2 22. Bxc5
Nxc5 $44 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2721)-Aronian,L (2803) Beijing 2013 1-0 (75)}) ({
White can also try} 8. h3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nf8 $6 (9... g5 10. Bh2 (10. Bg3 h5 11.
gxh5 Rxh5 12. Ne5 Ngf6 13. Qf3 $6 Rh6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Bf5 Ne4 16. Bxe6 Nxe5 17.
Bxe5 fxe6 18. Rc1 Kd7 $17 {Bern,I (2375)-Agdestein,S (2590) 0-1 (32) Norway
1991}) 10... h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Rg1 Rh8 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15. O-O-O Bxh3
16. Be5 Rh5 17. Bd3 $44 (17. Rh1 $5 Bg4 18. Be2 Bb4 19. Rdg1 $44) 17... Bb4 $2
18. Bf4 $1 g4 19. Ne5 $16 {Grigore,G (2485)-Kayumov,S (2434) Paks 2003 1-0 (94)
}) 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qc2 $1 Ng6 12. Bh2 Rd8 13. O-O-O Bd6 14. Bxd6 Rxd6 15. Ng5
$16 {Zubov,A (2612)-Sturua,Z (2548) Gjakova 2016 1-0 (56)}) 8... Qb6 ({The
computer recommends} 8... b5 $5 {You can find the same idea after 1.d4 d5 2.c4
c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Bf5 7.Qb3 b5.} 9. h3 {It seems to be a
forced move.} Nd7 (9... h5 {is a bit premature due to} 10. g5 $1 Bxg5 11. Bxg5
Qxg5 12. a4 $14) 10. Nf3 (10. Bd3 h5 $5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Qc2 (12. Rc1 $6 Nc5
13. dxc5 d4 14. Qc2 dxc3 15. bxc3 Qd5 $15) 12... Kf8 13. Rc1 a6 $13) 10... g5 {
If Black wants to play ...h5 then he should start with ...g5 first.} (10... h5
$2 11. g5 $16) 11. Bg3 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Be2 Rxh3 15. Rxh3
Bxh3 16. Qc2 $44) 9. f3 g5 {Black should play ...g5 and ...h5. For example:} (
9... Nd7 10. h4 Qxb3 11. axb3 f5 12. g5 {according to Vladimir Kramnik Black's
position is unpleasant.} h6 13. Nh3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nf8 15. Kf2 Ng6 16. Bd3 Kf7
17. Ne2 $14) 10. Be5 $1 (10. Bg3 $6 {I think that 10.Be5 f6 11.Bg3 is stronger
than 10.Bg3.} h5 $1 11. gxh5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. Bd3 Ngf6 $15 14. h4 gxh4 15.
Rxh4 Nxh5 16. Rh2 f5 (16... O-O-O $1 17. Bf2 Nf4 18. exf4 Rxh2 19. f5 Rg8 20.
fxe6 fxe6 21. Kf1 Rgg2 22. Nd1 a6 $17) 17. Nge2 Kf7 18. Bf2 a6 19. Kd2 Bd6 20.
Rg2 Rag8 $11 {Usmanov,V (2464)-Duzhakov,I (2421) St Petersburg RUS 20181/2 (89)
}) 10... f6 11. Bg3 Qxb3 {Sooner or later Black should take on b3.} 12. axb3 h5
13. gxh5 Rxh5 (13... Nh6 $5 {(Wesley So)} 14. e4 Nf7 15. Bd3 Rxh5 16. exd5 cxd5
17. Nge2 Nc6 18. f4 $13) 14. Bd3 Kf7 $6 {This leads to a bad position.} ({
According to Kramnik Black should have played} 14... f5 15. Nge2 Nd7 16. h4 {
for example} Nf8 17. Rh2 gxh4 18. Nf4 Rh6 19. Bf2 Kf7 20. Ke2 Ng6 (20... Bd7
21. Na4 Re8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Rxa7 Bd6 24. Kd1 Bb8 25. Ra8 Bxf4 26. exf4 Ng6 27.
Bf1 N8e7 28. b4 Reh8 29. Kd2 $14) 21. Nxg6 Kxg6 22. Na4 Nf6 (22... Re8 23. Nc5
Bc8 24. Rxa7 Bxc5 25. dxc5 d4 26. Kd2 $14) 23. Rxh4 Rxh4 24. Bxh4 Rh8 25. Bg3
$14 {Black still has to play precisely to get an equal position.}) 15. h4 f5
16. Nh3 $1 {Black has got an unpleasant position after opening.} f4 {Wesley
tries to solve his problems by dint of tactics.} (16... gxh4 17. Nf4 Rh6 18.
Bf2 {Sooner or later White takes on h4 with a better position. According to
Vladimir Kramnik Black's position is defendable. For example} Nd7 19. Nce2 Nf8
20. Nxe6 Kxe6 21. Nf4+ Kf6 22. Ke2 Ng6 23. Nxg6 Kxg6 24. Rag1+ Kf6 25. Rxh4 $14
) 17. exf4 $1 Bxh3 (17... gxh4 18. Ng5+ Rxg5 (18... Bxg5 19. fxg5 Ne7 20. Rxh4
Rxg5 21. Rh7+ Rg7 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Kd2 $16 {White can play Na4, Nc5 or b4,
b5.}) 19. fxg5 hxg3 20. f4 $16 {(Vladimir Kramnik)} Nd7 21. Rh7+ Kf8 22. Kf1
Bb4 23. f5 Bf7 24. Kg2 {White should win the game.}) 18. fxg5 $1 $16 {White
has only 2 pawns for the sacrificed knight but White's pawns seem to be
unstoppable.} (18. hxg5 $2 {doesn't work due to} Bf5 $1 19. Rxh5 Bxd3 $15)
18... Bd7 19. Kf2 Na6 $5 ({Wesley could have tried} 19... Bf8 {with the idea ..
.Ne7, ...Bf5.} 20. Ne2 Ne7 21. Nf4 Rh8 22. h5 Bf5 23. Rae1 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Nd7
25. Ne5+ Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rg8 27. h6 (27. f4 $5 Nf5 28. g6+ Ke6 29. g7 Bd6 30. h6
Bxe5 31. Rxe5+ Kf6 32. h7 Rxg7 33. h8=Q Rxh8 34. Rxh8 Nxd4 $16) 27... Rxg5 28.
h7 Ng6 29. h8=Q Nxh8 30. Rxh8 $16) 20. Bxa6 $6 {Not the strongest move. Now
Black can try to blockade White's pawns.} (20. Ne2 $6 Nb4 21. Bg6+ Kxg6 22.
Nf4+ Kf7 23. Nxh5 {(Vladimir Kramnik)} c5 $1 24. dxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Kg2 d4 $13) ({
Vladimir also mentioned} 20. Rae1 $1 Nb4 21. Bb1 {intending Ne2, Nf4.
According to Wesley So Black's position would be very difficult and the
computer confirms his evaluation. Actually Black doesn't have any reasonable
moves. For example} Rf8 (21... Bf8 22. Ne2 Ne7 23. Nf4 Rh8 24. h5 Bf5 25. Rxe7+
Bxe7 26. Bxf5 Bxg5 27. Bg6+ Kg8 28. Ne6 Bf6 29. Bd6 Na6 30. f4 $18) 22. Ne2 Kg7
23. Be5+ $18) 20... bxa6 21. Ne2 Bd8 $1 22. Be5 ({Vladimir could have tried} 
22. Nf4 $5 Rh8 23. Nd3 Rh7 $1 {the strongest continuation} (23... Bf5 24. Ne5+
Kf8 25. Nxc6 $16 {White should win the game}) 24. Rae1) 22... Ne7 23. Nf4 $1 (
23. Ng3 Kg6 $1 24. Nxh5 Kxh5 25. Rxa6 Bb6 26. Rha1 Re8 27. Rxa7 {White can get
a worse position if he doesn't sacrifice an exchange.} (27. b4 Nf5 28. f4 Bxd4+
29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Re1 Rb8 31. Rxa7 Bf5 $15) 27... Bxa7 28. Rxa7 Bf5 29. Bf6 Ng8
30. Kg3 Nxf6 31. gxf6 Rf8 32. f7 $11) 23... Rh7 24. h5 Kg8 25. Rag1 (25. g6 $6
{doesn't work due to 26...Bc8:} Rh6 26. Rxa6 Bc8 $1 {For example} (26... Bb6
27. Rha1 Rf8 28. Rxa7 Bxa7 29. Rxa7 Rxf4 30. Rxd7 $18 {(Vladimir Kramnik)}) 27.
Raa1 Nf5 28. b4 Bb6 29. Ne2 Bd7 $11) 25... Nf5 26. h6 Be8 $6 ({I believe that
Wesley should've played} 26... Be7 $1 27. g6 (27. Rh5 Re8 $1 28. Rgh1 Bf8 29.
b4 Bc8 {I can't see how White can improve his position.}) 27... Rxh6 28. Rxh6
Nxh6 29. Rh1 Bf8 30. Nh5 Be7 $1 {It seems to me that Black should make a draw.
For example} (30... Bf5 $2 31. g7 Be7 32. Ng3 $18 {(Kramnik)}) 31. Nf6+ Bxf6
32. Bxf6 Rf8 $8 33. Be7 Re8 34. Bg5 Nf5 35. Bf6 Re2+ 36. Kxe2 Ng3+ 37. Kf2
Nxh1+ 38. Kg2 Be8 $11) 27. g6 $1 (27. b4 $5 {(Kramnik)} Be7 28. g6 Rxh6 29.
Rxh6 Nxh6 30. Rh1 Bf8 31. g7 (31. Ne6 $5 Bxg6 32. Nxf8 Ng4+ 33. fxg4 Rxf8+ 34.
Ke2 $16) 31... Bxg7 32. Rg1 Nf5 33. Ne6 $16) 27... Rxh6 $8 28. Rxh6 Nxh6 29.
Rh1 Bg5 30. Ne6 Bxg6 31. Nxg5 Nf7 32. Ne6 $6 (32. f4 $1 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Rb8 34.
Rc1 Rxb3 35. Rxc6 Rxb2+ 36. Kf3 {White has good chances to win the game.}) ({
I see value in} 32. Nxf7 {(Yermolinsky,A)} Kxf7 33. Ke3 Bf5 34. Ra1 {and White
can play this forever.}) 32... Nxe5 33. dxe5 Re8 34. Nf4 Bc2 $1 {Kramnik said
that he had overlooked it. During the press conference, both grandmasters were
concerned that White still has chances to win the endgame. However the
computer doesn't see any problems for Black.} 35. Rg1+ {Other moves also lead
to a draw.} (35. Rh6 Rxe5 36. Rxc6 Bxb3 37. Rxa6 Re7 $11) (35. Rc1 Bxb3 36.
Rxc6 Rxe5 37. Rxa6 Re7 $11) (35. Rh5 Bxb3 36. Nd3 {(Vladimir Kramnik)} d4 37.
Nc5 Bd5 38. Ke2 Rf8 39. Rg5+ Kh7 40. e6 Rxf3 41. Re5 Rf8 $8 42. e7 Bc4+ 43. Kd2
Rf2+ 44. Kd1 Rf1+ 45. Kd2 Rf2+ $11) 35... Kf7 36. e6+ Kf6 {Sooner or later
Black will take on e6 with a draw.} 37. Nh5+ ({White could have tried} 37. Rc1
Bf5 (37... Bxb3 38. Rxc6 Bc4 39. Ke3 Rb8 40. Rc7 Ke5 41. e7 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 Rxb2+
43. Kg3 Rb8 44. Rd7 Rg8+ 45. Kf2 Re8 $11) 38. Rxc6 Ke5 39. Ne2 Bd3 40. b4 Bxe2
41. Kxe2 Rxe6 42. Rxe6+ Kxe6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. f4+ Kf5 45. Kd4 Kxf4 46. Kxd5 Ke3
47. Kc6 Kd4 48. Kb7 Kc4 $11) 37... Ke5 38. f4+ Kd6 39. Ng7 Rf8 40. Ke3 d4+ 41.
Kf3 (41. Kxd4 Rxf4+ 42. Kc3 Be4 43. Re1 (43. Rd1+ Bd5) 43... Ke7 $11) (41. Kd2
Bxb3 42. f5 Rh8 (42... c5) 43. Re1 (43. Kd3 c5 44. Ke4 Bd5+ 45. Kf4 d3 $11)
43... Rh2+ 44. Kd3 $4 Kd5 $19 {(Kramnik)}) 41... Ke7 42. b4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. b4 Qf5 14. Qxf5
exf5 15. Bxc4 Ke7 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ke2 Rhc8 19. Rhc1 Nd8 20. Ne5
Nf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. e4 Kf6 23. Ke3 g5 24. g3 h5 25. h3 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27.
f3 gxf3 28. Kxf3 Ke5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Re1+ Kf6 31. Rac1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd8 33.
Rc7 Rd3+ 34. Kf4 Rxa3 35. Rxb7 Ra4 36. Rb5 a5 37. Rxf5+ Kg7 38. Rg5+ Kf6 39.
Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Be2 Na5 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bb2 Bg7
15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d3
O-O 9. h3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. b4 Rac8 15.
Rfc1 e6 16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. Ng3 Ba8 18. a3 Nb8 19. Nh2 Nc6 20. f4 Nd4 21. Rf1 b5
22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bd1 Qa7 24. Ra1 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Nd7 26. Kh1 Nc2 27. Bxa7 Nxb4
28. Rb1 Nxd3 29. Rxb5 Bc6 30. Rb1 Ra8 31. Be3 Rxa3 32. Bf3 h5 33. Ne2 N3c5 34.
Bxc5 Nxc5 35. e5 Ba4 36. exd6 Rxd6 37. Rbc1 Nb3 38. Rc7 Nd2 39. Re1 Rd7 40.
Rxd7 Bxd7 41. Rd1 Ra2 42. Nc1 Ra1 43. Nd3 Rxd1+ 44. Bxd1 Ne4 45. Nf3 Bb5 46.
Nfe1 h4 47. Kh2 Bc3 48. Bc2 Bd2 49. Nf3 Bxd3 50. Bxd3 Bxf4+ 51. Kg1 Be3+ 52.
Kf1 Ng3+ 53. Ke1 Kg7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Be3 Qd6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. h4 h6 18. Bb3 d4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Qg4
Qd6 22. d4 Kh8 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. h5 Bh7 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxf7 Rf8 27. Qe6 Bf6
28. Qxe5 Bxe5 29. Rd7 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. b3 Rd7 32. Be6 Re7 33. Bd5 Bxg3
34. fxg3 Bg8 35. Kf2 Be6 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 37. Ke3 Kg8 38. Rf1 g6 39. hxg6 Rxg6 40.
Rf3 Kg7 41. e5 Rg4 42. Kd3 b5 43. e6 Rg6 44. e7 Rd6+ 45. Ke2 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O
Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 Ndxc5 11. Bb1 d4 12. Rd1 d3 13. Qe3 b6 14. Ne1 Bb7 15.
Nxd3 Qc7 16. Nf4 Rfd8 17. Re1 Bg5 18. Nf1 Nb4 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Nbd3 21.
Re3 Ne4 22. Qh4 Qxc4 23. Bg5 Rd4 24. Bxd3 Nxg5 25. Bxc4 Rxh4 26. Be2 Rc8 27.
Rb3 Re4 28. Ne3 Rb4 29. Rxb4 axb4 30. Rd1 h6 31. h4 Ne4 32. Bf3 Nc5 33. Bxb7
Nxb7 34. Rd4 b3 35. axb3 Na5 36. b4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Nc6 38. Rc4 Rxc4 39. Nxc4 b5
40. Nd6 Nxb4 41. Nxb5 Nd3 42. Kg3 Nxb2 43. f4 h5 44. Nd6 Kf8 45. Kf3 Nd3 46.
Ke4 Nf2+ 47. Kf3 Ng4 48. Ke4 Nh6 49. f5 Ke7 50. Kf4 Ng4 51. fxe6 Kxe6 52. Nf5
g6 53. Nd4+ Kd5 54. Nf3 Nf2 55. Kg5 Ke6 56. Kf4 Kd5 57. Kg5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2
Nb4 9. Qe4 f5 10. Qb1 N8c6 11. a3 Nd5 12. Qc2 b6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. d4 Be6 15.
Bb5 Na5 16. Bc3 Nb7 17. O-O Nd6 18. Ba6 Ne4 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Bb2 f4 21. f3 Ng5
22. exf4 Rxf4 23. Rae1 cxd4 24. Nd3 Rh4 25. g3 Rh6 26. Bxd4 Bh3 27. Bb7 Bxf1
28. Kxf1 Rb8 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. f4 Bc5 31. fxg5 Bxd4 32. gxh6 Qxd5 33. hxg7+
Bxg7 34. Nf2 Rf8 35. Re4 Bd4 36. Rf4 Rxf4 37. gxf4 a5 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 Qxb5+
40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Ne4 h6 42. Kg3 Qg8+ 43. Kf3 Qd5 44. h3 Qh5+ 45. Kg3 Qg6+ 46.
Kf3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rd1 a5 13. Nc3 Bd5 14. Qb5 Ra6 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 c6 17. Qxb7 Rb6 18. Qa7 Be7 19. Nd3 Ra6 20. Qb7 Rb6 21. Qa7
Ra6 22. Qb7 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd5
Qxd5 9. Nb3 d3 10. e4 Qb5 11. Nbd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qd7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Nf5 exf5
15. Bxc5 Nxe4 16. Re1 Qd5 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4+ Qxe4 20. Rxe4+
Be6 21. Rd4 Rd8 22. Bd6 f6 23. Rxd3 Kf7 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Bb4 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Rd8
27. Bc3 Bg4 28. Re1 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Bxd1 30. f4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qc4 14. Qd2
Be6 15. Rfc1 Rad8 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rxc4 Bxc4 18. Bxa7 b5 19. Bc6 Bxa2 20. Rxb5
Bc4 21. Rb7 Bf6 22. Bf3 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Re1 24. Be3 Bxe2 25. Bxe2 Rxe2 26. Bh6 Rb2
27. Rd7 Rb8 28. h4 Re8 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Kf8 31. f4 Rc8 32. Ra7 Rc6 33.
Ra8+ Kg7 34. Ra7 Re6 35. Kf3 Re1 36. Kf2 Re4 37. Kf3 Re6 38. g4 f6 39. gxf6+
Kxf6 40. g5+ Kf7 41. Ra1 Rd6 42. Rh1 Kg7 43. Re1 Rd3+ 44. Kg4 Rd7 45. Re2 Kf8
46. Rh2 e6 47. Re2 Ke7 48. Rh2 Kd6 49. Rd2+ Ke7 50. Rh2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nd6 8.
c3 O-O 9. Bc2 c6 10. d4 Bf5 11. Bf4 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Na6 13. Nbd2 Nc7 14. Re2 Re8
15. Rae1 Bf8 16. Ne5 Qf6 17. Bg3 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Nxf5 19. Nd3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 f6 21.
g4 Kf7 22. Nf3 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Ne6 24. g3 a5 25. Kg2 a4 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rh1 h6
28. Re1 Nc7 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Ng1 b6 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 g5 33. Ne2 Kd7 34.
Kf1 Ke6 35. f3 Nb5 36. Nb2 Bd6 37. Kf2 Bc7 38. Nd1 Nd6 39. Ne3 f5 40. gxf5+
Nxf5 41. Nxf5 Kxf5 42. g4+ Ke6 43. Ke3 b5 44. Kf2 Bd6 45. b4 Bf4 46. Nxf4+ gxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxd5 Na6 11. f3 Nexc5 12. O-O-O e6 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 f6 15. e4 e5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Rd5 Be6 18. Kd2 Ke7 19. Nh3 b6 20. Be2 Bxd5
21. cxd5 Nc7 22. Nf2 Ne8 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 Nd6 25. a4 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Rxc4
27. Ra1 Rhc8 28. Ra3 f5 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. h3 h5 31. h4 R4c7 32. Rb3 Rc4 33. Ra3
R4c7 34. Rb3 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nf3 Ng4
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rd6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rd5 Rc6 20. Re2 Re8
21. h3 Nf6 22. Rxe5 Kf8 23. Rd2 Nxe4 24. Rd4 Nd6 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Ne1 Nc4 27.
Re4+ Kd8 28. b3 Na3 29. Rxb4 Nxc2 30. Rb8+ Ke7 31. Nxc2 Rxc2 32. b4 Ra2 33. a5
c5 34. bxc5 Rxa5 35. Rb7+ Ke6 36. c6 Rc5 37. c7 Kd7 38. Ra7 Rxc7 39. Rxa6 Rc6
40. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6 gxf4 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. Nf5 Rae8
21. Qd5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qh6 23. Raf1 Qe3+ 24. R1f2 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Qe4+ 26. Kh3 Qxd5
27. Rxd5 Re7 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. a4 Re3 30. Rgf5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Be2 Na5 12. Qb1 Rc8 13. O-O Bg7 14. Ba3 Bf8
15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. b5 Ne7 18. Ne5 O-O 19. Bf3 b6 20. Qb4 f6 21. Nd3
Be8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nf5 24. d5 e5 25. Bd1 Bf7 26. Qa3 Qxd5 27. Nb4 Qxb5
28. Nc6 Rc8 29. Ba4 Qe2 30. Nxa7 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Qxa2 32. Qd1 Nd4 33. Nb5 Bb3
34. Bxb3+ Qxb3 35. Qxb3+ Nxb3 36. f3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O Nd7 6. d3 e6 7. c4 Bd6 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 f6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Ne5 14. Nb5 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Bc5 16. Be2 Qb6 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bd4 20. Qb1 N7c6
21. Kg2 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Nd4 23. Qb2 Nxe2 24. Qxe2 Nd3 25. Rc2 Nb4 26. Rcc1 Nd3
27. Rc2 Nb4 28. Bxb4 Qxb4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. e5 b6 32. h4 h6 33.
exf6 Qxf6 34. Rd6 Re8 35. Rd7 Re7 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qe4+ Qf5 38. Qxf5+ exf5 39.
Rf8 Re2 40. Rxf5 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1
Nf6 15. Nc5 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bxc5 17. dxc5 a6 18. b4 Rac8 19. Be5 Bg6 20. Red1 Bd3
21. b3 Bc2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. b5 Bxb3 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Bxc6 Bxc4 26. Bb7 Bd5
27. c6 Rf8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxa6 Kg7 30. f4 f5 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Kd4
Kd6 34. c7+ Kxc7 35. Bxd5 Rd8 36. Ra5 Kb6 37. Rc5 f6 38. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 d4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. e3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nc4 Nb4 15.
Nce5 Bc2 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. d3 Re8 18. a3 Bxe5 19. axb4 Bxb3 20. bxc5 Rxc5 21.
Bxd4 Rc2 22. Qd1 Rc3 23. Qb1 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Bd5 25. Rxa7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd5+ 27.
Kg1 h5 28. Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rxd3 31. g5 Rxd4 32. gxf6 gxf6 33.
Ra1 Rd6 34. Raa7 Rf8 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Re6 37. Rb4 Rfe8 38. Rbb7 Rf8 39. Kf4
Rc6 40. f3 Rc5 41. e4 Rh5 42. Rc7 Rh6 43. Rc6 Rg6 44. Rcc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 a5 11. e4 Bh7 12. a3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rfd8 16. Kf1 Bg6 17. Ke2 f6 18. a4 e5 19. f3 Kf7 20. Bh3 Bc5 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Bg1 24. Ke2 h5 25. Kf1 Bc5 26. Bc8 b6 27. Ke2
Ke7 28. Ba6 Bf7 29. h4 Be6 30. Bc1 c6 31. Bd3 Kd6 32. Bd2 Ke7 33. Be1 Kd6 34.
Kd2 g5 35. Be2 Ke7 36. Kd1 Kf7 37. Kd2 Kg6 38. Kd1 Kf7 39. Ba6 Kg6 40. Be2 Kf7
41. Bd2 Bf2 42. Be1 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
h3 c5 9. g4 Nd7 10. Ne2 Nb8 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Nf5 Re8 13. h4 Bf8 14. h5 a5 15. c3
a4 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Ng5 c4 18. O-O-O cxd3 19. Rxd3 Qc8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Kb1 Na5
22. Qxa4 b5 23. Qc2 Reb8 24. b3 Nc4 25. Bc1 Na3+ 26. Bxa3 Rxa3 27. Rhd1 g6 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29. Ne3 c6 30. Rd8 Raa8 31. R8d7 Bc5 32. Qd2 Rf8 33. Nf5 Qf6 34. Qh6
Rf7 35. g5 Qe6 36. Rd8+ Bf8 37. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c4 cxd4 7. exd4 e5 8.
Nc3 dxc4 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 fxe5 11. Bxc4 Bb4 12. Ng5 f6 13. Nge4 Ke7 14.
O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Na5 16. Bd5 Rd8 17. f4 f5 18. Ng5 e4 19. Nxh7 Be6 20. Bxe6
Kxe6 21. Ng5+ Kf6 22. g4 Nc4 23. Rde1 e3 24. gxf5 Nd2 25. Rxe3 Nxf1 26. Kxf1
Kxf5 27. Re7 Rd2 28. Rf7+ Kg6 29. Rxb7 Rxa2 30. c4 Rd8 31. Ke1 Rd4 32. Nf3 Re4+
33. Kd1 Rxf4 34. Rb3 Kf6 35. Rc3 Ke6 36. c5 Kd7 37. Kc1 Kc7 38. h4 Rf2 39. Ng5
Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 Qd7 8. Kh2
Nf6 9. d3 h6 10. e4 Be6 11. Be3 g5 12. Ng1 g4 13. h4 O-O 14. Nge2 Qd8 15. Nf4
Bd7 16. Rb1 Kh7 17. Ncd5 Ng8 18. b4 b6 19. Nh5 Be5 20. Bf4 Bh8 21. bxc5 bxc5
22. Be3 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Bd2 Qb2 25. Re1 Qxa2 26. Re2 Qa1 27. Bc1 Rb8 28.
Re1 Rb1 29. Qd2 Be5 30. Qe3 Qd4 31. Qe2 Qa1 32. Qe3 e6 33. Nc7 Qd4 34. Qe2 Qa1
35. Qe3 Nd4 36. Rf1 Nc2 37. Qd2 Qc3 38. Qd1 Nd4 39. Nb5 Bxb5 40. cxb5 Qc2 41.
Qxg4 Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Qxc1 43. f4 Bh8 44. e5 d5 45. Qh3 Qd1 46. g4 Qe2 47. Qg3 Ne7
48. Kh1 Ng6 49. Nf6+ Bxf6 50. exf6 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Ne2 52. Qf2 Ngxf4 53. Qxc5 Kg6
54. h5+ Kxf6 55. Qxa7 d4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. e3 Bc4 12. Re1 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Bxe5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 Qe7 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qf6 20. Qc2
Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26.
Qb8+ Kg7 27. Qxa7 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Qc6+ 29. Kh3 Rd2 30. Re7 Qf6 31. Qxc7 Qf5+ 32.
g4 Qxf2 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Rxa2 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. h4 Ra5 38. g5
h6 39. Kg4 Ra4+ 40. Kg3 h5 41. Kh3 Kf8 42. Kg3 Rd4 43. Kh3 Rd6 44. Kg3 Re6 45.
Ra3 Re4 46. Kh3 Ke7 47. Kg3 Rg4+ 48. Kh3 Rd4 49. Re3+ Kd6 50. Rf3 Ke6 51. Rf6+
Ke7 52. Rf3 Rd7 53. Kg3 Ke6 54. Rf6+ Ke5 55. Rf3 Ke4 56. Rf4+ Ke3 57. Rf3+ Kd4
58. Rf4+ Kc3 59. Rf6 Re7 60. Rf3+ Kd4 61. Rf4+ Kd3 62. Rf6 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4
c6 9. a4 Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc3 Re8 14. Nbd2 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Bh3 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Qb2 Rad8 18. b5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bg2 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 f6 22. Bd4 Qe6 23. Qa2 Bb8 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. e3 Kf7 26. Ra2 b6 27.
Rac2 h5 28. h3 Rh8 29. Kf1 Rd8 30. Ke2 Re7 31. Rc6 Re6 32. R6c4 Re7 33. Bc3
Ree8 34. Bb4 Rd7 35. R1c2 f5 36. Rc1 Be5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 g6 39. Rg1 Red8
40. Rc6 Rc7 41. Rxc7+ Bxc7 42. Rh1 Rd7 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Rh6 Be5 45. f3 exf3+
46. Kxf3 Rd3 47. Ke2 Rb3 48. Bd6 Bxd6 49. Rxd6 Rb4 50. Rd7+ Ke6 51. Rxa7 f4 52.
Ra6 Kd5 53. exf4 Rxf4 54. Rxb6 Rxa4 55. Ra6 Rxa6 56. bxa6 Kc6 57. a7 Kb7 58.
a8=R Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Qxd4 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bg2 Nd7 18. Ne4 c5 19. Rb1 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rb8
21. b3 Be7 22. e3 c4 23. bxc4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rc7 25. c5 Nxc5 26. Rc1 f5 27. Nxc5
Rxc5 28. Rb1 Kf7 29. Rb6 a5 30. Bc6 Bd8 31. Ra6 Ke7 32. Kg2 g5 33. h3 Bc7 34.
Bb5 Rc3 35. Ra8 Rc2 36. Ra6 h5 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Bxc6 h4 39. gxh4 gxh4 40. e4
Kd6 41. Bb7 Ke7 42. Bc6 Kd6 43. Bb7 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. g4 Rd8 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qb4+ 14. Ke2 e5
15. Qc2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. h3 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 b5 20. Qc3 Nxc4 21.
Qxb4 cxb4 22. b3 Nb6 23. e4 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Kd2 a6 26. Bd3 Kf8 27. f4 f6
28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Kxc1 Ke7 30. Kd2 Kd6 31. Be2 Kc5 32. Kd3 Nc8 33. Bh5 Ne7 34.
Be8 Nc8 35. Bd7 Ne7 36. h4 Kd6 37. Be8 Kc5 38. Ke3 Nc8 39. Bd7 Ne7 40. Kd3 Kd6
41. Be6 g6 42. Ke3 a5 43. Kd4 Nc6+ 44. Kd3 Ne7 45. Kd4 Nc6+ 46. Ke3 Ne7 47. Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 {In this line White gets himself a
comfortable Dragon with some tempi ahead thanks to Black's Nd5-b6-d5, but what
is a comfortable position for Black may not be fully satisfactory from White's
point of view.} 12. Qc2 ({More common is} 12. Qa4 {After} a6 13. a3 Re8 14. Nd2
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd4 {So-Topalov, Sinquefield Cup 2016, Black equalized. Wesley
managed to win that game, but today he was willing to be on the other side.})
12... Re8 13. a3 a5 {A bit unusual.} 14. Qa4 {Vishy is trying to exploit a
minor weakening of the light squares caused by the ...a5-move.} Bd6 15. Ng5
Bxg2 16. Qc4 $5 {Fancy but rather harmless.} Qe7 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Ne4 Ne6 19.
Qd5 f5 {Wesley So invites concrete play.} ({Also possible was} 19... Red8) 20.
Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxb7 (21. Qxd6 cxd6 22. Rc3 {wins White the c-file, but Black
isn't without chances:} f4 23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Rc7 Nxe2 25. Rxb7 Rf8 26. Rb6 f3+
27. Kh3 Rf6 {The position of the white king is a bit unnerving.}) 21... Rab8
22. Qf3 f4 $1 {The ensuing complication were well worked out by both players.}
23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Qe4 Rxb2 25. Bxf4 Nxe2 (25... Rxe2 26. Be3 Rf8 {would likely
have forced repetition after} 27. Rce1 Ra2 28. Ra1 Re2 {etc.}) 26. Rc6 Nxf4+
27. gxf4 Qd7 28. Qc4+ (28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Qc4+ Qd5+ 30. Qxd5+ Rxd5 31. Rxc7 {
is a sure draw for Black, as long as he avoids} Rxd3 $6 32. Re1) 28... Kh8 29.
fxe5 Rc2 {Neat!} 30. Qxc2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Rxe5 33. Rc5 Qg4+ 34. Kh1
Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{People like to say that I don't play my best against Carlsen. Don't think I
hadn't noticed that, but it took my dad Renato to explain it to me.   He told
me it is like being a very young and talented soccer player and having
pictures of Pele all over your room and knowing by heart every game he ever
played. You think about him, dream about him, grow up wanting to be as good as
him and when playing by yourself even pretend you are him. And then one day
Pele suddenly appears on the field. You can’t move. You can't breathe.
Everything is a blur. Which goal posts are yours? You feel like you might
faint. Or die. You are overwhelmed because he is older, bigger and has years
of experience on you. You see that you are a kid with over size dreams.  
Playing Carlsen in Norway is probably like playing Pele in Brazil. It has good
points in that the focus is always on him and no one really cares about your
games unless you lose to him. You can be sure of a dismissive attitude from
the Norwegian commentators and a local audience who only came to see one
player (who is that brown boy anyway?).   I appreciate this because it’s
very freeing not to carry the burden of expectation. It allows me to focus on
the excellence of the Altibox Norway Chess experience (which is one of the
best organized events in Europe - a professional chess players dream
tournament).   I really love Stavanger and after a meal of my favorite food 
(salmon), I went to play my game against the favored son of Norway, whom in my
3.5 years of professional play, I had never beaten in a classical game.} 1. d4
{Considering how well prepared Magnus is in the opening these days, I decided
to stick to normal lines and not challenge him on the intricacies of the Ruy
Lopez.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {is usually how my games with
Magnus go. I've had this position against him with both colors.}) 3... cxd5 {
Apparently the commentators announced I was playing for a draw by taking on d5.
.. A shocking analysis, as we'd only traded one pawn!} 4. Bf4 Nf6 ({I thought
he'd start with} 4... Nc6 5. Nc3 {and now he has the extra option:} e5 $5 (5...
Bf5 6. e4 $5)) 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 ({I was expecting} 6... Nh5 7. Bd2 Nf6 {
which seems to be the most solid variation, but Magnus went for the sideline.})
(6... Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Ne5 {has become very fashionable lately.
Yaroslav Zherebukh beat Ray Robson with it just a couple of months ago in the
US Championships.}) 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 {I had a little experience with this
variation, having played it against Ivanchuk almost a decade ago when I was
thirteen!} Rc8 (8... e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 {is how my game with Ivanchuk went, in
World Cup 2009.}) 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Nd7 {He played this quite fast, so I
assumed he was still following his opening ideas.} (10... Be7 11. Qb3 $1 Na5
12. Qa4+ {is supposed to be better for White due to} Nc6 13. Bxa6 $1) (10...
Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na4 {is not a nice position for Black. Usually he
wouldn't want to trade his dark-squared bishop in the Exchange Slav.}) 11. Na4
Be7 {This quietly threatens to attack on the kingside with ...g5-h5.} 12. h3 {
Prophylaxis against the aforementioned idea.} O-O ({Magnus castled quite fast.
Apparently still} 12... g5 $5 {is very good here. I won't give it an
exclamation mark since the position remains very unclear, but it is definitely
a good alternative.} 13. Bh2 h5 {Now the kingside pawns look threatening. The
position is quite weird and analysis shows it's not easy to play for both
sides:} 14. Nd2 (14. Ne1 g4 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Rg8 17. Kh1 $13) 14... g4 (
14... b5 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. a4 b4 17. Ncb1) 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Bxg4 Bd3 $1 17. Be2
Bb4 $1 18. Nf3 Be4 $132) 13. a3 {Preparing to push my pawns forward. White is
simply faster and better equipped to seize the initiative on the queenside.}
Na5 (13... b5 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bf6 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 Qf6 18. Be3 e5
19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2 $14 {is a long forcing line that favors White.}) 14. Nc5
$1 Nc4 15. b4 Nxc5 (15... b5 16. Nxa6 Nxa3 17. Nc5 Nc4 18. Ra1 $14) 16. dxc5 ({
And not} 16. bxc5 b6 $11) 16... Nxa3 $6 (16... b6 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxd8 Bxd8
19. Bd6 $16) ({With hindsight} 16... b5 $1 {bolsters the knight and it might
be the best defense.} 17. a4 Nb2 18. Qd2 Nxa4 19. Nd4 Bg6 {is very unclear.
White has compensation for the pawn but perhaps not much more.}) 17. Nd4 Be4
18. f3 Bg6 19. Qb3 {I wasn't really worried about sacrificing the a-pawn since
his knight is sidelined in many lines.} Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Qe8 $5 {
Interesting option and one I could hardly expect. Black keeps the bishop pair
for now and he wants to kick my knight away from its central outpost by making
the ...e6-e5 break work.} ({I thought he would go for} 21... Bg5 {which is the
most natural move, and now} 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 {since I am slightly better, but not
much more than that. In fact during the game I couldn't see anything clearly.
My dark squares are a little vulnerable and Black is ready to fight for
control of the d-file.} 23. Qc3 {is what I was thinking to play, and then:}
Rfd8 24. Rfd1 h5 (24... Qe5 25. Kf2 Qf6 26. Ne2 $14) 25. Nb3 Bf5 26. Kh1 $1 Qg3
27. Qe1 $14 {with a few accurate moves White will manage to keep a nagging
edge, but over the board the position is never really crystal clear.}) 22. Bg3
{Just a quiet non-commital move, because I couldn't find anything definitive.
I decided to just make a move and see what Magnus intended to do next.} (22. c6
$5 e5 $1 (22... b5 23. Qc3 $18 {is just winning for White, the c-pawn is
simply too strong.}) 23. Bxe5 bxc6 24. Nxc6 Bxb4 {was the line that Magnus
calculated. Black holds here.}) (22. e4 e5 23. Bxe5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Qxe5 {
is better for White, as the bishop on g6 is buried for the time being, but I
think Black can hold here too.}) 22... e5 (22... Bg5 {is better.} 23. Rfe1 Qd7
$14 {it's not that easy to break Black's defenses.}) 23. Nb3 Bd8 $2 {This just
blunders a pawn. Magnus missed 26.Bd6 in the variation below.} (23... e4 {
is an option but I suppose he wasn't attracted to it.} 24. f4 Bf5 25. Nd4 Bd7
26. f5 $16) (23... Bf5 {also does not fully equalize:} 24. Bxe5 Be6 25. Qc3
Bxb3 26. Qxb3 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Bxg7 $1 $36) (23... h6 $1 {is the best
defense, but over the board it is hard to see why.}) 24. Qd5 {Grabbing the
gift.} Qb5 $6 {Another mistake.} (24... Bc7 {is perhaps a better defense.} 25.
Na5 (25. Qxb7 Bd3 26. Rfd1 Bb5 27. Nd2 $16) 25... Bxa5 26. bxa5 Qe7 27. Qxe5
Qxe5 28. Bxe5 Bd3 29. Rfd1 Bb5 {White is a clear pawn up, but the presence of
opposite colored bishops give Black good holding chances. I would estimate
Black's chances to draw around 30-40%.}) 25. Bxe5 Be7 (25... Qxb4 26. Bd6 {
is what he overlooked.}) 26. Qd2 {I consolidate the pawn of course. Here I was
very much delighted with my position.} (26. Na5 $1 b6 27. Nb7 {is the
computer's fastest way to destroy any Black resistance. Suffice to say that I
did not even see 27.Nb7 during the game.}) 26... Rfd8 27. Bd6 Bf6 28. e4 h6 {
White is definitely winning now. The only question is how to convert my
advantage. Having a winning position does not mean a thing unless you can
carefully nurse your advantage to a win. As a famous player once pointed out:
'Anyone can get an advantage, but only the BEST players convert them.'} 29. Nd4
Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Re8 ({Trading pawns does not help at all:} 30... a5 31. bxa5
Qxa5 32. Ra1 $18 {when the b7 pawn is going to fall.}) 31. Rfe1 Kh7 32. g4 $1 {
We were already quite short on time here that's why I didn't hesitate to
attack!} (32. f4 f5 {is what I wanted to prevent. The last thing we want is
for Black to have some sort of a light-square blockade.}) 32... f6 33. f4 Qc6
$2 {After this blunder Black should be totally 100% lost.} (33... Bf7 {is
clearly a better defense. The queen is just better placed on b5.} 34. f5 a5 35.
bxa5 Ra8 {and if Black can activate a rook along the a-file he has some saving
chances.}) 34. f5 Bf7 35. h4 {Here I knew for a fact that I was winning,
however converting advantages is never easy, as you can see from the past
games. For example there is a famous game of Magnus back in 2014, in a 4.f3
Nimzo. His opponent was totally winning for many moves, even reaching 
(computer evaluation) +15 at some point, but nevertheless he managed to find
all the worst moves and in the end succeeded in losing the game.} Ra8 36. Rc2 (
36. Rc3 {was my first intention and would be very strong. I rejected it
because of} a5 37. g5 axb4 (37... Bh5 38. Rg3 {and compared with the rook on
g2 there is a big difference: Black has no 38...Bf3! counterplay.}) 38. g6+
Bxg6 39. fxg6+ Kxg6 {and Black has two pawns but hey, a piece is a piece!})
36... a5 37. g5 Bh5 $1 {A very good sneaky last try, and one which I
underestimated.} 38. g6+ {In Norway there is no time increment or delay until
move 60, so time trouble is definitely an issue. Here I used up all my time
calculating until I found a series of moves that would bring me to move 40
safely.} ({I was hesitant to open the g-file, but simplest is} 38. gxf6 gxf6
39. b5 $1 {(A very important move, closing the a-file and opening the b-file
for White.)} Qxb5 40. Rb2 Qd7 41. Qxf6 Rg8+ 42. Kh2 {when Black has absolutely
no counterplay.}) 38... Kh8 39. b5 $1 Qxb5 40. Rb2 Qc6 $2 {Magnus used up
almost all of his remaining time and made another mistake. This makes the game
very easy to convert.} (40... Qd7 {would have made the game harder for me, but
as my friend Anish Giri pointed out White still wins easily with the right
moves:} 41. Qd5 $1 (41. Reb1 Bf3 42. Rxb7 Qc6 43. e5 Qc8 $1 {is what I missed
in my calculations back in move 37.}) 41... Qc6 42. Qd3 a4 43. Rb6 Qc8 44. Qd5
$1 {White just plays the same position a tempo down as in the game. No worries.
} a3 (44... Ra7 45. Qf7 $1 a3 46. c6 a2 47. Rxb7 $18) 45. Rxb7 Rg8 (45... a2
46. Rxg7) 46. c6 a2 47. Ra1 $18) 41. Rb6 Qc8 42. Qd5 a4 (42... Ra7 43. Qf7 {
threatens c6 and wins. Due to back rank issues Black's counterplay comes way
too late.} Bf3 44. c6 Rxe4 45. Rxe4 Bxe4 46. Bf8 $18 {and mate next move.}) 43.
Rxb7 Rg8 (43... Bxg6 44. fxg6 Qg4+ 45. Kf2 {does not do much either, as I have
Bg3 to counter his check on h4.}) 44. c6 {Threatening c7 and Rb8, therefore
Magnus finally resigned! This was a clear big win for me, being my first
victory against him in classical chess, and it also evened up the standings in
the tournament since we were now co=leaders with +1, and only three games to
go.} (44. Rc7 Qe8 45. Qd2 a3 $2 46. Qxh6+ $3 {is another way to win. In the
after game interview, Ian Rogers asked me if I played especially focused
because I was provoked by a statement my opponent made before the game. It
seems he said that I am a player who makes boring draws and he could draw me
at will. Actually, having no interest in social media I was completely unaware
of the comments. When they told me, I burst out laughing because after all, so
what? Sometimes I do make boring draws. Sometimes.}) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. e4 g6 14. h4 Nd7 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bb7 19. Nxb5 Qa5 20. Nc3 Nb6 21.
d6 cxd6 22. Rxd6 Be7 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Rd6 Be7 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Rd6 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. O-O Qc7 14. a5 Be6 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. b4 Nd7 20. c4 Bg5 21. Be2 e4
22. Nb3 Bf6 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Qb3 Nd3 26. Red1 Rfe8 27. Ra2 Qe7 28.
Nc2 Rc8 29. Ne1 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Raa1 Qc7 32. Nxd3 exd3 33. Bxd3 Bxd3 34.
Qxd3 Qxc4 35. Qd2 Re2 36. Qxg5 Qxb4 37. h3 Re5 38. Qd2 Qxd2 39. Rxd2 Rc5 40.
Rb2 Re7 41. Rab1 Rxa5 42. Rxb7 Rxb7 43. Rxb7 Rxd5 44. Kf1 g6 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. h4
a5 47. Ra7 Kf6 48. g4 Rd4 49. h5 a4 50. f3 gxh5 51. gxh5 Rh4 52. h6 Rxh6 53.
Rxa4 Ke5 54. Re4+ Kf5 55. Rd4 Re6+ 56. Kd3 f6 57. Kd2 Kg6 58. Rg4+ Kf7 59. Rf4
Re5 60. Rd4 d5 61. Ra4 Kg6 62. Ra6 Kf5 63. Rd6 Re6 64. Rxd5+ Kf4 65. Kd3 Kxf3
66. Rf5+ Kg4 67. Rf1 f5 68. Rg1+ Kf4 69. Rf1+ Kg5 70. Rg1+ Kf6 71. Rf1 Re8 72.
Kd4 Re5 73. Rh1 Re2 74. Kd3 Re8 75. Rf1 Kg5 76. Rg1+ Kh4 77. Rf1 Kg4 78. Rg1+
Kh3 79. Rf1 Re5 80. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Berlin invited and declined. Now Black
has a reasonable range of options.} Bc5 (4... Ne7 $5 {is a nice 'tricky' line,
trying to play as if this was an Italian and not a Spanish. Black will
continue ...Ng6, ...Bc5, ...0-0, ...a6, ...d6 if allowed, and abstain from ...
c6.}) (4... d6 {is of course normal:} 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6
(8... Nb8 $5 {is playable, and according to my database has been chosen
exclusively by the Soviet grandmaster Yemelin (a total of 5 occurrences!)}) 9.
Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 Nb8 $5 {For me this is a trademark Howell manoeuvre.
Black went on to win in McShane,L -Howell,D London 2017.}) 5. O-O Nd4 $5 {
Partly 'telegraphed' by the previous move (though 4...d6 is still more common.)
My understanding used to be that Black was slightly worse after this move, but
maybe after annotating the present game and seeing a comprehensive list of
world elite players who have taken the Black side, that will have to change.} (
5... O-O $2 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 $16 {is now essentially just a pawn.}) 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. Ba4 {Presumably there is some move order subtlety going on here
beneath the surface. My best guess is that White is 'threatening' Nd2 with
this move, and Black faces problems preserving his d4-bishop.} (7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 O-O (8... c6 $5 {would be the 'Yugoslav approach':} 9. Ba4 h6 10. d4 d6 $11
{and as usual Black should not really fear the misplacement of his king in
such lines with an exchange of queens.}) 9. Bg5 c6 10. Ba4 h6 11. Bh4 d6 (11...
d5 $5 {seems to equalise, though it is harder to play Black with the loose
central pawns:} 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Re1 Bc7 $132) 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 Bb6 14. Qf3
$14 {Karjakin as Black limped to a draw a pawn down against Anand here in the
blitz section of last year's Norway chess event.}) 7... c6 (7... O-O {looks
perfectly playable: while it is usually advisable for Black to go ...c6 in
such lines, it is not a biblical commandment.} 8. Nd2 d6 $1 9. c3 Bb6 10. Nc4
$1 {Presumably this was Black's problem - these configurations with a bishop
pair that White can take 'on demand' are generally a little inauspicious.
However in this case, I doubt Black is worse after} Be6 11. Nxb6 axb6 {and now
White's most natural choice} 12. f4 {is met by the computerish} b5 $1 13. Bxb5
c6 14. Ba4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ng4 $11) 8. c3 Bb6 9. Na3 d6 (9... O-O {transposes to
the note to White's 7th.}) 10. Bc2 (10. Bb3 {is very 'Italian', but does seem
like a second semi-waste of a tempo, this bishop not having been obligated to
move at all.} a5 11. Nc4 Ba7 $1 {Also in Italian style.} 12. a4 O-O 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bxf6 $6 (14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Bg4 $11) 14... Qxf6 15. Nxa5 d5 $1 $36 {
Carlsen-Aronian, European Team Championships 2015, Black had obtained his
preparation and was ultimately successful.}) 10... Be6 11. Qe2 h6 (11... O-O {
was more modest, and probably best, since a madcap kingside attack is unlikely
to work well at this level, but the text does make the game interesting.}) 12.
Kh1 g5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Ne3 {Around this phase I was unable to find many
reasons to play one move first rather than another, since in any case it is
impossible to discourage Black from playing ...d5.} (14. a4 {is another
generally useful move that features in most of White's plans.}) (14. Rd1 $5 {
followed by d4 is independent, but maybe now Black would revert to the
original plan and play} O-O 15. Ne3 (15. d4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 d5 $11) 15... d5 $11)
14... d5 15. Re1 Qe7 (15... d4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Kf8 $11 {was the engine
suggestion, the rationale being that Black is probably going to eventually
trade this pair of minor pieces on f5 in any case.}) 16. a4 O-O-O 17. Rb1 $6 (
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 $11 {might have been better, with
approximate equality. The text was an indication that White believed himself
to be better, possibly significantly so.}) 17... d4 18. Nf1 Bb6 $6 {This is a
hard move to explain with any sort of rationale other than possibly being
excessively obsessed with how to take back on d4.} (18... Nd7 $15 {is my
engine choice, maybe thinking about an eventual ...f5. The irony of this
position is that it is Black's c7-bishop rather than White's c2-bishop which
might be opened soon in a 'Spanish' way.}) (18... g4 $1 {is the move that
makes most sense to me. Probably what Wesley didn't like was} 19. cxd4 exd4 20.
f4 $6 {when it looks like there is a risk of being outflanked, but after a
solid continuation like} gxf3 21. Qxf3 Ng4 $1 $17 {Black is doing extremely
well.}) 19. Bd2 Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. Ng3 $14 {So Black has created his 'hook' in
White's position, but it is all a bit slow and there is a real risk of getting
outflanked along the f-file.} Rhg8 (21... Ne8 22. c4 Ng7 23. b4 h5 {might have
been an interesting race, but the engine opines that White can play} 24. Nf5 {
anyway and be better.}) 22. b4 {Now White has near-total control over the
events to come.} g4 23. a5 (23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. f4 $14 {is another way, and
maybe the best one.}) 23... dxc3 $1 {A very good practical decision.} (23...
Bc7 24. Rf1 $14) 24. Bxc3 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. b5 {Losing claim to an
advantage in my opinion.} (26. f4 exf4 27. Qf2 Rgd8 28. Ne2 g3 29. Qxf4 Nh5 30.
Qe5 Qh4 31. Nxg3 Nxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Qxg3 33. hxg3 $11 {Black is not totally out of
the woods yet, even if he might appear to have great compensation.}) 26... c5 (
26... cxb5 27. Rxb5 Rb4 $11 {is relatively okay for Black.}) 27. Bb3 (27. b6 a6
28. Rf1 $14 {led to a significant plus, as after the feared} c4 {there is} 29.
f4 $1 {among other things.}) 27... h5 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Re8 (29... gxf3 30.
Qxf3 Ng4 {was a scary option to choose in a game, as White can choose no fewer
than three pawns to push to the 6th rank, but the engine is unfazed and claims
Black has equalised.}) 30. Rbc1 gxf3 $6 {Now this is a dubious decision. Chess
is such a fickle game sometimes.} (30... Kb8 31. Bc4 Nd5 $14) 31. Qxf3 Red8 32.
Bc4 (32. a6 $1 Rxd3 33. axb7+ Kb8 34. Qc6 Rxb3 35. Rxc5 $16 {White wins back
the piece with a strong attack.}) 32... e4 33. dxe4 Qe5 (33... Rxe4 34. Be6+ $1
$16) 34. Bxf7 Rd3 35. Qf2 R8d4 36. Bd5 Kd7 37. b6 $6 {Now Black gets back in
the game a little.} (37. Rxc5 $1 {was playable, quite natural, and very close
to winning.}) 37... axb6 38. axb6 Ng4 (38... Rd2 39. Qg1 Nxd5 40. exd5 Qxd5 $16
{is the engine choice.}) 39. Qg1 Kd8 {Possibly quite a big objective mistake,
but move 40 was still to come...} (39... Rd2 40. Rf1 h4 41. h3 Qg3 {White
might still win somehow, but it will be hard with his queen boxed in in this
way.}) 40. h3 $4 (40. Bxb7 $18 {was safe for instance.}) 40... Rxh3+ 41. gxh3
Rd3 $4 {Black had a miracle draw.} (41... Rd2 $3 42. hxg4 hxg4 {and White has
no way to avoid mate other than giving up his queen.} 43. Qg2 Qh8+ 44. Kg1
Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Qh3+ $11) 42. Qg2 Rg3 43. hxg4 Rxg2 44. Kxg2 h4 45. Kf3 $1 {
Now there is no perpetual check and White converts without problems.} Qg3+ 46.
Ke2 h3 47. Rg1 Qh4 48. e5 {A truly dramatic game!} 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
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[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 Nbd7 12. b5 Ne4 13. a4 Ndf6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Bc1
Bd6 16. Ba3 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. h3 Rac8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21. Qb2 Rc7
22. Rc1 h6 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Nh2 Ng5 26. Nf1 Ne6 27. f3 g6 28. Kf2
Qe7 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Qd7 31. Nf4 Ng7 32. Nd2 Qd8 33. Nb1 Qd7 34. Nc3 Ne6 35.
Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Ne2 Qd7 37. Nf4 Kf8 38. Bf1 Ke8 39. Bh3 Qe7 40. Bc8 Kd8 41. Bh3
Qe8 42. Qc3 Qe7 43. Qc1 Qe8 44. Ne2 Qe7 45. Nc3 Qc7 46. Bf1 Qc8 47. Ne2 Qd7 48.
Nf4 Qe7 49. Bd3 Qd7 50. Bb1 Ke7 51. Ke2 Kd8 52. Kd2 Qe7 53. Bc2 Qd7 54. Bb3 Qf5
55. Qc2 Qd7 56. Qa2 Qf5 57. Qc2 Qd7 58. Qd1 Qe7 59. Bc2 Qd7 60. Bd3 Qe7 61. g4
hxg4 62. fxg4 Bc8 63. g5 Ne4+ 64. Bxe4 Qxe4 65. Qc2 Qxc2+ 66. Kxc2 Bf5+ 67. Kd2
Be4 68. Ne2 Ke7 69. Ng3 Ke6 70. Kc3 Bf3 71. Kc2 Bg4 72. Kd2 Bf3 73. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. Qd3 h6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. f3
c6 15. Rad1 Be6 16. b3 a5 17. a4 Nd7 18. Bc7 Re8 19. Nf4 Nc5 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21.
Bb6 Be7 22. Bf2 Bc5 23. Bf5 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Nc5 25. Rd4 g6 26. Bh3 Rad8 27. Rfd1
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Kf8 29. Bf1 Ne6 30. Rd2 Nc5 31. Bc4 g5 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. h4 Re7 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. Bf1 g4 36. Be2 gxf3 37. Bxf3 Ne4+ 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 39. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1
Be5 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Rc8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c5 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Na4 c4
21. Qf5 h6 22. Rc2 Rb8 23. Nc3 cxb3 24. axb3 Rxb3 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qa1+
27. Kh2 Rbb8 28. Rc7 Rf8 29. Ra5 Qd1 30. Rd7 Qb1 31. Qf4 Rb7 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33.
Rxa7 Qb6 34. Rc7 Qf6 35. Qg3 Re8 36. Rc5 g6 37. h4 Re4 38. f4 Qe7 39. Rc3 h5
40. Qf2 Kg7 41. Rb3 Rc4 42. Qb2+ Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Kf3 f5 46.
Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Rd6 Rc2 49. g3 Rb2 50. Rd7+ Kf6 51. Rd3 Kf7 52. e4
fxe4+ 53. Kxe4 Kf6 54. Rd6+ Kf7 55. f5 Rb4+ 56. Ke5 gxf5 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Rxf5
Kg6 59. Rf6+ Kg7 60. Rf4 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. e4 Bh7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bb2 Bf6
15. e5 Be7 16. c4 Nb6 17. d4 Rc8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Qg4 Bf5 21. Qf4
Bg5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rc1 g4 27. Rfd1
Be4 28. Kf1 Kh7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 d4 32. Bb2 d3 33. Ke1 Kg6
34. Kd2 a6 35. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. bxc4 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Ne5 Na5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Qb2+
Kg8 15. Qxb7 Bh3 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. Nc3 Qd4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. cxd5 d3 22. e4 f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rb4 25. Re1 Rb2 26. Rad1 Rxa2 27.
Re3 Ra3 28. Rc1 g5 29. g4 a5 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. e5 Ra4 32. h3 Rd4 33. e6 Rf8 34.
Re5 Rd8 35. Rxg5+ Kf8 36. Rf5+ Kg8 37. Rxe7 R4xd5 38. Rff7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Bf4 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5
Nd6 15. Qd4 Be6 16. Rfc1 Qa5 17. Nd3 Rad8 18. Nf4 Nf5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Rd2
21. Bxb7 Rxb2 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Ba6 Nd4 24. Kf1 Rfb8 25. Bd3 Kf7 26. Rc4 R8b4
27. Rac1 Nf5 28. a3 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Nd6 30. Ra4 Rb7 31. f4 Kf6 32. Ra5 Nf7 33.
Ra6 Nd6 34. Kf2 e5 35. Ke3 Rc7 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Ra5+ Ke6 38. Kd4 Kf6 39. e4
Nf7 40. e5+ Kg7 41. h4 Nd8 42. Be4 Ne6+ 43. Kd3 Nc5+ 44. Ke3 Nxe4 45. Kxe4 Kf7
46. Ra6 Rc3 47. Kf4 Rc4+ 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. N2b3 Rac8 14. Rd1 Rfd8
15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bc3 b6 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Qa3 a5 19. Qb2 a4 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Rbc1
Na5 22. Be5 Ne8 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Qb4 Qe5 25. e3 Bg4 26. Re1 Nc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6
28. Nd4 Rcc8 29. Qxb6 Ne6 30. Nxe6 Rxd2 31. Nd4 Qe4 32. Qb1 Qxb1 33. Rxb1 Rxc4
34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Re8 Kf6 36. Kg2 e5 37. Nf3 Bxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rcc2 39. Rf1 Rxa2
40. g4 Rab2 41. Ra8 Ra2 42. h4 a3 43. g5+ Kg7 44. Kg3 Rd5 45. Rc1 Rd7 46. Rc3
h6 47. Raxa3 Rxa3 48. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nbd2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. e3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. g3 c5 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Bc3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
Bb4 15. Ng2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 e5 17. d5 Nb8 18. Ne3 Nbd7 19. Kc2 Nc5 20. Qa3 Nfd7
21. Rb1 Qa6 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 23. Nf5 Nac5 24. Nd6+ Kc7 25. Nxf7 Rhf8 26. Nxd8 Kxd8
27. Rhf1 Rf6 28. f4 exf3 29. Rxf3 Ra6 30. Kb2 Nf6 31. Bd1 e4 32. Rf5 g6 33. Rf1
Ke7 34. Bc2 Ng4 35. Rbe1 Ne5 36. Bxe4 Nxc4+ 37. Kc1 Ne5 38. Bxg6 Rxa2 39. Bc2
Kd6 40. Kb1 Ra3 41. Rf6+ Kxd5 42. Rf5 Ncd7 43. Kb2 Ra5 44. Rh5 Kd6 45. Rd1+ Kc6
46. Be4+ Kb6 47. Rh6+ Kc7 48. Rxh7 Kb6 49. Rhxd7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O Re8
15. a3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Bf3 Ng5 19. Be2 Ne4 20. h3 c5 21. Nf3
b6 22. b4 Bb7 23. bxc5 Rac8 24. Qd4 Nxc5 25. Qb4 Qf6 26. Nd4 Qg6 27. Bf3 Bxf3
28. Nxf3 Rcd8 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Re4 32. g5 Ra4 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Ne5 hxg5 35. Nxf7 Rxa3 36. Rd6 Kg8 37. Nxg5 Kf8 38. e4 Ke7 39. Rg6 b5 40.
e5 b4 41. Rxg7+ Ke8 42. Rg8+ Kd7 43. Rb8 b3 44. Kh2 Ra6 45. Nf3 Rh6+ 46. Kg3 a5
47. Nd4 a4 48. Rb5 Nd3 49. e6+ Rxe6 50. Nxb3 Rg6+ 51. Kf3 axb3 52. Rxb3 Ne1+
53. Ke4 Nxg2 54. Rg3 Re6+ 55. Kf5 Nh4+ 56. Kg4 Ng6 57. Rd3+ Kc6 58. f4 Re1 59.
Kf5 Ne7+ 60. Kf6 Nd5+ 61. Kf5 Kd6 62. Ra3 Ne7+ 63. Kg4 Rg1+ 64. Kf3 Ke6 65.
Ra6+ Kf7 66. Ra5 Rb1 67. Kg4 Rb6 68. Rh5 Ng8 69. Ra5 Nf6+ 70. Kf5 Rb7 71. Kg5
Kg7 72. Re5 Rf7 73. Ra5 Ne4+ 74. Kg4 Kg6 75. Ra6+ Nf6+ 76. Kf3 Rb7 77. Ra3 Rb5
78. Re3 Rb1 79. Re2 Rf1+ 80. Rf2 Ra1 81. Rg2+ Kf7 82. Rb2 Ra3+ 83. Kg2 Nd5 84.
f5 Ne3+ 85. Kf2 Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 Bd6 8.
Bb5 O-O 9. Ne2 Ne7 10. Ng3 c6 11. Bc4 Nd5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Be2 f5
15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. e4 f4 18. Nf5 Qd7 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qc3 Nd7 21.
d4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 c5 24. Bc3 Nb8 25. Red1 Nc6 26. f3 Kf7 27. Kf2
g5 28. h4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 h6 30. g3 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. f4 gxf4+
34. Kxf4 Nc6 35. Bh5+ Kf8 36. Be2 Kf7 37. h5 a6 38. Bd2 b5 39. Be3 c4 40. bxc4
bxc4 41. Bd2 a5 42. a3 Nd4 43. Bd1 Nb3 44. Bc3 a4 45. Ke5 Nc5 46. Bd2 Nb3 47.
Bxh6 c3 48. Be3 Na5 49. Kd4 Bb3 50. Be2 c2 51. Kc3 Nc6 52. Bd3 Ne5 53. Bxc2
Bxc2 54. Kxc2 Nc4 55. Bc1 Kf6 56. Kd3 Nd6 57. Kd4 Nb5+ 58. Kc4 Nd6+ 59. Kd5 Nb5
60. Kc5 Nc7 61. Kc6 Ne6 62. h6 Nd4+ 63. Kd5 Nb3 64. e5+ Kg6 65. e6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nb3 h5 11. f3 Nb6 12. Kc2 Bd7 13. Nc5 Bc6 14. b3 Bh6
15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. a4 Ke7 17. Bb5 Nd7 18. Nd3 Nb8 19. Nb4 a5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Nd3 Nd7 22. Rhd1 Rhh8 23. Rd2 Rhd8 24. Rad1 Nb6 25. Nc5 Rd6 26. h4 Ra7 27. Nd3
Ra8 28. Nc5 Ra7 29. g3 Nd7 30. Nd3 Rb7 31. Ra1 c5 32. Nb2 Nb6 33. Rad1 Rb8 34.
Rd3 Rg8 35. Rh1 Rgd8 36. Rhd1 Rg8 37. Rh1 Rgd8 38. Rhd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. h3 h6
9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Nf1 Qf8 15. Ng3
Bb7 16. a3 Rbd8 17. Qb1 Nb8 18. b4 Nbd7 19. a4 d5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe3
22. Rxe3 Rxe5 23. f4 Ree8 24. e5 d4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rb3 Nd5 28.
Be4 Rb8 29. Qb2 Rc4 30. Qd2 Nxb4 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. Nf5 Rb8 33. Rg3 g6 34. e6
Qc5+ 35. Ne3 Qd4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. f5 g5 38. Ra7 Rc8 39. Rb7 Nd5 40. Rxb5 fxe6
41. fxe6 Nxe3 42. Rxe3 Re8 43. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 e5 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. N4f3 Nc6 12. Nc4 Be6 13. h3 Nge5 14. Ncxe5
dxe5 15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qe2 a5 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. b5 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 exd4 22. e5 Re8 23. Qf3 Be6 24. Rac1 Qd7 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rc5 Rc8 27. Rd5
Qe7 28. Rxd4 Rxe5 29. Rde4 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Rc3 31. Qd1 Rxa3 32. Bxg6 Qf8 33. Bb1
Rc3 34. Qd7 Rc8 35. Qxb7 Re8 36. Rf1 Qb4 37. Ba2 Rf8 38. Qc6 Bd4 39. Bb1 Rb8
40. Qe4 Rxb5 41. Qxh7+ Kf8 42. Ba2 Qe7 43. Qd3 Rb4 44. Qf3 Rb2 45. Bc4 Qf6 46.
Qxf6 Bxf6 47. Rd1 Ke7 48. Re1+ Kf8 49. Rd1 Ke7 50. Rd5 a4 51. Ra5 Bd4 52. Rxa4
Rxf2 53. Kh2 Rc2 54. Bb3 Be5+ 55. Kg1 Rb2 56. Bc4 f6 57. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 h6 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. a5 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nd7 14. h4 Nc6 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Rb1 Ra4 17. Qf4 Ne7 18. Bd2 Qc6 19. h5 Rfa8 20. Rfc1 Ra2 21. Be3
Qa4 22. Nh4 Rc2 23. Qg3 Kf8 24. dxc5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 bxc5 26. d4 Rc8 27. Rb1 Qc2
28. Rb7 cxd4 29. cxd4 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxh5 31. Qh3 g5 32. g4 Qxh4 33. Qxh4 gxh4
34. Rxd7 h5 35. gxh5 Nf5 36. h6 Kg8 37. Kh3 Rf8 38. Kg4 Kh7 39. Ra7 Kg6 40. Ra1
Rc8 41. Ra7 Rg8 42. Ra1 Kh7+ 43. Kh3 Rb8 44. Ra7 Kg6 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Kh3 Rh1+
47. Kg2 Rb1 48. Kh3 Rb3 49. h7 Rb8 50. Ra1 Kxh7 51. Rg1 Rg8 52. Ra1 Rb8 53. Rg1
Rb3 54. Kg4 Nxe3+ 55. fxe3 Rxe3 56. Kxh4 Re4+ 57. Kg5 Rxd4 58. Kf6 Rf4+ 59. Ke7
Rf5 60. Kd6 Kh6 61. Ke7 Kh5 62. Rg8 Kh4 63. Rg7 Rxe5 64. Kxf7 d4 65. Kf6 Re3
66. Rg1 e5 67. Kf5 Kh3 68. Rg6 Kh2 69. Rg4 d3 70. Rg6 e4 71. Rd6 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Bg4+ 12. Kc2 Bf5+ 13. Bd3 Bxd3+
14. Kxd3 O-O-O+ 15. Kc2 Bc5 16. f3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bd2 Rhd8 19. Bc3 Bd4
20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rad1 Kc7 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Re1 Kd7 24. Re5 Ra4 25. a3 g6 26.
g3 Kd6 27. Re8 Ra5 28. Rd8+ Ke6 29. Rd4 Rf5 30. Rd3 h5 31. Rc3 Kd6 32. Rd3+ Ke6
33. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. a4 O-O
9. Na3 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Rd1 Bh3 12. Be3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 dxe4 16. dxe5 Qf5 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc6 20. Be3 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Re1 Rb8 24. Rxa5 Rxb2 25. Qc4 h5 26. Kg1 Rc8 27. Qd5
Re8 28. Qc6 Reb8 29. Bf4 e3 30. Bxe3 h4 31. Bf4 Rb1 32. Raxe5 Qxe5 33. Bxe5
Rxe1+ 34. Kg2 Rxe5 35. Qc7 Reb5 36. Qxa7 hxg3 37. hxg3 Rb2 38. Kh3 Rd8 39. Qe7
Rc8 40. f4 Rb5 41. Kg4 Rh5 42. Qd7 Rb8 43. Qc7 Re8 44. Qd7 Ra8 45. Qc6 Ra3 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7 Rd3 48. Qb7 Rhd5 49. Qe7 Rc3 50. Kh4 Rh5+ 51. Kg4 Rd5 52. Kh4
Rc1 53. Kg4 Rg1 54. Qa7 Rgd1 55. Qb7 R1d3 56. Qb2+ Kh7 57. Qb7 Rd7 58. Qb2 Re3
59. Qf6 Re6 60. Qc3 Rd5 61. Qc7 Kg7 62. Kh4 Re3 63. Qb7 Rdd3 64. Qb2+ Kg8 65.
Qb8+ Kg7 66. Qb2+ Kg8 67. Qb8+ Kh7 68. Qb7 Kg7 69. Qb2+ f6 70. Qb7+ Kh6 71. Qb6
Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. h3 Bf5 8. d5
Nb8 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Qd2 Qa5 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Qg5 17. Kf1 Qh4 18. Kg1 Qg5 19. Kf1 h5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
e6 22. Bf3 a6 23. Ne2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Be8 25. Ng3 Qe7 26. Ne4 f5 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28.
Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rd2 Red8 30. Rad1 b5 31. Qa3 bxc4 32. bxc4 Ne5 33. Be2 Rc6 34.
Rd4 Qc7 35. f4 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Qxd6 Qxd6 39. Rxd6 Ra4 40.
Rd2 h4 41. Kf2 Ra3 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Re2 g5 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. g3 e5 46. gxh4+
Kxh4 47. Kg2 a5 48. Rf2 Kg5 49. Re2 a4 50. Kg3 f4+ 51. Kf2 fxe3+ 52. Rxe3 Rxa2+
53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Rc3 a3 55. h4 Ra1 56. Kg2 a2 57. Ra3 e4 58. h5 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8.
Ba3 Qc7 9. Bxe7 Re8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Be2 d5 13. O-O Ne5 14. Qd2
Bd7 15. Na3 Rac8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Qb2 Rc7 19. c4 Be7 20. Ndc2 Bf6
21. Nd4 Be7 22. Nb1 Rec8 23. cxd5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qxa2 26. Nc3 Qa5
27. h3 Be8 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. f4 Bb4 30. Nd1 Nd7 31. e4 Bd2 32. Qb2 Nf6 33. g3 Kg8
34. Bf3 Bd7 35. Kg2 Bb4 36. Ne2 Be7 37. d6 Bd8 38. Qc3 Qa2 39. Qb2 Qa5 40. Ne3
Bc6 41. e5 Nd5 42. Nxd5 Bxd5 43. Qc3 Qa2 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qd1 46. Nd4 Bb6
47. Bxd5 Bxd4 48. Qc4 h5 49. h4 Qg1+ 50. Kh3 Bf2 51. Bg2 Qd1 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53.
Qc3 Kg8 54. Qf3 Qd4 55. Qxb7 Qd3 56. Qf3 Qf5+ 57. Kh2 Bc5 58. Qc3 Bf2 59. Qd2
Bb6 60. d7 Bd8 61. Qd6 a5 62. Qc6 Kg7 63. Qc8 Bxh4 64. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 b4 13. d4 Rb8 14. d5 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Na5 16. Ba3 c6 17. c4 Qc7 18. Bd3 Nb7 19. Nb3 a5 20. Bc1 Bg4 21. Be3 Nd7
22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nbc5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Bf1 Rb4 27. Red1 Reb8
28. g3 cxd5 29. exd5 Bd6 30. h4 Qd7 31. Bd3 g6 32. g4 Qe7 33. h5 Qg5 34. hxg6
fxg6 35. Qg2 Rf8 36. Re1 Rb3 37. Re3 Rf4 38. Bf5 Rb2 39. Be6+ Kg7 40. Rf1 Rxc4
41. Qg3 Rbb4 42. Qh2 Rf4 43. Kh1 e4 44. f3 h5 45. Qh3 hxg4 46. Bxg4 Rb8 47. Qg3
Rh8+ 48. Kg2 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2
b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bd6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nb4 15.
Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. Rxc6 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Raxa6 Rd8
21. Ra2 h5 22. Nd2 h4 23. Nf3 Qe4 24. Rc1 h3 25. Rac2 Nd5 26. Ne1 Nb4 27. Rd2
Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Ra7 29. Qd7 Ra8 30. Qxh3 Nd3 31. Nxd3 Qxd3 32. b4 Qd2 33. Qf1
Qxb4 34. Rb1 Qc3 35. Qxb5 Ra1 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Kg2 Qf6 39. Qd7
c6 40. h4 g6 41. g4 Kg8 42. g5 Qc3 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qd4 Qc2 45. Qf4 Kg8 46. e4
c5 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qe8 Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kg8 50. Qd5 c4 51. h5 Qd3 52. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 h6 8. Bh4
d5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. Rc1 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Re1 Nh5 15.
Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6 17. d5 Na5 18. Ba2 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qxd5 exd5 22. Rd1 Nc4 23. Rxd5 Nxb2 24. Rc7 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ne5 a5 27.
Nxf7 Rd5 28. f4 Nd3 29. Re7 b5 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Rd3 32. e6 Kf8 33. Rb7
Rxa3 34. Rxb5 a4 35. Rb4 Ke7 36. Re4 h5 37. g4 h4 38. g5 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 a3 40.
Rxh4 Kxe6 41. Ra4 g6 42. Kg3 Kf5 43. Ra5+ Ke4 44. Ra6 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. a3 a6 14. Rfd1 Bf6
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. e3 Qe7 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Nc5 Nd8 21.
d4 e4 22. d5 f5 23. Nxa6 Nf7 24. d6 Nxd6 25. Nxc7 Red8 26. Qb3+ Qf7 27. Ne6
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Re8 29. Nd4 Qxb3 30. Nxb3 Kf7 31. Nd4 g6 32. Rc3 Kf6 33. Rb3 Re7
34. a4 Ke5 35. a5 Kd5 36. Rb6 Rf7 37. b3 g5 38. a6 bxa6 39. Rxa6 Nb7 40. Rb6
Nd6 41. Ra6 Nb7 42. Rh6 Nd6 43. Rh5 Rg7 44. Rh6 Rf7 45. Rh5 Rg7 46. h4 gxh4 47.
Rxh4 Ke5 48. Rh6 Rf7 49. Rh5 Kf6 50. Rh6+ Ke5 51. Kh3 Rb7 52. Rh5 Kf6 53. Rh6+
Ke5 54. Kh4 Nb5 55. Ne2 Re7 56. g4 Nd6 57. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Bd3 f6 13. Nef3 Bf5 14. Nb3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. Nc5 Re8 17. Bd2 c6 18. b3 Qc7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21.
Nxe1 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Ne4 23. b4 Ne5 24. Qc2 Nc4 25. Nf3 Ncxd2 26. Nxd2 Qe5 27.
Nxe4 Qxe4 28. Qd1 Qc4 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Kf7 31. Kf1 f5 32. gxf5 h5 33. Ke2
Kf6 34. Ke3 Kxf5 35. Kf3 g6 36. a4 a6 37. g3 g5 38. g4+ hxg4+ 39. Kg3 Ke4 40.
Kxg4 Kd3 41. Kxg5 Kxc3 42. f4 d4 43. f5 d3 44. f6 d2 45. f7 d1=Q 46. f8=Q Qg1+
47. Kh6 Qh2+ 48. Kg6 Qg3+ 49. Kh6 Qh4+ 50. Kg6 Qg4+ 51. Kh6 Qe6+ 52. Kg7 Qe5+
53. Kg6 Kxb4 54. Qf7 Qg3+ 55. Kh6 Qe3+ 56. Kg7 Qc3+ 57. Kh7 Qc2+ 58. Kh6 Qc1+
59. Kg7 Qb2+ 60. Kf8 Qh8+ 61. Ke7 Qe5+ 62. Kf8 Qxc5+ 63. Kg8 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Qxc4
Bb7 9. Nc3 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Qxc6+ 15. Qf3 Rfc8 16. Bf4 Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Rc5 18. Be3 Rf5+ 19. Kg2 Bc5 20. Bd4
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc5 22. Rad1 Kf8 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Ke7 25. Ra8 a5 26. Ra7+
Nd7 27. h4 Kd8 28. f4 Rc7 29. Ra8+ Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. Nb5 Kd8 32. Kf3 Nc5
33. g4 Kd7 34. g5 Kc6 35. Nc3 b5 36. Ke3 b4 37. Ne4 Kd5 38. Nxc5 Kxc5 39. Kd3
f6 40. gxf6 gxf6 41. b3 Kd5 42. e4+ Kc5 43. h5 h6 44. Ke3 e5 45. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 Bd7 7. Qb3 axb4 8. cxb4
b6 9. Bd6 Ne4 10. Qb2 Nxd6 11. cxd6 Qf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. b5 Bxd6 14. a4 Ke7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 e5 17. f3 f5 18. Ra2 Be6 19. Rc2 Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Rxa4 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Nec3 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Ra3 24. Nxd5+ Kd6 25. Nxb6 Be6 26. Bb1 Kc5 27. Nc8
Bxc8 28. Kf2 Be6 29. g4 fxg4 30. Bxh7 Nd7 31. Rb1 Ra2+ 32. Kg3 gxf3 33. h4 f5
34. Kxf3 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. f4 Bg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rc7 Rac8 20. Rac1 Kf8
21. e4 f6 22. e5 fxe5 23. fxe5 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxb7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rd2 27.
Bg2 Rxb2 28. Rxa7 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Rb2+ 30. Kg1 Rb1+ 31. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. h3 Nb4 8.
Nb5 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Bf5 10. Qc3 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bg5
Ng6 15. Nh4 Nxh4 16. Bxh4 Qg6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. Bxg3 Bxc2 19. f3 f6 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. h3 Bd6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7
15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Be8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. h4 g6 19. Qe3 h5 20. Ng5 b6 21. Qg3
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 Kg7 24. Re3 Kg8 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Ba4 Qe7 27. Qf3 Rc8
28. g4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Rd8 30. h5 Rd5 31. Rg3 f6 32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33. Nxe6 Rxh5 34.
Nf4 Ra5 35. Nxg6+ Bxg6 36. Bxc6 Kh7 37. a3 Rc5 38. Bb7 Kg7 39. b4 Re5 40. f4
Re7 41. Bd5 f5 42. Kf2 Rc7 43. c4 Kf6 44. Ke3 Re7+ 45. Kd2 Rh7 46. Re3 Bf7 47.
Bxf7 Kxf7 48. Rd3 Ke6 49. Kc3 Rh4 50. Rd4 Rh3+ 51. Rd3 Rh4 52. Rd4 Rh3+ 53. Kb2
a5 54. bxa5 bxa5 55. c5 Ke7 56. Rd5 a4 57. Rxf5 Rb3+ 58. Ka2 Rf3 59. Re5+ Kd7
60. Re4 Rf2+ 61. Kb1 Kc6 62. Rc4 Re2 63. Kc1 Rf2 64. Kd1 Kb5 65. Ke1 Rb2 66. c6
Kxc4 67. c7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 Bd5 16. Bc5+ Kd7 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bxb4 Rae8 19. f3 Re2 20.
Rf2 Rhe8 21. b3 f5 22. Rd1 a6 23. Rd4 h5 24. Kf1 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 f6 26. Bc3 Ra8
27. Rh4 Bf7 28. Bxf6 c5 29. Ra4 Kc6 30. Bc3 Kb5 31. h4 Be6 32. Ra5+ Kb6 33. b4
cxb4 34. Bxb4 Rc8 35. a3 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Re2 37. Rc5 Bd7 38. Rd5 Kc7 39. Rd4 Re6
40. Rd2 Bb5 41. Kf4 Re2 42. Rxe2 Bxe2 43. Kg5 Bf1 44. Kxh5 f4 45. Kg4 Bxg2 46.
h5 Bf1 47. h6 Bd3 48. Kg5 Kc6 49. Kf6 Kd5 50. Kg7 Bf5 51. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8.
exf3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Qe2+ Kf8 11. O-O f5 12. f4 Bf6 13. Rae1 Kg7 14. Qd3 Rc8
15. Re3 Nd4 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 d6 21.
Qe7 Bf6 22. Qb7 a5 23. Bd5 Rc7 24. Qxb6 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxb6 26. Rxf7+ Kh8 27.
Rf8+ Kg7 28. Rf7+ Kh8 29. Rxf6 Qb4 30. Rxd6 Qxd2 31. Rc6 Qd4 32. Kg2 Kg7 33.
Rc7+ Kh8 34. h4 h5 35. a4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Nge7 7. Ba3 b6 8. Nge2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Ba6 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Kxf1
O-O 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Kg2 Re8 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Qf3 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Nxd4 20. Qxd5 Nc2
21. Rd1 Qe8 22. Nb5 Qe2 23. Bc1 Bf8 24. Nxa7 Rc5 25. Qf3 Ne1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxe1 27.
Be3 Rf5 28. Qa8 Qa5 29. a4 Re5 30. Nc6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Nxd5 c5 8. Qc2
f5 9. Bc7 Qd7 10. Be5 cxd4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. Nxd4 e6 14. Nxc6 exd5
15. Qd4+ Rf6 16. Nb4 dxc4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. O-O-O Be6 19. Nxf6 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxf2
21. Nh5+ gxh5 22. Rg1 Kf6 23. g3 Ke5 24. Rf4 Ng4 25. Bg2 Ne3 26. Kd2 Nxg2 27.
Rxg2 b5 28. Rh4 Rd8+ 29. Kc1 Bf7 30. Rf2 Rd7 31. e3 a5 32. Rd4 Re7 33. Rdf4 Be6
34. Rh4 Bf7 35. e4 fxe4 36. Rxe4+ Kxe4 37. Re2+ Kf3 38. Rxe7 Bg6 39. Re5 Kg2
40. Rxb5 Kxh2 41. Rg5 a4 42. Kd2 Kh3 43. Kc3 h4 44. gxh4 Kxh4 45. Rg1 Kh3 46.
Kxc4 Kh2 47. Rg5 Be8 48. Kb4 h5 49. Re5 Bf7 50. Rf5 Be8 51. Rf8 Bd7 52. Rh8 Bg4
53. Kxa4 Kg3 54. b4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 c5 12. Be3 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. Nd2
Bd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Nxd4 Rb8 18. c4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Qa4 a6
21. Qa3 Qc5 22. Qc3 Nf6 23. Rb1 b5 24. Qb2 Bf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Rfc1 Rfc8 27.
cxb5 Rxb5 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Rc1 Qe6 30. Qd2 g5 31. Bf1 Re5 32. Qb2 a5 33. Rc6
Qf5 34. Qd4 Kg7 35. Bd3 Rd5 36. Bxf5 Rxd4 37. Bc2 Rd2 38. Kf1 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 a6 10. b4 Be7 11. Ke2 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rhd1
Rfc8 15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Nb1 Nfd5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Nfd2 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
a5 21. Bxb5 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Nb3 f6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Nc5 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Re8 16. Bf4 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. b4 Ng6 19. Bh2 a5 20. a3 c6 21. c4 axb4
22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 dxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kh8 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. f3 Ng5 27. Bd6 Ne5
28. Qc2 Nef7 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. Nxf5 g6 31. Ng3 Nxd6 32. cxd6 Rd8 33. Ra7 Rd7 34.
h4 Nf7 35. Ne4 Nxd6 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxb7 Rd4 38. Rb6 f5 39. Rxc6 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. a3 h6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. O-O Nf6
15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. g3 Qc7
21. Qd1 e5 22. d5 Kf8 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Ke7 25. Bd3 Ne8 26. Nf1 g6 27. Ne3
Ng7 28. Kg2 f5 29. f4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 exf4 31. gxf4 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Kf3 Kf6
34. h4 Bd7 35. Ke4 b5 36. Nd1 Bf5+ 37. Kf3 Bd7 38. Nc3 a6 39. Ne4+ Ke7 40. Ke3
Bf5 41. Ng3 Bh3 42. Kf3 Bf5 43. Nf1 Kf6 44. Ne3 Ke7 45. h5 Kf6 46. hxg6 Kxg6
47. Kg3 Be4 48. Kg4 Bf5+ 49. Kg3 Be4 50. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 f5 14. b3 b5 15. a4
a6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nf7 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Bxa8 22. Ra1 Bb7 23. Qd1 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qc7 25. Qb1 Bc6 26. b4 g6 27. Ra6 Ra8
28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Qa2 Bc6 30. Qa6 Kg7 31. Nd2 Qb7 32. Qa5 g5 33. f4 g4 34. Kf2
Kf6 35. Bd1 h5 36. Bc2 Ke7 37. Qa1 Be8 38. Ke2 Nd8 39. Qh1 Qa7 40. Qh4+ Kd7 41.
Qf6 Bf7 42. Nb1 Qa2 43. Kd2 Qb2 44. Qg7 Qa2 45. Qf8 Qa6 46. Kc1 Qd6 47. Qg7 Qe7
48. Na3 Kc6 49. Qe5 Qa7 50. Kb2 Qb6 51. Qf6 Kc7 52. Qe7+ Kc8 53. Bd1 Qc6 54.
Qa7 Be8 55. Qe7 Qd7 56. Qc5+ Qc7 57. Qf8 Qd7 58. Bc2 Nb7 59. Qf6 Nd6 60. Qf8
Kc7 61. Kc1 Qf7 62. Qxf7+ Bxf7 63. Kd2 Kc6 64. Ke2 Nc8 65. Kf2 Ne7 66. Bd1 Be8
67. Bc2 Kd6 68. Bd1 Ng6 69. Nb1 Ke7 70. Nd2 Kf6 71. Nf1 Kg7 72. Nd2 Kh6 73. Nf1
h4 74. gxh4 Nxh4 75. g3 Ng6 76. Nd2 Nh8 77. Bc2 Nf7 78. Nb1 Nd6 79. Nd2 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Re8 12. Rd1 Be5 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. O-O Rc8
15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rcxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 exf3 20. gxf3
Rd2 21. Kg2 Rxa2 22. Rc1 Rc2 23. Rxc2 Bxc2 24. b4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. g3 e5 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Bg5 Rac8
15. Qb1 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Nac5 Bxb3 18. Nxb3 Qxe2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qf5 Ne7
21. Qxf6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd6 23. Qg5+ Ng6 24. h4 Be1 25. Qf5 Nf4 26. gxf4 Qxf2+
27. Kh1 Rg6 28. Rc2 Qxh4+ 29. Kg1 Bg3 30. Qxe5 Qg4 31. Rd2 Qh4 32. Nd4 Bh2+ 33.
Kf1 Qxf4+ 34. Qxf4 Bxf4 35. Re2 h5 36. Bxb7 Kf8 37. Bc6 Bc7 38. Be4 Ra6 39. Nf5
Re6 40. Bd3 Rb6 41. Rc2 Bd8 42. Rc8 Ke8 43. Bb5+ Rxb5 44. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 {
So likes this line having used it twice against Dominguez and once against
Hansen, all in 2017.} h6 9. Nf3 ({Lenier preferred} 9. Rb1) 9... b6 10. a4 (10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba4 {is considered to be main line. The above mentioned game
went} 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. O-O a6 14. Re1 Bb5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Qxb5 Ra5
18. Qe2 Ra4 19. g4 Rfa8 {(Hansen-So, Chess.com PRO League 2017) with a great
position for Black.}) 10... Ba6 11. Bb5+ Bxb5 12. axb5 a5 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14.
Rxa6 Nxa6 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Bf4 {By the looks of it Black shouldn't
be having any issues here.} O-O ({Even} 17... Qa7 {was possible.}) 18. Ra1 Rc8
19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qd2 Kh7 {Making it clear that Black doesn't mind
a draw.} 22. g4 {Sergey felt obliged to push forward.} Qc6 23. Qd3+ Kh8 24. Bg3
Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Qxa8 26. Bh4 Ng8 $6 {Very passive.} ({on} 26... Nc6 27. g5 {
feels threatening.}) ({Best was} 26... g5 $1 27. hxg6 Nxg6 28. Bg3 Kg7 {
preparing to invade with the queen.}) 27. Kg2 Qa4 28. g5 Qc4 $6 {Suddenly
Wesley decides to counter-attack.} (28... Nf8 29. Nh2 Qe8 {would have been a
logical continuation of Black's strategy.}) 29. Qd2 b5 $2 30. Qf4 cxd4 31. Qxf7
{With the fall of the f7-pawn Black may not like the resulting endgames even
if he survives the mating attack, as the following notes demonstrate.} d3 (
31... dxc3 32. Qxe6 Nc5 33. Qf5 Qe4 34. Qxe4 dxe4 ({Not} 34... Nxe4 {as} 35. g6
{shuts down two black pieces.}) 35. Nd4 hxg5 36. Bxg5 Nh6 37. Nxb5) 32. cxd3
Qg4+ 33. Bg3 Nc5 34. gxh6 (34. Nh4 Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. f3 Qxg5 37. f4 Qxg6 38.
Nxg6+ Kh7 39. d4 {was another example of how to entomb the black knight and
king.}) 34... gxh6 35. Nh4 Qg7 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Qe8 d4 38. cxd4 Qb7+ 39. Kh2
Nxd3 40. Qxe6 Qf3 41. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4
Na6 16. Nb5 b6 17. Nd3 Rf7 18. Rc3 h5 19. h3 Bf6 20. Be1 Qd7 21. Nf2 Bd8 22.
Qb3 Nb8 23. Bd2 a6 24. Na3 Qe7 25. Rfc1 Nd7 26. Nc4 Bb7 27. a4 Nf6 28. Qc2 Rg7
29. Be1 Rb8 30. Na3 Bc8 31. Qd1 Ra8 32. Nc4 Bd7 33. Nd2 Qe8 34. Ra1 Nh8 35. Qc2
Nf7 36. Rxc7 Bxc7 37. Qxc7 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rxa8 Qxa8 40. Qa5 Qe8 41. Kf1
Rg6 42. Nb1 g4 43. Nc3 gxf3 44. gxf3 Qc8 45. Bxb5 Bxh3+ 46. Ke2 Rg1 47. Bc6
Bf1+ 48. Kd2 Ng5 49. Kc2 Nxf3 50. Bd2 Rg2 51. Qa7 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a5 8. h3 h6
9. Bb3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nh4 Rad8 15.
Qf3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qd3 17. Be3 Qxe4 18. Bxc5 Qxh4 19. Ng3 Qg5 20. Be3 Qg6 21.
Rad1 e4 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Nd5 24. Bc1 Kh7 25. Kh2 g5 26. f3 exf3 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Rxd5 Re1 29. Be3 Ne7 30. Bf2 Re2 31. Nxe7 Rxf2 32. Rf5 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1
Rxb2 34. Rxf7+ Kh8 35. Kg1 Rxb3 36. Kf2 a4 37. Nd5 Kg8 38. Rxc7 a3 39. Kxf3 a2
40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Ra8 Ke6 42. Ke4 Rb2 43. Nb4 Rh2 44. Rxa2 Rxh3 45. Re2 Kd6 46.
Nd3 h5 47. Rb2 Kc7 48. Rb5 g4 49. Nf4 Kc6 50. c4 Rh4 51. Ng6 Rh1 52. Ne5+ Kc7
53. Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Kg5 g3 55. Rb2 Rf2 56. Rb1 g2 57. Rg1 Rc2 58. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qc1 Bf5 14. Bxf6 Nc2+ 15.
Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Re8 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd4 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. a3 c6
15. Nd2 a5 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Qa4 Bc7 18. Ne4 Bd5 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qc4 Red8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qh5 24. b5 Ba5 25. Rf1 cxb5 26. Qxb5 b6 27. Qa4
Qxe2 28. Na6 Ra8 29. Nc7 Rac8 30. Qb5 Bc3 31. Nd5 Qe6 32. Nf4 Qd6 33. Rb1 Rb8
34. Rfc1 h6 35. Rc2 Rdc8 36. Re2 Qc6 37. Nd5 Kh7 38. Qb3 Re8 39. Rc2 Re5 40.
Nxc3 Rc5 41. Qxf7 dxc3 42. d4 Rc4 43. d5 Qg6 44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 45. Rb3 b5 46.
Rcxc3 Rxc3 47. Rxc3 b4 48. Rb3 Kf5 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kxd5 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. Kc2
Rf8 53. f4 Re8 54. Rd3 Kc4 55. Rd7 Re2+ 56. Kb1 Kb3 57. Rd3+ Kc4 58. Rd7 Rxh2
59. Rxg7 Kb3 60. Kc1 Rh1+ 61. Kd2 Kb2 62. f5 Rf1 63. g4 b3 64. Ke2 Rf4 65. Ke3
Rf1 66. Ke2 Rf4 67. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 g6 14. Nd2
Ng7 15. Nf3 c6 16. Be5 Bg4 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be3 Bg5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxe3
21. Qxe3 Qb6 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Bd3 Nc7 25. Re3 Kg7 26. Qe2 Rxe3 27.
Qxe3 Qe8 28. Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a5 {Aronian's move, which So himself played against Anand in 2016.} ({Lately
more attention has been given to} 8... a6) ({and} 8... Bf5) 9. Re1 ({Anand
played} 9. Nbd2 {but it basically came down to the same thing.}) 9... Bg4 10.
Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Ne4 (12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 {Vachier
Lagrave-Aronian, 2016}) 12... Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. g4
Bg6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 a4 20. Bf4 Rfc8 {Both players seemed
to be well-versed in this line, as it has been seen in Kanovski-Shirov, 2017.
One wonders why Alexey would willingly go for such a position against a mere
2405 player, but for an encounter between elite players this whole thing looks
appropriate.} 21. Rad1 Nc4 22. Re2 $6 Re8 23. Bc1 Kf8 24. f4 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 f6
26. Rd7 Rc8 27. Rd4 Bf7 28. Kf2 Ke8 29. Re4+ Kf8 30. f5 Rd8 31. Nd4 Rd5 32. Re2
Re5 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Nc2 Be8 {Take a look at this position. White is in
trouble and now it's time to take a tough decision.} 35. Ne3 {This is what's
wrong with blitz - people simply drift when they have no time to adjust.} ({
In a better clock situation Maxime would have come up with} 35. Na3 $1 Nxa3 36.
bxa3 Bxb5 37. c4 $1 Bxc4 38. Bb2 e4 39. Ke3 {with real drawing chances.}) 35...
Bxb5 36. Nxc4 Bxc4 37. Bg5 Ke8 38. Bh4 $2 {If White keeps his king in front of
the e-pawn then the b2-pawn becomes indefensible in the long run.} ({The only
chance was} 38. h4 $1 Kd7 39. h5 Bf7 40. Ke3 Kd6 41. Ke4 b5 42. Kd3 {to keep
the black king from advancing by threatening to come around e7-f8.}) 38... Kd7
39. f6 gxf6 40. Bxf6 Ke6 41. Bd8 c6 42. h4 Bb3 43. Ke3 Bd1 44. g5 Kd5 45. Bf6
Bh5 46. Kd3 Bg6+ 47. Ke3 Kc4 $1 {Decisive.} 48. Bxe5 Kb3 49. c4 Kxc4 50. Kd2
Kb3 51. Kc1 c5 52. Bd6 b6 53. Be7 c4 54. Bf6 b5 55. Kd2 b4 56. Be7 (56. Bg7 a3
57. bxa3 c3+ 58. Kc1 bxa3) 56... c3+ 57. bxc3 bxc3+ 58. Kc1 a3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Rc1 Nh5 8.
Bd2 Nf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8.
e4 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Rd8 13. f3 b6 14. Rd1
Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Ba6 16. a3 Kf8 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. h4 h5 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Nxe6+ fxe6
21. Bxe5 Bxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Nc6 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. g4 Kf7 25. gxh5 Nd4+ 26. Kf2 Nf5
27. Rg1 Rh8 28. Rg5 Rh7 29. a4 Nxh4 30. Ke3 Nf5+ 31. Kd3 Rh8 32. Kc4 a6 33. Kb3
b5 34. axb5 Rb8 35. Rg4 Rxb5+ 36. Rb4 Ng3 37. Rxb5 axb5 38. Kb4 Nxh5 39. Kxb5
Nf4 40. Kc6 Nd5 41. Bd2 Kf6 42. b4 Nxb4+ 43. Bxb4 Kf5 44. Bd6 g5 45. Bg3 e5 46.
Kd5 g4 47. fxg4+ Kxg4 48. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 O-O 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bb3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxe4
15. dxe4 Qf6 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. h4 Qf6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. hxg5 hxg5
21. Qg4 Qe7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 f6 25. Kf1 Qe6 26. Qb3 Qxb3
27. axb3 a5 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. f3 Ke6 30. Be1 Bc5 31. Kd3 b5 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4
Bd4 34. Bc3 Bb6 35. b3 Ba7 36. Bd2 Bb6 37. Be3 Bc7 38. Bc5 Kf7 39. Ke3 Kg6 40.
Kf2 Bb8 41. Kg3 Bc7 42. Kg4 Bb8 43. Be7 Bc7 44. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5
Qa5+ 9. Nd2 exd5 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. O-O Nge7 13. Nf3 h6 14. h4 Bf6
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. b4 Kg7 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. a4 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 h5 20. Re1 Rhe8 21.
Bf1 Nf5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd3 Ne3 24. Qb3 Qd6 25. Re1 Re6 26. b5 Nc4 27. Bxc4
dxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 d3 30. Bd2 Qd4 31. Qb3 Qb2 32. Qxd3 Qa1+ 33. Kg2
Qxa4 34. Be3 a6 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Qd6 Qa1 37. Bc5 Kh7 38. Qd5 Kg7 39. Qd6 Kh7
40. Qd5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. Rad1
Rfd8 15. Qc3 Nf6 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Kxg2 Bf8 20. Nf3
Rc2 21. Rb1 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Kf1 Nb4 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. a3 Nd5 26. Rc1 Rxc1+
27. Bxc1 a6 28. e4 Nc3 29. f3 Bc5 30. Nc6 b5 31. Ke1 f5 32. b4 Bd6 33. Bb2 Na4
34. Bd4 fxe4 35. fxe4 Kf7 36. Kd2 g6 37. Ke3 Ke8 38. Na5 e5 39. Ba7 Kd7 40. Kd2
Bc7 41. Nb3 Nb2 42. Bf2 Nc4+ 43. Kc3 Kc6 44. Nd2 Nxd2 45. Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Qd1 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O d4 14. exd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 b6 19. Bd4 Bxd1 20. Bxf6 Bb3
21. Bd4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 f6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Nd4 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Be5
Qd5 15. Bc3 f5 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 g6
21. Rfe1 Kg7 22. Kg1 Nc5 23. Kf2 Kf6 24. Nd4 Ne6 25. a4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Rxe1 27.
Rxe1 Rd8 28. Rb1 b6 29. Ke3 f4+ 30. Ke4 g5 31. a5 Re8+ 32. Kf3 Re3+ 33. Kf2 h5
34. axb6 axb6 35. Ra1 Re7 36. Ra8 Rd7 37. c3 g4 38. Rf8+ Kg5 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40.
Rf8+ Kg5 41. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qa6 15. Rxc5 b6 16. Rc2 Qxa2 17. b4 Qa4 18. Rc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rfc8 20. b5 Be5
21. Rd2 Rxc4 22. dxc4 Rc8 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Kg2 f5 26. Bd2 Kf7 27.
Kf3 Bd6 28. h3 e6 29. e4 Ke7 30. g4 fxg4+ 31. hxg4 h5 32. Bg5+ Kd7 33. Be3 e5
34. Kg3 Be7 35. f3 h4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was the first time that Praggnanandhaa was facing a world class GM in a
serious rapid game. Pragg had just become a GM 15 days ago at the age of 12
years 10 months and 13 days. So the pressure of achieving that title was off
his shoulders. But at the same time I think this was another pressure
situation because people wanted to know how would he fare against one of the
best rapid players in the business. That being said, even Wesley So would have
faced the pressure because he was up against such a young boy, who was not
even a teenager. Full credit to organisers in Leon for organizing this
exciting four game rapid match with a time control of 20 minutes + 10 seconds
increment per move.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 {Wesley just wants to play something
original and not check Pragg's opening preparation.} d5 3. Bf4 {Baadur Jobava
can be credited with popularising this opening, but now it has been used by
just about every top player in elite chess.} Bf5 4. Nb5 {With this move White
frees his c-pawn to advance to c4 at an appropriate moment.} Na6 5. e3 e6 (5...
c6 6. Nc3 {is also possible, and now Black has to decide whether he wants to
allow the doubling on his pawns on a6 or just wants to move his knight to c7.})
6. c4 Be7 ({In the third rapid game of the match, Pragg improved with ...c6.} 
6... c6 7. Nc3 Nb4 8. Rc1 Qa5 {Wesley So - Praggnanandhaa, game 3, Leon Match
2018.}) 7. a3 O-O 8. c5 {This seemed like an ambitious move by Wesley, but he
is asking Pragg that if you think this is overextending and I am neglecting my
development, then try to punish! It's true, there is no easy way for Black to
punish White for the liberties he has taken.} Ne8 {This was a tad too passive.}
(8... c6 9. Nd6 (9. Nc3 Nb8 {and Black has a superior position to what
happened in the game because he hasn't lost time with ....Ne8.}) 9... Bxd6 $1
10. Bxd6 (10. cxd6 Ne4 $15) 10... Ne4 $1 11. Bxf8 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 (12. b4 Nxb4 13.
axb4 Qxb4+ 14. Ke2 Qb2+ 15. Kf3 Qxf2#) 12... Qb5+ 13. Ke1 Qxb2 $19) 9. b4 c6
10. Nc3 Nb8 {Pragg realizes that he has to play ...Nd7 and try for a ...e5
break, but this looks a bit too slow.} 11. g4 $1 {I must say that this was an
ambitious choice by Wesley.} (11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Be2 $14 {And I felt that White
had a risk free edge because ...e5 for Black is not so easy to engineer and
meanwhile White has good control of the position.}) 11... Bg6 12. Nf3 {Now h4
followed by h5 was a big threat.} Nf6 {Not seeing any real way to fight
against h4-h5, Pragg gets his knight back on f6.} (12... h5 13. Ne5 $18) 13.
Ne5 {Wesley is not thinking about moving backwards!} (13. g5 Nh5 {Looks fine
for Black.}) 13... Nfd7 (13... Nbd7 14. Nxg6 (14. h4 $6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16.
Nxe4 Bxe4 {And Black is fine here because f3 will be met with an intermediate
Bxh4+} 17. f3 Bxh4+ 18. Ke2 Bg6 $19 {and now there is no h-pawn to trap the
bishop.}) 14... fxg6 15. h4 $16 {White is better.}) 14. Nxg6 fxg6 $1 15. Bg3 {
White's plan is now simple. Either to play h4-h5 and start an attack. Or just
play f4 and clamp down on the e5 square.} g5 {Pragg stops both f4 and h4 with
this move.} 16. Bd3 (16. f4 {Trying to clamp the e5 square would not be so
great as after} gxf4 17. exf4 g5 $1 {Black gets some good counterplay.}) 16...
Bf6 {Black is all set to play e5 and it seems as if White has no good way to
stop it. But Wesley is not really interested in stopping the move ...e5. He
goes for an aggressive idea.} 17. h4 $5 (17. Qb3 Kh8 (17... e5 18. Nxd5 $18)
18. Rd1 e5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 {was a much more accurate way to play.} Nc6
21. Bf5 $16) 17... gxh4 18. Bd6 e5 $1 {I am not sure how this move fares
theoretically. But I think practically it is a great decision. Black gives up
an exchange to finally get the break that he was aiming for right from the
opening.} 19. g5 $1 {Wesley is alert and spots his chance.} (19. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44
{seems like decent compensation.}) 19... Bxg5 20. Qh5 $2 {With this move So
gives up all his advantage in the position.} (20. dxe5 $1 $18 {After this
Black is left struggling because Qh5 is still a threat, so is f4 and the rook
is still hanging on f8:} Re8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh5+
Kg8 25. Rg1 $18) 20... e4 21. Nxe4 (21. f4 $5 Bf6 $13) 21... dxe4 22. Bc4+ (22.
Bxe4 Nf6 23. Qxg5 Nxe4 $19) 22... Kh8 23. Bxf8 {And here perhaps Wesley was
thinking that Pragg would take on f8 with the knight and that he could go Qf7,
but the little boy surprised him with a nice intermezzo.} g6 $5 (23... Nxf8 24.
Qf7 Nfd7 $13 {and although Black is clumsily placed with his knights jumping
on each other's toes, it is still a fine position for Black.} (24... Ng6 25.
Qxb7 $16)) 24. Qg4 Nxf8 25. Qxe4 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 {somewhere around this
point I started to feel that the game might end in a draw. The main reason
being that materially Black is doing really well. On the other hand White's
coordination is good so he might be able to recover a pawn or two until Black
fully develops.} 27. Ke2 g5 28. Rab1 a6 29. d5 cxd5 30. Bxd5 Nc6 31. Rhd1 Rb8
$6 (31... Kg7 $11) 32. Be4 Kg7 33. b5 axb5 34. Rxb5 Na7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7
Bxc5 {The a-pawn is scary, but Pragg does well to get all his pieces working
together. Judging by the fact that he had just 10 seconds left on his clock,
it was a great feat by young Pragg.} 37. a4 Kf6 38. Be4 h6 39. Rd5 Ne6 40. Rf5+
Ke7 41. Bd5 Bd6 42. a5 h3 43. Kf3 h5 $6 {Perhaps it became a bit too much for
Pragg to just wait around. White was threatening to get his king to the
kingside with Kg4 and so on and hence Pragg went for something more concrete.}
(43... Nc8 $11 44. Kg4 h2 45. Kh3 Nc7 46. Kg2 Nxd5 47. Rxd5 Kd7 $11) 44. Bxe6
g4+ 45. Ke4 Kxe6 46. Rxh5 h2 {The h-pawn now forces the rook to stay passive.}
47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Kd5 Bc7 49. a6 Kf7 50. e4 {Now e5 is a threat, but Pragg has
it all figured out.} Kg7 51. Rh5 Kg6 52. Rh8 Kf6 {stopping ...e5.} 53. Kc5 Kg5
54. Kd4 Bb6+ $5 (54... g3 $1 {was winning the game as after} 55. fxg3 Bxg3 {
The threat is ...Bh4.} 56. Rg8+ Kf4 57. Rf8+ Kg4 58. Rf1 Bf2+ $1 59. Kd5 Bg1
$19) 55. Kd5 Bxf2 {I liked this idea of giving up the h-pawn, but putting all
the money on the g-pawn instead. Of course, ...g3 was winning, but it was not
easy to find it with just a few seconds left on the clock.} 56. Rxh2 g3 57. Rh8
Nb5 58. Rg8+ Kf4 59. Rf8+ Ke3 60. e5 (60. Rg8 $11) 60... g2 61. Rg8 Kf3 62. Kc6
$2 {A moment of temporary blindness for Wesley.} (62. Rxg2 {and the game would
have ended in a draw.} Kxg2 63. e6 Nc7+ 64. Kd6 Nxa6 65. e7 Bc5+ 66. Kd7 Bxe7
67. Kxe7 $11) 62... Bg3 $1 {The g-pawn is queening and there is no one that
can stop it.} 63. e6 g1=Q 64. e7 Nc7 {The e-pawn is stopped and Wesley
resigned. What a win for Praggnanandhaa. He fought against Wesley who was
rated 2852 in the rapid rating list on equal terms and came out strong!} 0-1

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After winning the first game in the match, the pressure was on Wesley So to
deliver with the black pieces. It was not going to be easy, but Wesley was
prepared and he chose the fighting Sicilian Defence.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 a6 7. Bc4 Bg7 $2 {How could Pragg have
known that he already had to be alert for a winning tactical possibility
against world number two in rapid after just seven moves?!} (7... h6 8. d3 Bg7
9. O-O O-O {would have been the right way to continue.}) 8. d3 (8. Bxf7+ $1 {
Nothing could be more natural!} Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. Ne6 Qe8 11. Nc7 Qd8 12.
Nxa8 $18 {And because there is a pawn already on a5, the knight on a8 will
come out safely via b6.}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nb8 10. e5 Ne8 (10... dxe5 11. Nxe5
$14) 11. Nd5 $5 (11. Re1 {was also possible.}) 11... Nc6 (11... dxe5 12. Nb6
Ra7 13. Be3 $16) 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. e6 f6 $1 {I liked this decision
by Wesley. It looks ugly and also blocks the bishop on g7. But on the other
hand, the position is stabilised and Black can go for d5 and get his queen to
d6, knight to c7 and round up the e6 pawn.} (14... d5 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Bb3
Nc7 $13 {seemed like a more normal way to play. But there are more weaknesses
in Black's position than in the game.}) (14... f5 {also looks pretty fine.} 15.
Bd2 d5 16. Bb3 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Ba4 $44) 15. Qe1 (15. Bd2 d5 16. Bb3 Nc7
17. Re1 Qd6 18. Qe2 {was also a possible variation with a roughly balanced
position. The pawns on a5 and e6 are cramping, but at the same time they are
also weak.}) 15... d5 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. Ra4 $5 {This move looks so exciting. The
rook is activated and at the same time Bf4 becomes a possibility. Bf4 is a
desirable move and it can be made possible with g3. However, Ra4 is just so
much more original and active!} Nc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 {Now e6 is falling. It seems
as if Black's position shouldn't work with all his pieces clumsily placed. But
tactically everything seems to work out perfectly for Wesley. That's why he is
such a great player.} 19. Bxe5 fxe5 $17 20. c4 e4 $1 {When you play against
guys like Wesley, you can be sure they will never agree to your plans!} (20...
d4 {Pragg was of course hoping for this move.} 21. Ng5 Nxe6 22. Ne4 $44 {
White has excellent compensation.}) (20... Rxf3 {would be thematic but here it
might not be the best.} 21. gxf3 Nxe6 22. cxd5 Nd4 $17 {and although Black is
better, he would prefer his pawn structure to be much better.}) 21. dxe4 d4 (
21... Rxf3 $1 {Now this looks very strong.} 22. gxf3 d4 $1 $19 {And now it is
all over. The bishop will come to e5 and the knight will take on e6 and jump
to f4.}) 22. e5 $1 {The position is once again quite unclear.} Qc6 23. Ra3 Nxe6
(23... Rxf3 24. Ba4 $1 {was Pragg's cute little trick.}) 24. Ba4 Qc7 25. Rb3 (
25. Qe4 $13) 25... Nd8 26. Qe4 Qxa5 27. Bd7 Rb8 28. Qd5+ (28. Ng5 {This move
straightaway would have been quite interesting and strong.} Qc7 29. Qd5+ Kh8 {
transposes to the game.}) 28... Kh8 29. Ng5 Qc7 (29... Qd2 $5) 30. f4 $6 (30.
Rh3 $1 h6 {and in this position e5 is not really hanging because of Rxh6
tricks. So White has plenty of time to improve his position. Perhaps a good
idea can be} 31. b4 $1 cxb4 32. c5 $13 {Black is in some ways in a zugzwang.})
30... b5 31. Rh3 h6 32. Ne6 $2 {Pragg is the first one to blink. It was
difficult to keep playing accurate chess in so much time pressure.} (32. cxb5
axb5 33. Ne4 $13 {The position is unclear and there is everything to play for.}
) 32... Nxe6 33. Bxe6 Rb6 34. Rg3 $2 (34. cxb5 axb5 35. Bd7 $17 {and the game
goes on, but Pragg blundered.}) 34... Rd8 {The piece on e6 is lost and White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 e6 6. c4 {We have reached the
same position as in the first game of the match. In the brief few minutes that
they get between the games, Pragg's coach Ramesh asked him to play ...c6 in
this position instead of ...Be7. Pragg followed the recommendation.} c6 7. Nc3
Nb4 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 {Until here was all preparation. At this point Pragg had
an option of playing ...Nxa2 and ...dxc4 as he played in the game.} dxc4 {
This looks pretty simple and strong.} (9... Nxa2 {might seem like a mistake
but we must continue this line.} 10. Ra1 Nxc3 11. Rxa5 Nce4 12. Qd1 Bb4+ 13.
Ke2 Bxa5 {Black has a pawn and a piece and a rook for a queen. Materially this
seems fine, but positionally it is not enough because} 14. Qa4 $1 Bd8 (14...
Bb6 15. c5) 15. f3 $18 {and the knight is somehow trapped on e4.}) 10. Bxc4
Nbd5 11. Be5 (11. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 exd5 $11 {looks absolutely fine for
Black.}) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxf6 (12. bxc3 Ne4 $19) 12... gxf6 13. bxc3 Rg8 $1 {
Why not develop with tempo!} 14. g3 Ba3 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. f3 {Wesley follows the
highly ambitious strategy of playing e4 when he would have a strong centre.
But he is behind in development and Pragg takes full advantage of the same.} b5
(16... c5 17. Ne2 cxd4 18. exd4 Ke7 $11 {Black somehow looks very comfortable.}
) 17. Bd3 (17. Bb3 b4 18. c4 $14) 17... b4 $1 18. Bxf5 {And I think this is
where Wesley was surprised.} (18. c4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 b3+ $17) 18... bxc3 $1 {
Not missing his chance.} 19. Qc2 Rb8 $3 {Perhaps the most brilliant move of
the entire match. The rook is coming down to b2 and Wesley is just completely
busted.} (19... exf5 20. Ne2 $14 {gives White a good position.}) 20. Be4 (20.
Kf1 Rb2 21. Qe4 Qb5+ 22. Qd3 (22. Ke1 Qxf5 23. Qxc6+ Kf8 $19) 22... c2 23. Rc1
exf5 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Ne2 Rb1 $19) 20... Rb2 21. Bxc6+ Ke7 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23.
Bxa4 c2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 {Although the material is just even (Black is even a
pawn down!) White is just losing the game because none of his pieces are
playing.} 25. Nh3 Bb4+ $1 {A smart move forcing White to lose his castling
rights.} (25... Rb8 26. O-O Rbb2 27. Rf2 {is still better for Black but White
has been able to limit the damage.}) 26. Kf1 Rgc8 27. Rg1 Rxh2 (27... Rxa2 28.
Rg2 Rxg2 29. Kxg2 Rc2+ $19 {was also very strong. But perhaps Pragg wanted to
take the h2-pawn, as the one on a2 is weak and will fall anyway.}) 28. Nf2 Rc2
29. Rg2 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Bd2 31. Kh3 (31. e4 Be3 32. Rf1 Rxa2 33. d5 a5 $19) 31...
Bxe3 (31... Rxa2 {might be more accurate.} 32. e4 a5 $17 {and Black is just
better.}) 32. Ng4 Bc1 (32... Bd2 {This seemed logical because now d5 is not
possible, but I think Praggnanandhaa was afraid of Rb1.} 33. Rb1 Ba5 34. Rb7+
Rc7 $19 {with excellent winning chances.}) 33. d5 $1 {I think Wesley might
have heaved a sigh of relief after making this move. Although Black is clearly
doing really well, after this move White's pieces start to get some activity.}
exd5 $6 (33... Ba3 $1 $17 {would have kept control.}) 34. Rxd5 Rxa2 35. Rc5 h5
(35... Bg5 36. f4 $132) (35... Bd2 36. Rc7+ Kd6 37. Rxf7 h5 38. Nf2 Ke6 39. Rh7
$15) 36. Rxh5 (36. Rxc1 hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 {was perhaps the easier way to draw.})
36... Bb2 37. Rc5 Bd4 38. Rc4 Rd2 39. Nh6 Ke6 40. Kg4 Kd5 41. Ra4 Be3 42. f4 (
42. Nxf7 Rd4+ $1 43. Rxd4+ Bxd4 $19) 42... Bb6 43. Kf5 Rd3 44. g4 Rd4 45. Ra6
Bc7 46. Kxf6 Rxf4+ 47. Kg7 Bb6 48. g5 Ke6 49. Ra2 Rf3 50. Re2+ Re3 51. Rg2 Rf3
52. Re2+ Re3 53. Rg2 Rf3 {A fighting draw, one where Pragg played really well
and should have won the game. But Wesley hung on and was rewarded with the
half point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The final rapid game of the four-game match between Wesley So and
Praggnanandhaa. The score was tied at 1.5-1.5. A draw would mean that the
match would be taken to the blitz format. But Wesley was determined to end the
match in this game itself.} 1. e4 e5 {Much more solid than the Sicilian tried
in game two!} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 h6 7. h3 d6 8.
c3 a5 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 {I somehow like this structure for Black. He
has a very natural plan with Nh5-f4. The rook has a half open file and there
are more chances to launch an attack. However, it doesn't mean that White is
worse, he should be completely fine.} 11. Be3 (11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Qxb7 Rab8 13.
Qa6 (13. Qxc6 Rb6 $17) 13... Nh5 $40) (11. d4 Bb6 12. dxe5 (12. Na3 $14) 12...
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 $11 {Black is completely fine here.}) 11... Bxe3 12. Rxe3
Qe8 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. g3 {This does look weakening, but Black has no real way
to exploit it.} Qf7 15. Qe2 Rad8 {This move really puzzled me. Why did Wesley
place his rook on d8. If he was looking to play the move d5, wouldn't the rook
be better placed on e8? I am not so sure, but I think Wesley just wanted to
confuse Pragg.} 16. Nh4 d5 17. Rf1 (17. Rf3 Nf6 $11) 17... Nf6 18. Qd1 d4 19.
cxd4 exd4 (19... Nxd4 20. Nhf3 $11) 20. Ree1 g5 $1 21. Ng2 Qh5 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 {
Now this position should be around equal. But the way Wesley outplayed Pragg
is worth learning from.} 23. Nc4 (23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Rc5 Nb4 $132) 23... Nf6 24.
Rc1 Nd7 25. Na3 $6 (25. f4 $13) 25... Nde5 $1 26. Rfd1 Rd7 27. Nc4 (27. f4 gxf4
28. gxf4 Ng6 $15) 27... Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Rdf7 29. Rc2 Kg7 {From an equal unclear
position, Wesley has been able to turn it around in just five moves and has a
clearly better position.} 30. Ne1 Nfe5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Rdc1 c5 $1 33. Ra1 b6
{This is the ideal setup for Black. His pawns cannot be attacked on the
queenside and now he goes quietly about attacking White's kingside pawns.} 34.
Kg1 h5 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Ra3 Ke7 37. Rb3 Nd7 38. Re2 Kd6 39. Nc2 Kc6 {The king
defends the b6 pawn and the knight can return back to e5.} 40. Na3 Ne5 41. Nc4
{White is a tempo too slow for getting his knight on c4. Now it can be taken
and the d4 pawn becomes a protected passed pawn.} Nxc4 42. dxc4 g4 43. hxg4
hxg4 44. Rd3 Rh8 45. Rd1 Rfh7 46. Rg1 Rh2+ 47. Kf1 Rf8 48. e5 (48. f4 $1 {
was the final chance for Pragg.} Rh5 {Black remains better, but at least White
has done away with one of his weaknesses on f2.}) 48... Rf3 49. Rg2 Rh1+ 50.
Rg1 Rxg1+ 51. Kxg1 Rb3 52. Kg2 Rb4 53. f3 Rxc4 54. fxg4 d3 55. Rf2 Rc2 56. Kf3
d2 57. Rxd2 Rxd2 58. g5 Kd5 {A very nice positional game by Wesley where he
showed that strategically he was the superior player.} 0-1

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. h4 Nxe5 13. Be2 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Qxg4
15. f3 Qh5 16. g4 Qg6 17. fxe4 Qf6 18. Nde2 e5 19. Bg5 Qf3 20. O-O-O d4 21.
Rdf1 Qg2 22. Nd5 d3 23. Qxd3 Bxg4 24. Ng3 Bc5 25. Be7 Rfc8 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27.
Kb1 b5 28. Qe3 Rxc4 29. Rf2 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxf2 31. Qxg4 Rd8 32. Nh5 g6 33.
Nhf6+ Kg7 34. h5 Qf5+ 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. b3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bb2 a6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. f3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Bd3 b5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Nxe5
15. Qc3 f6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Be4 O-O 18. Qe3 a5 19. h3 a4 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nxe6
Bxe6 22. Bxg6 Bd5 23. Be4 axb3 24. Bxd5+ cxd5 25. Qxb3 Qxf4+ 26. Kb1 Kh8 27.
Rxd5 b4 28. Re1 Rfe8 29. Rd4 Qc7 30. Rde4 Qd7 31. Qe6 Qa4 32. Qb3 Qd7 33. Qf7
b3 34. axb3 Ra7 35. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 exd5 13. Ne5 Re8 14. b4 Nd7
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. a4 a5 17. bxa5 Ra7 18. Rab1 Rea8 19. Qb4 h5 20. h4 Qg4 21. g3
g5 22. hxg5 h4 23. Qd6 hxg3 24. fxg3 Qxg5 25. Rf3 Qg6 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 27. a6
Rxa6 28. Rxb7 Rxa4 29. Rf6 Ra2 30. Rxg6+ Kh8 31. Rh6+ Kg8 32. Rg6+ Kh8 33. Rh6+
Kg8 34. Rh2 Rxh2 35. Kxh2 Re8 36. Rb3 Kf7 37. g4 Kf6 38. Kg3 Kg5 39. Rc3 Re6
40. Ra3 Re7 41. Rb3 Re8 42. Kf3 Rf8+ 43. Ke2 Kxg4 44. Rb1 Ra8 45. Rg1+ Kf5 46.
Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. b3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Qe2+ Be7 9. Ba3 c5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Ne5 d4 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxd7
Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxd7 16. O-O-O Bxg2 17. Rhg1 f6 18. Qf4 Bd5 19. Rg3 Rae8 20. Rdg1
Rf7 21. d3 Re5 22. Kb1 Kh8 23. Bc1 Rfe7 24. Qh4 Re1 25. Kb2 Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Qf5
27. Qg3 h6 28. Bf4 Kh7 29. Bd6 Rd7 30. h4 Bf3 31. Bf8 g5 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. Bd6
h5 34. Re1 h4 35. Qh2 Qf6 36. Be5 Qf5 37. Bd6 Qf6 38. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 d4 14. exd4
Nxd4 15. Qd1 Bxc5 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Kf1 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Be6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bc4 Rd8
21. Qe2 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Kf8 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. g4 Bd6 25. b4 Qe5 26. Qc2 Qe6 27. Rd4
Be5 28. Nc5 Qc6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qf5 Rd5 31. Qe4 Bf6 32. Nb3 Qd6 33. Nc5 b6
34. Nb3 Re5 35. Qc2 Qxb4 36. Qc7 Qe7 37. Rc1 Qxc7 38. Rxc7 Re7 39. Rc6 Re6 40.
Rc7 Re7 41. Rc6 Be5 42. Nd2 Rc7 43. Rxc7 Bxc7 44. Ne4 Kg6 45. Kf1 Be5 46. a4 a6
47. Ke2 f5 48. Nd2 Bd4 49. Nc4 Bc5 50. Ne5+ Kf6 51. Nd7+ Ke6 52. Nb8 a5 53. Nc6
Kd5 54. Na7 fxg4 55. fxg4 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O Nf6
15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Nd3 Ra3 19. Ra1 Rfa8 20. Rxa3 Rxa3 21.
Bc3 g6 22. Qb2 Ra7 23. Ra1 Bc8 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Be1 Ne4 26. Nd3 Ng5 27. Be2 Bf5
28. Nc5 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Qh4 30. f4 Qe7 31. Qd2 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Be4 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34.
Bg4 Nxf4 35. exf4 Ra7 36. Rxa7 Qxa7 37. h3 f6 38. Kh2 Qa4 39. Bf2 h5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Kb1 Ra8 14. g4 Rc8
15. h4 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nb6 18. Qd3 a4 19. Nc1 Qc7 20. a3 Rfd8 21. Na2
d5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Qe2 Rc5 24. Bd3 g6 25. h5 Nd5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qh2 Bf6
28. g5 Bg7 29. Be4 Ne3 30. Rd2 Nc4 31. Rd3 Nd6 32. Nb4 Qe7 33. Qh4 Kf8 34. Nd5
Qe6 35. c3 Rc4 36. Ne3 R4c5 37. Nd5 Rb5 38. Rhd1 Nc4 39. Nb4 Qe7 40. Rd7 Qc5
41. Bd5 Nxa3+ 42. bxa3 Qxc3 43. Rxf7+ Ke8 44. Rxg7 Qc2+ 45. Ka1 Qxd1+ 46. Ka2
Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15.
Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. e3 Nd7 18. h4 Be7 19. h5 Bb4 20. Nb3 Qe7 21. Qc2 Rfd8
22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Qe2 e5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Nd4 Bc5 26. Nb3 Bb4 27. Rac1 Qe7 28.
g4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Nd4 Qe8 31. Nf5 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Nxd7 34.
Bd1 Kf8 35. Bc2 Nb6 36. b3 Nd5 37. Kf3 Ne7 38. Ng3 Nd5 39. Ne4 Nc3 40. Ng3 Nd5
41. Ke2 Ke7 42. f4 Bc3 43. Nf5+ Kd7 44. Be4 Nf6 45. Bf3 Ne8 46. Kd3 Ba1 47. e4
Nd6 48. Ne3 f6 49. Nc2 Bb2 50. Kd2 b5 51. Ne3 Bd4 52. Kd3 Bb2 53. Bd1 Bc1 54.
Bc2 bxa4 55. bxa4 Nb7 56. Nf5 Bxf4 57. Nxg7 Nd6 58. Nf5 Nxf5 59. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a5 11. b5 c6 12. bxc6 Nxc6 13. Bb2 b5 14. e3 a4 15. Qb1
Qb6 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Ne5 h6 18. Bc3 Rc7 19. Qb2 Rac8 20. Bf1 Ba6 21. Nxc6 Rxc6
22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 f6 25. Rc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Qb7 27. Nd4 R6c7 28.
Bg2 Re7 29. c6 Qb6 30. Bxd5+ Kh8 31. Qc2 Rd8 32. Ba2 Bc8 33. Rc1 Rxd4 34. exd4
Qxd4 35. Rd1 Bf5 36. Rxd4 Bxc2 37. f3 Rc7 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Bd5 f5 40. Rd7 Rc8
41. c7 a3 42. Be6 Kg6 43. Re7 a2 44. Bxa2 Kf6 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. h4+ Kh5 47. Re7
Kg6 48. Be6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 a5 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Rfd1 Bd5 14. Qd3 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Ne4 16. Qc1 c6 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nd5 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. Rb1
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qc7 23. e4 Nb6 24. Be3 Nc4 25. Bc5 Rfd8 26. Bd6 Nxd6 27. exd6
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxb7 Rb8 30. Ra7 Qc5 31. Rd7 Qe5 32. Qe3 Rb3 33. Rd8+
Kh7 34. Rd4 Qc5 35. e5 Qxc3 36. Qe4+ g6 37. Rd7 Rb4 38. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. b4 Ne4 10. Be1 f5 11. a4 Bf6 12. e3 g5 13. Nc3 Qe7 14. b5 Nd6 15. Nd2
dxc4 16. Qa2 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Nxb5 18. axb5 Nb6 19. Nxc4 Nd5 20. Qb2 Bd7 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rfc8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bc3 Qe6 25. Bd4 f4 26. exf4 gxf4 27. Qd2
Rf8 28. Rfc1 Rf7 29. Rc7 Raf8 30. Rxb7 Qh3 31. e6 Qxe6 32. Raxa7 h6 33. Rb6 Qh3
34. f3 fxg3 35. Rxh6 gxh2+ 36. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Re7 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. Rh7+
Ke6 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bg4 10. Be3 d5 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7
15. f4 Ndxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 d4 18. Bf4 dxc3 19. bxc3 Qd5 20. Qe2 Rad8
21. d4 c5 22. Be3 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Rf3 Rc2 25. Qf1 f6 26. Rb1 fxe5 27.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Rb5 Rg2+ 29. Qxg2 Qxb5 30. Qa2+ Kh8 31. Qf7 Bxa3 32. d5 h6 33.
g5 hxg5 34. Bxg5 Bc5+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kg4 Qe4+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39.
Kg4 Qg1+ 40. Kh5 Qd1+ 41. Kh4 Qe1+ 42. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. h4 d6 10. e6 fxe6 11. h5 g5 12. h6 Bf6 13. Nf3 Bxa6 14. Nxg5 Bxf1 15.
Kxf1 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nf6 17. Rh3 Qe8 18. Rg3 Nh5 19. Rg4 Rf5 20. Bxe7+ Kf7 21.
Bxd6 Nd7 22. Ne4 Ra4 23. Qxa4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. a3 Be7 13. Bc2 O-O 14. dxc5 Rxd1+ 15.
Nxd1 Bxc5 16. b4 Bd6 17. Bb2 Ne5 18. Rc1 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxh2+ 20. Kg2 Qb8 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nc3 Be5 23. Ne4 f5 24. Ng5 Bf6 25. Nh3 Kh8 26. Kh1 Rg8 27. Bd3
Qa8 28. e4 Be5 29. Qe3 fxe4 30. fxe4 Qf8 31. Rc5 Qg7 32. Qf3 f5 33. Rc1 Qh6 34.
Rg1 fxe4 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Qg2+ Kh8 37. Bf1 Bd5 38. Kg1 e3 39. Qg4 Qg6 40.
Qxg6 exf2+ 41. Kxf2 hxg6 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Nf2 Bb2 44. Nd3 Bxa3 45. Kd4 g5 46.
Kc3 g4 47. Nf4 g3 48. Nxd5 exd5 49. Bg2 d4+ 50. Kxd4 Bxb4 51. Bb7 Kf6 52. Ke3
a5 53. Kf3 Bd6 54. Bc6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Re8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba4 Qe7 14. Bf2 Nbd7
15. Ne2 Rac8 16. O-O Ba6 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Qd2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Rc4
21. Qd1 Ne5 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Rc2 Qb5 24. Bg3 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Nc4 26. Qc3 Qxb2
27. Qxb2 Nxb2 28. Be5 Nc4 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Kf2 b5 31. Rd1 Nxa3 32. Rxd5 a5 33.
Ke2 a4 34. Kd3 b4 35. Ra5 b3 36. Kc3 Nc4 37. Kxc4 b2 38. Rb5 a3 39. Kc3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. g4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ne7 11. Nc4 Ng6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 b5 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15.
Bxb5 Bb7 16. Nd2 d5 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18. f3 Rc8 19. Qb3 Ba8 20. Rf1 a4 21. Qb4 Rb8
22. Qa3 dxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. O-O-O Qb5 26. Rf2 Qc4 27. Rd7 f6
28. Ba7 Rc8 29. Be3 Qb5 30. Qd6 a3 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qd1 Qc4 34.
Qe2 Qxa2 35. bxa3 Qa1+ 36. Kd2 Nh4 37. Qd1 Qb2+ 38. Ke1 Ng2+ 39. Rxg2 Qxg2 40.
Qe2 Qxh3 41. a4 Qh1+ 42. Qf1 Qxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Bf3 44. a5 Bxg4 45. Kf2 Bc8 46. c4
Bb7 47. c5 h5 48. Ke2 h4 49. Bg1 g5 50. Kd2 g4 51. Kc3 g3 52. Kb4 h3 53. Bh2
gxh2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 c6 10. d5 c5 11. g3 b6 12. a3 Re7 13. b4 Qf8 14. Bg5 Bh6 15. Bh4 Qg7
16. Ng5 Ne8 17. Rb1 Nf8 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. g4 f6 20. Nh3 Rf7 21. Kh1 Bf4 22. f3
h5 23. gxh5 g5 24. Bf2 Qh6 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. e5 fxe5 27. Ne4 Qxh5 28. Bd3 Rh7
29. Bg1 g4 30. Nf2 g3 31. Bxh7+ Nxh7 32. Ne4 Bh3 33. hxg3 Nef6 34. Bh2 Nxe4 35.
Rxe4 Ng5 36. g4 Nxe4 37. gxh5 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Nxd1 39. Rxd1 Kf7 40. Kf2 Rb8 41.
Rd2 Rb1 42. Bg1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. c3 a5 7. h3 h6 8. Qc2
Be6 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 c6 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Be3 Rad8 15.
a3 Rfe8 16. b4 Ra8 17. Rab1 b5 18. Nd2 axb4 19. axb4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Ra2 21. Qc1
Nf4 22. Nb3 Rea8 23. Na5 Qc8 24. Rb2 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 c5 26. Ra1 c4 27. Rd1 Bc7
28. Nc6 Qe8 29. Na7 Bb8 30. Ra1 Nd3 31. Qb1 Qd7 32. Bxd3 cxd3 33. Ra5 Bxa7 34.
Qa1 Bb3 35. Nf1 Ba4 36. Nd2 Kh7 37. c4 Bxe3 38. fxe3 Rxa5 39. bxa5 bxc4 40. a6
Bc6 41. Nxc4 d2 42. Nb2 Nxe4 43. a7 f5 44. Kh2 Ba8 45. Qa5 d1=Q 46. Nxd1 Qxd1
47. Qc7 Qe1 48. Qxe5 Qg3+ 49. Qxg3 Nxg3 50. Kxg3 Kg6 51. Kf2 Kf6 52. g3 g5 53.
Ke1 Ke5 54. Kd2 Ke4 55. Ke2 g4 56. h4 h5 57. Kf2 Kd3 58. Kg1 Kxe3 59. Kh2 Kf3
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. h4 Bxe5 10. Bh6 Bxa6 11. h5 Ng7 12. Nf3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Ra6
15. Qd2 Qa5 16. hxg6 Rxg6 17. Ne5 d6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qh6+ Kf7
21. Re1 Ke8 22. Qg7 e5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 7. d4 a6 8.
Be2 e6 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. a3 Na5 14. g3 Nc4 15.
Bd3 a5 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Qc2 g6 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bxb5 Rfc8 20. Bb2 a4 21. b4 Ne4
22. Bd3 Nxc3 23. Rac1 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd8 26. Rc5 Nd5 27. h4 Be7 28.
h5 Bf6 29. Kg2 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Rb8 31. Bc1 Rb3 32. Rh1 Qa8 33. Qe2 Nc3 34. Qc4
Qc6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Be3 Nd5 37. Qe2 Rxa3 38. g4 Rb3 39. Bc1 a3 40. Rh3 Qa8
41. Qa2 Qa4 42. Bd2 Rb2 43. Qa1 Bxd4 44. Qe1 Bg7 45. c6 Qxc6 46. Bh6 Bf6 47.
Qa5 a2 48. Qa3 Qc8 49. Bc1 a1=Q 50. Bxb2 Qxa3 51. Bxa3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Na5 13. Nh4 Rc8 14. Qg4 g6 15.
Nf3 Nc4 16. Qh4 Ng8 17. Bg5 Bc6 18. a5 bxa5 19. dxc5 a4 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Bf6 Rh7
22. Bg5 Qxc5 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Qg3 Rg7 25. h4 a3 26. Reb1 Nb2 27. Bd2 g5 28. hxg5
hxg5 29. Bc1 f5 30. exf6 Nxf6 31. Qe5 Ng4 32. Qe2 e5 33. Nf5 Bxf5 34. Bxf5 Rxc3
35. Bxg4 Rh7 36. Bxb2 axb2 37. Rxb2 Qd6 38. Rab1 e4 39. Rb8+ Ke7 40. R8b7+ Rc7
41. Rxc7+ Qxc7 42. g3 Kf6 43. Qd2 Qe5 44. Rd1 a5 45. Qxa5 e3 46. Qb6+ Kg7 47.
Qxe3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Bxb1 5. Qxb1 Bb4+ 6. Kd1 Bd6 7. Bg3 Nf6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. c5 Be7 10. Bd3 c6 11. a3 b6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 Nbd7 14. Nf3 axb4 15.
axb4 Qc8 16. Ke2 Qb7 17. Rhc1 Rfc8 18. h3 b5 19. Bh2 Bd8 20. Ne5 g6 21. f4 Ra3
22. Kf3 Rca8 23. g4 Nxe5+ 24. fxe5 Nd7 25. Bf4 Bc7 26. h4 Ra2 27. Rb2 Rxb2 28.
Qxb2 Qa6 29. Qd2 Qa2 30. Bc2 f6 31. h5 fxe5 32. dxe5 Nxe5+ 33. Kg3 g5 34. Bxe5
Bxe5+ 35. Kh3 Qa3 36. Rf1 Bg7 37. h6 Bxh6 38. Rf6 Bg7 39. Rxe6 Qa1 40. Qg2 Qe1
41. Qf3 Rf8 42. Bf5 h5 43. Rxc6 hxg4+ 44. Qxg4 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. h4 Bf6 13. h5 h6 14. g4
a6 15. c4 Kb8 16. Nd2 Rhe8 17. Ne4 Qf7 18. f4 d5 19. Nc5 e5 20. cxd5 exf4 21.
Nxa6+ bxa6 22. Qxa6 Rxd5 23. Qxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 fxe3 25. Rd7 Qxd7 26. Qxd7 Re7
27. Qb5+ Kc8 28. Qe2 Bg5 29. a4 Rf7 30. Kb1 Rf2 31. Qa6+ Kd8 32. Qd3+ Ke7 33.
Qe4+ Kf7 34. Qd5+ Kf8 35. Ka2 Rd2 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. a5 Rd6 39. Qe8+
Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kg8 41. b4 Kf7 42. Qc4+ Re6 43. Qe2 Ke7 44. a6 Rd6 45. a7 Rd2 46.
Qc4 e2 47. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qc1 Bf5 8. Nbd2
e6 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Nb3 cxd4
15. exd4 O-O 16. Nc5 Qc7 17. a4 b6 18. Na6 Qd6 19. a5 Nc6 20. Qe3 Nxa5 21. h4
h6 22. h5 Bh7 23. Nb4 Rc7 24. Bd3 Nc4 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qe2 Qe7 27. Nd3 a5 28.
g4 Nd6 29. Kg2 f5 30. Ne5 Rf6 31. Qd3 Nc4 32. Ng6 Qe8 33. Rae1 Nxb2 34. Qb1 Nc4
35. gxf5 Nd2 36. Qd3 Nxf1 37. fxe6 Kg8 38. e7 Nd2 39. Qxd2 Rxg6+ 40. hxg6 Rxe7
41. Rxe7 Qxe7 42. Qd3 a4 43. Kf1 a3 44. Qf5 Qd8 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qa7 Qe8 47.
Qxb6 Qa8 48. Qb1 a2 49. Qa1 Qa6+ 50. Kg2 Qxg6+ 51. Kh3 Qb1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 h5 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4
Na6 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Nd3 Kh8 18. a4 Ng8 19. Nxa7 Bd7 20. Nb5 Nf6 21. Rc3 Bh6 22.
Qc2 Rg7 23. Rc1 g4 24. Nxc7 Nxc7 25. Rxc7 g3 26. Be1 Nxe4 27. Rxd7 gxh2+ 28.
Kxh2 Qxd7 29. fxe4 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rg8+ 31. Kh2 Qg7 32. Bg4 Qxg4 33. Qf2 f3 34.
Rc7 Bf4+ 35. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 36. Kh1 Rg4 37. Qh2 Qg5 38. Bd2 f2 39. Rf7 Qh4 40. Qxh4
Rxh4+ 41. Kg2 f1=Q+ 42. Kxf1 Rxe4 43. a5 Rd4 44. Ke2 Rxd5 45. Rxb7 e4 46. a6
Rd3 47. a7 Ra3 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Nbd2
cxb3 9. Nxb3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 b6 11. c6 Nc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bb5 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3
Rxd3 15. Ne5 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Rd5 17. f3 Ba6+ 18. Kf2 Bd6 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. e4 Rd3
21. Be5 Bxc4 22. Bxc7 b5 23. Be5 Rc8 24. Na5 Rd2+ 25. Kg3 Nh5+ 26. Kh4 f6 27.
Nxc4 bxc4 28. Bc3 Rxg2 29. Kxh5 Rxc6 30. Kh4 Rc5 31. Rcg1 Rxa2 32. Bxf6 g6 33.
Kg3 c3 34. Ra1 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 c2 36. Rc1 a5 37. Kf2 a4 38. Bb2 Rh5 39. Kg3 Rc5
40. Kf4 Kf7 41. Ke3 a3 42. Bd4 Rc6 43. Kd3 a2 44. Rxc2 Rd6 45. Rxa2 e5 46. Ra4
Ke6 47. Ke3 exd4+ 48. Rxd4 Ra6 49. Rd2 g5 50. Kf2 Ra1 51. Rd5 h6 52. h4 Kf6 53.
Rd6+ Kg7 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kh2 Rf1 57. Kg2 Ra1 58. Rc6 Kf7 59. Kf2
Kg7 60. Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Kf2 Ra1 62. Rd6 Kf7 63. Kg2 Kg7 64. Kh3 Rg1 65. Rd2 Kf6
66. Rg2 Rf1 67. Kg4 Ke5 68. Rg3 Kf6 69. Rg2 Ke5 70. Kg3 Kf6 71. Rf2 Rg1+ 72.
Kh2 Ra1 73. Kh3 Ke5 74. Kg3 Rg1+ 75. Rg2 Ra1 76. Kg4 Kf6 77. Rh2 Rg1+ 78. Kh3
Ke5 79. Rg2 Rxg2 80. Kxg2 Kf4 81. Kf2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. h3 c6 13. a4 Bc7 14. Ne3 Ng6 15.
Nf1 d5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Qc2 Rf7 18. Be3 a6 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. Bc1 Rf8 21. Re2 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rde1 Qf7 24. Nf1 Ra1 25. Ng3 Raa8 26. Rd1 Nf4 27. Ree1 Nd7
28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Nf1 e5 30. d4 exd4 31. Nxd4 f3 32. Nxf3 dxe4 33. Qxe4 Ra2 34.
Qe6 Nf6 35. Qxc6 Bb8 36. Ne3 Ba7 37. Qxb5 Ne4 38. Ra1 Nxf2 39. Rxa2 Qxa2 40.
Kh2 Bb8+ 41. Kg1 Bg3 42. Qd5+ Qxd5 43. Nxd5 Nxh3+ 44. gxh3 Rxf3 45. Kg2 Rd3 46.
Re3 Rxe3 47. Nxe3 Be1 48. Nd5 Kf7 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Ke4 g5 51. c4 h5 52. c5 g4
53. hxg4 hxg4 54. b5 g3 55. Nf4+ Kd7 56. Kd5 Bd2 57. Ng2 Kc7 58. Kc4 Bg5 59.
Ne1 Bd2 60. Ng2 Bg5 61. Kd5 Bd2 62. Nh4 Bg5 63. Ng2 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Rd8 13. f4 b6 14. Kf2 Bb7
15. Rc1 Bc5 16. Bb5 Nd7 17. Nc6 Rdc8 18. Rxc5 Nxc5 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8
21. Rc1 Ne4+ 22. Ke1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Nc3 24. Ba3+ Kg8 25. Bd3 Bxg2 26. Kd2 Ne4+
27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Bd6 f6 29. a3 Kf7 30. Bb8 a6 31. Bc7 b5 32. Ke2 Kg6 33. Kf2
Kf5 34. Bd6 Bd5 35. b4 Ke4 36. Bf8 g6 37. Bg7 f5 38. Bd4 Kd3 39. Bb6 Kc2 40.
Ba5 Kb3 41. Ke2 Kxa3 42. Kd3 Kb2 43. Kd2 Kb3 44. Kd3 Kb2 45. Kd2 Be4 46. Bb6
Kb3 47. Ba5 Kc4 48. Ke2 Kc3 49. Kf2 Kd3 50. Bb6 Bd5 51. Bc7 h6 52. h4 Kc4 53.
Ba5 Kd3 54. Bb6 Ke4 55. Bd8 e5 56. Bc7 Kd3 57. Ba5 Kc4 58. Kg3 Be6 59. Kf2 Bf7
60. Kf3 Bd5+ 61. Kf2 e4 62. Ke2 Kc3 63. Kf2 Bc4 64. Kg3 Kd2 65. Kf2 Kc3 66. Ke1
Kd3 67. Kf2 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. Be3 c6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. a4 Ng6 15.
g3 Nh7 16. Kg2 Qc7 17. Re3 Rf7 18. Ra2 Raf8 19. Ng1 d5 20. Na3 Nf6 21. f3 Qe7
22. Re1 Nh7 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Qc2 Qf8 25. Nb1 Rfd7 26. Nd2 Qf7 27. Nf1 Nf6 28.
Ne2 Rf8 29. Ng1 Rfd8 30. Ne2 Qe7 31. Ng1 d4 32. c4 Qxb4 33. Rb1 Qa5 34. Qb3 Rc7
35. c5 Qxc5 36. Rc2 Qe7 37. Qxb6 Ra8 38. Qb3 Nd7 39. Qc4 Ra6 40. Ra1 b5 41. Qb3
Nc5 42. Rxc5 Qxc5 43. Qxe6+ Kh7 44. Nh3 Rxa4 45. Rxa4 bxa4 46. Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. d4 Bb7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nc4 Be7 19. Bf3 f6 20. g3 Kf7 21. e4
Nc7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne5+ fxe5 24. Rxc7 Rd3 25. Bh5+ g6 26. Rxb7 gxh5 27. Bxe5
Ke8 28. Rxa7 Rxb3 29. a4 Rb4 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Ra7 Ke8 32. f3 b5 33. Ra8+ Kf7
34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Bf4 Bc5+ 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Kh3 Bg1 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. fxg4 Rb3+
40. Kg2 Bd4 41. Rd8 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rb3+ 45. Ke2 Rb2+
46. Kd3 Bg1 47. Rd7+ Kg6 48. Be5 Rb5 49. Rg7+ Kh6 50. Bf6 Rb3+ 51. Kc4 Re3 52.
e5 Re4+ 53. Kd3 Rf4 54. h4 Bd4 55. Rg8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "327"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. e4 Nb6 12. e5 N8d7 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Be3 c5 15.
Rc1 Nd5 16. Nxc5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21.
Bxb7 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Rd8 23. b4 Bxe5 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. a4 Rxe3 26. b5 Rc3 27. Rxc3
Bxc3 28. Kf1 Bd4 29. c6 Bb6 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Kd3 Ke7 32. Kc4 Kd6 33. Kb4 Bc5+
34. Kc4 Bb6 35. Kb4 a5+ 36. bxa6 Ba7 37. Kc4 f5 38. Bc8 e5 39. Bd7 e4 40. Kc3
f4 41. Kd2 f3 42. gxf3 exf3 43. Bg4 f2 44. Ke2 Kxc6 45. Kf1 Bc5 46. Be2 Kb6 47.
Kg2 Ka5 48. Bf1 Kxa4 49. Be2 Kb4 50. Bf1 Kc3 51. Be2 Kd2 52. Bf1 Ke1 53. Bb5
Ba7 54. Bc4 g5 55. Bb5 h5 56. Bc4 Kd2 57. Bb5 Ke3 58. Bf1 Kf4 59. Be2 h4 60.
Bg4 Ke3 61. Kf1 Kf4 62. Bh5 Ke3 63. Bg4 Kf4 64. Bh5 Ke4 65. Bg4 Ke5 66. Bh5 Kd6
67. Bg4 Kc5 68. Bh5 Kb4 69. Bg4 Ka5 70. Be2 Kb4 71. Bg4 Kc3 72. Bh5 Kd3 73. Bg4
Ke4 74. Bh5 Ke5 75. Bg4 Kd6 76. Bh5 Ke7 77. Bg4 Kd8 78. Bh5 Kc7 79. Bg4 Kb8 80.
Bh5 Bb6 81. Bg4 Ka7 82. Be2 Be3 83. Bd3 g4 84. hxg4 h3 85. g5 h2 86. Be4 Bxg5
87. Kxf2 Kxa6 88. Kg2 Bf4 89. Kh1 Be5 90. Bf3 Ka7 91. Bg2 Kb8 92. Bf3 Kc7 93.
Bg2 Kd8 94. Bf3 Ke7 95. Bg2 Kf8 96. Be4 Kg7 97. Bf5 Kh8 98. Be6 Kh7 99. Bf7 Kh6
100. Bg6 Kg5 101. Bf5 Kf4 102. Bg4 Ke3 103. Bf3 Kd4 104. Bg2 Kc3 105. Bf3 Kb4
106. Be4 Ka3 107. Bd5 Kb2 108. Bc4 Ka1 109. Bd3 Ka2 110. Be2 Ka3 111. Bd1 Kb4
112. Bb3 Ka5 113. Bc4 Kb6 114. Bb5 Kxb5 115. Kg2 Ka5 116. Kh1 Ka6 117. Kg2 Ka7
118. Kh1 Ka8 119. Kg2 Kb8 120. Kh1 Kc8 121. Kg2 Kd8 122. Kh1 Ke8 123. Kg2 Kf8
124. Kh1 Kg8 125. Kg2 Kh8 126. Kh1 Kh7 127. Kg2 Kg7 128. Kh1 Kg6 129. Kg2 Kf6
130. Kh1 Ke6 131. Kg2 Kd6 132. Kh1 Kd5 133. Kg2 Kc5 134. Kh1 Kb5 135. Kg2 Ka5
136. Kh1 Ka4 137. Kg2 Kb4 138. Kh1 Kc4 139. Kg2 Kd4 140. Kh1 Ke4 141. Kg2 Ke3
142. Kh1 Kd3 143. Kg2 Kc3 144. Kh1 Kb3 145. Kg2 Kb2 146. Kh1 Kc2 147. Kg2 Kd2
148. Kh1 Ke2 149. Kg2 Ke1 150. Kh1 Kd1 151. Kg2 Kc1 152. Kh1 Kc2 153. Kg2 Kb2
154. Kh1 Kb1 155. Kg2 Ka1 156. Kh1 Ka2 157. Kg2 Kb2 158. Kh1 Kb3 159. Kg2 Ka3
160. Kh1 Ka4 161. Kg2 Kb4 162. Kh1 Kc4 163. Kg2 Kc5 164. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Nxc3 10. dxc3 b6 11. c4 Bb7 12. a3 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rfd8 14. Rxd8+
Rxd8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Bxd1 f6 17. Nd2 Kf7 18. Bc2 f5 19. f4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Kxf6
21. Kf2 e5 22. g3 e4 23. g4 g6 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Nf1 a5 26. a4 Ne7 27. Ng3 Bc6
28. Bd1 Be8 29. Nf1 Nc6 30. Nd2 Ne7 31. Nb1 Bf7 32. Nc3 Be8 33. Kg3 Kg6 34. Kh4
Kf6 35. Bh5 Bc6 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ne2 Kg7 39. Ng3 Kf6 40. Bd1 Kg7 41.
Be2 Kf6 42. Bf1 Kg7 43. Bh3 Kf6 44. Ke2 Kg6 45. Kd2 Kf6 46. Kc3 Kg6 47. Bg2 Kf6
48. h4 Kg6 49. h5+ Kf6 50. Bf1 h6 51. Bh3 Ke6 52. Kd2 Kf6 53. Ke1 Ke6 54. Kf2
Kf6 55. Bf1 Ke6 56. Be2 Kf6 57. Bd1 Ke6 58. Nf1 Kf6 59. Nd2 Ke6 60. Nb1 Kf6 61.
Kg3 Ke6 62. Nc3 Kf6 63. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 Ke7 3. c4 f6 4. Nc3 Kf7 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O Rf8 8. Qc2
Kg8 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15.
Qb3 Nf5 16. Nde4 Nxd4 17. Qd1 Nf5 18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Qd4 Nbc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Rb8 9. c4 Nb4 10. Nf3 c5 11. g3 Qe6 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. b3 Bb7 15.
Bb2 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Nd3 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Nc4 Rbd8 21.
Ne3 R5d7 22. Bc3 Nxe5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Nc6 26. Qxe6 fxe6
27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Bf6 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Kc4 Kd6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. f4 f5 33. Nc3
a6 34. Na4 Na5+ 35. Kd3 Nb7 36. Nb2 Kd5 37. Nc4 Nd6 38. Ne5 Ne4 39. Nd7 Kc6 40.
Nf8 Kd5 41. Nxh7 e5 42. fxe5 Kxe5 43. Nf8 Nf2+ 44. Ke2 Ng4 45. h3 Nf6 46. Kf3
Ne4 47. h4 Nd2+ 48. Ke3 Nf1+ 49. Kf2 Nd2 50. Nd7+ Kd4 51. h5 c4 52. bxc4 Kxc4
53. h6 Ne4+ 54. Ke3 Ng5 55. Kf4 Nf7 56. h7 Kd4 57. Ne5 Nh8 58. Kxf5 c5 59. g4
c4 60. Nxc4 Kxc4 61. g5 Kd5 62. g6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15.
Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. e3 Nd7 18. h4 Be7 19. h5 Bb4 20. Nc4 Nb6 21. Ne5 Bd6
22. Nd3 Qe7 23. Qc2 Nd5 24. Qe2 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. Be4 Rfd8 27. Bc2 Qg5 28.
Kg2 c5 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. Be4 Qb6 31. Rac1 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Rd8 33. Qf3 Bc5 34. Rc2
Rd7 35. g4 Qc7 36. Bxb7 Qd6 37. Be4 Rc7 38. Qe2 Bb4 39. Rxc7 Qxc7 40. Qb5 Kf8
41. Bc6 Ke7 42. Bf3 Qd7 43. Qe5 Kf8 44. Qb8+ Qe8 45. Qe5 Qxa4 46. g5 hxg5 47.
Qxg5 Qd7 48. h6 gxh6 49. Qxh6+ Ke7 50. Qg5+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ Ke7 52. Qg5+ Kf8 53.
Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
O-O a6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. c3 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. a4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 h6 15.
Be3 Rfe8 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. g3 Re6 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Bf1 Bd6 21. Rxe6
Rxe6 22. Nd4 Re8 23. Bg2 Bc5 24. Qd3 Qb6 25. Qd2 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Re1 Qd6
28. Kf1 Qd5 29. Kg1 f5 30. Qf4 Rf8 31. Qd2 Kh7 32. b4 Be7 33. f3 Bg5 34. Qe2
Re8 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Qf2 Bf6 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. b5 a5 39. Qf5+ Qxf5 40. Nxf5
Bxc3 41. Nd6 b6 42. Nxe4 Bd4+ 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. Kd3 Bg1 46. h3 h5 47.
Nd6+ Ke5 48. Nc4+ Kd5 49. Nd2 g6 50. Ne4 Ke5 51. Nd2 Bf2 52. Ke2 Bc5 53. Kd3
Bf2 54. Ke2 Bc5 55. Kd3 Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Nb3 Qc7
15. Bd4 Rb8 16. Qc3 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Qa5 Ne8 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Bxc6 Be6
21. Rfc1 Rb4 22. c5 a6 23. Rc3 Rdb8 24. Nc1 Rb2 25. Kg2 Rd2 26. Bf3 Rbb2 27. a4
Rdc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Nd3 Bc4 30. c6 Bxd3 31. exd3 Ne6 32. Rb1 Nd4 33. Rb6 a5
34. Ra6 Rc5 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Rd8 Nxf3 37. Kxf3 Rxc6 38. Rd5 Rc3 39. Ke3 Ra3 40.
Rxa5 Kf6 41. h4 h5 42. Ra8 Ra2 43. a5 Ke6 44. Ra6+ Kd5 45. Ra7 Kd6 46. a6 Ke6
47. Ra8 Kd5 48. Ra7 Kd6 49. f3 Ra4 50. Ra8 Kd5 51. g4 Ke6 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. a7
Kf6 54. Rh8 Rxa7 55. Rxh5 Ra4 56. d4 Ra3+ 57. Ke4 Ra1 58. Rf5+ Kg7 59. h5 e6
60. Rc5 Kh6 61. Rc7 Kxh5 62. Rxf7 Kg6 63. Rf8 Kg7 64. Rd8 Kf6 65. Rf8+ Ke7 66.
Rb8 Re1+ 67. Kd3 Rd1+ 68. Ke3 Re1+ 69. Kf4 Rd1 70. Rb7+ Kf6 71. Rb4 Rxd4+ 72.
Rxd4 e5+ 73. Ke4 exd4 74. Kxd4 Kf5 75. f4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Na5 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Bc3 b6 14. Rdc1
Rc7 15. Be5 Rc8 16. Rab1 O-O 17. Bc3 Rc7 18. Be5 Rcc8 19. Bc3 Rc7 20. Bxa5 bxa5
21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Nxc4 g5 23. Nxa5 Rc8 24. Rb7 Rc2 25. Rxa7 Rxa2 26. Bf1 Rxa3
27. Nc6 Rxa7 28. Nxa7 Ne4 29. Bg2 f5 30. e3 Kf7 31. Bf1 Nd6 32. Bg2 Ne4 33. Bf1
Nc3 34. Bg2 Nd5 35. Bf1 Nc7 36. Bg2 Kf6 37. Bc6 Bxc6 38. Nxc6 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. a4 a5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Qb3 Ne4
15. Bf4 Bb4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. h4 Qe7 19. Rc7 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.
Qc2 Ba6 22. Qc6 Qd8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Nd6 26. b3 g6 27. e3 f6
28. Bf4 Kf7 29. g4 Ne8 30. h5 Bd6 31. hxg6+ hxg6 32. Bxd6 Qxd6 33. Qb7+ Qc7 34.
Qa8 Qd7 35. Bf1 Qc7 36. Be2 Ke7 37. Kg2 Qd7 38. Bd3 f5 39. g5 Qc7 40. Be2 Kd7
41. Bd3 Ke7 42. Be2 Qd8 43. Qb7+ Qc7 44. Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
c3 Bd6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Re1 h6 14. a3 Qc7 15.
Qe2 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Ne5 a5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bd2 a4 20. b4 Nc4 21. Nxc4 dxc4
22. Qf3 Rae8 23. Bxh6 Bxh2+ 24. Kf1 gxh6 25. Qxf6 Qf4 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. Rad1
Kg7 28. g3 Bd6 29. Be4 Rc8 30. f4 h5 31. d5 Rfd8 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Bb7 Rb8 34.
Rxe6 Bf8 35. Bd5 Rb7 36. Kg2 Re7 37. Re5 Kh6 38. Rde1 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Bg7 40.
Re6+ Kh7 41. Bc6 Rd3 42. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Ne5 Ra7 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Ne4 Qd4
15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Kg2 Rbd7 20. Ra3 Bc5
21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rc3 a5 23. Bh6 f5 24. Ne1 Nb4 25. Nc2 Nxc2 26. Rxc2 f6 27.
Bd2 Rd5 28. b3 Kf7 29. Kf3 e5 30. e3 Ke6 31. Ke2 h5 32. Rc4 Kf7 33. f3 Kg6 34.
Bc3 Be7 35. e4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Rc5 37. Rxc5 Bxc5 38. h3 f5 39. Kf3 Bd6 40. Bd2
Bc5 41. exf5+ Kxf5 42. g4+ hxg4+ 43. hxg4+ Kg6 44. Ke4 Bd4 45. Be3 Bxe3 46.
Kxe3 Kg5 47. Ke4 Kxg4 48. Kxe5 Kf3 49. Kd5 Ke3 50. Kc6 Kd4 51. Kxb6 Kc3 52.
Kxa5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Be2 dxe4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Bxd8 14. Rd1
Be7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 e5 17. Bc4 Kf8 18. c3 a5 19. Kc2 Ke8 20. a4 Rb8 21.
Bd2 Bg4 22. Rf1 f6 23. Bg8 h6 24. Bc4 Bh5 25. h3 Bg6 26. Re1 Bc5 27. g4 Ke7 28.
b3 Bh7 29. Bd3 g5 30. Rb1 Bg8 31. b4 Ba7 32. bxa5 Rxb1 33. Kxb1 Kd6 34. Kb2 Kc7
35. Bc1 Bf7 36. a6 Bc5 37. a5 Kb8 38. Kc2 Ka7 39. Bd2 Be6 40. Be1 Bf7 41. Bd2
Be6 42. Be1 Bf7 43. Kd2 Be6 44. Ke2 Bf7 45. Bd2 Bb3 46. Be3 Bxe3 47. Kxe3 Ba4
48. Kd2 Bb5 49. Bxb5 cxb5 50. c4 Kxa6 51. c5 Kxa5 52. Kc3 b4+ 53. Kc4 b3 54.
Kxb3 Kb5 55. c6 Kxc6 56. Kc4 Kd6 57. Kb5 Kd7 58. Kb6 Kd6 59. Kb5 Kd7 60. Kc5
Kc7 61. Kd5 Kd7 62. Kc5 Kc7 63. Kd5 Kd7 64. Kc5 Kc7 65. Kd5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Nf1
Ng6 9. Ng3 c6 10. O-O d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 h6 13. Re1 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Re8 15.
Kf1 a5 16. a4 b5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rb8 19. axb5 Rxb5 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Ra3
Reb8 22. Rda1 a4 23. Rxa4 Rxb3 24. Nxb3 Rxb3 25. Rb4 Rxb4 26. cxb4 Ne8 27. Ra7
Nf8 28. Ke2 Nd6 29. Kd3 f6 30. Ne2 Be8 31. Nc3 Ne6 32. Re7 Ng5 33. h4 Kf8 34.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. g4 Kd7 37. b5 Nxb5 38. Na4 Kd6 39. b4 Nc7 40. Nc5
Ne6 41. Nb7+ Kc7 42. Na5 Kb6 43. Nc4+ Kb5 44. Kc3 c5 45. Na3+ Ka4 46. Nc2 cxb4+
47. Nxb4 Nc5 48. Nd5 Nxe4+ 49. Kc4 Nf2 50. Ne7 Nxg4 51. Kd3 Nh6 52. Kc4 Ka3 53.
Kc3 Ka2 54. Kc2 g4 55. Kd2 Kb3 56. e4 Kc4 57. Ke3 Kc5 58. Ng6 Kd6 59. Kf2 Ke6
60. Kg3 Kf7 61. Nh4 g6 62. Ng2 f5 63. Kh4 Kf6 64. Ne3 fxe4 65. Nd5+ Ke6 66.
Nc7+ Kf5 67. Nd5 Ke6 68. Nc3 e3 69. Kg5 Nf5 70. Kxg4 Nd4 71. Kg3 Kf5 72. Nd1 e2
73. Ne3+ Ke4 74. Ng2 Nc2 75. Kf2 e1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nh3 e5 10. O-O Ng4 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. dxe5 Ndxe5 13. Nc3 h6 14. Bf4 Nf6
15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Bc1 Ng6 17. e4 b5 18. f4 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Ra5
Bd7 22. e5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rd5 Rb5 25. Rxb5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Bxb5 27. Rd1 c5
28. Nf4 Qe5 29. b3 Re8 30. h4 Bd7 31. Bf3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nd3 Qh8+ 34. Qh2
Qf6 35. Qh5 g4 36. Bxg4 Bc6+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Qg5+ Qg6 39. Qxg6+ fxg6 40. Nf4
Rh8+ 41. Nh3 Re8 42. Ng5 Rh8+ 43. Bh3 Bd7 44. Bf4 Bf5 45. Kg2 Bxh3+ 46. Nxh3
Re8 47. Kf3 a5 48. Ng5 a4 49. bxa4 Kf6 50. Ne4+ Ke6 51. Re1 Ra8 52. Nxc5+ Kf7
53. Nb3 Bc3 54. Re2 Rxa4 55. Ke4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3
h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15.
b4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bd6 17. Bb3 Bxb3 18. axb3 b5 19. Be3 a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd2
b4 22. Rdc1 bxc3 23. Rxc3 Bb4 24. Rxc7 Bxd2 25. Bxd2 Nxb3 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bc3
f6 28. Kh2 Rd8 29. Kg3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. f3 Rd2 32. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Qxc4 e5 8. d3
Be6 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bd2 g5 13. Bc3 b5 14. d4 e4 15. Ne5
Bd5 16. Bxe4 b4 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. e4 Qd8 20. d5 bxc3 21. dxc6
cxb2 22. Rab1 Qf6 23. Rd2 Rab8 24. Nc4 Qxc6 25. e5 Rb4 26. Rd4 Bxe5 27. Rg4 Bg7
28. a3 Rb5 29. h4 f5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd8 12. a5 Bf5 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Bf3 Nb4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 18. c3 Nd5 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. axb6 axb6 21.
Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxa8 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Raa1 c4 25. g3 Qb6 26. Nd2 Qxb2 27.
Nxc4 Qxc3 28. Rac1 Qf6 29. Ne3 Nb4 30. Red1 Qf3 31. Rc4 Nc6 32. Rd5 Qf6 33. Re4
Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qa8 35. Kg1 Qb7 36. Rc4 Qa8 37. Re4 h6 38. h4 f5 39. Rc4 Ne5 40.
Rc7 Kf6 41. Rd1 Nf3+ 42. Kf1 e6 43. Rdd7 Ne5 44. Nd5+ Qxd5 45. Rxd5 exd5 46.
Ke2 d4 47. f4 d3+ 48. Ke3 Ng4+ 49. Kxd3 h5 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Ra6 Nf2+ 52. Kd4
Ne4 53. Ra3 Kf6 54. Re3 Nf2 55. Kd5 Kf7 56. Ra3 Ne4 57. Ke5 Kg7 58. Ke6 Nc5+
59. Kd6 Ne4+ 60. Ke7 Nc5 61. Ra7 Ne4 62. Ke6+ Kg8 63. Rb7 Kf8 64. Rf7+ Kg8 65.
Ra7 Kf8 66. Rb7 Nc5+ 67. Kf6 Nxb7 68. Kxg6 Nd6 69. Kxh5 Ne4 70. Kg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bd2 Nge7 7. Qc1 h6 8. Nf3
b6 9. h4 Bb7 10. Rb1 Nd4 11. Ne4 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. O-O Qd7 15.
Re1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 f5 17. e4 fxe4 18. dxe4 O-O 19. Qd1 d4 20. Bg4 Qc6 21. Nd5
Rce8 22. Nf4 Rf6 23. b4 c4 24. b5 Qc7 25. e5 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 Rd8 27. Rc1 c3 28.
Qd3 Qc5 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Rcd1 Ba8 31. Be3 Qxe5 32. Bxh6 Qf6 33. Bg5 Qf3 34.
Qxf3 Bxf3 35. Rd3 Bb7 36. Bxe7 Re8 37. Bf7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Qf3
Bh7 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. Kd2 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nc4+ 14. Bxc4
dxc4 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Ke2 Bb4 18. Na2 Bd6 19. Nd2 b5 20. Rhc1 Kd7
21. Nc3 Rhe8 22. Kf3 Bb4 23. Nce4 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Ra6 25. Ra3 Rea8 26. Rc5 a4 27.
b4 Kc7 28. Rh5 Rh8 29. Ke2 Bg6 30. Rc5 Kb7 31. Kd1 h5 32. h4 Rd8 33. Kc1 Rd5
34. Rcc3 Rf5 35. Nf3 Ra8 36. Ra2 Bh7 37. Ne1 Rd5 38. Kb2 Rg8 39. Ka3 Rg4 40. g3
Rg8 41. Ng2 Be4 42. Nf4 Rf5 43. Ra1 Bf3 44. Rac1 Re8 45. Rc5 Rxc5 46. Rxc5 Rh8
47. Rf5 Rh6 48. Nd3 Bg4 49. Rc5 Be2 50. Nf4 Bf3 51. d5 Kc7 52. Rxc6+ Kd7 53.
Rb6 Rh8 54. Rxb5 Rc8 55. Rc5 Ra8 56. Ra5 Rc8 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. Rxf7 Rc2 59.
Rxf6+ Ke5 60. Re6+ Kf5 61. Re8 Bd1 62. d6 Rc3+ 63. Kb2 Rc1 64. Kxc1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. O-O b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Bd6
15. Ba6 Ne5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nb5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Be5 20. Bc3
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Kf8 23. Rd4 Ke7 24. Rc4 Kd7 25. Rd4+ Ke7 26. Rc4
Kd7 27. Kf1 a6 28. Rd4+ Ke7 29. a4 Rc8 30. Rb4 Rc6 31. Ke2 Nd7 32. f4 Rc5 33.
Kf3 Rh5 34. Kg2 Rc5 35. Rd4 h6 36. h4 Rh5 37. Kg3 Rc5 38. Rb4 Rc6 39. Ne2 Rc5
40. Nc3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Re2 c6 14. Bd3 a4 15. a3
Ba5 16. Qxa4 Bg4 17. Qd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ng6 19. Ng3 Bb6 20. Be3 c5 21. d5 Nd7
22. f4 Qh4 23. Qd2 Qg4 24. f3 Qxf3 25. Rf1 Qg4 26. Kh1 Rac8 27. Nf5 Nh4 28.
Nxd6 Qh3 29. Ref2 Nf6 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Qe2 Ng4 32. Rf3 Nxf3 33. Rxf3 Qh4 34.
Bc4 Ba7 35. a4 Nf6 36. e5 Ne4 37. Bg1 f5 38. d6+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 c6 16. Bc4 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Nc8 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Rad1 Nxf5 21. Qxf5
Qe7 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Rd2 g6 24. Qc2 Bc5 25. b3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Rd8
28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Kf7 30. Qe3 Qa3 31. Qb6 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Ke6 33. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1 a5 13. b5 a4 14. Ng3 Qd7 15.
Rb1 Ra5 16. Bd2 Rxb5 17. d4 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 exd4 19. cxd4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 dxe5 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 b5 24. Rd3 Qc6 25. Qb2 Re8 26. Rc3 Qd7 27. Qc2
Rc8 28. Rc5 c6 29. Rxe5 Rd8 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Nf5 Qc7 32. f4 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8
34. e5 Qd7 35. Qxc6 Qxc6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nxc6 Nc7 38. Nb4 Ke6 39. g4 Nd5 40.
Nd3 Nc3 41. f5+ Kd5 42. e6 Kd6 43. Nb4 h5 44. Kg3 Ne2+ 45. Kf3 Ng1+ 46. Kg3
Ne2+ 47. Kh4 Nf4 48. gxh5 Ke7 49. Kg4 Ng2 50. Kg5 Ne3 51. Kg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
dxe4 9. dxe4 a5 10. a4 b6 11. c3 Ba6 12. Bf1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nd7 14. Nc4 Bc5 15.
Kg2 Re8 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. Rab1 Be7 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Red1 Red8 21. Rd5
Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Nf6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qc2 g6 25. h3 Ne7 26. b3 Qc6 27. Ng4 Nxg4
28. hxg4 f6 29. Re1 Qd7 30. b4 Qxg4 31. Qb3+ Kf8 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Qb5 g5 34.
Qxa5 Ng6 35. Nh2 Qd7 36. Qc5+ Qd6 37. Qc4 h5 38. a5 h4 39. Ng4 hxg3 40. fxg3
Kg7 41. Ne3 Ne7 42. Rd1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nc4 Ng4 12. Rf1 Nf6 13. a4 a6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Bd2 b5 17. c4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qf7 19. h3 Nh5 20. Be3 Qg6 21. Nh4 Qf6
22. Nf3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. e5 Qg6 25. Kh2 Nf4 26. Rg1 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Qh5 28.
Ng4 Nxd3 29. Qd7 Nxf2 30. Nxf2 Qe5+ 31. Kh1 Rxf2 32. Rae1 Re2 33. Rxe2 Qxe2 34.
Qxd4 Rf8 35. c5 Rf7 36. Qd6 Kh7 37. c6 bxc6 38. Qxc6 Rf4 39. Ra1 Rxb4 40. Qc3
Rf4 41. Kh2 Rf2 42. Qg3 Rxg2+ 43. Qxg2 Qe5+ 44. Qg3 Qxa1 45. Qd3+ Kg8 46. Qd8+
Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qd8+ Kf5 49. Qd3+ Ke5 50. Qe3+ Kd5 51. Qf3+ Kd6 52. Qd3+
Ke7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Be6 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qd7 11. Ba3 O-O-O 12. Rb1 e4 13. Nf4 Bf5 14. Nd5
Rhe8 15. Qd2 f6 16. Qc3 b6 17. Rfe1 exd3 18. cxd3 Be6 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bb2 Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 Ne5 22. Qa3 Kb7 23. h3 g5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27.
Qe7 h6 28. Qg7 Rd6 29. Rc1 Rc6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Qxe5 a5 32. g3 b5 33. f4 gxf4
34. gxf4 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3 Qxd3+ 37. Kh4 a4 38. f5 b4 39. f6 Qc4+ 40.
Kh5 b3 41. axb3 axb3 42. Kg6 Qg8+ 43. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Re2 d5 14. exd5 Bg4 15.
Qb3 Bd6 16. h3 a4 17. Qc3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qd6 20. g4 c6 21. g5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Nxd5 23. Rf1 Qb4 24. Qd3 Rae8 25. a3 Qd6 26. Ref2 Qe6 27. Qc2 Qe4 28.
Qxa4 b5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qa7 Qxg5 31. Rxf7 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Re7 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34.
Qa8 Rf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37. Qxc6 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40.
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qa4 Bb5 12. Qc2 Qxd4 13. Bb2 Qc5 14.
Rfd1 Rfd8 15. a4 Ba6 16. Qc3 h6 17. Ba3 Qf5 18. Bxc6 Rab8 19. f3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Rb1 21. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 22. Kg2 Qxa2 23. Bb2 Qb3 24. Qxb3 cxb3 25. e4 Bc8 26. Bb5
Bd7 27. Kf2 Bxb5 28. axb5 Ne8 29. e5 f6 30. f4 Kf7 31. Ke3 fxe5 32. fxe5 Ke7
33. Kd4 Kd7 34. Kc5 g5 35. g4 Ng7 36. h3 Ne8 37. Bd4 Ng7 38. Bb2 Ne8 39. Bd4
Ng7 40. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. d4 Bb6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 c6 14. Bc2 Bc7 15. Be3
Qe7 16. Qd2 Qf8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. b3 Rad8 19. c4 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bxg6 fxg6
22. dxe5 dxc4 23. Qc1 Nd5 24. bxc4 Nxe3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxe3 Qc5 27. Ne4 Qxc4
28. Qxc4 Bxc4 29. Rc3 b5 30. Ned2 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxd2 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. Rxc4
Rxa2 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Ra8 g5 38. g4 a4 39. Kg2 Ra1
40. Ra6 a3 41. Kh2 Kg8 42. Ra7 a2 43. Kg2 Kf8 44. Ra8+ Ke7 45. Ra7+ Kd6 46.
Ra6+ Kc5 47. Ra5+ Kc4 48. Ra8 Kc3 49. Ra7 g6 50. Ra8 h5 51. Ra7 Kd3 52. Ra8 Ke4
53. Ra7 Ke5 54. Ra8 Kd4 55. Ra7 Kc3 56. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nbd4 bxc3 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. a5 cxb2 18. Bxb2 c6 19. Ba4 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. Ba3
Nxa4 22. Qxa4 c5 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. e6 Bb5 25. Nxf5 Bg5 26. f4 Bxf1 27. fxg5 Bc4
28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Rb1 Bb5 31. Rc1 Bc4 32. Rb1 Bb5 33. Rc1 Bc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Bf4
b5 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bb7 11. Bd3 b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Ke2 Nf6 14. Rac1 Nd5
15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Nb6 18. Rc7 Bxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Bxd4 20. Rxe7 Bxb2
21. Rb7 Bd4 22. Rd1 Bc5 23. Rc1 Na4 24. Bc4 a5 25. Be5 Ra7 26. Rb5 Re8 27. Ba1
Bf8 28. Bb3 Nc3 29. Bxc3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 a4 31. Bd5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Nbd2 d6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. Nd4 exd4
15. Qxh5 dxc3 16. bxc3 Rae8 17. a4 Ne5 18. Qe2 bxa4 19. d4 Ng4 20. Qxa6 Rb8 21.
Qd3 Nf6 22. Ba2 Rb2 23. Bb1 Rfb8 24. Bc2 Ra8 25. e5 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 dxe5 27. Rfe1
Nd5 28. Rxe5 Qd6 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. Nc5 Be8 31. Rxa4 Rb8 32. Ra1 Nf4 33. Qe4 Qxe4
34. Rxe4 Nd5 35. c4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Ne5 Ra7 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Ng4 Bd4 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. e3 Bc5 21.
Rxd5 f5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rd7 24. b3 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Bd6 26. Re6 Rd8 27. e4 f4
28. e5 Bc5 29. gxf4 R8d3 30. Rc6 Bd4 31. Ra2 Rxb3 32. a5 bxa5 33. Rxa5 Rc3 34.
Rd6 Rcxc1 35. Rad5 Rg1+ 36. Kf3 Bc5 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. f5 Be7 39. Ra8 Rc3+ 40.
Ke2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 Rfb8 16. Bd2 Rb6 17. Rac1 c5 18. Be3 Rc6 19. Rc2 Kf8 20. f3
Ke8 21. Rcd2 a5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Rdd1 a4 24. Nd2 Rcb6 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Rb1 Rb4
27. a3 Rxb1+ 28. Nxb1 Nd7 29. Kf1 Nb6 30. Nd2 Kd7 31. Ke1 Kc6 32. Kd1 f5 33.
Kc2 Bf6 34. g4 g5 35. h3 h6 36. f4 Nc8 37. Nf3 Nd6 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Bxg5 Bxg5
40. Nxg5 fxg4 41. hxg4 Nxc4 42. Nxe6 Nxa3+ 43. Kc1 Nc4 44. g5 Ne5 45. Kb2 Kd5
46. Nf4+ Ke4 47. Nd3 Nxd3+ 48. exd3+ Kf5 49. Ka3 Kxg5 50. Kxa4 Kf4 51. Kb5 Ke3
52. Kxc5 Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 f4 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4
Qxe5 22. Rb1 Qb8 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Qd3 g6 25. h4 Nf7 26. Bb2 d4 27. Re6 Ne5 28.
Qe4 Rf5 29. Bxd4 Bd6 30. Re1 Rh5 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxh4+ 33. Kg1 Qb6+ 34.
Rc5 Qd6 35. Rxb5 Qd2 36. Qe5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Ne5 Ra7 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Ng4 Bd4 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. e3 Bc5 21.
Rxd5 f5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rd7 24. b3 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Bd6 26. Re6 Rd8 27. e4 f4
28. e5 Bc5 29. gxf4 Bd4 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Rd6 Rc2 32. Be3 Rxb1 33. Bxd4 Rxb3 34.
e6 Rc8 35. Rd7 Rd3 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Bf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 f4 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4
Qxe5 22. Rb1 g6 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Qd3 Ne6 25. Qxb5 Nd4 26. Qd3 Bf6 27. b5 Rfe8
28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bd2 Nxc2 30. Qxc2 Bd4 31. Qa4 Qe5 32. h3 Be3 33. Ba5 Qd4 34.
Qxd4 Bxd4 35. Bc7 Kf7 36. b6 g5 37. b7 Ba7 38. b8=Q Bxb8 39. Bxb8 d4 40. Ba7 d3
41. Rd1 Rd8 42. Kg1 Ke6 43. Kf2 Ra8 44. Bd4 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Ra3 46. Bb2 Rb3 47.
Rd2 h5 48. Kf2 Kf5 49. Ke1 g4 50. hxg4+ hxg4 51. fxg4+ Kxg4 52. Kf2 Kg5 53. Kf3
Kf5 54. Bd4 Ra3 55. Bf2 Rb3 56. Bd4 Ra3 57. Bc5 Rc3 58. Bd6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nc2 Bh6 14. Bc3 Rfd8
15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Qb2 Bf5 17. e3 Rac8 18. Rbc1 b6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nd7 21.
Nb3 e5 22. Bc3 Bd3 23. Rfd1 Bxc4 24. Bb4 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27.
Qxe5 Ne6 28. h4 Bxb3 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. axb3 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc2 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33.
Qxa7 Qxb3 34. Qa1+ Kg8 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Bd5 Qb2 37. Bxe6 Qxf2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39.
Kh2 Qf2+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. O-O Qe6 11. Nd5 Qxe4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Qxc4 14.
Nb6+ axb6 15. b3 Qd5 16. Bb2 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 b5 18. a3 Ra8 19. b4 Rc8 20. Rab1
Ne8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Nc3 Na7 23. Rbc1 Rc6 24. Kf1 Ne6 25. Ke1 Nc7 26. Ne4 Ke8
27. h4 h5 28. Kd2 Nc8 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. Kd3 Nb6 32. g3 Nc4 33. Ra1
Nd5 34. Nc3 Nb2+ 35. Kc2 Nxc3 36. Kxc3 Na4+ 37. Kd2 e5 38. f3 d5 39. g4 Nb6 40.
Rg1 f6 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Rg7+ Ke6 43. Rc7 Nc4+ 44. Ke2 Nxa3 45. Rh7 Nc2 46.
Rxh5 Kf7 47. Rh7+ Kg6 48. Rc7 Nxb4 49. f4 exf4 50. Kf3 Nd3 51. Kg4 b4 52. h5+
Kh6 53. Kh4 c5 54. Rf7 b3 55. Rxf6+ Kg7 56. Kg5 b2 57. h6+ Kg8 58. Rb6 Nb4 59.
Rb8+ Kf7 60. h7 b1=Q 61. h8=Q Qg6+ 62. Kxf4 Qd6+ 63. Kf3 Qf6+ 64. Qxf6+ Kxf6
65. Re8 Nc6 66. Rc8 Nd4+ 67. Ke3 Ne6 68. Ra8 Ke5 69. Rh8 Ng7 70. Rh7 Nf5+ 71.
Kd3 c4+ 72. Kc3 Ke4 73. Rh8 Nd6 74. Rh4+ Ke5 75. Rh5+ Ke6 76. Rh6+ Kd7 77. Kd4
Nf5+ 78. Kxd5 Nxh6 79. Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne4 Na7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd4 Nxb5
15. axb5 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Bf4 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 a4 19. h4 h5 20. Ra2 c5 21.
bxc6 bxc6 22. Raa1 c5 23. Nc2 Be6 24. Ne3 Ra5 25. Rd2 Rb5 26. f3 Kh7 27. Kf2
Rb3 28. g4 hxg4 29. fxg4 Ra8 30. Bc7 Nd7 31. Rc2 Ra7 32. Bf4 Rab7 33. Ra2 R3b6
34. c4 Rb4 35. Bd6 Rb3 36. Rxa4 Nf6 37. Bf4 Bxg4 38. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 39. Kg2 Rxb2
40. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 41. Kf3 Nf6 42. Bd6 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Rh3 44. Bxc5 Rxh4+ 45. Ke3 Kg6
46. Bd4 Rh3+ 47. Kd2 Ne4+ 48. Kc2 Rh5 49. Ra6+ f6 50. Kd3 Nc5+ 51. Bxc5 Rxc5
52. Kd4 Rc8 53. c5 Kf5 54. Kd5 g5 55. Rc6 Ra8 56. Rc7 g4 57. Rg7 Kf4 58. c6 f5
59. c7 g3 60. Ke6 Rh8 61. Kd7 Kf3 62. c8=Q Rxc8 63. Kxc8 f4 64. Kd7 g2 65. Ke6
Kf2 66. Ke5 f3 67. Ke4 g1=Q 68. Rxg1 Kxg1 69. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Re8 15.
Rhe1 Nb4 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Bxd6 Bg4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd6 Bxd1 20. Qxe7 Bxc2+ 21.
Ka1 Bxb3 22. Rc1 b6 23. Kb1 h6 24. g4 Rfd8 25. h4 Rd2 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Ng4
28. Bd7 Rb8 29. Bxg4 Nd3 30. Rh1 Rxb2+ 31. Ka1 Rc2 32. Qd6 Re8 33. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg6 13. a4 a5 14. Qe2 Kh8 15.
Be3 Nd5 16. Rad1 f5 17. Neg5 Qd6 18. Bc1 Rae8 19. Nh4 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Bf7 21.
Nxf5 Qg6 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Nh4 Nxg4 24. Nxg6+ Bxg6 25. hxg4 h6 26. Bh4 Bf7 27.
Bc2 Re6 28. Re3 Bg6 29. Bb3 Rd6 30. Bg3 Rd7 31. Bc4 Bf7 32. Bb5 Bb3 33. Rde1
Rd5 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. Bxe5 Bxa4 36. Bxc7 Bc2 37. c4 Rxd3 38. Bxa5 Rd4 39. Rc3
Bg6 40. f3 Rb8 41. b3 Rd2 42. Bc7 Rb7 43. Be5 Rb2 44. Ree3 Bc2 45. b4 R7xb4 46.
Ra3 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 Rb7 48. Ra6 R1b6 49. Ra8+ Kh7 50. Rc8 Ba4 51. Bd4 Rb4 52. Ree8
Rxc4 53. Rh8+ Kg6 54. Be5 Rc2 55. Kg3 Re2 56. Bd4 Rd7 57. Bc3 Rc2 58. Be5 Re2
59. f4 Bc2 60. f5+ Bxf5 61. gxf5+ Kxf5 62. Rhf8+ Kg6 63. Rxc6+ Kh7 64. Bf4 Rd3+
65. Kh2 Rf2 66. Rc4 Ra3 67. Kg1 Raa2 68. Rfc8 Rxg2+ 69. Kf1 Rgb2 70. Ke1 Rb1+
71. Bc1 Rb3 72. Kd1 Rg3 73. Rc2 Rg1+ 74. Kd2 Rg2+ 75. Kd3 Rgxc2 76. Rxc2 Rxc2
77. Kxc2 g5 78. Kd3 Kg6 79. Ke4 Kf6 80. Kf3 Kg6 81. Kg3 g4 82. Bf4 h5 83. Kh4
Kf5 84. Bh2 Kg6 85. Bg3 Kf5 86. Kxh5 Ke4 87. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Be2 dxe4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Bxd8 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Kf8 16. Rd1 Ke8 17. Bd4 g6 18. g3 h5 19. c4 a5 20. Kc2 Bd7
21. e5 Be7 22. Bf3 Ra6 23. c5 Kd8 24. Rd3 Kc8 25. Be2 Ra8 26. Ra3 Kb7 27. Rb3+
Kc7 28. Ra3 Kb7 29. Rb3+ Kc7 30. Rb6 Bd8 31. Bf3 Kc8 32. Bxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6+
Bc7 34. b3 Kb7 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Kc3 Kc6 37. Kc4 g5 38. h3 g4 39. h4 Rb8 40.
a3 Rb5 41. Be3 Rb8 42. Bd4 Ra8 43. Be3 Rd8 44. Bd4 Rd7 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Rb7
47. Bc3 Rb8 48. Bd4 Rb5 49. Be3 Rb8 50. Bg5 Ra8 51. b5+ Kc7 52. c6 Ra2 53. Be7
Rc2+ 54. Kb4 Rb2+ 55. Kc4 Rc2+ 56. Kb4 Rc1 57. Ka5 Ra1+ 58. Kb4 Rb1+ 59. Kc5
Rc1+ 60. Kb4 Rb1+ 61. Kc5 Rc1+ 62. Kb4 Rb1+ 63. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c4 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
cxd5 Nxd4 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 f5 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 e4 14. Bxe4
fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb6 16. Qh5 Bd4 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. d6 Bd7 19. Re3 h6 20. Rg3 Kh8
21. h3 Qe8 22. Nf6 Qe6 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd5 Rg8 25. Rf3 Raf8 26. Rc3 Rc8 27.
Rf3 Rcf8 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Rf3 Rcf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Nfd5 14. Nc3 c6 15.
Ne4 f6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 f5 19. Ra5 Qc7 20. Ra1 Qd7 21. Ra5
Qc7 22. Ra1 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nd2 Qe7 7. Qf3 g6 8. h3
Nd7 9. g4 h5 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. Rg1 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Rh4
15. Ka1 Rdh8 16. c4 Rh3 17. Qg2 Rh2 18. Qf1 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 R8h4
21. Nc3 Bxg4 22. Rc1 Kb8 23. Bb3 Bb4 24. Na4 Bf3 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qd3 Rxf2 27.
Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Bd2 29. Rh1 Bxc1 30. Rxh4 Bxb2+ 31. Kb1 f5 32. Nc5 Bc3 33.
Rh3 Rd2 34. Qc4 Bf6 35. e4 Qd8 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. Nxd3 fxe4 38. Qxe4 a6 39. Kc2
Qc7+ 40. Kd1 Ka7 41. Qe3+ Qb6 42. Qf3 Qd4 43. Ke2 g5 44. Qh1 g4 45. Qh7 Bg5 46.
a4 Qe3+ 47. Kf1 Qf3+ 48. Ke1 f5 49. Nc5 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Qxc5 51. a5 Qb5+ 52. Kg2
Qxa5 53. Kg3 Qc3+ 54. Kg2 Qd2+ 55. Kh1 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qf3+ 57. Kh2 Bf4+ 58. Kg1
Be3+ 59. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Na2 Nc6 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. Bb1 Be4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Nc4 Rc6 18. f3 Nd6 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Bd2 Nc2 21. dxc5
Rxc5 22. Rac1 Rxe5 23. Rxc2 a5 24. e4 Nb7 25. Bf4 Rc5 26. Bd6 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. c4 Ne5 18. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rxd7 20. c5
Rdc7 21. cxb6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 axb6 24. a4 Kf8 25. Be3 Bd8 26. Kf1
Ke7 27. Bf4 Kd7 28. Ke2 Kc6 29. Kd3 Kd5 30. Be5 g6 31. h3 h5 32. Kc3 f6 33. Bb8
f5 34. Be5 Bh4 35. Bc7 Kc6 36. Bg3 Bf6 37. Kc4 g5 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. dxe5 h4 40.
Kd4 g4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Be6
9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Ne7 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15.
Nf1 h6 16. Ng3 Rae8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 e5 19. Rc1 Kh7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Rf7 22. Qb3 Nf4 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Kh2 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Rc5 Ng6 27. Rd3 Ne8
28. Nf5 Nf6 29. Ng3 Ne8 30. Nf5 Nf6 31. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc4 Ne4 10. Ke2 Nxc5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Bd4 a6 13. b4 Na4 14. Bb3 b5 15.
a3 Nab6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxb6 Rd7 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bxa4 Rd8 21. Nd2
Bb7 22. f3 Rdc8 23. h3 g5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxf6 h6 26. Bb3 Nb6 27. e4 Nd7 28.
Bd4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Ke3 Kf8 32. h4 Ke7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rh1
e5 35. Bb2 Bb5 36. Rh7 Bc4 37. Bxc4 Rxc4 38. Kd3 Rxb4 39. Ba3 Nc5+ 40. Kd2 Rc4
41. Rh6 Kd7 42. Rf6 Ke8 43. Rf5 Nd7 44. Rxg5 f6 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46. Ra8 Rd4+ 47.
Kc3 Ra4 48. Kb3 Ra5 49. Kb4 Rb5+ 50. Kc3 Rb6 51. Rc8 Ke6 52. g3 Kf7 53. f4 exf4
54. gxf4 f5 55. Rc7 Ke8 56. e5 Kd8 57. Ra7 Ke8 58. Kc4 Rc6+ 59. Kd5 Rb6 60. e6
Nf6+ 61. Ke5 Ng4+ 62. Kxf5 Ne3+ 63. Ke5 Nc4+ 64. Kf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Re1 h6
9. Bb3 Be6 10. Ba4 Ba7 11. d4 Bd7 12. Bc2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Nxc2 15.
Qxc2 c5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Qd2 a4 20. Re3 Rfe8 21.
Rae1 Rac8 22. Kh2 Rc4 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. a3 Bc6 25. f3 Bd7 26. Nc2 Qe5+ 27. f4 Qc5
28. Rxd6 Bc6 29. e5 Nd5 30. Re4 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Nxc3 32. Re3 Ne4 33. Rxc6 Qxc6
34. Qd4 Qxc2 35. Qxe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 b5 37. Rd4 Rc8 38. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc4 Ne4 10. Ke2 Nxc5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bd4 b6
15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. a3 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 a5 19. Nfe5 Bb5 20. a4 Ba6 21.
Nd3 Be7 22. Rc2 b5 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Raa2 a4 25. bxa4 Bxa4 26. Rd2 Bb5 27. Rac2
Bf6 28. e4 Rd4 29. e5 Bxc4 30. exf6 Rad8 31. Rc3 gxf6 32. Ke3 f5 33. f4 Re4+
34. Kf3 Red4 35. Ke3 Kf8 36. g3 f6 37. Rd1 Rxd3+ 38. Rdxd3 Rxd3+ 39. Rxd3 Bxd3
40. Kxd3 Ke7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4
15. Re2 d5 16. a3 Bf8 17. e5 Nh7 18. b3 a4 19. b4 Na7 20. Qd3 Qf7 21. Nh4 Be7
22. Ng6 Nf8 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. f4 Qg6 25. Qf3 Rf7 26. Rf2 Nb5 27. Bb2 Nd7 28.
f5 exf5 29. Qxd5 c6 30. Qa2 Qxg3 31. e6 Re7 32. exd7+ Kh7 33. d5 Rd8 34. dxc6
bxc6 35. Qb1 Nd6 36. Qc2 Rexd7 37. Raf1 Qb3 38. Qxc6 Ne4 39. Rxf5 Qe3+ 40. Kh2
Rd2 41. R5f3 Qe2 42. Rg3 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8.
Nc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14.
Bxf4 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Rd7 16. Bg3 d5 17. f3 f6 18. Re2 Kf7 19. Rae1 g5 20. e5 fxe5
21. Rxe5 h6 22. f4 Ng6 23. Rf5+ Kg7 24. Rxf8 Kxf8 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Kg2 Rf7 27.
Bd6+ Kg7 28. Kg3 Nh4 29. Kg4 Kg6 30. Re6+ Rf6 31. Rxf6+ Kxf6 32. Bc7 Kg6 33.
Bd8 Ng2 34. Bxg5 Ne1 35. h4 Nxc2 36. h5+ Kh7 37. Bd2 Nd4 38. Kf4 Ne6+ 39. Kf5
Nc5 40. d4 Ne4 41. Bf4 Nf2 42. b3 Ne4 43. Ke6 Nc3 44. a4 a5 45. Kd7 b5 46. b4
bxa4 47. bxa5 a3 48. Bc1 a2 49. Bb2 Na4 50. Ba1 c5 51. a6 cxd4 52. a7 d3 53.
Kc6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. h3
h6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Qc2 a4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 d4 16. Ree1 a3 17. b4 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd6 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qc4
Nd7 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. f4 Ng6 25. e5 Qd7 26. Re4 Ra5 27. Rc5 b6 28.
Rc6 Ne7 29. Qxe6 Qd5 30. Nf5 Rxb5 31. Nxe7 Rxe7 32. Qxe7 Qxc6 33. e6 Kh7 34.
Qf8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qc3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. a3 f6 27.
exf6 Qxf6 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. f3 b6 30. Rd7 Rd8 31. Qf7 Qxf7 32. Rxd8+ Qg8 33.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. Ke4 g6 37. f4 h5 38. g3 a5 39. h3 a4 40.
g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kf6 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Kc4 Kd6 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. f5
gxf5+ 47. gxf5 c5 48. Kd5 Kxf5 49. Kc6 Ke5 50. Kxb6 Kd4 51. Kb5 c4 52. Kxa4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Ne7 15.
Nf1 Ng6 16. Ng3 a5 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. b5 Nd7 19. d4 Kh7 20. Re3 Qf7 21. Rd1 exd4
22. cxd4 e5 23. Qc2 Rac8 24. Rc3 Nb6 25. Rc1 Qf6 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Nd4 Kh8 28.
Ndf5 g6 29. Ne3 Rf7 30. h3 h5 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qf4 33. Ne4 Re8 34. b6 Nd7
35. bxc7 Nb6 36. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. Nh4
Bd6 9. Nd2 c6 10. e3 a5 11. a3 e5 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 h6 15. Qf3
Qc7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. g5 Nh5 20. gxh6 Bxf4 21. Rf2
Re1+ 22. Bf1 Re3 23. Qd1 Rg3+ 24. Kh1 Be3 25. Qe1 Bxf2 26. Qxf2 Rg5 27. Nf3 Qf4
28. Bg2 Ne5 29. Qd4 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Nxf3+ 31. Bxf3 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. c5 d5 8. cxd6
Qxd6 9. b4 Bc7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Ng3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxb4 17. f4 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qe7 19. e4 Re8 20. Bf3 Na6 21. e5
Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. f5 Nb4 24. f6 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 d4 26. Bxd4 Qc4 27. fxg7 Nc2
28. Qc1 Qxd4 29. Qxc2 Qxe5 30. Qc4 Be6 31. Qh4 Ra8 32. Nh5 h6 33. h3 b5 34. Re1
Qg5 35. Nf6+ Kxg7 36. Qe4 Ra4 37. Ne8+ Kf8 38. Qc6 Rc4 39. Qd6+ Kxe8 40. Ra1
Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
c4 9. a4 e6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. b4 d5
15. Nxb5 Qb7 16. Nbd4 Be7 17. d3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 O-O 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Ra1 Nb6 21.
Qa6 Qxa6 22. Rxa6 Nc4 23. Ba1 Bf6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke8 26. Nb5 Rb8 27. Nbd4
Rb7 28. g3 Kd7 29. h4 h5 30. Ra8 Nb6 31. Ra6 Nc4 32. Ra8 g6 33. Rf8 Ned6 34.
Ra8 Nb6 35. Ra6 Ne4 36. Nb3 Nc4 37. Nfd4 Be5 38. Nc6 Bd6 39. Ncd4 Be5 40. Nc6
Rc7 41. Ncd4 Bxd4 42. cxd4 Ke7 43. Nc5 Ned6 44. Bc3 Nb5 45. Kd3 Ra7 46. Rxa7+
Nxa7 47. Bd2 Nb5 48. Be3 f6 49. Na4 e5 50. dxe5 fxe5 51. Nc3 Nxc3 52. Kxc3 Kd6
53. Bc5+ Kc6 54. Bf8 Kb5 55. f3 Kc6 56. Kd3 Kb5 57. Kc3 Kc6 58. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. g4 h5 14. h3 Rf6 15. Nd3 Rh6
16. c5 Nf6 17. Kg2 Ng6 18. Rh1 Bf8 19. Rc1 a6 20. Qb3 Kg7 21. cxd6 Bxd6 22. Nc5
Qh8 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. dxe6 Qh7 25. Qxb7 Rh8 26. Nb5 axb5 27. Rxc7+ Bxc7 28.
Qxc7+ Ne7 29. Qxe7+ Kg6 30. Qxh7+ R6xh7 31. gxh5+ Nxh5 32. Bxb5 Kf6 33. Bd7 Ng7
34. Rd1 Rxh3 35. Rd6 g4 36. fxg4 f3+ 37. Kf1 Rh1+ 38. Bg1 R8h2 39. Rd3 Rxb2 40.
Rxf3+ Ke7 41. Rf7+ Kd6 42. Rxg7 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 Rhxg1 44. g5 Rg2+ 45. Kf3 Rbg1 46.
a4 Rg3+ 47. Kf2 R1g2+ 48. Kf1 Rb2 49. Bb5 Rc3 50. Kg1 Rc1+ 51. Bf1 Kxe6 52.
Rg6+ Kf7 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. Rf5 Rb4 55. a5 Rxe4 56. a6 Ra4 57. Kg2 Ra2+ 58. Kg3
Ra4 59. Be2 Rc3+ 60. Kf2 Ra2 61. Rxe5 Rca3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. c3 Qd7 13. Re1 Be7 14. Nd2 O-O
15. Nf3 Qe6 16. Qb3 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Rad1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rfd8 20. h3 h6 21. Qc2
g5 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rac8 24. Rb1 Bc5 25. Qd3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rc4 27. a5 Rdc8
28. Rb6 R8c6 29. Reb1 Kg7 30. Kh2 f4 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rb7 h5 33. Qf3 Kh6 34.
Rb8 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Qxd5 g4 37. Qxf7 g3+ 38. fxg3 fxg3+ 39. Kxg3 h4+ 40.
Kh2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. Qc2 Nc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 14. Bxh7+ Kh8
15. Nf3 b5 16. Qe4 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qg4 18. Qc6 Ne6 19. Qxa8 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Kxh7 21.
Rd8 Rxd8 22. Bxd8 Bf5 23. Qxa7 Qxe2 24. Qxf7 Bg6 25. Qd7 Bc5 26. Qh3+ Kg8 27.
Qe6+ Bf7 28. Qf5 Bg6 29. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb1
b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 a5 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O a4 13. e4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Rd1 Bg4 18. dxc5 Bxb2 19. Rxd8 Bxa1 20. Bh7+ Kxh7
21. Rxf8 Nd7 22. Ra8 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Be5 24. Re8 Bf4 25. Re4 Bb8 26. Re8 Bf4 27.
c6 Ne5 28. c7 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nh4+ 30. Kh3 Bxc7 31. Rc8 Bd6 32. Kxh4 Bxh2 33. Rc6
Be5 34. Rxb6 Bd4 35. Rc6 Bxf2+ 36. Kh3 Be1 37. Rc4 Kg6 38. b4 Kf5 39. b5 Bf2
40. Kg2 Ba7 41. Rc7 Bd4 42. Rc6 Kg4 43. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. O-O Rb8 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bc3 Qg5 18. Qd4 Rb6 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Qa4 Rb7 21.
Rad1 Bf6 22. h4 Qf5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxb2 26. Rfd1 h6 27.
g3 Qf6 28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 a6 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Re8 32. Rd6 a5 33. Rd5 a4
34. Rd4 Ra8 35. Kf1 g6 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Kd3 Kf6 38. Kc3 Ke5 39. Rf4 f5 40. Kb4
g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rc4 Kd5 43. Rc3 Kd4 44. Rf3 Ke4 45. Re3+ Kd4 46. Rf3 Ke4
47. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Qc2 Ndb4 12. Qb1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d4 cxd4
15. Nb5 Qd5 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rac8 18. b4 e5 19. Ba1 f6 20. a3 Nb8 21. h3
Nc6 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Bc3 Ne7 24. b5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bb4 Nd5 27. Rc6 Qf7
28. Nd2 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Bf8 30. Qc3 Bxa3 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Rc7 Qe6 33. Rxa7 f5 34.
Qc6 Qxc6 35. bxc6 Kf7 36. Nc3 Ke6 37. Nb5 Rc8 38. c7 Bd6 39. Rb7 Kd7 40. Rxb6
Bxc7 41. Rf6 Ke7 42. Ra6 Bb8 43. g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 Rc4 45. Kf1 Kd7 46. g5 Rg4
47. Rb6 Bc7 48. Rb7 Kc6 49. Rxc7+ Kxb5 50. Rxh7 Kc6 51. Ke2 Rxg5 52. Ra7 Kd6
53. Kd3 Rf5 54. Ra2 Rg5 55. f3 Ke6 56. Ke4 Rf5 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Rb6 Rh5 59. Kd5
Rf5 60. Ke4 Rh5 61. Rc6 Rf5 62. Rc7+ Kf6 63. Rc8 Kf7 64. Rh8 Rg5 65. Kd5 Rf5
66. Rh3 Kf6 67. Rh8 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 d6 8. g3
exd5 9. cxd5 c5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O c4 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Nd3 14. b3 Nxc1 15.
Rfxc1 cxb3 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. Nxb3 b6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Nc6 Qf6 20. Nb5 Ba6 21. h4
g6 22. Qc2 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 h5 24. a4 Bg7 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 a6 27. Rb1 Qc3 28.
Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Ra3 Bf6 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Rb7 a5 32. Nxa5 Bc3 33. Nc4 Rxa3 34. Nxa3
Ra8 35. Nc4 Ra2 36. Bd3 Nxf2 37. Bb1 Ra4 38. Nxd6 Ng4 39. Nxf7 Ne5 40. Nxe5
Bxe5 41. Bxg6 Bxg3 42. Kg2 Be5 43. Bxh5 Rxh4 44. Bf7+ Kg7 45. Be6+ Kf6 46. Rf7+
Kg6 47. Kf3 Bd6 48. Rd7 Bc5 49. Rc7 Bb4 50. Bg4 Kf6 51. e4 Bd6 52. Rd7 Ke5 53.
Rd8 Rh7 54. Bf5 Ra7 55. Kg4 Rg7+ 56. Kh5 Rg1 57. Re8+ Kd4 58. Re6 Kc5 59. Kh6
Bf4+ 60. Kh7 Bd6 61. Bg6 Rg5 62. Kg7 Rg1 63. Kf7 Rf1+ 64. Bf5 Ra1 65. Re8 Kd4
66. Rc8 Ra6 67. Rc2 Ke5 68. Rc8 Ra7+ 69. Kg6 Ra6 70. Re8+ Kd4 71. Re6 Kc5 72.
e5 Kxd5 73. Bg4 Rb6 74. exd6 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rfe1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4
Qb8 15. Qxb8 Raxb8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. b3 c5 18. Rad1 Rfc8 19. f4 g6 20. c4 dxc4
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxd7 Be6 23. Rxa7 c4 24. Ra5 cxb3 25. axb3 Rc2 26. Nc5 Bxb3
27. Nxb3 Rxb3 28. Rg5 h6 29. Rg4 h5 30. Rg5 Kg7 31. f5 Kh6 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. h4
Rb6 34. Re4 Rbc6 35. Rge5 R2c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4
Bd7 9. Qc2 Be7 10. e4 Nb4 11. Qe2 Nd3 12. Be3 b5 13. Ne1 Nxe1 14. Rfxe1 c6 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Qa5 18. a3 exd5 19. Bd2 Bd8 20. Nxd5 Qa6 21. Bc3
Re8 22. Qd2 Be6 23. Nb4 Qb6 24. Bd4 Qa5 25. Bc3 Qb6 26. Bd4 Qa5 27. Bc6 Rf8 28.
Bc5 Bb6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Bf3 h6 31. Kg2 Bc5 32. Nd5 Qd8 33. Nf4 Bd7 34. Re5
Qc7 35. Re2 Bf5 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. Qxd5 Bd3 38. Ree1 Qb6 39. Rd2 b4 40. Be4 Rd8
41. Bxd3 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Bd3 Na5 12. Qb1 Bg7 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Bc6
15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. hxg6 Bxh1 17. gxf7+ Kd7 18. Qb4 Qb6 19. Qa4+ Bc6 20. Qd1 Bf6
21. Rb1 Qc7 22. Nxe6 Kxe6 23. Qg4+ Kxf7 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Ba3+ Kd8 26. Kf1 b6
27. d5 Qe5 28. Qh6 Bxd5 29. Re1 Bg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qg5+ 31. Qxg5 Bxg5 32. Re5 Bf6
33. Rd5+ Kc7 34. Bd6+ Kb7 35. Be4 Nc6 36. Rf5 Bxc3 37. Rf7+ Ka6 38. a4 Rhg8+
39. Kf1 Rg7 40. Bd3+ Ka5 41. Rf4 Be5 42. Rf5 Rd7 43. Bxe5 Nxe5 44. Rxe5+ Rc5
45. Re3 Kxa4 46. f4 Rf7 47. Rf3 a5 48. f5 Kb4 49. Ke2 a4 50. Rf1 Ka5 51. Ke3 b5
52. Kd4 Rc6 53. Be4 Rc4+ 54. Ke5 Re7+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. g4 O-O 6. g5 Ne4 7. h4 c5 8. c4 Nc6
9. d3 Qa5+ 10. Nbd2 Nc3 11. Qc2 d4 12. a3 e5 13. Bxc3 dxc3 14. Ne4 Bg4 15. Nh2
Be6 16. Qxc3 Qc7 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Qd7 20. Rh1 Qxd3 21. Qxd3
Rxd3 22. Rb1 f5 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Ke2 Rfd8 25. Rhd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1
Kf7 28. Ng3 Ke6 29. e4 Bf8 30. Nf5 Ne7 31. Ne3 Bh6 32. Nd5 Nc6 33. Nc7+ Kd7 34.
Nd5 Ke6 35. Nc7+ Kd7 36. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Ng8 12. f4 h6 13. f5 Bc4 14. g6 fxg6 15. Ng3
Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Ngf6 17. fxg6 Qc7 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. O-O-O Qc4 20. Kb1 Qxd3 21. cxd3
Be7 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Rc1 Ra8 24. Rc6 d5 25. Re6+ Kd8 26. Na5 d4 27. Bxh6 gxh6
28. Rc1 Nc5 29. g7 Bxg7 30. Rxc5 Bf8 31. Nb7+ Kd7 32. Rxf6 Bxc5 33. Nxc5+ Kd8
34. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2
Qc7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. Ng3 Ne4 14. Nxf5 gxf5
15. Bf1 Bf6 16. g3 Kh8 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Bg2 Rg8 19. Re2 Rg7 20. Kh2 Rdg8 21. Rc1
e6 22. c4 Qd7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4
Rd8 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Re2 d4 30. Qd3 Qe6 31. Rc4 Rxe5 32. Rxd4 Rxe2 33. Rxd8+
Kg7 34. Qd4+ Qe5 35. Qg4+ Kh6 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh6 38. Qf3 f5 39. Rf8 Qe4
40. Rxf5 Qxf3 41. Rxf3 Rxb2 42. a3 b5 43. g4 a5 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Rf5 a4 46. Kg3
Rb3+ 47. f3 h6 48. h4 Rb1 49. h5+ Kg7 50. Rc5 Rb3 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. Rc6+ Kf7 53.
Rb6 Ke7 54. Rxh6 Rxa3 55. Rb6 Rb3 56. h6 Kf7 57. g5 a3 58. g6+ Ke7 59. h7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Qb1 Rfb8 17. Qb3 h6 18. Raa1 a5 19. Ne2 Qc8 20. Ng3 axb4 21. axb4
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Ra3 Qb7 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. c3 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 Qa7 27. Qxa7
Nxa7 28. Be3 Nc8 29. Nd2 h5 30. Bg5 Ne8 31. Nb3 g6 32. Ng3 f6 33. Be3 Kf7 34.
d4 Ke6 35. f4 Kd7 36. Kf2 c6 37. Kf3 exf4 38. Bxf4 Nb6 39. Ne2 Nc7 40. Nd2 Ne6
41. Be3 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. g4 O-O 6. g5 Ne4 7. h4 c5 8. c4 Nc6
9. d3 Nd6 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d4 Nf5 15. Qc2
Bc8 16. O-O Be6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4
Rfc8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Bxe5 Rc2 25. Ng3 Re8 26. Be4 Nxg3 27. Bxg3
Rc4 28. Bd3 Rc3 29. Bb5 Rd8 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rc8 32. Ba6 Re8 33. Bb5 Rf8
34. Ba6 Bc8 35. Ra1 Bxa6 36. Rxa6 Bc5 37. Bf4 f6 38. Be3 Bxe3 39. fxe3 fxg5 40.
hxg5 Rf5 41. Rxa7 Rxg5+ 42. Kf2 Rf5+ 43. Kg3 g6 44. e4 Rf7 45. Ra4 Kg7 46. Kg4
Kf6 47. Ra5 Kg7 48. Ra6 Re7 49. Kf4 h5 50. e5 Rf7+ 51. Ke4 Rf1 52. Ra7+ Kh6 53.
e6 Re1+ 54. Kd5 h4 55. e7 h3 56. Ra3 Rxe7 57. Rxh3+ Kg5 58. Rh1 Re3 59. Rg1+
Kf5 60. Kd4 Rf3 61. Rh1 g5 62. Rh8 Kf4 63. Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d3 f5 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5
Rxf5 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qd5 17. Nd2 Qxc5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. c3 Raf8 20. Qb3+ Kh8
21. Qxb7 Nd8 22. Qb4 Qh4 23. Ng3 Rf4 24. Re4 Ne6 25. Rxf4 exf4 26. Re1 a5 27.
Qe4 Ng5 28. Qe7 Kg8 29. Re4 Nxh3+ 30. Kg2 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bc2 Re8
15. Qd3 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qd6 18. Qd4 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Be2 20. Nc5 Re7 21.
Nb3 Rae8 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Nd7 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nf5 Re6 27. b4
cxb4 28. cxb4 Bh5 29. Nxh6+ Kf8 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. g4 Bf7 32. Bd3 Rc8 33. Nxf7
Kxf7 34. a4 Rc3 35. Be2 Nc4 36. b5 Na5 37. g3 e5 38. Kg2 Rc2 39. Bd3 Rd2 40.
Bf1 Rc2 41. Rd1 Ke6 42. Bd3 Rb2 43. Bf5+ Kd6 44. Be4 d4 45. Rc1 Re2 46. Bd3 Ra2
47. Rc8 Rxa4 48. f4 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Nb3 50. Rc6+ Ke7 51. Ke4 exf4 52. gxf4 gxf4
53. Kxf4 Rf2+ 54. Ke5 Rg2 55. Rc7+ Kd8 56. Rxa7 Rxg4 57. b6 Rg5+ 58. Kd6 Kc8
59. Be4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nge4 Nc5
15. f3 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Qe3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nd5 20. Qd4 Bf8
21. Nc3 Rd8 22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qe4 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 f6 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27.
Bxc3 Kf7 28. e4 e5 29. Kf2 b5 30. Ke2 a6 31. a4 Ke6 32. axb5 axb5 33. g4 g5 34.
h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nbd2 Nb6 9. Ba2 a5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6
15. Be3 Nd5 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6
21. g3 Qb6 22. Qc2 c6 23. Neg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Nf6 25. Rf4 Rd5 26. Rxf6 Rxg5 27.
Rf3 Qc7 28. Rfe3 Rd5 29. Re7 Rd7 30. Qe4 g6 31. Qe5 Rxe7 32. Qxe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7
Rb8 34. b3 b5 35. Ra7 bxa4 36. bxa4 Rb3 37. c4 Rb4 38. Rxa5 Rxc4 39. Kf1 Rc2
40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. a5 c5 42. a6 c4 43. a7 Ra2 44. Rc8 Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Ng5 Ra7 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 g6 14. axb5 axb5
15. Qh4 h5 16. Rxa7 Bxa7 17. g4 f6 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. g5 fxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc7 21. Bh6
Rf5 22. Ng3 Rf7 23. Nxh5 Bd4 24. Nf4 Ne7 25. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bxe6 27. Rxf7
Bxf7 28. Qf6 Nf5 29. Bd2 Qc5+ 30. e3 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Nxd6 32. Bb4 Nf5 33. Kf2 Be8
34. Bd5+ Kg7 35. e4 Nh6 36. Bc3+ Kf8 37. Bb4+ Kg7 38. Bc3+ Kf8 39. Kg3 Nf7 40.
Kf4 Bd7 41. Bf6 Ke8 42. e5 Nd8 43. Kg5 Ne6+ 44. Kh6 Nf4 45. Be4 Bf5 46. Bc6+
Bd7 47. Be4 Bf5 48. Bxf5 gxf5 49. Kg5 b4 50. Kxf5 c3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne4 Re8 14. c4 Nd7
15. Bd2 c5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Bc3 f6 18. Nh4 Bf7 19. Nhf5 Bf8 20. Qe2 a5 21. b3 a4
22. Qc2 Nb8 23. Ne4 Nc6 24. Nfg3 Nb4 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Rad1 Qd7 27. Nd2 axb3
28. axb3 Bc5 29. Nf3 Ra3 30. Ne4 Bd4 31. Rb1 Rea8 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. Qd2 Ra2 34.
Qe3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Bg6 36. Nf2 R8a3 37. e4 Rc2 38. Ra1 Rb2 39. g4 Rbxb3 40. Reb1
Rxb1+ 41. Rxb1 c5 42. Rb2 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Be8 44. Kf3 Ba4 45. Ke2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 d4 8. O-O
Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Bf5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nfe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Be4 14. Bh3 Rc7
15. f3 Qd5 16. fxe4 Qxe5 17. d3 Ne8 18. Kg2 Qd6 19. Rc2 Bf6 20. Qd2 Be5 21.
Rfc1 b6 22. a3 f5 23. exf5 Nf6 24. e4 dxe3 25. Qxe3 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Re7 27. Qf4
Qxf4 28. gxf4 Rd8 29. Kg1 Rd4 30. b4 cxb4 31. axb4 Rxf4 32. Ra1 Nd5 33. Rba2
Rxb4 34. Rxa7 Kf7 35. Bg2 Nc3 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Ra3 Nb5 38. Ra2 Kf6 39. Be4
Nc3 40. Rc2 Rb3 41. Kf2 b5 42. Ke3 b4 43. Kd4 Nb5+ 44. Ke3 Rc3 45. Rb2 b3 46.
Bd5 Nd6 47. Bxb3 Nxf5+ 48. Ke4 Rc7 49. Bc4 Re7+ 50. Kf4 g5+ 51. Kg4 Ne3+ 52.
Kh5 Nxc4 53. dxc4 Re4 54. Rf2+ Kg7 55. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Rc1 g5 14. c5 Ng6 15. Kh1
Rf7 16. Rg1 Bf8 17. g3 Rg7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Be1 Kh8
22. Qb3 Nh5 23. Nb5 Nh4 24. Rxg7 Nxg7 25. Nf2 Qb6 26. Nh3 Be7 27. Bf2 Qd8 28.
Bxh4 Bxh4 29. Nxd6 Qe7 30. Qxb7 Rg8 31. Rc7 Qxd6 32. Rxd7 Qc5 33. Rc7 Qe3 34.
Qb3 Qe1 35. Qd3 Ne8 36. Rc6 Bf2 37. Qe2 Qxe2 38. Bxe2 Bd4 39. d6 Nf6 40. Bc4
Rb8 41. b3 h6 42. Be6 Kg7 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Bf7+ Kg7 45. Be6+ Kg6 46. Bf5+ Kh5
47. d7 Rd8 48. Rc8 Bb6 49. b4 Ng8 50. a4 a5 51. Rc6 Bd4 52. bxa5 Rb8 53. Rc8
Rb1+ 54. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
dxc5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Nxc5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
b4 Na6 15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Rb8 17. Nxa7 Rxb2 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 {A rare move order.
White delays the development of his b1 knight: it will come out to c3 or d2,
depending on the situation. More common moves:} (6. Nc3 {(which leads to a
normal Queens Gambit Declined)}) (6. Bd3 {but after} dxc4 {Black gains a tempo}
) (6. Nbd2 {, to which} Nbd7 {, followed by ...b7-b6 or ...c7-c5, is rather
satisfactory for Black.}) 6... h6 (6... Nbd7 7. Nc3 {- D61, a well-known line.
However, it hardly suits those who play the Tartakower System.}) 7. Bxf6 (7.
Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc3 Bb7 $11 {- D58}) 7... Bxf6 8. h4 $5 {
This strategy (an early kingside attack) has recently become popular in the
Tartakower system.} (8. Nc3 {- D55}) 8... g6 (8... c5 9. g4 $1 Nc6 10. g5 Nb4
11. Qd2 hxg5 12. hxg5 Bxg5 13. dxc5 a5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nc3 $16 {1-0 (27) Li,S 
(2512)-Wu,X (2257) Wuxi 2016}) 9. Nc3 c5 {A logical counterblow in the centre
in reply to a flank attack.} (9... c6 {looks solid but White keeps the
initiative:} 10. O-O-O (10. g4 Bg7 11. O-O-O (11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5
c5 14. O-O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Bd7 16. g5 h5 17. Rh2 Qa5 18. Kb1 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Rac8
$132 {1/2 (41) Hakobyan,A (2545)-Poghosyan,S (2301) Yerevan ARM 2018}) 11...
Nd7 12. Kb1 Re8 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. g5 h5 18.
Rhg1 c5 19. dxc5 Rec8 $132 {0-1 (40) Kanep,M (2492)-Zumsande,M (2490) Finland
2016}) 10... Nd7 11. e4 (11. Kb1 Bg7 12. Bd3 a6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Bxe4 Qb6 16. g4 Rd8 17. Na4 Qa5 18. g5 h5 19. Nc5 Rb8 $13 {0-1 (58) Jakovenko,
D (2738)-Bacrot,E (2704) Montpellier 2015}) 11... Bg7 12. h5 (12. cxd5 $5 cxd5
13. e5 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Nf4 Rfc8 18. Qe2 b4 19. Rc1 a5
20. Bb5 $14 {1-0 (43) Lerner,K (2525)-Polovodin,I (2435) Tallinn (Estland) 1983
}) 12... g5 13. Kb1 g4 {, and now White should have played} 14. Nh4 $36 ({
instead of} 14. Nh2 c5 15. dxc5 d4 16. Nb5 Nxc5 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Nxg4 Bg7 $13 {
0-1 (46) Kanep,M (2531)-Akobian,V (2618) Caleta 2011})) 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. h5 g5
12. Bxc4 Qa5 13. Rc1 (13. O-O $5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc5 15. Qe4 {looks more
promising. After the possible} Qc6 (15... Nd7 $6 16. Bxe6 $1) 16. Qd3 Nd7 17.
Rfd1 {White keeps some pressure.}) 13... Nd7 $6 (13... Qxc5 $142 {then
developing the knight to c6, and Black should equalise.}) 14. O-O Bxc3 (14...
Nxc5 15. Nd4 $36) (14... Qxc5 $5 15. Ne4 Qa5) 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxc5 17.
Ne5 $14 {Wtite has the better prospects here, due to his development advantage
and weakness of Black's kingside.} b6 18. f4 Ne4 $6 {Black pushes White's rook
to a more active position.} (18... a5 $142 $14) 19. Rd3 $16 {[%csl Gd3]} Ng3 $6
{This is senseless but it is not easy to find a good move.} ({Maybe} 19... Rb8
{recommended by chesspro.ru, was the lesser evil.}) 20. Rf3 Ne4 21. Rd4 Bb7 22.
f5 $1 $40 Nf6 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Ng6 Rf7 26. Ne5 Rff8 27. Rd6 Bd5
28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxf6 Rxe5 31. Rxh6 {[%mdl 4096] As a result of
White's attack, he has won a pawn.} Rxe3 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. Rxg5 $6 (33. Kf2 $1
Re5 34. Kf3 {(recommended by chesspro.ru), with the idea of g2-g3 and Kf3-g4,
and Black can hardly survive, e.g.} d4 (34... Rf5+ 35. Kg4 Rf2 36. g3 Rxb2 37.
Kxg5 Rxa2 38. h6 $18) (34... b5 35. b4 $1) 35. Rd6 Re3+ 36. Kg4 d3 37. a4 $1
Re2 38. g3 $1 {(chesspro.ru), and White should win.}) 33... Re2 34. Rxd5 Rxb2
35. Kh2 {White gives his material advantage back but prepares the advance of
his pawns. They will be stronger than Black's pawns as they are supported by
White's king. However, this advantage proves insufficient for a victory.} (35.
a4 Kh6 $1 36. Kh2 Ra2 37. Kh3 Rxa4 38. g4 Ra1 {- see below}) (35. g4 Rxa2 36.
g5 Ra5 $1 37. Rd7+ Kg8 $11) 35... Rxa2 36. Kh3 a5 $2 {But this is wrong. Black
should have stopped White's pawns:} (36... Kh6 $1 {[%cal Ra2a5]} 37. g4 Ra1 $1
{(indicated by chesspro.ru), e.g.} 38. Kh4 (38. Rd6+ Kg5 39. Rg6+ Kf4 40. h6
Rh1+ 41. Kg2 Rh4 42. g5 b5 43. Rg7 b4 44. h7 b3 45. g6 Kf5 {and White has no
time to queen his pawns}) 38... Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40. Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Kg2 Rc1 42.
Rd6+ Kg5 43. Rg6+ Kf4 44. h6 Rc2+ 45. Kh3 Rc1 46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kf1 a5 48. g5
Rh2 {, and White can't win.}) 37. g4 a4 (37... Kh6 38. Kh4 Rh2+ 39. Kg3 Rc2 40.
Rd6+ $18) 38. g5 a3 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. g6+
Kh6 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Ra7 Ra1 47. Kg2 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Rc1 48. h6 Rc8
49. Rxa3 b5 50. Ra7 Rb8 51. Kg3 (51. Kg3 b4 52. h7+ Kh8 53. Kg4 (53. Rf7 {
(threatening 54.g7+ Kxh7 55.Rf8)} Rc8 54. Rb7 {is winning, too}) 53... b3 54.
Kg5 b2 55. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qc8 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. f3 Qb7 16. Rc1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Kf2 Rab8 19. Qxc5 Qxb2 20. Qxa7
Ra8 21. Qd4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qe7 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Qc5+ 26. Qd4
Qc7 27. h3 Nd7 28. Qc3 Qb6+ 29. Qd4 Qc7 30. Qc3 Qb6+ 31. Qd4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14.
Ne2 Be7 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bh2 Rh6 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 Rc8 20. Ba5 c5
21. Nc3 Rc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rhe6 24. Kf1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rd6 26. Rxd6 Bxd6
27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 c4 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. Ke3 Bc5+ 31. Ke4 Ke6 32. f3 b5 33. Ba5
f6 34. b3 cxb3 35. cxb3 Bf2 36. a4 Bc5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Bd2 Bb6 39. f4 gxf4
40. Bxf4 Bc5 41. Bd2 Bb6 42. Bf4 Bc5 43. Bd2 Bb6 44. Bf4 Bc5 45. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 Ne4 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 Nc5 13. Qd2 a5 14. b3 d6
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. h4 h5 19. e4 Ne5 20. Rae1 a4 21. b4
a3 22. Ba1 f6 23. Rc1 Be6 24. Rc2 Ra4 25. c5 Rb8 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Bc3 c5 28.
bxc5 dxc5 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Ba1 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Rd8 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34.
Qxd3 Qd7 35. Qxd7 Bxd7 36. Bc3 Be6 37. Bd2 Bxa2 38. Bc1 c4 39. Bxa3 c3 40. Ke3
Bc4 41. Kd4 Bf1 42. g3 Bg2 43. Kxc3 Bxf3 44. Kd4 Bg4 45. Kd5 Bf3 46. Kd4 Bg4
47. Kd5 Bf3 48. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. exd4 Bb7 13. Be4 Qd6 14. g3 Bf6
15. Bg5 Qe7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne5 Rfc8 18. Qb5 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qd7 Nc5
21. dxc5 Qxe5 22. c6 h5 23. Rd6 Qxb2 24. Rad1 Qc2 25. h4 Rd8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Kh7 28. R8d7 a5 29. c7 b5 30. R1d2 Qc1+ 31. Rd1 Qc2 32. R1d4 f6 33. Rd2
Qc1+ 34. Rd1 Qc2 35. R1d6 Qb1+ 36. Rd1 Qc2 37. R1d6 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh2
Qc2 40. Rd2 Qc3 41. R2d6 Qc2 42. Rd2 Qc3 43. Re2 e5 44. Red2 b4 45. R2d6 Kg6
46. Kg2 Qc2 47. Re7 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 ({It barely needs stating that after} 8. Qc2 Nc6 {and either a3 or Rd1,
we enter a theoretical battlefield in which I have annotated many games on
this site, many of which featured either Anand or Nakamura.}) 8... Nxd5 (8...
exd5 9. Rc1 {might be a marginally better version than the game for White,
because the c3-knight often has chances to annoy the black dark-squared bishop.
}) 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 {Wesley fancies his chances of
impersonating Magnus today, and turning the IQP into (say) a bishop pair, and
slowly constricting his opponent to death.} Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 (12... Qf6 13. b4
Bf5 {might seem principled, but actually any exchanges at all favour the side
battling the IQP.} 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qb1 $14) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bb1 {Clearly,
Wesley would like the option to force the d-pawn forward with Ba2, but this
may not be one that he actually wants. The position is now totally equal,
because when Black ventures ...d4 there will be mass liquidations.} (14. b4 $5
a6 15. Re1 {is the most maximalist way to play the position, with e4 being the
response to ...d4.}) 14... d4 15. Qd3 (15. e4 {would be the main way to try
and claim an advantage, if this were appropriate; however it turns out not to
be after} Bc7 $1 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 {and only Black can be better.}) 15... Bg6 (
15... f5 $5 $11) 16. e4 Re8 17. Re1 Qe7 {Keeping the f3-knight and b1-bishop
at home while preparing ...Rad8. As ...Bc7 is firmly within Black's territory,
White will find himself unable to stop it in the long run.} (17... Bc7 $11) 18.
Qb5 f6 $6 {Black strives a little too hard for control.} (18... Bc7 19. Qxb7
Bxf4 20. Qxc6 Rab8 $44 {makes considerable sense to me as a pawn sacrifice.}) (
18... Rac8 {is the machine suggestion, preparing ...Bc7 yet again.}) 19. Nh4 (
19. e5 $1 Bxb1 20. Raxb1 fxe5 21. Bxe5 $14 {gives White an advantage based on
better co-ordination.}) 19... Bf7 20. Nf5 Qc5 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Bd3
{The position is now level again, but as is often the way with the bishop pair,
if Black can avoid making big concessions in the next 10 moves he has good
chances of being better.} Bg6 (23... Kh8 24. Rac1 Bb3 25. Qf1 g6 26. f4 Qe6 27.
Nh4 Rac8 28. Nf3 Ba5 {might be one sequence of moves after which Black begins
taking more control of the game}) 24. Qd2 Bxf5 {Indicating contentment with a
draw, but quite often playing too hard for a draw has adverse results.} (24...
Rac8 $11) 25. exf5 Qd5 26. Qc2 (26. Re2 $14) 26... Kf8 27. Re6 Rxe6 28. fxe6 g6
29. Re1 Re8 $1 {The situation is back under control, and even though Black
needs to sacrifice a pawn to get the queens off on the next move, there isn't
such a big risk of losing anymore.} 30. Bc4 ({Having said that, something like
} 30. h4 Qc5 31. Qe2 $14 {'hinting' at h5, was interesting from a practical
perspective.}) 30... d3 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 Ke7 33. Bc4 Rd8 34. Re2 Ba5 35.
b4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Bc7+ 37. g3 Rc1 38. Ba2 Rc3 39. a4 Bd6 $11 40. b5 Ra3 41. Bd5
b6 {Black is active enough that if the rooks stay on, all three results might
occur. Therefore White bailed out, but played on, as is the way with such
things:} 42. Ra2 Rxa2 43. Bxa2 f5 44. Kg2 Be5 45. g4 fxg4 46. hxg4 h5 47. gxh5
gxh5 48. Kh3 Bf6 49. Bc4 Kd6 50. Kg3 Ke7 {A interesting choice, but not a
mistake. Black can defend actively, which is preferable to allowing a raid by
White's king.} (50... Ke5 $1 51. f4+ Kf5 $11 {and neither of White's pieces
has any prospects at all.}) 51. Kf4 h4 52. Kg4 Kd6 53. f3 Ke7 54. f4 Kd6 55.
Kf5 Ke7 56. Bf1 Ba1 57. Bh3 Bf6 58. Bg4 Ba1 59. Ke4 Kd6 60. Bh3 (60. Kf5 Ke7
61. Kg5 Bf6+ 62. Kh5 Kd6 {The fortress holds firm.}) 60... Bb2 61. Kd3 Bf6 62.
Kc4 Be7 63. Kd4 Bf6+ 64. Kc4 Be7 65. Kd4 Bf6+ 66. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Kh1 Ra6
15. Rg1 Rb6 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Qc2 f5 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qc3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nf6 21.
Qxa5 Rxb2 22. Rg2 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qc3 Rb6 25. a5 Rb5 26. Rg5 Rf6 27. Qc2
g6 28. h4 Qe7 29. h5 Qe4+ 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Rgg1 c5 32. dxc5 Rxc5 33. Rab1 Rxa5
34. Rxb7 Rfa6 35. Rbb1 Kg7 36. Kg2 Ra7 37. Rh1 h6 38. Kg3 R5a6 39. Kh4 gxh5 40.
Kxh5 Rg6 41. Rhg1 Rxg1 42. Rxg1+ Kh7 43. Rg6 Ra1 44. Rxh6+ Kg7 45. Rb6 Rg1 46.
Kh4 Kf7 47. Kh3 Rg8 48. Kh2 Ke7 49. Rh6 Kf7 50. Rh3 Kf6 51. Rg3 Rh8+ 52. Kg2
Ra8 53. Rh3 Rg8+ 54. Kf1 Ra8 55. Rh6+ Ke7 56. Rc6 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 {This extravagant move is practically unexplored on the top level.
Obviously, White doesn't pretend to claim superiority, but Alexander just
wanted to deviate from the main theoretical paths as soon as possible.} Nf6 2.
Nf3 b6 3. b3 Bb7 4. e3 g6 {One of many possible ways of development.} 5. Bb2
Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. c4 ({A long time time ago this position was seen in
the practice of the Great David:} 8. O-O Nc6 9. a4 d6 10. Na3 a6 11. Qe2 Rb8
12. d3 Ba8 13. c4 e6 $132 {Bronstein,D-Tukmakov,V Baku 1972}) 8... d5 {Black
has no reasons for deviating from this ambitious advance.} 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2
Rc8 $146 ({The previously played} 10... e6 {Pavloudakis,V-Grammatikaki,A
Anogia 2017, is less energetic} {and might be met by} 11. d3 Qe7 12. e4 $1 {
with good prospects on the kingside.}) 11. d3 d4 {Wesley goes for the most
ambitious way of handling the position. The Pd4 is going to be somewhat weak,
but Black seizes lots of space.} 12. exd4 ({Of course, not} 12. e4 $2 Ng4 $17 {
and Black's knight would dominate.}) (12. Na3) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 (14. Qxg2 cxd4 15. Na3 Ng4 16. Nc2 b5 17. Rae1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Qd7 19. h3
Nh6 20. g4 f5 $132) 14... cxd4 15. Na3 ({In the event of} 15. Nd2 b5 16. Rae1
e6 17. h3 Qb6 18. Nf3 Nd7 $132 {Black has enough play on the queenside.}) 15...
Nd7 {The standard plan à la Benoni - the knight heads towards c5 in order to
put pressure on the Pd3.} ({Also deserving of attention was} 15... Qd7 $5 16.
Nc2 Ng4 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 f5 20. g5 Nf7 $132) 16. Nc2 ({Nothing
special is achieved by} 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Nf3 Qxd3 $11) 16... Nc5 17.
f5 {This seems the most challenging, even though it's connected with serious
risk.} (17. Ba3 a5 18. Rae1 e6 19. Qf3 Qd7 {would have led to a long strategic
struggle with mutual chances.}) 17... Qd7 18. g4 $6 {Exposing the king too
much.} ({Much better was} 18. Rad1 $1 {, and then} gxf5 19. Qh5 $1 e6 20. Rf4
$132 {yields White sufficient counterplay.}) 18... b5 $1 {Correctly starting
to disturb White on the q-side.} 19. Ba3 a5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 {Alexander has
managed to liquidate the annoying knight, but now the Rc5 is firmly in control.
} 21. Rae1 $1 {The best defensive approach is counter-attack!} ({After} 21. Qe4
Bf6 $1 22. Kh1 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rb8 $36 {White would be doomed to passive defence
in an unpleasant situation.}) 21... bxc4 ({Worth attention is} 21... Bf6 $5 22.
Qf3 gxf5 23. gxf5 Kh8 24. Kh1 Rg8 $15) 22. bxc4 gxf5 ({In comparison to the
above-mentioned note, now} 22... Bf6 23. Qf3 gxf5 24. gxf5 Kh8 25. Kh1 Rg8 26.
Rb1 $132 {would have yielded White definite play along the b-file.}) 23. gxf5
$2 {This move is inviting serious troubles.} ({The correct one was} 23. Qxe7 $1
Qc6+ 24. Kg1 fxg4 25. Rf4 g3 26. hxg3 Qg6 27. Kg2 Rg5 28. Rf3 {and then White
would be able to maintain the balance.}) 23... Rxf5 24. Rxf5 Qxf5 {Now Black
is a pawn up, while White's king is still very exposed.} 25. Qf3 Qg5+ ({
Possibly, simpler was} 25... Qd7 $5 26. Kh1 e5 27. Na3 f5 28. Nb5 a4 {, and
Black's central pawns should decide the game.}) 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Rg1 Qh6 28. Qd5
Qd2 $6 {The first step in the wrong direction.} ({After} 28... Qf4 29. Qg2 Be5
{White would have no counterplay at all.}) 29. Nxd4 Qxa2 30. Qe4 $2 {A loss of
time.} ({Instead, the energetic} 30. Nc6 $1 a4 31. Nxe7 Qb2 32. Rg2 Qf6 33. Nf5
a3 34. d4 {would most likely enable White to save the game.}) 30... Qb2 $2 {
Luckily for GM Grischuk Wesley is the last to err in this game.} ({Had Black
played} 30... Qf2 31. Nf5 Bf6 32. Rg2 Qc5 33. Qf3 Qc8 $19 {White wouldn't have
real drawing chances - the a-passer is running too fast.}) 31. Nf5 Be5 ({
Also after} 31... Bf6 32. d4 a4 33. Nh6 $1 Qb8 (33... a3 $4 34. Nxf7+ Rxf7 35.
Qa8+ $18) 34. c5 {the activity on the k-side would leave White out of danger.})
32. Rg2 Qc1+ 33. Rg1 Qb2 {Eventually Wesley decides to call it a day, even
though it's a pity.} ({Alas, after} 33... Qf4 34. Qxf4 Bxf4 35. Nxe7 a4 36. Ra1
Ra8 37. d4 a3 38. c5 {White's passers fully compensate for the a-passer.}) 34.
Rg2 Qc1+ 35. Rg1 Qb2 36. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. b3 Nc6 8.
Bb2 Bf5 9. Nf4 O-O-O 10. Qxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O-O Ng6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g5 16. h3 c6 17. c4 Be6 18. Bf3 d5 19. d3 f6 20. Rhe1 Bf7 21.
cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Re8+ Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Re1 Bc5 26. f3 Re8 27.
Re4 Kd7 28. Kc2 Bd6 29. a4 a6 30. Bc3 b5 31. Bb2 Re6 32. Bc3 Re8 33. Bb2 Re6
34. Bc3 Re8 35. Bb2 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour playoff"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qe8 14. Rfc1
Nd5 15. Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Rxc6 Bxb5 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 c5 19. dxc5 Nb4 20. Rd2
Nxa2 21. Ra1 Nb4 22. Rxa7 Nc6 23. Ra1 bxc5 24. e3 h6 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Rb5
27. Rc1 Kf8 28. Rdc2 Nb4 29. Nd4 Nxc2 30. Nxb5 Rb8 31. Na3 Nxa3 32. bxa3 Rb3
33. Rxc5 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour playoff"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4
Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. e4 Ncb4 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Qc2 f5 16. a4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Qc6 22. Rd4 Bc5 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 c5 26. Ra2 Bd4 27. b4
Rad8 28. bxc5 c6 29. Bf4 Rfe8 30. Rd2 Bf6 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. h4 h5 33. Kf3 Re1 34.
Re4 Ra1 35. Rd7 Ra3+ 36. Kg2 a5 37. Bd6 Kh7 38. Ra7 Bc3 39. Kh3 Ra2 40. Rc4 Bb4
41. Rf4 Bc3 42. Re7 Rd8 43. Re6 Rd7 44. Rf5 g6 45. Rf3 Bd4 46. Re4 Bg7 47. Rfe3
Rb7 48. Re2 Rxe2 49. Rxe2 Bd4 50. Re4 Rb4 51. Rf4 Bg1 52. Rf1 Bd4 53. Rf7+ Kg8
54. Rc7 Rxa4 55. Rxc6 Kf7 56. Ra6 Ke6 57. Bf4+ Kd5 58. c6 Rc4 59. c7 a4 60. Ra8
Bb2 61. c8=Q Rxc8 62. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Qxh7 Ng6 3. Qh3 Rh8 4. Qg3 b5 5. b3 Bh4 6. Qc3 b4 7. Qe3 f5 8. Bc2
d6 9. g4 f4 10. Qf3 Ne7 11. Ng3 Kg8 12. Nf5 Nxf5 13. gxf5 Bf6 14. Be4 Nb6 15.
Bb2 c5 16. Nc2 Bd7 17. e3 Qc8 18. exf4 Bxf5 19. O-O-O Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rh4 21. Qg6
Rxf4 22. Ne3 Qe6 23. Rg4 Qf7 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. Rdg1 Rxf2 26. Qe4 Rf4 27. Rxf4
exf4 28. Qxf4 Bxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Qe5+ 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Kc2 Nd7 32. Nd5 Kf7 33. a3
a5 34. axb4 axb4 35. Ra1 Nf6 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Nxf6 gxf6 38. Ra6 Re6 39. d4 Re2+
40. Kd3 Rxh2 41. Rxd6 Rh3+ 42. Ke4 cxd4 43. Kxd4 Rxb3 44. Rb6 Rb1 45. Kc5 b3
46. Rb4 f5 47. Kd4 Kg5 48. Kc3 f4 49. Rb8 f3 50. Rf8 Kg4 51. Rg8+ Kh3 52. Rf8
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 c6 3. Bc2 Ng6 4. Ng3 Nb6 5. O-O Bc7 6. e4 dxe4 7. Bxe4 O-O 8. f4
e6 9. Nh5 Nd5 10. c4 Ndxf4 11. Nxf4 Nxf4 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Qe4 f5 14. Qf3 Kxh7
15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qxf4 17. Rxf4 c5 18. dxc5 e5 19. Rf2 g5 20. Rfe2 e4 21.
Nc2 Kg6 22. Nb4 Re5 23. Nd5 Be6 24. g4 Bxd5 25. gxf5+ Rexf5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27.
b4 a5 28. Rxe4 axb4 29. Rxb4 Rxc5 30. Rxb7 Rc2 31. Re6+ Kh5 32. Rh7+ Kg4 33.
Re4+ Kf5 34. Re1 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Qxe4 Nd6 4. Qe2 Ne6 5. c3 c5 6. dxc5 Nxc5 7. f3 Qc6 8.
Nd3 Nxd3 9. Bxd3 f6 10. Bf2 Bc4 11. Ne3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. O-O-O Bc7 14. Nc2
O-O-O 15. Qe3 Nb5 16. Qe2 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 a5 18. g3 Be5 19. c4 Nc7 20. f4 Bd6 21.
Nd4 Qe8 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. cxb5 Bc7 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Qe3 Qxb5 26. Qa7+ Kc8 27. Bb6
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne3 h6 3. f3 Bh7 4. Bf2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. c3 Ne7 7. Ne2 Ne6 8. Ng3
d5 9. Nef5 Bc7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. exd5 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 cxd5 14. Nf5
Qg5 15. Nxd4 Nf4 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Qd1 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Bb6 20. Qd2
Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxd4 22. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Ng6 4. b4 f5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Qc2 c5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. d4 Bd6 12. Bd3 Kh8 13. d5 Rbc8 14. Nd4 Be5 15.
dxe6 f4 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Be4 Qxe6 18. Bxa8 Rxc4 19. Qd1 Rxa8 20. exf4 Nxf4 21.
Qf3 Qc6 22. Rfd1 Qxf3 23. gxf3 d5 24. Rbc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 a6 26. Nc3 Rc8 27.
Nce2 Nxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Kg7 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. h3 b5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Bd6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Ng3 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. bxc4 Ba3 10. O-O Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ng6 13. f4 c5 14. Be2 Qb7
15. a4 Rbd8 16. a5 Rd6 17. axb6 axb6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qd7 20. Kf2 Re8 21.
Qb5 Qd8 22. Rb2 Qc8 23. Ra2 e5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Kg2 Ng6 26. Kh1 Nh4 27. Rg1
Red8 28. d3 Qe6 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. fxe4 h6 31. Qb2 Ng6 32. Rg2 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 Rxd3
34. Qc2 Rxe3 35. Ra1 Rxe4 36. Rc1 Nf4 37. Rg3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. f4 e6 3. e3 f5 4. Bf3 Bxf3 5. Nxf3 Bf6 6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. Nf2 Nf7 8.
g4 g6 9. O-O-O Qg7 10. Kb1 Nd5 11. Nd3 a5 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Qg2 Nd6 14. Ng5 c6
15. Ne5 b5 16. Rde1 a4 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Nd3 axb3 21.
axb3 Rf5 22. c3 Rbf8 23. Kc2 Qh6 24. Qd4 R5f7 25. Rf2 Qh4 26. Ref1 d6 27. Nb4
Nxb4+ 28. Qxb4 Qf6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qf4 Kh8 31. Rf3 Qe5 32. Qh4 f4 33. Re1 Qf6
34. Qxf6+ Rxf6 35. Re7 Rh6 36. h3 Rg6 37. Re4 Rgf6 38. Re7 d5 39. Kd3 Rg8 40.
Kd4 Rg3 41. Ke5 Rxf3 42. Kxf6 Rg3 43. Re8+ Rg8 44. Re2 f3 45. Rf2 Rf8+ 46. Kg5
Kg7 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Rxf3 h5+ 49. Kg3 Rxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Kg5 51. b4 Kf5 52. d4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. g4 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Be2 O-O-O 5. O-O-O Ng6 6. Nf3 f5 7. Kb1 fxg4 8.
Qxg4 Nf6 9. Qg1 Ne4 10. Ng3 Kb8 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qxg5 Rf5 14. Qg3
Ne7 15. d3 Bb7 16. b3 g5 17. e4 Rxf4 18. Be5 Ng6 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Bf3 Qg7 21.
h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. d4 Qg6 24. e5 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 a5 26. Kb2 Qf5 27. Rg1 Rh8
28. Rh1 Rg8 29. Rdf1 c5 30. Qe3 Rc8 31. Rh2 cxd4 32. Qxd4 Nd3+ 33. cxd3 Qxf1
34. Qxb6+ Ka8 35. Qxa5+ Kb8 36. Qb5+ Ka8 37. Qa5+ Kb8 38. Qb5+ Ka8 39. Qa4+ Kb8
40. Qb4+ Ka8 41. Qa5+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b3 e6 3. g4 Bf6 4. Bxf6 Nxf6 5. g5 Ne4 6. Ng3 Ng6 7. e3 f5 8. gxf6
gxf6 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bf3 f5 11. O-O-O Nh4 12. Qf2 Nxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O-O 14. Rg1
Qh8 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Rg3 Rg8 17. Rdg1 Rdf8 18. Nd4 a6 19. Ne2 c5 20. Rxg8 Rxg8
21. Rxg8+ Qxg8 22. Qg3 Qf8 23. Qh4 h6 24. Qg3 Qf6 25. d3 Kc7 26. c4 b5 27. Qe1
Bc6 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Qa5+ Kb7 30. Nc3 Qg7 31. Nxb5 Qg1+ 32. Kb2 Qxh2+ 33. Ka3
Bxb5 34. Qxb5+ Kc7 35. Qxc5+ Kd8 36. Qc3 Qg1 37. Qh8+ Kc7 38. Qe5+ Kb7 39. Qd4
Qc1+ 40. Kb4 Qd2+ 41. Kb5 Kc8 42. Kb6 Kd8 43. a4 Qc2 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qg7+ Ke8
46. Qg8+ Ke7 47. Qg7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Qxa7 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Qa4 Ra8 5. Qd4 e6 6. e3 Bf6 7. Qb4 g5 8. fxg5
Bxg5 9. Bf3 Nd6 10. Bxb7+ Kxb7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. d3 f4 14. exf4 Nxf4
15. Qd2 h5 16. O-O Qg4 17. Rbe1 h4 18. Ne4 Rg8 19. Neg5 Rxg5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21.
Kh1 Rg8 22. Qf2 Bh6 23. Rg1 c6 24. b4 Nf5 25. Qf3 Qg5 26. Re5 Bg7 27. Re4 Ng3+
28. hxg3 hxg3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b4 f5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd3 Bf6 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Bf3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qxg1 8.
Rxg1 Nd6 9. Ke2 Kf7 10. Rg3 Rg8 11. Rh3 Rg7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. a4 Ne7 14. b5 a6
15. bxa6 Ra8 16. a5 b5 17. Nc5 Ke8 18. Nh5 Rg6 19. Rg3 Rh6 20. Rbg1 Ra7 21.
Rg8+ Nxg8 22. Rxg8+ Kf7 23. Rg7+ Ke8 24. Nxd7 Rxa6 25. Nhxf6+ Kd8 26. Nc5 Rxa5
27. Nxe6+ Kc8 28. Rxc7+ Kb8 29. Nd7+ Ka8 30. Nd4 Rxh2+ 31. Kd3 Ra3+ 32. Nb3 Nc4
33. Kd4 Ra7 34. Rc8+ Kb7 35. Rf8 Nxd2 36. Ndc5+ Kc7 37. Rf7+ Kb6 38. Rf6+ Kc7
39. Ne6+ Kd7 40. Rf7+ Kxe6 41. Rxa7 Nxf3+ 42. Kc3 h5 43. Rh7 h4 44. Rh5 h3 45.
Nd4+ Nxd4 46. exd4 Rh1 47. Kb2 b4 48. Ka2 h2 49. Kb2 Kd6 50. Ka2 Ke6 51. Kb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. g4 g5 3. Ng3 Ng6 4. e3 Nd6 5. Nd3 e6 6. Nh5 f6 7. f4 gxf4 8. Ndxf4
e5 9. Nd3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Ne4 12. Nf2 Ng5 13. Qg3 d5 14. h4 Ne6 15.
g5 fxg5 16. Bg4 Kb8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. hxg5 d4 19. exd4 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21.
Qh2 Qf5 22. Rde1 Bd6 23. Qh5 Bg2 24. Rg1 f3 25. Qh4 Rde8 26. Bc3 Re2 27. Kb2
Rfe8 28. d3 Bf4 29. Ne4 Be3 30. Rxe2 Bxg1 31. Nd6 Rxe2 32. Nxf5 f2 33. g6 hxg6
34. Nd6 cxd6 35. Qd8+ Kb7 36. Qd7+ Kb8 37. Bb4 Bh2 38. Qd8+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ Kb8
40. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. b4 f5 3. f3 e6 4. Bb3 Qf7 5. d4 Ng6 6. Nd3 O-O 7. g3 a5 8. a3 axb4
9. axb4 Bf6 10. Qe3 b5 11. c5 Bd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nhf2 Nce7 14. Qd2 Nc6 15.
e3 Ra8 16. Bc3 Ra3 17. O-O Rfa8 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Qe8 21.
Bc3 Nge7 22. Qa2 Kf8 23. Bd2 Qb8 24. Nd1 Qa7 25. Qb3 Nd8 26. Nc3 c6 27. Qa2
Qxa2 28. Nxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b5 2. f3 Ng6 3. b3 e5 4. Ng3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bxd4 c5 7. Bc3 Nce7 8. Be2
f6 9. Qe3 Qe6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. f4 d4 13. Bb2 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15.
Bd3 Qc6 16. Ne2 Bb6 17. Kh1 Rbd8 18. Ng3 c4 19. Be4 Qc5 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Qc1
f5 22. Ba3 Qc7 23. Bf3 Bc5 24. Rb7 Qa5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qb2 Rf6 27. Rb5 Qc7
28. Qb4 Rb6 29. Qa5 Nxf4 30. Nxf5 Nxf5 31. Rxf5 d3 32. cxd3 cxd3 33. g3 Ng6 34.
Rd5 Kh8 35. Rd1 Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Rd6 37. Qe4 Qd8 38. Rd2 Rd4 39. Qe3 Ne7 40. Be4
Ng8 41. Rxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Ng3 b5 3. cxb5 Qxb5 4. O-O O-O 5. Nc2 Bb6 6. e4 Nc7 7. Be2 Qc6 8.
b4 cxb4 9. Nxb4 Qa8 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. Nf5 f6 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. d4 Ba5 14. Bc3 Bxb4
15. Bxb4 d5 16. Bd3 a5 17. Bc5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. exd5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qxd5
21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Rc1 Nf4 23. Ne3 Qc6 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rc8
27. Qd2 g6 28. Qxa5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. g3 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Ng5 32. a4 Kg7 33.
Ra1 Ra5 34. Nc4 Rc5 35. Ne3 Ra5 36. Nc4 Rc5 37. Nb6 Ra5 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Rb4 Ra6
40. Nc4 Ke6 41. a5 Kd5 42. Ne3+ Kc6 43. h4 Ne6 44. Re4 Kd7 45. Nc4 Nc5 46. Re3
Nb7 47. Rb3 Kc6 48. Re3 e5 49. Rc3 Kd7 50. Nb6+ Kd6 51. Rd3+ Ke6 52. Nc4 Rc6
53. Rb3 Rxc4 54. Rxb7 Ra4 55. Rxh7 Rxa5 56. Rg7 Kf5 57. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Qxb4 O-O 4. O-O Nc7 5. d4 e5 6. dxe5 Na6 7. Qd2 Qxe5 8.
Nb3 Nc5 9. Ng3 Na4 10. e4 d6 11. Ba3 Bc7 12. Qb4 Nb6 13. f4 Qe6 14. Be2 f6 15.
Nd4 Qd7 16. Nb5 Nf7 17. Rd1 Bb8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Nb3 Be6 24. Rc1 Nd8 25. Bd3 Re7 26. Ne2 Bg4 27. Ned4 Rd7
28. Be2 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Re7 30. Nc5 Bd6 31. Rfd1 Nf7 32. Kf2 h5 33. g3 g5 34. Kf3
g4+ 35. Kf2 h4 36. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. f3 c6 3. Nd3 h6 4. e4 Bh7 5. Bf2 O-O 6. O-O dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. dxe5
Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bg3 Qe6 12. Nf2 Nd6 13. e5 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Nf5
15. Ne4 Nxg3 16. Qxg3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. Nd6 Re7 19. Rbd1 Ne6 20. Nc4 Nc5
21. h4 Rae8 22. Rd6 Nd7 23. Rxg6 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd6 R8e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. h3 h6 3. Bh2 Bh7 4. O-O O-O 5. c3 c6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Ne6 11. Nb3 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Ne3 h5 14. f3 Nd6
15. Qd2 Nf4 16. Kh2 Qg6 17. Nc5 Re8 18. Rg1 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Re2 20. Ne5 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g4 fxg4 3. Rxg4 Nf6 4. Rg1 b6 5. e3 e6 6. Ba6+ Bb7 7. Qe2 Nf7 8.
Nf3 g6 9. Nf2 Qe7 10. b4 Bg7 11. h4 Nd5 12. Bxg7 Rxg7 13. a3 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rg5 Qe6 17. Qc4 c6 18. Qd4 Re7 19. Bc4 Qf6 20. Rxd5 Qxf2 21.
Rd6 Kc7 22. Rb3 Rf8 23. Rd3 Qf5 24. Rxc6+ Bxc6 25. Qd6+ Kb7 26. Qxe7 b5 27. Bb3
h6 28. Rd4 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Be6 Qf1+ 31. Kb2 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 33. Bxd7 Bf3
34. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g5 2. fxg5 Rxg5 3. e4 e6 4. Nf3 Rg8 5. Nf2 Ng6 6. Qe1 Nh4 7. Nh3 Nxf3 8.
gxf3 Rxg1 9. Nxg1 Qf6 10. Qf2 b6 11. Ba6+ Bb7 12. Bxb7+ Kxb7 13. Ne2 d5 14.
exd5 exd5 15. b4 Qh6 16. Rb3 Nd6 17. b5 Re8 18. a4 Nc4 19. f4 Bc5 20. Qf3 Re4
21. h3 Qe6 22. Kd1 f5 23. Qg2 a6 24. Qf1 axb5 25. axb5 Qd6 26. Qh1 Bf2 27. d3
Ne3+ 28. Kc1 Nxc2 29. dxe4 Nxa1 30. Rb2 Qa3 31. Qd1 d4 32. Kb1 d3 33. Ra2 Qb4+
34. Rb2 Qa3 35. Ra2 Qb4+ 36. Rb2 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sanchez Alvarez, Roberto Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Panama"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Na5 Qb8 13. c4 Bd8 14. Rc1 O-O 15.
Be2 Bb6 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 17. O-O Re8 18. b4 Qa7 19. Kh1 Nbd7 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. a4
e4 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Qf4 Ndf6 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxd6 Qd4 26. Rcd1 Qb2 27. Qb6
Re2 28. Qxb7 Rce8 29. d6 R8e4 30. d7 Rxg2 31. d8=Q+ Kh7 32. Qxe4+ Nxe4 33. Qh4
Qe2 34. Rde1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Oboladze, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O
d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. c5 dxc5 14. Be3 c4 15.
Nb6 Rab8 16. Nxc4 e5 17. h3 Be6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Red1 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Nf6 21. Rxd8+
Bxd8 22. Bc5 Ne8 23. Rd1 a5 24. b3 Bf6 25. h4 h6 26. Qc3 Rb5 27. Ne3 Rb8 28.
Ba3 a4 29. bxa4 Ra8 30. Bc4 Rxa4 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qb3 Ra8 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nc4 Ra4 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. Rc2 Bd8 38. Bf8 Kf7 39. Bc5 Bc7 40. f3
Ke6 41. Kf1 Nf6 42. Ne3 h5 43. Bb6 Bxb6 44. Rxc6+ Kf7 45. Rxb6 Rxa2 46. Rb7+
Kf8 47. Nc4 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Ra2+ 49. Kh3 Rf2 50. Nxe5 Kg8 51. Rb3 Re2 52. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. d5 Ne7 8. Bxd7+
Nxd7 9. c4 Bg7 10. Be3 h6 11. Nfd2 f5 12. f3 f4 13. Bf2 g5 14. Nc3 Ng6 15. c5
Nxc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qb3 b6 18. d6 Qxd6 19. Nc4 Qc6 20. Rfd1 Nf8 21. Rd5 Ne6
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 c4 24. Qa3 Kf7 25. Rf5+ Kg6 26. Nd5 Qc5+ 27. Qxc5 Nxc5
28. Rf6+ Kg7 29. Rc6 Rhe8 30. Rxc7+ Kg6 31. h4 Rad8 32. h5+ Kxh5 33. Nf6+ Kh4
34. Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Kh2 g4 36. Rh1 g3+ 37. Kg1+ Kg5 38. Kf1 Rd8 39. Ke2 Ne6 40.
Rxc4 Nd4+ 41. Ke1 h5 42. Rc7 Kg6 43. Rc3 Kg5 44. Rd3 h4 45. Kd1 a5 46. a4 Rd6
47. e5 Rd8 48. Rd2 Kh5 49. Re1 h3 50. gxh3 Kh4 51. e6 Nxe6 52. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nc4
cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Ne3 Rd8 18. c3 d5 19. Nc2 Nd6 20. Nd4 Qb6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Bxe3 a6 24. Re1 Kf7 25. g3 b5 26. Kg2 Nc4 27. Bc1 a5
28. a3 Rb8 29. Be2 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. cxb4 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Ng5 Ra7 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f5 14. Qc2 h6
15. Nf3 Bb7 16. b3 Be4 17. Qc3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 b4 19. bxc4 a5 20. Bb2 Bd4 21.
Rfd1 Rd7 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rdc1 e5 24. Qb7 e4 25. c5 Qd5 26. Qxd5+ Rxd5 27. c6
Rc8 28. c7 Nd7 29. Rc6 Nc5 30. f3 Nb3 31. fxe4 Rd7 32. Re1 Rdxc7 33. Ra6 Rc5
34. exf5 Nd4 35. g4 Re5 36. Kf2 Rc2 37. Bf3 b3 38. Rd6 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 b2 40. Rb6
Rc1 41. Kf2 Re4 42. Rxb2 Rxe1 43. Kxe1 Rxg4 44. Rb5 Rxa4 45. Kf2 Ra2 46. Kf3 a4
47. Ra5 a3 48. Ra7 Ra1 49. Kf4 a2 50. Ke5 Rh1 51. Rxa2 Rxh2 52. f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Stojanovic, Dalibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. Qc2 g6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 Ne7 14. Qb3 b6
15. Rfe1 Nd7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. e5 Qe6 18. Ne2 Nf8 19. Nf4 Qf5 20. Qe3 Ne6 21.
Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Ng5 Qf5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Nxe6 Qf6 25. g4 a5 26. Qh6 Re8 27. Rc3
Nc8 28. Rxc6 Ra7 29. Re5 Qf3 30. h3 Rf7 31. Qe3 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qa4 33. Ng5 Ref8
34. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. h4 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 g6 13. g3 b6 14. Nd2 a5 15. f4
Qc8 16. O-O Nc5 17. Kg2 Ra7 18. Qc2 Bd8 19. f5 Rg8 20. fxg6 Rxg6 21. Rf5 b5 22.
Raf1 Rc7 23. Bxh5 Nxh5 24. Rxh5 Rg8 25. Qh7 Qg4 26. Rg5 Rxg5 27. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 {This line was examined in detail by
GM Igor Stohl in CBM 167, annotations to the game Topalov-Aronian.} Bxc3 12.
bxc3 Rfd8 (12... Qe7 $5 13. Be2 (13. Qc2 Na5 {[%cal Yc7c5]}) 13... e5 (13... b6
14. Qb3 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qb2 c5 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Bb5 Rc7 {
0-1 (47) Fressinet,L (2687)-Giri,A (2782) Paris 2016}) (13... Rfc8 14. Nd2 Nd8
15. Qb3 c5 16. a4 Rc7 17. Qa3 Kf8 18. Ne4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Ke7 21.
a5 {1/2 (21) Khalifman,A (2624)-Pourramezanali,A (2506) Moscow 2016}) 14. Qb3
b6 15. Qc4 Rac8 16. Nd2 Na5 17. Qb4 c5 18. Qa3 Rfe8 19. d5 e4 20. c4 Qg5 21.
Kh1 Rcd8 $132 {1-0 (62) Fedoseev,V (2601)-Aleksandrov,A (2586) Khanty-Mansiysk
2013}) 13. Be2 {Or else:} (13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Qxe7 (14. Qb2 Na5 15. Bd3 c5 16. e4
Be8 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 $11 {1/2 (67) Shankland,S (2661)-Aronian,L 
(2770) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 14... Nxe7 15. Rab1 (15. Ne5 Be8 16. Rfb1 Rab8 17. a4
b6 18. a5 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. f3 Kf8 21. Kf2 Ke7 $11 {1/2 (46) Navara,D 
(2730)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) (15. a4 c5 16. Rfb1 Rab8 17. Ne5 Be8 18.
a5 Rdc8 19. Bb5 Rc7 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Nd3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nd5 23. g3 Rec8 $11 {
1/2 (45) Sargissian,G (2679)-Fressinet,L (2702) Douglas 2015}) 15... b6 16. Ne5
Be8 17. e4 Nc8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Be2 Kf8 20. Kf2 Rac8 21. Nd3 Nb7 22. Nf4 c5 23.
Ba6 Rc7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. dxc5 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 Rxa2 $11 {1/2 (39) Karjakin,S 
(2782)-Aronian,L (2764) Stavanger 2018}) (13. Qc2 Na5 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 c5 15.
Ne5 Be8 16. Qe4 Nc6 17. f4 Rac8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. c4 f5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qe5
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Kf7 $13 {1/2 (35) Bu,X (2711)-Le,Q (2712) Ho Chi Minh City 2017})
14... c5 15. Ne5 (15. Rab1 Rac8 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. f4 cxd4 19. cxd4
Rc3 20. Bb5 f6 21. Ng4 {1/2 (21) Mareco,S (2644)-Real de Azua,E (2484) Buenos
Aires 2017}) 15... Be8 16. f4 Qe7 (16... Rac8 $143 {1/2 (50) Sanikidze,T (2537)
-Libiszewski,F (2533) Drancy 2016} 17. f5 $1 cxd4 $140 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. fxe6
$1 Qxe6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5 Qb6 (21... Qd5 22. Nf3) 22. Rab1 Rb4+ 23. Kh1 {
with material gains for White}) 17. Qf2 (17. f5 f6 $1 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bf7
20. Qe4 Re8 $11) (17. Qe2 Rac8 18. f5 f6 19. Ng4 {0-1 (44) Hansen,C (2621)
-Hammer,J (2665) Oslo 2015} h5 20. Nf2 e5 $36) 17... Nc6 18. Qg3 f5 19. Nf3
Rac8 20. Qf2 cxd4 21. exd4 Qa3 $132 {1/2 (32) Ribli,Z (2555)-Movsesian,S (2677)
Germany 2016}) 13... Be8 (13... e5 $5 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rfd1 Bf5 $132 {I.Stohl})
14. Qa3 Qe7 15. Qb2 b6 (15... Na5 $143 16. Qb4 $1 Qxb4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Rab1
$14 {1-0 (58) Topalov,V (2798)-Aronian,L (2780) Stavanger 2015 CBM 167 [Stohl,
I]}) 16. c4 $146 {The only active plan for White.} (16. Nd2 Na5 17. Nb3 (17.
Qb4 c5) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Bf3 (19. b4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Kf8 21. Bf3 Qxb4
22. cxb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ke7 $11 {1/2 (32) Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)-Aronian,L 
(2765) Saint Louis 2015}) 19... Rab8 20. b4 c5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Qa3 a4 23.
Qxc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Rdc8 $11 {1/2 (31) Pelletier,Y (2540)-Movsesian,S (2671)
Heraklio 2017}) 16... Na5 17. e4 c5 {This move allows White to obtain a
comfortable edge. Other plans deserve more attention for Black:} (17... f6 {
[%cal Ye8g6,Ye8h5]}) (17... Qf6 $5 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Yc7c5]} 18. Qc2 Nc6 19. d5
Ne5) 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 b5 {Black wants to destroy White's centre.} ({
In case of the natural} 19... Nb7 20. Bd3 {[%cal Yf1e1] White's control of the
e-file guarantees him the better prospects.}) 20. cxb5 {White improves on the
following game played earlier at the Olympiad:} (20. Rfe1 bxc4 21. Qc3 Qc7 22.
Rad1 Nb7 23. Bxc4 Qa5 24. Rc1 (24. Qc1 $5) 24... Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Na5 26. Bd3 c4
27. Be4 Rac8 28. Nd4 Kf8 $11 {1/2 (35) Nakamura,H (2763)-Vidit,S (2711) Batumi
GEO 2018}) 20... Rxd5 21. Rfe1 $14 {White has a superiour pawn structure (and
a chance to create a queenside passed pawn); besides, Black's a5 knight,
albeit blockading, is placed poorly.} Qd8 (21... Rad8 $5 22. Qc3 Qc7 $14) 22.
Qc3 {[%csl Ra5]} c4 23. Rad1 {[%mdl 32]} Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qb6 25. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Rd4f5] Centralization!} Bd7 26. a4 a6 {This is harmless as Black will
not be able to take on b5 any time soon.} 27. h3 (27. g4 $5) 27... Rd8 $6 {
[%mdl 8192] A tactical blunder in a poor position.} (27... axb5 28. axb5 Rc8 (
28... Rd8 29. Ra1) 29. Bf3 $16) 28. bxa6 {It turns out that Black has problems
recapturing this pawn!} Bc8 (28... Qxa6 $2 29. Nf5 $18) 29. Rd2 $1 Rf8 {
Again the a6 pawn is invulnerable due to 30.Nf5.} 30. Rb2 (30. Bg4 $5 {, to
gain the f5 square for the knight, was even stronger.}) 30... Qxa6 31. Rb5 Nb7
32. Bxc4 (32. a5 $5 $18) 32... Nd6 (32... Qxa4 $2 33. Rxb7 $1 Bxb7 34. Nf5 $18)
33. Rb4 Nxc4 34. Rxc4 Be6 {It was probably more stubborn to keep the bishop:} (
34... Bd7) 35. Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Rc6 Qf5 37. a5 {White's outside passed pawn
should bring him a victory.} Rb8 (37... Re8 38. a6 Re2 {was Black's last
chance but after} 39. Qd4 {White overcomes all minor problems, e.g.} Ra2 40. a7
Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qb7 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Rc7 Qe4 44. Qd6 $1 ({but not} 44. Rxf7 $2
Rxa7 $1 45. Rxa7 $140 Qf4+ $11) 44... Rxf2 45. Qg3 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Ra2 46. Rxf7
{etc.}) 38. a6 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Qg3 Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Ra1 42. Kf4 Ra5 43. Ke4
Kf8 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. a7 Ra4+ 47. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f6 15.
gxf6 Bxf6 16. Kb1 Nf4 17. Na5 Nb6 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. c3 Rae8 21. Rg1
Re3 22. Rg4 Rxf3 23. Qg2 Re3 24. Rxf4 Qf7 25. Bd3 Rfe8 26. Nb4 Qh5 27. Qg4 Qxg4
28. Rxg4 Re1 29. Rg1 Rxg1 30. Rxg1 Re3 31. Rg3 Re1+ 32. Kc2 Be5 33. Rh3 a5 34.
Nc6 Nxd5 35. Bxh7+ Kf7 36. Bd3 Nf4 37. Rf3 b4 38. cxb4 axb4 39. Nxb4 Ke6 40.
Bf1 g5 41. h3 d5 42. Nd3 Nxd3 43. Bxd3 Rg1 44. b4 Rg3 45. Rxg3 Bxg3 46. a4 Be1
47. Kb3 Kd6 48. a5 Bd2 49. Be2 Be1 50. Bf3 Bd2 51. Ka4 Be1 52. Bg2 Bd2 53. Bf1
Be1 54. Bd3 Bd2 55. Bg6 Be1 56. Bf7 Bd2 57. Be8 Be1 58. Bb5 Bd2 59. Kb3 Be1 60.
Ka3 Bd2 61. Ka4 Be1 62. Be8 Bd2 63. b5 Kc5 64. b6 Be1 65. Bb5 Bd2 66. Ba6 Be1
67. Bb7 d4 68. Ba6 Bd2 69. Bb5 Be1 70. Be8 Bd2 71. Bd7 Be1 72. Bg4 Bd2 73. Bf5
Be1 74. Bc8 Bd2 75. Be6 Be1 76. Bf7 Bd2 77. Bg6 Be1 78. Be8 Bd2 79. b7 Bf4 80.
Kb3 Bb8 81. Ka4 d3 82. Bh5 d2 83. Bf3 Ba7 84. Be2 Kc6 85. a6 Kb6 86. Kb4 Bb8
87. Kc3 d1=B 88. Bxd1 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Rb8 9. c4 Nb4 10. Nf3 c5 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qe6 13. O-O Be7 14. b3 O-O 15.
Bb2 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bc3 a5 19. Ne1 a4 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. Bxd5
Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Rd1 Qe6 24. Nf3 axb3 25. Nd4 Qg6 26. axb3 Rd8 27. Nf3
Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qe4 29. Qd7 Qxf3 30. Qxe7 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. axb5 Bb7 12. Nxc4 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nce5
Bd6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3
Nd7 21. Rc1 Bd6 22. Rc6 Bb8 23. Ra6 Ne5 24. Rb6 Nxd3 25. exd3 Be5 26. Rxb5 Rb8
27. Rxb8+ Bxb8 28. b4 f5 29. b5 Ba7 30. Kg2 Bb6 31. Bh5 Kf8 32. f4 Ke7 33. Kf3
Bg1 34. h3 Bb6 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. hxg4 f6 37. Ke4 Kd6 38. Bg6 e5 39. Be8 Bg1 40.
Kf5 Be3 41. Kxf6 exf4 42. Bc6 Kc5 43. Bf3 Kxb5 44. Kg6 Kb4 45. Kxh6 Kc3 46. g5
Kxd3 47. g6 Bd4 48. g7 Bxg7+ 49. Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Krishna, CRG."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qd2 d5 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. g4
Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. c5 Qd8 11. b4 Be7 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Nh3 a5 14. b5 e5 15. Be2 Ne8
16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nc7 18. Bd1 Bxg5 19. Qh2 Bh6 20. Nf2 Ne6 21. dxe5 f5 22.
Bf4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Kf7 24. Qg3 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Qxh8 26. Ba4 Rc8 27. bxc6 bxc6 28.
Nxd5 Ndxc5 29. Nb6 Nxa4 30. Nxa4 Qf8 31. a3 Rd8 32. Nh3 Qe7 33. Ng5+ Nxg5 34.
Qxg5 Qd7 35. Nb2 Qd2+ 36. Kf1 Rh8 37. e6+ Kg8 38. Qg2 Qxf4 39. Re1 Be8 40. Nd3
Qd4 41. Qe2 Qd6 42. Nf2 Rh6 43. e7 Kf7 44. Qe5 Qxe5 45. Rxe5 a4 46. Rxf5+ Kxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 Nd7 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
fxe3 b6 15. a4 Bb7 16. a5 Rfb8 17. axb6 axb6 18. c3 Kf8 19. g3 Ke7 20. Ne5 h5
21. Bb5 Rc8 22. Nc4 Rc5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Ra1 Bd5 25. Ra7+ Kf8 26. Nd6 Rxb5 27.
b4 Ne4 28. Nxb5 Bc4+ 29. Kf3 Nd2+ 30. Kf4 Bxb5 31. Rb7 f6 32. e4 e5+ 33. Ke3
Nc4+ 34. Kf3 Nd2+ 35. Ke3 Nc4+ 36. Kf3 Be8 37. h3 f5 38. Rb8 Nd2+ 39. Kg2 fxe4
40. Rxb6 e3 41. b5 Bd7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Bxg4 44. Ra6 e2 45. Kf2 Ne4+ 46.
Ke1 Nc5 47. Rd6 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. a4 b4 13. Qc2 Be7 14. e4 Qe6
15. Re1 O-O 16. Bc4 Qg6 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. Bf1 a5 19. Bc7 Rac8 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21.
Bc4 Qc7 22. Qb3 Qf4 23. g3 Qc7 24. Rad1 Bf6 25. Re3 Rfe8 26. Rde1 Bd4 27. R3e2
Rcd8 28. Qc2 h6 29. Nh4 Bc8 30. Kg2 Bg4 31. f3 Bc8 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. exf5 Rxe2+
34. Rxe2 Bf6 35. Qe4 Kh7 36. b3 Kg8 37. h4 Qd7 38. f4 Qc7 39. Kh3 Kh7 40. Qf3
Qd7 41. g4 Kg8 42. Qe4 Kh8 43. g5 Bc3 44. Kg3 h5 45. Qe7 Qd1 46. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3
d6 9. a4 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 g6 12. c3 Nh5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rfe1 Bf6 15.
Rad1 Bg7 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 d5 19. Nce5 Ne7 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Nd2 c6 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Nc5 Rfe8 24. Nf3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bf8 26. Re4 Bd6 27. Ne5
Bxc5 28. dxc5 Re8 29. f4 Qe7 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. Rc4 f6 32. Nf3 Ne3 33. Rb4 b6 34.
cxb6 c5 35. Rb5 Ng4+ 36. Kh3 Nf2+ 37. Kh2 a6 38. Ra5 Ng4+ 39. Kh3 Nf2+ 40. Kh2
Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 Be7 8.
Nxe5 Nb4 9. Nxb4 Bxb4 10. Nf3 d5 11. Qd3 Bf8 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O b6 14. b3 Bb7
15. Bb2 Bd6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfe1 Re6 18. g3 Qe7 19. Bf1 Nb4 20. Qc3 Qf6 21.
Qxf6 gxf6 22. Nh4 Nc2 23. Bc4 Ree8 24. Bb5 Re6 25. Bc4 Ree8 26. Bb5 Re6 27. Bc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. c4 Qc7
15. Qh3 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. g4 Bd6 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Kg2 e4 20. Bd1 b5 21.
Bc2 Ne5 22. Bxe4 Nxc4 23. Bc1 Re7 24. Re2 Rae8 25. Rfe1 Nb6 26. Kf1 c4 27. f3
Nd7 28. Bg5 f6 29. Bd2 g6 30. f4 Kf7 31. Kf2 b4 32. Kf3 a5 33. h4 Nc5 34. Bb1
Na4 35. Rxe7+ Rxe7 36. Rxe7+ Bxe7 37. b3 Nb6 38. bxc4 Nxc4 39. Bc1 Nd6 40. Bc2
f5 41. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 O-O 8. g3
h6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. d3 Qc8 11. h3 Ne7 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qxf5 15.
Rb1 Rab8 16. Rxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxb7 e4 18. dxe4 Re8 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. O-O c5 21.
Bxc5 Nh4 22. gxh4 dxc5 23. Re1 Qg6+ 24. Kh2 Qd6+ 25. Kg2 Qg6+ 26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27.
Kg2 Qg6+ 28. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Nh5 8.
Bd2 Nf6 9. a3 Ne4 10. Bf4 e6 11. e3 g5 12. Nxe4 gxf4 13. Nc5 fxe3 14. fxe3 e5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bg7 19. g3 Bxe5 20. Nd3 Bd6
21. Bg2 Be6 22. Rhd1 h5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 h4 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bxa6 hxg3 27.
hxg3 Rh2+ 28. Ke3 Rb3 29. Rd2 Rh3 30. Bc4 Rxg3+ 31. Ke2 Rg2+ 32. Kd1 Rxd2+ 33.
Kxd2 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Bxa3 35. bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ng3 Bd7
15. Rxd4 Bc6 16. Rg4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Qe3 Bg5 20. f4 Nxe5 21.
Qxe5 Qxc4 22. Nh5 Qd4 23. Qxg7+ Qxg7 24. Nxg7 Rd4 25. Nh5 Kh7 26. h3 Bd8 27. f5
Rxg4+ 28. hxg4 exf5 29. gxf5 Rg8+ 30. Kf1 Rg5 31. Ng3 h5 32. Rd1 Bb6 33. Rd7
Kg7 34. Ne4 Rxf5 35. Kg2 Re5 36. f3 Kg6 37. Rxb7 f5 38. Nc3 Re1 39. Kg3 Rg1+
40. Kh2 Rf1 41. Nd5 Bd4 42. Nf4+ Kh6 43. Rc7 h4 44. Rc6+ Kh7 45. Rc7+ Kg8 46.
Ng6 Rf2+ 47. Kh3 Rxf3+ 48. Kh2 h3 49. Ne7+ Kf8 50. Ng6+ Ke8 51. Rh7 f4 52. Nh4
Rd3 53. Nf5 Bc5 54. b4 Bxb4 55. Rxa7 Kf8 56. Ra4 Bc3 57. Ra3 Kg8 58. Ne7+ Kg7
59. Nd5 f3 60. Kxh3 Rxd5 61. Rxc3 Rf5 62. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "290"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a6 9. a4 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Qc2
Nb6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. cxd4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Re5 Rd8 24. Bxa5 Qd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Re1 Rxe1+
27. Bxe1 Kf7 28. Kf1 e5 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. g4 Kd5 31. Kd3 Nd7 32. Bd2 e4+ 33. Kc3
Ne5 34. g5 h5 35. Bf4 Nd3 36. Bxc7 Nxf2 37. Bb6 Nd3 38. g3 Nc1 39. Bf2 Ne2+ 40.
Kd2 Nd4 41. Bxd4 Kxd4 42. a5 e3+ 43. Ke2 Kc3 44. Kxe3 Kxb3 45. Ke4 Kb4 46. Kf5
Kxa5 47. Kg6 b5 48. Kxg7 b4 49. g6 b3 50. Kh6 b2 51. g7 b1=Q 52. g8=Q Qd1 53.
Qg5+ Kb4 54. Qxh5 Qd6+ 55. Qg6 Qf8+ 56. Kg5 Qd8+ 57. Qf6 Qg8+ 58. Kh4 Qh7+ 59.
Kg4 Qg8+ 60. Kh3 Kc5 61. g4 Kd5 62. Kh4 Qh7+ 63. Kg5 Qg8+ 64. Qg6 Qd8+ 65. Kh5
Qh8+ 66. Kg5 Qd8+ 67. Kh6 Qh8+ 68. Qh7 Qf6+ 69. Kh5 Ke5 70. Qc7+ Kd5 71. g5
Qf3+ 72. Kh6 Qe3 73. Qd7+ Kc4 74. Qc6+ Kb4 75. Kg6 Qd3+ 76. Kh6 Qe3 77. Qd6+
Kb3 78. Kg6 Ka2 79. Qd5+ Ka3 80. Kg7 Qe7+ 81. Kg6 Qe3 82. Kf6 Qf4+ 83. Qf5 Qd6+
84. Kg7 Qd4+ 85. Kg8 Qc4+ 86. Qf7 Qg4 87. g6 Kb2 88. Qb7+ Ka1 89. Qc6 Kb1 90.
Qb5+ Ka1 91. Qd3 Qh5 92. Qe4 Qg5 93. g7 Qd8+ 94. Kh7 Qc7 95. Qg2 Qa7 96. Qf1+
Kb2 97. Kg6 Qa8 98. Qe2+ Kb1 99. Qd3+ Ka1 100. Qd4+ Kb1 101. Qb4+ Ka1 102. Qc3+
Kb1 103. Qb3+ Ka1 104. Qe6 Qg2+ 105. Kh7 Qh1+ 106. Qh6 Qe4+ 107. Kh8 Qe5 108.
Qh3 Kb1 109. Qg4 Qh2+ 110. Kg8 Ka1 111. Qd4+ Kb1 112. Qb4+ Ka1 113. Qc3+ Kb1
114. Kf7 Qf2+ 115. Qf6 Qa7+ 116. Kg6 Qa8 117. Kh7 Qb7 118. Qf1+ Ka2 119. Kh8
Qb2 120. Qc4+ Ka1 121. Qa4+ Kb1 122. Qe4+ Ka1 123. Kh7 Qh2+ 124. Kg6 Qd6+ 125.
Kf7 Qc7+ 126. Qe7 Qc4+ 127. Qe6 Qc7+ 128. Kg6 Qc2+ 129. Qf5 Qg2+ 130. Kf7 Qb7+
131. Kf6 Qb6+ 132. Kg5 Qe3+ 133. Qf4 Qg1+ 134. Kf6 Qb6+ 135. Kf5 Qb1+ 136. Qe4
Qf1+ 137. Ke6 Qa6+ 138. Kf7 Qa7+ 139. Qe7 Qa2+ 140. Qe6 Qa7+ 141. Kf8 Qa8+ 142.
Kf7 Qa7+ 143. Qe7 Qa2+ 144. Kg6 Qc2+ 145. Kf7 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3
Be6 9. O-O dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd3 12. Re1 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Bb2 Rfd8 16. a5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Qc2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21.
Ne3 Qd7 22. h3 Qe6 23. Bc1 Nb8 24. Bd2 c5 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. c4 b4 27. Nd5 Nc6
28. Qb1 Qd6 29. Nh4 g6 30. Nf3 Kh7 31. Ne1 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Nxa5 33. Nd3 Nc4 34.
Bxb4 Bxb4 35. Qxb4 Qxb4 36. Nxb4 a5 37. Na2 a4 38. f3 f5 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. Ke2
Kf6 41. Kd3 Nd6 42. Nc3 a3 43. Kc2 Nc4 44. Kb3 Ne3 45. g4 Nf1 46. gxf5 gxf5 47.
Kxa3 Nd2 48. exf5 Kxf5 49. Kb4 Nxf3 50. Kc5 e4 51. d6 Ne5 52. Kd4 e3 53. Kxe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g5 11. Bg3 O-O-O 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qf5 f6 14. Nc4 Qh7
15. Ne3 h5 16. Rad1 h4 17. Bh2 Qxf5 18. Nxf5 Nf8 19. c3 Ne6 20. Rd2 Rd7 21.
Rfd1 Rhd8 22. Kf1 Bf8 23. Ke2 c5 24. Ne3 b5 25. b3 c6 26. Kf3 b4 27. c4 Rh7 28.
Kg4 Kd7 29. Nf5 Ke8 30. g3 Bd6 31. gxh4 gxh4 32. Rg1 Bc7 33. Kf3 Ng5+ 34. Ke2
Nxh3 35. Rg4 Kf7 36. Nxh4 Rg8 37. Rxg8 Kxg8 38. Nf3 Ng5 39. Nxg5 fxg5 40. Bg3
g4 41. a3 a5 42. Ra2 Rh1 43. axb4 cxb4 44. d4 Rb1 45. Bxe5 Bxe5 46. dxe5 Rxb3
47. Rxa5 Ra3 48. Rc5 Ra6 49. e6 Kf8 50. Kd3 Ra2 51. Rg5 Rxf2 52. Rxg4 b3 53.
Rg1 Ke7 54. Rb1 b2 55. Kc3 Kxe6 56. Rxb2 Rxb2 57. Kxb2 Ke5 58. c5 Kxe4 59. Kc3
Kd5 60. Kd3 Kxc5 61. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 b5 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 O-O 15.
Qd3 a5 16. Rfc1 Nb8 17. b3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Bc8 19. Nf4 Bd6 20. Nc4 Ba6 21. Qd2
Bc7 22. d5 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 e5 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Nd5 Nbd7 26. Rc6 Be7 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6
28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Bb6 Rd3 30. Rc8+ Bf8 31. h3 Rxb3 32. Bxa5 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 e4 34.
Be2 g5 35. Bb6 Kg7 36. Bd4 Bd6+ 37. g3 Re1 38. Rc6 Be7 39. Bc4 Rc1 40. a5 b3
41. a6 e3 42. a7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. h4 a5 14. g3 a4 15.
Ndxb4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Qa5 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. a3 Be6 19. O-O-O Rfc8 20. Kb1 Qa8 21.
f3 Be7 22. Bh3 Rxc4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc1 Rbc8 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Rc1 Qc8 27.
Rxc4 Qxc4 28. Qd3 Qc5 29. Ka2 Kf7 30. Qa6 d5 31. Nc6 Bf6 32. Qxa4 Kg6 33. Na5
Kh6 34. Nb3 Qf2 35. g4 Qxh4 36. Qc6 Qf2 37. Qxe6 dxe4 38. Qf5 Bg5 39. Qxe4 g6
40. Qa8 Bf4 41. Qf8+ Kg5 42. Qd8+ Kh6 43. Qd5 Kg5 44. a4 h5 45. Qd8+ Kh6 46.
g5+ Kh7 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qf6+ Kh7 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qxg6 Qxf3 52.
Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. g6 Qd5 55. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. c4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Nc3
Qd7 15. Qf3 Nd6 16. Bf4 Bg4 17. Qg3 Bxd4 18. Nd5 Nf5 19. Qxg4 Qxd5 20. Rac1
Rfe8 21. Red1 c5 22. Bc4 Qd7 23. b4 Rac8 24. h3 g6 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Bb3 Qc6
27. Rxc5 Bxc5 28. Bd5 Qb6 29. Qf3 Nd4 30. Qg4 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxf4 32. Qxf4 Re7
33. Bb3 Kg7 34. Kg1 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Kf1 b5 37. Rd8 Rc7 38. Ke2 Ke7 39.
Rh8 Kf6 40. Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qd3 Rb8 12. b3 c5 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bc1 Re8 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16. Bb2 Ng8 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. h3 h5 19. e4 Qe7 20. f4 Rbd8 21. Nb5 c6
22. Nc3 Qc7 23. Qf2 Qc8 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. fxe5 Nd7 27. Ne4 Nxe5 28.
Nxc5 Bxh3 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Qf4+ Qg5 33. Qf8+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. d4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nc5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Nc4 Bb8 18. Qe1 e5 19. Nc2 a5 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Nxa5
Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Rxc2 23. Rd2 Rfc8 24. Qb1 R2c7 25. Bd3 Bd5 26. Bxh7+ Kf8 27. Bc2
g6 28. Nc1 Qe6 29. Ne2 Ba2 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. Bd3 Bb3 32. Qe1 Bxa4 33. Qa1 Ra7 34.
Qb1 Rd7 35. Ba1 Rb7 36. Ng3 b3 37. Kh1 Rh8 38. Ne4 Nxe4 39. Bxe4 Rb4 40. f4 f6
41. Bd5 Qe7 42. Bc3 Rb6 43. Qe4 Bb5 44. Rb1 Bd7 45. Qf3 exf4 46. exf4 Bf5 47.
Re2 Qd6 48. Rd1 Rh4 49. Bxb3 Rxf4 50. Rxd6 Rxf3 51. Bxf6+ Kh6 52. gxf3 Bxd6 53.
Re8 Rb8 54. Rxb8 Bxb8 55. Kg2 Bf4 56. Bd5 Bd7 57. Be4 Bc8 58. Bh4 g5 59. Be1 g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bg2
d4 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. O-O e5 12. b4 e4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Qb1 d3 15. exd3
exd3 16. Re1+ Be7 17. Nc5 O-O 18. Nxb7 Qd7 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxe7 h6 21. b5
Qxc4 22. Re5 Bg6 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Na5 Nxe5 25. Nxc4 Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Be4 27. Kh3
Rfd8 28. Qb4 Rac8 29. Be3 Bd5 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Qxd2 Rc2 32. Qa5 Rd7 33. g4 Be6
34. Kg3 Rc4 35. h3 Rc2 36. a4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Qe1 Bf7 14. Nbd4 Nd8 15.
b4 Bh5 16. Bb2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Ne6 18. Rd1 c6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4
Ng5 22. Bc3 g6 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Ra1 Ne6 25. f4 a5 26. axb5 axb4 27. Bb2 cxb5 28.
Bb3 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rc8 30. g3 Rc4 31. Qd2 Qb7 32. h3 Qb6 33. Kh1 Qb7 34. g4 Ng7
35. Kh2 Kf7 36. Qg2 Ke6 37. Ra5 Bd8 38. Ra1 Be7 39. Ra5 Bd8 40. Ra1 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bd2 Ke7 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Na4 Nb4 14. Bxb4
Bxb4 15. Nb6 Rab8 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nexd7 Nxd7 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Be4 a5 20. Rfd1
Rhc8 21. Kf1 b6 22. g3 h5 23. Ke2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Kxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Bg2 h6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bb2 Bb6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 a5 15.
Nc2 Bc7 16. Ba3 Re6 17. f4 Ned7 18. e4 a4 19. b4 Re8 20. Ne3 Nf8 21. Kh1 Ng4
22. Nc2 Be6 23. h3 Nf6 24. Ne3 Bb6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qc7 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28.
Rxd6 Re3 29. Rf3 Re1+ 30. Bf1 Rae8 31. c5 Bc7 32. Rd2 b6 33. cxb6 Bxb6 34. Kg2
Be3 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Nxd1 Ba7 37. Bc4 N8d7 38. Rf1 Nb6 39. Bd3 Rd8 40. Nb2 Nbd5
41. Rc1 Bd4 42. Nd1 Re8 43. Rc4 Re1 44. Rxd4 Rxd1 45. Kf3 Rd2 46. g4 Rxa2 47.
Bc1 Ra1 48. Bb2 Ra2 49. Bc1 Ra1 50. Bb2 Ra2 51. Bc1 Ra1 52. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qf6 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Ne5 24. f4 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nh4+ 26. Kf1
Rd7 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28. Nxc7 Nf3 29. Ke2 Ng1+ 30. Kf1 Nf3 31. Nb5 a5 32. Ke2 Ng1+
33. Kf1 Nf3 34. Nc7 e6 35. Ke2 Ng1+ 36. Kf1 Nf3 37. Na8 b5 38. Ke2 Ng1+ 39. Kf1
Nf3 40. Nc7 b4 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nd6 Nd2+ 43. Ke2 Nb1 44. Nc4 Nc3+ 45. Kd3 Nxa2
46. Nxa5 Ke7 47. Kc4 Kd7 48. Nb7 Nc3 49. Nc5+ Kc6 50. Nd3 Nd1 51. Nxb4+ Kd6 52.
Nd3 f6 53. b4 g5 54. fxg5 fxg5 55. Kb3 h5 56. Kc2 g4 57. Kxd1 gxh3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. g3
Kh8 9. d3 Ng8 10. Nh4 Nge7 11. Bg2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nf3 Nfe7 14. O-O h6 15.
Be3 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. d4 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Qb2
b6 22. c5 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. Rac1 Na5 25. Bf4 Nc4 26. Qc3 c6 27. cxb6 axb6
28. Bf1 Bh3 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Qxc4 Re4 32. Be5 c5 33. f3 Rxe5 34.
dxe5 Qd2 35. Qc2 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Bg4 39. h3 Bf3+ 40.
Kh2 Be2 41. Rg1 Bd3 42. Qc3 b5 43. e6 Qe2+ 44. Rg2 Qe4 45. e7 Bc4 46. a4 Qxe7
47. axb5 Bxb5 48. Rc2 c4 49. Rb2 Qc5 50. Qb4 Qxb4 51. Rxb4 Bd7 52. Rxc4 Bf5 53.
Rc5 Bg6 54. h4 Kg8 55. Kg2 Be4+ 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. Ke3 Bb1 58. Kf4 Bd3 59. Ke5 Bb1
60. Rc7+ Kf8 61. Rb7 Bd3 62. Rb4 Kf7 63. Rb3 Bc2 64. Rb7+ Kg6 65. Ke6 Bf5+ 66.
Ke7 Kh5 67. Kf7 g5 68. Kf6 Bd3 69. hxg5 hxg5 70. Rg7 g4 71. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Re8 10. Bb2 d4 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Re1 dxe3 13. dxe3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bd7
15. Qb1 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. a3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rad1 g6 20. Nc3 Bg4 21.
Rc1 Red8 22. Qb1 Ne5 23. h3 Be6 24. Red1 b6 25. f4 Nc6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Rd1
Qe7 28. Nb5 Na5 29. e4 Bxb3 30. Re1 Nh5 31. Kh2 Nxf4 32. Nf5 gxf5 33. gxf4 a6
34. Nc3 Qh4 35. Qc1 Kh8 36. exf5 Rg8 37. Ne4 f6 38. Qc3 Bd5 39. Re3 Bxe4 40.
Rxe4 Nc6 41. Qe3 Qh6 42. Re6 Nd4 43. Rxb6 Qg7 44. Qf2 c4 45. Bd5 Re8 46. Be6
Nxe6 47. Rxe6 Rc8 48. Re3 c3 49. Rg3 Qd7 50. Qb6 Qd2+ 51. Kh1 Qd1+ 52. Kh2 Qd2+
53. Kh1 Qd5+ 54. Kh2 Qc6 55. Qa7 Rg8 56. Qf7 Rxg3 57. Kxg3 Qd6 58. Qc4 Qxa3 59.
Kh4 Kg7 60. Qc7+ Kh6 61. Qd8 Kg7 62. Qc7+ Kh6 63. Qd8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nd7 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. f4 Nf5 15.
Bd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nf6 17. Kh1 Nh5 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. g4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Nh6 21. Nd5
Bd6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. g5 Nf5 24. e4 Nd4 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Nc7 Be6 27. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3
Re8 9. Nd4 exd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Bf4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nb5 d6
15. Qc2 Bxd5 16. Qxc7 Nf6 17. Qc2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd7 19. Qd3 Ne4 20. Qd5 Nf6 21.
Qd3 Ne4 22. Qd5 Nc5 23. Nxd6 Rad8 24. Rbd1 Rxe2 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. b4 Na4 27. Nxf7
Rf8 28. Ng5 Qc4 29. Rd7 Nc3 30. Rc1 Bd4 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Rxc3 Rxf2+ 33. Qxf2
Qxc3 34. Qe2 Qc6+ 35. Qe4 Rc8 36. Kf3 Qxe4+ 37. Nxe4 Rc2 38. a4 Rxh2 39. b5 Ra2
40. Nc3 Ra3 41. Be5 Kf7 42. Kg4 Ke6 43. Bd4 h6 44. Kf4 Rb3 45. Ke4 g5 46. g4
Rb4 47. Kd3 Rb2 48. Bg7 Rg2 49. Bxh6 Rg3+ 50. Kd2 Rxg4 51. Bg7 Rb4 52. Bf8 Rf4
53. Bh6 Kf6 54. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Ng5
Bd7 16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Ne3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. Bd5 Qd7
22. a5 Rb5 23. Bh2 Qc7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nc4 Nd7 26. Qa4 Nde5 27. Nfxe5 dxe5
28. Bg3 Qd7 29. Qc2 Bd6 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bc7 32. Qf2 Qe8 33. Qf3 Rb3 34.
Qd1 Rb7 35. Qg4 Nxa5 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Bxe5 Qd7 38. Bxg7 Qxg7 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40.
Rf6 Qg5 41. Qxa6 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. g3 Rb2+ 44. Kh1 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb2+ 46.
Kh1 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Rc8
8. c4 e5 9. Qd3 b5 10. Na3 Qb6 11. Be3 Qb7 12. Rac1 b4 13. Nc2 f5 14. Qd5 Qxd5
15. cxd5 a5 16. Bb6 a4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. Bc7 Rb7 20. exf5 Be7 21. Ba5
Kf7 22. Ndc4 Ra8 23. a3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rb5 25. Bb4 Ra6 26. Rfd1 g6 27. fxg6+
hxg6 28. h3 Bf5 29. f3 Ke8 30. Kf2 Kd8 31. g4 Bd7 32. h4 Be8 33. g5 Nh5 34. Ng2
Bf7 35. Nce3 Kd7 36. Rc4 Bd8 37. Rc6 Rbb6 38. Bxd6 Rb2+ 39. Kg1 Bb6 40. Bc5
Bxc5 41. Rxc5 Ng3 42. Nc4 e4 43. Nxb2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Na5 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1
c5 15. b3 O-O 16. O-O Bf6 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf3 g5 19. e4 Nb4 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21.
Nc6 Bc3 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc8 Bxe1 24. Nxa7 Bc3 25. a4 Rd2 26. Nc6 Rb2 27. Nb8
Bb7 28. Rd1 g4 29. Bg2 e5 30. Nd7+ Ke7 31. Nc5 Bc6 32. a5 Bd4 33. Nd3 Rxb3 34.
a6 Bb5 35. a7 Bxa7 36. Nxe5 h5 37. Bf1 Be8 38. Bc4 Rc3 39. Bxf7 Bxf7 40. Rd7+
Ke6 41. Rxa7 Be8 42. Rb7 b3 43. Nc4 Rxc4 44. Rxb3 Rxe4 45. f3 Re2 46. fxg4 hxg4
47. Rb4 Kf5 48. h3 gxh3 49. Rh4 Bc6 50. Rxh3 Kg4 51. Rh6 Be4 52. Kf1 Rc2 53.
Rf6 Rb2 54. Rf4+ Kxg3 55. Rxe4 Kf3 56. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Bb3 a5
9. Re1 Be6 10. Ba4 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Ba7 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Bc2 Ng6 14. d4 Re8 15. Ng3
b5 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Qd2 exd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. Rad1 b4 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Bb3 Ba4 25. Rc1 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qb6 27. Rc4 c5
28. Nf5 Rea8 29. Qe3 Nd7 30. Rcc1 h5 31. Red1 g6 32. Rd6 Qb7 33. Qg5 Nf8 34.
Ne7+ Qxe7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Ne4
Be7 15. c3 Nd6 16. Ng3 Bg5 17. c4 Rc8 18. b3 Qf6 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qd4 Re8 21.
Rd1 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Bd3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. f3 Bg6 16. a4 Rfc8 17. e4 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Rab8 20. Rc1 Rxc1
21. Qxc1 Nf6 22. Re1 Qb4 23. Bc4 b5 24. Ba3 Qa5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Re5 h6 27.
Bd6 Rc8 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 Ne4 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 Nc5 13. Qd2 d6 14. b4 Nxd4
15. exd4 Nd7 16. Bb2 d5 17. c5 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3+ 19. Kf2 c6 20. Qf4 Re8 21. Bf1
Qe6 22. Bd3 Nf8 23. Rhe1 Qd7 24. a4 a6 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Re1 Qd8 27. Bc3 Be6
28. h4 f6 29. g4 Bf7 30. h5 Ne6 31. Qg3 Qb8 32. Qxb8+ Rxb8 33. Kg3 Re8 34. f4
g6 35. f5 gxf5 36. Bxf5 Kg7 37. Re3 Nd8 38. Rxe8 Bxe8 39. Bd2 Bf7 40. h6+ Kg8
41. g5 Be6 42. Bd3 fxg5 43. Bxg5 Nf7 44. Bf4 Bd7 45. Kh4 Nd8 46. Be3 Nf7 47.
Bf4 Nd8 48. Bd2 Ne6 49. Be3 Kh8 50. Bc2 Kg8 51. Bb1 Kh8 52. Bf2 Kg8 53. Bc2 Kh8
54. Bg3 Kg8 55. Be5 Nf8 56. Bd6 Ne6 57. Be5 Nf8 58. Kg5 Kf7 59. Bd3 Ne6+ 60.
Kh5 Kg8 61. Bc2 Be8+ 62. Kh4 Bg6 63. Bd1 Kf7 64. Be2 Bc2 65. b5 axb5 66. axb5
cxb5 67. Bxb5 Nd8 68. Kg5 Ke6 69. Bg7 Nc6 70. Be2 Bf5 71. Bh5 Bh3 72. Bg6 hxg6
73. h7 Nd8 74. h8=Q Nf7+ 75. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. a4 a5 10. e4 Ngf6 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5
15. e5 Bxd4 16. exf6+ Kf8 17. fxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Be4 Qb6 20. Qh5 Ng6
21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Rd7 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Ne5 25. Rd1 Ng6 26. Rd7 Ne5 27.
Rd6 Qc5 28. Nd4 Be7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O b6 6. c4 c5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. g4 e6 10. e3 Ne4 11. d4 f6 12. Nd3 cxd4 13. exd4 f5 14. Ne5 dxc4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Be3 Qd5 18. Rc1 b5 19. b3 Nc6 20. bxc4 bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Nxe5 22. Rc5 Nc4 23. Rxd5 Nxe3 24. Qe2 Nxf1 25. Rd7 Rxf4 26. Qc4 Ne3 27.
Qxe6+ Kh8 28. h3 Raf8 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Qe5+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 d5 8. d4
Ne4 9. Qb2 Be6 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 exd4 12. exd4 Qc3 13. f3 Qxb2 14. Bxb2 Nxd2
15. Kxd2 O-O-O 16. c5 Bf5 17. Bc3 Rhe8 18. g4 Bg6 19. b4 Re6 20. b5 Ne7 21.
Rae1 h5 22. h3 Rh8 23. a4 Kd7 24. Reg1 Re8 25. Bd1 Ng8 26. f4 Be4 27. Rh2 hxg4
28. hxg4 Rh6 29. Rxh6 Nxh6 30. Rg3 f6 31. Rh3 Nf7 32. Kc1 Nd8 33. f5 Nf7 34.
Rh7 Rg8 35. Bd2 Bd3 36. Rh3 Be4 37. Bf4 Rh8 38. c6+ Kc8 39. cxb7+ Kxb7 40. Rxh8
Nxh8 41. Bd2 c6 42. bxc6+ Kxc6 43. Bb4 g6 44. fxg6 Nxg6 45. Kd2 f5 46. g5 f4
47. Be2 Nh4 48. Bc5 Kb7 49. Be7 Nf5 50. Bf6 Ng3 51. Be5 Nxe2 52. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "London Lions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne5 Be7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Rf3 Qe7 16. Raf1 Nd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Rad8 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nexf6+ Nxf6
21. Re3 Qd6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Re5 Rfe8 24. Qe4 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qe6 26. b3 Rd2
27. Rf2 Rd1+ 28. Rf1 Rd2 29. Rf2 Qd7 30. Rxd2 Qxd2 31. e6 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kh7
33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "London Lions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bg2 Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Na4 Bb7 11. c4 c5 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. f4 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15.
Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. g4 Nc6 18. g5 Rfe8 19. f5 Bf8 20. b3 Ne5 21. Bf4 Nc6
22. f6 g6 23. Qf2 Nd4 24. Rd3 Bc8 25. Be3 e5 26. Nd5 Qb7 27. Qh4 Be6 28. Nc3
Qd7 29. Bd2 Qb7 30. Bh3 Rd7 31. Bg4 a5 32. Rh3 h6 33. Nd5 a4 34. Bxe6 Nxe6 35.
Ne7+ Rdxe7 36. fxe7 Rxe7 37. gxh6 Kh7 38. bxa4 Nd4 39. Be3 Rd7 40. Bxd4 cxd4
41. Rhf3 Qa7 42. Qf2 f5 43. exf5 g5 44. f6 e4 45. Rg3 d3 46. Qxa7 Rxa7 47. f7
Kxh6 48. Re3 d5 49. cxd5 Rxa4 50. Rfe1 Kg7 51. Kg2 Rxa2+ 52. Kh3 Ra3 53. Rf1
Ra4 54. Kg4 Rd4 55. Kf5 Rxd5+ 56. Kxe4 Rd7 57. Rxd3 Re7+ 58. Kd5 Rd7+ 59. Kc4
Rc7+ 60. Kb3 Rxf7 61. Rxf7+ Kxf7 62. Rf3+ Kg7 63. Kc4 Bd6 64. h3 Kg6 65. Kd5
Bf4 66. Ke4 Kh5 67. Kd3 Kh4 68. Ke2 Bg3 69. Rf5 Bf4 70. Rxg5 Bxg5 71. Kf3 Kxh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "London Lions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nf3 b6
9. Be2 a5 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. g4 Nfd7 12. h4 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Qc2
Nf8 16. O-O-O a4 17. Rdg1 Kh8 18. h5 Rf7 19. h6 Bf6 20. Bh5 Re7 21. Nde4 Nfd7
22. Bg4 Ba6 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Nxa4 Rf7 25. Be6 Rf8 26. Rg7 Bxg7 27. hxg7+ Kxg7
28. Bxd7 Bxc4 29. Nexc5 Qg5+ 30. Kb1 Qg6 31. Ne6+ Kf6 32. Qxg6+ hxg6 33. Nxf8
Rxf8 34. Nc3 Kg7 35. Rh2 Rf3 36. Bg4 Rd3 37. Kc2 Rd4 38. Bf3 Bd3+ 39. Kc1 e4
40. Rh4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tan, Justin Hy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "London Lions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Ndf3 Bd7 8. Bd3
Bb5 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. a3 Qa6 11. Be3 Bf1 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Qg4 Bxh1 14. Qxg7 Nb4
15. Rc1 Nxc2+ 16. Rxc2 Qd3 17. Qxh8 Kd7 18. Rc3 Qg6 19. Ne2 Re8 20. Nf4 Qg1+
21. Nf1 Nf6 22. f3 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rxh8 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rd3 Bg5 26. Nh3 Bh4+
27. Ng3 Rc8 28. Kd2 Bg2 29. Nf4 Bg5 30. Nge2 Bf1 31. Rc3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Qd7 7. Bb5 c6 8. Bc4 Na6
9. O-O Ne7 10. d3 dxe3 11. fxe3 Nd5 12. d4 b5 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15.
Qxc4 Nxb4 16. Qb3 Ba6 17. Rd1 e4 18. Nfd2 Bd3 19. Na3 a4 20. Qb2 Be2 21. Ndc4
Bxd1 22. Nb6 Nd3 23. Qd2 Qf5 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Nac4 Bh5 26. Qc2 Be7 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bxc4 11. bxc4 O-O 12. a4 a6 13. g3 Nc5 14. Nh4 g6 15.
Ng2 Ne6 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. e5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. c3 Be7 21. d4 b5
22. cxb5 axb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 cxb5 25. d5 Rd8 26. Ne3 Bc5 27. dxe6 Qc6+
28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Rd3 30. Rf1 Bxe3 31. Bb2 Bc5 32. Ra1 Kf8 33. Ra8+ Ke7
34. Rc8 Bb6 35. Ba3+ Kxe6 36. Re8+ Kd7 37. Re7+ Kd8 38. Rxh7 Rxc3 39. Be7+ Kc8
40. Bf6 Re3 41. Rg7 b4 42. Kg2 b3 43. e6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. e3 a6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. c5 Bxc5 8.
dxc5 Nf6 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. O-O b5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7
15. Qd4 Nc6 16. Qd3 Ne5 17. Qd4 Nc6 18. Qe3 b4 19. Na4 Ne5 20. Rad1 Ng6 21. Nc5
Bc6 22. Bg3 Ne8 23. e5 d5 24. e6 f5 25. Bh5 f4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Bxg6 Rf6 28.
Bf7+ Kh8 29. Nd3 Qe7 30. Ne5 Bb5 31. Rfe1 Nd6 32. Ng6+ Rxg6 33. Bxg6 Rf8 34.
Rxd5 Nc4 35. Qc5 Qf6 36. Qxf8+ Qxf8 37. e7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Na6 10. Nd5 Rd6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Nxe5 Re6 14.
f4 Nc5 15. O-O-O Re8 16. Bf3 f6 17. Nd3 Nxe4 18. Rhe1 Nd6 19. c5 Rxe1 20. Rxe1
Nf5 21. Re8+ Kf7 22. Rh8 Kg7 23. Rd8 c6 24. Bg4 Ne7 25. Be6 b5 26. Re8 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Na3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 f6
15. Bf4 Qf7 16. Qc2 g6 17. Re1 Ng7 18. Qb3 b6 19. h3 Bf5 20. Bb5 Na5 21. Qb4 c6
22. Bf1 g5 23. Bg3 Be6 24. Nd2 Re8 25. Nb3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Nd2 Bd5 28.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qd6 Kf7 30. Kf1 Nf5 31. Qb8 Qe7 32. Qc7 Nxg3+ 33. Qxg3 Qxa3 34.
Qc7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rodrigue Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. Qd1 Ne7 14. a3 Ng6
15. b4 Rfe8 16. g3 c6 17. Ne1 Qg5 18. Na4 Bh3 19. Nc5 Re7 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Nd2
Qg5 22. Rc3 Rae8 23. Rac1 Nh4 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 f5 26. Nd3 Bg4 27. a4 Bxf3
28. Qxf3 h5 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Rxe3 32. Qf2 Rxd3 33. bxc6 bxc6
34. Rxd3 Qxc1+ 35. Kg2 g6 36. Qe2 Kf7 37. Rb3 Be7 38. Rb7 Qg5 39. Qe5 Qd2+ 40.
Kh3 Qg5 41. Rc7 Qg4+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Qxe4 fxe4 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Rxc6+ Bd6 46.
Ra6 Kd7 47. Ke3 Ke6 48. Rb6 Kd7 49. Ra6 Ke6 50. Rb6 Kd7 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. Rg7
Kf6 53. Rd7 Ke6 54. Ra7 Be7 55. Ra6+ Kf5 56. Ra5 Bg5+ 57. Ke2 Ke6 58. h3 Be7
59. g4 hxg4 60. hxg4 Bd6 61. Ra6 Kd7 62. Kd2 Bf4+ 63. Kc3 Bd6 64. Rb6 Kc7 65.
Rb5 Kc6 66. Ra5 Bc7 67. Ra6+ Bb6 68. Ra8 Bc7 69. Rg8 Ba5+ 70. Kb3 Bd2 71. Rxg6+
Kd7 72. Kc2 Bf4 73. Rf6 Be3 74. Kc3 Ke7 75. Rf5 Ke6 76. Re5+ Kd6 77. g5 Bf4 78.
Rf5 Be3 79. g6 Bh6 80. Rf6+ Ke7 81. Rf7+ Ke6 82. Rh7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. a3
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Be6 14. O-O Qf6
15. a4 a5 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Nf3 h6 18. Bd2 Bc5 19. Rc1 b6 20. Ne1 Ne5 21. Bc3 d4
22. Bd2 Bg4 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Bf4 Re8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc2 Qe7 27. Nf3 Rd5 28.
Rd2 Qf6 29. Qb3 Rf5 30. Rd3 Rh5 31. Qb5 Qe6 32. Qb3 Qd7 33. h4 Qe7 34. Nxd4 g5
35. Nf3 gxh4 36. Nxh4 Bxe2 37. Re1 Re5 38. Rd2 Bc4 39. Rxe5 Qxe5 40. Qc3 Qe1+
41. Kh2 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Re1 Qd7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. b4 Ng6 11. b5 Nce7 12. Qa4 Kb8 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
d4 15. c4 Nf4 16. Bf1 Neg6 17. c5 Rhe8 18. Nc4 Qd5 19. b6 cxb6 20. cxb6 a6 21.
Ba3 Nh4 22. Bd6+ Ka8 23. Ne3 Nh3+ 24. gxh3 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 dxe3 26. Rxe3 Bd7 27.
Qb3 Qxb3 28. axb3 Bc6 29. Bg2 Nd4 30. Bxc6 Nxc6 31. b4 f6 32. b5 Nxe5 33. Bxe5
Rxe5 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Rxa6+ Kb7 37. Ra7+ Kxb6 38. Rxg7 Rh8 39.
Re7 Kc5 40. Rxe5+ Kd6 41. Rh5 Ke6 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Ra5 Rc8 45. Ra6+
Kg7 46. f4 Rc2 47. h4 h5 48. Ra5 Kh6 49. Rg5 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52.
Kg2 Rc2+ 53. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 O-O 13. Rb1 Rb6 14. Qa3
Qxa3 15. bxa3 Rxb1+ 16. Bxb1 Rb8 17. Kd1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. h3 exf3 20. hxg4
fxg2 21. Rg1 Rb2 22. Rxg2 Rxa2 23. f4 Ne7 24. Rg3 Rxa3 25. Kc2 Ra2+ 26. Kd3 Nd5
27. Rf3 Kf8 28. f5 Ke7 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. g5 Ra1 31. Ne4 a5 32. Rf2 Re1 33. Nc5
Re3+ 34. Kd2 Rxc3 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Nxe6 Rg3 37. Re5 Nb4 38. Nf4 Nc6 39. Rf5+ Ke7
40. d5 Nd4 41. d6+ Kd7 42. Rf7+ Kxd6 43. Rxg7 Nf3+ 44. Kc2 Nxg5 45. Ra7 Ra3 46.
Rg7 Rg3 47. Ra7 Ra3 48. Rg7 h6 49. Rg6+ Ke5 50. Nd3+ Ke4 51. Nc5+ Kd5 52. Nd3
Ke4 53. Nc5+ Kd5 54. Nd3 Nf7 55. Rf6 Nd6 56. Rxh6 Ne4 57. Nc1 a4 58. Kb2 Rf3
59. Rh8 Kc4 60. Rc8+ Nc5 61. Rc7 Rg3 62. Rc8 Rg2+ 63. Ka3 Rc2 64. Na2 Rd2 65.
Nb4 Kb5 66. Rb8+ Kc4 67. Rc8 Rd6 68. Rc7 Re6 69. Nd3 Kxd3 70. Rxc5 Kd4 71. Ra5
Re4 72. Rxa4+ Ke5 73. Rxe4+ Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. O-O Qh5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3
Nc6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Ba4 Nh5 17. Bh2 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Ne4 Nf6
21. Nc5 b6 22. Nd3 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne5 e6 25. Bb3 Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27.
Kf3 a6 28. a4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rd4 Rc7 31. Rb4 Rc5 32. Rd4 h6 33. Rd1 Rc7
34. Ra1 Ne8 35. Nd3 Nd6 36. Ra5 Rb7 37. Nc5 Rc7 38. Nd3 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40.
Ra1 f5 41. Ke2 Bf6 42. Ra6 Nc4 43. f4 Kf7 44. fxg5 Bxg5 45. Bxc4 bxc4 46. Ne5+
Ke7 47. Nc6+ Kf7 48. Nd4 Bf6 49. Nxe6 Rb7 50. Nd4 Rxb2+ 51. Kf3 Bxd4 52. exd4
Rd2 53. Kf4 c3 54. Kxf5 Rxd4 55. Rc6 Rd3 56. h4 Rh3 57. Kg4 Rd3 58. Kf5 Rh3 59.
Kg4 Rd3 60. Kf5 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Re1 h6 13. d4 bxc3 14. bxc3 exd4 15.
cxd4 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bb1 Nd7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nd4 Bf6 21. N2f3 Re8
22. Bd2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Be3 Qf6 25. Qd2 Nxd5 26. exd5 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxe1+
28. Qxe1 Qxd4 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Rc1 Qxd5 31. Rxc7 Kh7 32. Qa1 Rg8 33. Re7 Qf3
34. Re3 Qf7 35. Qd4 Rf8 36. Rd3 a5 37. Rc3 Qf4 38. Qxf4 Rxf4 39. Rd3 Rxa4 40.
Rxd6 Rb4 41. Ra6 a4 42. Kg2 g5 43. f3 Kg8 44. Ra7 Kh7 45. Ra6 Rc4 46. Kg3 Rb4
47. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xu, Grant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Qe4 f5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Be3 Re8
15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Bb5 Na5 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. b3 Nc6 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bb1 f4 21. Bxf4
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Bxd4 24. Qd2 Bb5 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 27.
Kh1 Qd4 28. Qb5 Re4 29. Rxf2 Re1+ 30. Rf1 a6 31. Qxd5+ Qxd5 32. Rxe1 Qa5 33.
Re8+ Kf7 34. Re2 Qd5 35. Kg1 g5 36. Be3 h6 37. h3 h5 38. Rd2 Qe5 39. Bf2 g4 40.
hxg4 hxg4 41. g3 b5 42. Rd4 Qe2 43. a4 bxa4 44. bxa4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Ng5 e6 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Be2 b6
15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Qa4 h6 17. Ne4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rxd4 19. Qb3 Bxe4 20. Bb2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Checa, Nicolas D"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nd3 b6 14. Qb3 Bb7 15.
Nb5 a6 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Na4 Qd8 18. h3 Bf8 19. f4 Rc4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 b5
22. Nc3 Qg5 23. Bxc4 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 dxc4 25. Nd5 Qxc1 26. Qf3 Qxf1+ 27. Qxf1
Bxd5 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4
8. Bf4 g5 9. Be3 f6 10. g3 Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bg2 Nf5 13. O-O Nxe3 14. fxe3
O-O 15. Qb3 Kg7 16. Rf2 Ne7 17. Raf1 h6 18. Nd2 c6 19. e4 Qb6 20. Qe3 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Nd5 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. h4 gxh4 24. gxh4 Bg4 25. Nc5 Rad8 26. e4 Ne7 27. e5
Ng8 28. exf6+ Kf7 29. Qd3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Qa4 Ng4 7. Nh3 Bg7 8.
Bd2 Qc6 9. Qxc6 dxc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. b3 Na6 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Bg2 h6 14. e3
Rad8 15. f4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Bb4 Rxe3 20. Rhe1
Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rd1 b6 23. Rd7 c5 24. Bd2 e5 25. fxe5 g5 26. Rxa7 Rxe5
27. a4 Re2 28. Ng1 Rxh2 29. Nf3 Rg2 30. Be1 Re2 31. Kd1 Rb2 32. Nd2 Ne3+ 33.
Kc1 Rc2+ 34. Kb1 Bc3 35. Nf1 Rb2+ 36. Kc1 Rc2+ 37. Kb1 Rb2+ 38. Kc1 Rxb3 39.
Bxc3 Nxf1 40. Kc2 Ra3 41. Kb2 Rxc3 42. Kxc3 Nxg3 43. Rb7 h5 44. Rxb6 h4 45. a5
h3 46. a6 Ne2+ 47. Kd2 h2 48. a7 h1=Q 49. Rb8+ Kg7 50. a8=Q Qxa8 51. Rxa8 Nd4
52. Ke3 f5 53. Ra6 Kf7 54. Rd6 Ne6 55. Rd5 Kf6 56. Kf3 g4+ 57. Kg3 Kg5 58. Re5
Kf6 59. Rd5 Ng5 60. Kf4 Ne6+ 61. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia Kangaroos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 c6 7. axb5 cxb5 8. e5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nbd7 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. exf6 Bb7 14. Qf4 a6
15. Nc3 Nb6 16. h4 Bb4 17. Rh3 Nd5 18. Qe5 Bd6 19. Qe2 Bb4 20. Qe5 Rc8 21. Rd1
Kf8 22. Rd2 Qa5 23. Qg3 Qa1+ 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rc2 Qb1 27. Rd2 Bxd2
28. Bxd2 c3 29. Qd6 Qe4+ 30. Kd1 Bb3+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Cheng Du Pandas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Ke2 Nc8 13. Rhc1 Nd6 14. b4
a6 15. a4 Be7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 O-O 18. Nd2 f5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Rfc8
21. f3 Nb5 22. Nc5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 f4 24. Ndb3 fxe3 25. Kxe3 Nd6 26. Nxe6 fxe6
27. Ra7 Kf7 28. Nc5 Nb5 29. Bxb5 cxb5 30. Rb7 Ra8 31. g4 Ra2 32. Nd3 Ra3 33.
Rxb5 Bg5+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Rb2 Ra4 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Nc5 Ra2+ 39.
Kf1 Be3 40. Rb3 Bf2 41. Nxe6+ Kf7 42. Ng5+ Kg6 43. Ne6 Kf7 44. Rb6 Be3 45. h4
Rf2+ 46. Ke1 Rxf3 47. Ke2 Rh3 48. h5 h6 49. Rb3 Rh2+ 50. Kf3 Bg1 51. Rb6 Rf2+
52. Kg3 Rf6 53. Rb1 Bf2+ 54. Kg2 Rxe6 55. Kxf2 Re4 56. Rb7+ Kg8 57. Rb6 Kh7 58.
Rb7+ Kg8 59. Rb6 Kh7 60. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Priyadharshan, Kannappan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delhi Dynamite"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3
Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 d5 15.
exd5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Bb6 18. Bb3 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Be6 20. Rd1 Ndf4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ghosh, Diptayan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8
15. Qa4 a5 16. Nc3 Nh5 17. Be3 Rc4 18. Qc2 Bb4 19. Rd3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qb1
Qb7 22. Bd2 Nhf6 23. a3 Be7 24. e3 b5 25. Ne2 Qa6 26. Bf1 Ne4 27. Be1 Rxc1 28.
Nxc1 Qc6 29. Rd1 b4 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 f5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Rb1
O-O 9. b4 a6 10. Bd2 Kh8 11. a4 Ne7 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Rb8 14. Qa4 Be6 15.
Rfc1 b6 16. Ne1 Qd7 17. Nc2 f4 18. Nb4 Bh3 19. Rf1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 d5 21. cxd5
Nexd5 22. Nbxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Nf6 24. Qxe5 Rbe8 25. Qxf4 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rxf4 27.
Bxf4 Be5 28. Bxe5+ Rxe5 29. Rfc1 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 Qxb5 31. Rxc7 Qe5 32. Rb7 Qd4
33. e3 Qd5 34. Rxb6 Qxd3 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kf8 37. Rb4 Qd5 38. Rd4 Qc6 39.
h4 h6 40. g4 Kf7 41. Kg3 Qc1 42. Kg2 Qc6 43. f3 Qc2+ 44. Nf2 Qc1 45. Rf4+ Kg7
46. Re4 Qc2 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Qc1 49. Re5 Qc3 50. f4 Kf7 51. Re4 Qc6 52. Kf3
Qc1 53. Rd4 Qg1 54. Rd7+ Kf8 55. Rd6 Kf7 56. e4 Qc1 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Rd6 Qc3+
59. Rd3 Qc1 60. e5 Kf7 61. Rd7+ Ke6 62. Rd6+ Kf7 63. Rf6+ Kg7 64. e6 Qc3+ 65.
Kg4 Qe3 66. Nh1 Qe2+ 67. Kh3 Qf1+ 68. Kh2 Qe2+ 69. Kg3 Qe3+ 70. Kg2 Qe4+ 71.
Kh2 Qe2+ 72. Kh3 Qf1+ 73. Kh2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Bb7 8. Ne4 Nh6
9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Nb6 11. Qe1 Qd7 12. Ng3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15.
Nxe4 Qc6 16. Ng3 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. f5 Rae8 19. Qf2 Ng4 20. Qc2 g5 21. h3 Ne3
22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Rae1 Rfe8 24. Qf2 Nd5 25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Re1 Bf8
28. Ne4 h6 29. h4 g4 30. Nfd2 c4 31. Kh1 h5 32. Nf1 Re5 33. Nfg3 Qe8 34. Qd4
Kh8 35. Re2 Bg7 36. Nd6 Qg8 37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. Qa7 Nf6 39. Nf7+ Kh7 40. Ng5+ Kh8
41. Nf7+ Kh7 42. Ng5+ Kh6 43. Qxa6 Qd5 44. N5e4 Qf7 45. Qxb5 Nxe4 46. Nxe4 Qxf5
47. Qc6+ Kh7 48. Qxc4 Qf4 49. Ng5+ Kg6 50. Qd3+ Kf6 51. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 f4 20. Ra7 Rf7 21. Qe2
Qb6 22. Ra1 c4 23. b3 Ne6 24. Rd1 g6 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. Bd2 Qc7 27. Ra6 Nc5 28.
Ra2 Nd3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxe5 31. Ra5 Qf5 32. Be1 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Rf5 34.
Kg1 Kf7 35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Ra6+ Rd6 37. Rxd6+ Bxd6 38. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be5 f6 9. Bg3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. Nb3 g5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 f4 17. gxf4 Bg4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf4 21.
Qc3 Qd6 22. Rac1 Rh4 23. g3 Rh6 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Qg2 Rf8 26. Rfe1 a5 27. a4 Qb7
28. Nxa5 Qd7 29. Nb3 Qg4 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Qxc6 Qf5 33. Re2 Qd3
34. Qc2 Qf3 35. Re3 Qg4 36. a5 h5 37. Qe2 Qh3 38. a6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. e3 a5 12. a3 Nb6 13. c5 Nd7 14. b4 e5 15.
Nb3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Re8 18. Ra8 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nf6 20. Qa4 Qc7 21.
Qa7 Bd7 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Qa8 g6 24. Bh3 Kg7 25. Qc8 Bd8 26. Qxc7 Bxc7 27. Bc8
b6 28. Bb7 bxc5 29. bxc5 Be5 30. Nce2 Ne4 31. Bxc6 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Bxc6 33. Nxc6
Kf6 34. Nb4 Nxc5 35. Nxd5+ Ke5 36. Nc3 h5 37. f3 g5 38. h3 f5 39. f4+ Kf6 40.
Kf2 Kg6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Nd5+ Kg6 43. fxg5 Kxg5 44. h4+ Kg6 45. Nf4+ Kh6 46. Ne2
Kg6 47. Nd4 Kf6 48. Nb5 Kg6 49. Nc7 Kf6 50. Ne8+ Kg6 51. Nd6 Kf6 52. Nc4 Kg6
53. Nd2 Kf6 54. Nb1 Ne4 55. Na3 Nc5 56. Nc4 Kg6 57. Nb6 Kf6 58. Nd5+ Kg6 59.
Nb4 Kf6 60. Nd5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Bc4 Bf5 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ne5 dxe5 13. Rxd7 Bxd7 14.
Bc4 O-O 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. Qf3 Bd6 17. Bd5 Rde8 18. g4 e4 19. Qg2 Ne5 20. h3 Bc6
21. Qxe4 Ng6 22. Qh1 Ne7 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. c4 Rd8 25. c3 Rfe8 26. Kc2 Be7 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. b4 Rd7 29. b5 axb5 30. cxb5 Na5 31. Qe4 b6 32. c4 Bf8 33. c5 Re7
34. Qd5 Re6 35. c6 Bd6 36. Bxb6 Re5 37. Qxe5 Bxe5 38. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yu, Jennifer R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O a6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Ne5 12. b3 Neg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxg4 hxg5
15. Bxc8 Raxc8 16. Qxg5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. Rcd1 Bg7 19. Rd3 Qd7 20. Re1
Rfe8 21. Qh4 Qf5 22. Rf3 Qa5 23. Rfe3 Qh5 24. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 dxc4 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. dxc5 Ne5 8. Qc2
Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 Rc8 11. Qf4 Bd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. Qf4 Bd6 14. Qe3
Qa5+ 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. O-O Nf6 17. Rd1 Bc5 18. Bxc6+ Rxc6 19. Qf3 O-O 20. Be3
Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd4 Rfc8 24. Rad1 Kf8 25. f3 Ke7 26. Kf2 g5
27. h4 h6 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. g4 Rc4 30. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Qe2 Be6 13. f4 b5 14. Ne3 exf4 15.
Rxf4 O-O 16. Nf5 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. d4 f6 19. Qg4 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 g5 21. h4 Qe8
22. Bc2 Bd8 23. e6 Nb6 24. hxg5 h5 25. Qg3 Qg6 26. Bf4 Nc4 27. gxf6 Qxg3 28.
f7+ Kg7 29. Bxg3 Ne3 30. Be5+ Kg6 31. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Tillis, Bryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. h3
Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O Ng7 12. b4 a6 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. a4 Ne4 15. Bxe4
Bxh4 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bf6 19. Qc2 O-O 20. Na4 Rc8 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Rfc1 Ne7 23. Nc5 Kg7 24. Rb7 Rc7 25. Rcb1 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Qa8 27. g4 h6
28. Qb2 Qc8 29. Qb6 Re8 30. Nd7 Qd8 31. Nxf6 Kxf6 32. Qa7 Qd6 33. Ne5 Qe6 34.
Rd7 Kg7 35. Qc5 h5 36. Rd6 Qc8 37. Rd7 hxg4 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Qxe7 Qf5 40. hxg4
Qb1+ 41. Kh2 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. Bb2 e5 5. c5 a5 6. a3 axb4 7. axb4 Rxa1 8. Bxa1
Nc6 9. Qb3 e4 10. b5 Na5 11. Qa4 exf3 12. Qxa5 fxg2 13. Bxg2 Bxc5 14. O-O Ne7
15. Rc1 Qd6 16. Qa4 b6 17. d3 Qe5 18. e3 Qg5 19. Bxd4 Bb7 20. f3 Bxf3 21. Rc2
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nf5 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. exf4 Bxg2 25. Rxg2 Kd7 26. Nc3 Ra8 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "London Lions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Bh6 O-O 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 Bb7 12. Ng3 a6 13. h3 e5 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 Nc5
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf5+ Kg8 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Ng5 Ng8 20. Nxg8 Kxg8 21. f4 f6 22.
Nf3 Rae8 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. b4 cxb3 25. axb3 Bc8 26. b4 Nd7 27. Bd3 Nb6 28. Kh2
Kg7 29. Qe3 h6 30. Nd2 Qxc3 31. Rac1 Qd4 32. Rc7+ Bd7 33. Qxd4 exd4 34. Rxf8
Rxf8 35. Rb7 Rf2 36. Nf3 Na4 37. Rxd7+ Kf8 38. e5 dxe5 39. Nxe5 Nb2 40. Bxg6
Nc4 41. Ng4 Re2 42. d6 Ne3 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Kh8 45. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qd2 a5 13. f3 a4 14. Na3 Qa5 15.
f4 Nc5 16. Bf3 Nb4 17. Be2 Nxa2 18. Nxa2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Bxb2 21.
Bb4 Bxc1 22. Nxc1 Nxe4 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Nd3 Bg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Kg1 Rfc8 27.
Re1 Kf8 28. h3 Nf6 29. Kf2 Nd7 30. Ke3 Nb8 31. Rb1 Nc6 32. Bc3 Rc7 33. g4 Na5
34. Rb4 Rac8 35. Nb2 d5 36. Be5 Nc6 37. Rxa4 Nxe5 38. fxe5 dxc4 39. Rxc4 Rxc4
40. Naxc4 Rc5 41. Kd4 Rb5 42. Kc3 f6 43. Nd3 Rb1 44. exf6 exf6 45. Nd6 Ke7 46.
Ne4 f5 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Ng5 Rg1 49. h4 Rg4 50. Nxh7 Rxh4 51. Ng5 Kf6 52. Nf3
Re4 53. Nd2 Re7 54. Nc4 Kg5 55. Kb4 f4 56. Nxf4 Kxf4 57. Na5 Re1 58. Kc5 Rc1+
59. Kb6 Rb1+ 60. Kc7 b5 61. Kc6 Ke4 62. Kc5 Kd3 63. Nc6 Kc3 64. Nd4 b4 65. Ne2+
Kb3 66. Nd4+ Ka4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Checa, Nicolas D"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8.
e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6 12. Qc2 c6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. a3 Bd6
15. O-O-O Qf6 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bg4
21. Be2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 f6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. e4 gxf4 25. Qf3 d4 26. Ne2 Nc4 27.
Qxf4+ Qxf4 28. gxf4 d3 29. Nc3 Rhg8 30. b3 Ne3 31. Rd2 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Nxg2 33.
f5 d2 34. Nd1 Re8 35. f6 Kc7 36. Rh2 Ne1 37. Rxd2 Nf3 38. Rf2 Ng5 39. Nc3 Kd6
40. Kc2 Rf8 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Ne2 Rxf6 43. Nd4+ Ke5 44. Rh2 Rd6 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. Qe1 a6 14. Nc4 Ba7 15.
Ne3 Be6 16. Qe2 h5 17. h3 Kg7 18. Rad1 Rh8 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. Bh2 Rag8 21. d4 exd4
22. cxd4 Bxb3 23. Nf5+ Kh7 24. axb3 Re8 25. Qf3 Rxe4 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Qxf6 Rg8
28. Qf3 Re6 29. Qxh5+ Rh6 30. Qe2 f5 31. Rfe1 f4 32. Qe4+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Qxe7 34.
Rxe7+ Kg6 35. Rxb7 Rh7 36. Rxh7 Kxh7 37. g3 g4 38. gxf4 gxh3+ 39. Bg3 Kg6 40.
Kh2 Kf5 41. Kxh3 Ke4 42. Re1+ Kf5 43. Ra1 Bxd4 44. Rxa6 Rg6 45. f3 Rh6+ 46. Kg2
Bxb2 47. Ra5+ Ke6 48. f5+ Kd7 49. Bf4 Rf6 50. Kg3 Bc3 51. Ra7+ Kc6 52. Kg4 Rf8
53. Ra6+ Kb5 54. Rxd6 Rg8+ 55. Bg5 Kc5 56. Rd3 Bb2 57. f4 Kc6 58. Rd2 Ba1 59.
Rd1 Bb2 60. Rb1 Bc3 61. Rc1 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Bc6
15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. b4 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qg3
Qb7 22. Qh3 h6 23. Rf3 Qc8 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Rg8 27. Ree3 Bb7
28. Qh4 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Kh7 30. h3 Qc4 31. Rd4 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Nd5 33. Qg4 Nf6 34.
Bxf6 Bxf6 35. Rd7 Bxg2 36. Rxg2 Bxc3 37. Rxf7 Qc4 38. Re7 Kh8 39. Rxe6 Rf8 40.
Re7 Qxf4+ 41. Qxf4 Rxf4 42. Re6 Rf3 43. Rge2 a5 44. R6e3 Rxe3 45. Rxe3 axb4 46.
Kg2 Kg8 47. axb4 Bxb4 48. Rb3 Be7 49. Rxb5 Kf7 50. Kf3 g5 51. Kg4 Kg6 52. Rb6+
Bf6 53. Rxf6+ Kxf6 54. Kh5 Kf5 55. c4 Kf4 56. c5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. h3 d5 14. a5 Bf8 15. Bb3
bxc3 16. bxc3 dxe4 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Ba3 Be8 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. Ndxe4 Nd5 21. Nf3
Kh8 22. Bc4 f5 23. Ng3 Nxc3 24. Qc1 f4 25. Nf5 Bb4 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Qf6
28. d4 Bd7 29. Qxf4 Rf8 30. g4 g6 31. g5 Qd8 32. Rc5 Qe8 33. Re5 Qd8 34. Rc5
Qe8 35. Re5 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. d4 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. c4 b6 13. b4 a5 14. a3 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb1 Nd7 18. Qxf5 Rxf5 19. Ne4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Nfd2
Rff8 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. f3 Rfc8 24. Kf2 Ra6 25. Ke2 Rca8 26. Rab1 axb4 27. axb4
Kf7 28. Nb5 Bd8 29. Kd3 Ra2 30. Nc3 R2a3 31. Nb3 Ke8 32. Ra1 Kd7 33. Rxa3 Rxa3
34. Rb1 Nh5 35. Kc2 Bg5 36. Ne4 Be3 37. g3 Ra2+ 38. Rb2 Rxb2+ 39. Kxb2 Bg1 40.
h4 Bh2 41. g4 Nf4 42. h5 Nd3+ 43. Kc3 Ne1 44. Kd2 Nxf3+ 45. Ke2 Nh4 46. Ng5 Bf4
47. Ne6 g5 48. Kf2 h6 49. b5 Kc8 50. Nf8 Kd8 51. Ne6+ Kd7 52. Nf8+ Ke7 53. Ne6
Kd7 54. Nf8+ Ke7 55. Ne6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pigott, John C"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 a5
15. Nc5 c6 16. Re1 Re5 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Be6 19. a3 Rb5 20. Qc2 Qb6 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. Qd1 Bxb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Ra1 Rbb2 26. Bf3 Qa5 27. Kg2
Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Qxa1 29. Rxa1 Ba2 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. Rc5 Be6 32. g4 Ke7 33. h4 Kd6
34. Rh5 h6 35. g5 Rb5 36. gxh6 Rxh5 37. Bxh5 gxh6 38. e3 Kc5 39. Kf1 Kb4 40.
Bd1 dxe3 41. fxe3 Kc3 42. d4 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bd2 f5 13. a5 f4 14. Re1 Nf6 15.
Bd3 f3 16. Qxf3 Ng4 17. Qe4 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Rxf5 19. Bxf5 a6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Bxg4 Qxd5 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Bf3 Qb5 24. Re4 Rd8 25. g3 Qc5 26. Raa4 Rd7 27. Rac4
Qe7 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rec4 e4 30. Bxe4 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 g6 32. Bxb7 Qe1+ 33. Kg2
Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. c3 Qe2 36. b4 h5 37. Rc7+ Kh6 38. h4 g5 39. Bf3 Qb5 40.
Rc5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. Rfd1 f5 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Nf6 14. e3 Bd7
15. Nf3 Be8 16. Ne2 a4 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Nfd3 Qe7 20. Rdc1 Ra7 21.
Re1 Rd8 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. f3 Ra8 24. Rbd1 Kh8 25. Nf2 Bc7 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Rc1
Bb6 28. Qd3 Rc7 29. Qb5 Ba5 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Rd1 Qb6 32. Bf1 Kg8 33. Qxb6 Bxb6
34. Nd3 Ne8 35. Ne5 Nd6 36. Rc1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Ba6
8. a3 Qxc5 9. c4 Nh6 10. b4 Qh5 11. Rb1 f5 12. exf5 O-O 13. fxg6 Qxg6 14. Bb2
e5 15. O-O Rae8 16. Qb3 d6 17. Rfe1 Bc8 18. c5+ Be6 19. Qc3 Nf5 20. Qd3 Bd5 21.
cxd6 e4 22. Nxe4 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Nxd6 24. Nc5 Qg7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rb1 Nc4 27.
Nh4 Kh8 28. h3 Qf6 29. g3 Ne5 30. Qd4 Kg8 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Nc4 33. a4 Kf7
34. Rd1 Nb2 35. Rb1 Nc4 36. Kh2 Re2 37. Kg3 Nd6 38. f3 Nc4 39. b5 Nd2 40. Rd1
h5 41. Nf5 cxb5 42. axb5 h4+ 43. Nxh4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. O-O O-O
15. Kh1 Bd4 16. Qg4 Rad8 17. b4 a6 18. Na5 Rb8 19. f4 exf4 20. c3 Bb6 21. Bxf4
Bxa5 22. bxa5 Rbd8 23. d4 c5 24. d5 Nxf4 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxf4 Re7 27. h4 Re5
28. Ra4 f5 29. exf5 Rexf5 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Ra3 Rxd5 32. Rb3 c4 33. Rxb7 Rxa5
34. Rxc7 Rb5 35. Rxc4 Rxb2 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38. Rc6+ Kh5 39. Rxa6 Kxh4
40. Ra7 h5 41. Rxg7 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rh1+ 43. Kxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. Rg1 Re8 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. h5
Bf8 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. g6 fxg6 18. hxg6 h6 19. Rh1 b4 20. Rh5 Nc5 21. axb4 Rxb4
22. Bc4 Qa1+ 23. Nb1 Nxe4 24. Rd3 d5 25. Ra3 Bc5 26. Rxa1 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxc4
28. c3 Rf8 29. Rh4 Ng3 30. b3 Nf5 31. bxc4 Nxh4 32. cxd5 exd5 33. Ra5 Nxg6 34.
Rxd5 Nxf4 35. Ra5 h5 36. Kd2 h4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 h5 7. h4 Nf6 8. Nge2 O-O
9. e4 Nd7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. O-O Ne6 13. f4 Ned4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nd5
f5 16. b4 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rc1 a5 19. b5 Bd7 20. Qd2 b6 21. Kh2 Rae8 22.
Ng1 Bf6 23. Rce1 Qg7 24. Bh3 Re7 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Re1 Qf7 28.
Bg2 Kh7 29. Bd5 Qg6 30. Nf3 Re8 31. Ng5+ Bxg5 32. hxg5 Kg7 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34.
Qf2 Kg6 35. Qxd4 Qe2+ 36. Bg2 h4 37. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 e4 7. dxc6 dxc6
8. Bc4 exf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. c3 Qh4 11. d3 Bd6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3
Qe7+ 15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Ra4 Rae8 17. Re4 Rxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd8 19. O-O Re8 20. Qc4 Qf6
21. Qg4 Qe5 22. g3 Qd5 23. Qd1 Qe6 24. Kg2 Qd5+ 25. Kg1 h5 26. h4 c5 27. c4 Qf5
28. Kg2 Be5 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Re3 Bd4 31. Rf3 Qg6 32. Be3 Bf6 33. Bxc5 b6 34. Bb4
Bxb2 35. Qe2 Bf6 36. Be7 Re8 37. Re3 Bxe7 38. Rxe7 Qc6+ 39. Kg1 Rxe7 40. Qxe7
a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Ba6 14. Nd6 b5
15. b3 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. e4 Nb4 18. Qc3 Nd3 19. Qa5 c5 20. bxc4 bxc4 21.
e5 Qb6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. a4 Nxe5 25. Bc3 Nd3 26. Rab1 Rb8 27. Ba5
g5 28. Rd2 b5 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 Bxb5 31. Bc3 Bc6 32. Ra2 h6 33. Ra7 Bf3
34. Kf1 e5 35. Re7 f6 36. Rc7 h5 37. Bd2 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. Be3 c3 40. Bxc5
c2 41. Ba3 Bd1 42. f3 h3 43. Rc3 Nf4 44. Bc1 Ne6 45. Kf2 Kf7 46. Rc6 Nd4 47.
Rc7+ Kg6 48. Rc3 Ne6 49. Rc4 Kf5 50. Be3 Kg6 51. Bc1 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke7 53. Ke4
Kd6 54. Ba3+ Kd7 55. Bc1 Kd6 56. Ba3+ Kd7 57. Bc1 Nd4 58. Rxd4+ exd4 59. f4 f5+
60. Kxd4 Bf3 61. Ke3 Be4 62. Ba3 Kc6 63. Bc1 Kd5 64. Bb2 Kc4 65. Bc1 Kc3 66.
Ba3 Bc6 67. Bc1 Kb3 68. Kd4 Ka2 69. Kc3 Ba4 70. Kd2 Kb3 71. Ke3 Kb4 72. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nc6
15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Re1 Ng6 17. Ne5 Nf4 18. Bf1 Ng6 19. Bd3 Nf4 20. Bf1 Ng6 21.
Nxg6 hxg6 22. a4 Bc6 23. Ra3 Qf4 24. Qe2 Rac8 25. h3 Qd6 26. a5 Rb8 27. Re3 Qd7
28. Re5 Rdc8 29. h4 Re8 30. axb6 axb6 31. h5 Nxh5 32. Rxh5 gxh5 33. Qxh5 f5 34.
Re3 Qf7 35. Qh2 Qf6 36. Bc3 f4 37. Re5 Qg6 38. Rh5 Qe4 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Rh4 Kg8
41. Rh8+ Kf7 42. Rh4 Kg8 43. Rxf4 Qc2 44. Qg3 Rb7 45. Rg4 Ree7 46. Bd3 Qc1+ 47.
Kh2 Be8 48. d5 exd5 49. Qh3 Re4 50. Bxe4 dxe4 51. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. f4
Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. f5 d4 24. f6 gxf6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. cxd4 Qe6 27. d5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qd2 Nh5 15.
Nc4 Bc7 16. d4 Qe7 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nf4 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Kh1
Qg6 22. Rd2 Qh5 23. Bd1 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Be6 25. h4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Bb6 27. Rd2 d5
28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Rd3 d4
34. c4 Rc8 35. b3 Bc5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Be5 Rc6 38. Rd2 Re6 39. Bxd4 Bxd4 40.
Rxd4 Re2 41. Rd7 Rxf2 42. a4 b6 43. Rxa7 Rb2 44. Rb7 Rxb3 45. a5 Rc3 46. a6 Kg7
47. a7 Ra3 48. g4 Kf6 49. Rxb6+ Ke5 50. Rb7 Kf4 51. Kg2 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Kxg4 53.
c5 f5 54. c6 Ra1+ 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Ke1 Ra1+ 57. Kd2 Ra2+ 58. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. d4 h6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. c4 c5
15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. Qf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. h3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Re8
21. Qf5 Qc6 22. Bxe5 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Bb2 Ng5 25. Kf1 Re7 26. h4 Ne6 27.
g3 f6 28. f4 Kf7 29. h5 Ke8 30. Kf2 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. Kf3 Nd8 33. Ke4 Ke6
34. g4 Nf7 35. Bc3 Nd6+ 36. Kd3 Nf7 37. a3 a5 38. Ke3 Nd6 39. Kd3 Nf7 40. Bd2
Nd6 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Nb7 43. Be3 f5 44. g5 Kf7 45. g6+ Ke6 46. Bd2 cxb4 47.
Bxb4 Nc5+ 48. Ke3 Nd7 49. Bc3 Nf6 50. Bxf6 Kxf6 51. Kd4 Ke6 52. c5 b5 53. c6
Kd6 54. c7 Kxc7 55. Kc5 b4 56. Kxb4 Kb6 57. Kc4 Kc6 58. Kd4 Kd6 59. Kc4 Kc6 60.
Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qd2 Nh5 15.
Nc4 Be6 16. Rad1 Kg7 17. Qe2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 h5 19. d4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 exd4 21.
cxd4 d5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qd3 Rh8 24. Rfe1 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qh7+ Kf6 27.
Bb3 Qd7 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qxg5+ f6 30. Re1+ Kd8 31. Qxf6+ Kc7 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33.
Qf7+ Qxf7 34. Bxf7 Bxd4 35. b3 b5 36. Bxh5 Kd6 37. Kf1 c5 38. Bf7 Ke7 39. Bd5
Kd6 40. Bf7 Ke7 41. Bg8 a5 42. f4 c4 43. bxc4 b4 44. c5 a4 45. c6 Kd6 46. Ke2
Kxc6 47. Kd3 Bf2 48. g4 Kd6 49. g5 Ke7 50. Ke4 Kf8 51. Bc4 Kg7 52. Kf3 Be1 53.
Kg4 b3 54. axb3 a3 55. b4 Bxb4 56. Ba2 Bd2 57. f5 Bc1 58. Kh5 Bb2 59. f6+ Kh8
60. Kg4 Bc3 61. Kf5 Bd4 62. Bb1 Bc5 63. g6 Bf8 64. g7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. h4 a6 20. Ne5 Nf6
21. Qf4 Qd6 22. g4 Re7 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh5 25. Qe3 g6 26. Rd3 Rec7 27. Kg2
a5 28. Bd1 Ba6 29. Bxh5 Bxd3 30. Bf3 Rd8 31. Rh1 Bf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qxd4 33. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8.
O-O-O Qb6 9. g4 h6 10. Qg3 Bb4 11. e5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. exf6
Nxf6 15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. c3 Qd6 17. f4 h5 18. g5 h4 19. Qf2 Nh5 20. Rhf1 Ng3 21.
Rfe1 Kb8 22. Re5 f6 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Ra5 a6 25. Ra4 Rh5 26. Bf3 Rf5 27. Rd4
Qc7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bg4 Rd5 30. Qe3 e5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Qf4 Ka8 33. Bf3 Rf5
34. Qe3 Qd6 35. d4 Qf4 36. Rd3 Qd6 37. c4 Qf4 38. c5 Qxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Rf4 40. d5
Nf5 41. Re8+ Ka7 42. d6 Ng7 43. d7 Nxe8 44. dxe8=Q Rxf3 45. Qe6 f5 46. a3 Rxh3
47. Qxf5 Rh1+ 48. Kc2 Re1 49. Qg4 Re5 50. b4 Re3 51. Kb2 h3 52. Qh5 Rg3 53. Qh4
Rg2+ 54. Kb3 h2 55. Ka4 Ra2 56. Qh8 Rb2 57. Qh7 Ka8 58. Qh6 Ka7 59. Qh8 Rg2 60.
Kb3 Rg3+ 61. Kb2 Rg2+ 62. Kc3 Rg3+ 63. Kd4 Rg2 64. Qh3 Re2 65. Qh8 a5 66. Qh7
axb4 67. axb4 Rd2+ 68. Kc3 Ra2 69. b5 Ra5 70. b6+ Ka6 71. Kb4 Rb5+ 72. Kc4 Rb2
73. Qh8 Rc2+ 74. Kb4 Rb2+ 75. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7
15. Be2 a5 16. Nd2 c5 17. Bf3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Qc3 Qxb7 21.
Nb3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Rd2 23. Rc5 a4 24. Qb5 Rfd8 25. Rc4 R8d5 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27.
Rxa4 Rd1 28. Rc4 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rd1+ 30. Ke2 Qd5 31. Qc6 Qd2+ 32. Kf3 Rf1 33.
Qe4+ f5 34. Qh4 g5 35. Rd4 g4+ 36. Kf4 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. a5 Nbd7
15. Nc3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Qe3 Rae8 18. d5 e4 19. d6 Qe6 20. Bg2 Nd5 21. Qxe4
Nxc3 22. Qxe6 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. Bh3 Rd8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 g5 27. Re7
Nf6 28. Rxb7 Rxd6 29. Bf1 Rd1 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. b4 c5 32. Bxa6 cxb4 33. Bc4 Ne4
34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. Bd5 Nc3 36. Bc4 Rxa5 37. Rxh7 Ne4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Ndb5 Nc6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Be3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3
Bc6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nd6 Na5
21. Rd2 b5 22. Rcd1 Rdb8 23. e4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nc6 25. Rd7 Rd8 26. R1d6 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7 Ne5 28. Rc7 a6 29. Nc5 Rd8 30. Nxa6 Rd2 31. Rc5 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Kf1
Nd3 34. Rxb5 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Rd2 36. Nc5 Nxb2 37. Ne4 Re2 38. Nc3 Rc2 39. a4 Nd3
40. Ne4 c3 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rc8 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 c2 44. Nc5 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Qxd4 Qb5 9. e4 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e5 14. Bb5
Bd7 15. Ke3 f6 16. Rac1 Ke7 17. Rc3 a6 18. Bc4 Rhc8 19. Rhc1 Na7 20. Nd2 Nb5
21. Bxb5 Rxc3+ 22. Rxc3 axb5 23. f4 b4 24. axb4 Ra4 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rc4 b5
27. b3 Ra3 28. Rc5 Kf6 29. Rd5 Ke6 30. Kd3 g5 31. g4 Ra1 32. Nf3 Rd1+ 33. Ke3
Rxd5 34. Nxg5+ Kd6 35. exd5 Bxg4 36. Nxh7 Bd1 37. Nf6 Bxb3 38. h4 Ke7 39. Ng8+
Kf8 40. Ke4 Kxg8 41. Kxe5 Kf7 42. Kd6 Ke8 43. h5 Kd8 44. Kc5 Bc4 45. Kd4 Bb3
46. h6 Bc2 47. Kc5 Bd3 48. Kc6 Kc8 49. d6 Kd8 50. d7 Be4+ 51. Kxb5 Kxd7 52. Kb6
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Re8 7. d3 h6 8. Ne2
c6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. c4 Nc6 14. Be3 Bg4 15.
Rfe1 Qd7 16. Rab1 Rad8 17. c5 Nd5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxb7 Ncb4 20. Nc3 Nxe3 21.
Rxe3 Nc2 22. Bd5 Nxe3 23. Bxf7+ Kf8 24. Bxe8 Kxe8 25. fxe3 Rxd3 26. Rxg7 Bh3
27. Ne4 Rxe3 28. Nd6+ Kf8 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. Kf2 Ra3 31. c6 Rxa2+ 32. Ke3 Ra3+
33. Ke4 Bg2+ 34. Kxe5 Bxc6 35. Rc7 Ra5+ 36. Kf6 Ra6 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rc7+ Kg8
39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rh7 Bd5 43. Ke5 Bg8 44. Rxh6 Ra5+
45. Kf6 Ra2 46. Kg5 a5 47. Nf5 a4 48. Rh8 Rb2 49. Nh6 Rb5+ 50. Kh4 Kg7 51.
Rxg8+ Kxh6 52. Ra8 a3 53. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Be2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Na4 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Bd3 e5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5
21. Rd1 Bb7 22. Bd4 Re8 23. Kf2 Bc6 24. Nc3 Bb8 25. Nxd5 Kf7 26. Ne3 Rd8 27.
Nc4 a6 28. Rd2 Bxh2 29. g3 Kg8 30. Bc5 Rc8 31. Be7 Rc7 32. Ne5 Bh1 33. Bg5 Kh7
34. Rd7 Rc2+ 35. Bd2 Rc8 36. Nf7 Kg8 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Nxd8 Bd5 39. Bb4 g5 40.
a4 Kh7 41. Bd6 Kg6 42. b4 Kf6 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Kf5 45. g4+ Kxg4 46. Bxh2
Kh3 47. Bg3 Kg4 48. b6 Kf5 49. Ke3 g4 50. Kd4 Bf3 51. b7 Bxb7 52. Nxb7 Ke6 53.
Ke4 g6 54. Nc5+ Kf6 55. Kf4 g5+ 56. Kxg4 Kg6 57. Be5 Kf7 58. Kxg5 Ke7 59. Kg6
Kd8 60. Kf7 Kc8 61. Ke6 Kd8 62. Kd6 Kc8 63. Bf4 Kb8 64. Kd7+ Ka8 65. Kc6 Ka7
66. Nd7 Ka8 67. Nb6+ Ka7 68. Be5 Ka6 69. Bb8 Ka5 70. Nd5 Ka4 71. Kc5 Kb3 72.
Nb4 Kc3 73. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kf2 Rd8 12. Qb3 Nfd7 13. Rd1 Rf8 14. Nh3 Qc7
15. Bb5 Nxc5 16. Qc4 b6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. e5 h6 20. Bc4 Ba6 21.
Bxa6 Nxa6 22. Qc4 Rad8 23. Nf4 Nc7 24. a4 Nd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27.
Qxd5 Qxc3 28. Rd1 c4 29. e6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qe2 Qb4 32. Rd4 Rc8 33. Qe6
Qc5 34. Qd5 Qb6 35. a5 Qb2+ 36. Rd2 Qb4 37. Rd4 Qb2+ 38. Kg3 c3 39. Rc4 Qb8+
40. f4 c2 41. Qe6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Be2
Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Ngf3 Ne4 11. O-O f6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Re1 e5 14. dxe5 fxe5
15. Be3 h6 16. Qb3 Kh7 17. Rad1 d4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bc1 Bd5 20. Qa3 Qf6 21. b4
Rae8 22. Bb2 Qf4 23. Bc1 Qf7 24. Bb2 Re4 25. Bf1 Rf4 26. b5 Bxf3 27. bxc6 Bxd1
28. Re7 Qf6 29. cxb7 Rxf2 30. Bc4 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Na4 Qd8 10. Nbc3 Nxc4 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8+
Kxd8 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. O-O Bc5 17. Rfd1+ Ke7 18. Nca4 Bxb6 19. Nxb6 Nd7 20. Nc4
b6 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. b4 a5 23. b5 f6 24. Bc6 Nf8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Rd1+ Kc7 27.
Rd6 h6 28. a4 Ng6 29. Be8 Ne7 30. Bf7 Bd7 31. Bxe6 Be8 32. e4 Nc8 33. Bxc8 Rxc8
34. Rxb6 Rd8 35. Ra6 Rd4 36. Nxa5 Rxa4 37. b6+ Kb8 38. b7 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Kxb7
40. Rc5 Bc6 41. f3 Kc7 42. Ra5 Kd6 43. Ra7 Bd7 44. h4 h5 45. Kf2 g5 46. Ra8 Ke7
47. Rh8 Be8 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Kb1 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. c4 Qe4+ 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Be3 f5 20. g3 Bg5 21.
Bxg5 hxg5 22. Rhf1 Rad8 23. Ne5 Rd6 24. g4 Rfd8 25. f3 Ng3 26. Rg1 Ne2 27. Rg2
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Rxg5 Rd1+ 31. Kc2 Re1 32. f4 Re4 33. h6
Nxh6 34. Rg6 Nf5 35. Rxe6 Kh7 36. Re8 Rxf4 37. Kc3 Re4 38. Kd3 Re3+ 39. Kd2 g5
40. Re6 g4 41. Re7+ Kg8 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Nxe7 44. Kxe3 Nf5+ 45. Kf4 Nd6
46. c5 Nf7 47. Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Na4 Qd8 10. Nbc3 Nxc4 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qd4 Nc6 14. Bxc6+
bxc6 15. Rd1 d5 16. e4 Be7 17. Nb6 c5 18. Qa4+ Bd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7
21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5+ Kc6 24. Rf5 f6 25. Be3 g6 26. Rf4 Rhb8
27. Ke2 Rb4 28. Rc1 Rxf4 29. Bxf4 a5 30. Rc4 f5 31. Be3 h5 32. h4 Bd6 33. Kd3
Rd8 34. Kc2 Re8 35. Kb2 Re5 36. Ka3 Kb5 37. Kb2 Rd5 38. Kc2 Kc6 39. Rc3 Re5 40.
Rd3 Re4 41. Rc3 Re6 42. Rc4 Re8 43. a3 Re6 44. Bxc5 Bxc5 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4
Kb5 47. Rxc5+ Kxb4 48. Rc7 Re2+ 49. Kd3 Rxf2 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Kf3 Ra2 52. Rc6
Kb5 53. Rxg6 Ra5 54. Kf4 Kc4 55. Rf6 Kd3 56. Rxf5 Ra4+ 57. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. e3 Na6 14. Kh1 Nb4 15.
Qe2 b6 16. Rg1 Qc8 17. Ne5 Bxg2+ 18. Rxg2 c5 19. Rag1 g6 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. h4
cxd4 22. Nxd4 Kh8 23. Ndf3 Rac8 24. Nd4 Rfd8 25. Kh2 Rxd4 26. exd4 Rc2 27. Qe3
Qc7 28. f5 exf5 29. Qh6 Ng8 30. Qf8 f6 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. Rxg6 Rxf2+ 33. Kh3
Rf3+ 34. Nxf3 Qh7 35. Rxf6 Nd5 36. Rxf5 Ne3 37. Rg5 Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Ndb5 Nd5 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rxd5 Bd7 14. Be3 Bc6
15. Rf5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. Kg1 Be7 18. Nc3 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 g6 20. Rd5 Bf6 21.
Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rd7 b5 23. Rd6 bxa4 24. Rxf6 Nb4 25. Rf4 Nd5 26. Rfxc4 Rxc4 27.
Rxc4 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Rb8 29. Rxa4 Rxb2 30. Kf2 Rb7 31. g4 Kg7 32. Ra6 Kf8 33. Kf3
Re7 34. Kf4 Kg7 35. h4 Rb7 36. a4 Rb4+ 37. e4 Rb7 38. e5 Rb4+ 39. e4 Rb7 40. e6
Kf6 41. g5+ Ke7 42. exf7 Kxf7 43. Ke5 Ke7 44. Rc6 Rd7 45. a5 Rb7 46. a6 Rb5+
47. Kf4 Kd7 48. Rf6 Ke7 49. h5 gxh5 50. Rh6 Kf7 51. Rxh7+ Kg6 52. Rxa7 Ra5 53.
Ra8 h4 54. a7 Kg7 55. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. a3 Bxd2+
15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 f5 17. c5 Rd8 18. Kc3 e5 19. b4 exd4+ 20. exd4 Nf8 21.
Bc4 Ke7 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Rd7 25. Bxe6 Kxe6 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27.
Rd1+ Kc7 28. Rd6 Rxh4 29. Rxg6 Rf4 30. b5 Rxf2 31. Rxg7+ Kc8 32. Rf7 Rg2 33.
Rxf5 e3 34. a4 Kc7 35. Kd3 e2 36. Kd2 Kc8 37. Rf8+ Kc7 38. Rf7+ Kc8 39. Rg7 Kb8
40. g6 Kc8 41. c6 bxc6 42. bxc6 a5 43. Rg8+ Kc7 44. g7 Rg6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. h5
h6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nb4 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Qc2 Nxe5 20. Qxc8 Rxc8
21. Rxc8+ Kh7 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Ra8 a5 24. Ra6 Qb5 25. Ra7 Qxh5 26. Rc1 Kg6 27.
Rb7 Qe2 28. Rxb6 Qxa2 29. Ra6 a4 30. f3 h5 31. Rc5 h4 32. Rca5 h3 33. gxh3 Qe2
34. Rxa4 Qxf3 35. R6a5 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxh3+ 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 e5 39. Ra7 Qf4+
40. Ke2 Kh6 41. Rb4 g5 42. Kd3 Qf3+ 43. Kd2 g4 44. Rbb7 f6 45. Rh7+ Kg5 46.
Rhg7+ Kf4 47. Rg6 Kxe4 48. Ra4+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne4 9. Qd3 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 d6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
c5 a5 15. Kc3 Be6 16. Be2 Kd7 17. Rhd1 Bd5 18. g3 Rhe8 19. Rd4 Re4 20. Rxe4
Bxe4 21. Rd1 Bd5 22. a3 Rb8 23. Rd4 dxc5 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. Kc2 Kd6 26. Bd3 f5 27.
h4 g6 28. h5 Ke5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rh4 Rd8 31. Be2 Be4+ 32. Kc3 g5 33. Rh7 Kd6
34. Rh6+ Kd7 35. f3 Bd5 36. Rg6 Re8 37. Kd2 Rb8 38. Kc2 Re8 39. Kd2 Rb8 40. Kc2
Re8 41. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. d6 Bxf3 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.
gxf3 Qd7 21. Re1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qg5 Kf8 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. Qd5 Nxb3 26.
axb3 f6 27. f4 g6 28. f3 a5 29. Qd4 Qe6 30. Kf2 Ke8 31. Qxb6 Qd5 32. Ke3 Qd1
33. Qb5+ Kf8 34. Qd3 Qe1+ 35. Kd4 Qb4+ 36. Kd5 Qb7+ 37. Kc5 Qa7+ 38. Kb5 Qb7+
39. Kxa5 Qa7+ 40. Kb4 Qb6+ 41. Ka3 Qc5+ 42. b4 Qc1+ 43. Kb3 Ke8 44. Qe4+ Kf8
45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. bxc4 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Qd2 f5 15.
h3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 f4 17. Rad1 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. exf4 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 21.
Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Rf2 Ne6 23. Bg4 Nxf4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rae8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8
27. Bh5 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Bg4 Be5 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Rd2 Bd6 33.
Rb2 b6 34. Rd2 Ke5 35. Bf3 a5 36. Rd5+ Kf6 37. Rd2 a4 38. Ke3 Bb4 39. Re2 a3
40. Kd3 Rc1 41. Rc2 Rb1 42. Re2 Bd6 43. Kc2 Rb2+ 44. Kd3 Rb1 45. Kc2 Ra1 46.
Kb3 Kg5 47. Bd5 h5 48. Rf2 Rb1+ 49. Kc3 Be5+ 50. Kd3 h4 51. Re2 Bd6 52. Kc2 Ra1
53. Kb3 Kf4 54. Re4+ Kg3 55. Re2 Rb1+ 56. Kc2 Rf1 57. Kb3 Bc5 58. Rd2 Rb1+ 59.
Kc2 Ra1 60. Kb3 Bd6 61. Re2 Rb1+ 62. Kc2 Rf1 63. Kb3 Kh2 64. Kc2 Bc5 65. Kb3
Rb1+ 66. Kc2 Ra1 67. Kb3 Kg3 68. Rd2 Rg1 69. Re2 Bf2 70. Re7 Rb1+ 71. Kc3 Rb2
72. Rxc7 Bc5 73. Rg7+ Kf4 74. Rf7+ Kg4 75. Rg7+ Kf4 76. Rf7+ Ke5 77. Rh7 Rxa2
78. Rh5+ Kf6 79. Rxh4 Rf2 80. Rh1 a2 81. Ra1 Ke5 82. Kb3 b5 83. Rxa2 bxc4+ 84.
Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Rc1 Nf8 10. h4 h5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nxd5 Qxb3 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. axb3
Rc8 15. d5 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Rxc7 17. Bxc7 Kxc7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bc4 Ne6 20. Ke2
Nf6 21. f4 Re8 22. Kf3 Ng4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc4 c5 25. Ne4 Bxe4+ 26. Rxe4 e5
27. Rc1 Kd6 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. fxe5 Nxe5+ 30. Ke2 Rf8 31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. exf4 Nc6
33. Rd3 Nd4+ 34. Ke3 Kf5 35. Rd1 a5 36. g3 g6 37. Kf2 Ke4 38. g4 hxg4 39. Kg3
Kf5 40. Rd3 Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Nxf4 42. Rd8 Ne6 43. Rd5+ Kf4 44. Rd6 Ke5 45. Ra6 Kf5
46. Rd6 Nd4 47. Rd5+ Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kg7 49. Rd7+ Kh6 50. Kg3 Nxb3 51. Kxg4 Nd4
52. Rc7 Nf5 53. h5 Ne3+ 54. Kf3 Nd5 55. Rd7 Nf6 56. Rd6 Nxh5 57. b3 Ng7 58. Kg4
Nf5 59. Rd7 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5
9. b5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. exf6 Ngxf6 12. c4 Bc5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15.
Rc1 Qe7 16. a4 Bd7 17. cxd5 Nbxd5 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd2 Nb4 21.
Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxd7 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Qf5 26. Qd4 Qxf3
27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qg3 Qe4 29. f3 Qe3+ 30. Qf2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Nd3 32. Qg3 Qe3 33.
Rg1 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Nd3 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Nd3 37. Rf1 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1
Qe2 40. Qg2 Qe3 41. h3 Nf4 42. Qg3 Qe2 43. Rg1 Nh5 44. Qg4 Qe5 45. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 Bd6 12. f4 Qb6 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Kb8
15. a3 Rde8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 Re7 18. O-O Rhe8 19. Rf3 Ng4 20. Nf1 Qd8 21.
b5 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Bb4 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qb2 a5 25. f5 Bh7 26. Na2 Rb7 27. Nxb4
Rxb4 28. Qc3 Qb6 29. Bd1 g6 30. Nd2 gxf5 31. Nb3 f4 32. Nxa5 Kc7 33. Nxc6 Rc4
34. Ra7+ Qxa7 35. Nxa7 Rxc3 36. Nb5+ Kc6 37. Nxc3 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 fxe3 39. Kf1
Kd6 40. Bxg4 hxg4 41. Ke2 g3 42. Kxe3 Bg6 43. Kf4 Bh5 44. Kxg3 f6 45. Kf4 Ke6
46. g4 Bg6 47. Ne2 Bd3 48. Ke3 Bc2 49. Nf4+ Kd6 50. g5 fxg5 51. hxg5 Bf5 52.
Kf3 Kc6 53. Kg3 Bb1 54. Kg4 Kb5 55. g6 Bxg6 56. Nxg6 Kc4 57. Nf4 Kxd4 58. Nxd5
Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5
9. b5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nh6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ng4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
c4 a4 16. Rc1 Kh8 17. h3 Nge5 18. Re1 Ng6 19. Nf1 e5 20. Ne3 e4 21. Ng4 exf3
22. Nxf6 fxe2 23. Rxe2 Nxf6 24. cxd5 Nf4 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Rd4 Bf5 27. f3 Nxh3+
28. gxh3 Nd6 29. b6 Rf6 30. h4 Raf8 31. Kh2 Bc8 32. Rxa4 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 34.
Ra8 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Rf8 36. a4 Kg8 37. a5 Re8 38. a6 bxa6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kf2 Nfd7 12. Ne2 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. a4 Qc7
15. a5 Rd8 16. Qb1 e5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nbd7 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Qb4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 b6 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qa3 Rb8 24. Bc4 h6 25. Rd2 g5 26. h3 Kg7 27. Kg3 h5
28. Rd1 Kg6 29. h4 gxh4+ 30. Kxh4 Qe7 31. Kh3 h4 32. Qa4 Rd8 33. Rb1 Nh5 34.
Qc6+ Rd6 35. Rb7 Nf4+ 36. Kh2 Rxc6 37. Rxe7 Rd6 38. Rxe5 Rd2 39. Bxf7+ Kh6 40.
Rf5 Nxg2 41. Kh3 Ne1 42. Kxh4 Rd3 43. Kg4 Rxc3 44. Bd5 Nc2 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Kg5
Nd4 47. Rf7+ Kh8 48. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5
15. g4 Nxg4 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rdg1 Nxe4
21. Qxe4 Bf6 22. b3 c4 23. Bxh6 cxb3 24. axb3 Rf7 25. Bc1 Qxf2 26. Bb2 Bxb2 27.
Kxb2 Qf5 28. Qe2 Qf2 29. Qxe6 Qf6+ 30. Qxf6 Rxf6 31. Rg5 Kh7 32. Rd1 Rf7 33.
Rd6 Rc8 34. c4 Re8 35. Ka3 Re3 36. Rgd5 Rff3 37. Rb5 Re7 38. Rbd5 Ree3 39. Rb5
Re7 40. Rbd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "19.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb5 Bd6 13. Ne4 Na7 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 c6 17. Be3 cxb5 18. axb5 Nd7 19. Rd5 f5 20. b4 f4 21. Bc5
fxg3 22. Bxf8 gxf2+ 23. Kf1 Bf7 24. Qg4 Qxf8 25. Rxd7 Nxb5 26. c4 Nc3 27. Rxa5
Rxa5 28. bxa5 Qe8 29. Kxf2 h5 30. Qd4 Nd1+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Nf2 33. Qf4 Nd1
34. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "20.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c4 exd4 14. exd4
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc8 17. Bxa7 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rxc4 19. Rab1 Rc7 20.
Bb6 Rcf7 21. Rd6 Nd5 22. Rxe6 Nxb6 23. Rexb6 Rxf2 24. Rxb7 Ra2 25. R7b3 h5 26.
h3 Kh7 27. Rc3 h4 28. Rb4 g5 29. Rb7+ Kg6 30. Rc6+ Rf6 31. Rxf6+ Kxf6 32. Ra7
Kf5 33. a4 Kf6 34. a5 Kg6 35. a6 Kh6 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. a7 Kh7 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Ke1
Kh7 40. Kd1 Kg7 41. Kc1 Kh7 42. Kb1 Ra6 43. Kb2 Kg7 44. Kc3 Ra4 45. Kd3 Kh7 46.
Kc3 Kg7 47. Kb3 Ra6 48. Kb4 Ra2 49. Kc5 Kh7 50. Kd5 Kg7 51. Ke5 Re2+ 52. Kf5
Rf2+ 53. Ke6 Re2+ 54. Kd7 Rd2+ 55. Ke6 Re2+ 56. Kf5 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Na7 14. d4 Nxb5 15.
axb5 exd4 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Nf5 Rd8 20. Bf4 Nd5 21.
Ne7+ Kf8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. c4 Rd7 24. Re5 Bd1 25. Rc5 b6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Bxc7
Bb3 28. c5 bxc5 29. b6 Bd5 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Re1 f6 32. Bd6+ Kg8 33. Re7 Rd8 34.
Bg3 Kf8 35. Ra7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. b7 Bxb7 38. Rxb7 c4 39. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. c5 Qc6 10. f3 b6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bd6 bxc5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 a5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. fxe4 Qxe4+ 17. Qe2 Qxh1 18. Nxc5 Bb7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bg2 Qb3 21.
Qd3 Qb2 22. Bxa8 Qxa1+ 23. Ke2 Qb2+ 24. Kf3 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Be4 Ne5+ 27.
Bxe5 fxe5 28. Bxh7 Rf8+ 29. Kg4 Qxh2 30. Qg6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Rf7 32. Qg5+ Kd6 33.
Bd3 Qh1 34. Qe3 Rg7+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "23.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 h6 7. b4 Be7 8. O-O d6
9. h3 Nb8 10. Re1 c6 11. Bb3 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. Bb2 g6 15. a5 Bg7
16. Nc4 Qe7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nfxe5 dxe5 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Qf3 c5
22. Red1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 c4 24. Ba2 b5 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bc1 b5 27. Bb1 Rd8 28.
Be3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qd7 30. Qe2 h5 31. Bc2 Kh7 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Bg5 Ne8 34. Qd1
Bh6 35. Bd8 f6 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Qd6 38. Qxd6 Nxd6 39. Bc7 Ne8 40. Bb6 Kf7
41. Bc5 h4 42. g3 Nc7 43. Bd1 Ne6 44. Bb6 Ng5 45. Be3 Kg7 46. Bxg5 Bxg5 47. g4
Kh6 48. Bc2 Bf4 49. Bd1 Kg5 50. Bc2 Bc1 51. Bd1 Kf4 52. Bc2 Bb2 53. Kd2 Kf3 54.
g5 fxg5 55. Bd1+ Kxf2 56. Kc2 Ba1 57. Bg4 Kg3 58. Bf5 gxf5 59. exf5 g4 60. f6
gxh3 61. f7 h2 62. f8=Q h1=Q 63. Qg7+ Kh3 64. Qd7+ Kh2 65. Qf5 Qg2+ 66. Kd1
Bxc3 67. Qd7 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. h3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. f4
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. c4 d4 12. d3 Qd7 13. Qf3 a5 14. a4 Re7 15. Nd2
Rae8 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Rad1 g6 18. h4 Rd7 19. Bh3 Bf8 20. Re2 Nb4 21. Nf1 Qc6 22.
Nh2 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Nc6 24. Rde1 b6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 Nb4 27. Ne5 Rc7 28. Bh3
Bd6 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. Bc1 Na2 31. Rxa2 Bxe5 32. Re2 Bd6 33. Rde1 h6 34. g4 Nd7
35. Kg2 Nf8 36. h5 Nh7 37. f4 Rce7 38. g5 f5 39. Kf3 Kh8 40. Bd2 Kg7 41. Rg2
Kh8 42. gxh6 Rg8 43. Rg6 Nf8 44. Rf6 Kh7 45. Bxf5+ exf5 46. Rxd6 Rxe1 47. Bxe1
Rg1 48. Bh4 Rh1 49. Be7 Rh3+ 50. Kf2 Rxd3 51. Bxf8 Rxb3 52. Rd7+ Kg8 53. h7+
Kh8 54. Bd6 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Checa, Nicolas D"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd6
Bxd6 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bg5 O-O 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd7
Rad8 21. Rxb7 f5 22. Rc7 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Kf1 Bd4 25. Rc1 Rc4 26. Ke2 Bxc3
27. bxc3 Rxa4 28. c4 Kf7 29. c5 Rd4 30. Ke3 Rd8 31. c6 Ke7 32. c7 Rc8 33. Kf4
Kf6 34. Rc6 a5 35. h3 a4 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 h6 38. Kg3 a3 39. Kh4 a2 40. Ra6
Rxc7 41. Rxa2 Rc1 42. Ra6 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 h5 44. Kg2 Rh4 45. f3 hxg4 46. Kg3 Rh3+
47. Kxg4 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Bd3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Nc3 b5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 b4 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1
21. Kxc1 Nc5 22. Kc2 Kf8 23. f4 a5 24. e5 Ke8 25. Bb5+ Kd8 26. g3 f6 27. exd6
exd6 28. Bd4 Ke7 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. f5 g5 31. Bc4 Bf8 32. a3 bxa3 33. Bc3 Nb7 34.
Ba6 Nc5 35. Bc4 Nb7 36. Bb5 Be7 37. Bc6 Nc5 38. Bxa5 a2 39. Bc3 Bd8 40. b4 Ne4
41. Bb2 g4 42. Kd3 Ng5 43. Ba4 Nf3 44. Bb3 Nxh2 45. Ke2 Bb6 46. Bxa2 h5 47. Bc1
Nf3 48. Bf4 Ke7 49. Bb1 Ne5 50. Bc2 Nc4 51. Bb3 Ne5 52. Bc2 Nc4 53. Ba4 Ne5 54.
Bc6 Nc4 55. Bb5 Ne5 56. Kf1 Nf3 57. Bc4 Ne5 58. Bb5 Nf3 59. Bc4 Ne5 60. Bb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 h6 8. e4 Bh7
9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nxc4 a5 11. Be2 Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15.
g3 Ne8 16. Rac1 Qd8 17. Na2 Be7 18. Kg2 b6 19. Rd2 Kh8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Qc7 22. Qxb6 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qh5 24. Rxc6 Nf6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qb7 Qc5 27. Be3
Qc7 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Bb6 Rb7 30. Bxa5 Nd7 31. b4 Ne5 32. b5 f5 33. Bc3 Nd7 34.
exf5 Bxf5 35. a5 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sturt, Raven M"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. O-O
c6 9. b3 Nd7 10. Rd1 f5 11. Bc1 g5 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Qe7 14. Qb2 f4 15. Nd2
Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Nf6 17. Rf1 Bd7 18. Nb1 Be8 19. Nc3 Bg6 20. c5 e5 21. dxe5 Ng4
22. b4 Nxe5 23. Rdd1 Rae8 24. Qb3 Bf7 25. Qa4 a6 26. Qc2 Bh5 27. Rde1 Qf6 28.
Rc1 f3 29. exf3 Nxf3+ 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31. Rfe1 d4 32. Nb1 Bd5 33. Rxe8 Qf3 34.
Re4 Bxe4 35. Qb3+ Bd5 36. Qxf3 Rxf3 37. Kf1 Bxa2 38. Nd2 Rc3 39. Ra1 Bd5 40.
Ke2 g4 41. Rd1 Kf7 42. Rb1 Kf6 43. Ra1 h5 44. Rb1 Kf5 45. Rb2 Be4 46. Rb3 Bf3+
0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. c5 a5 11. Na4 d6 12. Nb6 Ra6 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. cxd6 exd6
15. a4 Rb6 16. h3 Qe5 17. Be3 Ra6 18. Rc1 Raa8 19. Rc2 d5 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Rc5
Nb4 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Nxa5 Rc2 24. Bd2 Rc7 25. Bc3 Na2 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Qxd5
Nc1 28. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 29. Kh1 Bxb2 30. a5 Bd4 31. a6 Rd7 32. Qc4 Rc7 33. Qd3 Rc3
34. Qd2 Rxg3 35. fxg3 Nxg3+ 36. Kh2 Qe5 37. Rf4 Ne2 38. Qxe2 Qxe2 39. Re4 Be5+
40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Bf1 Bd4+ 42. Kg2 Ba7 43. Be2 Qd5 44. Bf3 Qd2+ 45. Be2 Kg7 46.
h4 Qc1 47. Nd6 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qh1+ 49. Kg3 Bb8 50. Rd4 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qa4 Nb4 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 f5 13. Rd1 Qf6 14. Nc3 Bb7
15. Qf4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qe5 Be7 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Qf4 Bd6
21. Qa4 f4 22. Rxd5 fxe3 23. Rh5 exf2+ 24. Kf1 Bf4 25. Qe4 Qg6 26. Qxf4 Qxh5
27. Ne5 Rd1+ 28. Kxf2 Rd2 29. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. a5 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Ne4 14. Qd3 Ndf6
15. e3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 f5 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Kh1
c5 22. dxc5 Qxa5 23. e4 Bc6 24. Qc4 Rfe8 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. exf5 Kh8 27. Rfe1
exf5 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. b4 Qd8 30. Qf7 Nf6 31. Qxb7 Re6 32. c6 Qd2 33. Rf1 Qc2
34. c7 Rc6 35. Bh3 Rxc7 36. Qxa6 Qc4 37. Qxc4 Rxc4 38. Rb1 Rc6 39. Bxf5 Rb6 40.
Be4 Kg8 41. b5 Kf7 42. Kg1 Ke6 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Bc6 Kc5 45. Rc1+ Kd4 46. Rd1+
Kc5 47. Rc1+ Kd4 48. Re1 Kc5 49. Re7 g6 50. Rf7 Nh5 51. f5 gxf5 52. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 a6 14. Nc4
Ba7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 f6 17. Qf5 Kb8 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Rhe8 20. Rae1 c5
21. dxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. e5 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Kc8 25. b4 Na4 26. Nd3 Rxe1
27. Rxe1 Nb6 28. Kf2 Nd5 29. Re5 b6 30. Kf3 Rf8+ 31. Ke4 Nf6+ 32. Kd4 Rd8+ 33.
Kc3 Ng4 34. Re7 Rd7 35. Re8+ Rd8 36. Re7 Rd7 37. Re8+ Rd8 38. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Be6 14.
Nc3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rab8 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Rb2 20.
Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 h5 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Kg6 25. Kf2 Bh3 26.
Bf4 c6 27. a4 Kf5 28. a5 a6 29. Ke3 Bf1 30. Kf2 Bh3 31. Ke3 Bf1 32. Kf2 Bh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. Ne5
Ra7 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Qa4 c5 11. a3 bxa3 12. Nxa3 Rc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 d5
15. e4 d4 16. b4 Nfd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. e5 Nb3 21.
Rab1 Na5 22. Bf1 Bxc4 23. Rdc1 d3 24. Bxd3 Bxd3 25. Rxc7 Bxb1 26. Nxb1 Nb3 27.
Nc3 Nd4 28. Kg2 f6 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Rd7 Nf5 31. Ne4 Rf8 32. Nc5 Re8 33. g4
Nh4+ 34. Kg3 Ng6 35. f4 Nf8 36. Rc7 h6 37. h4 Ra8 38. h5 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 Rh3 40.
Re7 Rc3 41. Ne4 Rd3 42. g5 Rd7 43. Re8 Kf7 44. Ra8 Ke7 45. Ke3 Rd1 46. g6 Rd5
47. Nf6 Kxf6 48. Rxf8+ Ke7 49. Rf7+ Kd6 50. Rxg7 Rxh5 51. Rd7+ Kxd7 52. g7 Rh3+
53. Kf2 Rh4 54. Kg3 Rh1 55. Kg2 Rh4 56. g8=Q Rxf4 57. Qg7+ Kd6 58. Qxh6 Rf5 59.
Qg7 Kd5 60. Kg3 Kd6 61. Kg4 Kd5 62. Qc7 Kd4 63. Qd6+ Rd5 64. Qxe6 Re5 65. Qc6
Rc5 66. Qb6 Kd5 67. Kf5 Kd4+ 68. Ke6 Kc4 69. Kd6 Rd5+ 70. Kc6 Re5 71. Qa6+ Kd4
72. Qa2 Rf5 73. Qb2+ Ke4 74. Kd6 Rg5 75. Qc2+ Kf4 76. Ke6 Re5+ 77. Kf6 Re3 78.
Qf5+ Kg3 79. Kg5 Kg2 80. Kh4 Kg1 81. Qf4 Re2 82. Kh3 Ra2 83. Qg4+ Kf1 84. Qc4+
Re2 85. Kg3 Ke1 86. Qc1# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. h4 exd5 15.
exd5 Bg4 16. Be2 c4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Qxd5 20. Qxd5+ Rxd5 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rc8 23. h5 f5 24. Bb3+ Kf8 25. Ke2 b6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rh7
Re8 28. Bc1 Nd7+ 29. Kd2 Nc5 30. Ba3 Re7 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Kd3 Re1 33. Rh4 Rf1
34. Ra4 Be5 35. Rxa7 Rc1 36. Kc4 Rxc3+ 37. Kd5 c4 38. Bxc4 Bh2 39. a4 Bg1 40.
a5 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nf5 14. Bf4 Be7
15. Bd3 O-O 16. Be4 Rfd8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rac1 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. b3 Bc5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. h3 Qd5 25. Qe2 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27.
Kh2 h5 28. Bg3 Kg7 29. Bf4 Qc5 30. Bg3 Qd5 31. Bf4 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3
15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 18. Kf3 Qh5+ 19. g4 Qh3+ 20. Ke2
Qg2+ 21. Ke1 Nf6 22. Qe2 Qh1+ 23. Qf1 Qh4+ 24. Qf2 Qh1+ 25. Qf1 Qh4+ 26. Qf2
Qh1+ 27. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. a4 Bxc4 11. bxc4 a5 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bd2 b6 14. Qe2 Nc5
15. c3 Kb7 16. Be3 Rhe8 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Nd2 Na6 19. Nb3 c5 20. f3 Nb8 21. d4
exd4 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Na6 24. Rb1 Bb4 25. c5 Rxd4 26. c6+ Kxc6 27. Qxa6
Rd6 28. Bf4 Kd7 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Kg2 Ke8 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Qc4 Kf8 33. Qxc7 Qxc7
34. Rxc7 Rd3 35. Nc1 Rd1 36. Ne2 Rd2 37. Kf1 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Kf1 Rd1+ 40.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4
15. O-O Re8 16. h4 Qd7 17. a4 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Qxd5 20. Qc2 Rad8 21.
Rxc7 Rc8 22. Re1 Rxc7 23. Qxc7 e5 24. a5 Nd7 25. b4 Nf8 26. Bf6 Nd7 27. Be7 Kg7
28. Bg5 Nf8 29. Bf4 Nd7 30. Bg5 Nf8 31. Qc3 f6 32. Be3 a6 33. Qc1 Qf7 34. Bh6+
Kh7 35. Bxf8 Qxf8 36. Qc7+ Re7 37. Qb6 Rd7 38. Rc1 Qe7 39. g3 f5 40. Qc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4
cxd4 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Nde7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 b6 14. Nc4 Rc8
15. Qa3 b5 16. Nd2 b4 17. Qa6 e5 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qxa7 Nd5 21.
Rc5 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Rb5 Rc2 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Rxb4 Bxa2 26. Re1 Be6 27. h3
f6 28. e3 d3 29. Rd1 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Nxb8 31. Ne1 Rxb2 32. Nxd3 Rb5 33. Nc5 Rxc5
34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rxb8 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. Nge2 Ng7 12. f3 O-O 13. O-O-O b5 14. g4 a5 15.
Nf4 a4 16. Kb1 Ne6 17. Nce2 Nxf4 18. exf4 Bd7 19. f5 b4 20. Qc1 Ne8 21. Bg3 a3
22. b3 Bg5 23. Qc2 Bh4 24. Be5 f6 25. Bf4 gxf5 26. gxf5 Kh8 27. Rdg1 Qe7 28.
Rg4 Bg5 29. Rhg1 Rc8 30. Qd2 Ng7 31. Bxg5 fxg5 32. Rxg5 Nxf5 33. Rh5 Rf6 34.
Rgg5 Re8 35. Nc1 Ref8 36. Bc2 R8f7 37. Qf4 Qe3 38. Qb8+ Rf8 39. Qxb4 R6f7 40.
Qxa3 Qxd4 41. Rg4 Qc3 42. Rf4 Ne3 43. Bxh7 Rxf4 44. Qd6 R8f7 45. Bd3+ Kg8 46.
Rg5+ Rg7 47. Qxf4 Nd1 48. Rxg7+ Kxg7 49. Qh2 Qd4 50. Qd2 Nf2 51. Qg5+ Kf7 52.
Bg6+ Kf8 53. h4 Nd1 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55. Qxd7+ Kxg6 56. Qg4+ Qxg4 57. fxg4 Ne3 58.
g5 Nf5 59. a4 Nxh4 60. a5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Nf5 16. Rfe1 Ba5 17. Rad1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 c5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Bh5 21.
Rc1 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Nxe4 Rae8 25. Ng3 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5
27. Qxb7 a5 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 Bd1 30. Ra7 a4 31. Nf5 Rd8 32. Ne3 h6 33. Kf1
Rd4 34. f3 Rd3 35. Kf2 Bc2 36. Nxc2 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rxc2 38. Rxa4 g5 39. h4 Kg7
40. h5 Rd2 41. Kh3 Rf2 42. Ra8 Rc2 43. a4 Rc4 44. g3 Rb4 45. a5 Ra4 46. a6 Kf6
47. Kg2 Ra3 48. Kf2 Kf5 49. Ke2 g4 50. fxg4+ Kxg4 51. a7 Kf5 52. g4+ Kf6 53.
g5+ Kg7 54. gxh6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 e4 8.
Ng1 d5 9. b3 O-O 10. Ne2 a5 11. Nf4 Be6 12. Be2 g5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. a3 Qd7 15.
O-O Ne7 16. b4 a4 17. b5 Rf7 18. c5 Qe8 19. f4 exf3 20. Rxf3 g4 21. Rf4 Ng6 22.
Qc2 e5 23. Rf5 e4 24. Bd2 Nh4 25. Re5 Qf8 26. Be1 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 gxf3 28. Bg3
Ng4 29. Rg5+ Rg7 30. Rxd5 Qf7 31. Qa2 f2+ 32. Bxf2 Nxf2 33. Re5 Nh3+ 34. Kh1
Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Qxa2 36. Rxa2 Nd1 37. g3 Rf7 38. Rxe4 Nc3 39. Rg4+ Kf8 40. Rd2
Nxb5 41. Rd3 c6 42. e4 Re8 43. d5 Nc7 44. Rd4 Re5 45. Rxa4 cxd5 46. exd5 Nxd5
47. Rge4 Rxe4 48. Rxe4 Rc7 49. Rh4 Nf6 50. Kg2 Rxc5 51. Rb4 Rc7 52. g4 Nd5 53.
Rb5 Nc3 54. Rb6 Kf7 55. Kg3 Nd5 56. Rd6 Ne3 57. Rh6 Kg7 58. Rb6 Nc4 59. Rb3 Kf6
60. Kf4 Ke6 61. h3 Nd6 62. Re3+ Kf7 63. Rd3 Rc6 64. Rb3 Ra6 65. Kg5 Ra5+ 66.
Kh4 b5 67. Rd3 Nc4 68. Rd7+ Kg6 69. Rb7 Nxa3 70. Rb6+ Kf7 71. Rb7+ Ke6 72. g5
Nc4 73. Rxh7 Nd6 74. Rh6+ Ke5 75. Rh8 b4 76. Rf8 Rb5 77. g6 Rb7 78. Rf3 Rb8 79.
Rb3 Kf6 80. Kh5 Kg7 81. Kg5 Ne4+ 82. Kf5 Nd2 83. Rd3 Rb5+ 84. Kf4 b3 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Bd1 Nh5
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Ng5 Nf4 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Qg4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qc3 21.
Bb3 Qxd4 22. Rbd1 Qe5 23. h4 h6 24. Bc1 h5 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Bxg5 Rc7 27. f4 Bc8
28. Rc1 Rb7 29. Rc3 Kh7 30. Rec1 Bd7 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 f6 33. Rxd7 fxg5 34.
fxg5 Nxh4 35. Bxe6 Kg6 36. Rxa7 Kxg5 37. Rxg7+ Kf6 38. Rg8 Ng6 39. Rxf8+ Nxf8
40. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. d4 f6 10. Na5 Rb8 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qh5+ Bf7 14. Qxg5
Qf6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Rd2 h6 19. Qg3 Nf8 20. Nb3 b6 21.
Rfd1 c5 22. Nc1 Qf6 23. b3 a5 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Qe1 Rbc8 26. Bf2 a4 27. Bh4 Qg6
28. c3 axb3 29. axb3 Nf8 30. b4 Qc6 31. Nc1 Ng6 32. Bg3 Ra8 33. Nd3 cxb4 34.
cxb4 Qb5 35. h4 Ra3 36. h5 Nf8 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. Rd8 Qg5 40. Qd2
Qg3 41. Qf2 Qe5 42. Qd4 Qg3 43. Qf2 Qe5 44. Qd4 Qg3 45. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. Be3 Nfxe4 14. Nbd2 Nxd2
15. Nxd2 Rc8 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Bxa4+ Ke7 18. Nb3 Rg5 19. g3 g6 20. Qc4 Bg7 21.
Rad1 Qb6 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Nc6+ Bxc6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Rc5 26. Be4 Rb8 27.
Re2 Rcb5 28. Rdd2 R5b6 29. Kf1 a5 30. Rc2 a4 31. Bd5 Kf8 32. Ba2 d5 33. h4 d4
34. Red2 d3 35. Rxd3 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Rxb2 37. Bc4 Ke7 38. Re3 a3 39. Re2 Bxc3 40.
Rxb2 Bxb2 41. Ke2 h5 42. Kd3 Kd6 43. Bb3 Kc5 44. Ba2 Bd4 45. f3 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Nc6 15. Nbd2
Be6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nb3 Nh5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nbxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Nf4 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rac8 25. Bb3 Qxf5 26. Re7 d5 27. Rae1 Qf6
28. h4 Rc6 29. R7e3 Rd8 30. g3 Ne6 31. Bxd5 Qxf3 32. Bxf3 Rc2 33. R1e2 Rxe2 34.
Rxe2 Nd4 35. Re3 Nxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Rd2 37. Ra3 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14.
Bb2 f5 15. Na5 b6 16. Nc6 Bd6 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Re1 Bb7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Kf7
21. Bh3 Rfe8 22. Ne5+ Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rad8 24. Ba3 Nf6 25. Rc7+ Rd7 26. Rxd7+
Nxd7 27. Re1 Nf6 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Bf1 Bb7 31. Bb2 Bd5 32. a3 Ne4
33. Be2 Nd2 34. Bc3 Ne4 35. Bb2 Nd6 36. f3 Bc4 37. Bd1 g6 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Bc2
Bd5 40. Bd3 a5 41. h4 Bc4 42. Bc2 Bd5 43. g4 Nc4 44. Bc1 b5 45. h5 Kf7 46.
hxg6+ hxg6 47. Bd3 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Bxc4 Bxc4 50. f4 Kf6 51. g5+ Kf5 52.
Ke3 b3 53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Kc3 Bd5 55. Bd2 Kf3 56. Bc1 Ke2 57. Ba3 Ke3 58. Bd6 Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Qb3 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qd1 f6 15. e6
Nb8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf1 Qd6 18. Ng3 Nbc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. a4 Ba5 21. Bd2 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 Rab8 23. Rac1 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Nh4 Rxa4 26. Ngf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5
Re8 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rxc6 Rxd4 30. Ra1 Re4 31. Rxa7 R4xe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33.
Rxc7 Rb6 34. Rd7 Rxb2 35. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1
Be6 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. c3 h6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. Ba3 Rad8 15.
Qc2 g6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Ra8 19. b5 Na5 20. Nxa5 Rxa5 21. Qxc7
Rxa4 22. Bxd6 Nd7 23. Ra1 Rea8 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. b6 Kh7 26. Bc5 Nxc5 27. Qxc5
Ra6 28. Rb1 Qa2 29. Qb5 Ra3 30. Rc1 Qe2 31. Qd5 Ra2 32. Rf1 Rb2 33. Qxf7 Qxd3
34. Nxe5 Qxe4 35. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3
8. Qxe3 O-O 9. d4 d6 10. Be2 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. a4 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. b3 Kf8 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. f3 Ne8 19. Kf2 Nc7 20. Nf1 g6
21. Ne3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ne8 23. g3 Nd6 24. Bd3 Rf8 25. Re1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27.
f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Kf6 29. Rg1 Bf7 30. Nf1 Re8 31. Ng3 c5 32. Rd1 h6 33. Be2 Rd8
34. Bf3 Be8 35. Rd5 Bf7 36. Rd1 Be8 37. h4 Bc6 38. Bxc6 bxc6 39. Kf3 Nb7 40.
Rxd8 Nxd8 41. Nf1 Nb7 42. Ne3 Na5 43. h5 Ke6 44. Ke2 b5 45. Kd3 Nb7 46. Kc3 Kf6
47. Kb2 Ke6 48. Ka3 Kf6 49. Ka2 Ke6 50. Kb2 Kf6 51. Kc1 Ke6 52. Kd2 Kf6 53. Nd1
Ke6 54. Nc3 Nd6 55. Kd3 Kd7 56. Ke3 Kc7 57. Kd3 Kd7 58. Ke3 Kc7 59. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 a5 13. Kh1 g5 14. Bg3 Ba7 15.
Nc2 h5 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. h3 Nc5 18. Ne3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Be6 21. d4 h4
22. Bh2 f6 23. c4 Rf7 24. Rfd1 Qf8 25. Rd2 c5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rad1 Rc7 28.
Rd6 Qe7 29. Qd3 Kg7 30. f3 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. b3 Ra6 33. Rxa6 bxa6 34. Qc3
Rd7 35. Ra1 Rd6 36. Qe3 Qc7 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Qxg5+ Kf7 39. Qxh4 Qd8 40. Qh5+
Ke7 41. Qg5+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ Ke7 43. Kh2 Rb6 44. Qh4+ Ke8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qh4+
Ke8 47. Qh5+ Ke7 48. f4 exf4 49. Rd1 Rd6 50. Qxc5 Qb6 51. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14.
Bd2 f5 15. Rac1 b6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rc7 Bd8 18. Rc2 Ba6 19. Bf4 Be7 20. Rdc1
Ba3 21. Rb1 Rac8 22. Na1 Rfe8 23. Be5 Kf7 24. Kf1 g5 25. Rb3 Be7 26. Rbc3 Rxc3
27. Rxc3 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Bb8 Bd8 30. Nc2 a5 31. Ke1 Ba6 32. Kd2 Bc4 33.
a3 Ke6 34. Ne3 Bb5 35. Nd1 Be7 36. Nc3 Bc6 37. a4 Kd7 38. Kc2 Bb4 39. Nb5 Be1
40. f3 g4 41. fxg4 fxg4 42. Bf4 Bf2 43. Kd3 Bg1 44. Nc3 Bxh2 45. e3 h5 46. Ke2
h4 47. gxh4 Bxf4 48. exf4 Ke6 49. Kf2 Kf5 50. Kg3 Be8 51. h5 Bxh5 52. Nxd5 Be8
53. Nxb6 Bf7 54. d5 Bg6 55. Nc4 Bh5 56. Nxa5 Bf7 57. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bc2 Qe7 13. O-O Rd8 14. e5
b6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Be4 Kg7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qf4 h6 20. h4 Ba8 21.
a3 b5 22. Rfd1 b4 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. axb4 Bxf3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxf3 Qxh4 27.
g3 Qe7 28. d5 exd5 29. Rxd5 h5 30. b5 Qe6 31. Kg2 Rc7 32. Qe4 Qg4 33. Qxg4 hxg4
34. Rd4 Rc5 35. Rxg4 Rxe5 36. Ra4 Rxb5 37. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. a3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. Nf3 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O
9. Nc3 Ne7 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 d5 12. b5 Be6 13. a4 Rf7 14. O-O g5 15. Ba3 Ng6
16. Rc1 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nb3 f4 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. g3 f3 22. Ba6
Bc8 23. Bb5 a6 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Ne7 27. Bb7 Ng6 28. Bc6 Ne7
29. Bb7 Ng6 30. Bc6 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Rfd1 Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bf1 Nc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nde2 Rfe8 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. Kh1 Qb8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qc7
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rac1 Kg8 23. Re1 b6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. b3 Rc5 26. Ng3 Qa5 27.
Rcd1 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 a5 29. Ne4 Rc7 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Kg1 Bf5 32. Kf2 Rca7 33. Nc3
Rc7 34. Ne4 Rca7 35. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. b3 Re8 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Nce7
15. c4 b6 16. Qc3 Ng6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Nfxe7 19. Ne3 dxc4 20. bxc4 Bb7 21.
d5 Qd7 22. Rd1 Re8 23. g3 Bc8 24. h4 Qd6 25. Re1 Nf8 26. Ng5 Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6
28. Ne4 Kg7 29. d6 cxd6 30. Nxd6 Rd8 31. Rd1 Ne6 32. Ndf5+ Nxf5 33. Nxf5+ Kf8
34. Rb1 Nc5 35. Ne3 Rd6 36. Nd5 b5 37. Ne3 Bd7 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Bxb5 Be6 40.
a4 Rd2 41. Ra1 Nb3 42. Rd1 Ra2 43. Rd3 Nc5 44. Rd4 Ke7 45. Rf4 h6 46. Kg2 Ra3
47. Ng4 Bd5+ 48. Kf1 Ne4 49. Ne3 Ra1+ 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Nc5+ 52. Kd4 Ne6+
53. Kxd5 Nxf4+ 54. gxf4 Rxf2 55. a5 Kd8 56. Ke4 Kc7 57. Nf5 h5 58. Bc4 Rb2 59.
Bxf7 Rb4+ 60. Kf3 Rb5 61. Ne3 Rxa5 62. f5 Kd6 63. Bxh5 Ra3 64. Kf2 Ra2+ 65. Be2
Ke5 66. h5 Kf4 67. h6 Ra8 68. Nd5+ Kg5 69. Nc7 Rh8 70. Bd3 Rxh6 71. Ne6+ Kg4
72. Ke3 Rh3+ 73. Ke4 Rxd3 74. Kxd3 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfe1 Rab8 15. Qc2 Bc4 16. e4 Nb6 17. e5 Bd5 18. c4 Qc5 19. Bf1 Nxc4 20. Rec1
Qd4 21. Bxc4 Rb2 22. Be3 Rxc2 23. Bxd4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Rb1
Bxa2 27. Rb8+ Rxb8 28. Bxb8 c5 29. Bd6 c4 30. Bb4 h5 31. f4 Kh7 32. Kf2 Kg6 33.
Ke3 Kf5 34. h4 Bb1 35. Bc3 Bd3 36. Bb2 Be4 37. Bc3 Bd5 38. Bb2 f6 39. Bc3 Bc6
40. Bb2 Be8 41. Bc3 Bg6 42. exf6 gxf6 43. Kd4 e5+ 44. fxe5 fxe5+ 45. Kxc4 e4
46. Kd4 Kg4 47. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 h5 11. h4 Nd4 12. Bg2 Be6 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 g6 16. c3 Nf5 17. a4 O-O 18. Qd3 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. O-O b4 21. Bd2
bxc3 22. Bxc3 Ng7 23. Ra7 f5 24. Ba5 Qe8 25. b4 Rf7 26. Rc1 Bd8 27. Rxf7 Qxf7
28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qa6 f4 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. b5 fxg3 33. fxg3 Qa7+
34. Kh2 Nf5 35. Qf8 Nh6 36. Qxd6 Ng4+ 37. Kh3 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Ng4+ 39. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf5 14.
Bd3 Be4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. Qxe4 Qa6+ 18. Kg1 Rfe8 19. Qf4 Bxd4 20.
Qxd4 Rad8 21. Qb2 Rd5 22. h4 Red8 23. Rh3 Rd2 24. Qe5 R2d5 25. Qf4 h5 26. Rf3
Qe6 27. Rc1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qxb7 f6 32. Qxa7
Qe5+ 33. Rg3 f5 34. f4 Qa1 35. Qf7 Rd1 36. Qxf5+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qg6+ Kg8
39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qxh5+ Kg8 41. Rf3 Rh1+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Kg4 Qe2 44. g3 Rf1 45.
Qd5+ Kh7 46. b4 Rg1 47. b5 Qg2 48. b6 Rh1 49. b7 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 b4 15.
Qc2 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Nf3 Rxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd4 Qd5 21.
Be3 c5 22. Nb3 c4 23. Nd4 b3 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. Rad1 Ne5 26. Nxb3 Nd3 27. Nc1 Bc6
28. b3 cxb3 29. c4 Qxc4 30. Nxd3 exd3 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Bxa4 33. Rb1 Rb8
34. Bf4 Rb4 35. Bd6 Rb6 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Rd4 Bc6 38. Rd3 Ba4 39. Rd4 Bc6 40.
Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. e4 e6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Qa4 14. Qxa4
Bxa4 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nc4 b6 17. f3 g5 18. Bg3 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. Rfe1 f4 21.
Bd1 Bxd1 22. Raxd1 fxg3 23. hxg3 Bf6 24. Rxd7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Nd6+ Kg6
27. Re6 Kg7 28. Ne8+ Kf7 29. Rxf6+ Kxe8 30. Rh6 Rd8 31. Rxh7 Rd2 32. Rxa7 Rxb2
33. g4 c4 34. Kh2 b5 35. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5
Qa5+ 9. Nd2 exd5 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. O-O Nge7 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. e3 Bf6
15. exd4 Kg7 16. Be3 Rcd8 17. g4 h6 18. f4 Kh7 19. Qd2 Qb4 20. Qf2 Rhe8 21.
Rad1 Qb6 22. Nc5 Qc7 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. f5 Ng8 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Bd4
Qe2 28. f6 Bf8 29. Bxa7 Qxg4 30. h3 Qe6 31. Bd4 h5 32. Rde1 Qd6 33. Rxe8 Rxe8
34. Qf3 Bh6 35. a4 Bg5 36. a5 Nh6 37. Bb6 Re5 38. Qg3 d4 39. b4 h4 40. Qb3 d3
41. Bc5 Be3+ 42. Bxe3 Rxe3 43. b5 Qd4 44. Kh1 d2 45. Qc2 Re1 46. a6 Rxf1+ 47.
Bxf1 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Rxf4 Bh5 11. Nf3 a6 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Nd4 14. Rf2 Ng4
15. Rf4 Ne5 16. Qd1 Bg5 17. Rf2 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Qh4 19. Rf4 Qg5 20. Rf2 Qh5 21.
Qf4 b5 22. Bd5 Rab8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Re1 b4 25. Nd1 b3 26. c3 Nxd3 27. Qd2
Nxf2 28. Qxf2 Ne6 29. Ne3 Qg5 30. Rf1 Nc7 31. h4 Qe5 32. Bxf7+ Kh8 33. Nc4 Qe7
34. Qf4 Rbd8 35. e5 dxe5 36. Nxe5 Rd6 37. Qe3 Qd8 38. Bxb3 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Rf6+
40. Kg1 Qf8 41. Kh2 g6 42. Kh3 Qc8+ 43. Kh2 Qf8 44. Kh3 Qc8+ 45. Kh2 Qf5 46.
Qxc5 Qf4+ 47. Kh3 Qf5+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh3 Qf5+ 50. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. h4
Nc6 9. Qb1 f5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. h5 Nf6 12. h6 g6 13. O-O a6 14. Be2 Ng4 15. d4
cxd4 16. exd4 Nb4 17. d5 Bf6 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. a3 Nd5 23. Bc4 Nf4 24. Qb2 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qxb2 26. Nxb2 Nxh6 27. Rd7
Rf7 28. Rad1 Rc7 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Ng5 Nf7 31. Nxf7 Rcxf7 32. g3 Ne6 33. Rxf8+
Kxf8 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Rb6 Nc5 36. Nd1 Rf6 37. Rb2 Rd6 38. Ne3 Kd7 39. Nd5 Nd3
40. Rxb7+ Kd8 41. Rxh7 Ne5 42. Ne3 Rc6 43. Rg7 Ke8 44. Kf1 Kf8 45. Ra7 Nxc4 46.
Nxc4 Rxc4 47. Rxa6 Kg7 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. f4 Rc2+ 50. Kh3 Kh6 51. a4 Ra2 52. a5
Kg7 53. Ra8 Kh6 54. a6 Kg7 55. g4 fxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Ra3 57. Ra7+ Kf6 58. Ra8 Kf7
59. Kg5 Ra5+ 60. Kh4 Kg7 61. Kg3 Ra3+ 62. Kf2 Kf7 63. Ke2 Kg7 64. Kd2 Ra4 65.
Ke3 Kf7 66. Kd3 Kg7 67. Ke3 Kf7 68. Ra7+ Kf6 69. Kf3 Kf5 70. Ke3 Ra3+ 71. Kf2
Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. c3 Nc5 11. d4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nd7 14. Bd2 Re8
15. d5 Nce5 16. Nfxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxa5 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. b4 c5 20. Nb3 Nd3 21.
Re3 Nb2 22. Qc2 Nxa4 23. Na5 Nb6 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Bc3 Bf6 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Nc6
Qe6 28. Bxf6 Qxc6 29. Ba1 Nd7 30. Rg3 Ne5 31. Kh2 h6 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rc3 Qxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Be2 b5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Rfd8
15. Ne1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. f3 Nd7 19. e4 e5 20. g3 f6 21. Bf1
Kf7 22. Nd3 Ne6 23. Bh3 Bc8 24. Kf2 Nb6 25. Bc1 Nc4 26. Nd2 Nb6 27. Nb3 Nc4 28.
Nd2 Nb6 29. Nb3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Rd1 Nf5
15. Ne2 a5 16. Bf4 a4 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Be5 Rfc8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
d5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 e5 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. a3 Bb5 25. Qd2 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Nd4 27. Qc4
Rd8 28. Kh2 b5 29. Qc7 Qf6 30. Re1 Rd6 31. Kg1 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qc8 Rd8 34.
Qg4 Re8 35. Be4 Rd8 36. Kg2 Rh8 37. d6 Ne6 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rd1 Qe7 40. Qf5 Qf6
41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Rd5 Nd4 43. Qh5 Ke7 44. Qg4 Ne6 45. Rxb5 Rxd7 46. Qf5 Qxf5 47.
Bxf5 Kf6 48. Bc2 Rd4 49. Rb4 Nc5 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Rb6 Rc4 53. Bd1
Rc1 54. Be2 Rc2 55. Bd1 Rc1 56. Kd2 Ra1 57. Rb4 Ne4+ 58. Ke2 Nxf2 59. Bxa4 Nh1
60. Bb3+ Kd6 61. g4 f5 62. gxf5 Ng3+ 63. Kf3 Nxf5 64. Kg4 Nd4 65. Kxg5 Rg1+ 66.
Kh4 Nxb3 67. Rxb3 e4 68. Rg3 Rb1 69. Rb3 Rg1 70. a4 Ra1 71. Rb4 e3 72. Re4 e2
73. Rxe2 Rxa4+ 74. Kg3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Bg6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. b4 a6 16. Qb3 Qe6 17. Qc3 h6 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. c5 Bf8 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. Bd5 f6
22. Qc4 Bh7 23. e4 Nd8 24. Qe2 c6 25. Bc4 Ne6 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Nh4 Nd4 28. Nf3
Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 a5 30. h4 axb4 31. axb4 b6 32. Rc1 bxc5 33. bxc5 Qa7 34. Ba3 Rd4
35. Rfe1 Rb8 36. h5 Qa4 37. Bf7 Bxe4 38. Qg3 Bxg2 39. Rb1 Rxb1 40. Rxb1 Be4 41.
Re1 Bd5 42. Bxd5 Rg4 43. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 44. Bg2 Qc4 45. Bxc6 Bxc5 46. Bxc5 Qxc5 47.
Be4 Qb4 48. Re3 Kg8 49. Bg6 Kf8 50. Re4 Qb5 51. Re1 Ke7 52. Rc1 Qb7 53. Rb1 Qd7
54. Be4 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3
Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. Ng5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc4 12. Re1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 h6 14. Nf3 Be2
15. Re1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rad8 19. Kf2 Nf6 20. b4 Nd7 21.
Nd2 Nb6 22. Ke2 Rd6 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. Nf1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27.
Kxd1 Ne7 28. Ng3 Nd7 29. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Rxe5 Nb6 16. Qf3 c6 17. Bf4 Bb8 18. Ree1 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Qh4 20. Ne2 Ba7 21. Bd6
Rfe8 22. Nf4 Bc2 23. c5 a5 24. Re2 Bb3 25. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5
15. b3 b4 16. bxc4 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. g5 Nh5 19. Ka1 Rc8 20. Rb1 Be6 21. Rb2
Bxc4 22. Rhb1 d5 23. exd5 Nf4 24. Rb7 Qe5 25. R1b4 Nxd5 26. Rxc4 Rf8 27. Rc5
Nxc3 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Nc6 Bg7 30. Bxa7 e5 31. Kb2 e4 32. fxe4 Nxe4+ 33. Kb3
Re8 34. a4 Re6 35. Nd4 Ra6 36. Rb8+ Bf8 37. Bb6 Kg7 38. a5 Bd6 39. Re8 f5 40.
gxf6+ Nxf6 41. Rd8 Bxh2 42. Ne6+ Kf7 43. Nc5 Rxb6+ 44. axb6 h5 45. b7 h4 46.
Rd2 Bc7 47. Ne4 Ke6 48. Nxf6 Kxf6 49. Rd7 Bg3 50. Rh7 g5 51. Kc4 Kf5 52. Kd3
Kg4 53. Ke2 Kh3 54. c4 Kg2 55. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. d4 Ba7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Bd3 a4 14. h3 b5 15. Be3
Bb6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. a3 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bc7 19. Bc2 h6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf8
22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 Rbxd8 24. c4 N8d7 25. g4 Rb8 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Kg2 Nb6
28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Be4 Bd6 30. Re2 Kf8 31. Bc2 e4 32. Nd2 Be5 33. Rb1 Rc6 34.
Bxe4 Bd4 35. Nf3 Bxf2 36. Bxc6 Rxe2 37. Bxb5 Re3 38. Kxf2 Rb3 39. Bxa4 Ne4+ 40.
Kg2 Rb8 41. Bc2 Nd6 42. b4 Rc8 43. Bb3 Rc3 44. a4 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5
a6 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Ne4 Ba7 11. Qb3 Nce7 12. O-O Kh8 13. h3 b5 14. axb6 cxb6 15.
d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 b5 17. Bd3 b4 18. Rd1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. Qa3 Bxd4 21. cxd4
Nc6 22. Bc4 Ncb4 23. Qg3 Rb6 24. Nc5 Qd6 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. Bb3 Be6 27. Re1 Bg8
28. Re4 a5 29. Bd2 Nc6 30. Bxa5 Ra8 31. Bc3 Rab8 32. Bc2 Ndb4 33. Ba4 Bd5 34.
Qf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Ra8 36. Re1 h6 37. Rg4 Na2 38. Bd2 Rb2 39. Bxh6 gxh6 40. Bxc6
Bxc6 41. Re6 h5 42. Rg3 Nc1 43. Rxc6 Ne2+ 44. Kh2 Nxg3 45. Kxg3 h4+ 46. Kxh4
Rxf2 47. g4 Kg7 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Rxf6 Ra3+ 50. Rf3 Rxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Kf7 52. Kf4
Rxd4+ 53. Ne4 Ke6 54. Ke3 Rd1 55. h4 Ke5 56. Ng5 Re1+ 57. Kf3 Ra1 58. Nf7+ Kf6
59. Nd6 Ke5 60. Nc4+ Kd4 61. Nd6 Ke5 62. Nf7+ Kf6 63. Nd6 Ke5 64. Nc4+ Kd4 65.
Nd2 Ke5 66. g5 Kf5 67. Nc4 Kg6 68. Ne3 Ra3 69. Kf4 Ra4+ 70. Kg3 Ra3 71. Kf4
Ra4+ 72. Kg3 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. O-O c5 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14.
exd4 Nc6 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. g3 Bf6 20.
Kg2 h5 21. b3 g5 22. Be3 Nb4 23. Bb7 Rc7 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Bf3 g4
27. Be2 Nxa2 28. Bf4 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O a5
15. Na3 Na7 16. Qd3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Ne3 b4 19. Nac4 Nb5 20. cxb4 axb4 21.
Nxd6 Nxd6 22. Qxd6 Bxe3 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. fxe3 Rdc8 25. Rd2 g6 26. Kf2 Kg7 27.
Bd1 Ra8 28. a4 bxa3 29. Rxa3 Rab8 30. Ra5 Rc4 31. Rxe5 Rcb4 32. Ra5 Rxb2 33.
Rxb2 Rxb2+ 34. Kg3 h6 35. h4 Bd7 36. Bf3 Rb5 37. Rxb5 Bxb5 38. Kf4 Kf6 39. e5+
Ke6 40. Bg4+ Ke7 41. Bc8 Bc4 42. g4 Kd8 43. Bb7 Ke7 44. g5 hxg5+ 45. Kxg5 Ke6
46. Kf4 Ke7 47. Ke4 Be6 48. Bd5 Bc8 49. Kf4 Kf8 50. Bf3 Be6 51. Bg4 Bb3 52. Kg5
Kg7 53. Bd7 Bc4 54. Bc6 Be6 55. Kf4 Kf8 56. Ke4 Ke7 57. Bd5 Bc8 58. Kf4 Kf8 59.
Bc4 Bh3 60. Bb3 Bc8 61. Bd5 Kg7 62. Kg5 Bd7 63. Bc4 Bc8 64. Kf4 Kf8 65. Bb3 Bh3
66. e6 f6 67. Kg3 Bf5 68. Kf4 Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ke2 Bb4 14.
Na4 Ke7 15. Rd1 Rhd8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Be3 Ra8 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. Rc4 Bd6 20. b3
Nd5 21. Rxe4 Nxe3 22. Kxe3 Rf8 23. h3 Rf5 24. Ke2 h5 25. Nb2 Bc5 26. Nd3 Kd6
27. h4 Bb6 28. g3 Ra5 29. a4 g5 30. b4 Rd5 31. hxg5 Rxg5 32. a5 Bc7 33. Nc5 e5
34. Re3 Rg4 35. Ne4+ Ke7 36. f3 Rg6 37. Rc3 Kd7 38. Rc1 Bd6 39. Rd1 Kc7 40.
Nxd6 Rxd6 41. Rh1 Rg6 42. Rxh5 Rxg3 43. Rxe5 Kd6 44. Re4 Rg5 45. Rc4 Rg1 46.
Ke3 Kd5 47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kf5 Rb1 50. Rc4 Kd5 51. Re4 c5 52. Re5+
Kd4 53. bxc5 Rb5 54. f4 Rxa5 55. Ke6 Ra6+ 56. Kd7 Rf6 57. c6 Rxf4 58. Ra5 Rf7+
59. Kc8 Kc4 60. c7 Kb4 61. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Re1
Bg7 15. c3 O-O 16. Nc2 f4 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nb4 f5 19. Bxa6 Ng6 20. Qh5 Qb6 21.
Rxa4 e4 22. Rea1 Kh8 23. Bf1 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 f3 25. Ra6 Qc5 26. Rc6 Qa7 27. Ra6
Qc5 28. Rc6 Qa7 29. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. b3 O-O
9. Bb2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d4 Ng4 12. Bc1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nf6 14. Ba3 Rf7 15. d5
Na5 16. Rc1 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Qd4 Qc5 19. Rfd1 Ng4 20. Bf3 Qxd4+ 21. Nxd4
exd5 22. Nxd5 Nf6 23. Nb5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nc6 25. Rd6 a6 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4
Rb8 28. Rd6 Ne8 29. Rd3 Kf8 30. Rcd1 Rd8 31. Kf2 Re7 32. h3 h6 33. g4 fxg4 34.
hxg4 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rf7 36. Re1 Nc7 37. Rd6 Rdf8 38. Rxb6 Rxf4 39. Re7+ R8f7 40.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 41. Be4 g5 42. Rg6+ Kf8 43. Rxh6 Ne6 44. Bf5 Ke7 45. Rg6 Kd6 46.
Bxe6 dxe6 47. Rxg5 e5 48. Rg6+ Kc5 49. Rxa6 e4 50. g5 e3 51. Re6 Kd4 52. g6 Rf8
53. g7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. Bb3 Nh5 11. d4 f5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15.
Bxf7 Qd7 16. Bb3 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Be3 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Be5 20. f4 Bxb1 21.
Qxb1 Bc3 22. Rd1 Re8 23. Qd3 Ba5 24. Re2 Qe7 25. Bc4 d5 26. Bb3 d4 27. Qf5 dxe3
0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Nb3 Nd5
15. Bc5 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. d4 Bh3 19. dxe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rxe5
21. e3 d5 22. Nc5 Qf7 23. Qb3 Re7 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rcd3 b6 26. Na4 d4 27. Qxf7+
Kxf7 28. exd4 Red7 29. Nc3 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Kf3 Rxd1 32. Nxd1 Ke6 33. Nc3
Ne5+ 34. Ke2 h5 35. f4 Nc6 36. Ke3 g5 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Ke4 Ne5 39. Nb5 Ng4 40.
h4 Nf6+ 41. Kf3 gxh4 42. gxh4 a5 43. Kf4 Nd5+ 44. Kg5 Nb4 45. Kxh5 Kf6 46. a3
Nd3 47. b3 Nc5 48. Nc3 Nxb3 49. Nd5+ Kf5 50. Nxb6 Nd2 51. Kh6 Kf6 52. h5 Nb1
53. a4 Nc3 54. Kh7 Ne4 55. Nc4 Kg5 56. h6 Nf6+ 57. Kg7 Nh5+ 58. Kf7 Kxh6 59.
Nxa5 Kg5 60. Nc6 Kf5 61. a5 Nf4 62. a6 Ne6 63. Nd4+ Nxd4 64. a7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nge7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O
h6 9. b3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Bb2 Rae8 12. d4 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nc3 Nf5 19. Rfe1 e4 20. f4 Rd8 21. Kf2
h5 22. Ba1 Nh6 23. Ke2 f5 24. Bf1 Ng4 25. h3 Nh2 26. Bg2 Nf3 27. Rf1 Kf7 28.
Bb2 Rfe8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Nxd1 Bf8 32. Bc3 b6 33. Nb2 a5 34. Na4
Be7 35. Bb2 Ke6 36. Nc3 Bf6 37. Nd1 Be7 38. Nc3 Bf6 39. Nd1 Be7 40. Nc3 Bf6 41.
Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Bxd4 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 d4 14. f3 Ng5
15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Na3 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Rf2 Rd5 19. Qb5 Bd7 20. Qa5 Rdxe5
21. Ref1 Re2 22. Qxc7 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Qe3+ 24. Kg3 Qg5+ 25. Kf2 Qe3+ 26. Kg3 Qg5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O Nbc6 13. b5 Na5 14. Rb1 a6 15.
bxa6 bxa6 16. Nxd4 Nac6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Bb4 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Bb5 21.
Rfc1 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Bd6 Rac8 24. Rb3 Re6 25. h3 h6 26. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 c6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Bg5 c5 14. Bxe7
Rfe8 15. d5 Rxe7 16. d6 Qd8 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. Ng5 Rf8 20. Qb3 Nxe4
21. Nxf7 Nxf2 22. Re1 Qh4 23. Nd6+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Nh3+ 26. gxh3
Qg5+ 27. Kf2 Qg2+ 28. Ke3 Bh6+ 29. Kd3 Qd2+ 30. Kc4 Ba6+ 31. Qb5 Bxb5+ 32. Kxb5
Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Kb1 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
h4 e6 16. Bg5 Rd6 17. Bf4 exd5 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 b5 21. Qd2
Be6 22. Qxa5 Bxd5 23. exd5 b4 24. Ne2 Rc8 25. Qxb4 Rb8 26. Qd2 Rxb2+ 27. Qxb2
Bxb2 28. Kxb2 Qb5+ 29. Kc2 Qa4+ 30. Kb2 Qb4+ 31. Kc2 Qa4+ 32. Kb2 Qd1 33. Nc3
Qd2+ 34. Kb3 a5 35. Bc4 Qxg2 36. Re1 Qxf3 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Ra8 Qf4 39. Rxa5
Qxh4 40. Ra8 h5 41. a4 Qf2 42. a5 h4 43. a6 h3 44. a7 h2 45. Rg8+ Kxg8 46.
a8=Q+ Kh7 47. Qa1 Qg1 48. Qa6 h1=Q 49. Qxd6 Qe3 50. Qf6 Qhf3 51. Qxf3 Qxf3 52.
Kb4 Qf4 53. Nb5 g5 54. d6 g4 55. Kc5 g3 56. Bd5 Qg5 57. Kc6 g2 58. Bxg2 Qxg2+
59. Kc7 Qg3 60. Kc6 Qf3+ 61. Kc7 Qd5 62. Na7 Qa5+ 63. Kb7 Qd8 64. Kc6 Qa8+ 65.
Kb6 Qd5 66. Kc7 Qa5+ 67. Kb7 Qd8 68. Nb5 Qd7+ 69. Kb6 f5 70. Kc5 f4 71. Nd4 Kg6
72. Kd5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. O-O Nh6 13. f3 Nf7 14. Bf2 c5 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. b4 Be6 17. Nb3 f5 18. a4 Bh6 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. b5 Qe8 22.
bxc6 Nxc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nb4 25. Qc3 Rab8 26. Bb5 Rxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28.
Rxa7 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rb8 30. Na5 Qe2 31. Re1 Qd3 32. Qc7 Rf8 33. Nc4 Nc2 34. Nxd6
Be3 35. Bxe3 Nxe1 36. Nxf7 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Qxa7 38. Qxa7 Rxf7 39. Qg1 Nc2 40. h3
Nd4 41. Qa1 h4 42. Kh2 Kh7 43. d6 Rd7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Lupulescu,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 {So has played this
variation against the Catalan several times already, but only in rapid and
blitz. He used to choose the classical 4...Be7 & 5...0-0, but lately he
switched to the 4...Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 line.} 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5
9. Nbd2 (9. Nfd2 {was Ding's choice against Harikrishna back in 2017:} O-O (
9... Na5 $1 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Bc3 b6 $13 {(38) So,W 
(2780)-Vidit,S (2718) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Nxc4 Rd8 11. Rxd8+ Nxd8 12. Nc3
$14 {and White got something to play for: 1/2-1/2 (36) Ding,L (2777)
-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 9... c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bb2 (
12. Nfd4 Nxd4 (12... Bd7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na5 Rac8
17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {was equal in Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017,
½-½ (78).}) 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Na5 b6 16. Nc6 Bd6 17. Rac1 Ba6 18.
Re1 Bb7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Kf7 {and Black was fine in Wei Yi (2736)-So,W 
(2754) Abidjan CIV 2019, ½-½ (58).}) 12... Bd7 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15.
Nb5 b6 {So far both players were still in their prep.} 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6
Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd7 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1
axb6 24. Kf3 {The first new move of the game. However, Black is still rock
solid.} (24. Nd4 f6 25. Kf3 Kf7 26. Ke3 Ke8 27. h4 Ne5 28. Ke4 Kd7 29. f4 Ng4
$11 {1/2-1/2 (45) Fedoseev,V (2718)-Inarkiev,E (2689) St Petersburg 2017})
24... Nc6 25. Ke3 Kf8 26. Kd3 b5 27. Ba3+ Ke8 (27... b4 $2 {would of course be
a serious mistake fixing Black's pawn on a dark square and opening the path
for the white king's invasion on the light squares.}) 28. f4 f5 {A logical
move to set up a fortress on the light squares.} 29. e4 fxe4+ (29... g6 {
was as well possible as White is unlikely to break through.}) 30. Kxe4 Nf6+ 31.
Kf3 e5 32. f5 (32. fxe5 Nxe5+ 33. Kf4 Nc4 {would not yield winning chances
either.}) 32... Kf7 33. Bb2 g6 34. fxg6+ Kxg6 35. h3 h5 {An interesting
opening debate that didn't change the evaluation of the line and the first
game to reach Armageddon.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 15. Qe4+ Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I and my family love coming back to Norway every year. It is such a wonderful
chess tournament and always a pleasure for me to play. The organization always
treats the players so well you can't help but be inspired to do your best.
Plus, they serve a lot of Norwegian salmon which is our favorite food!} 1. e4
e5 (1... c5 {Here is my game with the very strong, disciplined and resouceful
Yu Yangi. Considering that Yu is an aggressive and combative player I imagined
that the Sicilian would be part of his repertoire.}) 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Yu Yangyi
defended with the Petroff during the whole Norway Tournament. Of course it's a
very solid opening, and he scored an excellent 50% in the classical games
using it. Even Vishy Anand opted for 2.Bc4 in the Armageddon against him, just
to avoid the Petroff. In top level tournaments it is important to have a main
opening to rely on that is irrefutable, otherwise your opponents will put
nonstop pressure on you. In fact I tested the Petroff myself two days later
against Caruana in the Armageddon just to see how it would go, and I got a
draw after a long defense.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 (5. d4 {is what
Grischuk and Anand chose against him in the same tournament.}) 5... Nxc3 6.
dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 (7... O-O {is a totally different story. But I noticed
that recently Yu exclusively castles long.}) 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 {The
Petroff is such a complex and subtle opening. People who claim it is boring
don't know how to play it but just let the computer evaluation do their
thinking for them. I myself find the variations extremely interesting. For
instance here Black already has to pay careful attention to his next move. He
meets 10.Kb1 with Bf6, 10.h4 with h6, 10.b3 with a6 or h6, and anything else
with 10...0-0-0. Black is also ready to give up the bishop pair anytime
meeting Ng5 with Bxg5. It's not simple to play with both colors. I believe
that the Petroff is still far from exhausted and we'll see many top level
battles and manoevers here in the future, if the trend heads this way.} 10. Kb1
({In the Armageddon blitz Caruana played} 10. h4 h6 (10... Bf6 11. Bg5 {
is the whole point. Now White can improve his pawn structure.} Qe7 12. Qf4) 11.
Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {against me,and apparently Black has to castle short and
hope for the best. Instead I went for} Rg8 $2 (12... O-O $1) 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3
O-O-O 15. Qe3 $16 {When White's bishop on c3 is particularly well placed.})
10... Bf6 {This all has been played by Yu in Round 1 against MVL. I was
slightly pleased and disappointed also to have this appear on the board.
Pleased because I am able to play my preparation, but disappointed because
Black has a really solid position.} 11. h4 (11. Ng5 {MVL went for} Bxg5 12.
Bxg5 f6 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. b3 h5 {White has a long lasting slight pressure
because of the bishop pair, but usually fails to find a way to make progress.}
15. h3 Rhe8 16. Be2 Bf7 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Re7 19. g5 Rde8 20. Bf1 Be6 21.
gxf6 gxf6 22. Be3 Rh7 23. Rxh7 Qxh7 $11 {Now Black is totally equal and he has
no weaknesses.} 24. c4 Bf5 25. Kb2 Qe7 26. Qc3 Qe5 27. Be2 Nb4 28. Qxe5 fxe5
29. c3 Nc6 30. Bf3 a6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Bxc5 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. c4 Ne6 35.
Be3 c5 36. a3 a5 37. Kc3 Kc7 38. Bd1 b6 39. b4 axb4+ 40. axb4 cxb4+ 41. Kxb4
Nd4 42. Bh6 Ne6 43. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (43) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Yu,Y (2738)
Stavanger 2019}) 11... O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 ({Black can give up the bishop pair
with} 12... Bxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. h5 {and accept a slightly worse position.})
13. Bxd4 Be5 {Played in order to avoid doubling his pawns. This all has been
played before.} 14. Qe3 (14. Be2 {was played by MVL last year.} Qa4 15. b3 Qa5
{and maybe here White can play 16.Kb2 or a different move because after} 16. f4
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 g6 {the queen was coming quickly to c5 and Black maanged to
consolidate in the game MVL-Caruana St. Louis 2018.}) (14. f4 {can be met by}
c5 {amongst others.}) 14... Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 (15... Bxd4 {gives White the extra
option} 16. Rxd4 Qc6 17. Be2 {where I'd have some pressure on the queenside.
The bishop is coming quickly on f3 and my pieces are more active than Black's.}
) 16. Bxe5 {This was my idea for this game. It has been played in a few email/
correspondence games. Therefore it can't be bad. It seems a bit
counterintuitive at first, as now it is Black who has the better pawn
structure. In return White argues that the queen on a5 is misplaced.} (16. Bd3
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 {is another possibility, although I think Black is doing fine
here. For instance} g6 18. Rde1 c5 19. Qf6 d5 {and his counterplay on the
queenside seems to come on time.}) 16... dxe5 17. Be2 {What attracted me to
this line is that the computer wants to go 17...Rde8 as its first line! Well
if that's the best way that Black can defend then this line ought to be worth
trying.} g6 {A very natural new move, but it should not be very good. It's
better to wait for White to play Qg3, or Qg5 before going g6 in order to make
me lose a tempo.} (17... Rde8 18. Kb2 Qb6 19. Qg3 g6 20. h5 $14) (17... Rhe8 {
may be the best defense.}) 18. c4 $6 {I thought for a long time here, and came
up with this move. I want to meet Qb6 with c5 to keep his queen misplaced. But
apparently Qb6 is not a threat yet-he first has to defend his e5-pawn, and
this gives White time to improve his position.} (18. h5 $1 {is the best, not
giving Black time to consolidate. It's not possible to defend all his
weaknesses on the kingside.} Rhe8 (18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.
Kb2 $16) (18... Bf5 19. Bd3) (18... Qb6 {is not possible yet as e5 is hanging}
19. Qxe5) 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. f3 $14 {next I want to consolidate
my queenside with Kb2, with some pressure. I control the h-file while Black
can only sit and wait.}) ({Even} 18. Kb2 {gives White a pleasant advantage.}
Qb6 19. Qxe5 Qxf2 20. h5) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 {Another negative effect of
my c4 is that my dark-squares have become vulnerable.} 20. Bd3 Qb6 {Trading
pieces makes perfect sense. Petroff players know this very well. Trade,trade,
and head for the endgame with Black---why not?} 21. Qxb6 {I decided to double
his pawns and 'fix' b7 on a light-square, instead of 21.Re1.} (21. Re1 Qxe3 22.
Rxe3 Rd4 23. g3 f6 24. f4 {we could basically get a similar endgame, but I
wanted to double his pawns.}) 21... axb6 22. Re1 {Around here of course I
realized that my 18.c4 was not accurate and the ending is just more or less
equal. Nevertheless I tried to keep playing and hoping to put some pressure.}
f6 ({The active way to defend is} 22... Rd4 23. g3 (23. h5 Rg4 24. hxg6 hxg6
25. g3 Rg5) 23... f6 24. f4 Kd7 25. fxe5 f5 {when he has enough counterplay
with Rg4 and f4.}) 23. f4 Re8 {Yu decides to defend passively.} ({Simpler is} 
23... Rd4 24. fxe5 f5 25. h5 Rg4 $11 {I always thought that in the endgame the
rook always has to remain active.}) 24. fxe5 Bg8 $6 {This gives me some
chances to have pressure.} (24... Bd7 {was what I was expecting. I can try} 25.
Rf1 fxe5 26. Rf7 {to control the 7th rank, but with a few accurate moves Black
should defend.} (26. Be4 Be6 {followed by Kd7-e7.}) 26... e4 (26... Bc6 27. g3)
27. Be2 h5 28. Kc1 Bf5 {Black has some weak pawns, but nevertheless its hard
for me to make progress.}) 25. h5 (25. Kc1 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 fxe5 {looks like a
clear draw to me.}) 25... gxh5 26. Bf5+ Kb8 27. e6 c5 (27... c6 {is according
to the computer the only way to put Black within the range of equality, but
its hard to explain or understand why anybody would prefer c6 over 27...c5.})
28. Re3 {Playing like a real chess player (a human being).} ({If you follow
the computer's first line, it gives} 28. g3 Kc7 29. Kb2 {to keep the passed
e-pawn, and meeting Kd6 with Rd1 check. However if you make a few more natural
moves:} Re7 (29... Kd6 $2 30. Rd1+ Ke5 31. Rd5# {checkmate!}) (29... h4 30.
gxh4 Kd6 31. h5) 30. Kc3 (30. Ka3 Kd6 31. Ka4 {leads nowhere after} Bxe6 32.
Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Rh1 Re2 $11) 30... Kd6 ({Black cannot just wait with his rook. If
} 30... Re8 31. Re3 Re7 32. Kd2 Re8 33. Ke2 {and White slowly creeps in.}) 31.
Rd1+ Kc7 32. Rd7+ Rxd7 33. exd7 Kd8 $1 {There is no way for White to break the
fortress and I believe Black should draw.} 34. Kd2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd8 36. Kf3 Ke7
37. Kg2 Kd8) 28... Kc7 29. Rg3 $5 {This was my idea. In return for my passed
e6-pawn I activate my rook along the 7th rank and fix his weaknesses on b7 and
h7. As I said earlier, I believe that the rook always need to be active in the
endgame.} Bxe6 30. Rg7+ Kb8 $6 {Again a very natural move. I feel 95% of
normal chess players would opt to defend their pawns.} ({But apparently Black
draws in all lines with} 30... Kd6 $1 {This is one position where a computer
definitely has the upper hand. With brute force it can calculate all
variations till the very end. Now it gives 0.00, but I wouldn't be able to
explain everything why.} 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 (31... Kxe6 32. Rxb7 f5 (32... Rg8 $2
33. Rxb6+ Ke5 34. Rc6 $18) 33. Rxb6+ Ke5 34. Rc6 Kd4) 32. Rxb7 (32. Rxh7 Re2
33. Rxb7 Rxg2 34. Rxb6+ Ke5 35. Rc6 f5 36. Rxc5+ Ke4 $11) 32... Ke5 33. Rxh7 f5
34. Rxh5 Rg6 $11 {and I cannot make progress even with two pawns up. The
f-pawn is simply running too fast, while my queenside is not ready to push yet.
}) 31. Be4 Bc8 32. Bd5 ({I saw} 32. Bf3 {but} h4 33. Rxh7 h3 34. gxh3 Re3 {
concerned me. I didn't want to have all pawns on the same side, and the rook
endgame with} 35. Bg4 Bxg4 36. hxg4 Rg3 37. Rg7 (37. Rf7 Rxg4 38. Rxf6 Ka7 {
draw?}) 37... f5 38. g5 f4 39. Kc1 Rg2 40. Kd1 f3 {seems like a clear draw to
me.}) 32... Re2 {Here I realized that he has Rxc2 all the time in reply to
Rxh7.} 33. Bf3 Rd2 ({I did not see anything wrong with} 33... Rf2 {to keep his
rook far away from my king. His move gives me extra possibilities.}) 34. Bxh5
$1 {Otherwise he could push his pawn to h4.} Bf5 35. Bf3 Rd7 ({By using a
small trick I manage to keep some pressure and chances.} 35... Bxc2+ 36. Kc1 {
attacks the unfortunate rook on d2, giving me time to snatch his queenside
pawns.}) (35... Rxc2 36. Rxb7+ Kc8 37. Ka1 $18 {wins for me also, as I will be
two pawns up.}) 36. Rg8+ Ka7 37. Kc1 {Preventing him from coming back to the
7th rank.} Re7 {In time trouble and desperation Yu decided to give up a pawn
and head straight for the rook ending, but I'm afraid it was not the best
choice. He needed to play} (37... Bg6 {to defend the f6-pawn, when his
position is unpleasant, but holdable.} 38. Rf8 (38. a4 Re7) 38... Rd6 (38...
Rf7 39. Re8 f5 40. Re6 $16) 39. a4 Re6 40. Kd2 Rd6+ 41. Kc3 Re6 {Black defends
all his pawns and weaknesses for now. I don't see a way for me to make
progress here.}) 38. Rf8 Be4 $2 {The losing move.} (38... Re6 {is much more
accurate. Basically Black wants to trade all kingside pawns, leaving a 4 vs 3
drawn rook endgame on the queenside. His 38...Be4 gave me the extra option to
capture with my g-pawn.} 39. Rf7 Be4 40. Bxe4 Rxe4 41. Rxh7 Rg4 42. Rh2 Rg3 43.
Kd2 f5) 39. Rxf6 Bxf3 40. gxf3 $1 {This saved the day for me. Now the rook
ending is easily winning. Add to the fact that we were both low in time 
(Norway does not give extra time to the players after move 40, just 10 second
increments) makes defending impossible.} (40. Rxf3 Re2 41. g3 Rg2 $11) 40...
Re2 41. Rh6 Rf2 42. Rh3 $1 h5 43. Kb2 Ka6 ({Alas even active defense with} 
43... Kb8 44. Kc3 Kc7 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. a4 {does not help Black. Next comes Ke4
and take on h5. White wins.}) 44. a4 h4 45. Kc3 Ka5 46. Kb2 ({Even the direct} 
46. Kd3 Kb4 47. Ke4 $1 Rxc2 48. f4 {wins easily.} Re2+ 49. Kf3 {My f-pawn is
simply going to run too fast and Black has no blockers.}) 46... Ka6 47. Kc1 {
Playing a cat and mouse game. I was trying to zugzwang him for no apparent
reason.} Ka7 (47... Ka5 48. Rxh4 Rxf3 49. Rh8 {is what I was hoping for.}) 48.
Kb1 Ka6 ({Was there some sort of mirauclous, impossible for anyone to find
over-the-board draw with} 48... Kb8 49. Kb2 Kc7 50. Kc3 Kd6 51. Kd3 Ke5 52.
Rxh4 Rxf3+ 53. Ke2 Rf6 54. Rh7 Kd4 55. Kd2 Rf2+ 56. Kc1 Kc3 57. Rh3+ Kb4 58.
Kb2 Rf8 59. Rh7 Rb8 {!? The computer seems to think so. Well I'm not
disappointed at all to have missed it.}) 49. Kb2 Ka7 50. Kc3 {We had been
badly down on time for the last 10 moves, so much so that we both stopped
writing down the moves.} Kb8 51. Kd3 Kc7 52. Ke4 $1 {I finally got on the
right track after moving the pieces around for some time.} Re2+ (52... Rxc2 53.
f4 Kd6 54. Rxh4 Rc3 55. Rh6+ Kc7 56. f5 Rxb3 57. f6 Kd7 58. Kf5 Rf3+ 59. Kg6
Ke6 60. Kg7 Rg3+ 61. Rg6 {I'm pleased to say that I saw this line over the
board.}) 53. Kd3 Rf2 54. Ke4 Re2+ 55. Kf5 Rxc2 56. f4 Rf2 57. Rxh4 Rf3 58. Kg5
Rxb3 59. f5 Rg3+ 60. Rg4 {Most pawn endgames with an outside passed pawn are
obviously winning.} Ra3 61. f6 Rxa4 62. f7 Ra8 63. Kf6 b5 64. Rg8 Ra1 65. f8=Q
Rf1+ 66. Ke5 {I was pleased with this win, because I was able to play my new
concept (16.Bxe5) and beat the ever-solid Petroff defense, while avoiding an
Armageddon (Yu is a beast in Armageddon blitz, and in the end he tied for 2nd
place because of it!) I made a few inaccuracies here and there, but at the
same time we both managed to keep the game very interesting and hard fought,
all the way to the endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd3 Nc6
15. Bb5 Bb6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Ba6 19. Nxc6 Qf6 20. Nf3 Bb5
21. Nce5 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Rad8 23. Qd3 Qf4 24. Rc2 Rde8 25. g3 Qe4 26. Rd2 c5 27.
dxc5 Bxc5 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Bb6 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Nd7 Rfe8 32. Nxb6 axb6
33. Rb5 Rc2 34. Nd4 Rd2 35. Nf3 Rc2 36. Nd4 Rd2 37. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Nh4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nf1 Bc8 15.
h3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nf3 b4 18. Ng3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ng6 20. d4 Bb6 21. Be3
Nd7 22. Nd2 exd4 23. cxd4 e5 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Nf5 Ne7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rc1 Rf7
28. d5 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Nc5 30. Qe2 Rff8 31. Rec3 Rb4 32. Rc4 Rfb8 33. g3 Rxc4 34.
Rxc4 Qe8 35. Kg2 Rb7 36. Nh4 Qf7 37. Nf5 Kh7 38. h4 Nd7 39. Qc2 Nc5 40. Qe2 Nd7
41. Qc2 Nc5 42. Ne3 Nb3 43. Qd1 Nd4 44. Nc2 Rb2 45. Rc3 h5 46. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Be2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Nd2 Na5 14. f4 Nb3 15.
Nxb3 Bxb3 16. Qe1 Re8 17. Qg3 exf4 18. Qxf4 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Qe7 20. Bd1 Bxd1 21.
Rxc7 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxb7 Rexd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Rb4 Rd2
27. h4 Kg7 28. Kh2 h5 29. Kg3 f6 30. Kf3 g5 31. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 g6 14. g3 Bg7 15.
h5 Ne7 16. Nce3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Bh3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 b4 20. c4 Qc7 21. O-O
Rb6 22. b3 Rd8 23. a4 bxa3 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rxa3 Qc5 26. Rfa1 Qxd5 27. cxd5
Bh6 28. Rxa6 Rxb3 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Rxa8+ Bf8 31. Bd7 Rb4 32. Ra4 Rb2 33. Ra7
Be7 34. Bc6 Kf8 35. Rb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Nd2 Bd7 9. Ngf3 c3 10. bxc3 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nd4 Be7 14. Qh5 f5
15. e4 Qf4 16. Rfd1 Qg4 17. Qxg4+ fxg4 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5 c5
21. Ndc6 Bxc6 22. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bf6 24. e5 Bg5 25. g3 a5 26. h4 Bh6 27.
Kf1 Kf8 28. Rd7 Ke8 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rc7 Bd2 31. c4 h5 32. Ke2 Bc3 33. Kd3 Be1
34. Ke2 Bc3 35. f3 gxf3+ 36. Kxf3 a4 37. g4 Kg7 38. gxh5 Rh8 39. Kg4 Rg8 40.
Rd7 Kh6+ 41. Kf3 Rg1 42. Nd8 Kxh5 43. Rxf7 Bxe5 44. Ra7 Rf1+ 45. Ke2 Rf4 46.
Rxa4 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. e4 e6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Qf3 Rd8 11. Qg3 Bd6 12. f4 b6 13. Qf2 Bf8 14. Be2 Ba6
15. O-O Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc6 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Re8 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Nf3 f6 21.
Qc4+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bf4 Ne7 24. g4 Nd5 25. Bd2 c4 26. Rxe8 Bc5+ 27. Kg2
Rxe8 28. Re1 Be3 29. a4 a6 30. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 31. Kg3 h5 32. gxh5 Re7 33. Kf2 Nxf5
34. Rd1 Rb7 35. Rd5 Ke6 36. Rd8 b5 37. Ra8 bxa4 38. Rxa6+ Kf7 39. Rxa4 Rxb2+
40. Ke1 Ne3 41. Nd2 Rc2 42. Nxc4 Nf5 43. Ra5 Rxc3 44. Rxf5 Rxc4 45. Kf2 Rc3 46.
Ra5 Rh3 47. Kg2 Re3 48. Ra8 Re5 49. Rh8 Re8 50. Rxe8 Kxe8 51. Kf3 Kf7 52. Ke4
Kg8 53. Kf5 Kh7 54. Kf4 Kh6 55. Kg4 f5+ 56. Kxf5 Kxh5 57. h4 Kxh4 58. Kg6 Kg4
59. Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nc6
15. Rb3 Na5 16. Rb2 Nc6 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. d5 Nb4 20. Bb1 exd5 21.
e5 g6 22. Re1 d4 23. e6 f6 24. Nxd4 Nc6 25. Nf5 Rxd2 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Qxd2
Kg7 28. Qf4 Rf8 29. h4 Bc8 30. h5 Ne5 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Qxe5+ Kh6 33. hxg6 hxg6
34. Qh2+ Kg5 35. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be7 8. Na3 Be6
9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. h4 Nd7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Qe1 Re8 14. Nh3 f6 15. f4 b6
16. f5 a6 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 b5 19. b3 c4 20. bxc4 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 bxc4 22.
dxc4 Rb8 23. Nf2 Qe7 24. Ra1 Qf7 25. g4 Rb2 26. Qc1 Reb8 27. Nd3 R2b7 28. c5
Qc4 29. g5 Nxc5 30. Qe1 Qxc2 31. Nxc5 Rb1 32. Nd3 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Rb1 34. Rxb1
Qxb1 35. Kf1 a5 36. Rg3 Kh8 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Nc5 Qc2 39. Nd7 Qc4+ 40. Kg1 Qf7
41. Nb6 d3 42. Rxd3 Qh5 43. Nd5 Kg7 44. Rc3 Qd1 45. Kf2 Nd4 46. Rc7+ Kf8 47.
Nc3 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 Qg4+ 49. Kf1 Qh3+ 50. Kf2 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Qg4+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ 53.
Kf2 Qf3+ 54. Kg1 Qg4+ 55. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3
O-O-O 15. Qe3 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Be2 Rge8 18. b3 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf3 Bd6
21. Qxg5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qe6 23. Kb1 Be7 24. Qf4 Bd6 25. Qa4 Bb8 26. Rdg1 Qd7 27.
Qc4 Qd5 28. Qg4+ f5 29. Qh5 Rg8 30. Re1 Bf4 31. Bf6 Rd7 32. Kb2 b6 33. Re8+
Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kb7 35. Rh8 Ka6 36. Qe2+ Kb7 37. a4 Qd6 38. Bc3 Re7 39. Qc4 Be5
40. Rf8 Bxc3+ 41. Qxc3 Qd5 42. f4 Ka6 43. a5 bxa5 44. Rf6+ Kb5 45. Ka3 Re4 46.
Qh3 Qd1 47. Qc3 a4 48. Rxf5 Qc1+ 49. Qb2 Qxb2+ 50. Kxb2 axb3 51. Kxb3 Rb4+ 52.
Kc3 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rd4+ 54. Ke3 Rc4 55. Kd2 Rd4+ 56. Ke2 Re4+ 57. Kd2 Rd4+ 58.
Kc1 a5 59. Rf8 Re4 60. f5 Re1+ 61. Kb2 Rf1 62. Rb8+ Kc6 63. Rf8 Rxf2 64. f6 a4
65. Ka3 Kb7 66. c4 Rf4 67. f7 Ka7 68. Kxa4 Rxc4+ 69. Kb5 Rf4 70. Kxc5 Kb7 71.
Kd6 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qa6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 b6 12. exd5 exd5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bf1 b5
15. Bd3 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. Qc2 Qa7 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Be3 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21.
Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxb5 Qb6 23. Bd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxb2 25. a4 Qc2 26. Nf4 g5 27.
Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Nd3 Ne4 29. a5 Nc5 30. Nb4 Rb2 31. Nc6 Ra6 32. Nd4 Nb3 33. Nxb3
Rxb3 34. Ra2 Rb5 35. Rfa1 d4 36. Kf1 Re5 37. Ra4 d3 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Rd5
40. Ke1 d2+ 41. Kd1 g6 42. R1a2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Bg4 9. Kh1 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. f4 h6 13. Na4 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15.
Be3 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Nc3 Bb6 18. Rc1 a6 19. Bh3 Re8 20. g4 Ne6 21. Bxb6
Qxb6 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. fxg5 Nh7 25. Qg4 Qe3 26. h4 Rf8 27. g6 Rxf1+
28. Rxf1 Nf8 29. h5 Qxd3 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Rf2 Qe3 32. Nd1 Qc1 33. Qf3 Qg5+ 34.
Kf1 Qe7 35. Ke2 b4 36. a4 Nd7 37. Qf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxf7 Nc5 39. Nf2 Rf8 40. Rc7 b3
41. Ng4 Nxe4 42. h6 Ng3+ 43. Ke1 Nf5 44. hxg7 Nxg7 45. Nh6+ Kh8 46. Ra7 Nf5 47.
Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. e5 f4 11. Bf2 Nb4 12. a3 a5 13. h4 Be6 14. Nh3 Na2+ 15.
Nxa2 Bxa2 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5+ Nxd5 18. Re1 Rf5 19. Bd3 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21.
h5 gxh5 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Nxh7 Rd8 24. Bc2 Bf7 25. Ng5 Bd4 26. Be1 b6 27. Bh4
Be3+ 28. Kb1 Rd2 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Bxf6 Kxf6 31. Rxh5 Rxg2 32. Rh6+ Ke5 33.
Rh5+ Kd6 34. Rh6+ Ke5 35. Rh5+ Kd6 36. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Qf3 c6 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
Ne2 Be6 9. g4 Qb6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Nf4 Qc7 12. h4 a5 13. Rdg1 a4 14. a3 c5 15.
g5 Bxf4 16. exf4 f5 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. c3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nb8 20. Kb1 Nc6 21. Qxa4
d4 22. Rc1 Qxf4 23. Rhd1 Qxh4 24. Nf3 Qxf2 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Qe3 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. d5 Bxd5 29. Bxf5 Be6 30. Qg4 g6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Rd7 b5
34. b4 Rf8 35. Rb7 Rf5 36. a4 bxa4 37. b5 Rxg5 38. Ka2 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. O-O a5 8. Nd2
e5 9. d5 Na6 10. e4 Bd7 11. a3 Nc5 12. b3 c6 13. Rb1 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qc7 15. Re1
Rfc8 16. f3 Bh6 17. Kh1 a4 18. b4 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 Nb3 20. Bg5 Nh5 21. Na2 Qc2 22.
Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Nc1 f6 24. Nxb3 fxg5 25. Na5 Nf4 26. Bf1 Rac8 27. Nxb7 R8c3 28.
Nxd6 Rxa3 29. b5 Rb3 30. b6 Rcb2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. b7 Rb6 33. g3 Nh3 34. Rc1
Kf8 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. b8=Q Rxb8 37. Rxb8 Kxd6 38. Rd8 Kc7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40.
Bxh3+ g4 41. Bf1 a3 42. Bc4 gxf3 43. Kg1 g5 44. g4 Kd6 45. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. exd4 Bb6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Be3 Be6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Na4 Rfd8
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qb3 Ra6 17. Rfc1 Bh3 18. Bf3 Bg4 19. Bg2 Bh3 20. Bf3 Bg4 21.
Bh1 h5 22. h4 Be2 23. Kh2 Qf5 24. Bg2 Na5 25. Qc3 Nc6 26. b3 b5 27. Qd2 Bf3 28.
Bf1 Rb6 29. Bf4 Rc8 30. Rc3 Bg4 31. f3 b4 32. Rd3 Bxf3 33. Rxf3 Ne5 34. dxe5
Rc2 35. Rf2 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Rc6 37. Bh3 Qg6 38. Rad1 Ra6 39. Bg2 d4 40. Bxb7 Ra5
41. Rxd4 Rxa2+ 42. R1d2 Qb6 43. Rxa2 Qxd4 44. Rd2 Qc3 45. Bd5 Kf8 46. Bc4 Ke7
47. Bg5+ f6 48. exf6+ gxf6 49. Re2+ Kd7 50. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rac1 Na6 18. Nb5 a4 19. bxa4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Nc5 21. Nc3 Nxa4 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. Rc2 Kf6 24. Rc6+ Kg7 25. Rxb6 Rxa2 26. Kf1
Ra1+ 27. Kg2 Ra2 28. Kf1 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. a4 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 b5 14. d4 Re8 15. axb5
axb5 16. Qe2 exd4 17. Qxb5 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne5 19. Qb7 Bb6 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rxa8
Qxa8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxe5 Bd4 24. Nc6 Bc3 25. Rd1 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Nxe4 27. Re2
Nd6 28. Rc2 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Kf8 30. Ne5 Ra7 31. Nc6 Ra1 32. Ne5 Ra7 33. Nc6 Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg5 d5 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. e3
O-O 9. Nge2 Be6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nf4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Rfb1 g5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. a4 Rab8 18. Ra2 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20. Qb4 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qe7 Qxa2 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Qe7+ Kg6 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Qe7+ Kg6 27.
Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4 h6
9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nb3 Ne7 14. Nh4 d5 15. Qe2
Rd6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Re6 18. Qf3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qd7 20. a5 Rd8 21. Rb1 Qc6
22. Qe3 Kh7 23. Rb4 Ng6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. f3 Nh5 26. Qf2 g5 27. Kh2 Nf4 28.
Bxf4 gxf4 29. Reb1 Rd3 30. Rxb7 Rxc3 31. Rb8 Qxc5 32. Qh4 Qe7 33. Qg4 Rc2 34.
Qf5+ g6 35. Qf8 Qxf8 36. Rxf8 Kg7 37. Rbb8 Rd6 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40.
Rhg8+ Kh7 41. Rh8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Nxe5 {It is necessary to take the
pawn.} ({Black obtained a great central counterattack after} 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. f3 c6 9. Nc2 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qc7 $1
13. Qc4 Nc6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Qc2 Be5 16. g3 Bxg3+ 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kd1 Rad8+
19. Bd2 Nd4 20. Nf1 Nxc2 21. Nxg3 Nxa1 22. e5 Bxa2 23. f4 Nb3 24. Ne4 Rxd2+ {
0-1 (24) Santasiere,A-Marshall,F New York,NY 1941}) 5... O-O ({Not logical is
regaining the pawn with} 5... Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Bxe5 7. d4 (7. g3 Qe7 8. d4 Bg7 9.
Bg2 f5 $2 (9... Qb4+ $142 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. a3 Qb6) 10. Bg5 Qe6 11.
O-O fxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. d5 Qe5 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Re1 {1-0 (15) Epishin,V 
(2590)-David,A (2525) Montpellier 1998}) 7... Bg7 8. Bg5 (8. Be3 d5 9. cxd5
Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Qb4 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 Qd6
16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Ng5 {with a slight advantage, Fridman,D (2660)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2747) Jurmala 2012.}) 8... f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Qd2 d5 11. Nc3 c6 12.
cxd5 cxd5 13. g3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Be6 15. O-O Qd7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 {and Black is just
slightly worse, Franco Ocampos,Z-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires 1988.}) 10... f5 (10...
d6 11. g3 Bd7 12. Bg2 Qc8 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. O-O Rf7 15. Rc1 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7
17. Qb3 c6 18. Bf4 {with strong pressure, Keene,R-Miles,A Hastings 1974.}) (
10... Nc6 11. Qd2 ({White got a better position after} 11. d5 {in the game
Timman,J-Aronian,L /FIDE-Wch 1999/CBM 72 [Mikhalevski V.]}) 11... a6 (11... f5
12. d5 (12. g3 $5) 12... Ne5 13. Be2 $14) (11... d6 {will probably lead to a
same position in the game.}) 12. Be2 d6 13. h4 f5 ({In case of} 13... h5 {
white will castle queenside} 14. O-O-O {/\ f3 and g4 creating an attack. Black
will have to play f5 anyway.}) 14. g3 ({Possible was} 14. d5 Ne5 15. h5 Ng4 16.
Bxg4 fxg4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. O-O-O $14) 14... h5 15. O-O-O Kh7 ({Attention
deserved} 15... b5 {- a typical pawn sacrifice in the King's Indian opening.}
16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 {Black has some compensation for a pawn, however,
White should be better in this case as well.}) 16. Nd5 {White keeps central
initiative, Lopez Martinez,J (2474)-Mamedyarov,S (2503) Leon 2001}) 11. g3 Nc6
12. Qd2 $5 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Bg2 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Rhe1 Nd6 17. Bg5 Nxc4
18. Bxd8 Nxd2 19. Be7 Nf3 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Re2 Nxd4 {with equal play,
Chekhover,V-Lisitsin,G Moscow (Russia) 1936}) ({Dubious was} 5... Qe7 $6 6. Nf3
Nxe4 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. d3 (8. Qe2 $2 O-O) 8... Nf6 9. Qe2+ Kf8 10. Nxf6 Bxf6 11.
Bh6+ Bg7 12. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Sorokin,M-Alonso,S/Buenos Aires 1998}) 6. Nf3 ({
Weaker was} 6. Be2 Re8 7. Nf3 (7. d4 d6 8. Nf3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Rxe4 10. O-O Bg4
11. Be3 Nc6 12. h3 Bd7 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Bg5
Bf6 {and Black equalised, Saric,A (2533)-Ragger,M (2687) Skopje MKD 2018.})
7... Nxe4 8. O-O d6 9. Nxe4 Rxe4 10. d3 Re8 11. d4 Nc6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Qh4 {with real counterplay, Cheparinov,I (2709)-Dubov,D (2703) St
Petersburg RUS 2018}) 6... Re8 7. Bd3 $5 {New way,as stubbornly keeping the
pawn promises Black serious counterplay in the center,} (7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5
9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 Qd6 11. O-O c5 (11... Bg4 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc6 14.
Be3 Rad8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Nf3 f5 17. Qc2 $16 {Lenic,L (2648)-Bertagnolli,A 
(2343) Civitanova Marche 2015}) 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1 (14. a3 Bg4 15.
Ng5 Be6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. f4 Bd4 19. f5 Qe7 {The control over the
d4 square guarantees compensation for the pawn, Aronian,L (2784)-Grischuk,A 
(2752) chess.com INT 2016.}) 14... Be6 15. Qb1 h6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. h3 Kh7 18.
Bf1 Re7 19. Bd2 Red7 20. Bc3 Qf8 21. Qc2 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 {with the same
compensation, Svane,R (2591)-Duzhakov,I (2441) Riga LAT 2018.}) 7... Nxe4 ({
There were two more natural active options:} 7... b5 $5) ({and} 7... d5 8. cxd5
Bf5 9. Qe2 c6 10. d6 Qxd6 11. O-O b5) 8. Bxe4 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Rxe4+ 10. Be3 d6 {
[#]} 11. c5 ({Another way was promising not too much:} 11. Qd5 Bf5 12. Qxb7 Nd7
13. O-O Rb8 14. Qxa7 Ra8 15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qc6 Rg4 $1) 11... d5 ({A lot of
problems were with isolani} 11... Nc6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 d5 16. Rad1) 12. h3 $1 {So is known for very technical prophylactical
play.} ({Serious counterplay was after careless} 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Re5 15. Qxb7 Nd7 16. b4 Rf5) 12... b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 ({Or} 14. Nd2
Re8 15. b4) 14... Nd7 15. Nd2 (15. b4) 15... Re8 16. Nb3 Qh4 17. Qd2 f6 ({
More logical was} 17... Qa4) 18. f4 Qh5 19. Bf2 g5 {[#]} ({Probably it was
necessary to sacrifice a pawn, hoping for opposite-coloured bishops:} 19... d4
20. Qxd4 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Bxc5) 20. c6 $1 {So starts a
little combination with a pawn sacrifice.} Bxc6 21. Nd4 Bb7 22. Nb5 Rxe1+ ({
A very difficult ending for Black would arise after} 22... Rac8 23. Nxa7 Rcd8
24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. Qxg5+ fxg5 26. Nb5 c5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Nd6 Rb8 29. Re1) 23.
Rxe1 Re8 24. Nxc7 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 d4 (25... Qf7 26. Ne8 {did not help.}) 26. Qe7
{Now Black is helpless.} Qf7 27. Qd8+ Nf8 28. Bxd4 gxf4 29. Ne8 Ne6 {Material
losses are inevitable.} 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 d4 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Be4 Be6 14. d3 Bd5
15. Bf4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 f5 17. Re2 g5 18. Bd2 g4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bd6 21.
Re2 Qf6 22. c3 Rae8 23. g3 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Qf7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qd2 Qe6 27. Qg5+
Qg6 28. Qd2 Qe6 29. Qg5+ Qg6 30. Qd2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Please allow me to start by thanking the Croatian Chess Federation and GM
Zlatko Klaric for a well run and amazingly well attended tournament. Croatians
as it turns out are really educated in chess and make a fantastic audience.
They actually follow the games over the board instead of standing in the hall
following chess engines on their phones. I salute the Croatian chess fans!
Before this game I'd been developing an urge to go for a 5.Re1 Berlin. Not
only because Sergey Karjakin played it against me the day before, but also
because I'd done some research of my own on these lines. Still, I was not sure
which line to hit Hikaru with. He has an ever solid Black repertoire based on
Berlin 1...e5 against 1.e4 and the Nimzo/ QGD 🕓e7 against 1.d4. And he does
not seem to mind regularly repeating his lines as they are well checked by the
computer and by his reliable second Kris Littlejohn. Here in this tournament
his repertoire was put under serious pressure. Twice in a fashionable QGD 4.
Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 he lost to Caruana and Carlsen. Karjakin was also pressing
against him in Round 3. Later he was able to repair the lines and in Round 4
he opted for the QGA which he plays rarely. Therefore even though 1.d4 seems
to be a very attractive option against him, I decided to play 1.e4 this time,
just to try my hand in a Berlin.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {I had also
looked at some lines in the Sicilian Dragon just in case because a few months
earlier he easily beat Robson with it. Nevertheless Nakamura tends to stick to
his main repertoire, as he considers it dangerous to test openings when in bad
form.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 (6. a4 {is what Sergey played against me
the day before. There are so many lines against the Berlin these days! I first
saw this line because Dubov played it in a tournament in Israel.} Be7 7. Nc3 a6
8. Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 {and I failed to equalize. Perhaps
8...Nf5 is a better try. Anyway in this game Sergey was slightly better for
most of the game, but he let me off the hook when we both blundered.}) 6... Be7
7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 {As I said I wanted to try Berlin 5.Re1,
even though White usually does not get more than a slight initiative at best.
Hikaru has a lot of experience with 7...Nf, defending it in more than 30 games.
Hence I chose a rare sideline.} Nh4 ({Nh4 is fine and he's played it before
but I like} 10... Bb4 {even more. Black does not even have to take on c3, but
can redeploy the bishop to the h2-b8 diagonal after the preparatory moves Nce7
and c6.} 11. a3 Ba5 ({Although also fine is} 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd6) 12. h3
Nce7 {c6 comes next, coming close to equality.}) 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bb5 {
Clearly with the idea to double his pawns. Hikaru paused to think here but
then played very well for the next few moves.} Ne7 (12... Bf5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Bf4 {seems to me quite unpleasant for Black over the board.}) 13. Bd3 {Now
that there is no pressure on d4 the bishop returns to the right diagonal.} Bf6
14. Qh5 {I have to act quickly and attack, otherwise Black consolidates easily
and equalizes.} g6 15. Qf3 Bg7 ({Taking the pawn looks dangerous after} 15...
Bxd4 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh6 Bxc3 (17... Rf7 $2 18. Nxd5 $1) 18. bxc3 Rf7 19. Rad1)
16. Bg5 f6 ({Black should also equalize after} 16... Be6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5
Qd8 19. Nf4 {but it looks more complex.}) 17. Bd2 c6 (17... Bf5 18. Rxe7 Qxe7
19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nxd5 Qd7 21. Bc3 {looks easier to play for me.}) 18. Ne2 Nf5
19. g3 {Preventing Nh4-f5 and hinting to attack his kingside with h4. Here I
remembered that all Black has to do is exchange the bishops with Bh6 in order
to gradually equalize. So I was waiting to see if Hikaru would find it.} Nh6 {
Putting the wrong piece on h6.} ({I like} 19... Bh6 {The idea is that without
the bishop he gets the g7-square for his king. With the kingside firmly
defended Black can now fight for the e-file.} 20. Bxh6 Nxh6 21. Nf4 Bg4 22. Qe3
Re8 23. Qd2 Nf7) (19... Re8 20. h4 Bh6 {might be even better, with equality.})
({But not} 19... Qb6 20. c4 $36 {which should be good for me due to my lead in
development.}) 20. c4 {Breaking through the center is the only way to take
advantage of my lead in development.} Bg4 21. Qg2 dxc4 ({More accurate is} 
21... Nf7 {to meet cxd5 with Ng5, I could play} 22. f3 Bc8 {I have some weak
squares on the kingside but so does Black.} 23. cxd5 Qxd5 {should be better
for White but I have to play precisely.}) 22. Bxc4+ Kh8 (22... Nf7 23. Bc3 Kh8
24. Nf4 Ng5 25. Re3 $16 {gives White a persistent advantage.}) 23. d5 {Perhaps
a bit hasty. I could also play unconventionally. After the game Hikaru
suggested 23.f3 with a big advantage for White. I probably underestimated my
position. His king is stuck in the corner on h8 which could have been be used
to my advantage.} (23. f3 Bc8 (23... Bf5 {does not do anything due to} 24. g4)
24. Qf2 {with the idea of Nf4. I have very annoying pressure on the
light-squares in return for the isolated pawn.}) (23. Bc3) 23... Nf7 24. Nf4 (
24. h3 $5 {deserves attention, but White has to find Qh1 after} cxd5 25. Bxd5
Bxh3 26. Qh1 $1 {when the pressure on the center and along the h-file gives me
the advantage.} Ne5 27. Nf4 Bf5 28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bc3 $16 {but of course its
not simple to assess the position over the board, without computer assistance.}
) 24... Ne5 25. Be2 Bd7 {Black could just trade the bishops, or play Qd7 here
with a slightly worse position.} 26. Rad1 cxd5 27. Bc3 Bc6 28. Nxd5 {Regaining
the pawn and threatening f4.} (28. Ne6 {does not work because of d4 I thought,
but in fact even stronger is} Qc8 $1 {when due to the threat of d4 I have to
retreat.}) 28... f5 29. f4 $6 {All according to plan, but this allows Black to
defend.} (29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Bf3 {was much stronger. I still have some pressure
due to the control on the open files. After} Bxb2 (30... Bg7 31. Nf4 $16) 31.
Nf4 {is very unpleasant. I underestimated my initiative here as I didn't want
to give him the bishop pair but at the same time my piece activity compensates
for it.}) 29... Nd7 $6 ({He could have equalized with} 29... Ng4 $1 30. Bxg7+
Kxg7 31. Bxg4 fxg4 {when major trades are coming along the open files. Black
should hold the draw.}) 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bf3 (31. Qf2 Nf6 32. Nb4 Qa5 33.
Nxc6 bxc6 {seems to me almost equal.}) 31... Nf6 32. Nxf6 Qxf6 33. Bxc6 bxc6 {
Around here I realized that Black was slowly consolidating, but it does not
matter, for I just want to play on and make some good moves.} 34. Rd7+ Rf7 35.
Qd2 {Threatening to trap his queen with Rd6, just in case.} Rxd7 36. Qxd7+ Kf8
$2 {The losing mistake! We both thought for a long time here, but missed that
36...Kh6 is enough for a draw!} ({We missed that} 36... Kh6 37. Re7 Rh8 38. Rf7
Qxb2 39. Qe7 {seems like mate, but Black defends with} Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ $1 {
trading queens, as easy as that! Suffice it to say that Hikaru was not in the
best form in Croatia, and I on the tired side playing my 4th tournament in a
row.}) 37. Re5 {This looks very active and it cuts off the Black queen, but
perhaps the simple 37.Re2 is even stronger.} (37. Re2) 37... Rd8 38. Qxh7 Re8
$2 ({Here we both calculated} 38... Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Rxb2 41. Qd7 $1
Rb8 42. Qxa7 Qd6 43. Qc5 Qxc5+ 44. Rxc5 {and since this rook ending arises
almost by force, the most important thing is to be able to assess it. I assume
Hikaru thought this is losing for him, but in fact} Rb2 $1 {might just be
enough for him to draw in a very difficult ending.}) 39. Qh6+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf8
41. Qc7 $1 Rxe5 42. Qxe5 $2 {Too hasty. I thought it wins, and so I happily
made this move. It does win even against best defense, but only if you have an
engine with you! Practically its almost impossible for any player to calculate
it all the way to the end.} ({Therefore} 42. fxe5 {is so much simpler, when I
should win without much problems.} Qe7 (42... Qg5 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Qxa7+ Kh6
45. Qd4 $18) (42... Qe6 43. Qd6+) (42... Qf7 43. Qd6+ Kg7 44. e6 Qf6 45. e7
Qxd6 46. e8=N+) 43. Qd6 $1 {is the only thing I need to see. Now White wins as
easy as counting 1, 2, 3.} Qxd6 (43... Kf7 {is met by 44.h4 or 44.Kf2.}) 44.
exd6 Kf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. Kf3 Kxd6 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Kg5 Kf7 49. h4 $18) 42...
Qxe5 43. fxe5 Kf7 44. h4 Ke6 45. Kf2 Kxe5 46. Kf3 $2 {This draws.} ({White
wins here with} 46. Ke3 $1 {but it really is a very hard study! I don't think
even Carlsen would find this over the board. Only the ChessBomb geniuses could
do it!} c5 47. Kf3 ({It is counter intuitive to let his pawn advance one
square further, but} 47. b3 a5 {is only a draw.}) 47... c4 48. Ke3 a5 (48... a6
49. a3 $1 a5 50. a4) 49. a4 $1 Kd5 50. Kf4 Kd4 (50... Kc5 51. Kg5 Kb4 52. Kxg6
Kxa4 53. h5 Kb3 54. h6 c3 55. bxc3 a4 56. h7 a3 57. h8=Q a2 58. c4) 51. Kg5 Kd3
52. Kxg6 Kc2 53. h5 Kxb2 54. h6 c3 55. h7 c2 56. h8=Q+) 46... c5 47. b3 (47.
Ke3 {does not win now because of} c4 48. Kf3 Kd4 $1 {when compared to 46.Ke3,
Black wins a tempo as his king is already on d4 instead of d5.}) 47... Ke6 $2 {
Hikaru still had a lot of time here, but he miscalculated something.} (47... a6
$1 {draws. In fact I saw it does draw, but I was still hoping for some miracle.
The draw is pretty straightforward, I'm sure Hikaru would find it 8 times out
of 10.} 48. Ke3 a5 49. Kf3 ({I was going to try} 49. a3 Kd5 (49... Kd6 {
is also okay.} 50. Kf4 Kd5 $11) 50. Kd3 Kc6 (50... Ke5 51. Kc4 Kd6) 51. Kc4 {
but even here he draws:} Kd6 52. Kb5 Kd5 53. Kxa5 Ke4 $1 54. Kb5 Kf3 $11) 49...
Kd4 50. Kf4 Kc3 51. Kg5 a4 52. Kxg6 axb3 53. axb3 Kxb3 54. h5 c4 55. h6 c3 56.
h7 c2 57. h8=Q c1=Q {as they say, all queen and rook endgames are drawn.}) (
47... a5 $2 {loses to} 48. Ke3 {when Black is in zugzwang. He has to move his
king, and he loses by a tempo as he does not have Kd4.}) 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. a3 a6
(49... a5 50. a4 {Zugzwang.}) 50. b4 c4 (50... cxb4 51. axb4 {is also mutual
zugzwang.}) 51. a4 Ke6 52. Ke3 Kd5 53. Kd2 Kd4 ({Maybe he missed a5 from afar
after} 53... Kc6 54. Kc3 Kd5 55. a5) 54. Kc2 c3 55. b5 {I'm quite pleased to
win against the current USA Champion Hikaru Nakamura. It's not often that I
beat him and in a clear game as well. It's obvious that he was not in the best
of form in this tournament, losing to Caruana and also blundering against
Carlsen when he almost equalized. On my part this was my 4th tournament in a
row. I started in May in Abidjan, had subsequently played Moscow and Norway
and at this point was clearly lacking energy and still had Latvia ahead of me.
I was willing to fight, but I was worried that my form was starting to worsen
from fatigue.} 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
d4 c6 9. dxe5 cxb5 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nc4 d5 14. exd5
Bd7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe7 17. Qd4 Rfe8 18. e4 f6 19. Rfe1 b5 20. Nd2 a5 21.
Nf3 Bg4 22. d6 Qd7 23. e5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 fxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Re8 27.
Qd5+ Kh8 28. Rd1 h6 29. Rd4 Re6 30. Kf2 Rf6 31. h4 b4 32. c4 a3 33. bxa3 bxa3
34. c5 a2 35. Qxa2 Qh3 36. Qe2 Qh2+ 37. Ke3 Qg1+ 38. Kd3 Qb1+ 39. Ke3 Qg1+ 40.
Kd3 Qb1+ 41. Kd2 Qb2+ 42. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2
Bd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rac8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. O-O Nd5 19. Rd1 f6 20. Bd4 Ba4
21. b3 Be8 22. Bc4 b5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bc5 Rxa2 26. h4 Bf7 27. e4
Ra8 28. exd5 Rd8 29. b4 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. f3 h5 32. Bd4 Bc6 33. Bc3 Bd5
34. Bd4 Bc6 35. Bc3 Bd5 36. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O Rae8 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qe6 19. Rae1 Nc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4
21. Qd1 Qd5 22. Bc1 Ba5 23. Qc2 Re6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Qb2 b6 26. Be3 Qd5 27. a4
c6 28. Qa3 Rf6 29. Bd2 Rg6 30. f3 c5 31. Be3 Qe6 32. Qc1 Qxh3 33. Qc2 Qe6 34.
Kf2 Qd6 35. Qe4 h6 36. dxc5 bxc5 37. Qxc4+ Kh7 38. f4 Qf6 39. Qe4 Bxc3 40. Bxc5
Qc6 41. Qxc6 Rxc6 42. Bxa7 Ra6 43. Be3 Rxa4 44. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. a4
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Rd8 17. b5 Ne7 18. c4 d4 19. Nd5 Ng6 20. Rab1 axb5 21. Rxb5
c6 22. Nb6 Qe7 23. Rbb1 Nh5 24. g3 Rf6 25. Qd1 Ngf4 26. gxf4 Nxf4 27. Kh2 Rg6
28. Rg1 Rxg1 29. Nxg1 Rd6 30. Nc8 Qh4 31. Qf3 Rg6 32. Rxb7 Rg2+ 33. Qxg2 Nxg2
34. Kxg2 Qg5+ 35. Kh1 Qd2 36. a5 Qxa5 37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Nxc6 Qa6 39. Nd8 Qa3 40.
Nxf7 Qxd3 41. Nd6 Qc2 42. Rd7 Qa4 43. Re7 d3 44. Nf3 d2 45. Nxd2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Re1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 c6 16. a5 Rfe8 17. Red1 e5 18. d5 e4 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qf4 cxd5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf6 23. Rd6 Kg7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27.
Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxa5 29. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3
h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Ng3
Rad8 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qxc6 Bb6 19. d4 e4 20. Ne5 Rd6 21. Qb7 Bc8
22. Qa8 Bd7 23. Qb7 Bc8 24. Qa8 Bd7 25. Qxa6 Bxd4 26. Qxd6 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 cxd6
28. Nxd7 e3+ 29. Kg1 Qxd7 30. Re1 Qa7 31. Nf5 Nd5 32. Bb3 e2+ 33. Nd4 Nb4 34.
Bf4 Nd3 35. Bg3 Qc5 36. Kh2 Qh5 37. Bc2 Nxe1 38. Rxe1 b4 39. Bf5 bxc3 40. bxc3
Re3 41. Bg4 Qa5 42. Rxe2 Rxg3 43. Kxg3 Qxc3+ 44. Nf3 d5 45. Bf5 g6 46. Bc2 Qc7+
47. Kf2 Qa7+ 48. Kf1 Qxa2 49. Rd2 Qa6+ 50. Bd3 Qa1+ 51. Ke2 Kg7 52. Rd1 Qb2+
53. Kf1 Qb3 54. Be2 h5 55. Nd4 Qa4 56. h4 Kf6 57. g3 Kg7 58. Rd3 Qa1+ 59. Kg2
Qb2 60. Kf2 Qb6 61. Bf3 Qc5 62. Kg2 Qc4 63. Rd2 Qb4 64. Rd3 Qc4 65. Be2 Qa2 66.
Kf2 Qa7 67. Bf3 Qc5 68. Rd1 Qa5 69. Ne2 Qb6+ 70. Kg2 Qb2 71. Rxd5 Qc2 72. Rd7
Qb2 73. Rc7 Qa2 74. Rb7 Qc2 75. Re7 Kf8 76. Re4 Kg7 77. Kh2 Qb2 78. Bg2 Qd2 79.
Nf4 Kf8 80. Ra4 Qc2 81. Ra7 Ke8 82. Ra8+ Ke7 83. Nd5+ Kd6 84. Ra7 Qf2 85. Ra6+
Ke5 86. Nf4 Kf5 87. Nh3 Qd2 88. Ng5 f6 89. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qxc4 c5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 cxd4 14. Qxd4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Kg1 Nc6 17. Qe4 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. Nf3 h6 20. Rac1
Rd8 21. Ne5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 f5 23. Qe3 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Kf7 25. f3 Rd7 26. Rc1 Qd5
27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. Rxa7 Rd2 30. b4 Rxe2 31. a4 Ra2 32. h4 Ra1+ 33.
Kg2 b5 34. a5 Ra4 35. Rb7 Rxb4 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Rb3+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Kd3
Rb3+ 40. Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rhe1 d5 13. Qf4 Re8 14. Bb5
Rf8 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Bd3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5
O-O 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nf3 exd5 12. Nxd5 h6 13. Bh4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Ng4 16. Be7 Bxe7 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Rhe1 Nge5 19. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4
Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. b4 Ng8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 f5 14. Nbd2 Nf6 15.
b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14.
Nxb6 cxb6 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Rd6 Bf5 18. Bf4 Re6 19. Rad1 h5 20. Kf2
a4 21. Rd8+ Re8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd6 Rb8 24. Bc1 Rc8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Bc2
27. b4 cxb4 28. cxb4 Ba4 29. Be3 Re8 30. Bb6 Re6 31. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc7 12. Nd2 Qd6 13. N2f3 Bd7 14. Be2 a6 15.
Nc2 Ne4 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Rc1 Ng5 18. Nce1 d4 19. exd4 Bxh3 20. Ba3 Qf4 21. g3
Qf6 22. d5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Nxf3 24. Nxf3 Ne5 25. Rxc7 Nxf3 26. Be2 Ne5 27. d6 Qf5
28. Qd5 h6 29. Kg2 Qe6 30. Qxb7 Ng6 31. Bc4 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 Qh3 33. Rxf7 Qh5+ 34.
g4 Qh3+ 35. Kxf4 Qh2+ 36. Kf3 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Re1
f6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qg4 Qxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g3 c6 12. Nf1 Qc8 13. Kg2 Re8 14. N1h2 Nf8 15.
Bg5 N6d7 16. Bb3 a5 17. a4 Ne6 18. Bd2 Ba7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nh4 Qd8 21. N2f3 Ndc5
22. Bc2 Qc7 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. Bb3 Ndc5 25. Bc2 Nd7 26. Bb3 Ndc5 27. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. e3
Re8 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 e4 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxd1 13. Nxf7 Qe7 14. Nxd6 cxd6
15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd1 Qe5 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Be1 b6 19. b3 Rd3 20. Rxd3 exd3 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. Bf1 Qf5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd3 Kf8 25. cxd5 a5 26. Rd4 Qb1 27. Bc3
Qxa2 28. Bc4 Qc2 29. Rf4+ Ke7 30. Bxg7 Rd6 31. Bf8+ Kd7 32. Bb5+ Kc7 33. Rc4+
1-0

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 {This
classical line is so solide that both camps (yes, even Black!) have tried to
spice things up with different original moves. The text is obviously not new
and can lead to a position with original pawn structures.} Nc6 8. Nxc6 (8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 {has been favoured in the past decade,
but keeping the Catalan bishop makes a lot of sense too.}) 8... bxc6 9. Na3 {
This maximalist approach forcesBlack to make a concession.} Bxa3 (9... Nd5 10.
Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b3 $14 {obviously gives White a pleasant edge.}) 10.
bxa3 Ba6 ({Another reliable line is} 10... Nd5 11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qa5 Qxd4 13. Be3
Qf6 {, for instance} 14. Bc5 Rd8 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Bd7 17. Bxb6 Bxc6 18.
Bxc7 Rb7 19. Bxd8 Qxa1 20. Qxb7 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Bxb7 {should end in a draw}) 11.
Qd2 Rb8 (11... c3 {is not enough for equality:} 12. Qxc3 Bxe2 13. Re1 Bb5 14.
a4 Bxa4 15. Qb4 Bb5 16. a4 $14) 12. Qa5 Rb6 (12... Qc8 13. a4 Rd8 14. Ba3 Rxd4
15. Rfb1 Rb6 16. Bc5 {is unpleasant}) 13. a4 Qd6 (13... Qc8 14. Ba3 Rd8 15. e3
$14) 14. a3 (14. e4 {allows Black to give up the exchange quite advantageously
by} Qb4 15. Qxb4 Rxb4 16. Ba3 Rxa4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 {Though tripled, Black's
extra pawns give good control, as the only open file can be blocked easily
with Bb5.}) ({No better is} 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. e4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bf4 Nd3
18. Bxc7 Rb2 $36 {Iturrizaga,E (2650)-Dominguez,L (2739) chess.com 2018. In
these 2 variations, we witness the important defensive ressource Qb4. The idea
of Mamedyarov's novelty becomes clear immediately.}) 14... Rfb8 15. e4 c3 $2 {
In the post-game analysis, Wesley So criticized his previous move, but the
only real mistake came here. He could have held the balance with the
complicated 15...Nxe4.} (15... Qd7 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Bf4 $14) (15...
Nxe4 $1 16. Bxe4 Qxd4 17. Be3 Qxe4 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. Rfe1 Qg6 $1 (19... Qd5 $4
20. Rad1 $1) (19... Qf3 $2 20. Rab1 $18) 20. Qe5 Rb7 {was indicated by
Mamedyarov afterwards.}) 16. e5 Qd8 17. exf6 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 c2 19. Ra2 $18 {
White eliminates the only real danger and remains with a decisive material
advantage.} Qd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Rxc2 gxf6 22. Rxc7 R8b7 23. Rc5 Kg7 24. Kg2
Rb1 25. Bb5 Ra1 26. Rc3 Rb6 27. Bf4 Rb7 28. Kf3 Rd1 29. Be3 Rb1 30. Kg4 Rh1 31.
h4 Kg6 32. Bd3+ f5+ 33. Kf3 Rd1 34. g4 1-0

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. a4 Nc6 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. axb5 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 axb5 16. Ne4 b4 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Bc5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qc7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Ra7 Rc8 22. Rxb7 Qxb7 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. h4 Qc5 27. h5
Kf8 28. g3 Ke7 29. Qd1 f5 30. Qd3 Kf6 31. Kg2 Kg5 32. f4+ Kf6 33. g4 fxg4 34.
Qxh7 Qc3 35. Qg6+ Ke7 36. Qxg4 Kd6 37. Kf3 Qxb3 38. Qxg7 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Ne5 Ra7 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7
15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Be5 Bd6 17. Nd2 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 b5 19. Qd4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Qb6 21.
Nd3 Rd8 22. Ne4 Nd7 23. Nec5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Nf4 25. Qxf4 Rxd3 26. Rc8+ Rd8 27.
Rac4 h6 28. R4c6 Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ f5 31. Qc4 Qb3 32. Qxb3 Rxb3 33.
Rc6 Rxb2 34. Rxe6 a5 35. Ra6 Rxe2 36. Rxa5 Kg6 37. Ra6+ Kh7 38. Ra5 Kg6 39.
Ra6+ Kh7 40. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. d4 Ng8 11. b4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxb4 13. Nc3 a5 14. Bf4 f6 15.
Qb3 Ne7 16. Rad1 c6 17. Bc1 d5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. dxc6 Bc2 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. Qa3
Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Nf5 23. Nb5 Nd6 24. Bf1 Nxb5 25. axb5 Rxb7 26. Bd2 Nc2 27. Qa4
Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Bxa5 Bb6 31. Bxb6 Rxb6 32. g3 g6 33. Rd7
Rfb8 34. Bc4 R8b7 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bd5 Rxb5 37. Bxb7 Rxb7 38. Kg2 h5 39. h4 Ra7
40. Rc8 Rb7 41. Rd8 Ra7 42. Rc8 Rb7 43. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qb3 c6 16. e3 Bd6 17. Rab1 Qe7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Ne1 Kg7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Qd7 22. Nd3 Rfc8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qc2 Ra6 25. Rdc1 Qa7 26. Bf3 Rb8 27. Rxb8
Qxb8 28. Kg2 h5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qb2 31. Qc3 Qb8 32. h4 Qb7 33. Rc2 Rb6
34. Qc5 Ra6 35. Qc3 Rb6 36. Qc5 Ra6 37. Qc3 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff remains one of Wesley's favourite openings.}
3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10.
cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rae8 {So far nothing new, but I
now had an idea I wanted to try.} 14. Rb1 b6 15. Bf4 {The point, Sevian had
played 15.c4 two years ago.} Bd6 {Now I began to feel excited, since I felt
that my main line could appear on the board.} (15... Qd7 16. d5 {keeps an edge.
}) 16. Ng5 f5 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. c4 {The point.} Qa5 {While I was waiting for
his move, I saw this, but it looked so wrong that I didnt give it my full
attention. A mistake - while ...Qxd4 is undoubtedly the best move, I should
have started to check this.} (18... Qxd4 19. Qxf5 Qxf4 {The only move.} 20.
Qd5+ Kf8 21. g3 {seems like the end, but Black still has some resources:} Nb4
22. Rxb4 c6 23. Qxc6 Qxg5 (23... Qc1+ {over the board, I suddenly wondered
what happens here.} 24. Kg2 Bxb4 {since Wesley was taking so long on his move,
I had time to work out the answer:} 25. Qd5 Ke7 (25... Re7 26. Qf5+ $1) 26.
Qe6+ Kd8 27. Nf7+ Kc7 28. Qxe8 {and now Black can't take on c4.} Qxc4 29. Qd8+
Kb7 (29... Kc6 30. Ne5+) 30. Qd7+ {now Black loses in all lines} Qc7 {this
loses to} (30... Kb8 31. Nd8 $1) (30... Ka6 31. Qa4+ Kb7 32. Nd6+) 31. Nd8+ Kb8
32. Nc6+ {wins.}) 24. Qxd6+ Qe7 25. Qf4+ Qf7 26. Qd2 {was the line I had
checked at home. Black might be able to hold.}) 19. Bd2 {Now I spent some time.
} Nb4 {Here to my amazement, while Qf3 and Qf1 both looked good, I couldn't
find a forced win.} (19... Bb4 20. Qf3 $1 {wins on the spot:} Nxd4 21. Qh5) 20.
Qf3 $2 {Finally I went for this.} (20. Qf1 {Much harder and I didnt see the
main point, but this leads to a forced win.} h6 (20... Qxa2 21. Re1 ({of
course not} 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Rxb4 Qd2) 21... Rf8 22. Qe2 h6 (22... Kh8 23. Qh5
h6 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Bxh6 $18) 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Bxh6 {wins.}) 21.
c5 $1 bxc5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qf7 {The key move} (24. Nf3 Re4) (24.
a3 {The comp points out this move as well!} hxg5 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Rb3 Qa1+ 27.
Bc1 {and thanks to Rh3, Black loses.}) 24... Rf8 {Easy to think that White has
gotten it wrong, but in fact} (24... Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qe5 26. Bc3 $1) 25. Qg6 hxg5
26. Bc3 $18 {- just two simple moves and White wins.}) 20... h6 21. Bxb4 $2 (
21. a3 hxg5 (21... Qa4 22. axb4 hxg5 23. Qxf5 Bxb4 24. Bxg5 Qc6 25. Qd3 a5 26.
Be3 {and slowly push the h-pawn forward.}) 22. Qb3 $1 {I missed this
intermezzo and this still leaves White with a big advantage.} (22. axb4 Qa2 (
22... Bxb4 {Even this works.} 23. Qc6 Re2 24. Be3 Bd6 {and Black holds on.})
23. Qd3 Re4)) 21... Qxb4 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kh7 24. Rf1 Re1 $1 25. Qxf5+ Kg8
26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Qd3 (27. Qc2 Re7 {might be playable.} (27... d5 28. cxd5
Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qb5+ {and I didnt see any real difference for White.} 30. Ke1 $1
{Analysing at home, I found that some accuracy is still required by Black.} (
30. Kg1 Qxd5 31. Qb3 $2 Qxb3 32. axb3 Kf7 33. Kf1 Ke6 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Kd3 a5) (
30. Qe2 Qb1+ (30... Qxd5) 31. Qe1 Qb5+ 32. Kg1 Qxd5) 30... Qb4+ (30... Qxd5 31.
Qb3 Qxb3 32. axb3 Kf7 33. Kd2 a5 34. f4 h5 $3 {A little detail.} (34... Ke6 $2
35. g4 b5 36. g5 $1 (36. f5+ Kd5 37. Kd3 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 $11) 36... hxg5 37.
fxg5 Kd5 38. Kc3 $1 {much simpler, and now Black can#t stop both h- and
d-pawns.} (38. Kd3 a4 {Now that the Kd3 needs an extra move to stop the a pawn.
...White needs to keep a pawn on the queenside.} 39. b4 $1 a3 40. Kc3 a2 41.
Kb2 Kxd4 42. h4 Ke5 43. h5 Kf5 44. h6 gxh6 45. gxh6 Kg6 46. Kxa2 Kxh6 47. Kb3
Kg5 48. Kc3 Kf6 49. Kd4 {and White wins})) 35. g3 Ke6 36. h3 Kd5 37. Kd3 b5 $11
38. f5 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. g4 a3 41. Kc3 a2 42. Kb2 hxg4 (42... Kxd4 43. f6 $1
gxf6 44. gxh5 $18) 43. hxg4 Kxd4 44. g5 $11) 31. Ke2 Qxd4 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+
Kh8 34. g4 Qc4+ 35. Kf3 Qxa2 36. h4 {and White does seem to be winning.}) 28.
h3 (28. g3 Rc7 29. Qg6 Rxc4 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Re1 Rc7) 28... Rc7 29. Qg6 Rxc4
30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Re1 Qd2) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qb2 {If White had time to play
g4 or h4, then I would have real chances, but as it is, Black is too fast.} 29.
a3 d5 30. cxd5 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qa2+ 32. Ke3 Qxd5 33. g3 b5 34. Qc3 Qe6+ 35. Kd3 a5
{and I decided to acquiesce to the draw} 36. Qxa5 Qc4+ 37. Ke3 Qe6+ 38. Kd2
Qa2+ 39. Ke1 Qb1+ 40. Kd2 Qa2+ 41. Ke3 Qe6+ 42. Kd2 Qa2+ {A huge blow for me,
but I missed even better chances in the remaining games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2
Bc5 9. O-O e3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nbc3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxc1
15. Qxc1 Ne3 16. Rf3 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd8 18. Qg5 f6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Ne4 Nd7
21. Raf1 Kh8 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 23. e4 Bd7 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Rxf6 Qe7 26. Qf4 Kg8
27. d6 Qg7 28. e5 Re8 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Qxe5 31. Rxd7 Qe2+ 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33.
Kh4 Qf6+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh4 Qf6+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Ne2 e6 7. Nbc3 Nb6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nge2 Bf5 14. Ng3 Bg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. O-O c5 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14.
exd4 Nc6 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. Rab1 Nd4 20.
Kf1 Rfe8 21. g3 Rc5 22. Bg2 Ne6 23. Be3 Rc2 24. Rd7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Be4
Rc7 27. Rc1 Bc5 28. Bd2 Rd7 29. Be1 a5 30. a3 g6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Be7 33.
Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rc6 Rd1 35. Ke2 Rd4 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Bc3 Bf6 38. Bxd4 Bxd4 39.
Bc2 Kf6 40. Be4 Kg7 41. Bd3 Kf6 42. Be4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 c5 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. O-O Bf6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Bxa3 16. Bd6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bxa3 Rxa3 20. Rxb6
Rc3 21. Rbd6 Kf8 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Ke7 24. Rxb8 Rxc4 25. f4 Rc7 26. Ra8
Rd7 27. Rb8 Rc7 28. Ra8 Rd7 29. Rb8 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "264"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 Ne7
15. b3 Nf5 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rad1 Qf6
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qe8 23. h3 e5 24. Qc5 a6 25. Qa5 Kg7 26. Rd8 Qe7 27. Nb6
Qxd8 28. Qxe5+ Qf6 29. Qxb8 Be6 30. Qg3 h5 31. Na4 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qxa2 33. Nc5
Qe2 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. Qd4 Bd5 36. Nd7 Qe6 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. b4 Qd6+ 39. Kg1 Ke7
40. Ng8+ Ke6 41. Qf6+ Kd7 42. Qd4 Qb8 43. Nf6+ Ke6 44. Ne4 Bxe4 45. Qxe4+ Kd7
46. Qc4 Qe8 47. Qd4+ Kc8 48. Qb6 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. g3 Qb5 51. Qa7 Qb7 52.
Qc5 Qc7 53. h4 Kb7 54. Qf8 Qd7 55. Kg1 Qd5 56. Kh2 Kc7 57. Kg1 Kd7 58. Kh2 Qc4
59. Kg1 Qe6 60. Qc5 Qe2 61. Qd4+ Ke6 62. Qc5 Qb5 63. Qe3+ Kf6 64. Qc3+ Ke7 65.
Qd4 Ke6 66. Qe3+ Kd7 67. Qa7+ Ke8 68. Qd4 Qd5 69. Qb6 Qc4 70. Qb8+ Ke7 71. Qe5+
Kd7 72. Qb8 Ke6 73. Qe8+ Kf5 74. Qe7 Qd5 75. Qe2 Qb5 76. Qe7 Qc4 77. Qe8 Qe6
78. Qd8 Ke4 79. Qd2 Qc4 80. Qe3+ Kf5 81. Qe7 Kg4 82. Qd7+ Kf3 83. Qd2 f6 84.
Qe3+ Kg4 85. Kg2 Kf5 86. Kh2 g5 87. hxg5 fxg5 88. Qd2 Qd5 89. Qe2 Qd4 90. Kg1
Qxb4 91. Qf3+ Ke5 92. Qxh5 Qb1+ 93. Kg2 Qf5 94. Qd1 a5 95. Qd8 Ke4 96. Qd2 Qd5
97. f3+ Kf5 98. g4+ Ke6 99. Qc2 Kd6 100. Kg3 Qe5+ 101. Kg2 Qf4 102. Qg6+ Kc7
103. Qh7+ Kb6 104. Qb1+ Qb4 105. Qc1 Qc5 106. Qb2+ Ka6 107. Qa2 Qb5 108. Qg8 a4
109. Qa8+ Kb6 110. Qd8+ Kb7 111. Qe7+ Ka6 112. Qf8 Qe2+ 113. Kh3 Qe3 114. Qa8+
Kb5 115. Qb7+ Qb6 116. Qg7 Qc5 117. Qb2+ Ka6 118. Qe2+ Ka7 119. Qd2 a3 120. f4
gxf4 121. Qxf4 Qc3+ 122. Kh4 Qh8+ 123. Kg5 Qg8+ 124. Kh5 Qd5+ 125. g5 a2 126.
Qa4+ Kb6 127. Qb4+ Qb5 128. Qd4+ Ka6 129. Qd8 Qe2+ 130. Kh6 Qe6+ 131. g6 Qh3+
132. Kg5 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,38,25,7,30,27,27,7,3,9,16,2,13,-5,17,-8,10,0,24,2,3,-8,3,13,26,
24,27,27,22,19,4,5,6,-13,-24,-17,-24,-13,0,-34,-42,-5,0,-13,-19,7,53,53,44,-12,
8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 $5 {Starting off with 9 draws the strategic situation
for the world champion was pretty simple, nothing short of 2 wins would leave
any chance of first place. This being his 6th white, it was still the first
game where Magnus opened with the king's pawn, having recently preferred a
more 1.d4 based approach, but in the moment of need, it felt like time for a
surprise.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Wesley is loyal to his solid approach, inviting to a
Berlin.} 3. Bc4 {This used to be considered basically inferior to 3.Bb5 and
the Ruy Lopez, but as this position appeared 10(!) times in the Sinquefield
Cup, it indicates the present preferences of the top players. Compared to 3.
Bb5 it has the advantage of leading to less forced lines.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3
O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 h6 $5 ({Earlier in the tournament Wesley had tried the more
extravagant} 7... a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Re1 Kh8 $5 {ambitiously aiming for ...Ng8
and ...f5, but fearing Magnus preparation he sensibly chooses one of the main
lines.}) 8. Re1 a6 9. a4 a5 $5 {Obviously a strange looking move, moving the
a-pawn continiously. But there is logic behind it:} ({After the immediate} 9...
Be6 {, then} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Nbd2 {leads to troubles for Black
like in e.g. Anand-Carlsen from Stavanger 2017 as White's expansion on the
queenside makes a lot of difference in the ...fxe6 structures. The space
itself obviously, but also that a rook on a2 will defend the f2-pawn
eventually.}) {Now, however, Black uses the possibility to fix the queenside
structure. One could argue why not 8...a5 then? It is a reasonable move,
played by Ding, but there potentially White has the option of a3+b4, while now
the b4-square is definitely under Black's control.} 10. Nbd2 Be6 {As explained
previously, the benefit of having played ...a5 is that Black now can play ...
Be6 without fearing the ...Bxe6 fxe6 structures, and So obviously exploits
that:} 11. Bb5 $5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. dxc5 $5 {Earlier this year in Wijk Aan
Zee, Giri took back on b5 against Anand, with the game ending in a quick draw.}
Na7 14. b3 Re8 {Still common ground, White's concept is that 14...Nc6 is met
by 15 cxd6 cxd6 ( 15...Qxd6? 16 Ba3! wins an exchange, and is the point of 14
b3) 16Ba3 Re8 17 c4! when the resulting pawn structure heavily favours White,
explaining why So had to put his rook on e8, in order to be able to take back
on d6 with the queen.} 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 c5 {Grischuk played 16...Qa6
against MVL in the 2017 World Cup, but while he got a good position in the
game, the computer very much prefers 16...c5.} 17. Nc4 $5 {Over the board
inspiration, and making the inclusion of b3 having a positive effect. MVL had
a later game with Karjakin in 2019 where he continued 17.Qe2, but Magnus' move
is, despite the exchange of queens, somewhat more aggressive.} Qxd1 18. Raxd1
Bxc4 {For a human, an obvious choice, but the computers actually insists that
18...Nd7 also is a reasonable move as after 19 Ne3, which seems to nicely give
White control over the d5 square, after 19...Red8 20 Nd5 Rb8, it indeed is
difficult for White to make any reasonable progress. Being a human being, So,
however, obviously took the knight.} 19. bxc4 {Explaining the games to the
commentators, Magnus said that this was paying a bit of hommage to Mikhail
Botvinnik who in numerous games showed the dynamic potential of this exact
pawn structure where the doubled pawns obviously are potential weaknesses and
thus the position is much sharper than it appears at first sight: Black needs
to hurry, as seen in the game White's potential is huge if the position
stabilizes.} b6 $6 ({The computers strongly suggest} 19... Rac8 $1 {the idea
being to protect the b7-pawn from c7, and then regrouping with ...Nc8/d6
immediately attacking White's fragile c4-pawn. At first the computers says
Black is better, but after a while settles on} 20. Nh2 (20. Nh4 g6 21. f3 {
followed by g4/Ng2-e3 leads to similar positions.}) 20... Rc7 21. Nf1 Nc8 22.
Ne3 Nb6 23. Rb1 Nxa4 24. f3 {when White has sacrificed a pawn, and offers a
second on c3, but as compensation gets serious initiative combing threats via
the b-line with the knight landing on d5. White is neither better nor worse,
but the position is very interesting with rich possibilities for both to
outplay the opponent.}) {So instead chooses solidity, but this permanently
places the initiative with White.} 20. Nh4 Rad8 21. f3 g6 22. g3 {22.g4
intending the same knight regrouping as in the game, but at the same time
stopping Black's ...Nh5 had merits, but Magnus wanted to keep his own kingside
structure as flexible as possible.} Nh5 23. Kf2 Nc6 $6 {Again Wesley's choice
is more solid than good.} (23... Nc8 {23...Nc8!? would reroute the knight to
d6, attacking the c-pawn and after} 24. Ng2 Nd6 25. Ne3 f5 {create some
counterplay.}) {But So believes in the solidity of his position.} 24. Bc1 Kg7
25. Be3 Rxd1 ({Once again} 25... Ne7 26. Ng2 f5 $1 {was called for, creating
some counterplay, but its repeating the previous remark, as Black's play is
based on the wrong assumption that he has an impregnable fortress.}) 26. Rxd1
Rd8 27. Rb1 $1 {Keeping a pair of rooks is an absolute neccesity.} Rb8 28. Ng2
Nf6 29. Ke2 Ne8 30. Bf2 Nd6 31. Ne3 Ne7 $2 {Blacks position was bad, much
worse than it looks, but with this it becomes just plainly lost. But again:
Black thinks he has a fortress.} 32. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Rb7 34. Kd3 {One
could argue a slight inaccuracy, the computer prefers 34 c4!?.} f5 {This
created a weakness on e5, but as White anyway could force that with f4xe5
after a black ...f6, it makes no difference.} ({But even after} 34... c4+ 35.
Kd2 Nc8 36. Bc5 $1 {followed by the f4 break, Blacks position will collapse
rather quickly.}) 35. c4 fxe4+ $5 {Facing reality, So alternates his plan,
tries to complicate.} ({The problem is, as Magnus happily explained after the
game, that the "fortress" after} 35... Kf6 36. g4 f4 37. Be1 g5 38. Bc3 $1 {
has one problem: Yes, everything is solididly protected and White can do no
harm to Black's position on his own. But as Black is not allowed to "pass",
Zugzwang here plays its deadly consequence. Black has to make a move, and that
makes his position instantly collapse. The rook needs to protect the b-pawn,
but if it goes to b8, it allows Bxa5. The knight on d6 is needed there to
protect the rook on b7, else Bxa5 again is possible, and as the king is stuck
on f6 protecting e5, and Black has run out of pawn moves, this is a pure and
illustrative zugzwang. Black's position will fall like a cardhouse, when
removing one bit, will eventually make it all fall.}) 36. fxe4 Rf7 {A good try,
even allowing the hope for the trap below.} 37. Rxb6 (37. Be3 Rf3 38. Rxb6 $4
Rxe3+ $1) 37... Rxf2 38. Rxd6 Rf3+ 39. Ke2 $6 {Sloppy technique.} (39. Kd2 Rf2+
40. Ke3 Rc2 41. Kd3 Ra2 42. Rc6 {was a very trivial win. as White gets
connected passed pawns while keeping Black's counterplay to a minimum.}) 39...
Rc3 40. Re6 Rxc4 41. Rxe5 Rxa4 42. Re7+ Kf6 $2 {Returning the favour and
making the win trivial.} (42... Kf8 $1 {would surprisingly force a huge degree
of precision on White's part.} 43. Re6 $1 {is the only winning move.} ({After} 
43. d6 $2 Rd4 44. e5 a4 45. Ke3 a3 46. Ra7 Rd5 $1 {White cannot successfully
advance his connected passed pawns, as after} 47. Ke4 ({or} 47. Kf4) 47... Rd4+
$1 {the king is forced back, and Black will just return the rook to d5, again
attacking the e5 pawn forcing a repetition.}) 43... Rb4 {again forces
precision, as} 44. Kf3 $1 {is needed. The difference is that after} a4 45. Rxg6
a3 46. Ra6 Rb3+ {now} 47. Kg4 $1 {is available, the point being that after} c4
48. d6 c3 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. d7 c2 {White simply plays} 51. d8=Q {soon mating
the black king, but if the white king were on f4, then 51...c1Q would be a
check, reversing the table.  Very much a line that the World Champion would be
able to calculate, but still an unneccesary risk to take indeed.}) 43. d6 {
44.e5+ follows next, and the pawns marches through.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14.
Qxc4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxe5 Rfe8 18. Bxc7 Rxe2 19. a4 Rc8 20.
Bf4 Rc2 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 a5 23. Rb1 f6 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Bxb8 Bb3 26. Bc7
Bxa4 27. Bxa5 Kf7 28. f3 Ke6 29. Kf2 Kd5 30. Bb6 g6 31. Bd4 f5 32. Bh8 Bb5 33.
Bd4 Ba4 34. Bg7 Bb5 35. Bd4 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 Nb6 2. f4 f5 3. Ng3 g6 4. e4 e6 5. d3 Nf7 6. Be3 Bh6 7. Qf2 d6 8. Re1
Qd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qa4 12. c4 Nb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. Kb1 a5 15.
exd6 cxd6 16. d4 O-O-O 17. Ne2 a4 18. Nbc1 a3 19. Nd3 Qb6 20. Nc3 Kb8 21. c5
Qa5 22. b4 Qc7 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. Nxa3 e5 25. d5 Qa4 26. Qb2 e4 27. Nc1 Bxf4 28.
Bb5 Qa7 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Nb3 Be5 31. Qc1 Qa4 32. Nc4 Qxb4 33. Nxe5 Nxe5 34.
Rd4 Qb5 35. cxd6 Rc8 36. Qd2 Qb6 37. d7 Nxd7 38. Qf4+ Qc7 39. Qxc7+ Rxc7 40. g4
Ne5 41. d6 Rd7 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Nc5 Rd8 44. Rb4 Bd5 45. Rd1 Bc6 46. d7 Nd3 47.
Nxd3 exd3 48. Rd4 Be4 49. Kb2 Kc7 50. Rc1+ Bc6 51. Rxd3 f4 52. Rf3 Rf8 53. Rc4
Rd8 54. Rf2 Rxd7 55. Rcxf4 Bd5 56. Rd4 Kc6 57. Rc2+ Kd6 58. Rcd2 Ke5 59. a4 Rd6
60. Ka3 h5 61. a5 Rd7 62. Kb4 Rd6 63. Rxd5+ Rxd5 64. Rxd5+ Kxd5 65. Kb5 Ke4 66.
Kb6 Kf3 67. Kxb7 h4 68. a6 Kg2 69. a7 h3 70. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 Nb6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Rxd4 f5 5. O-O-O Bxb3 6. axb3 Bc5 7. R4d3
fxe4 8. Rh3 Qg6 9. Kb1 Re8 10. Qc3 Bf8 11. f3 O-O-O 12. fxe4 Nf7 13. Rg3 Qh5
14. Re1 Ne5 15. Nf2 d5 16. Rh3 Qg6 17. Rg3 Qf7 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 dxe4 20.
Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Rd1+ 22. Ka2 Qf1 23. Re8+ Kd7 24. Rd3+ Kxe8 25. Qe5+ Be7 26.
Qh5+ g6 27. Qxd1 Qxg2 28. Qe1 Qxc2 29. Rc3 Qf5 30. Bc5 Nd5 31. Bxe7 Nxc3+ 32.
bxc3 Qc2+ 33. Ka3 Kd7 34. Bg5 b6 35. Qe7+ Kc8 36. Qe6+ Kb8 37. Qg8+ Kb7 38.
Qd5+ Kb8 39. Qe5 Qd1 40. Bf4 Qd7 41. c4 a5 42. Kb2 Qc6 43. Qd5 Qf6+ 44. Be5
Qf2+ 45. Ka3 Qf8+ 46. c5 Ka7 47. Bxc7 bxc5 48. Ka4 Qf2 49. Bxa5 Qa2+ 50. Kb5
Qe2+ 51. Kxc5 Qe3+ 52. Kb5 Qe2+ 53. Qc4 Qxh2 54. Bb6+ Kb8 55. Qg8+ Kb7 56. Qf7+
Kb8 57. Qe8+ Kb7 58. Qd7+ Kb8 59. Bc5 Qe2+ 60. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Ngf3 b6 3. b3 e6 4. Qc2 Be7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. O-O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc7 8.
f3 b5 9. Nxb5 Nxb5 10. cxb5 a6 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8+ 12. Kb1 axb5 13. e4 b4 14. Ba6
Rb8 15. Nc2 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bc4 O-O 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5
Rfe8 21. Rhd1 g6 22. R5d3 Re2 23. R1d2 Rbe8 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Nxb4 Rxg2 26. h3
Rg3 27. f4 Rg1+ 28. Kc2 Rg2+ 29. Rd2 Rg3 30. Nd5 Bd8 31. b4 Rxh3 32. Rd3 Rxd3
33. Kxd3 Kf8 34. a4 Ke8 35. a5 Kd7 36. a6 Kc8 37. b5 Kb8 38. Kc4 h5 39. b6 Bxb6
40. Nxb6 h4 41. Nd7+ Ka7 42. Ne5 h3 43. Ng4 Kxa6 44. Kd4 Kb5 45. Ke3 Kc5 46.
Kf3 Kd4 47. Nh2 Kd5 48. Nf1 Kd4 49. Kg3 Ke4 50. Nd2+ Kf5 51. Nf3 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b5 2. d3 e6 3. Nef3 c5 4. b3 Qc7 5. Nh3 f6 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O Rg8 8. Nf4
e5 9. Nh5 b4 10. c3 a5 11. a3 g6 12. Nxf6 Nxf6 13. cxb4 d6 14. bxc5 Qxc5 15.
Qxc5 dxc5 16. Bxe5 Rb6 17. Bc3 Ke8 18. Bxa5 Ra6 19. Bc3 Bg7 20. a4 Ra7 21. b4
Nd7 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rb8+ Kd7 25. Rc1 Nxa4 26. Ne5+ Ke6 27. f4
Rg8 28. Rb4 Kf6 29. Ra1 Nc3 30. Rxa7 Nxe2+ 31. Kf2 Nxf4 32. g3 Kxe5 33. gxf4+
Kd6 34. Rb6+ Nc6 35. Rba6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. d3 c6 4. Bxa7 Nxa7 5. Qa5+ Nc7 6. Qxa7 Kc8 7. Nab3 e5 8.
fxe5 Qxe5 9. Qc5 Qe8 10. Qf2 Ra8 11. a3 Qe7 12. e3 Bg7 13. Ne2 Re8 14. e4 fxe4
15. Bxe4 Ne6 16. Bg2 Rf8 17. Qe1 Rxf1 18. Bxf1 Qg5 19. Bh3 Kc7 20. Qd2 Qh5 21.
Bxe6 Bxe6 22. O-O-O Bxb3 23. cxb3 Bh6 24. Nf4 Qf3 25. Kc2 Bxf4 26. Qxf4+ Qxf4
27. gxf4 Ra5 28. Rf1 Rh5 29. Rf2 Kd6 30. Kc3 Kd5 31. b4 Kd6 32. Kd4 Rh4 33. Kc3
Ke6 34. a4 Kd6 35. b3 Kd5 36. Re2 Kd6 37. Rf2 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. d3 d6 4. c4 Nab6 5. b3 e5 6. Nc2 Ne7 7. a4 a6 8. a5 Nd7 9.
b4 e4 10. Qd2 d5 11. b5 Kc8 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. O-O Bd5 15. dxe4
fxe4 16. Na2 e3 17. Qxe3 Bxh1 18. Kxh1 Nf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qf3 axb5 21. Rxb5
c6 22. Rb4 Qe6 23. Nc3 Re8 24. Rfb1 Nc5 25. Qh5 Ne4 26. Na4 Nf6 27. Qf3 Qxe2
28. Nb6+ Kc7 29. Qc3 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Nxc4 Re4 33. Nd2 Rxb4
34. Rxb4 Rd8 35. Nb3 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Bxd5 5. f4 e6 6. Nf2 Nhg6 7. g3 Nd7 8. h4 h6
9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Qg4 Kf7 11. h5 g5 12. e4 Bb7 13. Ne3 Qe7 14. fxg5 Qxg5 15.
Qxg5 hxg5 16. Nh3 g4 17. Ng5+ Ke7 18. Nxg4 Nf6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxh5 21.
d3 Nf6 22. g4 Rcd8 23. O-O-O Rh8 24. Rd2 Rh4 25. Nf3 Rh3 26. g5 Nh5 27. Ne1 Rf8
28. Kc2 b5 29. Kb2 Rc8 30. Rf1 Bc6 31. Rh2 Rxh2+ 32. Bxh2 c4 33. dxc4 bxc4 34.
bxc4 Bxe4 35. Kb3 a5 36. Rf2 Rc5 37. Re2 Bb7 38. Re5 Rxe5 39. Bxe5 Kf7 40. Nd3
Kg6 41. Nc5 Bc8 42. Ka4 Kxg5 43. Kxa5 Kf5 44. Bh2 g5 45. Kb6 e5 46. Kc7 Be6 47.
Nxe6 Kxe6 48. c5 e4 49. Bg1 Kd5 50. a4 Kc4 51. c6 Nf6 52. Kd6 Ne8+ 53. Ke7 Nc7
54. Kf6 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. Nhg3 Qe7 5. f4 f6 6. Nh5 O-O-O 7. Nfg3 d6 8. Be4
Bxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf7 10. Nxg7 Qb7 11. Qf3 Rxg7 12. Bxf6 Rg8 13. Bxd8 Nxd8 14. O-O
Qg7 15. f5 Qe5 16. d4 cxd4 17. exd4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. Ng3 Qf6 20. Rce1 d5
21. fxe6 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Nfxe6 23. Nf5 Kb7 24. cxd5 Ng5 25. Rff1 Ka6 26. Ne7 Rg7
27. Nc6 Nxc6 28. dxc6 Rg6 29. Rf5 Ne6 30. Rc1 Bc7 31. g3 b5 32. a4 bxa4 33.
bxa4 Bb6 34. Rf7 Nc7 35. Rxh7 Re6 36. Rh5 Re3 37. a5 Bd4 38. Rh7 Bb2 39. Rc2
Be5 40. Re7 Nd5 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. c7 Ne7 43. c8=Q+ Nxc8 44. Rxc8 Kxa5 45. Kg2
Re2+ 46. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. f4 Qe7 5. Nf2 O-O-O 6. Qe2 f6 7. O-O-O Nf7 8. g3
d5 9. d4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Ng6 11. e4 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Bxf4+ 13. Nd2 Kb8 14. dxc5 Ne5
15. Bxe5+ Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bf4+ 17. Kb2 Be3 18. Qe2 Qxc5 19. Nd3 Bd4+ 20. Nxd4
Qxd4+ 21. Ka3 a5 22. Qf2 Qd6+ 23. Kb2 Bxe4 24. Qe3 f5 25. Nf2 Qe5+ 26. Ka3 Ka7
27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Rd5 29. Qf3 Qd6+ 30. Kb2 Rf8 31. Qe2 Qe5+ 32. Kb1 Rf4
33. Rde1 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 Rd1+ 35. Kc2 Qxe4+ 36. Rxe4 Rxg1 37. Rxe6 Rg2+ 38. Kc3
Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 b6 2. c4 c5 3. bxc5 bxc5 4. e3 e6 5. Nhg3 Qe7 6. Nh5 e5 7. Nhg3 g6 8. Be4
Bxe4 9. Nxe4 f5 10. Nc3 Nf7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. g4 fxg4 13. Qxg4 Ne6 14. Ng3 O-O
15. Ne4 Nh6 16. Qh5 Nf5 17. Rxg6+ hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Nfg7 19. Nef6+ Rxf6 20. Nxf6+
Kf8 21. Nh7+ Ke7 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. Qg6+ Ke7 24. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. c3 O-O 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. O-O Na4 6. Bc1 c6 7. Bc2 Nb6 8. Nb3
Rfe8 9. h3 Nc4 10. Nc5 h6 11. Rfe1 e5 12. b3 Nb6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5
15. Bf4 Re7 16. e4 g5 17. Be3 Qg7 18. Qh2 Rde8 19. Bd4 Qg6 20. f3 dxe4 21. Qd6
Nfd5 22. Qxg6+ fxg6 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. c4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf4 26. Kf2 Rxe4 27. Bxe4
Kf7 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rd7+ Re7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. g3 Nxh3+ 32. Kg2 g4 33. f4
Kf6 34. b4 g5 35. f5 h5 36. a4 h4 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 hxg3 39. Kxg3 Nf4 40.
Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c3 c6 2. f4 d5 3. d3 Nb6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nb3 O-O 6. Qg1 g6 7. Qf2 Ng4 8. Qg1
Qg7 9. h3 Nh6 10. Qf2 f6 11. O-O e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. e4 Nf7 14. Bc2 Bd6 15.
Qh4 Rfe8 16. Qg3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Be7 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Na5 Kh8 20. Bb3 Rf8 21.
Be3 Nd6 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nxe4 25. Bd4 Bf6 26. Bc2 Bf5 27.
Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Nxg6+ Kg7 29. Nf4 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Na4 31. b3 Nc3 32. Nxb7 Nxa2 33.
Nc5 Bf5 34. Ke2 Nc3+ 35. Kd2 Nb5 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. g4 Bc2 38. b4 Kg5 39. Nce6+
Kh4 40. Nd8 Kg3 41. Nxc6 Na3 42. d5 Ba4 43. Nh5+ Kxh3 44. Nf6 h6 45. Kd4 Kh4
46. Kc5 Nb5 47. d6 Nxd6 48. Kxd6 Kg5 49. Ng8 a6 50. Ne5 Bb3 51. Ne7 Bd1 52.
Nf7+ Kxg4 53. Nxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nf6 5. h3 Nb6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O g6 8. Rfe1
Rfe8 9. Nb3 Qg7 10. Nc5 Nc4 11. Nd3 h5 12. Nde5 Nd6 13. g3 a5 14. Qg2 Bf5 15.
Bf4 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Nfe4 17. h4 f6 18. Nd3 b6 19. a4 e6 20. Re2 Re7 21. Rbe1 Rde8
22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Nd2 Qf7 24. Qh3 Nf5 25. Nf3 Bd6 26. Qg2 Kg7 27. Nc1 Rc8 28.
Nb3 Rc4 29. Nbd2 Rxa4 30. Qf1 Ra2 31. Rb1 a4 32. Qd1 Qe8 33. Qe1 a3 34. bxa3
Rxa3 35. c4 Bc7 36. Qc1 Ra7 37. cxd5 exd5 38. Rxe7+ Qxe7 39. Qc3 Ra3 40. Qc6
Qd6 41. Rc1 Ra1 42. Kg2 Rxc1 43. Qxc1 Qd7 44. Qc2 Kf7 45. Qb3 Qc6 46. Qa3 Bd8
47. Qa7+ Be7 48. Qb8 Kg7 49. Qa7 Qe6 50. Qb7 Kf8 51. Qb8+ Kf7 52. Qb7 b5 53.
Qxb5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 c6 3. Nf3 Nb6 4. Nb3 g6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Bd3 h5 7. Nc5 O-O-O 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Ng5 Bxd3 10. exd3 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. g3 Rde8 13. f4 e6 14. Rde1 Qg8
15. Qg2 f6 16. Nf3 e5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21.
Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nb6 2. e4 g6 3. f4 f5 4. Nb3 fxe4 5. Qxe4 Bh6 6. Be3 Bd5 7. Qd3 Qf7 8.
Re1 Nc4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qxf4 11. O-O-O Rf8 12. c4 Be6 13. g3 Qf6 14. d5
Bf5 15. Qa3 Qd4 16. h3 O-O-O 17. g4 Be4 18. Ng3 Bf3 19. Ne2 Qxc4+ 20. Kb1 Bxd2
21. Qxa7 Be4+ 22. Ka1 Qa6 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Rxd2 Rf2 25. Rd4 Bg2 26. Bxg2 Rxg2
27. Nf4 Rh2 28. Ra4 Rf8 29. a3 Rd2 30. Rxe7 g5 31. Nh5 Ng6 32. Rxh7 Ne5 33. Ng3
Rxd5 34. Rxa6 Rf4 35. Rh8+ Kb7 36. Raa8 Rd1+ 37. Ka2 d6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 Nb6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Rxd4 f5 5. O-O-O Bxb3 6. axb3 Bc5 7. R4d2
fxe4 8. Ng3 e3 9. fxe3 Qe5 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bf2 Nf7
14. Bg3 Qe6 15. Rf2 Bd6 16. Nxd6+ Nxd6 17. Bxh7 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qc3 d6
20. Rf7 Re7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. e4 Qxe4 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Bxd6 Nd5 25. Qe5 Qxe5
26. Bxe5 g6 27. g4 Kd7 28. c4 Ke6 29. Bg3 Nf6 30. h3 c6 31. Bf2 b6 32. Kc2 Ke5
33. Bg3+ Ke4 34. Bb8 Nd7 35. Bc7 Kf3 36. b4 Kg2 37. h4 Nf6 38. Bb8 Nxg4 39.
Bxa7 b5 40. Kc3 Ne5 41. b3 Nf3 42. Kd3 Kg3 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. Ke4 Nd2+ 45. Kd5
Nxb3 46. Kc6 Nc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Ngf3 e6 3. Qc2 b6 4. b3 Be7 5. O-O-O Ngf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc7 8.
f3 b5 9. cxb5 Nfd5 10. e4 Ne3 11. Qc3 Nxd1 12. Kxd1 f6 13. Nec2 O-O 14. Bd3 g6
15. f4 a6 16. bxa6 Rb6 17. Qa5 Rxa6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Bb2 Bxe4 20. Re1 Nc5 21.
Ba3 f5 22. Re3 Nb7 23. Qd2 d6 24. g4 Nc5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Bb2 Bf6 27. Nb4 Qb7
28. Bc3 Rc8 29. h3 Bg2 30. Qe1 Kf7 31. a3 Ne4 32. Bb2 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Qc7 34. Ke2
Qc1 35. Qxc1 Rxc1 36. a4 Bf1+ 37. Kf3 Rd1 38. Bb6 Bxh3 39. Rd3 Rxd3+ 40. Nxd3
Nd2+ 41. Kg3 Bf1 42. Nc1 Ne4+ 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Bd4 h5 45. Bf2 Kd5 46. Be1 Nc5
47. Ke3 Bg2 48. Bh4 Be4 49. Kd2 Bf3 50. a5 Kc6 51. b4 Ne6 52. Ke3 Bd5 53. Ne2
Bc4 54. Nd4+ Nxd4 55. Kxd4 d5 56. Be1 Kb5 57. Kc3 Kc6 58. Kd4 Kd6 59. Bf2 Bb5
60. Bh4 Bc4 61. Bf2 Kc6 62. Kc3 Kb5 63. Be1 Bf1 64. Kd4 Bg2 65. Kc3 Be4 66. Kd4
Bg2 67. Kc3 Bf3 68. Kd4 Kc6 69. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Ngf3 Ngf6 4. g3 Qc7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. e3
e4 9. Ng5 Rf8 10. f3 exf3 11. Nxf3 O-O-O 12. b4 Be4 13. Rd1 Qb7 14. Nce1 Bxb1
15. Qxb1 Qc7 16. Nd3 h6 17. a4 g5 18. a5 Nd7 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. bxc5 dxc5 21.
Nfe5 Rd6 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. d4 Qa3 24. c5 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Nc7 26. cxd6 Bxd6 27.
Qf5+ Kd8 28. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Rxf4 d5 4. Bc5 Nd6 5. e5 g5 6. Rf3 Qxe5 7. Qxe5 Bxe5 8.
Nd3 g4 9. Rf2 Bxh2 10. g3 Bg1 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Rf1 Bb6 13. Bxd5 Nc7 14. Be4 f5
15. Rxf5 Re8 16. Rf4 Bxa2 17. O-O-O Nd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Nd4 h5
21. Nf5 Kd7 22. Ng7 Rh8 23. Rf5 Be4 24. Rf7+ Kc6 25. Nb4+ Kb5 26. c3 Rh7 27.
Re1 d5 28. d3 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. dxe4 Rxg7 31. e5 d4 32. Nd5 dxc3 33. e6
cxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Bd6 35. e7 Bxe7 36. Nxe7 Rg5 37. Rf1 Kc4 38. Rf5 Rxf5 39. Nxf5
Kd3 40. Ng7 h4 41. gxh4 Ke4 42. Nh5 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g5 2. f4 f5 3. e5 gxf4 4. d4 d6 5. Nab3 Ncb6 6. Nd3 Qh5+ 7. Kc1 O-O-O 8.
Nxf4 Qh6 9. g3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Bd5 11. Bf3 Nc4 12. Qe2 Nab6 13. Bxb6 Nxb6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. h4
c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nb4
15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Qf4 Qa5 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Rh3 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qd2 b4 24. cxb4 Be4+ 25. Ka1 Qf5 26. Ng1 Rd8 27. Rh4
Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Bd5 30. Rh8+ Kxh8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
a6 9. b3 Re8 10. e3 c6 11. Ba3 e4 12. Nd2 d5 13. Rc1 h5 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Ne2 h4
16. g4 Ne6 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Bd6 Rc8 19. Qb2 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Ng5 21. cxd5 Bxg4 22.
Bf4 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 c5 24. Ng1 g5 25. Be5 cxd4 26. Ndxf3 exf3 27. Bxf3 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Bxe5 29. Bxg4 dxe3 30. Qe2 Bf4 31. Rc8 Qe7 32. d6 Bxd6 33. Qxe3 Qxe3 34.
fxe3 Kf8 35. Nf3 f6 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Bc8 a5 38. Bxb7 Kd7 39. Be4 Ke6 40. Bb7
f5 41. Nxg5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h4
c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nb4
15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Qf4 Qa5 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Ne4 Bxe4+ 21.
Qxe4 Rc7 22. Ne5 Rfc8 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bh6 e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h4 h5 14. Bd3 Qd6
15. Bb5 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4+ Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nf6 19. e5 Ng4 20. O-O Rd8
21. Rfd1 Nxe5 22. Rc7 a6 23. Ba4 b5 24. Bb3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h4
c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Qa5
15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bb3 Ne7 19. Qf4 Nf5 20. d5 exd5 21.
Nxd5 Be6 22. Kb1 Rac8 23. Ne5 Rc5 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. N5c6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qb6 27.
Bxe6 fxe6 28. Nxg6+ Kf7 29. Nge5+ Ke8 30. Qh2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be3 e6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 b6 13. g4 h6 14. O-O-O Rd8
15. Be2 Bb7 16. Rh5 Rac8 17. Rdh1 Kf8 18. Kb1 f6 19. f4 e5 20. g3 Na5 21. Rf1
Kg8 22. Kc1 Bc6 23. fxe5 Be8 24. Rh2 fxe5 25. g5 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Nf3 Rd6
28. Nxg5 Rh6 29. Rhf2 Bh5 30. Ba6 Rd8 31. b4 cxb4 32. cxb4 Nc6 33. Bc4+ Kh8 34.
Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Rc1
c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Be2 b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rfc8 17. Ne2 g5 18. Bg3 Nd5 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Ndc6 Bxe5
21. Nxe5 f6 22. Ng4 h5 23. e4 hxg4 24. exd5 gxf3 25. d6 Nd7 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. Rd3
Kf7 28. Rxf3 Kg6 29. Rfc3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. g3 a6 13. a4 Bh5 14. O-O O-O 15.
g4 Bg6 16. g5 Ne8 17. f4 Nd6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Be2 c5 20. e4 Rac8 21. Be3 cxd4
22. Bxd4 Nc5 23. Qb4 Ndxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxc7 Bxb4 26. Rfc1 Rxc7 27. Rxc7
Rd8 28. Be3 Bd2 29. Bxd2 Rxd2 30. Bf3 Nd6 31. Bxb7 a5 32. Rd7 Rxb2 33. Bc6 Nf5
34. Ra7 Rc2 35. Bb5 Nd4 36. Rxa5 f6 37. Bd3 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nxh2+ 39. Ke1 Nf3+ 40.
Kf1 Ra2 41. Bxg6 Kf8 42. Ra7 fxg5 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Re7 Nh2+ 45. Kg1 Nf3+ 46.
Kf1 Nh2+ 47. Ke1 Nf3+ 48. Kd1 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Rd8 50. fxg5 Ne5 51. Be4 Nd3+ 52.
Bxd3 Rxd3 53. Rxe6 Ra3 54. g6 Kf8 55. Re4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bxd5 exd5 8.
Qf3 Be6 9. Nge2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nxd5
Nxe5 15. Qh5 Ng4 16. Bg5 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxf6 Qa4 20. Bxg7
Rg8 21. Qxh7 Ke7 22. Nd4 Rad8 23. b3 Qb4 24. Qe4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Qb5 26. Qh4+ Ke8
27. Bf6 Rc8 28. Rd2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. Bd3 d6 7. exd6 Nxd6 8.
O-O Bf5 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. c3 Nd7 11. Ne4 Nd6 12. Re1 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 e5 14. Bg5 f6
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qb3+ Nf7 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Re7 Qf5 19. Rd5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Be3 Nc4 14. Bc5
Re8 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 18. Bf2 N4e5 19. Nc5 Ng6 20. Ra4 Rad8
21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rd6 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. h3 Rd2 26. Qe4 h6 27.
Kh2 a6 28. Ra3 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Ngxe7 30. Bf3 Ne5 31. Bxb7 Rxe2 32. Kg1 Nf5 33. Ra5
f6 34. Kf1 Rb2 35. Be4 Nd6 36. Bd5+ Kh7 37. Rxa6 Ndc4 38. Bd4 Nd2+ 39. Ke2
Ndc4+ 40. Kd1 Rd2+ 41. Kc1 Nd3+ 42. Kb1 Rb2+ 43. Ka1 Nd2 44. a4 Rb1+ 45. Ka2
Rb2+ 46. Ka1 Rb1+ 47. Ka2 Rb2+ 48. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. d4 e6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. f4 Bc5
15. Nd1 Bb6 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bc3 Rc8 18. Rc2 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Bd4 Rxc2 21.
Qxc2 Bxd4 22. exd4 Qb6 23. Qd2 Rc8 24. Ne3 Be6 25. g4 fxg4 26. f5 Bd7 27. Nxd5
Qd8 28. f6 Kh8 29. Ne7 gxh3 30. fxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 h6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8.
Bxe4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 f5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. gxh5 e4
15. d3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Qf6 17. c3 Rab8 18. d4 f4 19. b4 Rb5 20. Bd2 Rg5+ 21. Kh1
Qf5 22. Rg1 Rxh5 23. Rg4 Qd5 24. Qxd5+ cxd5 25. h4 g5 26. f3 Rxh4+ 27. Rxh4
gxh4 28. Rg1+ Kh7 29. Rg4 c6 30. Kg2 h5 31. Rxh4 Kg6 32. Rh1 a6 33. Re1 Kf5 34.
Rh1 Rf6 35. a4 Kg6 36. Be1 Re6 37. Kf2 Re3 38. Bd2 Re8 39. Rg1+ Kf6 40. Kf1 Rb8
41. a5 Rh8 42. Be1 Kf7 43. Bh4 Rg8 44. Rh1 Kg6 45. Be1 Kh6 46. Bd2 Rg3 47. Kf2
Rg8 48. Re1 Kg5 49. Re6 Rg6 50. Re1 Kf5 51. Rh1 Rh6 52. Kf1 h4 53. Rh3 Be7 54.
Be1 Bg5 55. Bf2 Re6 56. Rh1 Re7 57. Rh2 Re6 58. Rh1 Re7 59. Rh3 Re6 60. Rh2 Rh6
61. Kg2 Re6 62. Kf1 Rh6 63. Rh3 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. e4 g6 8.
h4 h6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Qc2 a5
15. e5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. h5 Bf5 18. Qa4 Nb4 19. hxg6 Bxg6 20. e6 Qc6 21.
exf7+ Kf8 22. b3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. b4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Rb1 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. d3
b6 9. O-O e6 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. h3 Rc8 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Bg3
a6 16. Nbc3 b5 17. Nd1 Nf6 18. Ne3 c4 19. dxc4 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nxg3 21. Nxg3 bxc4
22. Nxc4 d5 23. Ne3 Qh4 24. b5 axb5 25. Qxb5 Ba8 26. Rfd1 Nd4 27. Qd3 Rc3 28.
Qd2 Rxa3 29. Bb3 Ra7 30. Nef1 Rc7 31. Ne2 Nxe2+ 32. Qxe2 Rfc8 33. Nh2 Qe4 34.
Qf1 d4 35. Nf3 Qf4 36. Rd3 Rc3 37. Rbd1 Bxf3 38. gxf3 R8c5 39. Kh1 Be5 40. Qg2
Rxd3 41. Rxd3 h5 42. Qg3 Qf5 43. Qg2 Rc3 44. Rxc3 dxc3 45. Kg1 Qf4 46. Kh1 Kg7
47. Qg3 Qxg3 48. fxg3 Bxg3 49. Kg2 Bf4 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Ba4 Ke7 52. Ke2 f5 53.
Kd3 Bd2 54. Bc6 g5 55. Bb5 e5 56. Ke2 Ke6 57. Bc4+ Kf6 58. Bb5 e4 59. fxe4 fxe4
60. Be8 g4 61. h4 g3 62. Bxh5 Kf5 63. Kf1 Bf4 64. Kg2 Be5 65. Be8 Kf4 66. h5
Kg4 67. h6 Kg5 68. h7 Kf4 69. Bc6 Bh8 70. Bd5 Be5 71. Bc6 Ke3 72. h8=Q Bxh8 73.
Kxg3 Be5+ 74. Kg2 Bd4 75. Bb7 Bc5 76. Bc6 Bd6 77. Kf1 Be5 78. Ke1 Bg3+ 79. Kd1
Kf3 80. Bb5 Bf4 81. Be2+ Kf2 82. Bc4 e3 83. Be2 Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7
15. d6 Rc8 16. Kb1 e4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Nf3 Rf7 20. Bd3 Be6 21. e5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rhe1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qd7 25. Ka1 Nc4 26. Qe2 Bg4 27. Qc2
Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Nxd6 29. Be4 Kh8 30. Be3 Qe7 31. Bd4+ Kg8 32. Bd5 Nf5 33. Bxa7
Kf8 34. Bxf7 Qxf7 35. g4 Ne7 36. Qe2 Kg8 37. Rd7 Re8 38. Rxb7 Nd5 39. Rxf7 Rxe2
40. Rf3 Re4 41. g5 Rg4 42. Bd4 Rxg5 43. a4 h5 44. a5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 h6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e4 Nb6 8. Nb5
e5 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxe4 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1
d5 15. Bd3 Qb6 16. f3 Nd6 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Nf5
21. Qh5 Qxb2 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qxd4 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Red1 Qe5 26. Qh6+ Kg8
27. Rab1 Rad8 28. f4 Qf5 29. Rb3 Re6 30. Rg3+ Rg6 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qh4 Rd7
33. h3 d4 34. Qf2 d3 35. Qe3 Kf7 36. Qxa7 d2 37. Qe3 Qc2 38. Qe2 b5 39. Kh2 Qc4
40. Qf3 Rd3 41. Qb7+ Kf6 42. Qb6+ Kg7 43. Qb7+ Kh6 44. Qb8 Kg7 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46.
Qb8 Kg7 47. Qa7+ Kh6 48. Qf2 Qe4 49. Qh4+ Kg7 50. Qf2 Qd5 51. Qa7+ Kh6 52. Qb8
Kg7 53. Qc7+ Kh6 54. Qa7 Qd6 55. Qf2 Rd4 56. Qg3 Kg7 57. Qe3 Rxf4 58. Kh1 Rd4
59. Qe2 Qd5 60. Qe3 Qd6 61. Qe2 Qd5 62. Qe7+ Kh6 63. Qe3+ Kg7 64. Qe7+ Kh6 65.
Qe3+ Kg7 66. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 a5 5. e3 Qc7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O
Bxc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Ba6 Bxa6
15. Qxa6 Ne5 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. e5 Ng4 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nd6 Rc6 20. Nc4 Rfc8 21. b3
h6 22. Bd2 a4 23. Nb2 Bxa3 24. Nd3 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. bxa4 e5 27. Ndxe5 Re6
28. Qd3 Nxe5 29. Qxa3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nb6 8. axb5
e6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Be7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rd1 Nc6
15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Na3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bb4 Qh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. Bf1 Qh5 21.
Be2 Qh3 22. Bf1 Qh5 23. Be2 Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 Rc8 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Nf1 g4 13. Ne1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15.
Qxg4 Nb3 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Rb1 Ndc5 18. Bh6 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Nc5 20. Rd4 Kd7 21. Ng3
Qe8 22. b4 Rg8 23. Qxh7 Na4 24. Nf3 Rh8 25. Qg7 Nc3 26. Re1 Rg8 27. Qh7 Rh8 28.
Qg7 Ba6 29. Bg5 Rg8 30. Qh6 Rg6 31. Qh5 Nb5 32. Rdd1 Nxa3 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. Nd4
Nc2 35. Nxc2 Rxc2 36. Ra1 Qxb4 37. Qd1 Qc5 38. Qf3 Bd3 39. Rxa7+ Kc6 40. Qxf7
Kb5 41. Rb1+ Kc4 42. Qf4+ d4 43. Ra4+ Kc3 44. Ne4+ Bxe4 45. Qxe4 d3 46. Rf1 Rg8
47. Qe1+ d2 48. Qa1+ Kd3 49. Ra3+ Rc3 50. Qb1+ Kd4 51. Rxc3 Qxc3 52. Qxb6+ Kxe5
53. Qb5+ Kf6 54. h4 Qf3 55. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Nce2 Nfd7 5. e6 Nf6 6. exf7+ Kxf7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Nf4 e5 9. Bc4+ Ke8 10. Ne6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 Qe7 12. Bb3 e4 13. Ng5 d3 14. O-O Nd4
15. cxd3 exd3 16. Bf7+ Kd8 17. Bc4 Qc5 18. Nf7+ Ke8 19. Re1+ Be7 20. b3 Rf8 21.
Re5 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Qd4 23. Ba3 Ng8 24. Bxd3 Rxf7 25. Qxe2 Qxa1+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3
O-O 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Bh2 Nd7 13. Be2 Be5 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15.
Qxh5 Bxh2 16. Rxh2 Ne5 17. Kf1 Ng6 18. Nde4 Re5 19. Qe2 Bf5 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. a5
Qh4 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Kg1 h5 24. Nge2 Rg5 25. f4 Rf5 26. e4 Rxf4 27. g3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. Rac1 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Nd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Na5 Nb4 19. a3 b6 20. axb4
bxa5 21. bxa5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rb8 23. Rd7 e6 24. Rxa7 Rxb3 25. a6 Ra3 26. f4 h6
27. Kf2 g5 28. e3 g4 29. Ke2 h5 30. Ra8 Ra2+ 31. Kd3 Rxh2 32. Rb8 Ra2 33. Rb6
h4 34. gxh4 g3 35. Rb1 Kg6 36. Rg1 g2 37. a7 Rxa7 38. Rxg2+ Kh5 39. Ke4 f6 40.
Rg8 Kxh4 41. Rf8 f5+ 42. Ke5 Kg4 43. Rg8+ Kf3 44. Kxe6 Ke4 45. Kf6 Ra6+ 46. Kg5
Kxe3 47. Kxf5 Ra5+ 48. Kg4 Ra1 49. Re8+ Kd4 50. f5 Kd5 51. f6 Rf1 52. Kg5 Kd6
53. Kg6 Rg1+ 54. Kh6 Rf1 55. Kg7 Rg1+ 56. Kf8 Kd7 57. f7 Rf1 58. Re4 Rg1 59.
Rd4+ Kc7 60. Ke7 Re1+ 61. Kf6 Rf1+ 62. Ke6 Kc8 63. Rg4 Kc7 64. Rg8 Kc6 65. Rc8+
Kb7 66. f8=Q Rxf8 67. Rxf8 Kc6 68. Rc8+ Kb5 69. Kd5 Kb6 70. Rb8+ Kc7 71. Rb2
Kd7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Re8 13. Qb3 Nf8 14. Bh3 Ne6 15.
Be3 c5 16. Nf3 c4 17. Qc2 b5 18. a3 Bd6 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Rc7 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. Bg2 Qe6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Rce7 26. Re3 Qg6 27. Rce1 Bc7
28. b3 cxb3 29. Qxb3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Neg5+
Kg8 8. d3 h6 9. Nh3 g5 10. Nhg1 Bg7 11. c3 Bf5 12. Ne2 e4 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 exd3 16. O-O Kg7 17. h4 Qf6 18. Qf3 Be4 19. Qg3 Qd6 20. Qg4
Raf8 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. f4 Qg6 23. Bd2 Rh4 24. Qg3 Qh5 25. Kf2 Rg4 26. Rh1 Rxg3
27. Rxh5 Rxg2+ 28. Ke1 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. dxc5 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nc3 Na6 7. Be3 b6 8. cxb6
axb6 9. Nge2 e6 10. Qd2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc5 14. Nd4
Qxd5 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Rd1 Qxa2 17. O-O Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Qc2 Qa4 20. Qxa4
Nxa4 21. Rd2 Rd5 22. b3 Nc5 23. b4 Re8 24. Bf2 Na6 25. b5 Nc7 26. Rfd1 Red8 27.
Nb3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. f3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 dxe4 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. fxe4 Nc6
8. Nf3 e6 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. O-O-O+ Ke7 11. e5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. c4
Nb6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Rhf1 h6 17. Be3 Na4 18. Bd2 Rhd8 19. g4 Be8 20. g5 hxg5
21. Bxg5+ f6 22. Bd2 Bh5 23. Rg1 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nxe5 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Bh6 Nxf3
27. Rg3+ Kf7 28. Rg7+ Ke8 29. Rg8+ Ke7 30. Rg7+ Ke8 31. Rg8+ Ke7 32. Rg7+ Ke8
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 Bb4 7. Qc2 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c5 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Bd3 Nxc5 14. Bxh7+
Kh8 15. Nf3 dxc4 16. Ng5 e5 17. Bg3 f6 18. Bg8 Nd3+ 19. Rxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 e4
21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qh4+ Kxg8 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. dxc5 e6 7. e4 Bxc5 8.
exd5 Qb6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Qd2 Be3 12. Qd3 a6 13. Bg3 Rd8 14. Na4
Qa5+ 15. Qc3 Qg5 16. h4 Qb5 17. Qxe3 Qxa4 18. O-O-O Qxa2 19. Nc3 Qa1+ 20. Nb1
Re8 21. Bc4 b5 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Rhe1 Nf8 24. Be5 Rxe6 25. Qd4 Qa4 26. b4 Bb7
27. g4 Rc8 28. Rd2 Rce8 29. g5 Ng6 30. gxf6 Nxe5 31. fxg7+ Kg8 32. Rde2 Nxf3
33. Qf4 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nc3 b6 6. Be3 Bb7 7. Qd2 e6 8. Nge2
d6 9. h4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bh6 Nbd7 13. h5 Nxh5 14. O-O-O Ne5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. g4 Nxf3 17. Qe3 Qg5 18. Qxg5 Nxg5 19. gxh5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21.
Nc3 Re5 22. h6+ Kh8 23. Bg2 f5 24. Nb5 Rd8 25. Rhe1 a6 26. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Nb4 14. Nxe5 Qd5
15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qd5 17. f3 Bd6 18. Ng4 Bg3 19. Re4 Qd6 20. Rd4 Qe7 21. Bd2
c5 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Rxg3 Qe5 26. Qe1 Qxb2 27. axb5
a5 28. Qe7 Bd5 29. d4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. Be2 O-O
15. O-O Ne7 16. Ncb4 Bb7 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. g3 a5 19. Nc2 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qb6 21.
Na3 Ne7 22. Qd3 b4 23. Nc4 Qc5 24. h4 Bh6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Nxd6 bxc3 27. bxc3
Nc8 28. Nc4 Rb5 29. Rfd1 Nb6 30. a4 Rb3 31. Nxa5 Rxc3 32. Bb5 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5
34. Nc6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Rc1 g6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. h3 Bf8 15. Ne5
Bg7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Nc4
Qd5 22. f3 Rd8 23. Ne3 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rc1 Rd6 27. Nc4 Rd5
28. Nxb6 axb6 29. Rxc6 b5 30. g3 Nh5 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Rxa2 33. g4 Ng3 34.
Bxb5 e5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rc5 f4+ 37. Kd3 Re2 38. Bc6 Kg7 39. b4 Re3+ 40. Kc4
e4 41. fxe4 Nxe4 42. Re5 Rc3+ 43. Kd4 Rxc6 44. b5 Rc5 45. Rxe4 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Be3 Be7 12. f5 Bc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Qd3 b5 15.
a4 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na5 Rc8 18. Nxb5 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nc4 Rb8 21.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Nc3 Rd4 23. Nxe5 Rxb2 24. Nc6 Rxc2 25. Nxe7+ Kg7 26. Ncd5 Nxe4
27. f6+ Kh6 28. Ne3 Re2 29. N3f5+ gxf5 30. Nxf5+ Kg6 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Rad1 Ng3
33. Rf3 Nf5 34. Rdd3 h5 35. Rf4 Kg5 36. Rdf3 Nh4 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 Nf5 39.
Kf1 h4 40. Ke2 Kxf6 41. Rf4 Ke5 42. Rg4 Ng3+ 43. Kd3 Nf5 44. Re4+ Kd5 45. Rf4
Ke5 46. Rg4 Ne3 47. Rxh4 Nxg2 48. Re4+ Kf5 49. Kxd4 Nf4 50. Re5+ Kg6 51. h4 f5
52. Re1 Kh5 53. Rh1 Kg4 54. Rh2 Kg3 55. Rh1 Kg4 56. Kc5 Nh5 57. Kd5 f4 58. Ke5
f3 59. Rf1 Kxh4 60. Rxf3 Kg4 61. Rf5 Ng3 62. Rf4+ Kg5 63. Rf3 Kg4 64. Rxg3+
Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 a6 6. h4 h5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nf3
d6 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. Qc2 Nh6 11. O-O Nf5 12. e4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 c5 15.
Bd2 Bh3 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Kg2 e5 18. a3 O-O 19. f3 Be6 20. b4 f5 21. Bg5 Qd7 22.
Ng1 cxb4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Rxa6 Qb7 25. Rxd6 Rb2 26. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 27. Re2 Qb1 28.
Rxe6 Qxd3 29. Rxg6 fxe4 30. fxe4 Qxc4 31. Rd6 Qf7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Be3 Be7 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nd2 Rc6 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qd5 Bg5 20. Bf2 Rg8
21. c4 Qc8 22. c5 Qxf5 23. cxd6 Bf4 24. Kh1 Kd7 25. Be3 Qe6 26. Qxe6+ fxe6 27.
Bxf4 exf4 28. Rxf4 Rg7 29. Rd1 Rxd6 30. Rxd6+ Kxd6 31. g4 e5 32. Rf8 Rc7 33.
Kg2 Kd5 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. Rf7 Rxb2 36. Rd7+ Ke6 37. Rxh7 Rxa2 38. Rxb7 Ra3+ 39.
Ke4 Ra4+ 40. Kf3 Ra3+ 41. Ke4 Ra4+ 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Ne3 Be6 10. Bg2 Bd5 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Bc3 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Nd5 14.
Be5 Rb7 15. Ne3 f6 16. Bc3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 e5 18. Kf2 Bb4 19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. b3
Kd7 21. Rhc1 Rhb8 22. bxc4 Rb2 23. Rc3 Kc7 24. Ra3 R8b7 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Ra4 e4
27. g4 g5 28. c5 Rxc5 29. Rxe4 Re5 30. Ra4 a5 31. Kf3 Rb4 32. Ra3 f5 33. h3 f4
34. Rd4 Rxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Rxd4 36. Re5 Rd5 37. Re7+ Rd7 38. Re5 h6 39. Rxa5 Kb6
40. Re5 c5 41. Re6+ Kb5 42. Rxh6 c4 43. h4 c3 44. a4+ Kc5 45. Rh8 Kc6 46. Rh6+
Kc7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 Ne5 11. b3 Bd7 12. a5 Rc8 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Qc3 16. Qxc3 Rxc3 17. Kd2 Rfc8 18. Ra2 Bb5 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 R8c5 21.
Ne2 Nf3+ 22. Kc1 Rxd5 23. Nxc3 Bxc3 24. Rd1 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Bxa5 26. c4 Kf8 27.
c5 Bb4 28. Kc2 Ke8 29. cxd6 Bxd6 30. Kd3 Ne5+ 31. Ke4 Nc6 32. f4 f6 33. f5 g5
34. h4 h6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Bd4 Kf7 37. Bc3 Be5 38. Be1 Bd6 39. Bc3 Be5 40. Be1
Bd6 41. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. e4 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qxc4 Bg4 12. Ng5 O-O 13. d3 Rab8 14. a3
Kh8 15. Qa4 h6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nc3 Bf3 19. Re1 f4 20. Ne4 Qd7 21.
Nd2 Bd5 22. Ne4 Qh3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bc4 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nb5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c4 c5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. d5 b6 11. a3 Nd3 12. Nc4 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 b5 14. Ne3 Bxb2
15. Rb1 Bg7 16. d6 e6 17. e5 Rb8 18. Qc2 a6 19. a4 Bb7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxb5
Bxf3 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Bxf3 Nxe5 24. Bg2 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. h4 h5
28. Qe4 Nd7 29. Nc4 Bd4 30. Kf1 Nf6 31. Qb7 Qxb7 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Bf3 Rb3 34.
Bd1 Rc3 35. Rxc3 Bxc3 36. Ke2 Bd4 37. f3 Nd5 38. Bb3 Kf8 39. Nd6 Ke7 40. Ne4
Nc3+ 41. Nxc3 Bxc3 42. g4 Bf6 43. g5 Be5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7
15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qh5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. d3 exd3 4. Bxd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. f5 gxf5 8.
Nd4 e6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rae1 e5 14. Bxf5
Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Qxf5 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Qc4 O-O-O 19. Rf1 Qg5 20. Qxc6
Rxg7 21. Qa6+ Kd7 22. Qb5+ Ke6 23. Qc4+ Kd7 24. Qb5+ Ke6 25. Qc4+ Kd7 26. Qb5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Rd8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qb6 14.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. f5 Ng4 17. Qf4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20.
Bxe6 fxe6 21. a4 Rc8 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. Kb1 a6 24. Qe2 Re8 25. g4 Qc6 26. g5 Nd5
27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. h4 Qxa4 30. Rxd5 Rf8 31. Rf5 Rxf5 32. Qxf5 Qc6
33. b3 g6 34. Qe5 Qd7 35. Kb2 Qc6 36. c4 Qh1 37. Ka3 Qc6 38. Kb4 Kf7 39. Qd5+
Qxd5 40. cxd5 b6 41. Kc4 Ke7 42. Kc3 Kd7 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Kc3 Kd7 45. Kd3 Ke7
46. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. a3 h6 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Na4 Qd6 15. c4
Nde7 16. Bc3 g5 17. b4 a6 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qb3 Ng6 20. d4 e4 21. d5 Nce5 22. Nd4
b6 23. Nce6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Qf8 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Rab8 27. e7+ Qf7 28. Qxf7+
Nxf7 29. Rad1 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxe7 31. Rd5 Nge5 32. Red1 Rb3 33. Bb4 c6 34. R5d2
Nd3 35. f3 Nxb4 36. axb4 e3 37. Re2 Rxb4 38. f4 gxf4 39. Bxc6 Kg7 40. Bd5 fxg3
41. hxg3 Rg4 42. Kh2 f4 43. gxf4 Rxf4 44. c6 Rf2+ 45. Rxf2 exf2 46. Kg2 Re1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nd6 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rfe1 Na5 14. Qxd5 Be6
15. Qg5 Nf5 16. Bh2 Qb6 17. b4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21.
g4 Rxc3 22. Rac1 Nxd4 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxe7 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rc1+
27. Kg2 Qc6+ 28. Qf3 Rc2+ 29. Kg3 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rc1 g6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. Ne5 dxc4 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. bxc4 Bb7 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. Rcd1 Bg7 19. d5 e5 20. Nb5 a6 21. Na7
Ra8 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qc7 24. c5 bxc5 25. Qb7 Qxb7 26. cxb7 Ra7 27. Bxe5
Rxb7 28. Bxa6 Rbe7 29. Bc3 Ne4 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Bb5 Rb8 32. a4 Kf8 33. Rc1 Nd6
34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Rxc5 Nxb5 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. axb5 Kd6 38. g4 Kc5 39. Kg2 Kxb5
40. Kf3 Kc5 41. Kf4 f6 42. g5 Kd6 43. gxf6 h6 44. f7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. Bg5 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 d4 13. Ne4 g5 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Bg3 Bf5 16. O-O Rac8 17. Kh1 Rfe8 18. f4 Qe6 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Bd3 Ne7
21. Qd2 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Qg6 23. Qf2 Nd5 24. Qxd4 Ne3 25. Rf6 Qg7 26. Re1 Nc2 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qd7 Re1+ 29. Bxe1 Qxf6 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qe2 Nxe1 32. Qxe1 Qxb2
33. h3 Qxa3 34. Qe4+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ f6 36. Qc7+ Kg6 37. Qxb7 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+
39. Kh1 a5 40. Qc6 Kf5 41. Qc8+ Kf4 42. Qg4+ Ke3 43. d4 Qxd4 44. Qe6+ Kf4 45.
Qg4+ Ke5 46. Qg3+ Kd5 47. Qb3+ Kc5 48. Qa3+ Kb5 49. Qb3+ Kc6 50. Qe6+ Kc5 51.
Qe7+ Kc4 52. Qc7+ Kb4 53. Qe7+ Ka4 54. Qe8+ Ka3 55. Qe7+ Kb3 56. Qe6+ Kb2 57.
Qe2+ Ka3 58. Qf3+ Kb4 59. Qb7+ Ka4 60. Qc6+ Kb3 61. Qb5+ Qb4 62. Qd5+ Kb2 63.
Qf5 Qe1+ 64. Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 8. h3
Ne7 9. d4 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Be3 Be6 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. a3 b5 19. g3 Rd8 20. Ne3 Red6 21. Rxd6
Qxd6 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. c4 Qb6 25. b4 Qa6 26. Qd3 Kh7 27. c5 b6 28.
cxb6 Qxb6 29. Nf5 c5 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Nd6 b4 32. axb4 Qxb4 33. Nxf7 Qe7 34.
Qc4 Qd7 35. Kg2 Nh5 36. N7xe5 Nhf4+ 37. gxf4 Nxf4+ 38. Kg3 Nh5+ 39. Kh2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Be3 b6 14. Qg4
Ne5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20.
cxd3 Ba6 21. d4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Bb7 24. f3 f6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. h4 Bd5
27. g4 a5 28. Bf4 b5 29. h5 a4 30. Kg3 Bb3 31. g5 fxg5 32. Bxg5 Bd5 33. Bf4 Bc4
34. Be5 Bd5 35. Kg4 Bc4 36. Bd6 Bd5 37. Kf4 Bc6 38. Bc5 Bd5 39. Bb4 Bc6 40. Bc3
Bd5 41. Kg4 Bc6 42. f4 Bd5 43. Bb4 Bc6 44. Bd6 Be4 45. Kg5 Bc2 46. Be5 Be4 47.
Bc7 Bc2 48. Bd6 Bd3 49. Be5 Be4 50. Bc7 Bc2 51. Ba5 Bd3 52. Bc3 Bc2 53. f5 Bxf5
54. d5 Be4 55. d6 Bc6 56. Kf4 Bd7 57. Be5 Bc6 58. Ke3 Be8 59. Kd4 Kf8 60. Kc5
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qe2 c5 8. c3
Qc7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 a6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 h6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Qxa6 Ne4 22. Qe2 Nxg3 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Ne4 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. f3 Nc5
27. b4 Nd3 28. Rd1 Nf4 29. Kf2 Nd5 30. Rd3 Rc8 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Nxb6 Rxc3 33.
Nxd5 Ra3 34. a5 Kf8 35. Ke2 h5 36. Kd2 h4 37. Kc2 Ke8 38. a6 Kd7 39. b5 Kd6 40.
b6 Ra2+ 41. Kb3 Ra1 42. Nb4 Kd7 43. Kc4 g5 44. Kb5 Kc8 45. Nc6 Rb1+ 46. Kc5
Rc1+ 47. Kd6 Rd1+ 48. Ke7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. h3 Nf8 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Rfe1 Be6
15. c4 Rad8 16. b3 a5 17. c5 Bf8 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Qd7 20. Be3 Bxc5 21.
dxc5 Qxd3 22. Rad1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bd5 24. Rd4 Re4 25. Red1 f5 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27.
Rd4 f6 28. Ra4 h4 29. Rxa5 Kf7 30. Ra4 g5 31. Rb4 Rd7 32. g3 hxg3 33. fxg3 Kg6
34. Kg2 f5 35. h4 f4 36. gxf4 gxh4 37. Kh3 Rh7 38. Rd4 Be6+ 39. Kh2 Kf5 40. Bc1
Rg7 41. Rb4 Bd5 42. Kh3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
cxd4 d6 9. Ng5 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Qf3+ Qf6 13. Bxd5+ Ke7 14.
Qe4+ Kd8 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Qf3 Bb6 17. Nc3 Bg6 18. Qg3 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Rfe1
Nxd4 21. Rad1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Be5 c6 24. Bc4 Qd7 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Qh4+
Bf6 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Qh3+ Kc7 29. Qg3+ Kb6 30. Na4+ Ka5 31. Nc5 b5 32. Qa3+
Kb6 33. Nd7+ Kc7 34. Nxf6 gxf6 35. Qa5+ Kb7 36. Bxb5 cxb5 37. Qxb5+ Kc7 38.
Qc5+ Kb7 39. Qd5+ Kb8 40. Qc6 a5 41. Qxf6 Ra7 42. g4 Rb7 43. Qe5+ Kc8 44. Qxa5
Be4 45. Qc3+ Rc7 46. Qe3 Bg6 47. h4 Rc6 48. h5 Bf7 49. Qf3 Rc7 50. Qf5+ Rd7 51.
Qxh7 Kc7 52. Qc2+ Kd8 53. h6 Bg8 54. g5 Bh7 55. g6 Bxg6 56. Qxg6 Ke7 57. h7 Rd6
58. Qxd6+ Kxd6 59. h8=Q Kd5 60. f4 Kc4 61. Qe5 Kb4 62. f5 Ka3 63. f6 Kxa2 64.
Qb5 Ka1 65. f7 Ka2 66. f8=Q Ka1 67. Qa8# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. f4 Na6 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Bf3 Ne6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nd3 Nd4 16. e5 Be7 17. Be4 Bg4 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. b3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6
21. h3 Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Bxc3 23. Rc2 Bd4 24. hxg4 Be3+ 25. Kb1 Rxe4 26. Rd1 Red4
27. Rc3 Bxf4 28. Kc2 Bg5 29. b4 b6 30. Kb3 Rxg4 31. Ne5 Rxd1 32. Nxg4 Rb1+ 33.
Kc2 Rc1+ 34. Kb3 Rxc3+ 35. Kxc3 h5 36. Nf2 Kf7 37. Ne4 Bf6+ 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. b5
cxb5 40. cxb5 Bg7 41. Kc4 Ke5 42. Ng5 Bf6 43. Nf3+ Ke6 44. Nd2 g5 45. Ne4 g4
46. Nf2 Bh4 47. Nd3 Bg3 48. Kd4 Kf5 49. Ke3 h4 50. Nb4 Bd6 51. Nc6 Bc5+ 52. Ke2
Kf4 53. Nxa7 h3 54. gxh3 gxh3 55. Kf1 Kg3 56. Ke2 h2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 d5 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. a4 Be6 13. Qe2 c6 14. Bc4 Qd6
15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qd6 19. Qf3 Re6 20. g3 Nf6 21.
Re3 e4 22. Qe2 Rae8 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. Be1 Ng5 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Qg4 Qd5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Be3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be7 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. Qe1 O-O
15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. Nd4 Qd8 19. Qg3 Bh4 20. Qf4 Qe7 21. g3
g5 22. Qf2 Bxh3 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. gxh4 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 13. c3 f6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15.
Nc1 Bd6 16. Nd3 b6 17. Bg2 Nce7 18. h3 c6 19. a4 Ng7 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5
22. a5 Bf5 23. Nb4 Be4 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nh2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Bxb4
28. cxb4 Kf7 29. Ng4 Rh8 30. Bxg5 Qf5 31. Bxf6 Ng6 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Ra8
34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Re6 Ra4 36. Rxc6 Rxb4 37. Ne3 Rxd4 38. Nf5+ Kf7 39. Nxd4 Ne5+
40. Ke3 Nxc6 41. Nxc6 Ke6 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Nb4 Ke6 44. Nxd5 Kd6 45. g4 Ke6 46.
f4 Kd6 47. f5 Kc6 48. g5 Kd6 49. g6 Kc6 50. g7 Kd6 51. g8=Q Kc6 52. Qe8+ Kd6
53. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nde2 Bd7 11. a4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nxb5 Ne5
15. Nbc3 Bc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bb5 18. b3 Qa5+ 19. Bd2 Qa7 20. O-O h5 21.
c4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nxc4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Ne5 26. g5 Kg7 27.
Qd2 Rh8 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Rh4 30. Ne4 Rh8 31. Kf2 Rb8 32. Kg3 Rb3 33. Re1
Nd3 34. Re2 Ne5 35. Nf2 Nc4 36. Ng4 Rc3 37. Bf3 Ra3 38. e4 Nb6 39. Kf2 Nd7 40.
e5 Nc5 41. exd6 exd6 42. Kg2 Nd3 43. Re8 Nf4+ 44. Kg3 Nxd5 45. Rd8 f5 46. Rd7+
Kf8 47. Nf6 Nxf6 48. gxf6 g5 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Ke1 Ra1+ 51. Kd2 Ra2+ 52. Kc1 g4
53. Rd8+ Kf7 54. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. h4 h5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nc3 b6
9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Ne4 d5 11. Nf6+ Kf8 12. e4 d4 13. e5 Qc7 14. Re1 Ng8 15. Qd2
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Ned7+ Ke7 18. Nd5+ Kxd7 19. Nxc7 Bc6 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21.
b4 f6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Qa5 Ne7 24. Qxa7+ Kd6 25. Rxe6+ Kxe6 26. Re1+ Kf5 27.
Qd7# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Rc8 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qd6
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e6 18. Re3 a6 19. Rae1 b5 20. h4 h5 21. Ng5
Re7 22. Rf3 f6 23. Nh3 e5 24. Rg3 e4 25. Qd2 Rg8 26. Qf4 Qd7 27. Ree3 Nd8 28.
f3 Rge8 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qf3 Qd6 32. Qf2 Ne6 33. Rf3 f5 34. g3
b4 35. Kg2 bxc3 36. bxc3 Qe7 37. Qf1 Qa3 38. Nf2 Qxa2 39. Qd3 Qe2 40. Qb1 Re3
41. Qb7+ Kf6 42. Qxd5 Rxf3 43. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kxf3 a5 45. Nd3 a4 46. Ke3 a3 47.
Nb4 g5 48. hxg5+ Nxg5 49. c4 Ne4 50. c5 Nxg3 51. c6 Ne4 52. Kf4 Nd6 53. d5 h4
54. Na2 h3 55. Kg3 Ke5 56. Nb4 Kd4 57. Nc2+ Kxd5 58. Nxa3 Kxc6 59. Kxh3 Kd5 60.
Kg3 Ke4 61. Kf2 f4 62. Nc2 Nc4 63. Ne1 Ne5 64. Ng2 Nd3+ 65. Kf1 f3 66. Nh4 Ke3
67. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 Bd6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Rfe1 Bxg3 14. hxg3
c4 15. Bc2 f5 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. b3 b5 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Rb1 Rab8 21.
Ba4 Qe7 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. f3 Rfc8 25. Kf2 Be8 26. Qc2 Rb6 27. Rxb6
axb6 28. Rb1 b5 29. Rb2 Ra8 30. Qc1 Ra3 31. Rc2 Qa6 32. Qb2 Qa5 33. Ke2 h6 34.
Kd2 Qa4 35. Qb4 Qxb4 36. cxb4 Ra4 37. Kc3 Ra3+ 38. Kd2 Ra4 39. e4 fxe4 40. fxe4
Rxb4 41. exd5 exd5 42. a3 Rb3 43. Rc3 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 Rxg2 45. Kf4 Rf2+ 46. Ke3
Rg2 47. Kf3 Rb2 48. Re3 Rb3 49. Kf4 Rxe3 50. Kxe3 g5 51. Kd2 h5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 h5 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 h4 4. h3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Be3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Nf3 e6
9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Kh1 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Rae1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Kf8 17. Be4 Ra7 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Bd5 Rh5 20. Be4 d5 21. Bd3
c4 22. Be2 Bd6 23. Rg1 Re7 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxc4 Qd7 26. Bf1 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Rf5
28. Qb4+ Kg8 29. Qxh4 Rxf3 30. Bg2 Rf5 31. Rd1 g6 32. Kg1 Kg7 33. c4 Qxa4 34.
Rd4 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb2 36. cxd5 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. b3 a6 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Bb2 Re8 15.
Qd2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Qd6 19. Re3 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Bc6 21.
Rc1 Bb5 22. Bb1 Re8 23. Qc3 a5 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 f6 26. h4 Bd7 27. Qe3 Qe6
28. Qd2 Qg4 29. Qe3 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb1 31. Qe7 Qf5 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Kg1 Qb1+ 34.
Kh2 Qf5 35. Qxb6 Qxf2 36. Qc7 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 Nh6 8. a5 Be7
9. c4 Nf5 10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 O-O 12. Nc3 f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. a6 b6 15. cxd5
exd5 16. g5 Rxf3 17. Bxf3 Bxg5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5+ Nf7 20. f4 Bf6 21. f5
Nf8 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. fxg6 Nxg6 24. Qf3 Qe8 25. Be3 Nh4 26. Qg3 Ng6 27. Rae1
Qd8 28. Bf2 h6 29. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Bg5 Rfd8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qxc4 Rac8
15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 Be8 20. Nc6 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Rxb3 22. Rd8 Kf8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Na5 Rxb2 25. Bc6 Rxe2 26. Rxe8+ Kg7
27. Nb7 Bb6 28. Nd6 Rxf2 29. Kh1 Rc2 30. Rc8 f5 31. Ne8+ Kg6 32. Nd6 Rc1+ 33.
Kg2 Rc2+ 34. Kh1 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2+ 36. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 e6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bf4 b5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Nxd6 Nb6 14. Qd4 Qxd4
15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Rfd1 Na4 18. Rab1 Ne4 19. Bf3 Nexc3 20. bxc3
Nxc3 21. Nc6 Nxd1 22. Nxd8 Nc3 23. Rb3 Nd5 24. Kf1 Rxd8 25. a4 bxa4 26. Ra3 Nb6
27. Rc3 Rd4 28. Rc7 g6 29. Ra7 a3 30. Rxa6 Ra4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qc2 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxh4 12. Qxc5 exd5 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14.
Be2 d4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rd8 17. Rd1 Be6 18. b3 Rac8 19. Bd3 Kf8 20. Bb1
Rd6 21. f3 Rcd8 22. Be4 b6 23. Ke2 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Rc1 Ke7 26. Ke3 Rd6
27. f4 a5 28. Rc7+ Rd7 29. Rc6 Rd6 30. Rc7+ Rd7 31. Rc6 Rd6 32. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Ne3
Bh6 9. Bd3 Nge7 10. h4 Kf8 11. h5 Kg7 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Nc2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Nec6
15. O-O-O Be6 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. b3 h6
21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bc2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc6 24. Rhd1 Rd8 25. c5 Rxc5 26. Rxd6 Rxd6
27. Rxd6 Kf7 28. Kc1 Ke7 29. Rb6 Rc7 30. Kd2 h5 31. b4 h4 32. Bb3 Bxb3 33. axb3
Kf7 34. Rd6 g5 35. f3 Re7 36. Ke2 Rc7 37. Kd2 Re7 38. b5 axb5 39. Rb6 Rd7+ 40.
Ke3 Rc7 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 g4 43. fxg4 Re2 44. Kh2 Rxe4 45. Kh3 Rb4 46. Kxh4
Rxb3 47. g5 Rb2 48. g3 e4 49. g6+ Kg8 50. Kg5 Rg2 51. g4 e3 52. Rxb7 e2 53.
Rb8+ Kg7 54. Re8 b4 55. Re7+ Kg8 56. Re8+ Kg7 57. Re7+ Kg8 58. Re8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. f4 Bd6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. c4 f6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Nb5 Bb8 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qh4 Be8 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 Ndb4 20. Qxg6 Nxa2 21.
Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxf6 Qf8 23. Bxd8 Qxd8 24. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 d5 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Na4 O-O 14. c3 Rd8 15.
b3 h6 16. Bd2 c5 17. cxd4 Rxd4 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Nb2 Bb7 20. Nc4 Rd4 21. Qg3 Nd7
22. Na5 Bg5 23. Qf3 Rd6 24. Bc4 Rf6 25. Qg3 Bf4 26. Qg4 Nb6 27. g3 Nxc4 28.
Nxc4 Re8 29. Rad1 Bc8 30. Qh5 Rg6 31. Rd5 Bg4 32. Qh4 h5 33. Bd2 Be6 34. Bxf4
Bxd5 35. exd5 f6 36. Qxh5 Qf7 37. Qe2 Qxd5 38. Rd1 Qc6 39. Be3 f5 40. Qh5 f4
41. Nxe5 Rxe5 42. Qxe5 fxe3 43. Qxe3 Re6 44. Qd3 Qe8 45. Qc4 Kh7 46. Qd3+ Kg8
47. h4 Re2 48. Qc4+ Kh7 49. Qxc5 Rxa2 50. Qf5+ Kg8 51. Qd5+ Kh8 52. Qd8 Qxd8
53. Rxd8+ Kh7 54. Kg2 a5 55. Ra8 Rb2 56. Rxa5 Rxb3 57. Ra6 Rc3 58. Re6 Rb3 59.
Re3 Rb4 60. f3 Rb1 61. g4 Rb4 62. h5 Rb1 63. Kg3 Rg1+ 64. Kf4 Ra1 65. Re4 Ra3
66. g5 Ra1 67. Kg4 Rg1+ 68. Kf5 Rh1 69. f4 Rxh5 70. Re8 g6+ 71. Kf6 Rxg5 72.
Kxg5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c3 d5 7. Bb3 Bd6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 b6 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. d4 exd4 14. exd5 Rxe1+
15. Qxe1 Nc5 16. N5xd4 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. b4 Bb7 19. Bd2 c5 20. bxc5 bxc5
21. Nf5 Qd7 22. Ng3 Re8 23. Qf1 Nb6 24. Be3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qb7 26. Qb5 Re6 27.
f4 h5 28. Nxh5 Qf3 29. Ng3 Nd5 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Nxe2 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rxe3 33. Kf2
Rh3 34. Kg2 Rd3 35. Rxa7 Rd2 36. Kf3 Rxb2 37. f5 Rd2 38. Ra8 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rh3
40. c4 Rxh2 41. Nf4 Rd2 42. Nd5 f6 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. Nf4 Kf7 45. Ra7+ Ke8 46.
Ra8+ Kf7 47. Ra7+ Ke8 48. Ra8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
g5 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Bg7 12. c4 O-O 13. h4 g4 14. Ne1 f6 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. g3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Ned5 18. Qe2 Ne4 19. Ng2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Qf7 21. Rfe1
b6 22. Re2 Rad8 23. Rce1 Kh8 24. Ne3 Rd6 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Bd3 Qf7 27. Bb1 Nb4
28. Qe3 Qf3 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Nd2 Rf8 31. Rxe6 Rxd4 32. Ne4 Rfd8 33. Kg2 Kg8
34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. Rxf6 R4d6 36. Ree6 Rxe6 37. Rxe6 h5 38. Bg6 Rd5 39. b3 Kg7
40. Be4 Rc5 41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. Rh6 Kg7 43. Rh7+ Kf6 44. f4 gxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Kg6 46.
Rh8 Rc2+ 47. Kh3 Rc5 48. Be4+ Kg7 49. Rh7+ Kf6 50. Rh6+ Kg7 51. Rg6+ Kf7 52.
Rg5 Rxg5 53. hxg5 b5 54. Kh4 bxa4 55. bxa4 c5 56. Kxh5 c4 57. Kh6 Kg8 58. Bh7+
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8.
a3 a4 9. Ba2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. O-O dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nd7 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Rab1 Ra5 17. Qf5 Qc7 18. Re3 g6 19. Qg4 Qd6 20. Qg3 Nf6
21. Rbe1 Rb5 22. Rxe5 Rxb2 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxg6 Rxc2 25. Bf5 Qd4 26. Re7 Rg8
27. Qf3 Qc3 28. Bxh7 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Kh2 Nxh7 31. Rxb7 Qc5 32. Qf7 Qe5+
33. f4 Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Rxg7 35. Rb4 Rd7 36. Rxa4 Rxd3 37. Rc4 Rxa3 38. Rxc6 Kg7
39. g4 Nf6 40. f5 Ne4 41. h4 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra3 43. g5 Ng3 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. f6
Nf5 46. g6 Rg3+ 47. Kf2 Rxg6 48. f7+ Kg7 49. h5 Rf6 50. Kg2 Nh6 51. Kg3 Nxf7
52. Rc4 Rf5 53. Rf4 Kf8 54. Rxf5 Kg7 55. Kh4 Nh6 56. Ra5 Nf7 57. Ra7 Kf6 58.
Ra6+ Kg7 59. Kg4 Nh6+ 60. Kf4 Nf7 61. Rg6+ Kh7 62. Kf5 Nh6+ 63. Kf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Ne5 14. Qg2 Qa5 15.
Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Bf6 e5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rxd6 Be6 20. Nc1 Rfd8 21. Qd2
Nc6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. h5 a5 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 a4 27. h6 g6 28.
Ne2 b3 29. Qf6 Kf8 30. Nf4 bxa2+ 31. Ka1 Nd4 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 33. h7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Ne5 d5 7. O-O Bb7 8. d4
c5 9. c4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nc3 e6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. cxd5 Ba8 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 Rcd8 18. Nc4 Bxd5 19. Qc2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 b5 21.
Ne3 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Bh6 23. Qe4 Qa3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc2 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qd6 27.
Qf3 Qe5 28. Qb7 Rd1 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Rd2 32. a3 Rxe2 33. Rc6
a5 34. Rc5 Ra2 35. Rxb5 Rxa3 36. b4 axb4 37. Rxb4 Ra2 38. h4 Kf6 39. Rc4 h6 40.
Rf4+ Kg7 41. Rb4 h5 42. Rc4 e5 43. Rb4 Kf6 44. Rc4 Kf5 45. Rc5 f6 46. Rb5 Rc2
47. Ra5 Rb2 48. Rc5 Rb4 49. Ra5 g5 50. hxg5 Kxg5 51. Ra8 h4 52. gxh4+ Rxh4 53.
Kf3 Kf5 54. Ke2 Rb4 55. Rh8 Rb2+ 56. Ke3 Rb3+ 57. Ke2 e4 58. Rh5+ Kf4 59. Rh4+
Ke5 60. Rh8 f5 61. Re8+ Kf4 62. Rh8 Rb2+ 63. Kf1 Kg4 64. Rg8+ Kf3 65. Rg3+ Kf4
66. Rh3 Rd2 67. Rh8 Rc2 68. Rh4+ Kg5 69. Rh8 f4 70. Rg8+ Kf5 71. Rf8+ Kg4 72.
Kg2 e3 73. Rg8+ Kf5 74. Rf8+ Kg5 75. Rg8+ Kf5 76. Rf8+ Ke5 77. Re8+ Kd6 78.
Rd8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. cxd5 Bxf5 8.
exf5 Nd4 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. Qg4 Nf6 14. Qg3
Kh8 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Rad1 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxd3 20. Qxb7
Bf6 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Be7 23. g4 f6 24. Kg2 Rac8 25. Bd2 Rfd8 26. Bc3 Kg8
27. h4 Kf7 28. g5 Rd3 29. f3 Rcd8 30. Nf2 R3d5 31. Ne4 Rd1 32. Re2 Rc1 33. Nf2
Bc5 34. Ne4 Bb6 35. h5 Rdd1 36. g6+ Kg8 37. Ng3 Rd3 38. f4 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 b6 8. c3
Bb7 9. Qb1 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 a6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. h3 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e4
cxd4 16. Nxd4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd6 19. Qe2 a5 20. N2f3 Nc4 21. Rad1
Nf6 22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Nfd4 Rfd8 24. Nb3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe5 26. Qc2 Qe4 27. Rc1 Rd8
28. N3d4 e5 29. Nf3 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 e4 32. b3 exf3 33. bxc4 fxg2 34.
Kxg2 Ne4 35. Nc7 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Nxd2 37. Nd5 Nxc4 38. Kf3 f5 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40.
Nxf5 Nb2 41. Ke4 Nxa4 42. Kd4 Nc5 43. Kc4 a4 44. Kb4 Kf6 45. Ne3 Ke6 46. Nc4
Nd3+ 47. Kxa4 Nxf2 48. h4 h5 49. Kb5 Ne4 50. Kb4 g5 51. hxg5 h4 52. Ne3 h3 53.
Nf1 Kf5 54. Kb5 Kxg5 55. Kxb6 Nxc3 56. Kc5 Kf4 57. Kd4 Ne4 58. Kd3 Kf3 59. Nh2+
Kg2 60. Ng4 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. Nc2
Be7 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. b4 Rc8 14. Rac1 O-O 15. g4
d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 b5 21. Nd4 Qb6
22. Kg2 g6 23. a3 Nb8 24. Qe3 Rfd8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bf3 Rd8 27. Rd1 Bf8 28. e6
fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Bd6 32. Bb3 Kh8 33. Bd5 Nd7 34. Bb7
Nb6 35. Bxa6 Nc4 36. a4 Bxb4 37. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 Bg4 8.
Bb2 Nbd7 9. d3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. a3 Ne5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3
Be5 15. Qc2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 a5 17. Kg2 Rfe8 18. b4 c6 19. Rfc1 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Qc7 22. Qd4 Nd7 23. e3 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. d4 Nc8 27.
Ra5 Nd6 28. Rc5 Kf8 29. b5 Nxb5 30. Bxd5 Ra8 31. Bf3 Nc7 32. d5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5
cxd5 34. Rxd5 Rb8 35. Rb5 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kd6 37. Ke2 Kc6 38. Rf5 f6 39. Rf4 b5 40.
Kd2 Ra8 41. Kc3 Ra3+ 42. Kb2 Ra4 43. e4 Rd4 44. Kc3 Rc4+ 45. Kb3 Kb6 46. h4 Ka5
47. h5 Rb4+ 48. Kc2 Rc4+ 49. Kb3 Rb4+ 50. Kc2 Rc4+ 51. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bb4 7. Nbd2 Ba5 8. Re1
h6 9. c3 Ne7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 Bh7 12. Be3 Bc7 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Bd2 Qe8 17. Re2 Nf8 18. Rae1 Qg6 19. Qxg6 Nexg6 20. h3 Re8 21.
Nh2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Nh5 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rf7 25. g3 g5 26. f4 Kh7 27. Kg2
Kg6 28. g4 gxf4 29. Kf3 Kh7 30. Re5 b6 31. b4 a5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. g5 hxg5 34.
Rxg5 Ng6 35. Reg1 Nh4+ 36. Kg4 Ng6 37. Kf3 Nh4+ 38. Kg4 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 g6 6. Qxe5+ Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7
8. Nd5 Bd8 9. d3 Nf5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Nf3 c6 12. g4 Ng7 13. Ne3 d5 14. O-O-O Na6
15. d4 h5 16. h3 Nc7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 O-O 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Bd6 Re8 21. Be5
Nd5 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Rde1 Bc7 24. Bh2 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Be6 27. Nd3
Rd8 28. Be5 b6 29. Ba4 f6 30. Bh2 Ne7 31. d5 Bxd5 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Bc2 g5 34. f4
Bc4 35. Nf2 Nxf4 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. Re4 Be6 38. Rxf4 f5 39. Rf3 Bd5 40. Ra3 a5
41. Re3 Kf6 42. Nd3 Ng6 43. Nf2 Rh8 44. Bb3 f4 45. Rc3 Ne5 46. Bxd5 cxd5 47.
Rb3 Rb8 48. Kd1 Nc4 49. Ke2 Kf5 50. Rb5 Re8+ 51. Kd1 Rd8 52. b3 Ne3+ 53. Ke2
Rd6 54. Kf3 Nc2 55. Kg2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. Qe2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. O-O Qc7 12. g4 h6 13. h4 Nc6 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Nd7 16. g6 Nf6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Rb1 Nxd4 19. cxd4 fxg6 20. d5 exd5 21.
cxd5 Nd7 22. Be3 Nc5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rfc1 exf4 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. d6 Qxd6 27.
Qg4+ Qd7 28. Bxb7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. f4 Nge7 6. Nf3 d6 7. fxe5 O-O 8. O-O
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Be2 f5 13. a4 b4 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15.
Ne2 Nd5 16. Qe1 Nb6 17. d3 Qe7 18. Rd1 c5 19. Bb5 Bb7 20. a5 a6 21. Bc4 Nxc4
22. dxc4 Qg5 23. Qf2 Rad8 24. c3 h5 25. cxb4 cxb4 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Be4 28.
Nc1 Kh7 29. Kf2 Bc2 30. Rde1 Rd2+ 31. Re2 Rfd8 32. Rfe1 Bd1 33. c5 Bxe2 34.
Rxe2 e4 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. c6 Rxe2+ 37. Nxe2 Rc8 38. Nd4 Kf6 39. Ke2 Kg5 40. Nc2
Rxc6 41. Nxb4 Rd6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. e5
Nd7 9. Re1 g5 10. h3 h5 11. g4 hxg4 12. hxg4 Qc7 13. Nf1 Be7 14. Ng3 O-O-O 15.
Be3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxg5 Rdg8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. g5 Ng4 20. Rxe6 Kb8 21.
Bf5 Qf4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Qe2 Rh3 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Bc8 26. Kg2 Na5 27.
Re1 Nc4 28. Ne5 Rxg3+ 29. fxg3 Qh3+ 30. Kf3 Qf5+ 31. Kg2 Qh3+ 32. Kf2 Qh2+ 33.
Kf3 Nd2+ 34. Ke3 Ne4 35. Nf3 Qf2+ 36. Kf4 Qxg3+ 37. Ke3 Qf2+ 38. Kf4 Qg3+ 39.
Ke3 Qf2+ 40. Kf4 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Qe1 h6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Qg3 Kg7 13. Nf5+ Kh7 14. Nh4 Nh5
15. Rxf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Qxf7 Qxh4 18. Qf8+ Kh7 19. Rf1 Qg5 20. Rf7+
Ng7 21. Nf3 Qxe3+ 22. Kf1 Qc1+ 23. Kf2 Qxc2+ 24. Kg3 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bh3+ 26.
Kxh3 Rxf8 27. Rxf8 Ne6 28. Rf6 Nf4+ 29. Kg4 Nxd3 30. Kf5 Nxb2 31. Rf7+ Kg8 32.
Rxc7 Nc4 33. Kf6 Ne3 34. h3 c4 35. Nh4 c3 36. Ng6 Ng4+ 37. hxg4 c2 38. Rg7# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2
Nh6 9. c4 Bb4 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb3 Nf5 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Bb5 Bh5
15. Ne1 Nb6 16. Nxa5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Nc2 Qd5 19. Qc3 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bd3 21.
Ne3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 f6 23. b3 Rac8 24. bxc4 Bxc4 25. e4 Bxb5 26. exd5 Rxc3 27.
axb5 exd5 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Re7 h5 30. Rxb7 Rc2 31. Kh1 Rff2 32. Rg1 Rfd2 33.
b6 Rb2 34. Rd7 Rxd4 35. b7 Kh7 36. h3 Rdb4 37. Rxd5 Kh6 38. Rd6+ g6 39. Rd7
Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. Rf1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qa4 a6 12. Rfc1 Bf8 13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5
Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 exd4 17. Re1 c6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. a4 Re6 20. a5 Rae8
21. Rc2 Re5 22. Qa4 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Qxa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Rc4 Rb5 26. b4 Rd5 27.
Kf1 h5 28. h3 Ree5 29. Rec1 Kf8 30. R1c2 Ke8 31. Kg2 Kd7 32. Kf3 Rf5+ 33. Kg2
Rfe5 34. Rb2 Kc7 35. Rc1 Rb5 36. Rcc2 a5 37. bxa5 Rxb2 38. Rxb2 Rxa5 39. Kf3
Re5 40. Kf4 Re6 41. Kg5 g6 42. Kh6 b5 43. Kg7 Re7 44. Kf6 Rd7 45. f4 Kb6 46. f5
gxf5 47. Kg5 c5 48. Kxh5 Ka5 49. Ra2+ Kb4 50. Rb2+ Ka4 51. Ra2+ Kb3 52. Ra5 Kb4
53. Ra1 c4 54. Rb1+ Kc5 55. dxc4 bxc4 56. Kg5 c3 57. h4 Kc4 58. h5 c2 59. Rh1
Kc3 60. h6 Kb2 61. Kxf5 c1=Q 62. Rxc1 Kxc1 63. Kf6 Kd2 64. h7 Rd8 65. Kxf7 Kxe2
66. g4 d3 67. g5 d2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Ne5 e6 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd2 a5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf6 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Qc3 Qd6 21. b3
f6 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. h4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 26. g3 Bd7 27. Qe3 Bf5
28. Qe2 c5 29. Bg4 cxd4 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Qb5 Qe6 32. Qa6 f4 33. Qb7+ Kg6 34.
Qb8 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kh2 fxg3+ 37. Qxg3+ Kh5 38. Qc7 Qxh4+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+
40. Kg1 Kg6 41. Qxb6 h5 42. Qxa5 Qxc2 43. Qxd5 d3 44. Qg8+ Kh6 45. Qh8+ Kg5 46.
Qg7+ Kf5 47. Qh7+ Ke5 48. Qxh5+ Kd4 49. Qh4+ Kc3 50. Qxf6+ Kxb3 51. Qe6+ Kxa4
52. Qe4+ Kb3 53. Kg2 Qc4 54. Qb7+ Kc2 55. Qh7 Kc1 56. Qh1+ Kc2 57. Qh7 Qc6+ 58.
f3 Qc4 59. Kf2 Qd4+ 60. Kf1 Qc3 61. Qe4 Kc1 62. Qe3+ Kb2 63. Qb6+ Kc2 64. Qg6
Qc5 65. Qe4 Qb5 66. Kf2 Kc3 67. Qe3 Qb2+ 68. Ke1 Qb1+ 69. Kf2 Qc2+ 70. Ke1 Qb1+
71. Kf2 Qb4 72. Ke1 Kc2+ 73. Kf2 d2 74. Qe2 Qd4+ 75. Kg2 Kc1 76. Qa6 d1=Q 77.
f4 Q1g1+ 78. Kh3 Qde3+ 79. Kh4 Qeg3+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. e4 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. a4 b4 10. exd5 exd5 11. d4 Re8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Bb6
15. Be3 Be6 16. Nfd4 Rc8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Rd1 Na5
21. Nxa5 bxa5 22. Bxd5 Rxc2 23. Bf3 Qf8 24. Qb6 Rxb2 25. Rd8 Ne8 26. Qe3 Rb1+
27. Kg2 g6 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ Kh6 31. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 Nh6 8. a5 Nf5
9. g4 Nh4 10. Nxh4 Qxh4 11. f4 f5 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Kh1
O-O 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Qf3 Nf8 19. Qh3 Qd7 20. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Nbc6 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 h6 10. Nc4 Re8 11. a4 Nb6 12. Ncd2 a5 13. h4 Kh7 14. Qe2 Bg4
15. Ng5+ hxg5 16. Qxg4 gxh4 17. gxh4 Nd4 18. h5 Nxc2 19. hxg6+ fxg6 20. Rd1
Nxa1 21. Be4 Qf6 22. Kg2 Rh8 23. Nf3 Raf8 24. Bg5 Qd6 25. Rxa1 Nd5 26. Nh4 Nf4+
27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Qg3 Rxe4 29. dxe4 Bh6 30. Rh1 Qf6 31. Qg4 Rf8 32. Nf3 Kg7 33.
Rh3 Qf4 34. Qd7+ Rf7 35. Qd5 c6 36. Qxe5+ Qxe5 37. Nxe5 Re7 38. Nc4 Rxe4 39.
Nxa5 Rxa4 40. Nxb7 Rb4 41. Nd8 Rxb2 42. Nxc6 Bg5 43. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Nb5 Nd5 6. Rb1 Qxa2 7. Ra1 Qb2 8.
Rb1 Qa2 9. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Ng3 Ng6 16. Ngf5 Kh7 17. Qf3 Ng8 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qf3 Ng8 20. h4 c5 21. Nc2 Ne5
22. Qe2 c4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Ncxe3 g6 25. Nd4 b5 26. a4 bxa4 27. Nxc4 Rab8 28.
Nxa5 Rfc8 29. f4 Ng4 30. Nac6 Rb6 31. Nb4 N8f6 32. Nf3 Rxb4 33. cxb4 Qa7+ 34.
Kh1 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Nf2+ 36. Kh2 Nxe4 37. Rxe4 Rc2 38. b5 Qf2 39. Rg1 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nd3 Nbd7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. b3
a5 15. Ba3 Nfd7 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Nxb6 Bxe2 18. Rfe1 Bb5 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Rac1
Rc8 21. Rc3 f6 22. Rec1 Kd6 23. Rd1+ Ke7 24. e4 Ke8 25. Rdc1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qe2 Nd4 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. e5
Re8 15. f4 d6 16. Bb5 Nd7 17. Qh3 c6 18. Rxd6 cxb5 19. Rxd7 Bxg2 20. Rxd8 Bxh3
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nxb5 g5 23. Rg1 Kf8 24. fxg5 Rxe5 25. gxh6 Rh5 26. Nxa7 Bd7
27. Rg2 Rxh6 28. c4 Rh3 29. b4 Ke7 30. b5 Kd6 31. Rd2+ Kc7 32. Rf2 Be6 33. Nc6
Bxc4 34. Ne5 Bxb5 35. Rxf7+ Kd6 36. Nf3 Bc6 37. Rf6+ Kc5 38. Rf5+ Kd6 39. Nd4
Rxh2 40. Rf6+ Ke5 41. Rxc6 Kxd4 42. Rxb6 Kc5 43. Rb8 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. h4 h5 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Be5 e6 11. Qd4 Rc8 12. Bd3 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. e4 Bc6
15. O-O-O Re8 16. f4 Qa5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxc5 20. Qb3 Re6
21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. bxa3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qf3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Bc4 d6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Rhe1
Qe5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. Rd3 Be6 19. Kd2 b6 20. a3 Re7
21. Rf3 Kg7 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23. Rf3 Kg7 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Rf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Nc5 10. O-O-O Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Re8 12. h4 Qd7 13. Rde1 Qf5 14.
Qd2 Bd7 15. Nd4 Qd5 16. Kb1 c5 17. Ne2 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bc6 19. f3 h5 20. c4 a6
21. Nf4 g6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Bf6 24. g3 Be5 25. Reg1 Bd4 26. Rg2 Re5 27. c3
Be3 28. f4 Ree8 29. Kc2 Kg7 30. g4 hxg4 31. Rxg4 Bxd2 32. Kxd2 Re4 33. h5 Rh8
34. Kd3 Rhe8 35. hxg6 c4+ 36. Kc2 Re2+ 37. Kc1 f5 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rg1 b5 40.
Rd7 Rf2 41. g7 Rxf4 42. Rh1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. h3 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Ng3 Rae8 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. c4 Nh4 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qf3 Nh4 21. Qf4 Ng6
22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Ndxf5 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd7 25. b3 Nc5 26. Rd1 Ne7 27. Nd4 Ne6 28.
Nb5 Nc6 29. f4 Re7 30. Nf5 Rd7 31. g3 g6 32. Nfd4 Ncxd4 33. Nxd4 Nxd4 34. Rxd4
Re7 35. Kf2 Rfe8 36. Kf3 f5 37. g4 Kg7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. e5 Kf7 40. Rd5 b6 41.
Re2 Re6 42. a3 R8e7 43. exd6 Rxe2 44. dxe7 Rb2 45. Rxf5+ Kxe7 46. Re5+ Kf6 47.
Rb5 a4 48. bxa4 Ra2 49. Rb3 Rc2 50. Rb4 Rc3+ 51. Kg4 Rxa3 52. c5 bxc5 53. Rc4
h5+ 54. Kh4 Kf5 55. Rxc5+ Kxf4 56. a5 Ke4 57. Rc4+ Kd5 58. Rxc7 Rxa5 59. Rg7
Ke6 60. Rg5 Rxg5 61. Kxg5 Kf7 62. Kxh5 Kg8 63. Kg6 Kh8 64. h4 Kg8 65. h5 Kh8
66. h6 Kg8 67. h7+ Kh8 68. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b5
9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Be7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Bf2 Rd8 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Qh3 Ne4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Be2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qc6 19. c3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bg4
Bc8 22. Rad1 a5 23. Be3 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Rc1 Qa6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxe6+
Kh8 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxh6 Kg8 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qd7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a3 f6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Ne3 Nf8 13. c4 Qd7 14. c5 Be7 15.
Nxe5 Bxd1 16. Nxd7 Be2 17. Re1 Bxd3 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Nf5 Rf7 20. Bf4 Bf8 21.
Rad1 Rd8 22. e5 Bxf5 23. exf6+ Be7 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. fxe7+ Ke8 26. Bxc7 Rxe7
27. Be5 Kf7 28. g4 Be6 29. f4 g6 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Kg3 Re8 32. Rd1 a6 33. Kh4 h6
34. Kg3 g5 35. Rf1 gxf4+ 36. Rxf4+ Kg8 37. Rf5 Bf7 38. Kf4 Bg6 39. Rf6 Rf8 40.
h4 h5 41. Kg5 Bf7 42. Rh6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Qc2 e6 8. Nc3
c5 9. Rd1 d5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Re8
15. Bb5 d4 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Nf1 a6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. f3 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Rxe3 21.
Nb6 Qe6 22. Nxc8 Re2 23. Qd3 Rxb2 24. Na7 Bh6 25. Re1 Be3+ 26. Kf1 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Re8 10. a4 b6 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. d4 exd4 14. Qxd4 f6 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Rad1 Re6 18. Nd4 Rxe4 19. f3 Re3 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Ne5 22. f4 Ng6 23. Nxc6 Bb7 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxg6+ hxg6 26. Bd4 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Bxb6 Be4 29. c3 Bc2 30. Bxa5 Bxb3 31. Bb4 Bxa4 32. Bxd6 Bb3 33.
Kg1 Kf7 34. Kf2 Bd5 35. Bc5 Ke6 36. Bf8 Kf7 37. Ba3 Ke6 38. g3 g5 39. fxg5 fxg5
40. g4 Kf6 41. Bb2 Bc4 42. Bc1 Be6 43. Kg3 Bc4 44. Be3 Bb3 45. Bd4+ Kf7 46. Bb6
Kf6 47. Bd8+ Kg6 48. Kf3 Be6 49. Be7 Bd5+ 50. Ke3 Be6 51. Kf3 Bd5+ 52. Kf2 Be6
53. Kg3 Bd5 54. Bd8 Be6 55. Kf3 Bd5+ 56. Ke3 Be6 57. Kd4 Bxg4 58. c4 Kf7 59.
Kc5 Ke8 60. Bxg5 Kd7 61. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. cxd4 O-O-O 16. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. d4 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15.
Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Bd3 Rf8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Nh2 exd4 19. cxd4 Nf6 20. Ng4 Qd7 21. Bg6
Be6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qh5 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. d5 Bxe3 27. Rxe3
Qf7 28. Rae1 Qxd5 29. Re7 Rg5 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. R1xe4 Rc8 32. Rd7 Re5 33. Rf4 b6
34. Rff7 Rg8 35. Rxc7 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Re2 37. b3 Rxa2 38. Rb7 Rb2 39. Rxb6 a4 40.
Rxd6 Rxb3 41. Ra6 Rb4 42. Rfa7 Rf8 43. Rxa4 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 Qh4 14. Kg2
Bxe5 15. Rxe5 f5 16. Qe2 fxg4 17. hxg4 Rf4 18. f3 Raf8 19. d4 Rxf3 20. Qxf3
Rxf3 21. Kxf3 Qh3+ 22. Kf2 Qxc3 23. Ra2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Ng5 Bxc4 11. bxc4 h6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. a4 a5
15. Bd2 b6 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. Ra1 Ne6 18. g3 Bf8 19. Nxe5 Nd4 20. f4 Ra8 21. c3
Ne6 22. d4 Qd6 23. Ng4 Nxd4 24. e5 Qd8 25. cxd4 Qxd4 26. Qc2 h5 27. Be3 Qd7 28.
Nf2 f6 29. Ne4 b5 30. Rae1 bxa4 31. exf6 a3 32. f7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Bf3 Be6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Bd5 Nc5 13. Qe2 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Qa5 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. e4 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Qa4 18. Rfe1 f6 19. h4 h5 20. Qe3 Kf7 21.
Qf3 Qc2 22. Bf4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nd3 24. Re3 Rxc4 25. Rxd3 Rxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxd3 27.
Qh6 Rg8 28. Re1 Qxd5 29. Qh7+ Rg7 30. Qh8 Rg8 31. Qh7+ Rg7 32. Qh8 e5 33. Qc8
Qc6 34. Qb8 g5 35. Qh8 gxh4 36. Qxh5+ Ke7 37. f3 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 39. Rg1 Qg3
40. Qf5 h3 41. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 42. gxh3 Rxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. d4 f6 10. Na5 Qc8 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qh5+ Bf7 14. Qxg5
O-O 15. Rd1 Be6 16. b3 Rf6 17. Bb2 Rg6 18. Qe3 Bf7 19. Rd2 b6 20. Rad1 Nf8 21.
Nc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qe8 23. Qc3 Qf7 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Qf5 Qxc4 26. f3 Qxa2 27. Be5
Re7 28. h4 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Rgxe6 30. Bg3 Kf7 31. Rd8 Re8 32. Bxc7 Rxd8 33. Rxd8
Re8 34. Rd6 Rc8 35. Bd8 Ne6 36. Bg5 Nxg5 37. hxg5 Ke7 38. e5 a5 39. f4 a4 40.
f5 a3 41. f6+ Kf8 42. Rd7 Ra8 43. fxg7+ Kg8 44. Rd1 Kxg7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. O-O exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. e4 Rb8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. a4 Nb4 14. h3 b6 15. Bf1
a6 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Bf4 Bc8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Bb7 21. Nc6 Bxc6
22. dxc6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. h3 f5 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Re1 fxe4
15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Bg5 Bb4 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Qc2 Qh5 19. Bd2 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bd6 21.
Ng6+ Qxg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rxe6 Kh7 24. Rae1 Rf5 25. c4 c5 26. d5 b5 27. cxb5
Rxd5 28. Bc3 a6 29. a4 Rd3 30. Be5 axb5 31. axb5 Rb8 32. Rb1 Rd5 33. Bxd6 cxd6
34. b6 c4 35. b7 c3 36. Rc1 Rc5 37. Re3 c2 38. Re2 Rxb7 39. Rcxc2 Rxc2 40. Rxc2
Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Rd1 42. Kg3 Rd3+ 43. f3 d5 44. Kf4 Rd4+ 45. Ke3 Ra4 46. Rd2 Ra5
47. Kd4 Rb5 48. Ke5 Ra5 49. h4 d4+ 50. Kxd4 Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8.
a3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 a4 11. Ba2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qa5+ 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O
Nbd7 15. Re1 h6 16. Nh4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nxh6+ Kg7 20. Ng4 Nxg4
21. hxg4 Qb5 22. g5 Qxb2 23. Qf6+ Kh7 24. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Ng3 Rae8 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. c4 Nh4 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qf5 Qd8 21. Nf3
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Kg8 23. Qxa5 Qd7 24. Qc3 Nf4 25. Rae1 Qa4 26. b3 Qd7 27. Nf5 Qd8
28. N3d4 Kh7 29. Qd2 c5 30. Nb5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Ra7 15.
g3 Bf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qa8 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Rb8 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. f4
Ng6 22. f5 exf5 23. Qxf5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Nf8 26. Rf1 Ne6 27. Ne2
Qb7 28. Rb1 Qa8 29. Rf1 h6 30. h4 Qb8 31. h5 Qb2 32. Rf2 Rb7 33. Kg2 Qb1 34.
Qxb1 Rxb1 35. Rf1 Rb2 36. Kf3 Ng5+ 37. Ke3 Rb3+ 38. Kf4 Ne6+ 39. Kg4 Re3 40.
Nf4 Nxd4 41. Rb1 Rxe5 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rb7 Rg5+ 44. Kh3 Rf5 45. Kg4 Rg5+ 46.
Kh3 Ne6 47. Rxf7 Nxc5 48. Rc7 Ne4 49. Ne6 Rxg3+ 50. Kh4 Rg1 51. Rxc6 Rh1+ 52.
Kg4 Nf6+ 53. Kf3 Rxh5 54. Rc7 Re5 55. Rxg7+ Kh8 56. Re7 Re4 57. Nf4 Rxe7 58.
Ng6+ Kg7 59. Nxe7 Kf7 60. Nf5 Kg6 61. Kf4 h5 62. Nh4+ Kf7 63. Ke5 Kg7 64. Ke6
d4 65. Nf5+ Kg6 66. Nxd4 Kg5 67. Nf3+ Kf4 68. Kxf6 Kxf3 69. Kg5 h4 70. Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. f4 f5 14. Qh3 Rae8
15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Ba3 c5 18. Rad1 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 fxe4 20. dxe4
Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rxe4 22. Qf5 Re7 23. h3 b6 24. Bc1 Qe4 25. Qf2 Qg6 26. Bb2 Rf7
27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Kg1 Nf6 30. Kf2 Nd5 31. a3 g6 32. c4 Nf4 33.
Bc3 Ke6 34. Kf3 Nd3 35. Ke4 Nf2+ 36. Kf3 Nd3 37. Ke4 Nf2+ 38. Kf3 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. g3 Bf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
fxe5 Qc8 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ra3 19. Rb2 Qb7 20. Qc2 Rfa8 21.
Rfb1 Nf8 22. Ne2 Ra1 23. Qc1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Ng6 25. Ra2 bxc5 26. Rxa8+ Qxa8 27.
bxc5 h5 28. h3 Qa6 29. Qd1 Ne7 30. Nf4 g6 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qc4 33. Ng2 g5
34. Qd2 Ng6 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. f3 f6 37. Kg3 fxe5 38. dxe5 Qxc5 39. Qxg5 Qe7 40.
Qxe7+ Nxe7 41. Nf4 Kf7 42. Nd3 Ng6 43. f4 Nf8 44. Nc5 Ng6 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Nd3
Nf8 47. f5 Nd7 48. Kf4 c5 49. g5 c4 50. Nb4 d4 51. g6 exf5 52. g7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Bf8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. Rg1 Ne6 14. g4 g5 15. h4
h6 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Re7 19. Bc1 Rg7 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nh2 Kh8
22. Qh5 Qe8 23. Qxe8 Rxe8 24. Ng4 Rf7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Kg2 Bg7 27. Rh1+ Kg8
28. Kf3 c5 29. Rh5 Kf8 30. e5 fxe5 31. Rxg5 e4+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 e4 6. Nfd2 f5 7. c4 Nf6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Nc3 d6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. h4 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. a3 Be6 15. Nf4
Bf7 16. Be2 Rd8 17. O-O Ne5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. g3 h6 20. c5 d5 21. Kg2 g5 22. Nh3
Bh5 23. Rde1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Nh5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rg1 f4 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. Kf1
f3 29. Re1 Nd3 30. Bxg7 Nxg7 31. Qc3 Nxe1 32. Kxe1 Qf6 33. Qxf6 Rxf6 34. Nf4
Kf7 35. b4 Ne6 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37. Nb3 Rh8 38. Nd4 Rg6 39. Rf1 Rgh6 40. Nf5 Rh1
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Nf8 11. Ncxe5 Rxe5 12. Nxe5 Bd4 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Qd2
Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 f5 18. Rae1 Be6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Re5
Be6 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Qxa5 Bd5 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Qf2 Qc3 25. h3 Nf8 26. Qe2 h5
27. f5 h4 28. f6 gxf6 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. Qxh4 Nd7 31. Qh7+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33.
Qg7+ Kd6 34. Qg3+ Kc5 35. Qf2+ Kd6 36. Qg3+ Kc5 37. Qf2+ Kb4 38. Qe1 Qxe1 39.
Rxe1 Kc3 40. Re2 Ne5 41. h4 Bf7 42. Kg1 c5 43. Kh2 Bh5 44. Re4 Kxc2 45. Rf4
Kxb3 46. Kg3 Nxd3 47. Rf5 Be8 48. Rxf6 c4 49. Rf3 Bg6 50. Kg4 c3 51. h5 Ne5+
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc2 d5 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bf5 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Be6
15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rd1 Qb6+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nd7 19. Nd4 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Ne5
21. Bf4 Nc6 22. Rd3 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a3 f6 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Nxd1 Bb3 27.
Nc3 Kf7 28. Be3 a6 29. Ne2 e5 30. Nc3 Ke6 31. Bc5 h5 32. Bb6 Nb8 33. Nb1 Nd7
34. Be3 Kd6 35. Nd2 Be6 36. Ke2 Nb8 37. Kd3 Nc6 38. Kc3 b5 39. h4 Na5 40. Bh6
Kd7 41. Bf8 Nc4 42. Nb3 Ke8 43. Bh6 Nb6 44. Na5 Na4+ 45. Kc2 Nb6 46. b3 Kd7 47.
Nb7 Kc6 48. Na5+ Kd7 49. Be3 Nc8 50. Nb7 Kc6 51. Nc5 Bf7 52. Nxa6 Nd6 53. Nb4+
Kd7 54. Nd3 Kc6 55. Kc3 Be6 56. Bd2 Bf7 57. Bh6 Be6 58. Bf8 Ne8 59. a4 bxa4 60.
bxa4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 Bd6 10. b3 Nf8 11. Bb2 Ng6 12. Kh1 b6 13. Ne3 Bc5 14. Nf5 f6 15.
g4 Nf4 16. Bc1 g6 17. Ne3 Nh3 18. Qe2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Bxg4 20. Qg2 Qd7 21. Qg3
Rf8 22. Bb2 c5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Qxe5 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Bf3 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxh7+
Ke6 28. Qxd7+ Kxd7 29. Rxf2 g5 30. h3 g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Raf1 Rxf2 33. Rxf2
Be6 34. Kf1 Rg8 35. Ke2 Rg1 36. Kd2 a6 37. Rh2 Rf1 38. Be5 Rf7 39. Rg2 b5 40.
Rg7 Rxg7 41. Bxg7 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. d4 c6 44. Kc3 Bf7 45. a5 Bg6 46. Kxc4
Bxe4 47. c3 Bg2 48. Kc5 Bf3 49. Be5 Bg2 50. Bg3 Bh1 51. c4 Bf3 52. d5 cxd5 53.
cxd5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Bb3
Nf5 8. Nd5 Bd8 9. Ne2 c6 10. Ne3 d5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14.
O-O Bb6 15. Ng3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Be6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Na6 20.
Nd6 Re7 21. Rae1 Rd7 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ne3 Nb4 24. Ng4 Kg7 25. Re2 f5 26. Nf2 a5
27. Rfe1 Kf7 28. g4 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. d4 Nd5 32. Nd3 Rd8 33.
c3 Raa8 34. Rf2 Rg8+ 35. Kf1 Rg5 36. Re5 Kf6 37. Nc5 Ra1+ 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Ne6
Rgg1 40. Nf8+ Kg7 41. Rexf5 Rad1 42. Ne6+ Kg6 43. Re5 Rge1+ 44. Kf3 Rd3+ 45.
Kg4 Ne3+ 46. Kh4 Rdd1 47. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 Bd6 10. Kh1 Nf8 11. Rg1 Ng6 12. g4 b5 13. Ne3 Bc5 14. Qe1 Nf4 15.
Nf5 Nh3 16. Rg2 g6 17. Qf1 Kh8 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Rg3 Nf4 20. Nh6 Rf8 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Rg1 f6 23. g5 Kg7 24. gxf6+ Qxf6 25. Ng4 Qxb2 26. e5 Bxg4 27. Rxg4
Bxe5 28. Rb1 Qc3 29. axb5 cxb5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ke2 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. f3 b6
9. Nf2 Ba6 10. Ke1 e5 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Ke2 Qd7 13. Kf1 Rad8 14. Kg1 h6 15. Nd2
a6 16. Nf1 b5 17. Qc2 c4 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. b3 dxe4 20. fxe4 Ne7 21. Ba3 Rfe8
22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 Nc8 25. Kh2 Nd6 26. Nd2 cxb3 27. axb3 Nb5 28.
Bb2 Nd4 29. Qd1 Nxb3 30. Qxb3 Rxd2 31. Rf1 a5 32. Bc1 Rd8 33. Be3 Bc6 34. Qb6
Qxb6 35. Bxb6 Ra8 36. Nd3 Nxe4 37. Nc5 f5 38. g4 a4 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rxf5 a3
41. Nxe4 a2 42. Rf1 a1=Q 43. Rxa1 Rxa1 44. Nf6+ Bxf6 45. Bxc6 Ra6 46. Bd5+ Kg7
47. Bf2 Be7 48. c4 Ra5 49. Kg3 Bc5 50. Be1 Ra3+ 51. Kg4 Bd4 52. h4 Kf6 53. h5
Ke7 54. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. h3 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Ng3 Rae8 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. c4 Nh4 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. Ndxf5
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 a4 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 Ned3
28. Rd1 Nb4 29. Nb5 Rc8 30. Nf5 g6 31. Ne7 Rce8 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Rxe4 34.
Rxe4 Nxe4 35. Rc1 Nd2+ 36. Ke2 Nxb3 37. Rxc7 b6 38. Nxd6 Rd8 39. Nxf7 Rxd5 40.
Ne5+ Kg8 41. Nxg6 Rd6 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Nf5 Re6+ 44. Kf3 Nd2+ 45. Kg4 Ne4 46. f4
Nf6+ 47. Kf3 Nd5 48. Rh7 b5 49. Nxh6 b4 50. Nf5 Rb6 51. Rd7 Nc3 52. Nd4 b3 53.
Nxb3 Rxb3 54. Rd3 Nb5 55. Rxb3 Nd4+ 56. Ke4 Nxb3 57. g4 Nd2+ 58. Ke3 Nc4+ 59.
Kd4 Nd2 60. Ke5 Nf3+ 61. Ke4 Nd2+ 62. Kf5 Kf7 63. h4 Nf1 64. g5 Ng3+ 65. Kg4
Ne4 66. h5 Nc3 67. h6 Nd5 68. f5 Ne3+ 69. Kf4 Nc4 70. g6+ Kg8 71. h7+ Kh8 72.
f6 Ne5 73. g7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duran Vega, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Nb3 Qc8
15. Bc5 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Nb5 Qc8 18. Nxa7 Nxa7 19. Bxb6 Nc6 20. Bc5 Qh3
21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Nc5 Kh8 23. e3 Ne7 24. Rc4 c6 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Rxg4 Rfd8 27.
Rd1 Rd5 28. Rc4 Ra8 29. Ra4 Rb8 30. Nb3 Rbd8 31. Kf1 Kg8 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. d4 Nf5
34. f3 exd4 35. e4 Re5 36. Kf2 Ne7 37. Rdxd4 Rxd4 38. Nxd4 f5 39. Ra7 fxe4 40.
Rxb7 Kf6 41. Rb6 exf3 42. Nxc6 Re2+ 43. Kxf3 Rxh2 44. Nxe7+ Kxe7 45. a4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duran Vega, Sergio"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6
15. a5 Rad8 16. Bg2 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Kh8 18. e3 Rg8 19. Qc2 g5 20. f5 g4 21. fxe6
fxe6 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Ra4 Nf8 24. Qb4 Qf7 25. Qc5 Ng6 26. Qg5 Rbf8 27. Rf1 Qg7
28. Kh1 h6 29. Qc5 Nh4 30. Raa1 Qc7 31. Ne4 Nxg2 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Kxg2 Rg5 34.
Qc3 Rh5 35. Rh1 Qd7 36. Qd3 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Qf3 38. Rf1 Rxa5 39. Qb3 Rh5 40. Qd3
a5 41. b3 Rg5 42. Qd1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. h4 Qc7 11. h5 Nd7 12. h6 g6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Qe2 Nb8 16. Rd1 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. Nf3 f6 19. O-O Rae8 20. g3 Nd8 21.
Kg2 Nf7 22. Rh1 Kh8 23. Qe3 g5 24. Nh2 Nxh6 25. Qf3 Qd7 26. Qh5 Qg7 27. Rde1
Re7 28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. Qxg4 Rfe8 30. Rh5 Qg6 31. f4 Qf5 32. Qxf5 exf5 33. Rxe7
Rxe7 34. fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 a5 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. Ne2
Nc4 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Nh5 Be7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Nd6 19. Bd3 Rg8 20. Rhg1 f5
21. Ng3 Bh4 22. Rdf1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 h6 24. Rh1 Rg6 25. Rh5 Rf6 26. Rfh1 Ke7 27.
Rxh6 Rxh6 28. Rxh6 Rg8 29. Kd2 Kd7 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Kf3 b6 32. Kf4 Rg4+ 33. Ke5
f6+ 34. Rxf6 Nf7+ 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Bxf5 Rg7 37. g4 Ke7 38. f4 Rg8 39. g5 Re8
40. Be6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. h3 h6 12. c5 Bf8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ba5 Qc8 17. g4 Bc6 18. Bg2 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bxc5 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Rxb2 25. O-O Rc2 26. Bd6 Bxd6 27.
exd6 Rd2 28. Rb1 Rxd6 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Rb7 Kg6 31. Ra7 Kf6 32. h4 Rc6 33. Kg2
g5 34. Kg3 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Kg6 36. a4 Rc2 37. Kg3 Rc6 38. a5 Kf6 39. e4 Kg6 40.
f3 Kf6 41. Kf4 e5+ 42. Kg3 Kg7 43. Ra8 Kh7 44. Rd8 Kg7 45. Ra8 Kh7 46. Kf2 Kg7
47. Kg2 Rc2+ 48. Kg3 Rc6 49. Ra7 Kf8 50. Kf2 Kg7 51. Kg2 Rc2+ 52. Kg3 Rc6 53.
Rd7 Kf8 54. Rd5 Re6 55. Rc5 Ke8 56. Kh4 Kf8 57. Kh5 Kg7 58. g5 hxg5 59. Kxg5
Rh6 60. Kf5 Rf6+ 61. Kxe5 Rxf3 62. Rc6 Rh3 63. Kd5 Rd3+ 64. Kc5 Re3 65. Kd4 Ra3
66. Rxa6 Ra1 67. e5 Rd1+ 68. Kc5 Rc1+ 69. Kd5 Rd1+ 70. Kc6 Re1 71. Rb6 Rxe5 72.
a6 Re7 73. Rb7 Re6+ 74. Kb5 Re5+ 75. Kb6 Re6+ 76. Ka5 Re5+ 77. Rb5 Re7 78. Rc5
Kg6 79. Kb6 f5 80. a7 Re8 81. Kb7 Kg5 82. Rc8 Re7+ 83. Kb8 Rxa7 84. Kxa7 Kf4
85. Kb6 Ke3 86. Re8+ Kd3 87. Rf8 Ke4 88. Kc5 f4 89. Kc4 Ke3 90. Kc3 f3 91. Re8+
Kf2 92. Kd2 Kf1 93. Ke3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Re8 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. b4 Nd4 13. a4 a6 14. Bc3 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 c6 16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Be4 Qf6 21.
e3 Bf5 22. Bb4 Bxe4 23. dxe4 h5 24. Qd1 Qg6 25. Qf3 Bd8 26. Rfd1 Be7 27. Rb1
Bxb4 28. Rxb4 Qg4 29. Kg2 f6 30. Rd5 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 g5 32. Ke2 Rec8 33. f4 exf4
34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Rxh5 fxe3 36. Kxe3 Kf7 37. h4 Rh8 38. Rbxb5 Rxb5 39. Rxh8 Kg7
40. Ra8 Rh5 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Ra6 Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Ra6 Kg7 45. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 f5 11. Be3 Be6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Qf3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1
c5 15. Kh1 g6 16. h3 Qc7 17. Qf2 b6 18. Qe1 Kh8 19. Be2 Rg8 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. a5
b5 22. a6 Rd7 23. Rdb1 Rb8 24. Bf2 Rdd8 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Rb2 Rd7 27. Qf1 Rc7 28.
Be2 Bd7 29. Qd1 Qe6 30. Ra5 Kg7 31. Qa1 g5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Raxb5 Bxb5 34.
Rxb5 gxf4 35. Qa5 Qxe5 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. axb7 f3 38. gxf3 Bd6 39. Kg2 Qh2+ 40.
Kf1 Qxh3+ 41. Ke2 Qh2 42. Qxa7 Kf6 43. Qb6 Ke7 44. Qc6 Kd8 45. Qc8+ Ke7 46.
Qxf5 Kd8 47. Kf1 Qh1+ 48. Bg1 Bh2 49. Qg4 Bd6 50. Ke2 Ke7 51. Bxc5 Qh2+ 52. Bf2
h5 53. Qf5 Kd8 54. Qc8+ Ke7 55. Qf5 Kd8 56. Qf7 h4 57. Qg8+ Kd7 58. Qg4+ Kc6
59. Qc8+ Kb5 60. b8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
dxe5 Nh7 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Qxd1 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxd1 Bf6 20. Bd2 Nd3 21.
Bc3 c4 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. b3 Ne4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Ne3 Nexf2 26. Rf1 Ne4 27.
Nxc4 Kg8 28. Nfe5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnnbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNNBKRB w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. d3 d6 3. c4 Bc6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. Bc3 e5 6. b4 Ne6 7. f4 f6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. e4 Qa7+ 11. Kh1 Bg7 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Rxf8+ Nxf8 14. c5 Ne7
15. Ne3 Ne6 16. Rf1 Rd8 17. Qd1 Qb8 18. Qg4 Qc8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nc4 h5 21.
Qh3 Ng5 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxd6 Rd8 24. Nc4 Rxd3 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Re3 27.
Nd4 Nxe4 28. Ndxc6 Nxc6 29. Nxc6 Re2 30. a4 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33.
Kg2 Ng4+ 34. Kg1 Rxh2 35. Rb1 Rc2 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Nf6 38. Ne5 Rc5 39. Nf3
Nd7 40. b6 Kg7 41. b7 Nb8 42. Kf2 g5 43. Ke3 h4 44. g4 h3 45. Kf2 Rc2+ 46. Kg3
Rc3 47. Rb5 Kh6 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Rb5 Kh6 50. Rb2 Kg7 51. Kf2 Rc4 52. Ne5 Re4
53. Rb5 Kf6 54. Nf3 Rxg4 55. Rxg5 Rxg5 56. Nxg5 Kxg5 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Kxh3 Ke5
59. Kg4 Kd5 60. Kh5 Kc6 61. Kg6 Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnnbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNNBKRB w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. d3 d6 3. c4 c5 4. Bc3 Bxc3 5. Nxc3 Bc6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. a3 a6 8. b4
cxb4 9. axb4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Qxa8 Rxa8 12. Nb3 Kg7 13. Nxb5 Nxb4 14. N3d4
Nd5 15. Kg2 Na7 16. Rgc1 Rgb8 17. Nxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrnkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRNKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. O-O Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bxd4 d5 7. Ng3 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Qa3+ Ne7 10. Nf5 Re8 11. Nxe7 Rxe7 12. Bf5 Qc5 13. Rd8+ Re8 14.
Qxc5+ bxc5 15. Rxe8+ Kxe8 16. bxc4 g6 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. Rb1 f5 19. Rb5 Rc8 20. g3
Bxf3 21. exf3 Bd6 22. Ra5 Rc7 23. f4 h6 24. h4 h5 25. Be2 Rb7 26. Bf3 Bc7 27.
Rxc5 Bd6 28. Ra5 Rc7 29. Bd5 Bc5 30. Rb5 Bb6 31. a4 Rc5 32. Rb4 Rc7 33. Kg2 Kf6
34. Kf3 Rc5 35. Rb2 Ra5 36. Bc6 Rc5 37. Bb5 Rc8 38. Rc2 Ke7 39. Re2+ Kf6 40.
Re5 a5 41. Kg2 Rc7 42. Re8 Bc5 43. Ra8 Bb4 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Bc6 Re7 46. Bd5 Re2
47. Rc6 Rc2 48. Rc7 Be1 49. c5 Bxf2 50. Rxf7+ Kh8 51. c6 Be1+ 52. Kf1 Bb4 53.
Rd7 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrnkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRNKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Ng6 4. Ng3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bxd4 O-O 7. Bf5 Qc7 8. e4
d6 9. O-O Ne5 10. Nd2 Nd3 11. Qc3 Nf4 12. Qf3 e5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Ne2 g6 15.
Nxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Rde8 17. Bd4 d5 18. Qh6 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 20. Qxh2 Nxe4
21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. Nxe4 Qxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Bf6 Bc6 26. g4 h6
27. Kg3 Re8 28. b4 Re6 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rd3 Re6 31. Rd8+ Re8 32. Rd3 Re6 33.
Bb2 b5 34. c5 g5 35. Ra3 Re1 36. f3 Rb1 37. Bc3 a5 38. Rxa5 Rf1 39. Ra6 Rxf3+
40. Kh2 Be4 41. Be5 f5 42. c6 Rf2+ 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. c7 fxg4 45. Rxh6 Kf7 46. Rb6
Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rc2 48. Kg1 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rc2 50. Ke1 Ke7 51. Rxb5 Bf5 52. Bg3 Bd7
53. Rb8 Rc3 54. Kf2 Rc2+ 55. Kf1 Rc3 56. Be5 Rc1+ 57. Kf2 Ke6 58. Bg3 Rc2+ 59.
Kf1 Rc3 60. Re8+ Bxe8 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbbrkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBBRKRQ w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Qg2 g5 5. d3 h5 6. Nc2 Ba5 7. Bd2 Bd7 8. a3 Ne5
9. b4 Bc6 10. f3 cxb4 11. axb4 Bb6 12. c5 dxc5 13. b5 Bd7 14. Nd5 c4 15. d4 Ng6
16. Bxg5 Bxb5 17. Qh3 Bc6 18. Nxb6 Nxb6 19. e4 Bd7 20. Qg2 h4 21. g4 c3 22. Be3
Nc4 23. Qf2 e5 24. d5 Nxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nf4 26. O-O Qh6 27. Qxa7 Kg7 28. Qxb7 Qd6
29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. Nxb4 Rb8 31. Nc2 Bb5 32. Ne3 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Rb2 34. Bc2 h3 35.
Rc1 Ra8 36. Nc4 Rba2 37. Nxe5 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kf2 Ra2 40. Ke3 Rxc2 41.
Kxf4 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbbrkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBBRKRQ w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 e5 2. h4 d5 3. e3 Nb6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bf3 O-O-O 8. Nb3
g6 9. O-O-O f5 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. e4 fxe4 12. dxe4 d4 13. Nd5 Bd6 14. Bg5 Rdf8
15. Bh6 Rxg1 16. Rxg1 Rg8 17. Kb1 Ne7 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. Rg3 Qf7 20. Bxe7 Rxg3 21.
fxg3 Bxe7 22. Nc1 Nc4 23. Nb3 Bd6 24. Be2 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 c6 26. Bc4 b5 27. Bd3
a6 28. a4 bxa4 29. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqnbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQNBBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd3 Nd6 3. h3 h6 4. Bh2 Bh7 5. e3 e6 6. Nd2 Nd7 7. Qe2 c6 8. g4 Qb6
9. Bg2 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Qb5 12. Nf4 Rfc8 13. c3 g5 14. Qxb5 cxb5 15. Ne2
Bd3 16. Kd1 b4 17. Nc1 Bg6 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. c4 Nf6 20. c5 Be7 21. Ke2 b6 22.
axb6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. cxb6 Nd7 25. b7 Rb8 26. e4 Nb6 27. Nd3 Rxb7 28. Ne5
Bxe4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 Rc7 31. Nc6 Nc4 32. b3 Nd6 33. Bg2 Bf6 34. Kd3 Nb5
35. d5 Na7 36. d6 Rxc6 37. Bxc6 Nxc6 38. Rc1 Bc3 39. Kc4 Kf8 40. Kc5 Nd4 41.
Kb6 Ke8 42. Kc7 Nb5+ 43. Kc6 Nd4+ 44. Kc7 Nb5+ 45. Kc6 Nd4+ 46. Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqnbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQNBBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nd3 Bd4 5. f4 Nd6 6. Bd5 f6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
fxe5 fxe5 9. Ne2 Bxg1 10. Qxg1 Bc4 11. Qe3 Qf6 12. Nc5 Nb7 13. Nxb7 Kxb7 14. d3
Be6 15. O-O-O Raf8 16. Ng3 Qf2 17. Qxf2 Rxf2 18. Rhg1 Rhf8 19. Rdf1 g6 20. Rxf2
Rxf2 21. Nh1 Rf4 22. Kd2 a5 23. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbkqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 c6 3. Nf3 Ng6 4. Ng3 f5 5. Nh5 e5 6. Nxg7 Qf7 7. Nh5 N6e7 8. Ng3
f4 9. Nh1 e4 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ng6 12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 Bg4 14. Bxg6 Qxg6
15. Rxf4 O-O-O 16. Qg3 h5 17. Nf2 d4 18. cxd4 Ne7 19. Ke1 Rxf4 20. Qxf4 Nd5 21.
Qg5 Qc2 22. Nxg4 hxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kb8 24. a3 Nc3 25. Bf4 Qxb2 26. e6+ Ka8 27. Rc1
Nd5 28. Bd2 Qxa3 29. e4 Nf6 30. Qf3 Qe7 31. Bg5 Rf8 32. e5 Qb4+ 33. Qc3 Qxc3+
34. Rxc3 Nd5 35. e7 Re8 36. Rf3 Kb8 37. Rf8 Nc7 38. e6 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbkqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Ng6 4. Qc3 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qxc4 Bg4 7. Ng5 Nf4 8.
Ng3 h6 9. N5e4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Be6 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. Nh5 g5 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Nxf4 gxf4 16. d5 cxd5 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rad8 20. Rf5
e6 21. Rh5 Kg7 22. Qh3 Rh8 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. e3 Rd2 26. exf4 Rxb2
27. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnkrqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKRQNB w EBeb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 f5 2. f4 b6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. c4 c5 6. Ne5 Bxh1 7. Qxh1 e6 8. O-O
Qe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Ne2 Qe8 11. Nc3 d6 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Qg2 Nc6 15.
Rbd1 e5 16. d3 Rbe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Ng5 exf4 20. Bxh8 Kxh8 21.
gxf4 h6 22. Qh3 h5 23. Qg2 Qb7 24. Ne6 Qxd5 25. Nxf8 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxf8 27. d4
Kg7 28. dxc5 dxc5 29. Rd7+ Rf7 30. Red1 Nxa2 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33.
Rg7 Nc3 34. Rxg6+ Kd5 35. Kf3 Ne4 36. Rh6 b5 37. Rxh5 Nd6 38. e4+ Nxe4 39.
Rxf5+ Kd4 40. h4 c4 41. bxc4 bxc4 42. Rf8 Nd2+ 43. Ke2 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnkrqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKRQNB w EBeb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g5 2. f4 gxf4 3. Qxf4 Qh6 4. Qxh6 Nxh6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O b5 7. d3 Rg8 8.
Ne2 f5 9. Ng3 Nd6 10. Rbe1 O-O-O 11. e5 Ndf7 12. b3 e6 13. Nh5 Ng4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Nf6 Rg6 17. Rf4 d6 18. Nxg4 Rxg4 19. Rxg4 fxg4 20. exd6 Bxa1
21. Rxa1 g3 22. Rf1 Nxd6 23. Rf6 b4 24. Kf1 Kd7 25. Ke1 Ke7 26. Rh6 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ng3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. f4 exf4 5. Bxf4 Ng6 6. Bd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Ne5 8.
Nf3 Nxf3 9. gxf3 Be7 10. Be3 Be6 11. Be2 Qa4 12. b3 Qa3 13. Bc1 Qc5 14. a4 Qc6
15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Kb2 O-O-O 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kxc3 g5
21. f4 Ng4 22. fxg5 Nxh2 23. Rf4 Rg8 24. Rh1 Rxg5 25. Nf5 Ng4 26. Rxh7 Ne5 27.
Rg7 Rh5 28. Rg3 c6 29. Ng7 Rh3 30. Rxh3 Bxh3 31. Bf1 Bg4 32. Bc4 Rg8 33. Nf5
Bxf5 34. Rxf5 Re8 35. Rf4 Kd8 36. Kd4 Nxc4 37. Kxc4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ng3 d6 3. d4 Ng6 4. N1e2 Nh4 5. Rg1 g6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. f4 Ne7 8.
Nf1 Nc6 9. Qf2 Bg4 10. Nd2 exf4 11. g3 fxg3 12. hxg3 f5 13. gxh4 fxe4 14. Qe3
h5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxd4 e3 18. Re1 exd2 19. Rxe8 dxc1=Q+ 20.
Kxc1 Rxe8 21. Kd2 Bxh4 22. Qxg4 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 g5 24. Rf1 a5 25. Rf6 a4 26. Qf5
b6 27. Qe5 Ra6 28. Qb5 Kb7 29. Qc6+ Kb8 30. Qb5 Kb7 31. Qc6+ Kb8 32. Rf5 a3 33.
b3 Ra7 34. Kf3 Be1 35. Rxg5 Ra5 36. Rxa5 Bxa5 37. Qa4 Rd2 38. Qc4 c5 39. b4
Bxb4 40. c3 Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Rxa2 42. Ke4 Kb7 43. Kd5 Rg2 44. Qf3 a2 45. Qf7+ Ka6
46. Kc6 Ka5 47. Qa7+ Kb4 48. Qxb6+ Kc3 49. Qxc5+ Kb2 50. Qb5+ Kc1 51. Qf1+ Kb2
52. Qxg2+ Kb1 53. Qe4+ Kb2 54. Qe5+ Kb1 55. Qb8+ Ka1 56. Kb5 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqnkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQNKBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 c5 2. bxc5 Qxc5 3. c4 Ng6 4. e3 Qc7 5. Ng3 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 f5 10. d3 Nh4 11. e4 Nf7 12. d4 g5 13. d5 gxf4 14. Qxf4 e5 15. Qd2 f4
16. Bh5 Rg5 17. Nce2 Ng6 18. Nf5 Qxc4 19. Bf3 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Rxf5 21. Rbc1 Be3
22. Qxe3 Qxa2 23. Qc3 Rg5 24. Qc7 Rd8 25. Qxb6 Nh4 26. Bb2 Qa4 27. Nc3 Qc4 28.
Be2 Qd4 29. Qf6 Qb4 30. Rb1 Nxg2 31. Ba1 Qf8 32. Qxa6 Ne3 33. Rg1 Qg7 34. Rxg5
Nxg5 35. Rg1 h6 36. Qd6 Rc8 37. Qa6 Rd8 38. h4 Kf8 39. Bh5 Kg8 40. Ne2 Kh7 41.
Nxf4 Rf8 42. Qg6+ Qxg6 43. Nxg6 Rf2 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Nxe5 Nxd5 46. Bg6+ Kg8
47. Bf7+ Rxf7 48. Nxf7 Kxf7 49. exd5 Bxd5+ 50. Kh2 Kg6 51. Kg3 Be6 52. Rf1 Bf5
53. Rf2 d5 54. Bc3 Be4 55. Rf6+ Kh5 56. Bd4 Bd3 57. Re6 Be4 58. Re5 Kg6 59. Be3
Kf6 60. Rxg5 Ke6 61. Kf4 Kd6 62. Bd4 Kc6 63. Ke5 Kb5 64. Rg3 Kc4 65. Rc3+ Kb4
66. Kd6 Kb5 67. Rc5+ Kb4 68. Ke5 Bf3 69. Rc6 Be4 70. Rc7 Bf3 71. Bc3+ Kb3 72.
Kd4 Be4 73. Rb7+ Kc2 74. Rb2+ Kc1 75. Rh2 Kb1 76. Bb2 Ka2 77. Kc3 Bf5 78. Rd2
Be4 79. Rd4 Bc2 80. Rxd5 Ba4 81. Ra5 Kb1 82. Ra6 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqnkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQNKBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 b6 2. c4 c5 3. Ng3 Ng6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 f5 6. Be2 Nf7 7. Nh5 Qd8 8. d4 cxd4
9. Bxd4 Nh4 10. g4 Ng5 11. Rg3 Ne4 12. gxf5 Nxf5 13. Rg4 g6 14. Rxe4 gxh5 15.
Bxh5+ Ke7 16. Rg4 Bh6 17. Qb2 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxg4 19. Bxg4 Qh8 20. Qd3 Qe5 21.
Qxh7+ Bg7 22. Qh4+ Bf6 23. Qg3 Rc8 24. Rc1 Qe4 25. Be2 Rh8 26. Kd2 Qh1 27. Qc7
Qxh2 28. Qxh2 Rxh2 29. Kd3 Bc6 30. b5 Bb7 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rxc5 Kd6 33. Rc4 a6
34. a4 Bd5 35. Rc8 axb5 36. axb5 Bb7 37. Rf8 Be7 38. Rf7 Bh4 39. Kc4 Rh1 40.
Nc3 Rh2 41. Rh7 Rh1 42. Bd3 Bxf2 43. Rxh1 Bxh1 44. Be4 Bxe3 45. Bxh1 Ke5 46.
Na4 d5+ 47. Kb4 Kd6 48. Ka5 e5 49. b6 e4 50. Ka6 Bf4 51. b7 Kc6 52. Bg2 Bg3 53.
Nc3 Be5 54. Nd1 Kc5 55. Nf2 Bb8 56. Ng4 Kd4 57. Kb6 e3 58. Bf1 Ke4 59. Nf6+ Kd4
60. Kc6 Kc3 61. Nxd5+ Kd2 62. Nc7 e2 63. Bxe2 Kxe2 64. Kd7 Kd3 65. Kc8 Ba7 66.
Nb5 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qbbnnrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBBNNRKR w HFhf - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b5 2. d3 c5 3. Ne3 Ne6 4. Nd5 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. c4 f6 7. b3 N8c7 8. Be3
Re8 9. a4 bxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. a5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nf4 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Qc3 Rb8
15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Ba2 Qb7 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qb4 19. Qa6 Qb5 20. Qxb5 Rxb5
21. Ra1 Be5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. O-O Rb2 24. f3 Rfb8 25. h3 d6 26. Kh2 g5 27. Kg3
Kf7 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rb3 30. Ke3 c4 31. Ra4 Rxd3+ 32. Ke2 Rc3 33. Kd2 Rb3
34. Kc2 h5 35. a6 Rb6 36. Kc3 h4 37. Kxc4 Rb2 38. Rb4 Rxg2 39. Rb7 Rg3 40. Rxa7
Rxf3 41. Ra8 Rxh3 42. Rh8 Ra3 43. Kb5 Kg7 44. Rh5 Kg6 45. Rh8 h3 46. Kb6 Kg7
47. Rh5 Kg6 48. Rh8 g4 49. a7 Kg5 50. Kb7 Kf4 51. a8=Q Rxa8 52. Kxa8 g3 53.
Rh4+ Kf3 54. Rxh3 Kf2 55. Rh7 g2 56. Rf7+ Ke3 57. Rg7 Kf2 58. Kb7 g1=Q 59. Rxg1
Kxg1 60. Kc6 Kf2 61. Kd7 Ke3 62. Kxe7 Kxe4 63. Kxd6 Kf4 64. Kc5 e4 65. d6 e3
66. d7 e2 67. d8=Q e1=Q 68. Qf6+ Ke3 69. Qe5+ Kf2 70. Qxe1+ Kxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qbbnnrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBBNNRKR w HFhf - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Ne6 2. e3 c5 3. bxc5 Nxc5 4. d4 Ne6 5. c4 Nf6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 b5 8. Nc3
bxc4 9. Re1 Bb7 10. O-O Bc7 11. Bd2 Ba5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Bxd2 14. dxe6
Bxe1 15. Rxe1 Qd5 16. Qc3 fxe6 17. Qe3 Rb8 18. Ng5 e5 19. Bf5 Qxd4 20. Be6+ Kf8
21. Qa3 g6 22. Nf3 Qb6 23. Bxc4 Rc8 24. Be6 Rc2 25. Rf1 Kg7 26. Bb3 Rc3 27. Ng5
Rhc8 28. Qa4 d5 29. Qa3 R8c7 30. g3 h6 31. Nh3 Qc5 32. Qb2 g5 33. Qe2 g4 34.
Qxe5 gxh3 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbknbnqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNBNQR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. f3 f6 3. e4 c6 4. Nd2 e5 5. Bg3 h5 6. h4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Ng6 8. a4 Bf7
9. a5 Ne6 10. dxe5 Ngf4 11. Ndc3 Bxe5 12. Ba2 Qd8 13. Bxe6+ Bxe6 14. Qc5 Qc7
15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Qxa7 Bd4 18. Nc5 Ne2+ 19. Kb1 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3
Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxg3 22. a6 Rd1+ 23. Kb2 Rxa1 24. Kxa1 Qe1+ 25. Kb2 bxa6 26. Qf8+
Kd7 27. Qxg7+ Kd6 28. Qxf6 Qe5 29. Qd8+ Bd7 30. g4 Qb5+ 31. Ka3 Qc5+ 32. Kb2
Qb5+ 33. Ka3 Qc4 34. Qf6+ Be6 35. Qd8+ Bd7 36. Qf6+ Qe6 37. Qd4+ Qd5 38. Qf4+
Ke7 39. Qe3+ Kd6 40. Qh6+ Be6 41. Kb2 Qxf3 42. gxh5 Qf5 43. Qh8 Qb5+ 44. Kc1
Qf1+ 45. Kb2 Qf7 46. Qb8+ Qc7 47. Qf8+ Qe7 48. Qb8+ Qc7 49. Qf8+ Ke5 50. Qc5+
Ke4 51. Qd4+ Kf5 52. Qd3+ Kf4 53. Qd2+ Kf5 54. Qg5+ Ke4 55. Qg2+ Ke3 56. Qg1+
Ke2 57. Qg2+ Ke3 58. Qg1+ Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbknbnqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNBNQR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f6 2. e4 d5 3. f3 a5 4. Nde3 dxe4 5. fxe4 Ba7 6. c3 e5 7. d5 Nd7 8. Bf2
Qf8 9. Nd2 Nf7 10. Bc2 Nd6 11. Nf5 Bxf2 12. Qxf2 Nxf5 13. Qxf5 Qc5 14. Qg4 Rg8
15. O-O-O a4 16. a3 Kb8 17. Rhf1 Nb6 18. Rde1 Ka7 19. Qg3 Bb5 20. Bd3 c6 21.
Bxb5 Qxb5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qe3 Rgd8 24. Rf3 Rab8 25. c4 Qa5 26. Qc3 Qc5 27.
Rd3 Rd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qc2 Qa5 30. e5 fxe5 31. Qf5 g6 32. Qe6 Nxc4 33. Qxc4
Rxb2 34. Qf7+ Rb7 35. Qc4 Rb2 36. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrbbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. g4 f6 3. Nb3 Bb7 4. Ng3 c5 5. e4 Ng6 6. d3 Bc7 7. Be2 O-O-O 8. Be3
e6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. f5 Ne7 12. d4 c4 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Rde1 Nc6 15.
c3 b5 16. Nh5 Bxh2 17. Qxh2 Rxe3 18. Nf4 Nc7 19. Bf3 Rde8 20. Rxe3 Rxe3 21. Qf2
Re8 22. Qg2 Ne7 23. Re1 g6 24. Qh2 Bc6 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. Rxe6 gxf5 27. Qd6 Bd7
28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7 fxg4 30. Qc5+ Kd8 31. Bxd5 Qg5 32. Qf8+ Kc7 33. Qc5+ Kd8
34. Qd6 Ke8 35. Bg2 g3 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Qxa7 Ke8 38. Qb8+ Ke7 39. Qb7 Kd8 40.
Qa8+ Kc7 41. Qa5+ Kc8 42. Qb6 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrbbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. c4 b6 3. b4 Bb7 4. Bb3 e6 5. Bb2 g5 6. Ng3 gxf4 7. Nh5 Qxg2 8.
O-O-O Qxg1 9. Rxg1 Ng6 10. Rdf1 f3 11. exf3 c5 12. Nc2 Be7 13. d4 cxb4 14. d5
O-O-O 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. Nf6 Bxg1 17. Rxg1 Rf7 18. Nxb4 Nc7 19. Nd3 Rdf8 20. Nxh7
Rxh7 21. Rxg6 Rxh2 22. d6 Na6 23. Ba4 Rh7 24. Bb5 Nc5 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. f4 Rh1+
27. Kc2 Rh2+ 28. Kb3 a6 29. Ba4 Be4 30. Ka3 Rg2 31. Rh6 Rg3+ 32. Bb3 a5 33. Be5
Bc6 34. Kb2 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnnrkqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNNRKQRB w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. c4 Qh6 3. Nc3 e6 4. b3 c6 5. f4 d5 6. Qf2 b6 7. Nd3 Nd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Nd6 11. g4 Qh3 12. Qe2 d4 13. Nf2 Qh4 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 c5 16. g5 Qh3 17. Nf2 Qe6 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Qg2 f5 21. gxf6
Nxf6 22. f5 gxf5 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf5 Rg8 25. Kh1 Ne4 26. exd4 Bf6 27. Qf3
Rae8 28. d5 Qd7 29. d3 Nc3 30. Bxc3 Bxc3 31. d4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Qg7
34. Rf4 Re3 35. Qf2 Qe5 36. Rf3 Re2 37. Qh4 Rxa2 38. Rf5 Ra1 39. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnnrkqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNNRKQRB w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nb4 4. Bc3 e6 5. Qe2 g5 6. Bxh8 Rxh8 7. O-O Rg8 8. Nc3
g4 9. g3 Bxh1 10. Kxh1 h5 11. d4 h4 12. d5 Qh6 13. e4 Nd6 14. a3 Na6 15. b4 Rh8
16. Rd4 c5 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Rfd1 hxg3 19. fxg3 Ke7 20. Nb3 c5 21. R4d2 cxb4
22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Nd4 a5 24. Ncb5 Nxb5 25. Nf5+ exf5 26. exf5+ Kf6 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Nc6 30. Rd7 Nbd4 31. Rd6+ Kxf5 32. Rd5+ Kf6 33. Rd6+
Kg5 34. Qf2 Nf3 35. h4+ gxh3+ 36. Kxf3 h2 37. Rd5+ f5 38. Qxh2 Nd4+ 39. Kg2
Qd2+ 40. Kh3 Qe3 41. Qb2 Ne6 42. Re5 Qd4 43. Qxd4 Nxd4 44. Rd5 Nc2 45. c5 bxc5
46. Rxc5 Ne3 47. Rxa5 Ng4 48. Kg2 Nf6 49. Kf3 Ng4 50. Rb5 Nf6 51. Rb8 Kg6 52.
Kf4 Nh5+ 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Rb5 Kg6 55. Kg2 Nf6 56. Kh3 Ng4 57. Kh4 Kf6 58. Rb6+
Ke5 59. Kg5 Ne3 60. Rf6 Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnkrbqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKRBQN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. b3 Ng6 3. f3 b6 4. Ng3 f6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nd6 7. Ba6 Nf4 8. Qd2
Ne6 9. a4 Nc5 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. Nd3 Ndb7 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd5 Rxd5 14. Qc3 Bd6
15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Qf8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Kb1 g6 20. Ne2 f5 21.
h3 Bb7 22. Bb2 Kb8 23. Nd4 a6 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. Bxe6 Qe7 26. Bc4 Re8 27. Bc3 Qh4
28. Re1 Rd8 29. Rd1 a5 30. Qe2 Bc6 31. Bb5 Bb7 32. Ba6 Bxa6 33. Qxa6 Qf2 34.
Bxa5 Be7 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Bc3 Qxg2 37. Be5 Qg1+ 38. Kb2 Qc5 39. Qb5 Qxb5 40.
axb5 Kc8 41. Kc3 Kd7 42. Kc4 Ke6 43. Bg3 g5 44. Bh2 h5 45. Bg3 f4 46. Be1 Bf6
47. Kd3 Kf5 48. c4 Bg7 49. Bf2 Bf8 50. Bd4 Bc5 51. Bc3 g4 52. hxg4+ hxg4 53. b4
Bd6 54. c5 bxc5 55. bxc5 Bxc5 56. fxg4+ Kxg4 57. Ke2 f3+ 58. Kf1 Bb6 59. Be5
Kf5 60. Bh2 Ke4 61. Bg3 Kf5 62. Bh2 Kg5 63. Ke1 Kg4 64. Kf1 Kf5 65. Bg3 Ke4 66.
Bh2 Kd5 67. Bg3 Kd4 68. Kf2 Ke4+ 69. Kf1 Ke3 70. Bh2 Kd3 71. Bg3 Kd4 72. Kf2
Ke4+ 73. Kf1 Kf5 74. Bh2 Ke4 75. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBRKBRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bxc4 Bb7 7. Qb1 Ng6 8. e4
Bb4 9. Ng3 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O Ne5 13. Ba2 c4 14. Qe4 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rfe8 16. Bxc4 Nbd7 17. Nf5 Nf6 18. Qh4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Nxd5
21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. c4 Re6 23. Qg3+ Ng6 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. h3 Re2 26. Be3 b5 27.
Rc1 h5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Kh2 Qe5 30. Qxe5+ Nxe5 31. Rc5 Nd3 32. Rxh5 Nxf2 33.
Bd4+ Kg6 34. Rxb5 Ne4 35. h4 f5 36. Kh3 Rd2 37. Rb6+ Kh5 38. Be3 Rd6 39. Rb5
Kg6 40. Rb3 Rd1 41. g3 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 Re1 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. Bf4 Re2+ 45. Kf3 Rf2+
46. Ke3 Ra2 47. Rb3 Nf6 48. Bb8 Ra6 49. Kf3 Kg6 50. Be5 Re6 51. Rb5 Ra6 52. Bb2
Nh5 53. Rb8 Ra5 54. Rg8+ Kf7 55. Rg5 Nf6 56. Kf4 Rb5 57. Be5 Ke6 58. Ba1 Ra5
59. Bxf6 Kxf6 60. Rg8 Ra4+ 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 Ra2+ 63. Kh3 Ra1 64. Rb8 Ra2
65. Rb6+ Kg7 66. Rb4 Kg6 67. Rf4 Rb2 68. Rf1 Ra2 69. Rb1 Rc2 70. Rb6+ Kh5 71.
Rf6 Rf2 72. Rf8 Kg6 73. Rg8+ Kf7 74. Ra8 Rb2 75. h5 Kg7 76. Ra6 Rb4 77. Rg6+
Kf7 78. Kg2 Rb2+ 79. Kh3 Rb4 80. Rc6 Kg7 81. Ra6 Rc4 82. h6+ Kh7 83. Rf6 Ra4
84. Kg2 Ra3 85. Rxf5 Kxh6 86. Rf3 Rxf3 87. Kxf3 Kg5 88. g4 Kg6 89. Kf4 Kf6 90.
g5+ Kg6 91. Kg4 Kf7 92. Kf5 Kg7 93. g6 Kg8 94. Kf6 Kf8 95. g7+ Kg8 96. Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBRKBRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. Ng3 Ba6 3. b3 e6 4. c4 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 Ng6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Nd7 9. cxd5 Bxd3 10. Rxd3 exd5 11. Nf5 Rfe8 12. Nxe7+ Rxe7 13. b4 Nf6 14. b5 c6
15. a4 h5 16. h3 Qc8 17. bxc6 Re6 18. f3 Rxc6 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Ne5 21. Re3
Nc4 22. Ref3 Rxd4 23. Nd5 Rxe4 24. Bh6 Ne8 25. Bxg7 Nd2 26. Rxf7 Nxf1 27. Rf8+
Kh7 28. Be5 Rc1 29. Rh8+ Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Ke6 32. Nxc8 Rxa1 33. Bxa1
Ng3 34. Rxa7 Nf5 35. Bh8 Re2 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Ne3 38. Re7+ Kd5 39. Rxe8
Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Rxg4 41. Rxe3 Rh4+ 42. Kg2 Rxh8 43. Nxb6+ Kc5 44. Rb3 Rh4 45. Rb5+
Kc6 46. Rb1 Rh5 47. Nc4 Rh4 48. Nb6 Rh5 49. Nc4 Rh4 50. Nb2 Kb6 51. Kg3 Rd4 52.
Kf3 Ka5 53. Ke3 Rd8 54. Rh1 Rd5 55. Rh4 Rg5 56. Kd3 Rc5 57. Rc4 Rh5 58. Kc2 Rh3
59. Rc3 Rh6 60. Kb3 Rb6+ 61. Ka3 Rc6 62. Rc4 Rh6 63. Rc5+ Ka6 64. Kb4 Rh1 65.
Rc6+ Ka7 66. Nc4 Kb7 67. Rb6+ Ka7 68. Rg6 Rb1+ 69. Ka5 Rh1 70. Rg7+ Kb8 71. Ka6
Rh5 72. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rknbbqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBBQNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Qxc5 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. f4 Nb6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. Nf3
Nc4 9. Bd3 Nc8 10. a4 N8b6 11. a5 Na4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. Nbd4 Be7
15. Bh4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 O-O-O 17. Nhf3 Rd5 18. b3 cxb3 19. cxb3 Nc5 20. Kc2 Bd7
21. b4 Na6 22. Kb3 Rd8 23. Rhc1+ Kb8 24. Rc4 Be8 25. Rac1 h6 26. h4 b5 27. R4c2
Kb7 28. Rd2 Nb8 29. Rcd1 Rc8 30. Ne2 Bc6 31. Nfd4 g5 32. Nxc6 Rxd2 33. Rxd2
Nxc6 34. Nc3 gxf4 35. Nxb5 Kb8 36. Rd7 a6 37. Nd6 Nd4+ 38. Ka4 Rg8 39. Nxf7 Nf5
40. Nd6 Nxh4 41. Rb7+ Ka8 42. Rb6 Nxg2 43. Rxa6+ Kb8 44. Rb6+ Ka8 45. Ra6+ Kb8
46. Rb6+ Ka8 47. Nb5 Ne3 48. Ra6+ Kb8 49. Rb6+ Ka8 50. Nc7+ Ka7 51. Rxe6 f3 52.
Rf6 Ng4 53. Nb5+ Kb8 54. Rxf3 Nxe5 55. Rf5 Rg5 56. Rf8+ Kb7 57. Nd6+ Kc6 58.
Nf7 Nxf7 59. Rxf7 h5 60. b5+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rknbbqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBBQNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a4 e5 2. a5 d5 3. a6 b6 4. d3 Nd6 5. e4 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Qe2 f5 8. f3
Nd6 9. Qxe5 Bf6 10. Qf4 O-O-O 11. Nge2 g5 12. Qe3 Bxb2 13. Bc3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3
Qf6 15. h4 Nc4 16. hxg5 Nxe3 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd3 Rg8 19. Be2 Rxg2 20. Nf4 Rg8
21. Bd3 Rd4 22. Nce2 Rd6 23. Kb2 c5 24. Rae1 c4 25. Nc3 cxd3 26. Rxe3 dxc2 27.
Rc1 Kb8 28. Rxc2 Bd7 29. Re7 b5 30. Rf7 Rxa6 31. Ncd5 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Rd6 33. Ne7
Rh8 34. Rc5 a6 35. Nxf5 Bxf5 36. Rcxf5 h5 37. Re5 h4 38. Ree7 Rb6 39. Kc3 h3
40. Rh7 Rxh7 41. Rxh7 Rf6 42. Rxh3 Kb7 43. Kd4 Kb6 44. Ke5 Rf8 45. f4 b4 46. f5
a5 47. Rf3 a4 48. Kd4 Kb5 49. Kd3 Rc8 50. f6 b3 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkbqnbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBQNBR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 f5 2. f3 Nb6 3. e4 fxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Ne3 Ne6 6. c3 Bg5 7. Bc2 O-O-O 8.
O-O-O Bf7 9. Kb1 Bh5 10. Rc1 Rf8 11. h4 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Nf4 13. Rg1 Bg4 14. Bxf4
Rxf4 15. g3 Rf6 16. d4 d6 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. Ka1 Qf7 19. d5 Rf3 20. Bb1 Rf8 21. c4
Nd7 22. Qb4 b6 23. Na5 Nc5 24. Nc6+ Kb7 25. Na5+ Ka8 26. Nc6 Kb7 27. Na5+ Ka8
28. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkbqnbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBQNBR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nb6 2. Nb3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Qxe4 Nfd7 5. Ne3 c6 6. Bf2 Bc7 7. Nf5 e6 8.
Nxg7 Qf8 9. Nh5 h6 10. Be2 Bh7 11. Qf3 Rg8 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ng3
Bxf4 15. O-O g5 16. Ne2 e5 17. g3 O-O-O 18. gxf4 exf4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rbe1
Ne5 21. Qc3 Qd6 22. Ned4 g4 23. Nf5 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Qd7 25. Ne7+ Kb8 26. Nxg8 Nxe1
27. Qe5+ Ka8 28. Nf6 Qf7 29. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 e5 7. e3 Nge7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Nec3 Rad8 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Ne7
15. d4 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd4 17. exd4 b6 18. Qf3 cxd4 19. Qf4 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Bxg4
21. Re7 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Bxd4 Re2 25. Kg2 Rxa2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7
27. Be4 Rb2 28. Rxd6 Be6 29. Rd3 f5 30. Bd5 Kf6 31. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Qxc4 Qd6 15. b3 Rb4 16. Ne4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. f3 e5 19. Kf2 Rfd8 20. Rfc1
f5 21. Nc5 a5 22. Rc2 R8d6 23. Nd3 e4 24. Ne5 Ba6 25. Rac1 exf3 26. Nxc6 Rd2
27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxf5 Rd7 29. Kxf3 Bxe2+ 30. Ke3 R7d3+ 31. Ke4 Bg4 32. Ne3 Bh5
33. Rxd2 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 f5 8. Bb2
Nf6 9. O-O-O Rf8 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Bb5 Qb6 12. Nge2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxc6+
Qxc6 15. Kb1 e5 16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. g3 Bf3 18. Qa5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 exf4 20. Qxa7
f3 21. Re7 Rd7 22. Qa8+ Kc7 23. Qa5+ Kc8 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Qa5+ Kc8 26. Qa8+ Kc7
27. Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Nce7 14. Qc2 g6
15. Nf1 f6 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Ng3 Re8 19. b3 Ng7 20. c4 Bxg3 21. hxg3
Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Nexf5 24. Rc1 Ne7 25. Ba5 Ne6 26. Bb4 Nc6 27. cxd5
Nxb4 28. dxe6 c6 29. Re1 Kf8 30. g4 g5 31. Nd2 Nc2 32. Re4 Ke7 33. Nc4 Rd8 34.
Na5 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Nxd4 36. Nxb7 Kxe6 37. Kf1 Ke5 38. Nc5 Kd5 39. Nd7 Ke6 40.
Nc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. O-O e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c4
d4 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bc5 14. Nd2 Re8
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. Qd3 Bg4 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bb4 20. Rc1 Qa6
21. Qe4 Be6 22. Nxd4 Rb8 23. c5 Bd2 24. Rd1 Bh6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. a3 Rf8 27.
Rd6 Qb5 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qe7 Rg8 30. Rd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nd7 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 24. Kf3 Nc6 25. Ke4 f5+ 26. Kd3 b5 27.
Ba3 e5 28. e4 g6 29. Nc5 Nxc5+ 30. Bxc5 Kf7 31. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,111,33,17,44,41,83,42,67,43,43,45,40,40,40,40,73,44,38,-5,-5,-11,-8,
-6,0,-2,-5,-15,-14,-3,-18,-20,-18,-23,0,0,11,0,10,0,49,51,41,57,57,52,52,31,67,
21,21,4,4,17,17,17,67,57,77,77,80,80,80,80,72,80,80,80,83,83,83,83,66,42,108,
114,116,108,220,220,220,220,220,226,227,227,227,206,238,244,248,248,248,256,
345,346,346,346,346,346,346,346,346,361,1032,1032,1032,1260,1189,1459,1615,
25163,1024,1032]} {Isle of Man is one of my favorite locations because it is
beautiful, has decent Chinese food and Alan Ormsby the organizer is a super
nice guy. That said, Opens are usually unhappy experiences for me. I tend to
arrive tired from playing tournaments back to back in the weeks prior and then
pull draw after draw from strong, lower rated players who are fresh and well
prepared. And you know the dynamic when you’re higher rated … a draw is a
loss and a loss is a disaster. A win is a little better than nothing. At the
Isle of Man Fide Grand Swiss, which strong but tired players smarter than
myself skipped, I had nine draws and 2 wins. A smack on the head for the sheer
pride that keeps me coming to these events. I was hoping to make this game
work for me finally, but even with the White pieces it's not easy to get a
game going these days.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 ({In the early rounds I tried the
ultra sharp} 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 $5 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 {
But Volokitin was just fine with that after} f5 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. O-O-O Rf8 $5)
2... d6 {Ganguly plays TONS of openings from his repertoire. For instance
against 1.e4 he plays the French, Caro-Kann, 1...e5, the Sicilian Taimanov,
amongst others. But in this tournament he started playing the Sicilian Najdorf,
and so based on this I assumed he might play it again.} 3. Bb5+ {It's very
difficult to find an advantage against the Najdorf these days (although people
try) therefore this simple check on move 3 has increased exponentially in
theory within the last 5 years.} ({A couple of days earlier he lost to Magnus
after} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 h6 9. Be3
Nbd7 10. a4 {but the loss had nothing to do with the opening choice as Black
could easily have improved with say 10...Nf8.}) 3... Nd7 {This move was
popularized by Vachier Lagrave. After he first played it people started
copying him and eventually it replaced 3...Bd7 as the main move.} ({Two weeks
after this game I got a nice position with White after} 3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7
5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. b3 e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. c4 a6
12. Nc3 {against Anton Korobov in a rapid game.}) 4. d4 {White has basically
tried every legal move here but without much success in getting an advantage.}
cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Rc8 {I thought 7...e5 followed by Rc8 was
the more accurate move order. Now 8.e5 is an extra option to me so I wonder if
Ganguly actually mixed up his move order.} (7... e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. Nd2 Be6 10.
Nf1 Qb6 11. Ne3 Qd4 $11 {looks totally fine for Black, so this idea of an
early Nd2-f1 before castling does not actually work.}) 8. O-O {However after
some thinking I just decided to stick to the main move.} (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 f6
10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {could possibly be better for White.}) 8... e5 9.
Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 {With the idea Nf1-e3.} Bg4 12. Re1 $5 {A little
known move. In my preparations for the game I realized that it's very tricky
to get an advantage if I play f3. It just creates too many drawbacks. 
(Weakened dark-squares around my king, it closes the third rank, and it forces
me to spend one more move to hide my king on h1)} (12. f3 Be6 13. Nf1 Nf6 14.
Ne3 Be7 {Theory has shown that Black is totally fine here. For example:} 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. a4 (16. Kh1 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Ncd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb7 20. Qb3 Rb8 21.
a5 Nd7 22. Nf5 Rfe8 23. Qc4 Bf8 $11) 16... Rfd8 17. Kh1 d5 (17... Bc4 $5) 18.
Ncxd5 (18. exd5 Bb4) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Bc5 {and in all cases Black has good
counterplay and no problems.}) 12... Nf6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Ne3 Be7 15. a4 O-O 16.
Rd1 {I lost a tempo by moving my rook back and forth, but at least I managed
to avoid the weakening f3. Here Black should be totally fine also, but I'm
hoping that if Ganguly does not play the critical moves, then I get a game and
some chance for an edge.} Rfd8 (16... Qc5 17. a5 Bd8 $5 {Makes some sense.
Black forces the action and tries to equalize directly.} 18. Qxd6 Bxa5 19. Qxc5
Rxc5 20. Ncd5 Bd8 21. b3 Rc8 $13 {and it looks like this should be enough for
equality.}) (16... Rfe8 {Is another possibility. Black plays flexibly, and
keeps the d8-square available for his bishop later on.} 17. a5 (17. Bd2 Qc5)
17... Qc5 18. Bd2 (18. h3 {seems too slow, Black can play} Bd8) 18... Ng4 (
18... Bd8 $5) 19. Nxg4 (19. Ra4 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Qc7) 19... Bxg4 20. Rdc1 Be6 21.
Na4 Qd4 22. Nb6 Rc6 {with equality.}) 17. a5 Bf8 {I do not consider this move
appealing. It's not clear exactly where the bishop is planning to go and it
could very well be a waste of time.} (17... d5 {Is the critical move I
analysed in my preparations.} 18. Ncxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bc5 20. Qb3 Ne4 {
Although I admit this line is almost impossible to find over the board.} 21.
Bd2 f5 22. Bb4 Nd6 $132) (17... Qc5 18. h3 {Is possible, and now} Re8 $5 {
with the idea of Bd8.}) 18. Bd2 g6 {This possibly only weakens his
dark-squares.} ({I consider} 18... Bc4 {to be the most direct. White could be
slightly better in the ending, but with correct play Black makes a draw.} 19.
Nxc4 Qxc4 20. Be1 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 d5 $1 22. exd5 e4 23. Rd4 (23. Rdd1 Bb4) 23...
Bd6 (23... Bc5 24. Rda4)) (18... Qc5 19. Be1 $14) 19. Be1 $14 {I was quite
satisfied with the result out of the opening. I have a small advantage and
Black does not have a good way to lash out on the center with d5.} Qc5 {
Desperation. Black does not want to wait and sacrifices an exchange.} ({
Activating his bishop} 19... h5 20. f3 Bh6 21. Bh4 Qc5 22. Bf2 {is
double-edged. Black also weakens the squares around his king.}) (19... Nh5 20.
Ncd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5) 20. Na4 {Now White has a stable advantage.} Qc6 (20... Qb5
21. Qxb5 axb5 22. Nb6 Rc6 23. f3 Nd7 24. Nbd5 $14) 21. Nb6 {This forces Black
to sacrifice the exchange for not enough compensation.} Nxe4 (21... Rc7 22. f3
$16) 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 {Black has a pawn for the exchange, however, his bishop
pair is not really active yet and I have firm control over some squares on the
queenside and the center. Therefore a few accurate moves should be sufficient
to stabilize my advantage and aim to convert it.} 23. c4 f5 {Now White should
have several ways to increase the advantage. Black is threatening f4, but this
can be easily dealt with.} 24. Bb4 $6 (24. b4 {should be the fastest way to
improve the position. I just open the files on the queenside. There is no need
to defend the c4 pawn as taking it would lead to a winning endgame.} Kf7 (24...
Bxc4 25. Qxc4+ Qxc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. f3 Nf6 28. Rac1 $18) 25. b5 $1 Qe8 26.
bxa6 bxa6 27. Rab1 Nc5 28. Qe2 $16 {the rook comes to b6 and my knight to d5,
with a dominating position.}) 24... Bxc4 {Now Black has two pawns for the
exchange.} 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4+ Rxc4 27. Ba3 Kf7 $2 {We both thought that
moving the king towards the queenside was the best course of action. However,
in fact Black lacks one more tempo to play Ke6.} ({Black can put up more
resistance with} 27... Nc5 28. Rac1 Ra4 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rd7 Rxa5 31. Rxb7 Rb5
{with decent drawing chances.}) 28. Rac1 Ra4 29. f3 Nc5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Rd7+
Kf6 32. Rxb7 Rxa5 {All good for me so far. But here I started to play
inaccurately.} 33. Rb6+ {My rook is very active but at the same time Black has
two pawns for the exchange. The most accurate way to convert is} (33. Rb8 $1
Be7 (33... Bg7 34. Rb6+ Kg5 35. h4+ Kh5 36. g4+ $18) 34. Rb6+ {Now 34...Kg5
fails to 35.Re6, so Black has to move his king back.} Kf7 35. Rd1 Rb5 36. Rxa6
Rxb2 37. Rd7 {and he could very well be lost, with the Black king stuck on the
last two ranks.}) 33... Kg5 34. h4+ (34. Rc2 $1 {still wins easily according
to the computer, but as I said I started to misplay the position.}) 34... Kh5
35. Rc4 $6 Rb5 36. Rxa6 Be7 $2 ({Ganguly eventually makes errors in the
endgame, just when he has very good drawing chances. The simplest is} 36...
Rxb2 37. Kh2 Rb4 (37... Rb1 $5) ({Or} 37... e4 38. fxe4 Rd2 {might also be
enough to draw.}) 38. Rxb4 cxb4 39. Kh3 f4 {With a fortress. For example:} 40.
Ra5 Bg7 41. Rb5 b3 42. Rxb3 Bf6 43. Rb5 Bxh4 44. Rxe5+ g5 {and I see no way to
breakthrough.}) 37. g4+ fxg4 38. Re6 $1 {We both missed this when he played 36.
..Be7, but fortunately I still have enough time to think and spot it!} Bxh4 $2
{This loses on the spot, but I think White can win also after} (38... Bd8 39.
Rxg4 Rxb2 (39... Bxh4 40. Rxe5+ g5 41. Re2) 40. Rxe5+ g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rd5
$1 Be7 43. Re4 Rb7 44. Kg2 $18 {and he has no way to prevent me from improving
my piece activity.}) 39. Rxe5+ g5 40. fxg4+ Kg6 {Now the time control is
reached and each of us were given an extra 50 minutes on the clock. Plenty of
time to make sure not to run into some technical rook and pawn vs bishop
ending.} 41. Rexc5 Rxb2 42. Rc6+ Kg7 43. Rd6 Rb1+ (43... Rb7 44. Rcc6 $18) 44.
Kg2 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Rf6 (46... Rf7 47. Rcc6 h5 {Now I do not even
have to take on h5 but can go} 48. Rg6+ Kh8 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. Rcg6+ Kf8 51. gxh5
$18) 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Rxf6+ Kxf6 49. Ke4 Bf2 (49... h5 50. gxh5 Bg3 51. Rb7 Be1
52. Rb6+ Kg7 53. Kf5 Bd2 54. h6+ Kh7 55. Kg4 $18) 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Kf5 h5 52.
gxh5 Kh7 53. h6 {Fortunately I do not have to worry about any technical rook
and pawn vs bishop endings since I can simply promote my pawn.} Be3 54. Kg4 Bf4
55. Re6 Bd2 56. Kh5 {I was happy to get this win in the 7th round to try and
recoup massive rating loss from my draws. Wish though it hadn’t been at the
expense of my friend GM Ganguly who is a really terrific player.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. e3
h6 9. Bh4 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rac1 Bb4
15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Ba4 Kf8 19. Kf1 Ke7 20. Ke2 a6 21.
a3 b5 22. Bd1 Na5 23. Nd2 Nb7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. e4 Nd6 27. f4 e5
28. f5 Bb7 29. Bc2 a5 30. Bd3 Bc6 31. Ke3 Kf8 32. Nb3 Nb7 33. Nc1 Nd6 34. Na2
Ke7 35. Nc3 Kf8 36. Na2 Ke7 37. b4 a4 38. Nc3 Kf8 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. Kg3 Kf8 41.
Kh4 Kg7 42. Kh5 Kh7 43. Kh4 Kg7 44. Kh5 Kh7 45. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. O-O Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Qh4 15. f4 Bd6 16. Bxd4 Bxf4 17. Kg2 Qxh2+ 18. Kf3 Qh3+ 19. Kxf4 Qh2+ 20.
Kf3 Qh3+ 21. Kf4 Qh2+ 22. Kf3 Qh3+ 23. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. h4 dxc4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nd5 12. Nxc4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. a3 Bxd2+
15. Qxd2 N7b6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nf3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. O-O-O
O-O-O 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nb6 23. Bh3+ Kc7 24. Rhd1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Nd5 26. Kd2
Kd6 27. b4 a6 28. a4 Ke7 29. a5 f5 30. gxf6+ gxf6 31. e4 Rxh4 32. Bc8 Rh8 33.
Bxb7 Rb8 34. exd5 Rxb7 35. dxc6 Rc7 36. b5 axb5 37. Kc3 Rxc6+ 38. Kb4 Rc2 39.
f3 Rb2+ 40. Kc5 b4 41. a6 Ra2 42. Kb6 b3 43. Rb4 b2 44. a7 Kd6 45. Rb5 g5 46.
Kb7 f5 47. a8=Q Rxa8 48. Kxa8 g4 49. f4 g3 50. Rxb2 Kd5 51. Re2 Kd4 52. Kb7 Kd3
53. Re1 Kd2 54. Re8 g2 55. Rg8 Ke3 56. Kc6 Kxf4 57. Rxg2 Ke3 58. Rg3+ Ke2 59.
Kd5 f4 60. Rb3 f3 61. Ke4 f2 62. Rb2+ Ke1 63. Ke3 f1=N+ 64. Kd3 Ng3 65. Ra2 Nf1
66. Re2+ Kd1 67. Rf2 Ke1 68. Rf3 Nd2 69. Re3+ Kd1 70. Re6 Nf1 71. Re5 Ng3 72.
Rg5 Nf1 73. Rg2 Ke1 74. Re2+ Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Rb1 Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bf1 d4
15. Na4 c5 16. f4 Ng6 17. b3 Bb7 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bxc4 Bxe4 20. Nb2 Qh4 21. Nd3
Bd6 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Rf1 Be3+ 28. Kh2 Re7 29. g3 c5 30. Rf5 Rc7 31. Kg2 g6 32. Re5 Kf8 33. Rd5 Bc1
34. a4 Bd2 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rh8 Kf6 37. Rxh7 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nd7 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 24. Kf3 Nc6 25. Ke3 Kf8 26. Nd4 Nxd4
27. Kxd4 Ke7 28. Kc4 Kd6 29. Kb5 Kc7 30. g4 Nf6 31. Be3 Nd7 32. h4 f5 33. g5 g6
34. f4 Kb7 35. a4 Kc7 36. Bf2 Kb7 37. Bd4 Kc7 38. Bf6 h6 39. Bd8+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 a5 6. b5 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O Bd6
9. d3 O-O 10. a4 Ra7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. e3 b6 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Bc6 Bd7 15. Bxd7
Rxd7 16. e4 Ng6 17. Ng2 Rf8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Ne8 20. Rf3 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4
22. Qf1 g6 23. Kh1 Ng7 24. e5 Be7 25. Ne4 f5 26. Rh3 Qg4 27. Ng3 h5 28. Ne2 h4
29. Bc1 Ne6 30. Rf3 Bd8 31. Bd2 Rg7 32. Qf2 Qh5 33. Rf1 g5 34. fxg5 Bxg5 35.
Rxf5 Rxf5 36. Qxf5 Qe8 37. Be1 Qa8+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Rxf3 Be7 40. Rf2 Rg5 41.
Rg2 Kf7 42. Rxg5 Bxg5 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. h3 Bd8 46. Bd2 Bg5 47. Be1
Bd8 48. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. d4 Ng8 11. b4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxb4 13. a5 f6 14. Nc3 Ne7 15.
Ne2 d5 16. exd5 Nbxd5 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Qb3 Bc6 20. Re4 b5 21. axb6
Nxb6 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxa6 Bd5 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Qc5
Qc6 28. Qe7 Qd7 29. Nh4 Bf7 30. Bb5 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Bd5 32. Nh5 Nc8 33. Rxg7 Bxd4
34. Bd3 Bg8 35. Nf5 Nd6 36. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 a5 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Nf2
Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bc2 h6 14. f4 b5 15.
cxb5 cxb5 16. f5 Bc4 17. Qd2 b4 18. b3 Ba6 19. c4 Qa7 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. g4 Bb7
22. h4 d5 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qh3 e3 27. Bxe3 Rad8 28.
f6 Qc6 29. Rd5 Nxf6 30. gxf6 Qxf6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rf1 Qg6+ 33. Kh2 Rd6 34.
Rg1 Qc2 35. Qh4 Qf5 36. c5 Rf6 37. Rg5 Qe6 38. Rh5 Kf8 39. Bg5 Qd5 40. Rh8+ Ke7
41. Bxf6+ gxf6 42. Rg8 Qxc5 43. Rg4 Bd5 44. Rg1 Qc2 45. Rd1 Bf3 46. Rd3 e4 47.
Re3 Qd2 48. Rxe4+ Bxe4 49. Qxe4+ Kf8 50. Qa8+ Ke7 51. Qe4+ Kf8 52. Qa8+ Ke7 53.
Qa7+ Kf8 54. Qb8+ Kg7 55. Qg3+ Kf8 56. Kh3 Qxa2 57. Ne4 Qa1 58. Qd6+ Kg7 59.
Ng3 Qe5 60. Qd3 Qe6+ 61. Kh4 Qe1 62. Kg4 Qg1 63. Kf3 Qc5 64. Nf5+ Kg6 65. Ne3+
Kg7 66. Nf5+ Kg6 67. Nd6+ Kg7 68. Ne8+ Kf8 69. Qd6+ Qxd6 70. Nxd6 Ke7 71. Nc4
Ke6 72. Nxa5 Kd5 73. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Rb8 11. a3 Bd6 12. h3 Bd7 13. b4 a5 14. exd5 Rxe1+
15. Bxe1 axb4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rb1 Bc5 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Bd2 h6
21. Qe1 Qa8 22. Bf1 Qa7 23. Bd3 Qb7 24. Bf1 Qa7 25. Bd3 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. b3 e6 8.
Bb2 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Nc6
15. f4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rad8 17. Rd3 Qc6 18. Rg3 h6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nh7 21.
Qh5 Bg5 22. Rxf7 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Ba3 Bf4 25. Rf3 Qe4 26. Rf1 Qxe5 27.
Qf3 Ng6 28. Ne4 Nh4 29. Qg4 Qxe4 30. Qxh4 Rd2 31. Qg4 h5 32. Qh3 Qe2 33. Rg1 b6
34. Bb4 Rd3 35. Qh4 g5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Qe7 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
Kb8 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne8 18. Be1 Nd6 19. Bg3 Ka8 20. Rh2 g5 21.
Re2 Rh6 22. Qd3 Re6 23. Bg2 Nb5 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. Qc2 Nf8 26. Ree1 Qf6 27. a4 Nc7
28. e4 Ng6 29. e5 Qe7 30. Bf1 Rh8 31. Qd2 f6 32. Bd3 Qf7 33. Bf5 Ree8 34. exf6
gxf6 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Re1 Ne6 37. Bg3 a6 38. Ka2 Nh4 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40. Qa5
Re8 41. Qc7 Qg8 42. Re7 Rxe7 43. Qxe7 Qh8 44. Bc7 Nxf3 45. Qd7 Nxd4 46. Bd8
Qxh3 47. Qc8+ Ka7 48. a5 Qb3+ 49. Kb1 Qd3+ 50. Ka2 Qc4+ 51. Kb1 Qc2+ 52. Ka2
Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 8. a4
Ng4 9. Rf1 Kh8 10. h3 Nh6 11. b4 a6 12. Bb3 f5 13. Nbd2 Qf6 14. Ra2 a5 15. b5
Nd8 16. Nc4 fxe4 17. dxe4 Bc5 18. Bg5 Qg6 19. Bxd8 Bxh3 20. Bg5 Bg4 21. Ncd2
Rxf3 22. Nxf3 Rf8 23. Nxe5 Qxg5 24. Nxg4 Nxg4 25. Be6 Ne5 26. Kh1 Qh4+ 27. Kg1
Rf6 28. Bh3 g5 29. Qd5 g4 30. Qxb7 gxh3 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxh3 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Rh6
0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. f4 Bg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rc7 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Kf8
21. Kf2 f6 22. Bd5 Bxh3 23. Be6 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 f5 25. Bd5 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 Rxd4 27.
Bxb7 Rd2 28. Bf3 Rxb2 29. Rxa7 Bg4 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Bxg4 fxg4 32. a4 Ra2 33. a5
h5 34. a6 Kf7 35. a7 Kg7 36. Kf1 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2 38. Ke3 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 a5 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. e4 h6 12. g4 e5 13. g5 hxg5 14. dxe5 g4 15. exf6
gxf3 16. fxg7 Re8 17. Bxf3 Nd7 18. O-O-O Ne5 19. Be2 Qh4 20. f4 Bg4 21. Bxg4
Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Qxg4 23. Rhg1 Qh5 24. Rg5 Qh4 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Rxb5 Rxe4 27. Bc3
Qxf4 28. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg5 d5 6. Bxf6 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Qxf6 8. e3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qe7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxe4
Nf6 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Nc3 Rab8 17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. e4 Ng4 19. d5 Bd7 20. a4 Qc5 21.
Qd2 Ne5 22. Kh1 Nd3 23. f4 a6 24. e5 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. d6 Bc6 27. Ne4 Qd4
28. Ng5 Bxg2+ 29. Qxg2 h6 30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Nxe4 b4 32. Rf3 f6 33. Nd2 fxe5 34.
Nxc4 e4 35. Re3 Rbc8 36. Nd2 Nf2+ 37. Kg2 Rxd6 38. Nxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Bh3
15. Rac1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7 17. Rc2 c5 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21.
Bc3 Nd7 22. Rd1 Nb6 23. Kf2 Bd6 24. Rcd2 f6 25. Rd3 Kf7 26. h4 h5 27. Nf4 Bxf4
28. gxf4 d4 29. exd4 c4 30. Re3 Nd5 31. Re4 Nxc3 32. bxc3 Rxa3 33. Re3 Re8 34.
Rxe8 Kxe8 35. Rc1 Kd7 36. f5 Kd6 37. Ke2 Kd5 38. Rc2 Rb3 39. Rc1 b4 40. cxb4
Rxb4 41. Rg1 Rb7 42. Rd1 Re7+ 43. Kd2 Kxd4 44. Kc2+ Kc5 45. Rd8 Re2+ 46. Kd1
Rh2 47. Rg8 Rxh4 48. Rxg7 Rf4 49. Ke2 Rxf5 50. Rh7 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qe6 15. Rxc5 Qxa2 16. Rb5 b6 17. Qa1 Qe6 18. Qa4 Rfc8 19. Ra1 h5 20. h4 Bf6 21.
Qb3 Qd7 22. Rb4 Rab8 23. Qa4 Qd5 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Qa4 Qd5 26. Qb3 Qb7 27. Bf4
Ra8 28. Be3 Rc6 29. Rba4 a6 30. Rc4 Rac8 31. Rac1 b5 32. Rc5 e6 33. Qc2 Rxc5
34. Bxc5 a5 35. e3 Be7 36. d4 a4 37. Qd2 b4 38. Rc4 b3 39. Rb4 Qd7 40. Bxe7
Qxe7 41. Rxa4 Rc2 42. Qb4 Qf6 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qf4 Qxf4 45. gxf4 Rxb2 46. Rb4
Kg7 47. Rb8 Kf6 48. Kg2 Rb1 49. Rb7 Kg7 50. Rb8 b2 51. Kf3 f6 52. e4 Kf7 53.
Rb7+ Ke8 54. d5 exd5 55. exd5 Kf8 56. d6 Rd1 57. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Bg5 Ne7
15. Rc1 Ng6 16. Ne5 Qd5 17. f3 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rh5 Qf4 21.
Qe1 f5 22. Rh4 Qg5 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Rc7 25. g4 Rfc8 26. c4 Ba6 27. gxf5
Bxc4 28. Be4 Bd5 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. f6 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Rc3 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Rg7
Rxa3 34. Rxh7 Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. Rh7 Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rh7 Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Na5 Rab8 14. Nxb7
Rxb7 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. Nb1 Nbd5 18. Bf3 Rfc8 19. Ba5 Rc6 20. Nd2 Bb6
21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Nb3 g5 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. a3 Nd3 26. Rc2 Rd6 27.
Rd2 Ne8 28. Bb7 Nxb2 29. Bxa6 Nc4 30. Rxd6 Nexd6 31. Kf1 Nxa3 32. Nd4 b4 33.
Ke2 e5 34. Nb3 e4 35. Nc5 Kg7 36. Kd2 f5 37. Kc1 Nac4 38. Kc2 Ne5 39. Be2 Kf6
40. Kb3 Nc6 41. Na6 f4 42. Nxb4 Nxb4 43. Kxb4 fxe3 44. fxe3 Nf5 45. Kc3 Nxe3
46. Kd4 Nxg2 47. Kxe4 Nf4 48. Bd1 Ne6 49. h4 gxh4 50. Kf3 Kg5 51. Kg2 Nf4+ 52.
Kh2 h6 53. Bf3 Ng6 54. Be4 Ne5 55. Ba8 Kg4 56. Bd5 Nd3 57. Be6+ Kg5 58. Bd5 h3
59. Bb7 Kh4 60. Bc8 Nf2 61. Be6 h5 62. Kg1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. h4 Nb6 18. g4 Nc4 19. Qg2 Kh8 20. Nd2 b5 21. Bxc4
bxc4 22. Bxf6+ Bxf6 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. Nxd6 Qa5 25. Nxc8 c3 26. Nd6 Rc8 27. Re4
Rc6 28. Qe2 Qb6 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. b3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. e4 e6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. f4 c5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. c4 cxd4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bxd5 Nb6
15. Bg2 Bc5 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qg4 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21.
Rac1 Nb6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 d3 24. Kf2 Nd4 25. b3 Ne6 26. Rc3 Rd7 27. Rd1
Rad8 28. Be3 Nd5 29. Rc4 b5 30. Rc6 Nb4 31. Rcc1 Nxa2 32. Ra1 Nc3 33. Rd2 b4
34. Bxa7 Nb1 35. Rd1 Nc3 36. Rd2 Nb1 37. Rd1 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. c4 Ba3 12. Qc1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Rfd8 14. a3 e5
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nfd2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. b4 f5 21.
Nc5 e4 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Be2 Ne5 24. Rad1 h6 25. Qb1 Kh7 26. h3 Rac8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Qb2 Qf6 30. Kh1 Ng4 31. Qxf6 Nxf6 32. Kg1 Rc2 33. Kf1 Ra2
34. g4 fxg4 35. Bxg4 Nxg4 36. hxg4 Rxa3 37. Rd4 Ra4 38. Rxe4 a5 39. Re5 Rxb4
40. Rxa5 Rxg4 41. Rb5 Kg6 42. Rb6+ Kf5 43. Rb5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 a5 7. Bb5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. c4 h6 14. h3 Be8 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Ba7 17. Rac1 Bb8 18. Bd3 f5 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. e4 f4 21. e5 fxg3
22. exf6 gxf6 23. fxg3 Bxg3 24. Qe3 h5 25. Qh6 Qg7 26. Qxf6 Qxf6 27. Bxf6 Rd7
28. Bc4 Kf7 29. Bg5 a4 30. bxa4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Ne5 32. Nxe5+ Bxe5 33. Bb5 Bxb5
34. axb5 Rc3 35. h4 Kg6 36. a4 Ra3 37. Rd7 b6 38. Kf1 Rxa4 39. Be3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O Rae8 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qe6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Rae1 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 g5 22. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 23. Kh1 gxf4 24. e6 Qd6 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Re2 Re7 27.
Rfe1 f3 28. gxf3 Rg7 29. Qh5 Qe7 30. Re5 Rfg8 31. R5e2 Rg5 32. Qf7 Qxf7 33.
exf7 Rf8 34. Re7 Rf5 35. Rxc7 R5xf7 36. Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb1
Nc6 9. h4 b6 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 Bd7 13. Rg3 f6 14. Rxg7+ Kxg7 15.
Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5
15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd6 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg5 f6 21.
Bf4 Nc4 22. h4 Bd7 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Rh1 Rac8 25. Rac1 Nb2 26. Rc2 Nd3+ 27. Ke3
Ne5 28. Kf2 Nd3+ 29. Ke3 Ne5 30. Kf2 Nd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. b4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bb2 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 a5
9. b5 Nbd7 10. e3 e5 11. a4 Rb8 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Bc6 Bb7 15. Bxb7
Rxb7 16. e4 Bf8 17. Ng2 g6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Bg7 20. Qf3 Rb8 21. Rae1 Nh5
22. Kh1 Qc7 23. Bc1 Qb7 24. Nh4 Bh6 25. Nb3 Kh8 26. Bd2 f5 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28.
Qxh5 fxe4 29. Qxh6 Rbc8 30. Rg1 e3+ 31. Rg2 Rg8 32. Reg1 Rg6 33. Qh3 Nf6 34. f5
Rg5 35. Be1 Rcg8 36. Bg3 Ng4 37. Qh4 Rxf5 38. h3 Nf2+ 39. Kh2 Qf7 40. Be5+ Rxe5
41. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Be7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Rfd1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Qd5+ 15. f3 b5 16. Na5 e5 17. Bg5 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. e4 Nb4 20. Bd2 Kd7 21.
f4 f6 22. Kf3 Rhc8 23. Rdc1 Nd3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. b4 Bxb4 26. Nb3 Bxd2 27. Nxd2
Rc7 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. b3 Nb4 30. Kg4 Ke6 31. Nf3 h6 32. Nh4 d3 33. Kf3 Rf7+ 34.
Kg2 a6 35. Nf5 h5 36. Ne3 d2 37. Rd1 Rd7 38. Nf1 a5 39. Rxd2 a4 40. bxa4 bxa4
41. Rb2 Rd4 42. Ne3 a3 43. Rb3 a2 44. Ra3 Rd3 45. Rxd3 Nxd3 46. Nc2 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 a5 12. Rfe1 Bd5 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6
15. Red1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Qb1 Qb6 18. e3 Rfd8 19. Na2 Nd5 20. Qc2 Nb4 21.
Nxb4 Bxb4 22. Bc3 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Kg2 Bf8 25. e4 Bg7 26. e5 Qc7 27. Be4 Nb6
28. Rd3 Nd5 29. Bd2 Qb6 30. Rd1 Rac8 31. Qb3 Qa7 32. Be1 Rd7 33. Bd2 Qa6 34.
Bc3 b5 35. Bd2 Nb6 36. Rc1 Nxa4 37. Qa2 Nb6 38. Qxa5 Qxa5 39. Bxa5 Nd5 40. Rb3
Rb7 41. Bxd5 exd5 42. Rbc3 Ra8 43. b4 Bh6 44. f4 Bf8 45. Rxc6 Kg7 46. Kf3 Rd7
47. Rc7 Ra7 48. Rxd7 Rxd7 49. Rc6 Be7 50. f5 gxf5 51. Kf4 Bd8 52. Rd6 Rxd6 53.
exd6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
Qe2 Nf8 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Ne6 11. O-O-O c5 12. g3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ng2
Be6 15. Kb1 Qe7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Nh4 g6 18. Nf3 Rd6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nxe5
Bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 Qxe5 22. Ra1 Rf8 23. Rhf1 Ra6+ 24. Kb1 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Rf6 26.
Qh3+ Kb8 27. Ra3 a5 28. Qd7 Rf1+ 29. Ka2 Rf2 30. Rb3 Rxc2 31. Rb5 Rc5 32. Rxc5
Qxc5 33. Qxh7 Ka7 34. Qxg6 Qb5 35. Qf7 Qa4+ 36. Kb1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Rfd1 a5 13. h3 Ne5 14. Rac1 h6
15. c5 Be6 16. Qa4 Nc4 17. Qc2 g5 18. Bd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qxc5 20. Na4 Qb4 21.
Nc5 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Bc8 23. Rcd1 a4 24. Rc1 Ra5 25. Rc4 Bf8 26. Ne4 Kg7 27. Nc3
Be6 28. Re4 a3 29. b3 Raa8 30. h4 Rad8 31. Red4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Bc5 33. Ra4 Rd8
34. hxg5 hxg5 35. b4 Be7 36. Ne4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd4 38. Rxa3 Rxb4 39. Ra5 f6 40.
e3 Rb2 41. a4 f5 42. Re5 Kf7 43. Nc5 Bxc5 44. Rxc5 Rxf2 45. Kg1 Rb2 46. a5 Rb1+
47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Ra2 49. e4 f4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Bf3 Ke7 52. e5 Bd7 53. Kf1
Ra3 54. Kf2 Re3 55. a6 bxa6 56. Bxc6 Bxc6 57. Rxc6 Rxe5 58. Rxc7+ Kd6 59. Rf7
a5 60. Kf3 Kc5 61. Kxf4 Re6 62. Ra7 Kb5 63. Kf3 a4 64. Kf2 Re5 65. Rb7+ Kc4 66.
Rc7+ Kb4 67. Rb7+ Rb5 68. Ra7 a3 69. Ke3 Ra5 70. Rb7+ Ka4 71. Rb1 a2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. Be3 b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Bd7 12. Ra1 Nc6 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Nb6 Rb8 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bg2 a5 17. O-O Bd8 18. Qf3 Nb4 19. Qe2 a4 20. Nc1 Qc6 21. c3 Na6
22. Nd3 Bb6 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qxa6 Rfc8 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Qxa4 Rxb2 27. Qxc6
Rxc6 28. Ra5 Nd7 29. Rd5 Rb7 30. Rfd1 Nf8 31. Rxe5 Ne6 32. Rc1 Rbc7 33. h4 g5
34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rf5 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Rxc3 37. e5 Rc4 38. Bd5 Rxg4+ 39. Kh2 Rd4
40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Rf6 Rd5 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rxg5 Rd1 44. f4 Rd3 45. Kg2 Ra3 46.
Rg3 Ra4 47. Kf3 Ra1 48. Kg4 Kg6 49. Kf3+ Kf7 50. Rg2 Ra3+ 51. Kg4 Ra1 52. Rb2
Rg1+ 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke3 Re1+ 55. Kf2 Ra1 56. Rb8 Ra3 57. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nd8 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 f5 21. Qa1
Nf7 22. c4 g5 23. Bc3 g4 24. Nd2 h5 25. Qa6 h4 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. dxc6 Rfc8 28.
Rea1 bxc4 29. Nxc4 d5 30. Ne3 d4 31. Nxf5 Bg5 32. Be1 Kh7 33. f3 gxf3 34. gxf3
Kg6 35. Nxh4+ Bxh4 36. Bxh4 Rxb4 37. Rb7 Rxb7 38. cxb7 Rb8 39. Rb1 Nd6 40. Bd8
Rxb7 41. Rxb7 Nxb7 42. Bxc7 Kf5 43. Bb6 Nd6 44. Kf2 Ne8 45. Ba5 Ng7 46. Bd2 Ne6
47. Ke2 Nc5 48. Be1 Ne6 49. Bg3 Nc5 50. Kd2 Na6 51. h4 Nb4 52. h5 Nc6 53. Bh4
Nb4 54. h6 Kg6 55. Be7 Nc6 56. Bf8 Nd8 57. Bg7 Ne6 58. Bxe5 Kxh6 59. Kc2 Kg6
60. Kb3 Kf5 61. Bd6 Ng5 62. f4 Nf3 63. Kc4 Ke6 64. Bb8 Kf6 65. Kd5 Kf5 66. Be5
Ne1 67. Kxd4 Ng2 68. Kc5 Ne3 69. Bb2 Nd1 70. Be5 Ne3 71. Bb8 Nd1 72. d4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. Bb2 c5 8. b4 Nc6
9. b5 Na5 10. d3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. e3 e5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. exd4
exd4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 18. Re2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Bc1 b6 21. Bd2
Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Re8 23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. Nh4 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Bg4 26. Bf3 Be6 27. Bc6
Qe7 28. Qe4 Bh3 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Nf3 Bd6 31. Nd2 Bc7 32. Ne4 Bb6 33. f4 Kf8
34. Nf2 Bc8 35. Kg2 f5 36. h4 Ke7 37. Bf3 a4 38. a3 Ba5 39. Nd1 Bb4 40. Nb2
Bxa3 41. Nxa4 Kd6 42. b6 axb6 43. Nxb6 Kc7 44. Nxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 15.
b4 a6 16. Bd3 e5 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Be4 Rd6 21. h3 Bd7
22. Rc2 Be8 23. Rfc1 Rcd8 24. g4 h5 25. Kg2 hxg4 26. hxg4 b6 27. Nd3 Qd7 28.
Kg3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. g5 Be7 32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 e4 34.
Ne5 Bd6 35. Kf4 Rd5 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Re8 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 f6 39. gxf6 gxf6 40.
Kxe4 Bxe5 41. Kd5 Bb2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 d6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Be6 14. Kh1 Nh5 15.
Bb3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Nc4 Kg7 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. d4 Bxb3 21. axb3
f6 22. Bf2 Nf4 23. Qc2 h5 24. Be3 h4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. h3 Rfe8 27. Kh2 Rxa1 28.
Rxa1 d5 29. Re1 b5 30. Re2 c6 31. Qd3 Re6 32. c4 dxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Qxe4
bxc4 35. bxc4 Qd6 36. c5 Qd7 37. b4 Qf7 38. Qf5 Qe7 39. Qe4 Qf7 40. Qe2 Qd7 41.
Qd3 Kf8 42. Qe4 Kg7 43. b5 cxb5 44. d5 b4 45. d6 b3 46. Qb4 Qf7 47. Qd4 Qd7 48.
Qd5 Qf7 49. Qd4 Qe8 50. Qb4 Qf7 51. Qd2 Qd7 52. Qd3 b2 53. Qb3 Qc6 54. Qxb2 Kf7
55. Qb3+ Kg6 56. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nfd7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe3 Rc8
15. Be2 Qc7 16. Rhf1 Nb6 17. Qg3 Na4 18. Bd2 b5 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. Nxa4 bxa4 21.
Qc3 Qa7 22. Qe3 Bc4 23. Nf5 Qb7 24. Bb4 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Nc4 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27.
Rd4 Qe6 28. b3 axb3 29. cxb3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 Kc8 11. Bb2 h6 12. h3 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Ne2
Ng6 15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 a5 17. a4 Be7 18. Rfe1 Nf8 19. Ndf4 Bg5 20. e6 Nxe6 21.
Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Be5 c5 24. Bf4 Bf6 25. Ng3 h4 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Nc3 c6
28. Kh2 Ra7 29. Ne4 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Rd1+ Kc8 32. c4 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8
34. g4 hxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Kd7 36. Bd2 f5 37. Nc3 Bf6 38. Kf3 Bf7 39. Ke2 Bh5+ 40.
f3 Bg6 41. Kd3 Bh5 42. Ke2 Bg6 43. Kd3 Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O Bd7 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Rad1 d4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. c3 dxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Bxb7 Rxc3 19. Bd5 Bh3 20. Bg2
Be6 21. Bd5 Bg4 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Be7 26. Nd3
Bd6 27. f3 Bd7 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 f6 31. e4 Bb5 32. Ke3 Bc7 33.
h4 Bb6+ 34. Kd2 g6 35. e5 Ba5+ 36. Ke3 Bb6+ 37. Kd2 fxe5 38. Nxe5 Bf2 39. Bc6
Bf1 40. Be4 Kg7 41. Nf3 Bc4 42. a4 Kf6 43. Ne5 Be6 44. h5 gxh5 45. Bxh7 Bd5 46.
Kd3 Be1 47. Be4 Bb3 48. Nd7+ Ke7 49. Ne5 Kf6 50. Nd7+ Kg7 51. f5 Bb4 52. Bc6 h4
53. Ke4 h3 54. Kf3 Bd6 55. a5 Bc4 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. Kf3 Ke7 58. f6+ Ke6 59. Kf2
Ba6 60. Ke3 Bc8 61. Nb6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qe8 14. Rfc1
Nd5 15. e4 Na5 16. Nxc7 Bxc4 17. Nxe8 Rfxe8 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rc7 Rb7 20. Rac1
Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Nc6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. dxe5 g5 25. Rxa7 Rxe5 26. Kf1
g4 27. Ra4 h5 28. Rb4 Re6 29. Rb5 Rd6 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Kd3 Rf6 32. Ke2 Re6+ 33.
Kd2 Rf6 34. Ke2 Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. O-O dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxb4 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 Qxb4 14.
Bxe4 O-O 15. b3 Rad8 16. Qe1 c5 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. a3 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rfd1
g6 21. Kg1 c5 22. Kf2 c4 23. bxc4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxc4 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Ke3 Be6
27. Kd4 Kg7 28. c4 Kf6 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 b3 31. Rb2 Ke7 32. Kc4 Kd6 33.
Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Kxb3 Kxd5 35. Kc3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. h3 Be6
15. a3 Bf7 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Re3 b5 20. Rae1 Bg6 21.
Nh4 Qf7 22. Qd2 d5 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. e5 fxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Re8 27. Qe3
Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Kh7 29. h4 b6 30. b4 Qa7 31. Qe3 Qd7 32. g3 Qf5 33. Kg2 Qc2 34.
g4 Qd1 35. f3 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qb1 37. Kf4 Qb2 38. Kg3 Qc2 39. Qe5 Qc1 40. h5 gxh5
41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qe5 g5 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 c6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. c3
Na6 9. Nc2 Be7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nd3 g5 14. Qe1 f5 15. f3
O-O 16. e4 Nc7 17. Be3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Bg6 19. Qe2 dxe4 20. Nf2 Nd5 21. Bxe4 Qc7
22. Kg2 c5 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. c4 Nxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Qc6+ 26. d5 exd5 27. Qxe7 Rae8
28. Qxg5 d4+ 29. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 30. cxd5 Re2 31. Na3 Ne5 32. Kg1 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Ne5
34. Kg1 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2
O-O 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Be3 Rad8
21. c4 a6 22. b3 Kf7 23. h3 h5 24. Bf2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Qe1
Qe7 28. Kh2 Ke6 29. Qd2 Qd7 30. Qb4 Kf7 31. Qxb7 Qd2 32. e6+ Kg7 33. Bg1 Qxf4+
34. Kh1 Qd6 35. Qxa6 Qxe6 36. Qa7 g5 37. a4 g4 38. Qe3 Qc8 39. Qe8 gxh3 40.
Bd4+ Kh6 41. Bf6 hxg2+ 42. Kxg2 f4 43. Qg8 Qd7 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qxh5+ Kg8 46.
Qh8+ Kf7 47. Qg7+ Ke6 48. Qxd7+ Kxd7 49. Bxd8 Kxd8 50. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd2 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qe3 Qe4 13. Qxe4 Nxe4 14. Nfd2
Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Kg2 f6 19. f4 Kf7 20. Nf3 Nd6
21. Nd4 Nf5 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Rfd1 Ke6 24. Kf3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Rc6+ Rd6
27. Rc2 Rd1 28. e3 Bc5 29. Bc3 Rf1+ 30. Ke2 Rh1 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. Re2 a5 33. a4
h5 34. Be1 Rf1 35. Bc3 Rd1+ 36. Kc2 Rh1 37. Kd3 Rd1+ 38. Kc2 Rh1 39. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Rc8 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. e3 Rfd8 19. Qb1 c5 20. d5 b4 21. Na4
Qd6 22. e4 exd5 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. exd5 Nfd7 25. b3 g5 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Nb2 Bf6
28. Qc2 Ra8 29. Ra4 Rxa4 30. Nxa4 Rc8 31. Nb2 g4 32. h4 Ra8 33. Na4 Nd7 34. Qe4
Ne5 35. Qc2 Rc8 36. Nb2 Rc7 37. h5 Ra7 38. Na4 Rc7 39. Nb2 Ra7 40. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Na3 Ba6
15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Nc5 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Bf4 Na4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Nd7 22. Ne1 b5 23. Nd3 f5 24. Bd2 Nab6 25. b3 Nb8 26. Ne5 N6d7
27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Bf4 Kf7 29. e3 Nf6 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Bxb5 Nc3 32. a4 g5 33. Bc7
Bb4 34. Bd3 a5 35. g4 Kg6 36. Kg2 h5 37. gxf5+ exf5 38. Bb5 h4 39. Be8+ Kh6 40.
Bd8 Ne4 41. Bc6 h3+ 42. Kg1 Nc3 43. Bd7 Kg6 44. Be8+ Kh6 45. Bd7 Kg6 46. Be6 g4
47. Bd7 Ne4 48. Be8+ Kh6 49. Bf7 Nc3 50. Bc7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Nd4 Ne6 16. Rc1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. a3 Be7 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Nb5
Nc6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Rfc8 19. h3 Be6 20. Red1 Bf8
21. Nb4 Na5 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Be3 Rxc3 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nc4 26. Bc1 Ra7 27.
a4 b5 28. a5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Nxa5 30. Bd2 Ra3 31. Bxa5 Rxa5 32. Rc1 Ra7 33. Rc8
g6 34. Re8 Re7 35. Rb8 Rc7 36. Bb3 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. c6 Nb8 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. a3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nxc6 14. Qh5 g6 15.
Qh6 Qe7 16. h4 f5 17. h5 Qg7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qg5 Bd7 20. O-O-O Kf7 21. g4 Rh8
22. Rhg1 Ne7 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Ne2 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Rxb7 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bxd4 13. O-O Nc6 14.
Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Re8 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bb6 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. Rae1 Qd7 14. Kh1
Rad8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Bh3 17. Rg1 Bxg2+ 18. Rxg2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 e4 20. dxe4
Qe6 21. Nf3 Kh8 22. Rb1 b6 23. Nd4 Qc4 24. g4 h6 25. h4 Ne5 26. g5 fxg5 27.
hxg5 h5 28. g6 c5 29. Rg5 Kg8 30. Nf5 Ng4 31. Rxh5 Nf6 32. Rh4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4
Nxe4 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. axb3 Nxc3 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nc6 Nxb1 38. Nxd8 Nd2 39. Kg2
Nxb3 40. Kf3 a5 41. Ne6+ Ke7 42. Nxg7 a4 43. Nf5+ Kf6 44. g7 Kf7 45. Nd6+ Kxg7
46. Nb5 Nd2+ 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. e4 Nc4 49. e5+ Ke6 50. Ke4 a3 51. Nc3 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Qd3 g5 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 g4 15.
Nd2 Be6 16. h5 Qa5 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. Bh4 Nd7 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Qe2 Rxc3 21. bxc3 a5
22. Ka1 a4 23. Nd2 Qc5 24. Qd3 Bxh4 25. Rxh4 Qxf2 26. Rhh1 O-O 27. Qxd6 Rc8 28.
Rhf1 Qxg2 29. Qd3 Qh3 30. Qxh3 gxh3 31. Rf3 Kf8 32. Rh1 Ke7 33. Re3 Rg8 34. Nf3
Rg3 35. Rhe1 Nf6 36. Nxe5 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Ng4 38. Rxh3 Nxe5 39. Rg3 Kf6 40. Kb2
Nc4+ 41. Kc1 Nd6 42. Kb2 Nxe4 43. Rg8 b5 44. Ka3 Bc4 45. Kb4 Nd6 46. Rg4 Nf5
47. Rg8 Ne3 48. Kc5 Nd5 49. Rg3 Nf4 50. Rf3 Kg5 51. Rg3+ Kxh5 52. a3 f5 53. Kd6
Ne2 54. Rg2 f4 55. Ke5 f3 56. Rh2+ Kg4 57. Ke4 Ng3+ 58. Kd4 h5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14.
Na5 Bd7 15. Rb1 b6 16. Nc4 Nc3 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Nxa3 Nxe2+ 20.
Kf1 Nc3 21. Rdc1 Nxb1 22. Nxb1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. Ke3 Ke7 26.
Nc3 Bb7 27. h4 Bc6 28. g4 f6 29. f4 Kd6 30. a3 h6 31. Ne2 Kd5 32. f5 e5 33.
dxe5 Kxe5 34. Nf4 Be8 35. Nd3+ Kd5 36. Nf4+ Ke5 37. Nd3+ Kd6 38. Nf4 Bf7 39.
Kd4 a5 40. Ne2 Bd5 41. Nf4 Bf3 42. Nh5 Bxg4 43. Nxg7 Ke7 44. Ke4 b5 45. Ne6 b4
46. axb4 axb4 47. Nd4 Kd6 48. Kf4 Kd5 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Nc6 b3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc4 Ne4 10. Ke2 Nxc5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rhd1 Bd7 13. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. g3 Rc8 16. Qb1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4 18. Qa1 Ne5 19. Bg2 Qd7 20. a3 Bc5 21.
Nce2 Ne4 22. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nf3 h6 13. Qe4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Qh3 Kg8 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. O-O Qe7 19. Qh3 Kg8 20. Re1 c5 21. Re4
f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Be3 Raf8 24. Re1 Nxe3 25. R4xe3 Nc7 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Ne5
Qb5 28. R3e2 Nd5 29. g3 Rf5 30. Ng6 R8f6 31. Nh4 Rg5 32. Rxe6 Kh7 33. Rxf6 Nxf6
34. Qf1 Qxb2 35. Qd3+ Kg8 36. Ng6 Kh7 37. Ne5+ Kg8 38. Ng6 Kh7 39. Nf8+ Kg8 40.
Qd8 Rf5 41. Ng6+ Kh7 42. Nf8+ Kg8 43. f4 Qc3 44. Ng6+ Kh7 45. Nf8+ Kg8 46. Nd7+
Kh7 47. Nxf6+ Rxf6 48. Re8 Qc5+ 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Kh3 Rd6 51. Qe7 Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7
9. O-O e5 10. a3 h6 11. b4 Nh7 12. Qc2 b6 13. Rb1 Ndf6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Re1
Nh5 16. Bf1 Ng5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. g3 g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Qd1 Nf4
22. gxf4 exf4 23. Qd3 Qh4 24. Nb5 Be5 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Rb3 Rh8 27. Bd1 Rh6 28.
Kf1 Rah8 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Bb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Nb4 14. Be3
Be7 15. Be4 Be6 16. Na3 Bxa2 17. Nb5 Bc4 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nf5 Bb4+
21. Bd2 Rfd8 22. O-O-O Rac8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8.
c3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Qd2 Bg6
15. Rad1 Be4 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 h6 18. Be3 d4 19. cxd4 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Qg6 21.
g3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Qe6 23. Kh2 Rac8 24. Qe3 Bf5 25. Bc3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxa2 27. g4
Be6 28. Qe4 Ne7 29. Qxb7 Nd5 30. Bd4 a5 31. Bf3 Qc4 32. b3 Qc2 33. Bxd5 Bxd5
34. Qxd5 Qxd1 35. e6 Qc2 36. exf7+ Kh7 37. Qe5 Qg6 38. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Na5 15. Bg5 Qa3 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qd6 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Qe2 Bf6 20. Bd2 Qd8
21. d6 Nc6 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nc6 13. c4 Nd4 14. Nc3 c6 15.
Be3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qc8 17. h3 Qe6 18. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 Qh4 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. O-O Be6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. g3 Qc4 18. Rc1 Qb3 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bc3 Rfd8 21.
Be5 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Rb3 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd2 Rdb8 26. Bxd5 Rxb2 27.
Rd3 Rd8 28. Rcd1 Rd6 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. R1d4 Rb5 32. Rg4+ Rg5 33.
Ra4 Re2 34. Rd3 a5 35. Rf3 Re6 36. h4 Rge5 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Rc4 Kg7 39. Rc7 Re4
40. Rd3 Re8 41. Rcd7 Ra4 42. R7d4 Re4 43. Rxe4 Rxe4 44. Kf3 f5 45. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Be3 Bf6
15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 a5 17. h3 Re8 18. Re3 Qf6 19. Qc4 Nc5 20. e5 Qg6 21. Ba2
Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxe5 23. Rxf7 d5 24. Qxc5 Qxf7 25. f4 Qxf4 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Rf1
Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Qe8 30. Rf5 h6 31. Re5 Qf8 32. Qe4 c6 33. Re6 Rc8
34. Qe5 Kh7 35. Re7 Rd8 36. Qe4+ Kh8 37. b3 Rd4 38. Re8 Rxe4 39. Rxf8+ Kh7 40.
Rf5 Re2 41. Rc5 Kg6 42. Rxc6+ Kf5 43. Kg3 Rd2 44. Kf3 g5 45. g3 Rh2 46. Rc5+
Kg6 47. Rxa5 Rxc2 48. Re5 Rb2 49. Re3 h5 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. hxg4 Kf6 52. Ke4 Rg2
53. Kd5 Rxg4 54. a5 Rg1 55. Kc5 g4 56. a6 Rh1 57. Re8 Rh5+ 58. Kxb4 Rh7 59. Rg8
Kf5 60. Ka5 Kf4 61. b4 g3 62. b5 Kf3 63. b6 Rh5+ 64. Ka4 Rh4+ 65. Ka3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. h3 Qc8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 c6 19. Bc4 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3
Qf5 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Qb3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Kf8 26. Rd7 Re7 27. Rd8+
Re8 28. Rd7 Rb8 29. Kf1 Ke8 30. Rd3 b5 31. Ke2 Rd8 32. b3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Rb1 Bb6 11. d3 Re8 12. Be3 Ba5 13. Bd2 Bb6 14. a4 Bf5 15.
Be3 e4 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. dxe4 Qxd1 18. Rbxd1 Bxe4 19. Bxb6 Bxg2 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Bxc7 Be4 22. Re1 Re7 23. Bd6 Re6 24. Bc7 Kf8 25. Re2 g5 26. Ng2 Ke8 27. Rd2
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Re7 29. Bd6 Re4 30. f4 g4 31. h3 h5 32. Rd5 Re2+ 33. Kf1 Rxc2 34.
Rxh5 gxh3 35. Rxh3 Rxc3 36. Kf2 Rc4 37. Rh8+ Kd7 38. Bf8 Rxa4 39. Rh7 Ke8 40.
Rh8 b5 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. Rh7 Nd8 43. g4 b4 44. Bg7 b3 45. Bf6 a5 46. g5 Ke6 47.
Rh6 Nc6 48. Bb2+ Kd5 49. Rh5 Re4+ 50. Kd2 Kc4 51. f5 Nd4 52. Rh3 Re2+ 53. Kc1
Re1+ 54. Kd2 Re2+ 55. Kc1 Nxf5 56. Rc3+ Kb4 57. Rf3 Ne3 58. Rxf7 Nc4 59. Rb7+
Ka4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Bd3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Be2 Rab8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Be3 Rab8 21.
Ba7 Ra8 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Be4 24. Rhg1 Rc6 25. Bf2 Bb2 26. Rcd1 b5 27. Ke3
d5 28. cxd5 Rc2 29. Kxe4 Rxe2+ 30. Kf3 Rc2 31. Rge1 Ba3 32. Re2 Rc3+ 33. Ke4
Rac8 34. Bd4 Rc2 35. Rdd2 Rc1 36. Bb2 Bxb2 37. Rxb2 b4 38. Rbd2 Kf7 39. g3 a5
40. Kf3 Rd8 41. Re6 Rc3+ 42. Kg4 a4 43. bxa4 Ra3 44. Ra6 Rd7 45. f5 gxf5+ 46.
Kxf5 Rc3 47. a5 Rf3+ 48. Ke4 Ra3 49. Rb2 Rb7 50. Kd4 Rb5 51. Rf2+ Kg7 52. Ra7
Rbxa5 53. Rxe7+ Kg6 54. Re6+ Kg7 55. Ree2 R3a4 56. Ke5 Ra3 57. Rd2 Re3+ 58. Kf4
Re8 59. Kg4 Kg6 60. d6 h5+ 61. Kh4 Rc5 62. d7 Rc4+ 63. Rf4 Rxf4+ 64. gxf4 Rd8
65. Rd5 Kf6 66. Kxh5 Ke6 67. Rd4 Kf5 68. Kh4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e4 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be2 Nf6 15.
Nc4 Ne4 16. O-O Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd7 18. Nd2 b5 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Bxc3 21.
Rac1 Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Nd7 23. Rce1 Rab8 24. Qd3 Ne5 25. Qe4 c4 26. Bc3 Rbe8 27.
Qd4 Qb6 28. Qd2 Nd3 29. Qh6 Qc7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qh4 Ne5 32. Kh1 Rf8 33. f4
Qf7 34. h3 Qxd5 35. Re1 Nf3 36. Qe7 Nd4 37. Rd1 Qe6 38. Qxa7 Nb5 39. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berchtenbreiter, Maximilian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "UK Lions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bh4 e6 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 Be7 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nh7
15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rhf1 Rac8 18. Nd5+ Ke8 19. Qf3 Nc5 20. b4 Ng5
21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qxf6 Rh7 23. bxc5 Qe7 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. c6 Ne4 26. Rf3 h5
27. Ra3 Nc5 28. g5 h4 29. g6 fxg6 30. Rc3 Na4 31. Rf3 Rh5 32. Re1 Nc5 33. Ref1
Rxe5 34. Rf7+ Kd6 35. Rd1 Rd5 36. c3 e5 37. Nf3 Rxd1+ 38. Kxd1 Rxc6 39. Rf6+
Ne6 40. Ng5 Kd5 41. Rxg6 Nxg5 42. Rxg5 Rxc3 43. Rg4 Rc4 44. Rg2 a5 45. Rg8 Ra4
46. Rg2 e4 47. Kc1 Rc4+ 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. Rg8 Ra4 50. Rd8+ Kc4 51. Rc8+ Kb4 52.
Rc2 Ra3 53. Ke2 a4 54. Rb2+ Kc4 55. Rc2+ Rc3 56. Rd2 b4 57. Rb2 h3 58. Kf2 Rf3+
59. Ke2 a3 60. Rc2+ Rc3 61. Rd2 b3 62. axb3+ Kxb3 63. Rd8 a2 64. Rb8+ Kc2 65.
Ra8 Kb2 66. Kd2 a1=Q 67. Rxa1 e3+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "UK Lions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ Kf8 11. Qxb4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O Re8
14. Re1 Kf8 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 d6 17. Rxe8+ Kxe8 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. h3 h6 20.
g4 Bd7 21. Nh4 Kf7 22. f4 g6 23. Kf2 a5 24. Kg3 Ra6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5
27. gxf5 Rc6 28. Re3 b5 29. Kf4 Rc4 30. Ke4 Ra4 31. Re2 Rc4 32. Kd3 Ra4 33. Rb2
c6 34. d5 cxd5 35. Rxb5 Rxa2 36. Rxd5 Ke7 37. f6+ Kxf6 38. Rxd6+ Kg5 39. c4
Ra3+ 40. Kd2 Rxh3 41. c5 Rh4 42. Kc3 Rh1 43. Kb2 Rh4 44. Kc3 Rh1 45. Kb2 Rh4
46. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harvey, Marcus Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "UK Lions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Qb6 9. Na4 Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Kd2 b6 12. c3 Nc6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Be2 Rc8 15.
Rhc1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba3 17. Rc2 O-O 18. Ne1 b5 19. Nb2 Nb4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Nbd3 a5 22. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 23. Kd1 Bc3 24. Rc1 b4 25. Bb5 Nb8 26. Nf3 Kf8 27. Bd3
h6 28. f5 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. g4 Nc7 31. a4 h5 32. fxe6 hxg4 33. Ng5 Nxe6 34.
Nxe6+ fxe6 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Rf1+ Kg6 37. Rf4 Bb2 38. Rxg4+ Kf7 39. Bd2 Bc1 40.
Kd1 Bxd2 41. Kxd2 Rc3 42. Rg3 Rxg3 43. hxg3 Kg6 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Kf3 Kg5 46. Kf2
Kg4 47. Kg2 g6 48. Kf2 Kh3 49. Kf3 g5 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "UK Lions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8+ 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14.
Rfe1 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qf6 16. f4 Rad8 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qxd7 Rf8 20.
Bd5 Rd8 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Qc7 Qd6 23. Rc1 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c5 8. Nbd2
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qa4 Qe8 11. Rfd1 Nxe5 12. Qxe8 Nxe8 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Nc7 15. f4 Rad8 16. a4 a5 17. e3 Ba6 18. Nf3 Rd7 19. Bh3 e6 20. Kf2 Rfd8 21.
Bf1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Kf8 23. Kf2 h5 24. h3 Ke7 25. Ke2 Na6 26. b3 Rc8 27. Rab1 Rb7
28. Nd2 Rd8 29. Nf3 Rc7 30. g4 Rh8 31. Kf2 hxg4 32. hxg4 c4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34.
Rxb6 Nc5 35. Kg2 Rxc3 36. Rc6 Nxa4 37. Rxc3 Nxc3 38. Rd2 a4 39. Rb2 Ra8 40.
Rb7+ Ke8 41. Ng5 a3 42. f5 a2 43. f6 Ne4 44. Re7+ Kd8 45. Nxf7+ Kc8 46. Nd6+
Nxd6 47. exd6 a1=Q 48. f7 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nf3 Ng4
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rd6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 19. Rd1 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Nf6
21. Rxd6 Nxe4 22. Rc6 Rd8 23. h3 f6 24. Rc4 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Nd2 26. Nxd2 Rxd2 27.
Rxb4 Rxb2 28. a5 Re2 29. e4 Ra2 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. b4 Re2 32. b5 axb5 33. a6 Ra2
34. Rxb5 Rxa6 35. Rb3 Ra4 36. Re3 h5 37. Kg3 Ra2 38. Kf3 h4 39. Rb3 Kg6 40. Rc3
Kg5 41. Rb3 Ra1 42. Re3 Rf1+ 43. Ke2 Kf4 44. Ra3 Rb1 45. Ra7 g5 46. Ra6 Rb2+
47. Kf1 Kg3 48. Rxf6 Rxg2 49. Rf5 Kxh3 50. Rxe5 g4 51. Rf5 Ra2 52. e5 g3 53.
Rg5 g2+ 54. Kg1 Ra1+ 55. Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. a3 e5 12. h3 Qe7 13. b4 Bd7 14. d5 Na7 15.
e4 h6 16. Be3 Nb5 17. Ne2 Nh5 18. Bd3 c6 19. Bc4 Rac8 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Ng3 cxd5
22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Be6 24. Qd2 Rfd8 25. Bb6 Bc7 26. Qe3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxb6
28. Qxb6 Nxa3 29. Nxe5 Bb3 30. Rd3 Qxe5 31. Rxb3 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Nc4 33. Qd8+ Kh7
34. Rd3 Rb1 35. Qf8 Qg5 36. Rd8 Ne5 37. Qg8+ Kg6 38. Rd6+ f6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40.
Qe6 Qf4 41. Qf5+ Qxf5 42. Nxf5 Rxb4 43. f4 Nf7 44. Rd7 Kg8 45. Ne7+ Kf8 46.
Ng6+ Kg8 47. Ne7+ Kf8 48. Ng6+ Kg8 49. Re7 Nh8 50. Nh4 Kf8 51. Rc7 Rxe4 52.
Rxb7 Rxf4 53. Rb8+ Kf7 54. g3 Rxh4 55. gxh4 Ng6 56. Kg3 h5 57. Ra8 Ne5 58. Rxa6
Kg6 59. Ra7 Kh6 60. Ra5 Ng6 61. Rb5 Ne5 62. Rb8 Ng6 63. Rb4 Ne5 64. Kf4 Nd3+
0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 g6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. h4 h6 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. e5 b6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. h5 g5 15. O-O
Ne7 16. Bb5+ Bc6 17. Bxc6+ Nxc6 18. Nd2 Qd5 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Qg4 Ne7 21. Ne4 Nf5
22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. Qxg3 Rac8 24. f4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 gxf4 26. Qxf4 Qb3 27. Rf1 Qxa3
28. Rf3 Qd3 29. Rg3 Qd1+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Ke1 Kh8 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Qf6+ Kh7
34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "California Unicorns"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. d4 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. a3 g6 13. Nf1 Bg7 14. Ng3 d5 15. Bg5
dxe4 16. Nxe4 exd4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxf6 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Rd8 21.
Qc1 Ne7 22. Qh6 Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Bb4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rd5 26. Rd1 Rg5+ 27.
Kf1 Ke8 28. Re1 c5 29. Bc3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "California Unicorns"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Nge2 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nf4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4
Ncxd4 15. Ncxd5 g5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Ne6 Qxd5 18. Nxf8 Qc4 19. Rae1 Rxf8 20. f4
Qxc2 21. fxg5 Rg8 22. h4 fxg5 23. hxg5 Qd2 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxg5 26. Kf2
Nc6 27. b5 Nce7 28. g4 Kg8 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Nxf5 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Rc8 Nd6
33. Rxc7+ Ke6 34. a4 Kd5 35. Ke2 a6 36. b6 Nc4 37. Rxb7 Kd6 38. Rb8 Na5 39. Rc8
h5 40. Kf3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "California Unicorns"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Kc8 13. Rad1 h6 14. Rd2
c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5 17. Nh2 Kb7 18. Ng4 Nc6 19. c4 a5 20. a4 Bxg4 21.
hxg4 Bg7 22. Ng3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. f3 Rae8 25. Kf2 Kc8 26. Nf5 Nc6 27. Rd7
Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Nxh6 Ke8 31. Nf5 Nd4 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33.
Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd3 c5 35. Ke4 Kd6 36. g3 Ke6 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. Ke2 f5 39. gxf5 Kxf5
40. Kd3 Ke5 41. Kd2 Kf6 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. Kd2 Ke6 44. Kd3 Ke5 45. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c5 12. dxc5 g5 13. Bg3 Nxc5 14. Qb4 Nfe4
15. O-O Qe7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. Nd4 Bg6 22. f3 a5 23. Qa3 Nxg3 24. Qxc5 Nh5 25. e4 b6 26. Qd5 Qe7 27. Qc6
Qf6 28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. e5 Nh5 32. g3 Ng7 33. Bd3 Ne6 34.
Bxg6 fxg6 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 36. Kd4 a4 37. a3 h5 38. Ke4 h4 39. gxh4 gxh4 40. f4 h3
41. Kd4 b5 42. Kc5 g5 43. fxg5 Kxe5 44. Kxb5 Kf5 45. Kxa4 Kxg5 46. Kb4 Kf4 47.
a4 Kf3 48. a5 Kg2 49. a6 Kxh2 50. a7 Kg1 51. a8=Q h2 52. Qg8+ Kh1 53. Qd5+ Kg1
54. Qg5+ Kh1 55. Qf4 Kg1 56. Qg4+ Kh1 57. Qf3+ Kg1 58. Qf4 h1=Q 59. Qc1+ Kh2
60. Qxh1+ Kxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3 h6
9. Nd5 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Ne7 13. Ba2 Ng6 14. Re1 Re8 15. c3
Be6 16. d4 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Bb6 18. b3 Nh4 19. Nh2 Ng6 20. Nf3 Nh4 21. Nh2 Ng6 22.
Ng4 a5 23. a4 b4 24. dxe5 h5 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. Bxe3 bxc3 27. e6 Rxe6 28. Bd4 Qg5
29. Re3 h4 30. Rxc3 Nf4 31. Qf3 Rg6 32. Rxc7 Rxb3 33. Qg4 Nxh3+ 34. gxh3 Qh5
0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 12. Nfe5 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. Qd1 Nf6 16. Bg5 Bc5 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxd6 Qc5 20. Rd7 Rab8
21. Rc1 Qe5 22. Qg4+ Qg5 23. Qxg5+ fxg5 24. Rcc7 Ba6 25. Rxa7 Bb5 26. Rdc7 g4
27. h3 h5 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Rbd8 31. Ke2 Kg7 32. Rab7 Rd6 33.
Rd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Rc8 35. Kd3 Kf6 36. a4 Rc1 37. Rb7 Rd1+ 38. Ke3 Re1+ 39. Kd4
Rd1+ 40. Kc4 Ke5 41. Rxb6 Kxe4 42. a5 Ra1 43. b4 Kf3 44. a6 Kxf2 45. b5 Kxg3
46. Rb7 f5 47. a7 Kf2 48. b6 g3 49. Rg7 g2 50. Rg8 Ra4+ 51. Kb5 Rg4 52. Rxg4
fxg4 53. a8=Q g1=Q 54. Qa2+ Kf3 55. Qb3+ Kf4 56. b7 Qa7 57. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxe7+ Kf8 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1
Be5 15. Nh3 Nc5 16. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina Krakens"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Ng1 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. a3
Bd6 9. f4 exf3 10. Nxf3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Be2 c6 13. b3 cxd5 14. Bb2 b6 15.
O-O Bb7 16. Nd4 g6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Bc3 Nc6 20. Nh5 d4 21. Nf6+ Kh8
22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Bb2 Bg7 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Qd1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nd3 27. Bxd4 Bxd4
28. exd4 Qe7 29. f4 Qe4 30. Qf3 Qxd4+ 31. Qe3 Qxe3+ 32. dxe3 Rc3 33. b4 Kg7 34.
Ra2 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Rd2 Rxa3 37. e4 Nc5 38. e5 a4 39. Rc1 Nb3 40. Rd3 Nxc1
41. Rxa3 Ne2+ 42. Kf2 Nxf4 43. Kf3 g5 44. Rxa4 Kg6 45. Ke4 Ne6 46. Kd5 h5 47.
Ra7 Nf8 48. Ra8 Ne6 49. Ra7 Nf8 50. Kd6 g4 51. Ra1 h4 52. Rf1 Ne6 53. Rf6+ Kg7
54. Kxd7 h3 55. Ke7 Ng5 56. Rf4 g3 57. hxg3 h2 58. Rh4 Nf3 59. Rh5 Kg6 60. Rh8
Kf5 61. Kxf7 Nxe5+ 62. Kg7 Nf3 63. Kf7 Kg4 64. Rxh2 Nxh2 65. Ke6 Nf3 66. Kd7
Ng5 67. Kc6 Ne4 68. Kb5 Nc3+ 69. Kc6 Ne2 70. Kb7 Nc1 71. Kc6 Nd3 72. Kd5 Ne5
73. Kxe5 Kf3 74. Kf5 Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Obregon, Carlos Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina Krakens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. e4
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qc2 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1 h6
15. Rfe1 Qc8 16. Qc1 Re8 17. c5 Bf8 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. b4 Qc7 20. h4 Rad8 21. g4
f6 22. Ng6 Qf7 23. Qc2 bxc5 24. bxc5 Ba6 25. h5 Rb8 26. f4 Qd7 27. Re4 Nc7 28.
Rde1 Red8 29. Be3 Rb4 30. Bf2 Rdb8 31. f5 exf5 32. Nxf8 Kxf8 33. Re7 Qxe7 34.
Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Bg3 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 R8b2 37. Qxf5 Bf1 38. Qe4+ Kf7 39. Bf2 Nd5 40.
Qg6+ Kf8 41. Bxd5 cxd5 42. Qf5 Bb5 43. Kg3 Rc1 44. Be3 Rc3 45. Kf3 Be2+ 46. Kf4
Bb5 47. Qxd5 Re2 48. Qd6+ Kg8 49. Qb8+ Kh7 50. Qxb5 Rexe3 51. c6 Re1 52. d5 Re5
53. Qb4 Rc1 54. Qd4 Rf1+ 55. Kg3 Rfe1 56. d6 R5e4 57. Qxe4+ Rxe4 58. d7 Rd4 59.
c7 Rxd7 60. c8=Q Rd3+ 61. Kh4 Rd2 62. Qf5+ Kh8 63. Qc8+ Kh7 64. a4 Re2 65. Qf5+
Kh8 66. Qc8+ Kh7 67. Qd7 Rh2+ 68. Kg3 Ra2 69. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Perez, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina Krakens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 exd4 8. Nxd4
h6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Kh7 14. b4 Ne5 15.
Be2 a6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Nd5 Nd7 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. c5 Ne5 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Nc6 24. Qxd6 Qb2 25. Qd2 Rfd8 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Rb1
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Kg8 29. Bc4 Rc8 30. Bb3 Rc7 31. Bxh6 Nxb4 32. Bf4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Villanueva, Mario Nicolas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina Krakens"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 11. g4 Be7 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Ncb5
axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Qxb4 d5 18. Qxb5 O-O 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nf5 Bc5 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 22. b4 Ne4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Rg1 h5 26. Qc5 Qf4 27. Qd4
Qxh4+ 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Bxc2 30. b5 Rb8 31. Rc1 Be4 32. Rc4 Bg6 33. Rb4
Rb6 34. Ra4 Kg7 35. Ra6 Rb8 36. b6 h4 37. Ke3 e5 38. Bf3 e4 39. Bxe4 Re8 40.
Ra4 h3 41. b7 h2 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil Capybaras"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Be6 8.
Bb2 f6 9. d4 e4 10. Nfd2 f5 11. e3 Be7 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Nbd2 N6d5
15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. a3 Bc3 17. Rb1 b5 18. Ne5 c5 19. Rc1 cxd4 20. exd4 Rc8 21.
Nb1 Qb6 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil Capybaras"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 e5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Qb3 Nxe5 12. cxd5 Qf6 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Qd1
Rad8 15. O-O Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe5 18. Qe2 Rxd5 19. f3 Nc5 20. Rb1
Red8 21. e4 Nb3 22. Bf4 Qd4+ 23. Be3 Qd3 24. Kf2 R5d7 25. Rfd1 Qxe2+ 26. Kxe2
Nd4+ 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc1 c6 30. b4 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil Capybaras"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. exd5 cxd5
15. Ne3 g5 16. Bg3 d4 17. Nc4 dxc3 18. bxc3 e4 19. d4 Nd5 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. f3
exf3 22. Qxf3 Be6 23. Rae1 Re8 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Qxd5 Rd8 28. Qf5 Kg7 29. g3 Bd2 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Bc2+ Kg8 32. Qxh6 Be3+ 33. Kg2
Qc6+ 34. Qxc6 bxc6 35. Bb3 Rd7 36. Rf5 Bd2 37. Rc5 Rd6 38. Ba4 Kg7 39. Bxc6 Re6
40. Bf3 Re1 41. Rc7 Rc1 42. c4 Be3 43. d5 Rc2+ 44. Kh3 Bg1 45. Kg4 Bxh2 46. d6
Rd2 47. c5 Bg1 48. Kxg5 Be3+ 49. Kf5 Rc2 50. c6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil Capybaras"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. b4 c6 14. Qb3 Nf8 15.
e4 Ne6 16. Be3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Rad1 f6 19. Nd3 Qd7 20. Bh3 Bf8 21. Nc3
Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Qf7 23. Bg2 Nc7 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 Nd5 26. Nf4 Nxe3 27. fxe3
Rac8 28. Qf3 Rc3 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Nxd3 Qb3 31. e4 Rd8 32. d5 Rc8 33. Nf4 Rc3
34. Qg4 Rc2 35. Kh1 Qe3 36. Ng2 Qd3 37. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 e6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a4 Qe7 14. Be1 Rfd8 15.
b3 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bh4
Rd7 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27.
Rxd5 Re3 28. h4 h5 29. b4 Ra3 30. a5 Ra4 31. Rc4 Rb8 32. axb6 Rxb6 33. Rdd4 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
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{This game was played in Round 2. I drew my first game with Black against
Fabiano and then here I was playing the legendary Viswanathan Anand, one of my
biggest heroes in chess. A true living legend, he is one of the most talented
chess players of all time. Before our game I spent some time studying his best
games and they are truly aesthetically pleasing to analyse. The fact that this
man is still one of the best players in the world at the age of fifty is
incredible.} 1. e4 {In India Vishy played the Sicilian against me in blitz,
and won handily. However in classical games he mostly plays 1...e5. He has
tons of experience with 1.e4 e5 with both White and Black.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {
Here I was not sure which line exactly Vishy planned to play against the Ruy
Lopez with 3.Bb5. He usually prepares something new and very solid for Black
in his repertoire. To get an advantage against him and his preparation is
almost impossible...he prepares very deeply. So I decided to play 3.Bc4, the
Giuco Piano.} 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 {With this move-order White gets the
option to delay castling and develop his other pieces first. If Black castles
short, then White gets extra options. For example the pin with Bg5 becomes
more annoying.} d6 ({If Black castles right away} 5... O-O {then 6.Bg5 or 6.
Nbd2 are very serious moves.}) 6. Nbd2 O-O {Of course there is nothing wrong
with this move, but I thought that possibly more precise was 6...a6 or 6...a5.
Black did not have to castle right away but could delay it for the time being.}
7. h3 {Controlling the g4-square, but also in some cases White can actually
attack on the kingside with g4.} a6 {Threatening to win the bishop pair with
Na5. In my preparations I noticed that Vishy has gone for the ...a6 setup more
often recently. So I thought he would play it here. He probably was thinking
that I would castle sooner or later and transpose to normal paths, but for
this game I wanted to try something different.} ({The other main alternative is
} 7... a5 {when after} 8. O-O {there have been played many games and lots of
theory.}) ({Black does not necessarily have to move his a-pawn. Another good
alternative is} 7... Ne7 {a very solid move, regrouping the knight to a better
square on g6. Black wants to play c6 and d5 in the future. This variation is
super solid also.}) 8. Bb3 {Keeping the bishop pair.} (8. a4 {is another good
way to keep the bishop, when Black can play ...a5.} a5 9. g4) 8... Be6 {
Now that White lost a tempo moving his bishop, Black offers a trade. He has
many alternatives here and the position is very flexible. Black is very solid
of course, and as typical in Giuco Piano structures, the position is very
close to equal.} 9. Bc2 ({In my view Black is completely fine after} 9. Bxe6
fxe6 10. b4 Ba7 11. O-O Qe8 {just because White has lost a tempo moving the
light-squared bishop to b3.}) 9... d5 (9... h6 {prevents Ng5, but it gives
White a hook to target on the kingside. So White can play} 10. g4 {right away,
or prepare it first with 10.Qe2.}) 10. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e6,Gg5e4,Gg5h7] This was
the idea of the variation. White threatens to grab the bishop on e6 and win
the bishop pair. If Black retreats his e6-bishop then this knight can aim to
go to e4 instead (after exd5).} dxe4 (10... Nxe4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. Qh5 h6 13.
Nxe4 Be7 14. g4 $14) ({Retreating the bishop was possible when I was going to
take} 10... Bc8 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. O-O {with a small advantage.}) 11. Nxe6 fxe6
12. dxe4 {Still following my preparation. Here I knew that 12...Qe8 was enough
to equalize, but Vishy thought for a really long time and went for it.} Bxf2+
$5 {Objectively a very good sacrifice, but perhaps not practically! Black
makes a draw here, but the problem is he has to be very precise and exact! So
it's a high risk, high reward move.} (12... Qe8 {is the solid alternative.
After} 13. O-O (13. Qe2) 13... Rd8 {White does not have time to regroup and
consolidate his forces. Black is very active and Nh5 is coming next move.}) ({
After the game Vishy mentioned} 12... Nd5 {but here White can simply play 13.
Nf3, with a better ending.} 13. Nf3 Nf4 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. O-O
$14) 13. Kxf2 {The next few moves are forced.} Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Ne3 {Black wins
the piece back, but his knight ends up trapped on c2.} 15. Qe2 Nxc2 16. Rb1
N6d4 $1 {Very precise. Black cannot afford to give White time to consolidate
his position.} 17. cxd4 Qxd4+ ({Not} 17... Nxd4 18. Qe1 Qg5 19. Kh2 {when the
White Queen will come to g3 next, and defend against all the threats.}) 18. Kh2
Rf2 19. Qg4 {This is the only move.} Ne3 20. Qxe6+ {Besides forcing Black to
spend a tempo to defend against the check, I manage to pick up a pawn or two.}
Kh8 21. Rg1 {Defending the crucial g2 spot. Now White wants to get rid of the
knight on e3. He can do this by playing Nf3 or Nb3 next, attacking the Black
Queen and allowing his bishop to capture the annoying knight next.} Qd3 $1 {
This immobilizes White's forces right now. Black is also threatening Qe2.} 22.
Qxe5 {Not only grabbing a pawn, but also the Queen is on the way to g3, where
it will defend crucial squares. Here Vishy has played perfectly so far, and he
has a way to make a draw. Your computer will probably show the drawing line in
seconds, but over the board it's not so simple to see. The problem is Black
does not even have a pawn for the piece, and one mistake immedaitely loses the
game.} Raf8 $2 {The losing mistake. This looks very natural, but after this
White manages to consolidate and defend his king.} ({Black can force a draw by
} 22... Nxg2 $1 {the variation is not that simple though; Black still has to
be very precise.} 23. Kh1 (23. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qe2+ {leads to a perpetual
right away.} 25. Kg1 (25. Kg3 Qe1+) 25... Qe3+ $11) 23... Raf8 $1 (23... Qxh3+
24. Qh2 Qg4 25. b4 {[%cal Gb1b3] followed by Rb3 next move. White is better.})
24. Qc3 Qe2 25. Qg3 {And now Black has to find the only move} R8f7 $1 {
protecting the vital g7 pawn. Black draws in all lines, as your computer can
show you.} 26. Rxg2 (26. Qg4 Ne3) 26... Rxg2 27. Qxg2 Rf2 $11) 23. Qg3 {
[%csl Gf2,Gg1,Gg2,Gh2][%cal Gg3g7] The queen is the best defender for the king.
From g3 it controls so many squares. The game is lost for Black, just with one
mistake.} Qe2 24. b4 {Vishy missed this move. Now White activates the rest of
his queenside and it turns out that Black's threats are not lethal.} Rxg2+ (
24... Nxg2 {is simply met by} 25. Kh1 {[%cal Gg1g7] when the knight cannot
move as it would open up the g-file. Black has no attack.}) 25. Rxg2 Nxg2 {
Here White has a couple of winning moves. My choice was actually not the most
precise.} 26. Qg4 {But here Vishy resigned, although he could have played a
few more moves.} ({Stronger was} 26. Bb2 Nf4+ 27. Kh1 {[%csl Gg7] when it
turns out the counter attack on Black's king is impossible to face.} Nh5 28.
Qg2 Rf2 29. Rf1 {[%cal Gf1f8] and White wins.}) ({After} 26. Qg4 {White forces
the exchange of queens, and Black has to play} Nf4+ 27. Qxe2 Nxe2 {Now White
cannot allow Rf2+, and he has to shed a pawn} 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Nxh3+ 30.
Ke3 Nf2 31. Bb2 {this ending should be easily winning, but at least Black has
two pawns for the piece.  With this win I started the long Tata Steel Chess
journey most pleasantly. Wijk Aan Zee is one of my favorite places to play but
truthfully it is an exceptionally long tournament in the dead of Dutch winter
in a remote though lovely village on the North Sea. You need some good
encouragement early on to keep your focus all the way through. Also, this was
also only my 2nd win against Anand in classical chess and it made me feel like
I am improving!}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3
15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rec1 Bd2 20. Bxd2 Rxd2
21. b4 f6 22. b5 a5 23. Bxg2 fxe5 24. Rxc7 Bf3 25. Bxf3 Rxf3 26. Rf1 Rf4 27. b6
Rb2 28. b7 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Re1 Rxb7 32. Rxe5 Rb4 33. Rxa5
Kf7 34. Kg2 h5 35. Kg3 Rg4+ 36. Kf3 Rh4 37. Kg3 Rg4+ 38. Kf3 Rh4 39. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Back to wild and wonderful Wijk aan Zee. I have been playing this January
tournament ever since i was 14 years old and coming back is always a bit like
coming home. The fact that very little ever changes is comforting. The beach
with the silver sea, the small paths through the tall grass, the local Spar
for cheese pastries, the hot coffee in every shop, fried kibbeling in Juliana
plein, the same dogs or their children, and pony and goatee still grazing in
their small field (honestly how old are those two?).... It's all so comforting
and gives a feeling of happiness for someone who travels constantly for his
job and is always in new places. Even our hotel room doesn't change which is
nice because I know exactly where my few items should go. Before this game
Alireza had just been on a tear, winning two games and leading the tournament
with 2.5/3. What to do? Just try my best I guess.} 1. d4 {Against 1.e4 Alireza
plays many different Sicilians, in particular he also plays the Najdorf. Now
in the Najdorf it's almost impossible to gain an advantage against it these
days, and the positions possibly suit his style very well. Against 1.c4 he
plays 1...e5, so we could get a form of Reversed Sicilian. I decided to keep
it simple and play 1.d4.} d5 {He also plays 1...Nf6. For example against
Caruana he played the King's Indian! I also prepared for the King's Indian,
however after Ding Liren gave it up 4 years ago, it's very rare to see a 2700+
GM play that opening nowadays. The reason behind this is the King's Indian
feels a bit cramped, and White has too many good systems against it. By the
way his King's Indian game with Caruana is a great game so I suggest you take
a look at that game as well (if you haven't already).} 2. c4 dxc4 {He's only
tried the QGA a few times, but he played it against Duda two days earlier. He
got a really good position that game and was even outplaying Duda. So I
suppose why not try it again?} 3. Nf3 ({The QGA is supposed to have a bad
reputation in view of} 3. e4 {White gains a lot of space, the position is
easier to play for him and a clear-cut way to equality still has to be proven.
I suppose if not for 3.e4, there would be many more players who would be
playing the QGA. Duda-Alireza two days ago continued:} e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Qxd4
$6 ({The main line is} 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7
Rb8 10. Qa6 {[%csl Gc4,Gd3] and Black should be okay here, but he has a lot of
weak squares on the board.}) 5... Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Bf4 Nf6 $15 {
and Black has a small initiative.} 9. N1c3 Ng4 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Bxc4 c6 12. Nd6
b5 13. Bb3 Nxf2 14. Rf1 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Nxb2 16. Rab1 Nc4+ 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc4
Rd8+ 19. Kc2 Nb4+ 20. Kb3 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rbd1 Be7 23. Kc4 Nc2 24. Rxd8+
Rxd8 25. Rf3 Rd7 26. Ne2 Rd2 27. Nf4 e5 28. Nd3 Na3+ 29. Kb3 Nb5 30. Bxe5 Rxg2
31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. Bxg3 Nd4+ 33. Kc4 Nf3 34. Bb8 a5 35. a4 Nd2+ 36. Kd4 Nb3+ 37.
Kc4 Nd2+ 38. Kd4 g5 39. Ne5 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 (39) Duda,J (2758)-Firouzja,A (2723)
Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 3... Nf6 4. e3 {Instead of 3.e4, I decided to play this
variation instead. I was not sure how deep his preparation was against 3.e4,
as he does not have enough games and he seemed very confident to face it.} e6
5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 {The main line of the classical QGA. Black has also
played 6...Nc6 in recent games, but I think that line is not as superior. 6...
a6 is definitely more solid.} 7. b3 {White has many moves here, but I played
this move 7.b3 before and it's a playable move. It's not a very concrete
forcing variation, but I like the arising positions after it.} ({There is
another variation here with} 7. Be2 {a prophylactic move, intending to capture
on c5 or occupy the center depending on what Black does. If Black takes on d4}
cxd4 8. exd4 (8. Nxd4 {leads to a different position.}) 8... Nc6 9. Nc3 {
we transpose to my game against Vladislav Artemiev played a few days later on
the 7th round. In that game (I had Black) I did not experience too many
problems.} Be7 10. Be3 Ng4 $1 11. Bf4 Nf6 {This knight manoever was Caruana's
idea actually. He played it against Levon Aronian two years ago. The point is
to keep d4 under control so White cannot jump to e5 with Ne5. It's
surprisingly difficult to get anything here.} 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd3
Nxe3 15. fxe3 b6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Be4 Nd7 20. Qe2 b5
21. Bf3 Rc7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa6 a3 24. bxa3 Qc8 25. Qxc8 Rfxc8 26. Ne2 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Bxa3 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. Bc6 Nb6 31. e4 Ke7 32. e5 Nc4 33.
Kf2 f6 34. Bb5 Nb2 35. Nf4 fxe5 36. dxe5 Nd1+ 37. Kf3 Bb2 38. Ba4 Nc3 39. Bc6
Na2 40. Nd3 Bc3 41. Be4 {1/2-1/2 (41) Artemiev,V (2731)-So,W (2765) Wijk aan
Zee 2020}) ({I guess} 7. Bb3 {might be the sharpest move for White here.}) 7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O {We were both playing fast as we were actually
following my game against Mamedyarov played a few months back. Also current
theory indicates that this is Black's best defense.} 10. Be2 {Preparing to
meet b5 with Bf3.} ({The Mamedyarov game went} 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. a4
Nc6 $11 {when White got absolutely nothing from the opening.} 13. Bf3 Nd5 14.
axb5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 axb5 16. Ne4 b4 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Bc5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qc7 20.
Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ra7 Rc8 22. Rxb7 Qxb7 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26.
h4 Qc5 27. h5 Kf8 28. g3 Ke7 29. Qd1 f5 30. Qd3 (30. Qa1 Qc3 $11) 30... Kf6 31.
Kg2 Kg5 32. f4+ Kf6 33. g4 fxg4 34. Qxh7 Qc3 35. Qg6+ Ke7 36. Qxg4 Kd6 37. Kf3
Qxb3 38. Qxg7 Qd1+ {1/2-1/2 (38) So,W (2763)-Mamedyarov,S (2765) Riga 2019})
10... Bd7 11. Nd2 ({The problem with} 11. Bf3 $2 {is} e5 {the white knight has
no good squares to go to.}) 11... Nc6 12. Rc1 {We both continue developing our
pieces.} Rc8 ({Here I thought the best move was} 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 {
placing his pieces on solid squares. After} 14. Nc4 Rc8 {Black is very close
to equality. But in the game with 12...Rc8, I was able to keep more pieces on
the board.}) 13. N4f3 {Preventing the minor piece trade. I was still on my
preparation.} b5 14. a3 {Controlling the dark-squares on the queenside.} Qb6
15. Rc2 {[%cal Gd1b1,Gf1c1] Slowly improving the position of my pieces. The
idea of this mysterious rook move is to free squares and swing my Queen and
the other Rook over to the queenside. White is slightly better here as his
pieces control more vital squares (I control d4,e4, and e5 squares) and my
pieces are more harmonious than his. But Black has no weaknesses.} (15. Bd3 {
is an alternative. Putting the bishop on a more active square.}) 15... e5 $5 {
Interesting. Black does not want to play passively and he wants to activate
his pieces right away. I was expecting the more solid 15...Rfd8 or 15...Nd5.}
16. Bd3 {Controlling the e4-square and activating my bishop.} ({However
stronger was} 16. Qb1 {White just wants to double rooks on the c-file.} e4 (
16... Bf5 {does not work due to} 17. Rxc6) (16... Rfd8 17. Rfc1 $14) 17. Ng5
Bf5 18. Rfc1) ({I think Black is okay after} 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxa3 18.
Nf3) 16... Rfd8 17. Qe2 {Preparing Rfc1.} Bg4 (17... Be6 $1 {equalizes
according to the engine. The idea is after} 18. Rfc1 {Black has} e4 $1 {
followed by taking on b3. Therefore 16.Bd3 was not accurate for me.}) 18. Rfc1
{Here I was expecting the solid move 18...Qb7 but Alireza surprised me with
his choice.} Na7 $5 {A very strange move. I would never have considered it!
The knight becomes passive in the corner. However it's not simple to refute it
over the board.} ({I think Black is okay after} 18... Qb7) 19. Rxc8 {Trading
rooks. 19.Bxe5 is possible stronger.} Rxc8 ({If} 19... Nxc8 20. a4 {is better
for White. Black has some weak pawns that needs defending.} bxa4 21. Bxe5 $16)
20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. h3 {Forcing Black to give up the bishop pair.} Bxf3 22. Qxf3
Qd8 {Gaining time by attacking the pieces on the d-file.} (22... Qd6 {allows
the extra option} 23. Qf5 $5) 23. Qe2 Qd5 {Now his queen is very well
centralized in the center.} 24. Bc2 {Preparing to challenge his powerful queen
in the center.} ({But it might be better to play} 24. a4 Nd6 (24... bxa4 25.
Bc4) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ba3 {when White will win a pawn by taking on d6 next
move.}) 24... Nd6 25. Qd3 (25. a4 $5) 25... Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Nd7 27. g4 {White is
just a bit better in this ending, but nothing special. I have the bishop pair,
but they are not yet too active.} g6 28. Ne4 {Preventing him from playing f5.}
Nxe4 ({Simpler was} 28... f6 {to bring the king to e6 and control the
light-squares. I thought that Black should be okay here.}) 29. Bxe4 Nc5 30. Bc2
e4 $2 {Alireza goes for active play, however he probably miscalculated as now
this pawn is overextended and in great danger.} 31. b4 Nd3 32. Bc3 Kf8 ({After
} 32... Bh4 33. Kf1 {[%cal Gf2f3] is what he probably missed. Now he cannot
take on f2, and White will slowly round up the e4-pawn.} Nxf2 {loses because
of the pin} 34. Be1 {[%cal Ge1h4] winning a piece.}) 33. Kf1 {Slowly
approaching the center.} f5 34. Ke2 $6 {Here I considered other alternatives
too:} ({At first} 34. f4 {fixing the pawn structure, in particular Black's
pawns on the light-squares are very vulnerable. But Black has} Bd8 $1 {with
counterplay on the e3-pawn. So this is not enough.}) ({Apparently best was} 34.
gxf5 $1 gxf5 35. Bb3 Bh4 {when White can attack Black's pawns with Be6 or
Bd5-b7. White has good practical chances to win.} 36. Bd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5b7,
Gb7a6,Ga6b5]}) 34... Bd8 ({After the game Alireza pointed out that} 34... h5 $1
{is enough to hold. And indeed I cannot find a win here. Black sets up a
fortress and holds even down a pawn.} 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Bxd3 exd3+ 37. Kxd3 Kf7
{and Black just puts his king on e6. Unlike in the game White here cannot
invade with his king.}) 35. Bxd3 exd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kf7 37. e4 (37. Kd4 Bf6+ {
forces the king to go back.}) 37... fxg4 $2 {After this unfortunate exchange,
Black loses as White is able to invade with the king.} (37... f4 $1 {[%cal
Gf7e6] was the last chance to try and hold. The point is that my king cannot
approach as 38.Kd4 is met by Bb6+ winning the f2-pawn. After Ke6 it seems that
Black has a fortress. So perhaps it's just a draw!}) 38. hxg4 g5 $2 (38... h5
39. gxh5 gxh5 {gives White two pawns in the center without any obstacles. I'm
pretty confident White should be able to win this, however I do not want to
analyse too deeply, so I'll leave it to you to decide.}) 39. Kd4 {If Black's
king were on e6 he can hold, as now he has Bb6+ preventing my king from
invading. But now Black is helpless as he does not have any counterplay.} Bb6+
40. Kd5 Bxf2 41. Kc6 {[%cal Gc6d7,Gc6b7] Threatening Kd7 or Kb7. Making sure
that Black cannot create a passed pawn on the kingside.} Ke6 42. Kb7 Kd7 43.
Kxa6 Kc6 44. e5 Be3 45. e6 Bc1 46. a4 bxa4 47. Be5 {Now Black cannot prevent
White from queening one of the pawns, so Alireza resigned. This was a nice win
for me. It's clear that my opponent is talented, and I am sure we will see
more exciting games from him in the future. As for me I finished my long walk
through Wijk Aan Zee with +2. It's clear that there are a lot of improvements
necessary for me to become a better player, and find ways to retain energy
until the end of the tournament. I really like Wijk Aan Zee, it's people and
particularly the chess organizers. They all go the extra mile and make a month
long tournament proceed smoothly and graciously. Thank you Jeroen Van den Berg,
Myra Rooselaar, and the focused, efficient and generous Tata Steel Chess team.}
(47. Be5 Ba3 48. Ka5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. a4 d5 14. a5 Nd6
15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Nd2 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 c6 21. Qd1
Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. a4
Bd6 9. a5 Nb4 10. Na3 Bb5 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Ndxc4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. f3 Be7
15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Bc3 b5 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Nc2 Qc8 20. e4 b5 21. Na5
Nxa5 22. Bxa5 Qb7 23. Rfd1 Rfc8 24. Ne3 Nd7 25. h4 Bf8 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Rc8 28. Rc3 Nb8 29. Bb4 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Qc6 31. Bxf8 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Kxf8 33. Kf2
Ke7 34. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd3 Nxe3
15. fxe3 b6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Be4 Nd7 20. Qe2 b5 21.
Bf3 Rc7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa6 a3 24. bxa3 Qc8 25. Qxc8 Rfxc8 26. Ne2 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Bxa3 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. Bc6 Nb6 31. e4 Ke7 32. e5 Nc4 33. Kf2
f6 34. Bb5 Nb2 35. Nf4 fxe5 36. dxe5 Nd1+ 37. Kf3 Bb2 38. Ba4 Nc3 39. Bc6 Na2
40. Nd3 Bc3 41. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. c4
Be6 15. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Qb4
Rxc6 15. Qxb7 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. O-O a5 18. b3 f6 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Bg6
21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rc2 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxa2 26. Ra1 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Rd5 28. Rc1 Rb5 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 cxd5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxb2 14. Rb1
Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qe5 16. f4 Bxd1 17. fxe5 Bg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rb7 Rac8 20. Rxc7 Rfd8
21. Rf4 Be6 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxa2 24. Rxa7 Be6 25. Ra5 g6 26. Kg1 Rc7 27.
Kf2 Bb3 28. Bxg6 Bxc2 29. Bh5 Bg6 30. Bf3 Rdc8 31. h4 Rc5 32. Rfa4 Bc2 33. Ra3
Bf5 34. Bd5 Kg7 35. Ke3 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Re8 37. Kf4 Be6 38. Bxe6 Rxe6 39. Ra7 h5
40. Ra3 f6 41. Re3 Kg6 42. Rg3+ Kh6 43. Kf5 Rxe5+ 44. Kxf6 Re4 45. Rg6+ Kh7 46.
Rg7+ Kh6 47. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. f3 e6 8. g4
h6 9. h4 Ne5 10. Rg1 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 a5 14. Rfe1 Be6
15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qe2 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
Rad1 Rfe8 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Kf8 24. Kh2 c5 25. Ba6 Red8 26. Re2 d4 27. c3
dxc3 28. Nxc3 Nb6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Ne4 c4 31. Ng5 cxb3 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33.
axb3 Ke7 34. Rc2 Rd4 35. Rc5 Rd5 36. Rc6 Rd6 37. Rc5 Rd5 38. Rc6 Rd6 39. Rc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxe4 Qxb2 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14.
Rb1 Qxb1 15. Qxb1 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 Rd8 17. Bf3 Kf8 18. Rb8 Re8 19. h4 Ba6 20. Rb3
Be2 21. Bxe2 Rxe2 22. Rc3 Re7 23. f3 Ke8 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Ra3 Re5 26. Rxa7 Rc5
27. Ke3 Rxc2 28. g4 h5 29. gxh5 Rc4 30. Ra5 Rxh4 31. Rg5 Ke6 32. Rc5 Ra4 33. h6
gxh6 34. Rxc7 Kf6 35. Rc6+ Kg7 36. Rc2 Kg6 37. Kf2 h5 38. Kg3 Kg5 39. Rc7 h4+
40. Kh3 f5 41. Rh7 Rc4 42. Rh8 Rc1 43. a3 Kf4 44. Rh5 Ra1 45. a4 Ra2 46. Rxh4+
Kxf3 47. Rb4 f4 48. Rb3+ Kf2 49. Kg4 Rxa4 50. Rf3+ Kg2 51. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 52. Kxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India Yogis"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 c5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India Yogis"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 d4 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. e4 dxe3 11. fxe3 Nb4 12. Qf3 Nc2+ 13. Kf2 Nxa1 14. Nxf6+
Ke7 15. Nd5+ Ke8 16. Nf6+ Ke7 17. Nd5+ Ke8 18. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "India Yogis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Nd5
8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14.
Ba5 Qc8 15. O-O-O f6 16. d5 Ke7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. dxe6+ Kxe6 20.
Rhe1+ Kf5 21. Rd5+ Kg6 22. f4 b6 23. f5+ Kh5 24. Bd2 g6 25. Re3 gxf5 26. Rg3
Kh4 27. Rxf5 Bd6 28. Rh3+ Kg4 29. Rfh5 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "India Yogis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. O-O a6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bc2 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Be6
15. Be3 Bd6 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Nf1 Rfd8 18. Ng3 Bc5 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21.
Bb3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Kh7 23. b4 Qf8 24. h4 Ne7 25. Ne3 f6 26. Qc4 Rd7 27. Rad1
Rad8 28. Qe6 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Qd8 31. Ne3 h5 32. Qf7 Kh6 33. Qxe7
1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "China Pandas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Bf4 h6 14. h3 Nd5
15. Bd2 a5 16. a3 b5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Be6 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. d5
cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nd7 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rab8 25. Re2 Nf4 26. Rd2 Ne5 27. Nxe5
dxe5 28. Rad1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Ke7 30. h4 f5 31. g3 Nh5 32. Rd5 e4 33. Na4 Ra8 34.
Nb6 Ra6 35. Rb5 Nf6 36. Nc4 a4 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rb6+ Rxb6 39. Nxb6 g5 40. hxg5
hxg5 41. Nxa4 Kd5 42. b4 Kc4 43. Nc5 f4 44. Kf1 e3 45. fxe3 fxe3 46. Ke2 Nd5
47. g4 Nf6 48. Nd3 Nxg4 49. a4 Nf6 50. a5 Kb5 51. Kxe3 Nd5+ 52. Kf3 Nxb4 53.
Nxb4 Kxa5 54. Kg4 Kxb4 55. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Re8 9. Bg5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. Bc1 Be6 12. Bb2 Bb6 13. d4 Bd5 14. e3 Na5
15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Rfd1 e4 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Bf1 Qf7 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21.
Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 c5 23. d5 Kf7 24. c4 Bc7 25. d6 Bb6 26. Rd5 Re6 27. Ba3 Ke8
28. d7+ Kd8 29. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "China Pandas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 exd5 14. O-O Bd6
15. h3 Re8 16. Bd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qf2 d4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rb8 21.
Rfd1 Rd8 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Be4 Bb7 24. Rac1 Qb6 25. Bd3 Bd5 26. b3 Qf6 27. Bc4
a5 28. Qxd4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Kg8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qc5 Qh6 33. a4
Qf4 34. Re1 Qd2 35. Qe3 Qb4 36. Qe7 Qb6 37. Qe3 Qb4 38. Kh2 Rb8 39. Rd1 Rc8 40.
Rd5 Qb8+ 41. Qe5 Qxb3 42. Rxa5 Qb6 43. Rb5 Qa7 44. a5 Rd8 45. Rb6 Kh7 46. Qg3
Rd5 47. Qh4+ Kg8 48. Qf4 Rxa5 49. Rb8+ Kh7 50. Rf8 Kg6 51. Qe4+ Kf6 52. Qc6+
Kg5 53. f4+ Kxf4 54. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qe7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 g6 7. h4 h5 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. f4 Bg4 12. Qe1 e4 13. Qg3 Nb4 14. a3 d5 15. Be2
d4 16. Bxg4 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Nbd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh5 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qf6 21. Rf1
gxh5 22. f5 Qd6 23. Rf4 Nxf4 24. Nxe4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. d4 f6 10. Na5 Rb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Rd1
Be7 15. Be3 Kf7 16. b3 a6 17. Rd3 Bd6 18. Rad1 c5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Ke6 21.
h4 b5 22. Rc3 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rb4 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Rd5 Ra8 26. Ra5 c6 27. Bb6
Kd7 28. Kf1 Kc8 29. Bc5 Kc7 30. Bxd6+ Kxd6 31. Ke2 h6 32. h5 g5 33. hxg6 Rg8
34. Rxa6 Rxg6 35. g3 h5 36. a3 bxa3 37. Rxa3 h4 38. Rd3+ Ke6 39. Rc3 Kd6 40.
Rd3+ Ke6 41. gxh4 Rg4 42. f3 Rxh4 43. Kd2 Rh2+ 44. Kc3 Rf2 45. Kb3 Kf6 46. Rc3
Kg5 47. Rxc6 Kf4 48. Rf6+ Ke3 49. Kc4 Rxc2+ 50. Kd5 Ra2 51. Kxe5 Ra5+ 52. Ke6
Kd4 53. Rf5 Ra6+ 54. Kf7 Rb6 55. Rd5+ Ke3 56. e5 Rb7+ 57. Kf6 Kxf3 58. e6 Ke4
59. Ra5 Rb6 60. Kf7 Rb1 61. e7 Rf1+ 62. Ke6 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 b5 11. a4 Bb7 12. Nd2 a6 13. b3 O-O 14. bxc4 b4
15. Qe3 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Bd3 exd5 18. cxd5 f5 19. O-O Rae8 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. f3
Qd6 22. Rae1 Re7 23. Bb3 Qg6 24. exf5 Rxe3 25. fxg6 Rd3 26. Re7 Bc8 27. Rf2 Nf6
28. Rfe2 Bf5 29. R7e5 Bxg6 30. Bc2 Rd8 31. d6 c4 32. Nxc4 b3 33. Bxd3 Bxd3 34.
Nd2 Bxe2 35. Rxe2 b2 36. Nb1 Rxd6 37. Rxb2 Rd4 38. Nc3 Rc4 39. Rb3 Nd7 40. a5
Rc5 41. Ra3 Ne5 42. Ne4 Rd5 43. Ra4 Nc6 44. Rc4 Nxa5 45. Rc8+ Kh7 46. Ra8 Nb3
47. Rxa6 Nc5 48. Nc3 Rd3 49. Ra3 Rd2 50. Ra2 Rxa2 51. Nxa2 g5 52. Kf2 Kg6 53.
Ke3 h5 54. Nc3 h4 55. f4 Ne6 56. fxg5 Kxg5 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Ne2 Ng5+ 59. Ke3 Kg4
60. Nd4 Nf7 61. Nf3 Nd6 62. Ne5+ Kf5 63. Nd3 Kg4 64. Nf2+ Kf5 65. Kf3 Nf7 66.
Nd1 Ne5+ 67. Ke2 Kf4 68. Nf2 Nf7 69. Kd3 Ng5 70. Kd4 h3 71. Nd3+ Kf5 72. gxh3
Nxh3 73. Ke3 Ng5 74. Nf2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bg2 b6 8. O-O Bb7
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qd3 e6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 b5 14. a4 a6 15. a5
Rae8 16. Nd2 Bc8 17. Rfe1 h5 18. Qc2 Qd6 19. Ba3 Ng4 20. Nf3 f5 21. e3 Bb7 22.
Ne2 Bh6 23. Nf4 Kh7 24. Nd3 Bg7 25. Rc1 Bf6 26. h3 Nh6 27. Nde5 Nf7 28. Nxf7
Rxf7 29. h4 Rfe7 30. Re2 Bg7 31. Qd1 Kg8 32. Rec2 Kh8 33. Rc3 Bf6 34. R1c2 Kg7
35. Qc1 Rc8 36. Ne1 Ree8 37. Nd3 Kh7 38. Nf4 Qf8 39. Rxc6 Bxc6 40. Rxc6 Nb8 41.
Rc7+ Rxc7 42. Qxc7+ Bg7 43. Bxd5 Rc8 44. Qb7 Re8 45. Bf7 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 a4 12. N1h2 a3 13. b3 b4 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Qd2 Rc8
16. h5 h6 17. Ng4 Re8 18. Rac1 Kh7 19. Bh3 Bf8 20. Ngh2 Ne7 21. g4 d4 22. g5
Nd5 23. Bg2 Qe7 24. Bg3 Qd8 25. Ng4 Nc3 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Qf4 Re7 28. Bh4 Nxa2
29. Ra1 Nc3 30. Nd2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Bg7 32. Nc4 Nd5 33. Qf3 Qf8 34. Kh1 f5 35.
exf6 Bxf6 36. Nxf6+ N7xf6 37. Nd6 Rcc7 38. Ne4 Rf7 39. Nxf6+ Nxf6 40. Rxe6 Ng8
41. Qe4+ Rf5 42. Bf6 Ne7 43. Rxe7+ Rxe7 44. Qxf5+ Kg8 45. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14.
O-O Qb6 15. Qa1 Bd7 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Bh6 f6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qb2 b6 20. Rc1 Qf4
21. Qa3 Qxe4 22. Bf3 Qe5 23. Qa6 Qf4 24. Rc4 Qf5 25. h3 Qb1+ 26. Kh2 Bb5 27.
Qb7 Bxc4 28. Qxa8+ Kf7 29. Qh8 Qf5 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33.
Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Bxb5 Rf8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe5 Nd5 25. Bc4 Re8 26. Nd3 Rxe1+ 27.
Nxe1 Nb6 28. Ba2 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Ne2 f5 31. g4 Kf7 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Kg2
Ke6 34. Kf3 Be5 35. h4 Bf6 36. h5 Be5 37. Kg2 Bf6 38. Kf3 Be5 39. Kg2 Bf6 40.
Kg3 Be5+ 41. Kf3 Bg7 42. Kg3 Be5+ 43. f4 Bg7 44. Nf3 Nb3 45. Ng5+ Ke7 46. Nxh7
Nxc1 47. Nxc1 Bxb2 48. Nd3 Bg7 49. Ng5 Nf6 50. Kh4 Nd5 51. Nf3 Bh6 52. Nfe5 Kf6
53. Ng6 Kf7 54. Kg3 Nf6 55. Nde5+ Ke6 56. Kh4 Nd5 57. Nd3 Kf7 58. Nge5+ Kf6 59.
Nd7+ Ke7 60. N7e5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 a5 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Ne5 c6 19. e4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qb6 21.
Rd6 Na6 22. Rfd1 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. R1d4 Rfc8 25. Bf1 b5 26. axb5 cxb5 27.
Bxb5 Rab8 28. Ba6 Nxa6 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Ra7 Rb5 31. Rdd7 Rf8 32. Rd4 Rxe5 33.
Ra4 Rb8 34. R7xa5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Rb4 36. h4 Rxe4 37. Kg2 g6 38. Rb5 Kg7 39. Ra5
Rd4 40. Ra7 Kf6 41. Ra8 Kf5 42. Rh8 h5 43. Ra8 e5 44. Ra5 Rd2 45. Rb5 Ra2 46.
Rc5 f6 47. Rb5 Ra4 48. Rc5 g5 49. hxg5 Kxg5 50. Rb5 Re4 51. Rb8 Rg4 52. Kf3 Ra4
53. Rg8+ Kf5 54. Rh8 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Kg6 56. Rg8+ Kh7 57. Rb8 Ra2 58. Re8 Kg6 59.
Rg8+ Kf5 60. Rh8 Kg6 61. Rg8+ Kh7 62. Re8 Rb2 63. Rf8 Kg7 64. Re8 Rb4 65. Kf3
Ra4 66. Rb8 Kg6 67. Rg8+ Kf5 68. Rh8 e4+ 69. Kg2 Kg6 70. Rg8+ Kf7 71. Rh8 Ra5
72. Kf1 Rf5 73. Ke2 Re5 74. Ke3 Kg7 75. Ra8 Kg6 76. Kf4 Rf5+ 77. Kxe4 Rxf2 78.
Rg8+ Kh6 79. Rh8+ Kg6 80. Rg8+ Kh7 81. Ra8 Rf1 82. Rb8 f5+ 83. Ke3 Kg6 84. Rg8+
Kh7 85. Ra8 Kg6 86. Rg8+ Kh7 87. Ra8 Kg6 88. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 0,33,16,8,20,22,25,8,19,0,-2,-2,7,-41,18,12,22,20,9,14,32,36,26,16,19,
26,9,-5,0,0,3,0,78,82,80,52] I was paired against one of my idols Wesley.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 ({The game resembles Anti-Berlin structures more
than any other Ruy Lopez lines... Hence I wanted to take a look at Wesley's
two recent games:} 3... Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 (6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2
Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a3 a6 {Here if we compare my game, then a6 is a
useful extra tempo! But it is only seen in lines with 0-0-0.} 11. b4 Ba7 12.
Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 f6 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. Ng3 Bf7 16. Qd2 g6 17. Nh2 h5 18. f4 exf4
19. Qxf4 O-O-O 20. e5 f5 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Rae1 Rde8 23. h4 Bd5 24. Ng5 c5 25.
Re3 b5 26. Ne2 Bb7 27. Nc3 cxb4 28. axb4 Nf6 29. Rfe1 Ng4 30. R3e2 c5 31. e6
cxb4 32. Nf7 Qc7 33. Qxc7+ Kxc7 34. Nxh8 Rxh8 35. Nd1 Re8 36. e7 Bd5 37. Ne3
Nxe3 38. Rxe3 a5 39. Kf2 a4 40. Kg3 a3 41. Kf4 b3 42. cxb3 b4 43. d4 Kd6 44.
Re5 a2 45. Ra1 Bxb3 46. Rb5 Rxe7 47. Rxb4 Re4+ 48. Kg5 Rg4+ 49. Kf6 Rg3 50. Rb5
Bc4 51. Rc5 Bd5 52. Ra5 Bb3 53. Rc1 Rxg2 54. Rcc5 Rg1 55. Ra6+ Kd7 56. Ra7+ Kd6
57. Ra6+ Kd7 58. Rca5 Bc4 59. Ra7+ Kd6 60. Ra8 f4 61. Rd8+ Kc7 62. Rda8 f3 63.
Rxa2 Bxa2 64. Rxa2 Kd6 {0-1 (64) So,W (2770)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT
2020}) 6... Nd7 (6... O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. O-O Re8) 7. Nc4 f6 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Re8
10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. b3 Be6 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Bb2 Rad8 16.
Rad1 Qf7 17. Na5 Bc8 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Na5 Bc8 20. Nc4 c5 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Qe3
cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qg6 24. f3 Qh5 25. Qe2 Bd6 26. g4 Qh3 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Be5
29. Bc3 c6 30. Ne2 Bc7 31. h4 Kf7 32. h5 b5 33. Ng3 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Be6 35. Nf5
Ra8 36. Rd2 Bf4 37. Rc2 g6 38. Ng3 c5 39. Ne2 Bd6 40. hxg6+ hxg6 41. Be1 b4 42.
Bg3 Ke7 43. Bxd6+ Kxd6 44. Nf4 Bf7 45. Nd3 b6 46. f4 Ke7 47. g5 Be6 48. Kf3 Rh8
49. gxf6+ Kxf6 50. Nf2 Rd8 51. Ng4+ Bxg4+ 52. Kxg4 Rd1 53. e5+ Ke6 54. Rg2 b5
55. Kg5 Rf1 56. Rc2 Rg1+ 57. Kh6 Rg4 58. Rxc5 Rxf4 59. Rxb5 Rg4 60. Ra5 Rg2 61.
Kg7 Rg3 62. Kh7 Rg2 63. Kh6 Rg3 64. Ra4 Rg2 65. Ra5 Rg3 66. Kg7 Rg2 67. Kh7 Rg3
68. Ra4 Rg2 69. Rxb4 Rxa2 70. Re4 Ra5 71. Kxg6 Rxe5 72. Rxe5+ Kxe5 73. Kh7 Kd4
74. b4 Kc4 75. Kh8 Kxb4 {1/2-1/2 (75) So,W (2770)-Karjakin,S (2752) chess.com
INT 2020}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 $5 {I thought it was time to test this
against the best!} (5... Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 {
is another popular version of the Ruy Lopez delayed exchange with the only
difference that the bishop is on e7 instead of c5.}) 6. Bxc6 {I was surprised
to see this weapon of Dominguez played again!} dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 ({Last time I
tried} 7... Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Re8 10. Kh1 (10. a4 a5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Bc3 f6
13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. b3 Bf8 16. Bd2 Nf4 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Ne2 Bxc4 19.
bxc4 Ne6 20. f4 Bb4 21. f5 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nc5 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. g4 h6 25. h4 Kf7
26. Kf2 Rh8 27. Rg1 Na6 28. Rg2 Nb4 29. Rc1 Na2 30. Rcg1 Nb4 31. Qd2 b5 32.
cxb5 cxb5 33. axb5 Qc5+ 34. d4 exd4 35. Qxd4 Qxb5 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Rad8 38.
Qa7 Rd2 39. Qxc7+ Rd7 40. Qc3 Qb6+ 41. Qe3 Qxe3+ 42. Kxe3 Nxc2+ 43. Kf2 Re7 44.
gxf6 gxf6 45. Nf4 Rxe4 46. Rg7+ Ke8 47. Ne6 Rh2+ 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Kf3 Re3+ 50.
Kg4 Rf2 51. Rh1 Rg2+ 52. Kf4 Rxg7 53. Nxg7+ Ke7 54. Rh7 Re1 55. Nh5+ Kd6 56.
Nxf6 Rf1+ 57. Kg5 Ne3 58. Ne4+ Kd5 {0-1 (58) Dominguez Perez,L (2758)
-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2618) chess.com INT 2020}) 10... Bf8 {Preparing c5.} 11. Bd2
c5 12. b3 b6 13. Bc3 Bd6 14. a4 Bb7 15. Nfd2 Nf8 16. Qg4 Ng6 17. Ne3 Bf8 18.
Nf5 Bc8 19. g3 f6 20. f4 Kh8 21. Nf3 exf4 22. gxf4 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Bd6 24. Rg1
Qc8 25. Qh5 Nxf4 26. Qh6 Ne6 27. Bxf6 Bf8 28. Rxg7 Bxg7 29. Ng5 Kg8 30. Qxh7+
Kf8 31. Rf1 Re7 32. Nxe6+ Rxe6 33. Bxg7+ Ke7 34. Be5+ Ke8 35. Qf7+ Kd8 36. Bf6+
Rxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kd7 38. Qf7+ Kd8 39. Rg1 {1-0 (39) Dominguez Perez,L (2720)
-Adhiban,B (2671) Monzon 2016}) 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. a3 O-O-O
12. b4 Bd4 13. Rb1 Nb6 $5 {Aimed against a4 ideas.} 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 (15.
fxe3 g5 {looked very good for me.}) 15... g5 $5 {I thought speed was of the
essence...} (15... Rhg8 $1 {would have been a nice idea under the concept of
"Attacking without sacrificing" (something I plan to cover in my book).}) 16.
Bxg5 f6 17. Bh4 $1 {I had missed this very natural retreat after which the
bishop goes to g3 and solidifies White's defences. After this it was difficult
to drum up any plan thanks to the loss of the important g-pawn which I
desperately needed to break through White's position.} Rhg8 18. Qe2 {White can
just prepare for the attack on the queenside.} Na4 19. Rb3 Rdf8 20. Qe3 Kb8 21.
Kh2 Ka8 22. c4 Nb6 23. Bg3 f5 24. Nxe5 fxe4 25. dxe4 Qe6 26. c5 Nc8 27. Rd3 Ne7
28. Re1 Ka7 29. a4 Be8 30. Rd8 h5 31. h4 Qf6 32. b5 cxb5 33. axb5 Bxb5 34. c6+
b6 35. Nd7 Rxg3 36. Qxg3 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. b3 Be6 14. Qd3 Qd7
15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qf7 17. Na5 Bc8 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Na5 Bc8 20. Nc4 c5 21.
Nxb6 axb6 22. Qe3 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qg6 24. f3 Qh5 25. Qe2 Bd6 26. g4 Qh3 27. Qg2
Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Be5 29. Bc3 c6 30. Ne2 Bc7 31. h4 Kf7 32. h5 b5 33. Ng3 Rxd1 34.
Rxd1 Be6 35. Nf5 Ra8 36. Rd2 Bf4 37. Rc2 g6 38. Ng3 c5 39. Ne2 Bd6 40. hxg6+
hxg6 41. Be1 b4 42. Bg3 Ke7 43. Bxd6+ Kxd6 44. Nf4 Bf7 45. Nd3 b6 46. f4 Ke7
47. g5 Be6 48. Kf3 Rh8 49. gxf6+ Kxf6 50. Nf2 Rd8 51. Ng4+ Bxg4+ 52. Kxg4 Rd1
53. e5+ Ke6 54. Rg2 b5 55. Kg5 Rf1 56. Rc2 Rg1+ 57. Kh6 Rg4 58. Rxc5 Rxf4 59.
Rxb5 Rg4 60. Ra5 Rg2 61. Kg7 Rg3 62. Kh7 Rg2 63. Kh6 Rg3 64. Ra4 Rg2 65. Ra5
Rg3 66. Kg7 Rg2 67. Kh7 Rg3 68. Ra4 Rg2 69. Rxb4 Rxa2 70. Re4 Ra5 71. Kxg6 Rxe5
72. Rxe5+ Kxe5 73. Kh7 Kd4 74. b4 Kc4 75. Kh8 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Cori, Jorge Moise"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Bg3 Nxd4 14. Rxd4
Rfd8 15. Rad1 Bc6 16. h3 Rxd4 17. Rxd4 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Bb5 Qd7 20. Bxc6
Qxc6 21. Qd3 a6 22. Bh4 b5 23. b3 g5 24. Bg3 Nd7 25. Ne2 Nc5 26. Qd4 Ne4 27. f3
Nxg3 28. Nxg3 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. f4 Bc5 31. Qc3 gxf4 32. Ne4 fxe3+ 33. g3 Bd6
34. Qxe3 Qc2+ 35. Kh1 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa2+ 37. Kf3 Be7 38. Qc3 Qb1 39. Qc8+ Kh7
40. Qe8 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Kg7 42. Qxe7 Qxe4 43. b4 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1
Na5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Ke2 e6 18. Bd2 exd5 19. exd5 b6 20. Ba6 Re8+
21. Be3 Ba4 22. Rc7 Rad8 23. Rxa7 Rxd5 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Bc4 Bb5 26. Rc7 Nd4+ 27.
Kf1 Nxf3 28. gxf3 Bxc4+ 29. R1xc4 b5 30. Rc8 Rdd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rb4 Ra8 33.
Rxb5 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. a4 d5 14. a5 Nd6
15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Nd2 Bg5 17. Qe3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qd7 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Nc5 Qc8 21.
a6 b6 22. Nb7 Ne4 23. Re1 Bd7 24. c4 Nf6 25. Rc1 Bc6 26. c5 Re4 27. Qg3 Bxb7
28. cxb6 Bxa6 29. Rxc7 Qe8 30. Bxa6 Re1+ 31. Bf1 axb6 32. Qd3 g6 33. f3 Qa4 34.
Kf2 Rd1 35. Qc3 Kg7 36. Bd3 Rh1 37. b3 Qa2+ 38. Bc2 Qa3 39. Qe3 Qa1 40. Kg3 Re1
41. Qc3 Nh5+ 42. Kf2 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Qc1+ 44. Qd2 Re1+ 45. Kd3 Nf4+ 46. Kc3 Re3+
0-1

[Event "Nations Cup Online Final"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
c6 Qa5 9. Bd2 bxc6 10. g3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. Qe4 f6 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Be3 Nb8 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19. Qe6 Bxe2 20. Rd2 Ba6 21.
Nh4 Bc8 22. Qc4 f5 23. Nf3 h6 24. Rad1 Kh7 25. h4 Rf6 26. Ng5+ hxg5 27. hxg5
Rg6 28. Bd5 f4 29. Be4 Bxg5 30. Rd6 Bf6 31. Kg2 f3+ 32. Kxf3 Bg4+ 33. Kg2 Bxd1
34. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 g6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. e5 b6 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Rc1
O-O 16. h5 g5 17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Ne7 19. Rg4 Nf5 20. Bf2 Kh8 21. Bf3 Rg8 22.
a4 Rc8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Rc8 27. Qf1 Qc6 28.
Rf4 Kg8 29. Nh4 Ne7 30. Be1 Qxa4 31. Kh2 Qd1 32. Rxf7 Nf5 33. Rxf5 exf5 34.
Qxf5 Rf8 35. Qe6+ Rf7 36. Nf3 Qc2 37. Qe8+ Rf8 38. Qe6+ Rf7 39. Qe8+ Rf8 40.
Qe6+ Kh7 41. Nh4 Rf1 42. Bg3 Qd1 43. Qg6+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Bf8 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46.
Qg6+ Kh8 47. Kh3 Qxd4 48. Nf3 Rh1+ 49. Bh2 Qf4 50. e6 Bd6 51. Qe8+ Qf8 52. Qd7
Bxh2 53. Nxh2 Qf5+ 54. Kg3 Qe5+ 55. Kf3 Qf6+ 56. Kg3 Qg7+ 57. Ng4 Qxd7 58. exd7
Rd1 59. Ne5 Kg7 60. Kf3 a5 61. Ke4 Rd6 62. Nc4 Rxd7 63. Nxb6 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 h6 8. a4 O-O
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Ng3 Bb6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. gxf3 d5 17. e5 Nh7 18. f4 Qh4 19. Nf5 Qxh3 20. Bc2 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4
22. Ra3 f5 23. Kg2 Rae8 24. Rb3 Qd8 25. Qh5 Nf6 26. Qxf5 Ne4 27. Qg6 Bxd4 28.
Rxe4 dxe4 29. Rg3 Qd7 30. Qxh6 Rf7 31. Bb3 Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qh4+ Kf8 34.
Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qh5 Kf8 36. Rg6 Rxe5 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Bxf7 Rc5 39. Be6 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3
d6 9. a4 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. h3 Nc6 12. c3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Na3 Qe8 15. Rb1
Nh5 16. Bh2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 d5 20. b5 dxe4 21. dxe4 Rd8
22. Qb3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Nc4 Rxe4 25. Qf3 Qg6 26. Nd2 Rh4 27. Qxb7 Bd6 28.
Kh1 Qf5 29. Rb3 d3 30. Qf3 Qe5 31. g3 Rf8 32. Qg2 Rxa4 33. Rxd3 Bb4 34. Qe4
Qxb5 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rd5 Qa6 37. Qxa6 Rxa6 38. Nc4 Ra2 39. Kg1 a5 40. Ne5 Kh7
41. Nc6 Bc3 42. Rc5 Bd2 43. Nd4 a4 44. Rc7 Ba5 45. Rb7 Rf6 46. g4 Rb6 47. Ra7
Bc3 48. Nf5 Bf6 49. Rd1 a3 50. Rd3 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 a2 52. Rda3 Rb2 53. R3a6 Kh8
54. Ra8+ Kh7 55. R8a7 Kh8 56. h4 Rb4 57. Nxh6 Rab1 58. Nf7+ Kg8 59. Rxa2 Rxg4+
60. Kf3 Rxh4 61. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. h3
Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bc2 c6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bc7 13. Nf1 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15.
Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rae1 Re7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd2 Rae8 23. Nf3 g6 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27.
h4 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Kg7 29. g3 Kf6 30. Kg2 Ke5 31. Qb3 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ 33. Kg2
Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. a4 Nb6 12. Na5 c5 13. bxc5 Bxc5 14. d4 exd4
15. cxd4 Bf8 16. Re1 c6 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qe7 19. Ra1 Be6 20. Nb3 Bf7 21.
Qc2 Rad8 22. Qc3 Nc4 23. h3 b6 24. d5 cxd5 25. exd5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. a5
Bxd5 28. Re3 Qg5 29. Rg3 Qf6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Re3 h6 32. Nd2 Re7 33. Rae1 Rde8
34. Ne4 Qc6 35. Qxc6 Bxc6 36. Nd6 Rd8 37. Nc4 b5 38. Nxe5 Be8 39. Re4 Kh7 40.
f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 d5 6. Bf4 dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8
8. Bxc7 Bb4 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Bb5 Bxc3 11. Rd8+ Ke7 12. Rxh8 Be5 13. Bxc6 Bxc7
14. Ba4 a6 15. Ne2 b5 16. Bb3 Bb6 17. Rf1 Bb7 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. c3 Ng4 20. Nd4
Nxh2 21. Rh1 Bc7 22. Nf5+ Kf6 23. Ne3 Bf4 24. g3 Bxe3+ 25. fxe3 Ng4 26. Rf1+
Kg6 27. Rxf7 Nxe3 28. Ra7 Bd5 29. Rxa6+ Kf5 30. Kd2 Nf1+ 31. Ke1 Bxb3 32. Kxf1
Bc4+ 33. Kf2 h5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Bd3 36. Rd4 g5 37. b4 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39.
b5 Kf4 40. Rxd3 exd3 41. b6 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 Rd6 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. c4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nc6 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Bb1 f5 18. a3 fxe4 19. Ng5 exd5 20. axb4 h6 21.
Bc7 Rf8 22. cxd5 Rxf2+ 23. Ke1 Rb2 24. Nxe4 Bf5 25. bxc5 Re8 26. d6 Bc3+ 27.
Rxc3 Rxb1+ 28. Kd2 Rxh1 29. Ng3 Ree1 30. Nxh1 Rxh1 31. Rb3 Rxh2 32. Rxb7 Rxg2+
33. Ke3 Rc2 34. Kd4 Rd2+ 35. Ke5 Re2+ 36. Kd4 Rd2+ 37. Kc4 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bc4 Na5 14. Bb3 h5
15. O-O Nxb3 16. axb3 e5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21.
Rxc1 a5 22. Ra1 b6 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Be3 Bf6 26. Bg5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Rfd1 Nb6
15. Qd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxa4 17. Rdc1 c5 18. c4 Bc6 19. e4 Re8 20. Ba5 Bc7 21. d5
exd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Qf5 Re6 27.
Rxc5 Qa3 28. Ra5 Qc3 29. Rc5 Qa3 30. Ra5 Qc3 31. Rc5 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. c3 c6 14. Ng3 Nf5
15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6 17. Qc2 g6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Re5 Re8 21.
Rae1 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Bd7 23. Qe2 Qf8 24. b4 Re8 25. a4 f6 26. Re3 b6 27. a5 Kf7
28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kxe8 30. axb6 axb6 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14.
Qxc4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxe5 Rfe8 18. Bxc7 Rxe2 19. a4 Rc8 20.
Bf4 f6 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bb3 23. a5 Kf7 24. h4 Rxc3 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.
Bxc1 a6 27. Be3 h5 28. Bb6 g6 29. Be3 f5 30. f4 Bc4 31. Bb6 Bb5 32. Kf2 Ba4 33.
Ke3 Bb5 34. Kf2 Ba4 35. Ke3 Bb5 36. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8.
Bh4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Qc2 Bxc3+ $5 $146 {An
interesting idea.} ({As far as I know, there is nothing wrong with the main
move} 12... Nd5 {except it's a bit easier to play as White:} 13. h4 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 (14. hxg5 Na4+ 15. Kd1 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Nxb2+ 17. Kc2 hxg5 18. Kxb2 Be7 19.
Be5 (19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rh6 Bf6 21. Rc7 Bd8 22. Rc1 Bf6 23. Rc7 Bd8 24. Rc1 {
½-½ Nechaeva,M (2410)-Kovanova,B (2369) Yaroslavl 2018}) 19... f6 20. Bg3 Nc6
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rf7 23. Bc4 Bd7 24. Rxe6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 Kg7 26. Bxf7 Kxf7
$11 {½-½ (38) Brunner,N (2462)-Leko,P (2709) Germany 2017}) 14... Qxc2 15.
Rxc2 Be7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. f4 $1 Nc6 18. fxg5 Bxg5 19. Rh5 $1 f6 (19... Bxe3
20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bd6 $36) 20. Nf3 Bxe3 21. Re2 Bc1 22. Re4 e5 23. Bc4+ Kg7 24.
Reh4 Kg6 25. Rh7 e4 $5 (25... Bg4 26. Bd3+ f5 27. Nxe5+ Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Kg5 $8
29. g3 Rg8 30. Rxb7 Rae8 31. Rb5 Rg6 32. Kf2 Rb6 $11 {½-½ (42) Carlsen,M 
(2882)-Ding Liren (2805) Saint Louis 2019}) 26. Nd2 Ne5 27. R7h6+ Kg7 28. Rh7+
Kg6 29. R4h6+ Kf5 30. Rh5+ Kg6 31. R7h6+ Kg7 32. Rh7+ Kg6 33. R7h6+ Kg7 34.
Bxe5 fxe5 35. Rh7+ Kg6 36. R7h6+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kg6 38. R7h6+ {½-½ Sevian,S 
(2654)-Narayanan,S (2611) Douglas 2019}) 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qc2 $5 (14. Qb4 $5 {
is the first computer choice, but Black is just fine:} Na6 (14... a5 $5 15. Qb5
Bd7 16. Qxb7 Nc6 $1 17. Bd3 (17. Qxd7 $2 Qxb2 $19) 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rab8 19.
Qxd7 Ne5 20. Bb1 Qxb2 21. Qc7 Rb7 22. Qc2 Nd3+ 23. Kd2 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25.
Qxb2 Rxb2+ 26. Bc2 Ra2 {with an easy draw.}) 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Nb5 (16. Nf3
Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. Qe4 Rd8 19. Nxe5 Qf6 {should be fine for Black}) (16. f3
Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. Ne2 Qe6 $132) 16... b6 $1 17. O-O (17. Nc7 $2 Qd3 $1 $17)
17... Nxg3 18. fxg3 $1 Qa5 19. Qe4 Ba6 20. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qxh6+
Kg8 23. Qg6+ $11 {A very nice forced draw.}) 14... Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Nxg3+ (15...
Nf6 16. h4 {would give White huge compensation, but maybe not enough for an
advantage. For example:} g4 (16... Nc6 17. hxg5 Nxd4+ 18. exd4 Qxg5 19. Bh4 $1
{looks dangerous for Black.}) 17. f3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Kf2 Rd8 $132) (15...
e5 16. Qxe4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qc3 $14) (15... f5 $6 16. f3 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3
Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Kf2 $1 {is quite ugly for Black.}) 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. f4 {
White has a big threat there: b2-b4!} Bd7 $6 (17... Nc6 $1 {was a much better
move, and I believe Black is fine:} 18. Nxc6 (18. Nb3 Qf5 19. Qc3+ e5 $132)
18... bxc6 19. Kf2 (19. b4 Qxb4 20. fxg5 Qg4+ 21. Kf2 Qxg5 $15) 19... Rd8 20.
Rd1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Qf5 {and Black is definitely not worse.}) (17... gxf4 18.
gxf4 {just looks ugly for Black - opening up the g-file.}) 18. b4 $1 {A very
nice blow!} Qxb4 (18... Qd8 {would allow the white queen to the a1-h8 diagonal,
which looks very dangerous for Black:} 19. Qb2 (19. Nf3 $5) (19. b5 $5) (19.
Qc3 $5) 19... Qf6 $2 (19... e5 {is necessary}) 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Nf5+ $1 $18)
19. fxg5 Rc8 $2 ({It may be that it wasn't too late to play} 19... Nc6 {
- some crazy computer line going:} 20. Nf3 (20. gxh6+ Kh8 $132) 20... Rfc8 21.
gxh6+ Kh8 22. Qd1 Ne5 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nxe5 Qb2+ 25. Kf3 Qxe5 26. Qxd7 Qf6+
27. Ke2 Qb2+ $11) (19... Rh8 20. Qe4 $1 {looks very dangerous for Black.}) 20.
gxh6+ Kh8 21. Qxc8+ $1 Bxc8 22. Rxc8+ Kh7 23. Nf3 $1 {Another brilliant move.
Black is completely paralyzed.} (23. Kf2 {would allow} Qd2+ 24. Be2 Nc6 $1 25.
Rxa8 Nxd4 $11) 23... f6 (23... Qb2+ {doesn't help:} 24. Ke1 Qb1+ 25. Kf2 Qb2+
26. Be2 $18) 24. Kf2 (24. Rc7+ Kh8 25. Nh4 Nd7 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. h7+ Kg7 28.
h8=Q+ Rxh8 29. Rxd7+ Kxg6 30. Rxh8 Qb5+ 31. Rd3 {was winning as well, but the
text move is stronger.}) 24... Qb2+ 25. Be2 Na6 {Black has no choice but to
sacrfice his a8-rook.} (25... a5 26. Rc7+ Kh8 27. Nh4 $18) 26. Rxa8 Nc5 27. Rd1
$5 (27. Rh4 $5) 27... Ne4+ 28. Kg1 $1 {Again, brilliant!} f5 (28... Qxe2 29.
Rd7+ {runs into a forced mate:} Kg6 30. Rg8+ Kh5 31. g4+ Kxh6 32. Rh8+ Kg6 33.
Nh4+ Kg5 34. Rg7#) ({So does} 28... Nxg3 29. Rd7+ Kxh6 30. Rh8+ Kg6 31. Nh4+
Kg5 32. Rg7#) 29. Bd3 $5 Qf2+ (29... Nf2 $2 30. Rd2 $18) 30. Kh1 Qxe3 31. Bxe4
fxe4 32. Rd7+ {Now it's easy.} Kg6 (32... Kxh6 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rg8+ Kf6 35.
Rf8+ Kg6 36. Ne5+ Kg5 37. Rg7+ Kh6 38. Rfg8 $18) 33. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,128,30,26,26,22,25,25,25,25,11,1,12,15,16,10,6,26,37,33,24,12,30,24,
27,26,33,30,23,22,41,24,32,26,26,19,31,30,28,34,45,37,42,49,38,40,42,39,32,38,
50,10,53,45,62,4,47,38,45,39,19,25,43,53,55,55,63,61,68,70,85,63,67,93,129,64,
72,98,81,105,102,80,80,80,87,87,87,11,-4,0,37,-87,-12,-23,-25,-25,-18,-18,-13,
0,-73,-2,-1,-3,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-62,-73,-14,-14,0,-324,-302,
-307,-308,-302,-294,-327,-333]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5.
Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a3 a6 11. b4 Ba7 12.
Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 f6 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. Ng3 Bf7 16. Qd2 g6 17. Nh2 h5 18. f4 exf4
19. Qxf4 O-O-O 20. e5 f5 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Rae1 Rde8 23. h4 Bd5 24. Ng5 c5 25.
Re3 b5 26. Ne2 Bb7 27. Nc3 cxb4 28. axb4 Nf6 29. Rfe1 Ng4 30. R3e2 c5 31. e6
cxb4 32. Nf7 Qc7 33. Qxc7+ Kxc7 34. Nxh8 Rxh8 35. Nd1 Re8 36. e7 Bd5 37. Ne3
Nxe3 38. Rxe3 a5 39. Kf2 a4 40. Kg3 a3 41. Kf4 b3 42. cxb3 b4 43. d4 Kd6 44.
Re5 a2 45. Ra1 Bxb3 46. Rb5 Rxe7 47. Rxb4 Re4+ 48. Kg5 Rg4+ 49. Kf6 Rg3 50. Rb5
Bc4 51. Rc5 Bd5 52. Ra5 Bb3 53. Rc1 Rxg2 54. Rcc5 Rg1 55. Ra6+ Kd7 56. Ra7+ Kd6
57. Ra6+ Kd7 58. Rca5 Bc4 59. Ra7+ Kd6 60. Ra8 f4 {The cheeky passed pawn Part
2 White must play very carefully on account of the dangerous black passed
pawns. Der freche f-Freibauer Teil 2 Weiß muss aufgrund der gefährlichen
schwarzen Freibauern sehr genau agieren:} 61. Rd8+ $2 ({This misses the mate
or the amusing perpetual. Das verpasst den Matt bzw Dauerschachwitz} 61. Rc5 $1
{[%cal Ga8d8]} Kd7 (61... a1=Q $4 62. Rd8#) 62. Ra7+ $11) 61... Kc7 62. Rda8 (
62. Rf8 a1=Q 63. Rxa1 Rxa1 64. Kxg6 Rf1 65. Kxh5 f3 $19) 62... f3 63. Rxa2 Bxa2
64. Rxa2 Kd6 (64... Kd6 65. Rf2 Rg3 66. Rf1 Kd5 67. Rd1 f2 68. Rf1 Rg2 69. Ke7
Kxd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Rae1 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h4 a6 14. a4 Nh5
15. Bh2 Nf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bh2 Nf6 18. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 b5
9. Bc2 Bb6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bd2
c5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qc1 c4 18. Nf5 Re6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc7 21. Rad1 Rae8
22. Rd2 Nf4 23. Kh2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Nxe5 Nxg2 26. Qg3 Nh5 27. Qxg2 Rxe5
28. Nxh6+ Kf8 29. Ng4 Re6 30. Qf3 Qd2 31. Re2 Qd6+ 32. Kg1 Nf4 33. Re1 f5 34.
Ne3 fxe4 35. Qg3 Nd3 36. Qxd6+ Rxd6 37. Rd1 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 Bc8 39. h4 Bh3+ 40.
Ke2 Rf6 41. Bxd3 exd3+ 42. Ke1 Rf4 43. b3 Be6 44. bxc4 Bxc4 45. a4 Rxh4 46.
axb5 axb5 47. Kd2 Kf7 48. Ra1 Rf4 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Ra6+ Kg5 51. Ke1 d2+ 52.
Kxd2 Rxf2+ 53. Kd1 Rf4 54. Rc6 Kh5 55. Rc8 g5 56. Rh8+ Kg6 57. Ke1 g4 58. Rh4
Kg5 59. Rh7 Rf3 60. Kd2 Rf2+ 61. Kd1 g3 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5
21. Nxe5 Qd6 22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Kg8 27.
Qe3 Kf7 28. Qh6 Kg8 29. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 $5 7. O-O $5 (7.
Qc2 {and 7.a3 are also possible - and were both played against Carlsen, by
Ding Liren and Giri (two draws).}) 7... O-O 8. Na3 $5 {An aggressive choice.} (
8. e3 Nc6 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. a3 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Nxe5 14.
Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 c6 $11 {0-1 (39) Matlakov,M (2685)-Gelfand,B (2676) chess.
com 2020}) (8. Qc2 $5 Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 (9. Qxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. Ne5 Ra6 12. Na3
Bd7 13. e4 Be8 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 $13 {1-0 (103) Le Quang Liem (2737)-Wang Hao 
(2709) Huai'an 2017}) 9... b5 10. a4 c6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 b4 {and that's
just the beginning of complications: White can play 13.e4 or 13.Ne5, for
example.}) (8. Bg5 $5 {is another choice, giving Black a possiblity between
the solid 8...h6, the risy 8...b5, or even 8...Nc6!? played by Nakamura.}) 8...
Bxa3 9. bxa3 b5 {Now, time to have a look at Wesley's idea.} 10. Qb1 $5 $146 {
Almost a new move.} (10. Rb1 c6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. e4 Nb6 14. Qc3 f6
15. Nf3 N8d7 $36 {0-1 (37) Carron,J (2314)-Bartel,M (2513) Instanbul 2005})
10... c6 ({The only existing game continued} 10... Ba6 11. e4 (11. Rd1 $5)
11... Nc6 $5 (11... h6 $5) 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qe4 c3 15. Qh4 h5 16. g4
$2 cxd2 17. gxh5 Qe7 $19 {and White's attack failed: 0-1 (27) Prydun,A (2224)
-Lagashin,P (2066) Lviv 2018. Surely in the game Wesley So would have come up
with a better idea!}) 11. e4 h6 12. g4 $6 {In the spirit of the position - but
it doesn't seem to work too well.} Nh7 $5 ({Obviously} 12... Nxg4 $2 13. e5 {
would be no fun for Black, as he would have to play} h5 14. h3 Nh6 {which
seems quite ugly.}) (12... Nbd7 $5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 (14. e5 Nh7 $17) 14...
e5 {also seems to work pretty well for Black.}) (12... e5 $5 {works as well:}
13. g5 (13. dxe5 Bxg4 $1 14. exf6 Bxf3 15. fxg7 Re8 $17) 13... Nh7 14. gxh6
exd4 15. hxg7 Re8 $132) 13. h4 e5 $1 {Excellent reaction!} 14. Nxe5 (14. d5 f6
$15) (14. dxe5 $2 Bxg4 $19) 14... Qxd4 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Qc1 Qc5 $1 (16... Rxe5
$2 17. Rd1 $16) 17. Rd1 Na6 {Black had several good moves at his disposal.} (
17... Nf8 $5) (17... f6 $5 18. Nf3 Bxg4 19. a4 Qh5 20. Qc3 b4 21. Qxc4+ Be6 $15
) (17... Nf6 $5 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21. Bd6 Qb6 22. Re1 Nd7
23. Qf4 Qd4 $1 $15) 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 (18... Nf6 $5 {seemed even better.}) (18...
Bxg4 $2 19. Rd6 $44) 19. e5 Qc5 20. Bxa8 Bxg4 21. Be3 $1 Qxe5 22. Rd4 {White
is getting counter chances.} Nf6 $6 (22... Qh5 {could have led to fun
positions:} 23. Bg2 Nf6 24. a4 Nc5 25. axb5 Nd3 26. Qc2 Bf3 27. Bxf3 Qxf3 28.
Rxc4 Ne5 29. Rf4 Qh3 30. b6 Neg4 31. Qc6 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Nxe3+ 33. fxe3 Qh3+ 34.
Qg2 Qxe3 35. Qf3 Qxb6 $17) (22... Bf5 $5 {looks excellent for Black.}) 23. Bc6
Re6 24. Bg2 (24. Qb2 $1 {would have leveled up the game! It seems like both
players have missed it.}) 24... Nc5 25. Qc3 Kh7 26. Qxa5 Nd3 $2 (26... Rd6 $1
27. Qc7 Ne8 28. Qb8 Bf3 $1 $19 {Beautiful!}) 27. Rb1 Qf5 28. Rxb5 Qg6 29. Qa8
$2 (29. Kh2 $1 $13) 29... Ne5 $2 (29... Re8 30. Rb8 Bf3 $1 31. Qxf3 Rxb8 $19)
30. Rd8 Ne8 $5 (30... Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Qe4 {should be playable, but it is
definitely White who plays for a win.}) 31. Rxe8 $4 (31. Kh1 $13) 31... Rxe8
32. Qxe8 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Qd3 $1 {And White gets mated or else has to give away
almost all of his pieces.} 34. Bd2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 f6 16. Re1 bxc5 17. bxc5 e5 18. Bf1 e4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nb3 Bf6 21. Rb1 Re8
22. Nd1 g5 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bd8 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. Ra1 Nf8 27. Bh3 f4 28.
Ra8 Bd7 29. Bxd7 Rxa8 30. Bxc6 Rb8 31. Nc3 Kg7 32. Bxd5 e3 33. fxe3 fxe3 34.
Kf1 h5 35. Nd1 Re8 36. Ke2 Ng6 37. Bf3 h4 38. Nxe3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Bxg3 40. Na5
Nf4+ 41. Kd2 Be1+ 42. Kxe1 Rxe3+ 43. Kf2 Rd3 44. c6 Nh3+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Kf2
Nh3+ 47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. Qxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Ne4
15. Qd3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. a5 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Red1 Rfe8
21. Qb3 e5 22. d5 e4 23. Bg2 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 e3 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27.
fxe3 Be5 28. Rb1 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Rb8 30. Rf1 Bf6 31. e4 b6 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Rxf7
Kh7 34. Be4+ Kg8 35. Bd5 Kh7 36. axb6 Rxb6 37. b3 Kg6 38. Re7 Bf6 39. Rd7 Kf5
40. Bc4 Ke4 41. Kf2 Bd4+ 42. Ke1 Bc3+ 43. Kd1 Bf6 44. Ra7 Ke3 45. Rxa6 Rxa6 46.
Bxa6 Bc3 47. Kc2 Be1 48. Kb2 Bb4 49. Bb5 Kd4 50. Be8 Ke3 51. Bh5 Kd4 52. Kc2
Ke3 53. Bf3 Be1 54. Kb2 Bb4 55. h4 g6 56. g4 Kd4 57. e4 g5 58. hxg5 hxg5 59.
Kc2 Ba3 60. Bh1 Be7 61. Bg2 Bf8 62. Kd2 Bb4+ 63. Ke2 Bd6 64. Kf3 Kc3 65. Ke3
Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. a3 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nd7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Nf5 Nf6
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21.
Ba6 Rc5 22. f3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qf2 Rfc8 26. Rd2 Qb3 27. Re1
Rc2 28. Ree2 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Qa2 30. Rc2 Qb1 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Re1 Rc2 33. Rxb1
Rxf2 34. e4 Kg7 35. g4 Rc2 36. a4 Kf6 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. b3 Rc3 39. a5 bxa5 40.
Ra1 Rc5 41. Rh1 Rc6 42. Ra1 Rc5 43. Rh1 Rb5 44. Rxh6 Rb6 45. Rh5 Rxb3 46. Rxg5
Rb5 47. Rh5 a4 48. Rh1 a3 49. Ra1 Ra5 50. Kf2 Kd6 51. Ke2 Kc5 52. Kd3 Kb4 53.
Rb1+ Kc5 54. Rc1+ Kb5 55. Rb1+ Kc5 56. Rc1+ Kd6 57. Ra1 Kc5 58. Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. e3 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. Rfd1 g6 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nc5 19. Bxa8 Nb3 20. Rdd1 Nxa1 21.
Rxa1 Qxa8 22. axb5 a5 23. Qxc4 Rb8 24. h4 h5 25. e4 Re8 26. Qxc7 Qxe4 27. b6
Re7 28. Qc5 Kh7 29. Qxa5 Qc6 30. Qb4 Rd7 31. Qa4 Qb7 32. Qb3 Re7 33. Qb4 Rd7
34. Qc5 Rd2 35. b4 Qe4 36. Qc7 Qf3 37. Rf1 g5 38. b7 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. a3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rfd1 Qb6
15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 d4 17. Rdc1 dxe3 18. fxe3 Rac8 19. Qc3 h6 20. Bh4 Rfe8
21. Rd1 Ne7 22. Bf3 Nf5 23. Bf2 Nd6 24. Bg3 Nb5 25. Qc2 c4 26. a4 Na7 27. Rd6
Nc6 28. Qc3 Qc5 29. Rad1 Nb4 30. Qd4 Nd3 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb6 Bd7 33. Bd6 Rcc8
34. Bd5 Rxe3 35. Rf1 Be6 36. Bf3 Nc5 37. Rb5 Nxa4 38. Ra1 Bd7 39. Rb7 Be8 40.
Bg4 Ra8 41. Kf2 Rd3 42. Be5 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rd3+ 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Ke3 Rad8 46. Be2
R2d5 47. Bg3 Bc6 48. Rc7 Re8+ 49. Kf2 Rd2 50. Rxc6 Nxb2 51. Rxa5 Rdxe2+ 52. Kg1
Rc2 53. Rf5 Nd3 54. Rc7 f6 55. Rf1 Ree2 56. Kh1 Rxg2 57. Rb1 Rge2 58. Rg1 Kh8
59. Rc8+ Kh7 60. Rc7 Kh8 61. Rc8+ Kh7 62. Rc7 Rc1 63. Be1 Kh8 64. Rc8+ Kh7 65.
Rc7 Kg8 66. Rcxg7+ Kf8 67. Bb4+ Ke8 68. Rxc1 Nxc1 69. Rc7 Rc2 70. Re7+ Kd8 71.
Rh7 Nd3 72. Be7+ Ke8 73. Bxf6 Nf2+ 74. Kg1 Nh3+ 75. Kh1 Nf2+ 76. Kg1 Ng4 77.
Bh8 c3 78. Rc7 Rc1+ 79. Kg2 c2 80. Kh3 Ne3 81. Bd4 Nd5 82. Rc4 Rd1 83. Bb2 Rd3+
84. Kh4 Ne3 85. Rc5 Ng2+ 86. Kh5 Rh3+ 87. Kg4 Rb3 88. Bc1 Ne3+ 89. Kf4 Ng2+ 90.
Kg4 Ne3+ 91. Kf4 Ng2+ 92. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qe5 9. Bd3 Qxd4 10. Qe2 Qe5 11. f4 Qc7 12. O-O f5 13. Ng5 Be7 14. b4 Bf6
15. Ra2 O-O 16. Be3 d6 17. c5 d5 18. g4 Nc6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qf3 h6 21. Qxd5+
Kh8 22. Re2 hxg5 23. fxg5 Qd8 24. Qf3 Qxd3 25. gxf6 Rxf6 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Bg5
Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Be6 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. g4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Rxd8+
Qxd8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. gxh6 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qc7 19. Qe4 Na5 20. Ne5 Be8
21. Rd7 Qc5 22. b4 Qxf2 23. Rxe7 Qg1+ 24. Nd1 Qxh2 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d3 d5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. h3 e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Qa3 Qxa3 12. bxa3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Bb2
Na5 15. Be2 c5 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Bf3 Nxf2 18. Bc3 Nxh1 19. Bxa5 b6 20. Bc3 Bd5
21. e4 Bb7 22. Ke2 Ng3+ 23. Ke3 f5 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Rxe1+ 13. Nxe1 g6 14. g3 Ng7
15. Ndf3 Ne7 16. Ng2 c6 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. Qb3 f6 19. Bf4 Nef5 20. h4 Qf7 21. Re1
Bf8 22. Nh2 Nd6 23. Ne3 Nh5 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. c4 Be6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Be2 Ng7
28. Bf3 Rd8 29. Nhg4 Kf8 30. Bxd5 h5 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Nh6 Qd7 33. Neg4 hxg4
34. Rxe6 Kg7 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Nf7 Qxd4 37. Nxd8 Qxd8 38. Qxb7+ Kg8 39. Qxa7
Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd2 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,41,30,21,30,-9,29,44,51,46,41,46,38,51,51,35,33,39,32,48,30,14,36,13,
100,48,-1,11,85,98,101,58,128,135,159,153,156,164,172,185,185,184,389,398]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ {This
system is not very popular but may resurrect one day.} c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 a5
10. Nf3 {Introduced by Viktor Kortschnoj instead of the "logical"} (10. Ne2) {
White develops his knight more actively. However, practice has shown that
Black can launch an attack on White's d4 pawn by means of ...c6-c5, ...Nb8-c6
and ...Bc8-g4.} 10... O-O (10... a4 11. Bc2 c5 {brought Black a good position
in the following game but definite conclusions are still premature:} (11... Nd7
$5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Nb6 14. Qc1 Be6 15. Bh6 $13 {1-0 (44) Beliavsky,A (2668)
-Borisek,J (2443) Terme Zrece 2003 CBM 097 [Krasenkow,M]}) (11... O-O $5 12.
O-O c5 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. Be3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bg4 16. Rxb5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxd4 18.
Rd5 Bxe3 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $44 {1/2 (33) Nakamura,H (2754)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775)
Paris 2019}) 12. O-O (12. Rb1 $5) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. e5 (14. Be3 Bg4)
14... Be6 15. Be3 O-O $15 {0-1 (28) Smirnov,V (2395)-Neverov,V (2515) Minsk
1996}) 11. O-O c5 (11... Na6 $5 12. Be3 (12. a3 $5) 12... a4 13. Bc2 c5 14. Qd2
Bg4 $132 {0-1 (42) Wedda,D (2234)-Vrolijk,L (2478) Dieren 2019}) 12. a4 $2 (12.
Rb1 {, aiming at Black's b5 pawn, is more subtle but Black had no problems in
the following stem game:} Ba6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. d5 $6 (14. e5 $142 $1 {Finkel,A}
Qc7 $5) 14... Ne5 15. Bf4 Qd6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 $13 {1-0 (58)
Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Finkel,A (2505) Beersheba 1997 CBM 058 [Kortschnoj]}) 12...
b4 $1 {Black seizes the initiative.} 13. cxb4 cxd4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (13...
axb4 $1 {[%cal Rc8a6,Rb8c6] , and White is in big trouble, e.g.} 14. Bd5 (14.
Bb2 Ba6 15. Re1 c4) (14. Be3 Ba6 15. Re1 c4 16. Bc2 b3 $17) 14... Ra7 {[%cal
Ye7e6]} 15. Bg5 Ba6 16. Re1 c4 $17 {[%csl Rd5]}) 14. b5 $16 {[%csl Gb5]
White's outside b5 pawn is more dangerous than Black's d4 pawn.} Bb7 15. e5 e6
(15... Nd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 $16) 16. Bg5 $1 Qb6 ({or} 16...
Qd7 17. Rc1 {, and Black's awkwardly placed pieces can't put up serious
resistance} (17. Qxd4 Bxf3 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. gxf3 Nxe5 {is less convincing}))
17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Re8 {This loses in a tactical way but
Black can hardly find sensible moves. Maybe} (19... Bc8 {??!}) 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21.
Nxe6 $1 (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. e4 dxe3 18. fxe3 Rf8 19. Rf3 c6 20. d4 g6 21.
Rcf1 Qd5 22. e4 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Rfd8 24. Rd3 c5 25. d5 b5 26. b3 Bd6 27. Nf3 f6
28. Re3 Re8 29. Rfe1 Rbd8 30. e5 fxe5 31. Nxe5 Bf8 32. Rd1 Bh6 33. Ree1 Bf8 34.
Kf3 Kg7 35. a4 a6 36. Re4 Bd6 37. Nc6 Rf8+ 38. Kg2 Rd7 39. Re6 Rf5 40. axb5
axb5 41. Rd2 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Ree2 c3 44. Rd3 Bf8 45. Rxc3 Rfxd5 46. Ne5
Rd2 47. Rc2 Rxe2+ 48. Rxe2 Re7 49. Kf3 Re6 50. Nd3 Rxe2 51. Kxe2 Bd6 52. Kf3
Kf6 53. h3 h5 54. g4 hxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Ba3 56. h4 Bd6 57. h5 gxh5+ 58. Kxh5 Bf4
59. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Be1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Bxh7+ Nxh7
15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bf2 Nh5 20. g3 g5 21.
Bxb6 gxf4 22. Nc7 Bxc7 23. Bxc7 fxg3 24. hxg3 Nxg3 25. Rf2 Nf5 26. Kh2 f6 27.
Nd3 Kf7 28. Bf4 Rh8+ 29. Kg1 Rg8+ 30. Rg2 Bd7 31. a3 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bb5 33. Nb4
Re8 34. Rd1 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. Rxd5 Rxb4 37. Rxf5 Rb3+ 38. Kf2 Bc6 39. Bc1
Rc3 40. Rxf6+ Kxf6 41. Bb2 Ke6 42. Bxc3 Kd5 43. Bb4 Kc4 44. Kg3 Ba4 45. Kh2 b5
46. Kg3 Kb3 47. Kh2 Kc4 48. Kg3 Kb3 49. Kh2 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qg4 Ne7 18. Na3 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bb6 21.
Qxf4 Ng6 22. Qg3 d5 23. Rad1 Bc7 24. f4 Qf6 25. e5 Qc6 26. h4 Ra8 27. Nb1 Ra2
28. Rd2 Rfa8 29. Qd3 Bb6+ 30. Kh2 d4 31. c4 Bd8 32. Qxd4 Qc7 33. h5 Nf8 34. c5
Qe7 35. Be4 Ne6 36. Qd3 Rxd2+ 37. Nxd2 Ra2 38. Bxh7+ Kh8 39. Bf5 Qh4+ 40. Kg1
Be7 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. Rf2 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 Bh4 44. Rg2 Qxf4+ 45. Kh3 Ra1 46. Nf3
Rh1+ 47. Nh2 Re1 48. Ng4 Rh1+ 49. Nh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,49,19,29,30,23,17,17,8,14,39,5,68,65,59,65,64,58,65,59,53,48,91,75,87,
80,76,73,71,92,83,52,51,31,71,68,68,-12,-24,-1,0,-20,-27,-18,3,10,13,13,22,81,
357,368]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Be3 (12. b3 {
is more common in this position.}) 12... Be7 (12... Bb4 13. Ne2 (13. Ne4 $6 Bf5
) 13... Be7 {, with idea ...c6-c5 (so that White can't immediately move his
knight to d5) was tried by Tony Miles with success:} 14. c4 Be6 15. Rac1 c5 16.
b3 b6 17. Nc3 h6 18. Rd2 c6 19. Ne4 Bd8 20. Nd6+ Ke7 21. h4 Bg4 22. Nh2 Be6 23.
Nf3 Bg4 24. Nh2 Be6 {1/2 (24) Dervishi,E (2478)-Miles,A (2584) Saint Vincent
2000}) 13. Rd2 (13. Ne2 $6 {is a loss of time, after which Black equalizes
without problems, e.g.} f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nf4 Kf7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Bd8
18. Nd4 a6 19. Rd2 c5 20. Ne2 Bf5 $11 {1/2 (38) Bologan,V (2681)-Alekseev,E 
(2695) Loo 2013}) (13. a3 Nh4 (13... Be6 14. Nd4 $5) (13... Bd7 $5 {[%cal
Ya8d8]}) 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. g4 Be7 16. Kg2 h5 17. f3 b6 18. Ne2 Bb7 19. a4 Rd8
$11 {1/2 (42) Zhigalko,A (2603)-Raznikov,D (2490) Yerevan 2014}) 13... h5 {
A standard move but} (13... f6 $5 {was possible here, too.}) 14. Re1 h4 {
[%cal Yh8h5]} 15. Ne4 (15. Nd4 $5 {but Black should equalize after} Kf8 $1 (
15... Nxe5 $143 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bxc7 $14 {[%csl Re8] e.g.} f6 18. Rde2 Kf7 19.
Ne4 $36) 16. f4 a6 {[%cal Yc6c5,Yh8h5]}) 15... Bf5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 $6 (16... Rd8 {
was a logical continuation of Black's plan.} 17. Nd6+ cxd6 18. exd6 {is not
dangerous due to} f6 19. dxe7 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Kf7 21. Bb4 b6 22. Bd6 c5 23. c3
Be6 24. b4 {(otherwise Black regains the e7 pawn and equalizes)} Nxe7 25. bxc5
Nc8 {, and White can't keep his material gains.}) 17. Nexg5 Rh5 (17... Nf4 {
[%cal Yf4e6]} 18. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rh4]}) 18. g4 {This blow misses the target.} (
18. e6 $5 f6 19. Ne4 $36 {[%csl Ge6] was stronger but it was not easy to
evaluate in a rapid game.}) 18... hxg3 19. fxg3 Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Rxh3 21. e6 Rxg3+
22. Kf2 Rg4 23. Rd7 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A strange mistake as it is clear that
Black should not leave White's e6 pawn alive.} (23... fxe6 {was quite possible,
with a probable draw after} 24. Rxc7 (24. Rxg7 Kf8 25. Rxc7 Kg8 26. Rxb7 Rf8
$132) 24... Rb8 25. Rh1 (25. Rxe6+ Kf8) (25. Rxg7 Kf8 26. Rd7 Kg8) 25... Rf4 $1
26. Rxg7 Nf8 27. Ke3 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Ne5+ Ke7) 24. Rxf7 Nf8 $2 (24... Nh8
$8 {but now White should win anyway after} 25. Ne5 $1 ({but not} 25. Rd7 $2 Rg6
{[%cal Rg6e6]}) 25... Rg5 26. Rd7 {[%cal Re1h1]} Rf5+ (26... Ng6 27. Rxg7 Rxe5
(27... Nf4 28. Rh7 Rh5 29. Rxh5 Nxh5 30. Rh1 $18) 28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29. Rg8+) 27.
Nf3 Kf8 28. Rg1 $18) 25. Rh1 (25. Rh1 {[%cal Rh1h8]} Nxe6 26. Ne5 Rf4+ 27. Rxf4
Nxf4 28. Rh8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 a6 13. a5 Rb8 14. b3 Bg4 15. Bb2
Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Ned7 17. Rfe1 b5 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Ra3 Nxe4 20. Bxg7 Nxd2 21.
Qxd2 Kxg7 22. Rea1 Nf6 23. Ng3 Re5 24. Rxa6 Qxb3 25. Rxd6 Nxd5 26. h4 Qb2 27.
Rd1 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Nf6 30. f3 Rc8 31. h5 Nxh5 32. Nxh5+ gxh5 33.
R6d5 Re6 34. Rc2 c4 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Kh4 f5 37. Rc3 Rec6 38. Rd4 Kf6 39. f4 Rg8
40. Rdxc4 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxg2 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. Kxh5 Rg4 44. Rc4 Ke6 45. Ra4 Rg1
46. Kh6 Re1 47. Kxh7 Re4 48. Rxe4+ fxe4 49. Kg6 Ke7 50. Kg7 Ke6 51. Kg6 e3 52.
f5+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 d5 12. Ng3 Qd6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Be3 Rf7 15.
Rad1 Raf8 16. c3 d4 17. cxd4 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Kh1 Qf4 21.
Rg1 g6 22. Nf1 Bd6 23. Rg3 Qh6 24. Nd2 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Qe3 26. Re1 Qxe2 27. Rxe2
Ne5 28. f4 Nxd3 29. Nb3 c5 30. Rd2 c4 31. Nxd4 e5 32. fxe5 Rf1+ 33. Kg2 Rb1 34.
b3 Nxe5 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Rf2 Rb2 37. Rxb2 Nxb2 38. Ne6 a5 39. Nd4 b4 40. axb4
axb4 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Ke3 Nc5 43. e5 Kf7 44. Kd2 Ke7 45. Nc6+ Ke6 46. Nxb4 Kxe5
47. Ke3 Ne6 48. Nd3+ Kf6 49. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e3 a6 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7
15. Bg3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nf6 18. Rad1 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rad8
21. h3 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. b3 c4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Be5 Qe6 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.
Bd4 Bf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qg3+ Kh7 30. Qc7 Kg7 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Qc7 Qd5 33. e4
Qd4 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 d5 12. Ng3 Qd6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. a4 b4 15.
b3 Rf7 16. Bb2 Raf8 17. Rae1 Qc5 18. Qd1 Qb6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd5 exd5 21. Re6
Nc5 22. Bxd4 Bd6 23. Be3 Nd8 24. Re5 c6 25. Rh5 Nde6 26. Nh4 g6 27. Nxg6 hxg6
28. Qg4 Rg7 29. Rh6 Qc7 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxg6 Bxg3 32. hxg3 a5 33. Re1 Qf7 34.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qh3 Qh8 36. Qg4+ Qg7 37. Qh3 Ne4 38. Qe6+ Qf7 39. Qg4+ Qg7 40.
Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qh3+ Qh6 42. Qd7+ Kh8 43. Re2 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qh6+ 45. Kg1 Nxf2 46.
Rxf2 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Rxf2 48. Qh3+ Kg7 49. Qd7+ Rf7 50. Qg4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. h3 Bf5 14.
Rd2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Rxd2 16. Rxd2 Ng6 17. Ne2 Ke7 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. b3
c5 21. g4 a5 22. Kh2 a4 23. Kg3 axb3 24. axb3 b5 25. Re2 Nf8 26. Nd2 Nd7 27.
Ne4 Bd5 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. Nf4 Nb6 30. e6 b4 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Nd3 Nd7 33. Ne4
Re8 34. f3 Bb5 35. Rd2 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Nf6 37. Nxc5 Re2 38. Na6 Rxc2 39. Nxb4 Rc5
40. h4 g5 41. h5 Rc1 42. Kf2 c5 43. Nc6 Ke6 44. Re3+ Kd6 45. Ne7 Rc2+ 46. Ke1
Nd5 47. Nf5+ Kd7 48. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Ba7
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. h3 c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bc2 c5
16. d5 Bd7 17. c4 b5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf8 20. Nd2 Bb6 21. Re3 N8d7 22.
Rea3 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Bc7 24. a5 Rb8 25. Rg3 Kh8 26. Ba4 Re7 27. b3 Nf8 28. Re3
N8h7 29. g4 e4 30. h4 Rb4 31. Bb2 Qc8 32. Rg3 e3 33. Nxe3 Ne4 34. Rg2 Bxa5 35.
Qc2 Qd8 36. Nc4 Rxc4 37. bxc4 Bd2 38. f6 Nhxf6 39. f3 Be3+ 40. Kh1 Bf4 41. fxe4
Nxe4 42. Qd3 Nf2+ 43. Rxf2 Re3 44. Qxe3 Qxh4+ 45. Kg2 Bxe3 46. Rxf7 Qxg4+ 47.
Kf1 Qxc4+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Ke1 Qd2+ 51. Kf1 Qxb2 52. Re1 Qd2 53.
Rf3 Bf4 54. Re2 Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qc4 56. Bd1 Be5 57. Rf8+ Kh7 58. Bc2+ g6 59. Rf7+
Kg8 60. Ref2 Qxd5+ 61. R7f3 Kg7 62. Bb3 c4 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nd4 Ng6 14.
g3 h5 15. Rd2 h4 16. Re1 Nf8 17. Ne4 hxg3 18. hxg3 Ne6 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nf6+ Kf8
21. Nh4 b6 22. f4 Kg7 23. Rf1 c5 24. f5 Nd4 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. c3 Nc6 27. Nd5
Bh3 28. Rff2 Nxe5 29. Rde2 Rae8 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Ne6+ Bxe6 32. Rxe5 Rhe8 33.
Rfe2 Bf7 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. Kf2 Bf7 37. a3 Kf6 38. Nf3 g5 39. Ke3
Bd5 40. Ne1 Kf5 41. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 Ba7
9. Nbd2 g5 10. b4 Nh7 11. Nb3 g4 12. Nfd2 Qf6 13. d4 Ng5 14. b5 Ne7 15. bxa6
bxa6 16. Nf1 h5 17. Qd3 Rg8 18. Bxg5 Rxg5 19. Bxa6 Bd7 20. Bb7 Rd8 21. Qa6 Bb8
22. Ne3 h4 23. Nc5 g3 24. fxg3 hxg3 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Rf1 Qh8 27. h3 exd4 28.
Nd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 dxc3 30. Qc8+ Rd8 31. Bxf7+ Ke7 32. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 O-O 9. d4 Bd6 10. O-O Nb6 11. Na5 Qe7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. h3 Qf7 14. Be3 exd4
15. Nxd4 Qg6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Ne5 19. f3 g6 20. Rad1 Bd7 21.
Nc2 b6 22. Nb3 c5 23. Nc1 a5 24. Ne2 a4 25. Nf4 Kg7 26. Nd5 Be6 27. b3 axb3 28.
axb3 Ra8 29. Bf2 Ra2 30. Nce3 b5 31. c4 b4 32. Bh4 g5 33. Bf2 Rfa8 34. Nb6 R8a3
35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. exf5 Rxb3 37. Nc8 Rbb2 38. Rf1 Nxc4 39. Rd3 b3 40. Rc3 Rxf2
41. Rxf2 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 {The most natural continuation
but not very ambitious if compared to} (5. Qb3) ({or} 5. Nh4) 5... Ne4 {
The main idea of ...Bc8-f5.} 6. Qb3 {This is rather harmless now.} Nxc3 7. bxc3
({In case of} 7. Qxc3 {White's queen is placed awkwardly, aimed at by Black's
bishops. E.g.} Bg7 8. Bg2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qb6 $132 {0-1 (31) Sanchez
Botella,L-Ivanov,J (2406) Zaragoza 2004}) 7... Be4 8. Bg2 {Too humble.} (8. Bh3
$5 Bg7 9. O-O O-O (9... b6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. exf3 O-O 12. f4 Nd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14.
Qc2 $14 {1/2 (47) Enchev,I (2489)-Dimitrov,R (2530) Primorsko 2018}) 10. Ng5
Bc6 11. d5 Bd7 12. Qxb7 Bxh3 13. Qxa8 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Bxc3 15. Rb1 Bd4 16. Rb7
Qc8 17. Kg2 Nd7 $11 {1/2 (104) Mchedlishvili,M (2630)-Bologan,V (2670) Germany
2014}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 (10. a4 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6a5]} 11. Nd2 (11. a5
b6 12. axb6 axb6 $15 {[%cal Rc6a5]}) 11... Na5 12. Qa2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c5 14. Bb2
Rc8 15. d5 Qd7 $15 {1/2 (28) Kengis,E (2570)-Romanishin,O (2565) Berlin 1999})
(10. Nd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 b6 {is comfortable for Black, too.}) ({Maybe} 10. d5 {
[%cal Yf3d4] was relatively better but White is not fighting for an advantage
in any case.}) 10... Bxg2 11. Nxg2 b6 12. e4 Nc6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yc6a5,Yc7c5]}
13. Qa4 (13. Ne3 {1-0 (43) Postny,E (2606)-Bortnyk,O (2570) Kishinev 2017} e5
$1 14. d5 Na5 15. Qc2 Qd7 {leads to the same position.}) 13... Qe8 14. Qc2 e5
$1 {[%mdl 32]} 15. d5 Na5 16. Ne3 Qd7 $17 {Besides his weak c4 pawn, White's
kingside is vulnerable, and Black can start attacking it by means of ...f7-f5.
So, White has "two weaknesses" and no counterplay at all, therefore his
position is strategically lost.} 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Bd2 Nb7 19. g4 {This move
doesn't help, it just creates further weaknesses.} Bh6 20. Nf5 {This tactical
attempt is easily refuted.} Bf4 $1 21. Ne3 (21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nd4 (22. Nh6+ Kg7
23. g5 Qh3 $19) 22... Qxg4 $19) 21... Bxe3 {Black decides to sacrifice an
exchange for a pawn, after which White' position, full of holes, will be
hopeless.} ({Quiet} 21... Kg7 {was quite possible, too.}) 22. Bxe3 Qxg4 {
[%mdl 512]} 23. Bh6 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 f5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rae1 Nc5 27. Re3 Qg4+ 28.
Kh1 Nxe4 {A second pawn has fallen.} (28... f4 {and}) (28... fxe4 {were good,
too.}) 29. f3 Qf4 30. Ree1 Ng5 (30... Nd2 $142 31. Rf2 Nxf3 $19) 31. Qg2 Kg7
32. Qg3 Qxg3 33. hxg3 {White has managed to avoid further material losses but
just temporarily.} f4 $1 34. g4 Kf6 35. Kg2 e4 $1 36. fxe4 Ke5 {[%cal Rf4f3]}
37. Rf3 {The rook endgame is easily winning for Black.} Nxf3 38. Kxf3 Rh8 39.
Rg1 h5 40. gxh5 Rxh5 41. Rxg6 Rh3+ 42. Ke2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Be7 14. e5 Ng4
15. Bc4 O-O 16. Rf1 Bh4+ 17. g3 Bg5 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. O-O-O c5 20. Qe6 Nh6 21.
Qxg6 Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Qe7 24. Rh4 Qxh4 25. gxh4 Nxe5 26. Qg3 Nhxf7
27. Rf5 Rfe8 28. a3 Rbc8 29. Kb1 Rc4 30. Nd5 Rg4 31. Qb3 Rxh4 32. Qxb7 Nd6 33.
Rxe5 Nxb7 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Re7 Nd6 36. Rxa7 Rxh2 37. Nf6+ Kg6 38. Ng4 Rd2 39.
Kc1 Rd4 40. Ne3 Kf6 41. Kc2 g5 42. Rd7 Ke6 43. Rg7 Ke5 44. Nd1 Ne4 45. Nc3 Kf5
46. Nxe4 Rxe4 47. Kb3 g4 48. a4 Re3+ 49. Kb4 Re4+ 50. Ka3 Re5 51. b4 Re3+ 52.
Kb2 Re4 53. Kc3 Re3+ 54. Kc4 Re4+ 55. Kb5 Re5+ 56. Ka6 Re6+ 57. Ka5 Rg6 58.
Rf7+ Ke6 59. Rf1 g3 60. b5 g2 61. Rg1 Kd7 62. b6 Kc8 63. Ka6 Kb8 64. a5 Rg8 65.
Kb5 Rg5+ 66. Kc6 Rg6+ 67. Kd5 Rg5+ 68. Kd6 Kb7 69. Ke6 Rxa5 70. Rxg2 Kxb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5
15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd6 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg5 f6 21.
Bf4 Nc4 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. Nc7 Rac8 24. Nxd5 Rc5 25. Rad1 Be6 26. Nb4 g5 27. Rfe1
Bxg4 28. fxg4 gxf4 29. Nd3 Ra5 30. Nxf4 Rxa2 31. Ng6 Rf7 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 Kh6
34. Rd4 b5 35. Re8 f5 36. Rh8+ Kg5 37. Rg8 Kh6 38. Rh8+ Kg5 39. Rg8 Kh6 40. g5+
Kxh5 41. Nf4+ Kg4 42. g6 Rb7 43. Rf8 Ne5 44. Nh5+ Kxh5 45. Rxf5+ Kxg6 46. Rxe5
a5 47. Rd6+ Kg7 48. Rg5+ Kf8 49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Ra6 Kf7 51. Rag6 Ke8 52. Rg8+ Kd7
53. R8g7+ Kc8 54. Rxb7 Kxb7 55. Rxb5+ Ka6 56. Rb8 a4 57. c4 a3 58. c5 Ka5 59.
Ra8+ Kb4 60. Rb8+ Ka4 61. Ra8+ Kb4 62. Rb8+ Kxc5 63. Rb3 Ra1+ 64. Kh2 Kc4 65.
Rg3 Ra2+ 66. Kh1 Ra1+ 67. Kh2 Kd4 68. Rg4+ Ke3 69. Rg3+ Kf4 70. Rb3 Ke4 71. Rg3
Kd4 72. Rg4+ Kc3 73. Rg3+ Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2
Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Be2 a6 14. Kb1 c5
15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bc3 b4 18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Rxd5 Rxg7 20. Rhd1 Ra7
21. Qa4 Qc8 22. Bb5 axb5 23. Qxa7 Nf6 24. Re5 Nd7 25. Red5 Nf6 26. Re5 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 a4 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 12. gxf5 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. e3 a3
15. bxa3 exf5 16. Kc1 Be6 17. Kb2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Nd4 c5 21.
Nb5 Rfd8 22. Bc3 Bc6 23. Rg1 g6 24. Be2 Rd3 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Rxa1 Bxb5 27. Bd2
Ra4 28. f4 Rc4 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 f5 31. Kc3 Kf7 32. a4 Ba6 33. Ba3 c4 34.
Bc5 Ke6 35. h4 Kd5 36. Bd4 Ke4 37. Kd2 Kf3 38. a5 Bb5 39. a3 Be8 40. Bf6 Bf7
41. Bd4 Kg3 42. Bf6 Kg4 43. Bg5 Bd5 44. Bf6 h6 45. Bg7 g5 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nc3 a5 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7
15. e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bg6 17. a4 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. f4 Rhc8 20. g4 f5 21. exf5
exf5 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. g5 Bf7 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Bd5 26. Re1 Be4 27. Rea1 a4
28. c4 Kc6 29. d5+ Kc5 30. cxb5 Kxb5 31. d6 Rd8 32. Rxa4 Rxd6 33. Ra7 Rd2 34.
R1a2 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Rxg7 Rf3+ 37. Ke2 Rxf4 38. Ke3 Rh4 39. Rc7 Kb6 40.
Rc3 Bc6 41. Rb2+ Kc7 42. Rbc2 Re4+ 43. Kf3 Rc4+ 44. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bb6 10. a4 Re8 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 f6 15.
Nc4 Na5 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 c5 20. c4 Nc6 21. Qg1 Qd7
22. h4 h6 23. Qg3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Rg1 Re5 26. g5 fxg5 27. hxg5 Rxg5 28.
Rg4 Rxg4 29. Bxg4 Re8 30. Qh3 Re5 31. Be6+ Kh7 32. Bg8+ Kxg8 33. Rxg6 Kh7 34.
Qg4 Re7 35. Qf5 Qe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rd6 Rg5 38. Kh2 h5 39. a5 bxa5 40. Ra6 g6
41. Rxa5 Kh6 42. Rxa7 h4 43. Kh3 Rg3+ 44. Kxh4 Rxd3 45. Rc7 Rd4 46. Rxc5 Rxe4+
47. Kg3 g5 48. Rc8 Kh5 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. c5 Rc4 51. Rc8 Kf5 52. Rf8+ Ke6 53. Rc8
Kd7 54. Rg8 Rxc5 55. Kg4 Kc6 56. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 57. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Rxc6 14. Qf3
O-O 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc3 Ng6
21. Qe3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Na4 Ra6 24. b3 b5 25. Nc3 b4 26. Na4 Ne7 27. Rac1
Nd5 28. e4 Nc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rc2 Rc6 31. Kf1 h5 32. Ke2 Rfc8 33. Rd4 e5 34.
Rd5 f6 35. h4 R8c7 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. f4 Ke6 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Ke2 Rd7 40. Rxd7
Kxd7 41. Kd3 Rg6 42. Rg2 Rg4 43. Kxc3 Rxe4 44. Kd3 Rg4 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kf3 e4+
47. Kf2 Rg6 48. Rg1 Rf6+ 49. Ke2 Ke5 50. Rc1 Rf3 51. Rc5+ Kd4 52. Rxh5 Rxg3 53.
Ra5 Rg2+ 54. Kf1 Rh2 55. Rxa7 e3 56. Rxg7 Rxa2 57. h5 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Kf3
Rf2+ 60. Kg3 Rf1 61. Rd7+ Kc3 62. Re7 Kd2 63. Rd7+ Kc3 64. Re7 Kd2 65. Rd7+ Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. g4 b5 13. Be2 b4 14. Na4 c5 15.
Qc4 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Kb1 Qe5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. e4 Rfc8 21.
Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Qxb4 Rab8 23. Qd4 Qa5 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Qc3 Qb6 26. Rc2 Rbc8 27.
Qxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kh7 29. g5 Qe3 30. gxf6 Qxe2 31. fxg7 Kxg7 32. Rc3 Qg2 33.
Rd1 Qxh2 34. a3 g5 35. Ka2 Kg6 36. Rd8 Qf2 37. Rg8+ Kf6 38. e5+ Kxe5 39. Rxg5+
f5 40. Rg7 Qd4 41. Rgc7 Qd5+ 42. Ka1 Qd1+ 43. Ka2 Qd5+ 44. Ka1 Qd1+ 45. Ka2
Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. h4
Nc6 9. Qb1 f5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. h5 h6 13. O-O Qe8 14. d4 Nxd4 15.
exd4 Bxb5 16. Re1 Qf7 17. a4 Ba6 18. Qd1 Bf6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 c4 21. Qf3
cxb3 22. Ba3 Bc4 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rae1 Qf6 25. a5 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rxd5
Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ Qf7 29. Qb5 Qxh5 30. Qxb3+ Qf7 31. Qxb6 Qf6 32. Qb3+ Kh7 33. d5
Ra8 34. Qd3 Rd8 35. g3 Qg6 36. Re5 f4 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. gxf4 Kf6 39. Kg2 Ra8
40. Kf3 Ra1 41. Re6+ Kf5 42. Re7 Rd1 43. Re5+ Kf6 44. Ke4 Rd2 45. f3 Kf7 46.
Rh5 Ke7 47. Rh1 Kd6 48. Rg1 Re2+ 49. Kd4 Rd2+ 50. Kc4 Rc2+ 51. Kd3 Ra2 52. Ke4
Re2+ 53. Kf5 Re7 54. Kg6 Kxd5 55. Rd1+ Kc4 56. f5 Ra7 57. f4 Kc5 58. Rd8 h5 59.
Kxh5 Rf7 60. Kg6 Rf6+ 61. Kg5 Rf7 62. f6 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 Bb7
15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Bd5 Rab8 17. O-O-O Nd4 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Be3 b4 20. a4 b3 21.
Bd2 Rc7+ 22. Kb1 Rc4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Rc1 Rxa4 25. Rc5 Ra2 26. Rhc1 d3 27. Bc3
d2 28. Rd1 Rxe4 29. Rc8+ Bf8 30. Rb8 a4 31. Bxd2 Re2 32. Bh6 Raxb2+ 33. Ka1
Ra2+ 34. Kb1 Reb2+ 35. Kc1 Rc2+ 36. Kb1 Rcb2+ 37. Kc1 Rc2+ 38. Kb1 Rcb2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15.
Ng3 c6 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Nf5 Bb8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bb6 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4
Ne7 22. Bd8 Bxf5 23. exf5 Bd6 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. g3 Nd5 26. Nh2 Bxb4 27. Ng4 Qd6
28. f6 Nxf6 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Bf5 Bc5 32. a5 Bd4 33. Ra4 Kf8 34.
Kg2 b5 35. Ra2 Rea7 36. Rc2 c5 37. Be4 Rxa5 38. Bxa8 Rxa8 39. Kf3 f5 40. Ke2
Ke7 41. Rb1 Ra5 42. g4 Ke6 43. Rb3 c4 44. Rb1 f4 45. h4 Kd5 46. g5 h5 47. Rd2
c3 48. Rc2 Kc4 49. Kf3 b4 50. Ke4 b3 51. Rcc1 b2 52. Rxb2 Ra1 53. Rbc2 Rxc1 54.
Rxc1 Bxf2 55. Rc2 Be3 56. Rg2 Kb3 57. Kd3 c2 58. Rxc2 e4+ 59. Kxe4 Kxc2 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,29,24,30,91,52,74,52,52,34,30,39,94,88,103,93,95,90,95,98,132,131,124,
128,160,139,303,267,238,229,411,393]} 1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 e5 {The so-called
"Nimzowitsch defence" (not to mix up with the "Nimzo-Indian") is hardly a
sound opening and a rare guest in tournament practice but in an online rapid
game - why not? Alas, such an approach didn't quite work this time.} 3. dxe5
Nxe5 4. Nf3 {[%mdl 4] An "academical" move: White trades his undeveloped
knight for Black's, which has already made two moves, and therefore gains time
for development.} (4. f4 {is the main alternative.}) 4... Qf6 ({In case of} 
4... Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Qf6 {White usually plays} 6. Qg3 {, rejecting the offer to
exchange queens.} (6. Nc3 {leads to the game continuation})) 5. Nc3 {[%mdl 48]
An aggressive continuation. White wants to gain development advantage, not
caring about his pawn structure.} (5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Bd3 {is the main
continuation, and then White tries to make use of the exposed position of
Black's queen, e.g.} Bc5 (6... d5 $5) 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2c4] etc.,
keeping a small edge.}) ({Alternatively, White can continue his development by
the humble} 5. Be2) 5... Nxf3+ (5... Bb4 6. Bd2 Ne7 7. Nxe5 Qxe5 8. Bd3 d5 {
1-0 (83) Murzin,V (2465)-Bauer,C (2623) Europe-Echecs INT 2020} 9. O-O $32) 6.
Qxf3 (6. gxf3 $5 {is another option. White prepares long castling, and the
open g-file will help him to launch an attack, e.g.} Bb4 7. Bd2 Ne7 8. Qe2 b6 (
{or} 8... Ng6 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 Bd6 11. h4 Nf4 12. Qe3 Ne6 13. Ne2 Bc5 14.
Qd3 Qe7 15. Ng3 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nf5 $40 {1-0 (21) Morozov,D (2357)
-Schrancz,I (2312) Lechenicher SchachServer 2013}) 9. h4 Bb7 10. a3 Bc5 11. Bg5
Qc6 12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O-O O-O-O {(Black's king is not safe on the queenside
either)} 14. Bh3 f6 15. Bf4 b5 16. h5 Kb8 17. Nd5 $16 {1-0 (34) Tari,A (2581)
-Djurhuus,R (2421) Norway 2017}) {However, even after the queen exchange White
keeps the better prospects due to his development advantage.} 6... Qxf3 (6...
Bb4 7. Bd2 Qxf3 (7... d6 8. O-O-O Be6 9. Qe2 a6 10. Kb1 Qd8 11. f4 Nf6 12. f5
Bd7 13. g4 $16 {1-0 (23) Pranav,V (2318)-Karthik,V (2515) New Delhi 2019}) 8.
gxf3 Ne7 9. O-O-O {[%cal Rc3b5]} a6 10. Rg1 O-O 11. f4 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. e5
b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Nd5 $16 {1-0 (35) Khanin,S (2514)-Sivuk,V (2552)
Cheliabinsk 2019}) 7. gxf3 $32 c6 (7... Bb4 8. Bd2 {- see above}) 8. Rg1 (8.
Bf4 $5 {[%cal Ye1c1]}) 8... Ne7 9. Be3 d5 $6 {An unsuccessful attempt to break
through. Otherwise White keeps strong pressure along the d-file, e.g.} (9... d6
10. O-O-O Ng6 11. Bd3 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. f5 Ne5 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bc4
$16 {1/2 (57) Braeuning,R (2290)-Reinhardt,B (2255) Germany 1998}) 10. exd5 Nf5
(10... cxd5 $2 11. Nb5) (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Bb5+ Ke7
14. Bc5+ Kf6 15. Bd4+ Ke7 16. Bxg7 Bxg7 17. Rxg7 Rag8 18. Rg3 $1 {, and White
should win.}) 11. O-O-O (11. Bf4 $5 {was quite good here, keeping this bishop
alive.}) 11... Be7 $6 {Black doesn't take the opportunity given by his
opponent but after} (11... Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bc5 13. Rxg7 (13. Kd2 $5) (13. Re1 $5)
13... Bf5 14. dxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Rf5g6]} 15. Rg2 Bxe3+ 16. Kb1 {[%cal Rg2e2,
Yf1d3] he has no sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 12. Bf4 Bd7 (12... Bh4
{was relatively better. After the text move Black can't avoid huge material
losses.}) 13. Bh3 O-O-O (13... g6 14. Rge1 {[%csl Re8]} Kd8 15. dxc6 bxc6 {
, and now, say,} 16. Na4 {. Black can't move (} Ke8 17. Nc5 $18 {); meanwhile,
White prepares to double rooks along the d-file.}) 14. dxc6 bxc6 (14... Be6 {
is equally hopeless, of course.}) 15. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
c5 9. f3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qxh1 12. Qf2 Qh5 13. Bd3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6
15. g4 Qf7 16. Qh4 g6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Kf2 dxc4 19. Bxc4 cxd4 20. cxd4 b5 21.
Bxb5 Bb7 22. Qg3 Rf8 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Kg2 h5 25. gxh5 Nxh5 26. Qg4 Nf4+ 27.
Kf2 e5 28. Ne2 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 Qb3+ 30. Kf2 Qxb5 31. Ke1 Kg7 32. Ng3 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Rhe1 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Be4 Qb6 16. Ka1 Bc6 17. Bd5 Rad8 18. h4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5
Qc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. g4 Kf8 23. Kb1 d5 24. Kc1 c4 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Be7 27.
Rg1 c5 28. b3 cxb3 29. axb3 Rd6 30. Kd2 Bd8 31. Kd3 Re6 32. Nd2 Re5 33. f4 Rf5
34. Rg4 Bc7 35. Ke3 f6 36. Nf3 fxg5 37. Nxg5 Ke7 38. Nf3 Kf6 39. Rh4 Kf7 40.
Ng5+ Ke7 41. Nf3 a5 42. Nd2 Ke6 43. c4 Bd8 44. Rg4 Bf6 45. cxd5+ Rxd5 46. Nc4
Kf5 47. Kf3 Rd4 48. Ne3+ Ke6 49. Rg2 a4 50. bxa4 Rxa4 51. Re2 Kd6 52. Rd2+ Kc6
53. Rg2 Ra7 54. c4 Kd6 55. Nd5 Ke6 56. Ke4 Bd4 57. Rg6+ Kf7 58. Rc6 g6 59. Nc7
Ra1 60. Ne6 Re1+ 61. Kd5 Be3 62. Ng5+ Kg7 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Ne6 Kh8 65. Nf8 Rg1
66. Ke4 Bd4 67. Rc8 Re1+ 68. Kd5 Rd1 69. Ne6+ Kh7 70. Nxc5 Ba1+ 71. Ke6 Rf1 72.
Nd3 Rf3 73. Rd8 Re3+ 74. Kf7 Re4 75. c5 Rc4 76. Ke6 Rc2 77. Rd5 Kg7 78. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bf1 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 d5 11. d4 O-O 12. Ne2 c6 13. c3 Re8 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a4 a5 19. Nh5 Qh6 20. Qxh6 Nxh6 21.
Nf4 Nf5 22. Nd3 Nd6 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. f3 b6 25. Kf2 f6 26. h4 Bg6 27. b3 Kf7
28. Rc1 Bxd3 29. Bxd3 c5 30. h5 f5 31. Re1 c4 32. Bc2 Rc8 33. Re5 cxb3 34. Bxb3
Rxc3 35. Bxd5+ Kf8 36. h6 gxh6 37. Re6 Nc4 38. Bxc4 Rxc4 39. Ke3 Rxa4 40. Rxb6
Kg7 41. Ra6 h5 42. g3 f4+ 43. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 44. Ke5 Rd3 45. Ke4 Ra3 46. Kf4 a4 47.
Kg5 Rxf3 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Rxa4 Rxg3+ 50. Kxh5 Rf3 51. Ra8+ Rf8 52. Rxf8+ Kxf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. dxe5 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Be6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf4 Bf6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Ng3 Bf6
15. c3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Be5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Re2 Rf7 20. Ne4 Qe7 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. Nd2 Qh4 23. g3 Qg4 24. f3 Qa4 25. b3 Qd7 26. Rde1 Qc7 27. c4 Qa5
28. b4 Qb6+ 29. Kg2 Qd4 30. Re3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Rfd7 32. f4 Bf6 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34.
Re2 d5 35. c5 Rc7 36. Nb3 b6 37. Red2 bxc5 38. Nxc5 d4 39. Kf3 a5 40. a3 axb4
41. axb4 Be7 42. Ne4 Rc4 43. b5 Rb4 44. g4 Bf6 45. Ra2 Rxb5 46. Ra7+ Be7 47. h4
Kf8 48. g5 Rb6 49. f5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Rb1 51. Kf4 Rf1+ 52. Kg4 Re1 53. Kf4 Rf1+
54. Kg4 Re1 55. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Nh4 Ne5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Nd2 b6 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Rfe1
Be6 22. Nf1 Rad8 23. Ne3 Qc5 24. Nef5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 h5 26. Rd4 Qf8 27. Qd2 Nh7
28. a4 Nc6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. N4f5+ Kg6 31. Bd3 Ng5 32. Qf4 f6 33. Bb5 Nxd4 34.
Bxe8+ Qxe8 35. cxd4 Bxf5 36. Nxf5 Qxe4 37. Nh4+ Kf7 38. Qxc7+ Qe7 39. Qc4+ Qe6
40. d5 Qd6 41. Qd3 Qe5 42. Qg6+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ Kd8 44. Kh2 Ne4 45. Qg8+ Kd7 46.
Qf7+ Kd8 47. Ng7 h4 48. Ne6+ Kc8 49. Qg8+ Kb7 50. Qh7+ Ka6 51. Qxh4 Nxf2 52.
Qh8 Qe1 53. Nc5+ Ka5 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Nf6 11. a5 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bb6 Qc8 14. Re1 Nd7 15.
Bd4 Re8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rac8 19. c3 Bf6 20. Rd1 Bxd4 21. cxd4
Nf6 22. h3 h5 23. Bf3 h4 24. gxh4 e5 25. Rb4 Rcd8 26. Qc3 Qe7 27. Qb3 Rd7 28.
dxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxb7 Qxa5 30. Qb4 Qxb4 31. Rxb4 a5 32. Rbd4 Rb7 33. R1d2 Rbb8 34.
Bg2 g6 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. h5 Nxh5 37. Rxd6 Nf4 38. Ra6 Re5 39. Ra7 Rb6 40. Rdd7
Rf6 41. Rd2 Rb6 42. Rdd7 Rf6 43. Rd2 Rc5 44. Bf1 Ne6 45. Bg2 Kh6 46. Rad7 Nf4
47. Ra7 Kg7 48. Bf1 Ne6 49. Bg2 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Rac1 Rad8
15. Ba2 Nb6 16. Be1 e5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 Nbd7 19. Qc2 Qh5 20. Bc4 Ne5 21.
Be2 Qh3 22. f3 g5 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. Qb3
Qe7 28. a5 Rfe8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Qc5 32. Qd3 Qxa5 33. Bb3
Nf8 34. Qc4 Ne6 35. Qe4 Qa1 36. Bxe6 Qxb2+ 37. Kh3 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kf8 39. Qc8+
Ke7 40. Qxb7+ Kd6 41. e4 Qc3 42. Qb8+ Kc5 43. e5 Qxf3 44. Qd6+ Kc4 45. e6 Qf5+
46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Kh3 b3 48. e7 b2 49. Qd1 Kc3 50. e8=Q Qxe8 51. Qf3+ Kb4 52.
Qg4+ Ka3 53. Qf3+ Ka2 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 e6 14. Bg5 Qd7
15. h4 Na5 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. h5 Nc6
21. h6 Bf8 22. Bb5 a6 23. Ba4 b5 24. Bb3 Bb7 25. d5 exd5 26. Bxd5 Ne5 27. Bxb7
Qxb7 28. Nc3 Ng4 29. Nd5 f6 30. Qd1 fxg5 31. Qxg4 Bxh6 32. Qe6+ Qf7 33. Qxa6
Bg7 34. Qxb5 Bd4 35. Qe2 g4 36. g3 h5 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. a4 Qa7 39. Qc2 Kh6 40.
Qd2+ g5 41. a5 Bc5 42. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. O-O a6 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Bxc7 Qxc7
15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxc7 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. a3 Nd3 19. b4 Rc2 20. Nc5 Nxc5
21. bxc5 Bf5 22. Ra1 f6 23. h3 Rb2 24. g4 Bd3 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. g5 a5 27. Kg3 a4
28. h4 Ke6 29. Ne1 Bc4 30. Ng2 Kd7 31. Nf4 b6 32. Nh5 fxg5 33. hxg5 bxc5 34.
dxc5 g6 35. Nf6+ Kc6 36. Nxh7 Kxc5 37. Nf8 Bd3 38. Ne6+ Kd6 39. Nf4 Bb1 40. Ne2
Rb3 41. Nd4 Rb2 42. Ne2 Rb3 43. Kf4 Kc5 44. Nc3 Rxc3 45. Rxb1 Rxa3 46. Ke5 Ra2
47. f4 Re2 48. Kf6 Rxe3 49. Kxg6 a3 50. f5 Kc4 51. f6 a2 52. Ra1 Kb3 53. f7 Rf3
54. Kg7 d4 55. f8=Q Rxf8 56. Kxf8 Kb2 57. Rxa2+ Kxa2 58. g6 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. Ne5 Qe4 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 h5
21. Rb3 Bd6 22. Nc4 Bg3 23. Rh3 Bf2 24. Rxb7 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Qb3
Qd7 9. Ne2 e6 10. Nd2 Bg6 11. Bb5 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Kf2 Rfc8 14. Qa4 a6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nb3 Qb7 17. Rhd1 a5 18. Rd2 Bb4 19. Nc5 Qb6 20. Qd1 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
Qd8 22. Nc3 Nh5 23. Bg3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qe7 25. Ne2 f6 26. Na4 Ra7 27. Nf4 Be8
28. Rc5 Rca8 29. Qc3 Qd6 30. Nd3 Qd8 31. Nf4 Bd7 32. Qa3 Rb8 33. Rc3 Qf8 34.
Rc5 e5 35. Ne2 Qd6 36. Qc3 Rb5 37. b3 h6 38. Nc1 Ra8 39. Nd3 Re8 40. Qb2 e4 41.
Nf4 g5 42. Ne2 exf3 43. gxf3 Qe6 44. Rc3 Qh3 45. Kg1 h5 46. Qb1 Kg7 47. Nc5 h4
48. Qf1 Qxf1+ 49. Kxf1 Bf5 50. g4 Bg6 51. Kf2 Re7 52. Na4 Rc7 53. Nc5 Re7 54.
Na4 Rb8 55. Ng1 f5 56. gxf5 Bxf5 57. Rxc6 Rbe8 58. Rc3 h3 59. Ne2 h2 60. Ng3
Bh3 61. Nb6 Be6 62. Kg2 Rh8 63. e4 dxe4 64. fxe4 Rf7 65. d5 Bg4 66. e5 Rf4 67.
e6 Bf5 68. Rc1 Bh3+ 69. Kxh2 Bxe6+ 70. Kg1 Bf7 71. d6 Rg4 72. Kg2 Bg6 73. d7
Rd4 74. Rc8 Rxd7 75. Rxh8 Rd2+ 76. Kf3 Kxh8 77. a4 Bf7 78. Ne4 Rd3+ 79. Ke2
Rxb3 80. Nd7 Bc4+ 81. Kd2 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bf4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 N5f6 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20. h3 Rac8 21.
Bb2 Rc7 22. Rc3 Qa4 23. Rdc1 Rec8 24. Ra3 Qb4 25. Rb3 Qa4 26. Ra3 Qb4 27. Rb3
Qa4 28. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-D"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rd1 Bf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ne4 b6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. c4 Nc7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bf4 Qd8
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qe5 f6 17. Qxc7 e5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxa8 exf4 20. Bd5+ Rxd5
21. cxd5 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 f3 23. d6 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-D"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paraguay"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nc6 7. Nd5 Nd4 8.
Nxe7 Nxe2 9. Bxe2 Bxe7 10. d3 Nf6 11. Nc3 c6 12. O-O d5 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bf3 O-O
15. Ne2 Rfe8 16. Bd2 a5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. a4 Kf8 19. h3 h6 20. Nb3 b6 21. Bf4
Rac8 22. Nd4 Bc5 23. Nb3 Be7 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Nb3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-D"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3
Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Bf6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qf6+ Kg8
15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. dxe5 N8d7 17. f4 a5 18. Nbd2 a4 19. Bc2 Nd5 20. g3 b5 21. Kf2
Bb7 22. Rhe1 Ra6 23. Rad1 f6 24. exf6 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Nc5 Ng4+ 27. Kg1
Nde3 28. Nxa6 Nxc2 29. Re6 Bc8 30. Rc6 Bb7 31. Rxc7 Bxa6 32. Ne4 Bc8 33. h3
Nge3 34. Rd2 Bxh3 35. Ng5 Rxf6 36. Rd8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nxh3 Nc4 39.
Rxh7 Nxb2 40. Nf4 b4 41. cxb4 Nxb4 42. Rb7 N2d3 43. a3 Nxf4 44. Rxb4 Ne2+ 45.
Kg2 Nc3 46. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-D"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. O-O c5 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14.
exd4 Nc6 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. g3 Bf6 20.
Bxc6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxc6 22. Rd7 h5 23. Rxa7 Bxb2 24. Be3 Bc1 25. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 26.
Kg2 g6 27. Rb7 Ra1 28. Rxb6 Rxa2 29. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-D"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8.
cxd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nd2 Nxd5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bh6 Rf6 20. Re5
Rd6 21. Rxd5 Bf8 22. Rg5+ Qxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26.
Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-D"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 h5 8. O-O
h4 9. Re1 hxg3 10. hxg3 Ne5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 d6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Rb8 15.
c4 c5 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Nc3 g5 19. fxg5 Nd7 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5
22. Rad1 Be7 23. g6 fxg6 24. Bg4 Rd8 25. Qf2 Rd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Rd1 Qb6 28.
Rf1 Rf8 29. Qd2 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Kf7 31. Qd7 Ba8 32. Qc8 Qc6 33. Bxe6+ Qxe6 34.
Qxa8 Qh3+ 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36. Kd3 Qxb2 37. Qd5+ Kg7 38. Qd7 Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40.
Qc7 a5 41. Qxe5 Bf6 42. Qc7+ Kg8 43. e5 Bg5 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kh6 46. Qh3+
Kg7 47. Qd7+ Kh6 48. Qh3+ Kg7 49. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-D"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Re8 8.
O-O c6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Bb4 13. Rf1 Bd6 14. Qc2
Qe7 15. Nd4 Ba3 16. Nf5 Qf8 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. e4 Qc5 19. Qb2 dxe4 20. dxe4 g6
21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Rad1 Qh5 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qg7 Rf8 26. f4 Rae8
27. e5 Qe2 28. Rf2 Qe1+ 29. Bf1 Kd8 30. Nxf7+ Kc7 31. Re2 Qd1 32. Nd6 Rxe5 33.
Rxe5 Qxd6 34. Qxh7 Qd4+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Be2 g5 37. fxg5 Kb6 38. Re7 Nc5 39.
Qg7 Rf5 40. g6 Qd5+ 41. Kh3 Rf2 42. Qe5 Qg2+ 43. Kg4 Nd7 44. Rxd7 Rxe2 45. Qc7+
Kc5 46. Qa5+ b5 47. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-D"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Peru"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc1 a5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3
Bg4 15. Nd2 Rfb8 16. b3 a4 17. bxa4 Bf5 18. Rec1 Rxa4 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6
Rba8 21. h3 h5 22. Rb6 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nf3 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Ne5 Bxe5
27. dxe5 Kf7 28. Rb7 Ke6 29. Kh2 Kxe5 30. Rxe7+ Kd6 31. Re8 Ra4 32. Rd8+ Ke5
33. Bh6 d4 34. f3 Ke6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Bc2 37. Kg3 Bd1 38. Rg8 Ra3 39.
Rxg6+ Kf7 40. Rg7+ Ke6 41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. Rd6 Rxf3+ 43. Kh4 Rf1 44. Rxd4 Rh1+ 45.
Kg5 Rg1 46. Rf4+ Ke8 47. Re4+ Kf7 48. Rf4+ Ke8 49. Kf5 Bxg4+ 50. Rxg4 Rxg4 51.
Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-D"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 f6 6. c4 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4
e4 9. Ng1 a5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Nge2 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. Na4 Ng6 14. c5 Nh4 15.
Ng3 f5 16. a3 f4 17. exf4 Bd2 18. Qxd2 Bh3 19. f3 Bxg2 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Rf2
Nf3+ 22. Rxf3 Bxf3 23. Nc3 Rxf4 24. Re1 Qh4 25. d5 Rg4 26. Nce2 Qh3 27. Nf4
Rxf4 28. d6 cxd6 29. cxd6 Rf7 30. Be5 h5 0-1

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. f4 g6 13. Ndf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. c4 Rfd8 19. a4 a6 20. Qe1 b5 21.
Bc3 Qd6 22. axb5 axb5 23. c5 Qd5 24. Ng4 f5 25. Ne3 Qxb3 26. Rf2 Ra8 27. Rb2
Qa4 28. g4 fxg4 29. Rb4 Qa6 30. Nxg4 Qc6 31. Qe3 Bxc5 32. Rbb1 Be7 33. Bb4 Bxb4
34. Rxb4 Ra2 35. Rc1 Rc2 36. Rbb1 Rc8 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. Qb3 Qxb3 39. Rxb3 Rc1+
40. Kf2 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. Ne5 Be8 43. Ra3 Rd2 44. Ra7 Rxd4 45. Ng4 Kf8 46.
Nf6 Bc6 47. Nxh7+ Ke8 48. Ng5 Bd5 49. Nf7 b4 50. Nd6+ Kd8 51. Nf7+ Kc8 52. Nd6+
Kb8 53. Ra5 b3 54. Rb5+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nb3 cxd4 7. Nbxd4 Bb4+
8. Bd2 O-O 9. c3 Bd6 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 N8d7 12. Qe2 e5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. O-O-O Nd5 16. Nf5 Qc5 17. Bc2 N7f6 18. Qxe5 Re8 19. Qd4 Qa5 20. Nd6
Rd8 21. Ne4 Bg4 22. Bb3 Rac8 23. Qe5 Nxe4 24. Rxd5 Nc5 25. Rhd1 Re8 26. Qd4 Be6
27. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. g3 Bf6 15. Rb1
axb4 16. axb4 Qb7 17. Nc1 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Ra3 19. Qc2 Rfa8 20. Rfc1 b5 21. Kg2
Nf8 22. Qd1 Ng6 23. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. h3
Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15.
Nf5 Qd7 16. N3h4 Ne7 17. Rxe5 Nxf5 18. Rxf5 Qe6 19. d4 Qe1+ 20. Kh2 c5 21. Bxh6
Bb8+ 22. Bf4 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Be6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bxb8 Raxb8 26. d5 Bd7 27. Rd2
b5 28. Bf5 Rbd8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Nf5 Kh7 31. g4 Re4 32. Kg3 b4 33. d6 bxc3 34.
bxc3 Rc4 35. Rd3 Ra4 36. Re3 Rd8 37. Re7 Rc4 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rxf6 Rxc3+ 40.
Kh4 c4 41. g5 Rd3 42. g6 Rf8 43. Kg5 c3 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Nf5+ Kg8 46. Rxf8+
Kxf8 47. Kf6 Rxd6+ 48. Nxd6 c2 49. g7+ Kg8 50. Nf5 c1=Q 51. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbrkqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBRKQRB w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Qf2 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 d5 5. d4 Nb6 6. c3 Be6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. Qe3 Bf7
9. g4 fxg4 10. Rxg4 O-O-O 11. Nab3 g5 12. Rxg5 Rxg5 13. fxg5 e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5
15. Qh3+ Kb8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. O-O-O Rxe2 20. Qf3 Qe7
21. Rf1 Re1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 23. Qd1 Qf2 24. Bd2 Qxh2 25. Qf1 a5 26. Qxf7 Qxh1+
27. Kc2 Qe4+ 28. Kc1 Be5 29. a4 Qh1+ 30. Kc2 Qe4+ 31. Kc1 b6 32. Qe6 Kb7 33.
Qd7 Qh1+ 34. Kc2 Qe4+ 35. Kc1 Bf4 36. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kb1 Qe4+ 38. Ka2 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQBBNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 e5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6
8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. O-O-O Bd6 10. Nb5 Bf4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nf6 13. f3 Re8
14. Bc4 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 c6 16. Bc4 Re7 17. a4 Kc7 18. Rhd1 a5 19. Rd4 Nd7 20. b3
Nb6 21. h4 Rae8 22. h5 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Re5 24. Rg4 g6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rdd4 R8e7
27. Rd2 Re8 28. Rgd4 R8e7 29. Rd8 Re1+ 30. Kb2 R1e2 31. R8d7+ Rxd7 32. Rxe2 b5
33. axb5 cxb5 34. g4 Kb6 35. Re4 Rd6 36. f4 Kc5 37. Re5+ Rd5 38. Re7 f5 39.
Rc7+ Kd4 40. Rg7 Ke4 41. Rxg6 Kxf4 42. gxf5 Kxf5 43. Rb6 Ke5 44. c3 b4 45. cxb4
axb4 46. Rxb4 Kd6 47. Rc4 Rc5 48. Kc3 Kd5 49. Kb4 Rxc4+ 50. bxc4+ Kc6 51. c5
Kc7 52. Kb5 Kb7 53. c6+ Kc7 54. Kc5 Kc8 55. Kb6 Kb8 56. c7+ Kc8 57. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrkbrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRKBRNB w FCfc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Rxc4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Rc1 b6 7. O-O Bc6 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qb1 Ne4 11. Nb3 Nef6 12. Nbd2 Ne4 13. Nb3 Nef6 14.
Nbd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQNKNR w HChc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. b3 b6 3. c4 Ngf6 4. Nd3 c5 5. dxc5 dxc4 6. Rxc4 Bd5 7. Rc2 bxc5 8.
Nf3 c4 9. bxc4 Rxc4 10. Rxc4 Bxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nfe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd5 14.
Bb2 Bxa2 15. Bxa2 Qxa2 16. Qa1 Qe6 17. Re1 a6 18. Qa5 Nd7 19. Nf4 Qe4 20. g3
Nef6 21. Qxa6 Ra8 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 e6 24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Bxa1 Nd5 26. e4
Ne7 27. f3 f6 28. Kf2 e5 29. Ke3 Nc6 30. Bc3 Kf8 31. f4 Ke7 32. Nb4 Nxb4 33.
Bxb4+ Ke6 34. f5+ Kf7 35. g4 Nb8 36. Kd3 Nc6 37. Bc5 Ke8 38. Kc4 Nd8 39. Kd5
Nf7 40. h4 Nh6 41. g5 fxg5 42. hxg5 Nf7 43. Be3 Kd7 44. Bc1 Ke7 45. Bd2 Kd7 46.
f6 gxf6 47. gxf6 h5 48. Be1 Ke8 49. Ke6 Nd8+ 50. Kxe5 Kf7 51. Kf5 Ne6 52. Bf2
Nf8 53. e5 Ne6 54. Bg3 Nf8 55. Be1 Ne6 56. Bc3 Nc5 57. Bd4 Ne6 58. Bb2 Nf8 59.
Kg5 Ne6+ 60. Kxh5 Nf8 61. Kg5 Ne6+ 62. Kf5 Nf8 63. Ke4 Ne6 64. Kd5 Nf4+ 65. Kd6
Ne6 66. Bc1 Nf8 67. Be3 Ne6 68. Bh6 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnrkrqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRKRQBB w ECec - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nc6 2. c4 f5 3. d3 g6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. e4 O-O-O 7. O-O-O Nb6 8.
f3 Nd7 9. Nb3 b6 10. Be3 f4 11. Bd2 g5 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. Bc3 a5 14. Kb1 Kb7 15.
a3 Re7 16. Qf2 a4 17. Nbc1 Re6 18. gxf4 gxf4 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Rd6 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Nc3 Ra8 24. Qc2 Ne5 25. Nxa4 Nxc4 26. Rg1 Qd4 27. Rd1
Qe5 28. Rg1 Bf7 29. Qc3 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkbbrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKBBRNQ w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 g5 2. h4 gxh4 3. f4 h5 4. g5 f6 5. Bxh4 e6 6. gxf6 Bxf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O-O 9. Bf3 Nge7 10. Nge2 Nf5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O-O d5 13. Rg1 Nh4 14. Rg3
Nxf3 15. Qxf3 h4 16. Rh3 Ne7 17. Qf2 Ng6 18. d4 Rh8 19. Ng1 Rd7 20. Nf3 Rdh7
21. Rdh1 Rh5 22. R3h2 b6 23. Ne2 Kb7 24. Neg1 c5 25. Nh3 cxd4 26. Nxd4 e5 27.
fxe5 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxe5 29. Kd2 Bd7 30. Rf6 Rg8 31. Rh2 Re7 32. Nf3 Bg4 33. Rg2
Bxf3 34. Rgxg6 Rxg6 35. Rxg6 Be4 36. Rh6 Rh7 37. Rxh7+ Bxh7 38. Ng5 Bf5 39. Nf3
h3 40. c3 Be4 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Kf2 Kc5 43. Nh2 Kc4 44. Ke2 Bb1 45. Nf3 Bxa2 46.
Nd2+ Kb5 47. Kf2 a5 48. Kg3 a4 49. Kxh3 a3 50. bxa3 Ka4 51. e4 dxe4 52. Nxe4
Kxa3 53. Nd6 Be6+ 54. Kg3 Kb3 55. c4 Kb4 56. Kf4 Kc5 57. Ke5 Bxc4 58. Ne4+ Kb4
59. Kd4 Be6 60. Nd6 Kb3 61. Ke5 Bh3 62. Kd4 Be6 63. Ke5 Bd7 64. Kd4 Bh3 65. Kd5
Bg2+ 66. Kd4 Bh3 67. Kd5 Bd7 68. Kd4 Kc2 69. Nc4 b5 70. Na3+ Kb3 71. Nxb5 Bxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbnqkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBNQKRB w GAga - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Ndc3 Nbc6 3. Nxd5 Qd7 4. g3 Nxd4 5. Qd1 e5 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 N4e6 8.
b3 f5 9. Bb2 g6 10. c4 Nf7 11. Ndc3 e4 12. Na3 Rd8 13. Qc1 Qd2 14. Rd1 Qxc1 15.
Raxc1 Bd7 16. Ba1 Be8 17. Nd5 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Kg7 19. Nc2 c6 20. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrknbrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRKNBRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. g4 h6 3. h4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g5 hxg5 6. hxg5 Qxh1 7. Rxh1 Nh5 8.
e3 b6 9. Bg2 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 e6 11. Ne2 Bxa1 12. Rxa1 d5 13. Nef4 Nxf4 14. Nxf4
Ke7 15. Rh7 Nd7 16. Ke2 c6 17. Rah1 e5 18. Ng2 Nf8 19. Rh8 Ne6 20. Rxg8 Rxg8
21. f4 exf4 22. exf4 f6 23. Rh7+ Rg7 24. Rxg7+ Nxg7 25. Nh4 Ne6 26. Ke3 fxg5
27. fxg5 Nxg5 28. Nxg6+ Kf6 29. Nf4 Ke5 30. d4+ Kd6 31. c4 dxc4 32. bxc4 c5 33.
Nd3 cxd4+ 34. Kxd4 Ne6+ 35. Kc3 Kc6 36. Nb4+ Kc5 37. Nd3+ Kc6 38. Nb4+ Kc5 39.
Nd3+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQRBNN w EAea - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ng3 Bc5 3. Qe2 Ng6 4. d3 Nf4 5. Qf3 g5 6. Be3 d6 7. Nf5 Nf6 8. g3
Bxf5 9. exf5 g4 10. Qd1 N4d5 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. h3 h5 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Bg2 Qd7
15. f3 Qxf5 16. fxg4 Qf2 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rf1 Qxg3 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 f6
21. O-O-O Rg8 22. Ne2 Rxg4 23. Nc3 Nf4 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nf6 Ne2+ 26. Kb1 Rf4 27.
Re3 Rf2 28. Nd7+ Kc8 29. Nxc5 b6 30. Nb3 Kb7 31. Rxe5 Rf8 32. Re1 Ng3 33. Nd4
f4 34. Ne6 Rf6 35. Nd8+ Kc8 36. Re8 f3 37. Ne6+ Kb7 38. Nd8+ Ka6 39. Ne6 Re2
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Nc3 Bd4 11. Ne2 Bc5 12. Rb1 a5 13. Nc3 Bd4 14. Na4 Qc7
15. c5 O-O 16. Re1 d6 17. Be3 dxc5 18. Nxc5 Rd8 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Qc2 e5 21.
Rbd1 Nf8 22. Bc4 Qe7 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Nd3 Bg4 25. f4 Be6 26. f5 Bxc4 27. Qxc4
Qd7 28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qxd4 Rd8 30. Qc5 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. e5 Rd5 33. Qe3 Qe7
34. h3 Qc5 35. Kh2 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Kf8 37. f6 gxf6 38. exf6 Rd2 39. Re5 Rxb2 40.
Rxa5 Ke8 41. Kg3 c5 42. a4 Kd7 43. Rxc5 Ke6 44. Rc6+ Kf5 45. a5 Ra2 46. a6 Ra4
47. Kf3 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 h5 49. Kd2 Ra2+ 50. Kc3 Rxg2 51. Rc5+ Kxf6 52. Ra5 Rg8 53.
a7 Ra8 54. Kc4 h4 55. Kb5 Ke5 56. Kb6+ Kf4 57. Kb7 Rf8 58. a8=Q Rxa8 59. Kxa8
Kg3 60. Ra3+ Kg2 61. Kb7 f5 62. Kc6 f4 63. Kd5 f3 64. Ke4 f2 65. Rf3 f1=Q 66.
Rxf1 Kxf1 67. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bb6 11. Be3 Ba5 12. Bd2 Bb6 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. Be3
Qd7 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Rb5 Bh3 17. Bh1 f6 18. a4 Be6 19. Qa1 Bxe3 20. fxe3 b6 21.
Rf1 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Bh4 Ngf6 14. Nd2 Ne5
15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. Nd1 Kc7 22. c3 Rd8 23. Ne3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc4 Bf6 26. e5 Be7 27. Rd1
Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nd6 Bxd6 31. exd6+ Kxd6 32. f4 Kc5 33. Kf2
b4 34. cxb4+ Kxb4 35. g3 Kc4 36. Ke3 Bc6 37. h4 h6 38. g4 f6 39. g5 hxg5 40.
hxg5 Kc5 41. Bb3 Bd7 42. gxf6 gxf6 43. Bd1 e5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. b4+ Kxb4 46.
Ke4 Bf5+ 47. Kxf5 e4 48. Bb3 Kxb3 49. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 14. Ne4 O-O
15. Be3 Nf5 16. Qc2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qe7 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 c5
21. axb5 axb5 22. Qd3 cxd4 23. Rf5 g6 24. Rdf1 Kg7 25. Ng5 Kg8 26. Qh3 h5 27.
Qg3 d3 28. Nxf7 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qf3+ Kg8 33.
e6 Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf4+ Kg7 36. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. h4 c5 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Qf4
h6 15. Bf5 Nh5 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nb7 16. R6d4 Rfd8 17. f4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Kf8 19. Be2 Rd8 20.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. exd5
cxd5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. c4 d4 11. c5 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Bxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxb7 Nc6
15. Qb5 Be7 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Nbd2 Qe6 18. a3 Rab8 19. Qc4 Nd8 20. Qxe6 Rxc1+
21. Rxc1 Nxe6 22. b4 f6 23. g3 a5 24. Rc6 Nd8 25. Rc7 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. a4 d5 14. a5 c6
15. Bf4 g6 16. Nd2 Ng7 17. Be5 Be7 18. h3 Be6 19. Nb3 Qf8 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Re1
Bc8 22. Bb8 a6 23. Bf4 Bd8 24. Bh6 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Qd6 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Bxe7
28. Nc5 g5 29. Bd3 Ne8 30. h4 gxh4 31. Bf4 Bd8 32. b4 Nc7 33. Kh2 Nb5 34. Na4
Be7 35. Bh6 Nd6 36. Nc5 Bf5 37. Bxf5 Nxf5 38. Bf4 Bxc5 39. bxc5 Kg7 40. Kh3 Kg6
41. Kg4 h5+ 42. Kh3 Ng7 43. Kxh4 Ne6 44. Bd6 Ng5 45. f3 Ne6 46. Be5 Nf8 47. Bd6
Nd7 48. Be7 Kh6 49. Bg5+ Kg6 50. Be7 Kh6 51. Kg3 Kg7 52. Kf4 Kg6 53. g3 Nf6 54.
Ke5 Ne8 55. Bd8 Kg7 56. Kf5 h4 57. Bxh4 Nc7 58. Bf6+ Kf8 59. Ke5 Nb5 60. g4 Ke8
61. g5 Na3 62. Kf5 Nc4 63. g6 Kf8 64. Be5 Nd2 65. Kf6 fxg6 66. Bd6+ Ke8 67. f4
Nf3 68. Kxg6 Nh4+ 69. Kf6 Kd7 70. f5 Nf3 71. Kg7 Ng5 72. Bf4 Nh3 73. Be3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. a4 a5 14. d5 d6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Na3 Bg5 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bb5 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Qg5 20. Re1 Nf6 21.
Qd4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. f4 Qe7 24. h3 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Ng7 27. Qg1
Qd2 28. Qd4 Qe1 29. Qg1 Qe2 30. Qa7 Nh5 31. Qd4 Qe1 32. Nxc7 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Nxf4
34. Qe4 Qf2 35. Qf3 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Kf8 37. b4 axb4 38. cxb4 Ke7 39. b5 b6 40. a5
bxa5 41. b6 Kd7 42. Nb5 Kc8 43. Nxd6+ Kb8 44. Nc4 a4 45. d6 Kb7 46. d7 Ne6 47.
Kg1 Kc6 48. Kf2 Kxd7 49. Ke3 Kc6 50. Kd2 f6 51. Kc3 Nc5 52. Kb4 Nd7 53. Nd2
Nxb6 54. Ne4 h6 55. h4 f5 56. Ng3 h5 57. Ne2 Kd6 58. Ka3 Ke5 59. Kb4 Kd6 60.
Ka3 Ke5 61. Kb4 Nd5+ 62. Kxa4 Nf4 63. Nc3 Ng2 64. Ne2 f4 65. Kb4 Nxh4 66. Ng1
Nxf3 67. Nxf3+ Ke4 68. Nd2+ Ke3 69. Nc4+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc6 17. h4 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Rd5 19. Rh3 Rad8 20. Kg1 Kf8
21. Rg3 Ke7 22. Rg4 h5 23. Rc4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. b4 Red5 26. Rbc1 cxb4 27.
Rxb4 Qd6 28. Rb7+ Rd7 29. Qxa7 Rxb7 30. Qxb7+ Kf8 31. Qb4 Qxb4 32. axb4 Rb5 33.
Rc4 Ke7 34. g4 hxg4 35. Rxg4 f5 36. Rc4 Rb8 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ke2 Kh5
40. Kd3 e5 41. Kc3 e4 42. Rc7 Kxh4 43. Rxf7 Kg4 44. Kb3 Rb6 45. Rf8 Rb7 46. Rd8
Kf3 47. Rd2 f4 48. exf4 Kxf4 49. Rd5 Rf7 50. b5 Kf3 51. Rd2 Kg2 52. Re2 Kf3 53.
Re3+ Kf4 54. Kb4 Rf6 55. Ka5 Rf5 56. Ka6 Rc5 57. b6 Rc2 58. b7 Ra2+ 59. Kb6
Rb2+ 60. Kc7 Rc2+ 61. Kd7 Rb2 62. Kc6 Rc2+ 63. Kd5 Rd2+ 64. Kc4 Rxf2 65. Rb3
Rc2+ 66. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 a6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Be2 Rc8 8. O-O c5
9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. c3 Nd7 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Nbd4 Bg6 13. a4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15.
Nd4 Rc8 16. f4 Be7 17. f5 exf5 18. e6 Nf6 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. h4 f4 21. Bxf4 Bc5
22. h5 Be4 23. h6 Rg8 24. Bg5 Qd6 25. hxg7 Qg3 26. Rxf6+ Kxg7 27. Rf2 Rgf8 28.
Bf3 Bxf3 29. Qd2 Bxd4 30. Qxd4+ Kg6 31. Be7 Rf7 32. Qd3+ Kg7 33. Rxf3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3
h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qd7 17. h3 Re6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 20. Qf1 Qe7 21. a4
b4 22. a5 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb8 24. Bd3 Ra8 25. Bxa6 Nd7 26. Bb7 Ra7 27. Bxc6 Rxc6
28. Qb5 Rb6 29. Qc4 Rba6 30. Rd3 Nc5 31. Rd5 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxe5 Qd6
34. Qd4 f6 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Re7 Kf8 37. Rc7 Nxe4 38. Nd4 Re5 39. f3 Nc5 40.
Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. Rc6 Ke7 43. f4 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Nd3+ 45. Kg3 Re3+ 46. Kh2
g6 47. f5 g5 48. Rc7+ Ke8 49. Rh7 g4 50. hxg4 Ne5 51. g3 Nxg4+ 52. Kh3 Nf2+ 53.
Kg2 Ne4 54. Rh8+ Ke7 55. Rh7+ Ke8 56. Rh8+ Ke7 57. Rh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Rxb7 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bxd4 13. O-O Nc6 14.
Qa4 Rc8 15. Ba3 Bb6 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Be2 Na5 18. Bb5 Nxb7 19. Bxe8 Rfxe8 20. g3
Nc5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Kg2 Red8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qc2 Bb6 25. a4 e5 26. h4 h5
27. f3 Be3 28. Qc3 Bd4 29. Qc7 Re8 30. a5 Re6 31. f4 Kg7 32. Kf3 Rf6 33. Qd7
Bc3 34. Qxa7 exf4 35. gxf4 Be5 36. Qe3 Bc7 37. Qc3 Bb8 38. a6 Ba7 39. f5 gxf5
40. exf5 Bb8 41. Ke4 Ba7 42. Qb2 Bb6 43. Qc3 Bf2 44. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e3 a5 15.
Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Nc4 Na6 18. h4 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Qc2 c5 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. Kg2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfc8 16. Be2 g5 17. R6d4 Kf8 18. h4 gxh4 19. Kh2 Ke7 20. Kh3
a5 21. f4 Rab8 22. e4 h5 23. f3 Rg8 24. e5 Nd5 25. Nxd5+ exd5 26. f5 f6 27. e6
Rg3+ 28. Kxh4 Rbg8 29. Rxd5 Rg2 30. Bf1 Rh2+ 31. Bh3 Rxb2 32. f4 Rh2 33. R5d2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re3 Bg5 11. Re1 b6 12. Bf1 Bb7 13. d4 Bxc1 14. Qxc1
Qf6 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Bc6 18. Bf1 d5 19. c3 Bd7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8
21. Re1 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Bxe6 24. Bd3 g5 25. g3 h6 26. f3 Kf8 27. Kf2
Ke7 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. a3 a5 30. f4 f6 31. Bc2 Bd7 32. Bd3 Be6 33. b4 Bd7 34. Bc2
Be6 35. Bd3 Bd7 36. Bc2 Be6 37. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2
O-O 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Be3 c5 18. c4 Qe8 19. Bf2 Rd8 20. b3 Qc6 21. Qe1
Qe4 22. Bh4 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 Bxh4 24. Nxh4 Rd4 25. g3 Bd7 26. Kg1 Bc6 27. Kf2
Rfd8 28. Re2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Rd1 Bg4
15. Be3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 d5 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. Nb3 Rfd8 19. Rd2 d4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21.
Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Rd8 24. Be4 Rd7 25. Rd1 f5 26. Bb1 Kf7 27. a3
Kf6 28. Ba2 Nc6 29. d5 Ne5 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. e5 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8.
Qe3 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5
Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Kd2 b6 18. Rhe1 Rae8 19. f3 Ng6 20. Bf1 Bd7
21. Bf2 Bc6 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Bxe1 Kf7 25. b4 Ne5 26. Ke3 g5 27.
Be2 Ng6 28. g3 h6 29. Bc3 Ne7 30. Bd3 Bd7 31. Be2 Be6 32. Bd2 c5 33. a3 Nc6 34.
Bc3 Ne5 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f3 Nh5 14. b4
Na6 15. a3 Bf6 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. g4
Nxf4 21. exf4 Bh4 22. Kg2 f5 23. Ng5 fxg4 24. fxg4 Rd2+ 25. Kh3 Bxg5 26. fxg5
Kf8 27. Rc7 Re2 28. g6 h5 29. Nd7+ Ke7 30. Nxb6+ Kf6 31. Rxa7 Re3+ 32. Kh4 hxg4
33. Kxg4 Kxg6 34. a4 Re4+ 35. Kg3 Rxb4 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Nc4 Rb3+ 38. Kg2 Rc3
39. Ne5+ Kf6 40. Ra5 Kf5 41. Nf3+ Kf4 42. Ra4+ Kf5 43. Ra7 Kf6 44. Ra6 Rc4 45.
Kg3 Rb4 46. h4 Rb3 47. Kg4 Rb4+ 48. Kg3 Rb3 49. Ra4 e5 50. Kg4 Rb6 51. Ng5 Rc6
52. h5 Rb6 53. Ne4+ Ke6 54. Ra7 Kd5 55. Ng5 e4 56. Rxg7 e3 57. Re7 Kd4 58. Ne6+
Kc3 59. Nf4 Kd2 60. Kf3 Rb3 61. Rd7+ Ke1 62. Ng2+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Bd6 9. g3 Qe7 10. Bg2 a6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. a4 h5 13. a5 b5 14. h4 Ne4 15. Qc2
Kb8 16. Rfc1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 f6 18. Qd3 Qe6 19. Rc2 Rdg8 20. Qd2 g5 21. Ba3 Bxa3
22. Rxa3 Nf8 23. Qc3 Rh7 24. hxg5 h4 25. Nxh4 fxg5 26. Nf3 g4 27. Ne5 Rgh8 28.
Nc6+ Kc8 29. Na7+ Kb8 30. Nc6+ Kc8 31. Qc5 Qf6 32. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Re1 a5 12. Nbd2 Qf7 13. Bg3 Re8 14. b3 a4 15.
Qc2 axb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb6 19. h3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Be6 21.
Ra7 Rb8 22. Kh2 h6 23. b4 Nc8 24. Ra1 Nd6 25. Rf1 Nb5 26. Nb1 Rd8 27. Qb2 Qd7
28. Rd1 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Nxb5 cxb5 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. Ne5 Bd5 34.
Rd2 c6 35. Rf2 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Qd2 Qf5 38. Nd3 Kf7 39. Qe3 b6 40. Ne5+
Kg8 41. Qe2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. Bxe4 Nxe5
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nce2 Ng4 17. Nf3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Rac8 19. Qa4 Bd6 20. Rac1 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Ne5 22. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8
8. f3 d6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nge2 b5 12. Nc1 Ne5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. Qxe3 b4 16. N3e2 a5 17. Nf4 a4 18. h4 Qe7 19. g4 a3 20. b3 Bxg4 21. fxg4
Nexg4 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxe4 25. Rd7 Ngf2 26. Bc4 Nxh1 27.
Bxf7+ Kh7 28. Nce2 Nhg3 29. Bg6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Nd2 Qd6 12. N4f3 Bg4 13. Rc1 Rfe8 14. h3 Bh5
15. Re1 Rac8 16. Nf1 Ba5 17. Re2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh5 19. Rec2 Qg6+ 20. Kh1 Qf5
21. Kg2 Re6 22. f4 Rg6+ 23. Kh2 Qe4 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Bd3 Qe6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27.
Kxg3 Re8 28. Rc5 d4 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Qxd4 f6 31. Qxa7 Bd2 32. Rd1 Bb4 33. Qd7
Qxd7 34. Rxd7 Ra8 35. a4 Rb8 36. Rc7 c5 37. Rd7 Ba5 38. Rd5 Rxb3 39. Rxc5 Bb6
40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. axb5 Kf7 42. e4 Ke6 43. Ba3 f5 44. f3 Bd4 45. Bb4 Kd7 46. exf5
gxf5 47. Kh4 Kc7 48. Kg5 Kb6 49. Bd6 Kxb5 50. Be5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1
b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15.
Nc3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 e6 17. Qe2 g4 18. Nh2 b4 19. Nd1 h5 20. d5 Qf6 21. Rc1 Nc5
22. e5 Qg5 23. Ne3 Qxe5 24. Bb1 Qxb2 25. Qc4 a5 26. Nhf1 Ba6 27. Qf4 Qe5 28.
Nf5 Qxf4 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. gxf4 Bb2 31. Rxc5 dxc5 32. dxe6 Bc3 33. Rd1 Rad8 34.
Ng6+ fxg6 35. e7 Rde8 36. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 37. Bxg6 Rxf4 38. Ng3 Bd4 39. Nxh5 Rxf2
40. Kh2 Be5+ 41. Kg1 Bd4 42. Rxd4 Rf1+ 43. Kh2 cxd4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Qc2 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Bxc6 Bxf3 13. gxf3 bxc6 14. Rg1
d4 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qxc6 dxe3 17. Qxd6 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rxd6 19. Bxe5 Re6 20. d4
g6 21. Rc7 Nd5 22. Rxa7 f6 23. Bg3 Rc8 24. Re1 Rc2+ 25. Kf1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 f5
27. Be5 f4 28. Rg7+ Kf8 29. Rd7 Ne3 30. Bxf4 Ng2+ 31. Kd1 Rxa2 32. Bh6+ Ke8 33.
Rxh7 Nh4 34. d5 Ra5 35. Bd2 Ra1+ 36. Ke2 Nf5 37. Kd3 Rb1 38. Kc4 Rd1 39. Bg5
1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 e5 12. Ndc2 Rd8 13. Qc1 Nc6 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. Qb2 Qe7 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Nb5 Be6 18. Rfd1 Qc5 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxa2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxb7 a6 26. Ra7 Bc4
27. Bf3 g6 28. h4 h5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. e3 Rd6 31. Rc7 Bd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Ra7
a5 34. e4 Re5 35. Kf3 Rb5 36. Ke3 Rb3+ 37. Kf4 Rb2 38. f3 Rb5 39. g4 hxg4 40.
fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 Re8 7. d4 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. cxd5 b5 16. Bf5 g6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. e4 c4 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. h4 Rac8 21. h5
b4 22. Bd4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rcd1 c3 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. d6 Rcd8 27. Qa4 a5
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Re3 Re6 30. Rd5 Qf4 31. g3 Qg4 32. Qc6 Rxe4 33. Re5 Rxe5 34.
Rxe5 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qxd6 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Rxa5 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Ne5 Re8 11. Ndc4 Bf8 12. Bg5 c6 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Rc1 Qe6 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Qb3 Qf6 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Bf3 h4 21.
Nb4 Rac8 22. Bg4 hxg3 23. hxg3 Red8 24. Qa4 Bxb4 25. axb4 a6 26. Qc2 g6 27. Kg2
Qe7 28. Qd2 f5 29. Bf3 Nf6 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. Rh4 Rh8 32. Rch1 Rxh4 33. Rxh4 Kf7
34. Nc2 Rg8 35. Rh6 g5 36. Ne3 Bc8 37. Kg1 Rg6 38. Bh5 Nxh5 39. Rxh5 f4 40.
Rh7+ Rg7 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Ng2 f3 44. exf3 Be6 45. Qf4 Qxb4 46.
Qe5+ Kf7 47. Nf4 Bd7 48. Qh5+ Ke7 49. Qg5+ Ke8 50. Ng6 a5 51. Kg2 Be6 52. Qf6
Qd6 53. Ne5 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8.
Bb5 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Nfd4 e5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 exf4 14. Bxa8
Ba6 15. Bxd5 fxe3 16. Bf3 Ne4 17. Be2 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qe3 19. Qf1 Nxf2 20. Bxa6
Ng4+ 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Qe2 Qh6 23. g3 Bxg3 24. Rg1 Nf2+ 25. Kg2 Qh3+ 26. Kf3 Bh4+
27. Rg3 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qf5+ 29. Kg2 Ng4 30. Bd3 Qh5 31. c6 Rc8 32. Kg1 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. b4 Rc8 12. Bb2 Ne5 13. Qg5 Nxc4 14. Bxd4
O-O 15. e4 h6 16. Qh4 Nd2 17. Be2 Nfxe4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne1
d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 a6 11. b4 f5 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 e4 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. d3
exd3 16. exd3 f4 17. Ned5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Nf5 19. b5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Bxb2 21. Rxb2
Kh8 22. Qd2 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qf6 24. Kg2 Rce8 25. Be4 Ne5 26. Nc7 Nxc4 27. Nxe8
Nfe3+ 28. Kg1 Nxf1 29. Nxf6 Nfxd2 30. dxc4 Nxc4 31. Rb4 b5 32. Nd5 Rb8 33. Bd3
Ne5 34. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
Na3 c6 9. O-O a5 10. Rfc1 b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Qb2 Qe7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4
15. cxd5 exd5 16. f4 f6 17. Bf3 Ne3 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nc2 Re8 20. Nxe3 Qxe3+
21. Kg2 c5 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. Rd3 Qe7 24. Re1 d4 25. e4 dxe3 26. Rdxe3 Bxf3+ 27.
Kxf3 Qb7+ 28. Kf2 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qh1 30. Re2 Qxh2+ 31. Kf3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 b4 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. c3 Rfc8 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. e6 Qd8 17. exf7+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Bh3 Rf8 21. Ng5 Qd8
22. Ne6 Qd7 23. Ng5 Qd8 24. Ne6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O g5
9. Ne1 Bg7 10. c3 c5 11. f4 c4 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Bh5 gxf4 14. Rxf4 Rf8 15. Nf1
O-O-O 16. Ng3 f6 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. e6 Nb6 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. Qxf5
Kb8 22. Nf3 Rfe8 23. Bf4+ Ka8 24. Re1 Rg8 25. Nh4 Bf8 26. Ng6 Qg7 27. e7 Re8
28. exf8=Q Rgxf8 29. Nxf8 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Qe7 31. Ng6 Qe6 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. Bg4
f5 34. Bxf5 Rf6 35. g4 Na4 36. Bxh6 Nxb2 37. h4 Nd1+ 38. Kf3 Nxc3 39. h5 Ne4
40. Ke3 Ng3 41. Bc2 Nf1+ 42. Ke2 Ng3+ 43. Kd2 Rf2+ 44. Kd1 Rf1+ 45. Kd2 Rf2+
46. Kc1 Ne2+ 47. Kb1 Nxd4 48. Be3 Rf1+ 49. Kb2 Ne2 50. h6 d4 51. h7 Rh1 52.
h8=Q+ Rxh8 53. Nxh8 dxe3 54. g5 Nd4 55. Bd1 e2 56. Bxe2 Nxe2 57. g6 c3+ 58. Kb3
Nd4+ 59. Kxc3 Nf5 60. Nf7 Kb8 61. Kd3 Kc7 62. Ke4 Ng7 63. Ke5 b5 64. Nd6 b4 65.
Nf5 Nh5 66. Kd4 Kb6 67. Kc4 Ka5 68. Kb3 Kb5 69. g7 Nxg7 70. Nxg7 a5 71. Nf5 a4+
72. Kb2 Kc4 73. Ne3+ Kd3 74. Nc2 Kc4 75. Ne1 Kd4 76. Nf3+ Ke4 77. Ng5+ Kd5 78.
Nf7 Ke6 79. Nh6 Ke5 80. Ng4+ Kf5 81. Ne3+ Ke4 82. Nd1 Kd4 83. Kc1 Kc4 84. Nb2+
Kb5 85. Kb1 Ka5 86. Nd3 Kb5 87. Kc1 Kc4 88. Nb2+ Kb5 89. Kb1 Ka5 90. Nd3 Kb5
91. Ne5 Kc5 92. Kb2 Kd5 93. Nd7 Kc6 94. Nf6 Kc5 95. Ng4 Kd4 96. Nf2 Ke3 97. Nh3
Kd4 98. Kc1 Kc3 99. Nf2 Kd4 100. Nd1 Kc4 101. Kd2 Kd4 102. Nb2 a3 103. Nd1 b3
104. axb3 a2 105. Ne3 a1=N 106. b4 Nb3+ 107. Kc2 Nc5 108. bxc5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. b4 a6 13. Bf4 Rfe8 14. Nd2 Rac8
15. g4 Bg6 16. Bg3 Bd8 17. f4 h5 18. g5 Nh7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 Bc7 21. h4
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nhf8 23. Bf3 Ng6 24. Bxh5 Ne7 25. Bg4 Nf8 26. Nc4 Nf5 27. Bxf5
exf5 28. Rad1 Rcd8 29. Ne5 Ne6 30. Nf3 Nxf4 31. Bxf4 Bxf4 32. Rfe1 Re4 33. Kf2
Rde8 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. h5 Be3+ 36. Kf1 g6 37. h6 f6 38. gxf6 Bxh6 39. d5 cxd5
40. Rxd5 Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kxf6 42. Rxb7 Bf4 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ Re7 45. Rb6 Re4
46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. c3 Qb5 14. Re1 O-O 15.
Nf4 Bd6 16. Bf1 Qxb3 17. axb3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Kg2 Rfe8 20. Be3 Bc7 21. b4
Ned7 22. Rad1 Bb6 23. Bc1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Nd3 Kf8 27. h4
h6 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Bh3 Nd6 30. Ke2 Nf8 31. Bf4 Ne6 32. Be5 Nc4 33. Bb8 Nd6 34.
Ne5 Bc7 35. Bxe6 Bxb8 36. Bb3 Bc7 37. Nd3 Bb6 38. Ne5 Bc7 39. Nc4 Nxc4 40. Bxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d3 Bf5 6. Nh4 Be6 7. Be2 O-O-O 8.
O-O e4 9. Qa4 exd3 10. Bf3 Qc4 11. Qxc4 Bxc4 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nd2 Nge7 14. Be4
g5 15. Nhf3 g4 16. Ng5 Bd5 17. Bxd3 Bh6 18. Nf1 f6 19. Ne4 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 f5
21. Nc5 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Bd5 23. Ne3 f4 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. b4 b6 26. Ba6+ Kb8 27. Ne6
Rde8 28. Ned4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Nh4 30. Bf1 Kb7 31. c4 Be4 32. c5 Kb8 33. Nb5 Bc6
34. Nxa7 Bd7 35. Red1 Re7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Nc6+ Kb7 38. Ne5 Rd2 39. Ba6+ Ka8
40. Bb5+ Kb8 41. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. Qa4 c6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rad1 Qe6
15. Qd4 Rfd8 16. Bh6 Qe5 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Be3 Ne6 19. f4 Qh5 20. f5 gxf5 21.
exf5 Qxf5 22. Rf1 Qg6 23. Rf3 Kh8 24. Rdf1 f6 25. Rg3 Qf7 26. Ne4 d5 27. Nxf6
Bxf6 28. Rgf3 Rf8 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31. Qc3 Raf8 32. Bxa7 Kg8 33. h3
Nf4 34. Kh2 Rg6 35. g4 Rh6 36. Qb4 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Rg3+ 38. Kh2 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rf6
0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O Nd5 9. Bxc4 Nxf4 10. exf4 a6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4
Bb7 15. Ne5 g6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Bc4 Bb4 18. Rd1 Qd6 19. Raa1 Rad8 20. Rac1 Qb6
21. Na4 Qa7 22. Qe3 Rd6 23. Nc3 c6 24. h4 Rfd8 25. Rd3 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27.
Ne4 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 c5 29. Rcd1 cxd4 30. h5 Qa8 31. Qxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33.
Rxd4 gxh5 34. Rd7 f6 35. Nc6 Rc8 36. Ne7+ Bxe7 37. Rxe7 Rc6 38. g3 Rb6 39. Ra7
h4 40. gxh4 Rxb2 41. Rxa5 Rb4 42. f5 e5 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Ra8+ Kg7
46. Ra7+ Kh6 47. Rf7 Rxh4 48. Rxf6+ Kg5 49. Rf8 h5 50. f3 Rf4 51. Kg2 Rxf5 52.
Ra8 Rf4 53. Rg8+ Kh4 54. Re8 Rf5 55. Kf2 Kh3 56. Re6 h4 57. Re8 Kh2 58. Re7 h3
59. Re8 Rg5 60. Re7 Rg2+ 61. Ke3 Kg1 62. Rxe5 h2 63. Rh5 h1=Q 64. Rxh1+ Kxh1
65. f4 Kh2 66. f5 Kg3 67. Ke4 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. Nxe4 a6 15.
Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Nc5 Re8 18. Nxb7 Qb8 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Be3 h6 21. Re2
Bf8 22. Nd2 Re6 23. Nc4 a5 24. Qb5 Qc8 25. Nbxa5 Nxa5 26. Nxa5 c6 27. Qb7 Qxb7
28. Nxb7 c5 29. b4 cxb4 30. cxb4 Bxb4 31. a5 Rea6 32. Ra4 Be7 33. Rc2 Kf8 34.
Bxh6+ Ke8 35. Be3 Rb8 36. Rb2 Rc8 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. dxc4 Nf8 39. Nc5 Bxc5 40.
Rb8+ Kd7 41. Bxc5 Ne6 42. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4
a5 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Bd2
Bxd2 16. Qxd2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Ngf4 19. Ra3 Qg5 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. Kh2 Be6
22. Bf1 Qf6 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. Rf3 Qb4 25. Qc1 Rfe8 26. Bc4 Ng6 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28.
b3 Nc7 29. Ne4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Ne6 31. d5 cxd5 32. Nd2 Ng5 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Rb3
Qd6+ 35. Kg1 dxc4 36. Qxc4+ Kh7 37. Nf1 Re4 38. Qb5 b6 39. Ne3 Rb4 40. Rxb4
axb4 41. Nd5 Ne4 42. Nxb4 Nc3 43. Qc4 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Ne2 45. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Qc2 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. Qd2 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Kb1 Bc5 15.
g4 Bd7 16. Bf2 Qb6 17. h4 Bc6 18. h5 Nd7 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Nxc3+ 21. Qxc3
Ne5 22. h6 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxa3 24. Qc3 Bf8 25. Nf5 Qxf2 26. hxg7 f6 27. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6
Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. g3 g5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. g4 Nh4 19. fxg5 Nxe5 20. Bd4 Nd3+ 21.
Kb1 O-O 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Ng6 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rxd3
27. Rxd3 e5 28. Re3 Rc6 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Kg7 31. h3 h6 32. gxh6+ Rxh6 33.
Re3 Rc6 34. Rc3 Rd6 35. Kc2 Kg6 36. Rf3 Rd4 37. Kc3 Re4 38. Kd3 Rb4 39. b3 a5
40. Kc3 Re4 41. Kd3 Re1 42. Kc4 Re5 43. a4 b6 44. Rd3 f6 45. Rd6 Re4+ 46. Kc3
Re3+ 47. Rd3 Re4 48. Rf3 Kg5 49. Rf5+ Kg6 50. Rb5 Re3+ 51. Kc4 Rxh3 52. Rxb6
Rg3 53. Kb5 Rxb3+ 54. Kxa5 Re3 55. Rb4 Kg5 56. Rc4 Rb3 57. Ka6 f5 58. gxf5 Kxf5
59. Rd4 Ke6 60. a5 Ke7 61. Ka7 Rb1 62. Rd5 Rb2 63. a6 Rb1 64. Ka8 Rb2 65. a7
Rb1 66. Rd2 Rb3 67. Rd1 Rb2 68. Rd3 Rb1 69. Rd5 Rb2 70. Rh5 Kd7 71. Rh8 Kc7 72.
Rb8 Rc2 73. Rb1 Rc3 74. Rb7+ Kc8 75. Rb8+ Kc7 76. Rc8+ Kxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
h4 Nf8 9. h5 Qe7 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Ne3 O-O-O 12. Bd2 Bxe3 13. Bxe3 Qb4+ 14. Qd2
Qxb2 15. O-O Qa3 16. f4 Nd7 17. h6 gxh6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Bxh6 Rhg8 20. Nf5
Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Rg6 22. Be3 b6 23. Rg5 Rxg5 24. Bxg5 Rg8 25. c3 Nc5 26. Rf1 Nxd3
27. Rf7 Qd6 28. Rxh7 Qg6 29. Rh3 Nc5 30. Be3 Nxe4 31. Qc2 Nxc3 32. Qxg6 Rxg6
33. Bxb6 Ne2+ 34. Kf2 axb6 35. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Nf5 16. Rfe1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bb6
21. e6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Kh8 23. a4 Qc7 24. Rae1 Qf7 25. Qc3 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. a5 Bd8 29. Qb4 Qe7 30. Qf4 Bc7 31. Qf5 g6 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. a6
bxa6 34. Qxa6 Bb6 35. h4 h6 36. Qc4 Qc5 37. Qe2 Kf6 38. g3 Qd5 39. Nh2 h5 40.
Nf3 Qe6 41. Qd2 Qd5 42. Qc3+ Kf5 43. Ng5 Qd4 44. Qc2+ Kg4 45. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 Nb6 9. Na5 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. d4 Bd6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bg4
15. h3 Bh5 16. b4 Qf7 17. Qb3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 a6 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Ba7 Ra8 22. Be3 Ne5 23. Kg2 b6 24. f4 bxa5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. bxa5 Rab8 27. c4
Ke6 28. c5 Be7 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Rxb5 cxb5 31. Rd1 c6 32. f3 Rb8 33. Kf2 b4 34.
Rb1 Rb5 35. Kg3 h5 36. h4 g6 37. Rb2 Rxa5 38. Rxb4 Ra3 39. Bg1 g5 40. hxg5 Bxg5
41. Rb6 Bf4+ 42. Kg2 Rxa2+ 43. Kh3 Kd7 44. Rb7+ Kc8 45. Rh7 Ra1 46. Bf2 a5 47.
Bg3 a4 48. Bxf4 exf4 49. Ra7 a3 50. Kg2 Kb8 51. Ra4 a2 52. e5 Kc7 53. e6 Kd8
54. Ra7 h4 55. Kh2 Ke8 56. Kg2 Kf8 57. Kh2 h3 58. Rf7+ Ke8 59. Ra7 Kd8 60. Rd7+
Kc8 61. Ra7 Kb8 62. Ra4 Kc7 63. Ra8 Re1 64. Rxa2 Rxe6 65. Ra4 Re5 66. Rxf4 Rxc5
67. Kxh3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Ng3 16. Rfd1 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Ngf5 18. Na4 f6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Re1 fxe5 21.
Nxe5 Ng6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bf4 b5 24. a3 Qh4 25. Be5 Rae8 26. Qc3 Nd6 27. Bg3
Qd8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 b4 32. a4 b6 33. h4 Qf6
34. Qg3 Kh7 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. h5 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 gxh5 38. Qxh5+ Kg8 39. Qf5 Qd2 40.
Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
O-O Nf8 9. c3 Ne6 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. a3 c5 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. Rad1 Qe8 15.
bxc5 Nxc5 16. d4 Qa4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Na5 b5 20. dxe5 Bxa3 21. Rc2
fxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb2 23. Rb1 Bxc3 24. Rxb5 a6 25. Rc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc3 Nxe4 27. Rxc7
Rfc8 28. Re7 Re8 29. Rc7 Rac8 30. Ra7 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ra8 32. Rc7 Nd6 33. Nd4 Rac8
34. Rd7 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. Qxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. O-O-O f6 14. Be3
Kf7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rhd8 17. Nb5 b6 18. Be3 g5 19. h4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 gxh4
21. Rh1 Rg8 22. Rxh4 Rxg2 23. Rxh7+ Kg6 24. Rc7 Nb4 25. Rxa7 Rxc2+ 26. Kd1 Bd5
0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. h4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Be6 16. h5 h6 17. g3 Rac8 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Rh4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rc5
21. Kg2 Rfc8 22. Be2 Rc2 23. Bf3 Rb2 24. Bxd5 Rcc2 25. Rf1 Bxd5+ 26. Rxd5 Rxa2
27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 f6 29. Rxb7 Rc5 30. g4 f5 31. b4 Re5 32. Kf3 fxg4+ 33.
Kxg4 Rg5+ 34. Kf3 a5 35. bxa5 Raxa5 36. e4 Rxh5 37. Rg1 Rhg5 38. Rxg5 hxg5 39.
Kg4 Kg6 40. Rb6+ Kf7 41. f3 Re5 42. Rd6 Rc5 43. Kh5 Rc3 44. Kg4 Rc5 45. Ra6 Rb5
46. Ra1 Kg6 47. Rd1 Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kf7 49. Rd5 Rxd5 50. exd5 Kf6 51. Kh5 Ke5 52.
Kxg5 Kxd5 53. Kg6 Ke5 54. Kxg7 Kf4 55. Kf6 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 f5 14. Bb5 a6
15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Rhe1 Bg7 17. Nc5 Ke7 18. Nd3 f6 19. f4 e4 20. Nc5 Rhd8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g4 Bh6 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. N3xe4 Kf7 25. Nb7 Rd5 26. Nbd6+ Kf8 27.
Nxf5 Rxf5 28. a4 Rxf4 29. Nc5 Rc4 30. Nxa6 Rxa4 31. Nb8 Rh4 32. Nxc6 Rxh2 33.
b4 Bd2 34. Rf1 Kg7 35. b5 Be3 36. Ne7 Bc5 37. Nd5 Rh4 38. c3 h5 39. b6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f3 e5 2. Kf2 d5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 exd4 7. exd4 Nf5 8.
Ne2 Bd6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. Bc2 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bf4 Nce7
15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Ne3 Bf5 17. Nf4 c6 18. Re1 Qh6 19. h4 Qf6 20. Bxf5 Nexf5 21.
Ng4 Qd8 22. Qd3 Qb6 23. b3 Qb5 24. a4 Qxb3 25. Reb1 Qc4 26. Qd2 a5 27. Ne5 Qa6
28. h5 f6 29. Ned3 Nc4 30. Qa2 b6 31. g4 Nfd6 32. Re1 Qb7 33. Ne6 Qd7 34. Ndf4
Re7 35. Re2 Rae8 36. Rae1 Nf7 37. Qb1 Ng5 38. Nxg5 fxg5 39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. Nd3
Re6 41. Ne5 Qe7 42. Re2 h6 43. Qf5 Rf6 44. Qc8+ Qf8 45. Qxf8+ Rxf8 46. Nxc6 Kf7
47. Re7+ Kf6 48. Rd7 Rc8 49. Ne7 Ke6 50. Ra7 Rf8 51. Nf5 Rf7 52. Nxg7+ Kf6 53.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 54. Nf5 Nb2 55. Ke2 Nxa4 56. Nxh6+ Kf6 57. Kd3 Nb2+ 58. Kc2 Nc4 59.
Nf5 b5 60. h6 Kg6 61. Ne7+ Kxh6 62. Nxd5 Kg6 63. Nc7 Nd6 64. Kb3 Kf6 65. Nd5+
Ke6 66. Ne3 Kd7 67. Ng2 Kc6 68. f4 Ne4 69. fxg5 Nxg5 70. Nf4 Ne4 71. Nh3 a4+
72. Kb4 a3 73. Kxa3 Nxc3 74. g5 Kd5 75. g6 Ne4 76. Ng5 Nf6 77. Nf3 Ke4 78. g7
Kf5 79. Ne5 Kg5 80. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Re1 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 c5 13. dxc5 Nb4 14. Bxe6
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxc2 16. Ra2 fxe6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Rf1 Nd4 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Ba3
Bh6 21. Nc4 Nxb3 22. g3 Rd4 23. Rc2 Nd2 24. Nxd2 Bxd2 25. Rb1 Rc7 26. Rb3 Kf7
27. Rcb2 Bc1 28. Rb1 Bxa3 29. Rxa3 e5 30. Rb5 Rc4 31. Rxa5 R7xc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5
33. a5 h5 34. h4 Kf6 35. a6 bxa6 36. Rxa6+ e6 37. Ra4 Kf5 38. Ra2 e4 39. Kg2 e5
40. Ra3 Rc2 41. Rb3 Rd2 42. Kf1 Rd3 43. Rb1 e3 44. Ke2 Ra3 45. f3 Ra2+ 46. Kxe3
Rg2 47. Rb8 Rxg3 48. Rf8+ Ke6 49. Ke4 Rh3 50. Re8+ Kf6 51. Rf8+ Kg7 52. Ra8
Rxh4+ 53. Kxe5 Rb4 54. f4 h4 55. Rc8 h3 56. Rc2 Rb5+ 57. Ke4 Rh5 58. Rh2 Kf6
59. Kf3 Kf5 60. Kg3 Rh8 61. Kf3 Ra8 62. Kg3 Ra3+ 63. Kh4 Kxf4 64. Rf2+ Rf3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8.
e4 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bxa6
Rxa6 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. Nc2 Raa8 18. Kf1 Bb5+ 19. Ke1 Bd3 20. Ne3 Bxe4
21. f3 Bc6 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne5 Bd5 24. Rac1 f6 25. Nd3 Bb3 26. Rd2 Rac8 27. Bb4
Bxb4 28. axb4 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Bc4 31. b3 Bd5 32. Ne2 Bxb3 33. Nc3
Bc4 34. f4 h5 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. g3 Kg6 37. Ne4 Kf5 38. Nd6+ Kg4 39. Ne8 g6 40.
Nxf6+ Kh3 41. Nd7 Kxh2 42. Kf2 Bd5 43. Nf8 e5 44. fxe5 g5 45. e6 h4 46. g4 Kh3
47. e7 Bc6 48. Ng6 Bd7 49. Ne5 Be8 50. Kf3 Kh2 51. Kf2 Kh3 52. Kf3 Kh2 53. Kf2
Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. c4
a5 16. b5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Re8 18. Ra3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Re6 20. Rae3 b6 21. g3 Nd7
22. f4 Re8 23. Qg4 Nc5 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Bxc5 Qxg4 26. hxg4 dxc5 27. Rd1 Rad8 28.
Rd5 Ne7 29. Rdd3 f6 30. e5 f5 31. g5 Ng6 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 h5
35. Rd5 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Rd8 37. Rd3 Ne7 38. Ng5+ Kg6 39. d6 cxd6 40. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 c5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 Qd6 13. b4 Na6 14. b5 Nc7
15. a4 Rb8 16. O-O b6 17. Bb2 f5 18. Bc6 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. d4 exd4 21. exd4
Ne6 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rad1 Qg6 24. Rfe1 Kh7 25. Rd5 f4 26. Qxg6+ Kxg6 27. Ba3
Rf5 28. Rd4 Rc7 29. Rc4 Rd5 30. Bxc5 Rdxc5 31. Rxf4 Rc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Ra1
Rc5 34. f3 a6 35. bxa6 Ra5 36. Rb1 Rxa6 37. Rb4 Kf5 38. g4+ Ke5 39. Kf2 g5 40.
Kg3 Kd5 41. h4 Kc6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Rxf4 Kd5 45. g5 Ke5 46. Kg4
Ra8 47. g6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Nc8 9. a4 Ncb6 10. a5 Nc4 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Re1 Kf7 15.
Qe2 Nf8 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Bf4 g5 18. b3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Ne5+ Kg7 21. Qh5
Bxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 23. Nd3 Ng6 24. Re3 Qd7 25. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Be6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Bc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. d3 Qe7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Bc3 a4 14. h4 Rfe8
15. h5 Qe6 16. Rh4 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Nd8 18. g4 f6 19. g5 b5 20. Rg4 f5 21. Rg1 c5
22. g6 h6 23. Nh4 Rf8 24. e4 fxe4 25. dxe4 Ne6 26. Nf5 Bc7 27. O-O-O Nd4 28. f4
Ne2+ 29. Kc2 Nxg1 30. Rd7 Rxf5 31. exf5 Ne2 32. Rxc7 Nxc3 33. Kxc3 exf4 34.
Rxc5 f3 35. f6 gxf6 36. Rxb5 Rc8+ 37. Kd3 Re8 38. Rf5 Re5 39. Rxf3 Rxh5 40.
Rxf6 Rb5 41. Kc3 Rc5+ 42. Kd3 Rb5 43. Kc2 Rc5+ 44. Kd3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 f6 8.
Qf3 Nc7 9. exf6 exf6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2+ Ne6 12. Nxe6 dxe6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bb2
Kf7 15. O-O-O a6 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rhe1 Qd5 19. f3 h5 20. d4 cxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qf5 22. Ng3 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Qe5 24. Re4 Qb5 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Rxe6 Rae8 27.
h4 Bd8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. fxe4 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33.
c4 bxc4 34. bxc4 Bxh4 35. Kc2 Kd7 36. Kd3 Kc6 37. a4 Bg3 38. Bd4 Bd6 39. Bf2
Bc7 40. Be3 Bd6 41. Bf2 Bc7 42. Be3 Bd6 43. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Nxd4 13. exd4 Ne7 14. Bf4 Nf5
15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Bxb7 Rae8 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rfd1 Re7 20. Bg2 Ba4
21. b3 Bb5 22. Nc3 Ba6 23. Be5 f6 24. Bf4 Rd8 25. d5 e5 26. Bc1 Nd4 27. Be3 f5
28. Rac1 Bb7 29. Kh2 Rc7 30. Na4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 b5 32. Nc5 Bxd5 33. Bxd4 Bxg2
34. Bxe5 Bxe5 35. Kxg2 Rd2 36. Ne6 Kf7 37. Rc6 Rxa2 38. Nd8+ Kg7 39. Rc5 Kf6
40. Nc6 Bd6 41. Rxb5 f4 42. g4 Rd2 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rh3 45. g5+ hxg5 46.
hxg5+ Ke6 47. Nd4+ Kd7 48. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sakorenko, Adriana"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Bg3
O-O 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qc7 11. f4 Ne7 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rfd1 cxd4
15. exd4 f6 16. Nc4 f5 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Rf1 b5 20. a3 a6 21. Qf2
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qc4 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 24. Rcd1 Qb3 25. Rd4 Rc4 26. Red1 e3 27. Qe2
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rc8 29. h3 Rc4 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31. Bh4 g6 32. g3 Qa2 33. Kf1 Qb1+
34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Qf3 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Qxb2 37. g4 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kf1 Qd3+
40. Qe2 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Qe2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. c3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. h4 Qb6 14. h5 h6 15.
Re2 Rad8 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Rae1 Qa5 18. a3 Qd5 19. Be4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Re3
Nf6 22. Be5 Nd7 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Bf4 Nf6 25. Be5 Nd7 26. Qg3 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Rcd8
28. Rf3 Bg5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Qd2 31. Ree3 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Kg3 Rh1
34. Rf4 Qg1 35. Rg4 Qh2+ 36. Kf3 g6 37. hxg6 Rf8 38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rf4+ Ke8
40. Qg6+ Kd7 41. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bd5 Ra7 6. d3 e6 7. Bb3 Nf6 8. a3 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Rc7 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Ba2 Ne5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3
Nc6 16. Nf4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nf5 Re8 19. Nxe7+ Rcxe7 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Be3
Qe5 22. h3 Nd4 23. c3 Nf5 24. Bd2 d4 25. Qb3 Qc7 26. Qd1 Ne3 27. fxe3 dxe3 28.
Bxe3 Rxe3 29. Qf1 Qe5 30. Qf2 c4 31. dxc4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Re4 33. Nd3 Qe7 34. b3
Re2 35. Qf4 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nh4 Ne7 12. h3 d5 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. d4 Bb6 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ndf3 Nxe4 18. Nxe5 c5 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. g3 Rd8 21. dxc5
Bxc5 22. Nd3 Bb6 23. Be5 Qe6 24. Kh2 Nc6 25. Nf3 Nxe5 26. Nfxe5 Re8 27. Nf3 Qf6
28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Qxd4 30. Nf4 Nf6 31. Qc2 b4 32. Rd1 Qe5 33. Nd3 Qh5 34.
Nf4 Qf3 35. Rd3 Qe4 36. Qc7 Qf5 37. Bc2 Qc8 38. Qxc8 Rxc8 39. Bb3 g5 40. Ne2
Re8 41. Nd4 Ne4 42. Kg2 Nc5 43. Rf3 Nxb3 44. Rxb3 Re4 45. Rxb4 Kg7 46. f3 Re1
47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. g4 Re2+ 49. Kg3 d4 50. Rxd4 Rxb2 51. Rd6+ Ke5 52. Ra6 Bb7 53.
Ra5+ Kf6 54. Nxh6 Rb3 55. Ng8+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Bf6 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Qc2 Ndb4 11. Qc1 b6 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. b4 c4 15.
b5 Na5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qc3 Qe7 18. Nd4 Be6 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. e4
dxe4 22. Rxe4 Nb3 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rae1 Qf6 25. Rxe6 Qxc3 26. dxc3 Nc5 27. Re7
Nxa4 28. Rxa7 Nxc3 29. Ree7 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 Nxb5 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Raf7+ Ke8 33.
Rb7 Kf8 34. Rxh7 Kg8 35. Rbg7+ Kf8 36. Rb7 Kg8 37. Kg2 Nd6 38. Rbg7+ Kf8 39.
Rd7 Kg8 40. Be2 Re1 41. Bf3 Rc5 42. h4 c3 43. h5 c2 44. h6 Nf5 45. Rhf7 Nxh6
46. Rg7+ Kf8 47. Rh7 c1=Q 48. Rd8+ Re8 49. Rh8+ Ng8 50. Rxe8+ Kxe8 51. Rxg8+
Kf7 52. Rg4 Rc2 53. Rf4+ Ke7 54. Be4 Ra2 55. Bd5 Ra1 56. Rf7+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. g5 Nd7 13. Nd5 Nc5 14. Qg3 Bxd5 15.
exd5 O-O 16. f4 Rc8 17. f5 Re8 18. Be3 Na4 19. f6 Bf8 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Be4 Rc4
22. Bd3 Nxb2 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rf5 Qd7 25. Raf1 Re7 26. h4 Qb7 27. Rd1 Qc8 28.
Rdf1 Qb7 29. Qf3 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qxd5 31. h5 Qc4 32. Qf3 e4 33. Qf4 Be5 34. Qg4
Qxc2 35. Qh4 e3 36. g6 e2 37. gxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Rxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+
Kxh5 41. R7f5+ Kg4 42. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Ne4 f6 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nfd2 f5
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 c6 17. Nf3 a5 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Rxa5 Bxa2 20. Ra1 Bd5 21.
Rxa8 Nxa8 22. Ra7 c5 23. Nh4 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Qb6 25. Qa5 Qxa5 26. Rxa5 Rc8 27.
Nf4 Nb6 28. Ra7 Rb8 29. Ne6 Nc8 30. Ra2 b6 31. b4 Kf7 32. Nd8+ Kf6 33. Nc6 Rb7
34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Rc2 Rc7 36. Nxd4 Nd6 37. Nf3 c4 38. dxc4 Rxc4 39. Ra2 Ne4 40.
Ra6+ Ke7 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rf7+ Kxf7 43. Ne5+ Ke6 44. Nxc4 Kd5 45. Ne3+ Ke5 46.
f3 Nc3 47. Kf2 g5 48. g4 f4 49. Nc4+ Kd4 50. Nd6 Nd1+ 51. Ke1 Nb2 52. Nf7 Ke3
53. Nxg5 Nc4 54. Nxh7 Ne5 55. Nf6 Nc6 56. Nd5+ Kd4 57. Nxf4 Ke5 58. Ng2 Nd4 59.
Kf2 Nc2 60. h4 Nd4 61. h5 Ne6 62. f4+ Kf6 63. e4 Nc5 64. e5+ Ke6 65. Kf3 Nd3
66. h6 Nc5 67. h7 Nd7 68. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Ng4 8. e5
h5 9. Nd5 Qc6 10. c4 e6 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nf4 d6 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. d3 Nxh2 15.
Be2 Qc7 16. Nxh5 Kf8 17. Bd2 g6 18. Nf6 b6 19. Qc1 Kg7 20. Bh6+ Rxh6 21. Ne8+
Kh7 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Ne8+ Kh7 24. Nxc7 Bxc7 25. c5 b5 26. g3 e5 27. Kg2 Ng4 28.
Rh1 Rxh1 29. Qxh1+ Kg7 30. Qh4 Bb7+ 31. Bf3 Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Nh6 33. Rh1 Rh8 34.
g4 f6 35. g5 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Bf4 Rb2 14. Bf3
Nd5 15. Rfc1 Bb5 16. Qc5 Qa6 17. Rcb1 c3 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxc3 Rxb1+ 20. Rxb1
Bxe2 21. Qxc7 h6 22. Rb8 Rxb8 23. Qxb8+ Kh7 24. Qb1+ Bd3 25. Qc1 Be4 26. Bd2
Qe2 27. Qc3 Bd3 28. Qc1 Qf3 29. Qc3 Qd1+ 30. Be1 Qe2 31. Kg2 Be4+ 32. Kg1 Bd3
33. Kg2 Qf1+ 34. Kf3 Bc4 35. Qc2+ Bd3 36. Qc3 g5 37. Qc7 Qe2+ 38. Kg2 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. e5 Ng4 7. h3 Nh6 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Na3 d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nb5
Qc5 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. c3 Bd7 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. Qxb7 Rad8 20. Nb3 Qb5
21. Qxa7 Bc8 22. Qa5 Rxd1 23. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nf5 O-O 7. e3 Re8 8. Ng3
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nb4 12. Qc1 Bf8 13. Bb2 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3
Qxd3 15. Qc3 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qc2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. Kb1 Qb8 13. c5 Bc6 14. cxd6 Bxd6
15. g3 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qc5 18. Bg2 e5 19. Nd5 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Bxd5 21.
exd5 exf4 22. gxf4 Rac8+ 23. Kb3 Rfd8 24. d6 Kf8 25. Rd4 Rc5 26. a4 b6 27. Rhd1
g6 28. Bf1 b5 29. a5 h5 30. Bg2 Ng4 31. Bb7 Ne3 32. R1d3 Nc4 33. Kb4 Rf5 34.
Bxa6 Nxb2 35. Rc3 Nc4 36. d7 g5 37. Bxb5 Nxa5 38. Kxa5 gxf4 39. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. O-O d6 7. c3 g6 8. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bc6 15. Rfd1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. f3 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 Be7
8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. h4 Nd7 11. Nxe6 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14.
Qxd5 Qf6 15. Qg5 Qc6 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Ne5 Qe8 18. Be3 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 Be7 20. Qe5
Bf5 21. Bg5 Qf7 22. Qxe7 Bxd3+ 23. Kg1 Qxf2+ 24. Kh2 Qxc2 25. Rhe1 Bb5 26. Rac1
Qxb2 27. Qxb7 Rab8 28. Qe7 Rf2 29. Rg1 Re8 30. Qd6 h6 31. Bxh6 Rf6 32. Qd2 Qe5+
33. g3 Qe2+ 34. Rg2 Rxh6 35. Qd4 Qe5 36. Qg4 Qe4 37. Qg5 Re5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39.
Qd2 Rxh4+ 40. gxh4 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. c4 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 dxc4 9. dxc4 Ne5 10. Qb3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 g6 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. Kg2 Bg7 14. Qa3
O-O 15. Nd2 Qe6 16. Qf3 Rfd8 17. Rb1 Rd7 18. b3 Rad8 19. Rb2 h5 20. Rc2 g5 21.
Re1 g4 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Qf4 Rd4 24. e4 Rd3 25. Qf5 Nd7 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Nf1
Ne5 28. Ne3 Bh6 29. Rh1 Bxe3 30. Bxe3 Nf3 31. Bxa7 Rd1 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1
Ra8 34. Bc5 Rxa2 35. Bxe7 Rb2 36. b4 Kf7 37. Bd6 e5 38. Bc5 Ke6 39. Rh1 Rc2 40.
Be3 Kf6 41. b5 Rxc4 42. b6 Rb4 43. Rh6+ Kg7 44. Rh1 Rxe4 45. Rd1 Rb4 46. Kf1
Nd4 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Rh1 Nf3 49. Rh6+ Kf5 50. Rh1 Rb5 51. Rd1 Ke4 52. Rh1 c5 53.
Ra1 Kd5 54. Rd1+ Kc6 55. Rc1 Kxb6 56. Rc4 Nd4 57. Kf1 Rb1+ 58. Kg2 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bf1 f5 14. c5 Bxc5
15. Nxe5 Rd8 16. Nc3 Bd4 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. d4 c5 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be5 14. Qd2 d4
15. exd4 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Bf3 Nxc3 20. a4 Bf5
21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bxa6 Rxb3 23. a5 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nbd7 6. Bb3 Nb6 7. Nf3 a5 8. a4
O-O 9. h3 Nfxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 e6 15.
c3 Kh7 16. Qc2 c5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. h4 Nf6 21. Ne5
Rd6 22. Bf4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc8 24. Be2 Kg8 25. Nc4 Qa8 26. f3 Nd5 27. Bg3 Ba6
28. Bf2 Nf4 29. Bf1 Rb8 30. Rd2 Nd5 31. Bd3 Rd8 32. Bf1 h5 33. Bxc5 Rc8 34. b4
Bxc3 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Nb6 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Qxc5+ 38. Kh1 Bxf1 39. Nd7 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. g4 h6 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. h3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Ne2
d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. d4 O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. c4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Nd3+ 14. Qxd3 exd3
15. cxd5 dxe2 16. Kxe2 b6 17. Bb2 Bb7 18. Rhc1 Bxd5 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. f3 Bb7 21.
Kf2 Nd5 22. e4 Nf4 23. h4 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bb5 c6 26. Be2 Nxe2 27. Kxe2 Kg7
28. Kf2 f6 29. a4 Ba6 30. a5 b5 31. Ba3 Bb7 32. Bc5 a6 33. Kg3 Rh8 34. Rh1 Rxh1
35. Rxh1 Rh8 36. Rd1 Kg6 37. e5 Kf7 38. exf6 Kxf6 39. Re1 Bc8 40. Re7 Be6 41.
Ra7 Bd5 42. Rxa6 Rh1 43. Ra8 Rf1 44. a6 Rxf3+ 45. Kh2 Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Rg2+ 47. Kf1
Ra2 48. a7 Kg7 49. Rb8 Bc4+ 50. Kg1 b4 51. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a5
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Nde2 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxa5 14. Ng3 Nc6
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Bf6 17. c3 Qd7 18. g4 h6 19. f4 Bh4 20. Qf3 Rae8 21. Qh3
Qd8 22. Kh1 Re2 23. Bf3 Rfe8 24. Bxe2 Rxe2 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Be1 27. Bf4 Qe7
28. Qf3 Bd2 29. f6 Qe6 30. fxg7 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Ne5 32. Rad1 Qh3 33. Qg3 Qh5 34.
Rxd6 Kxg7 35. Rdf6 Kg8 36. R6f2 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Qg4 38. Qg2 Qc4 39. Re1 Nd3 40.
Rf1 Ne5 41. Re1 Nd3 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Qf3 Nf4 44. Re4 Qd5 45. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qh4 14. Ne4 Nd5
15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. g3 Qh5 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Rd7 22. g4 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Be3 b6 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Rxd5
Rxc3 28. Rd7 Bxa3 29. Rxa7 b5 30. Rb7 Rc4 31. h3 g6 32. Rxb5 Bc1 33. Rc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3
c4 9. h4 h5 10. Qg6+ Qf7 11. Qg3 Nc6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Ba3 O-O-O 14. Be2 Nh6 15.
O-O Nf5 16. Qh2 Qg6 17. a5 Qg4 18. Rfe1 Qg6 19. Bc5 Rde8 20. Rab1 Nh6 21. exf6
gxf6 22. a6 b6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxb6 e5 25. dxe5 Ng4 26. Qg3 fxe5 27. a7 Kc7
28. Reb1 Ra8 29. Nd4 Rxa7 30. Bxg4 Qxg4 31. Rxc6+ Kd8 32. Qxe5 Re8 33. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 a6 6. f4 h5 7. Ndf3 Nh6 8. Ng5 Bg4
9. Be2 Be7 10. Bxg4 hxg4 11. h3 Qd7 12. hxg4 O-O-O 13. Be3 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Nxg4
15. Rxh8 Nxe3 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qd2 Nc4 18. Qf2 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qf4 20. b3 Ne3
21. g3 Qe4 22. Rc1 Nf5+ 23. Kd2 Qg4 24. Rg1 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Qe2 Nd6 27.
Kc2 Ne4 28. Kb2 Kb8 29. Rg2 Qg7 30. g4 Ne7 31. Nd2 Ng5 32. Nf3 Ne4 33. g5 fxg5
34. Nxg5 Nxg5 35. Qe3 Nf5 36. Qxg5 Qd7 37. Re2 Nd6 38. Qg8+ Ka7 39. Qxe6 Qb5
40. a4 Qd3 41. Qe3 Qd1 42. Rd2 Qf1 43. Qe2 Qh3 44. Qe5 Ne4 45. Rc2 c6 46. a5
Qd3 47. Qc7 Ka8 48. Qd8+ Ka7 49. Qb6+ Ka8 50. Qb4 Qg3 51. Re2 Ka7 52. Rc2 Ka8
53. Qb6 Kb8 54. Qd8+ Ka7 55. Qe7 Qd3 56. Qh4 Qb5 57. Qd8 Qd3 58. b4 Nd2 59.
Qb6+ Ka8 60. Qd8+ Ka7 61. Qb6+ Ka8 62. Qd8+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 g6 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bd2 Ne7 7. c4 c6 8. Qb3 Na6
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nc7 11. f4 Be6 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Rxb2 14. fxe5 Nf5 15.
Nf3 fxe5 16. Ng5 Bg8 17. Rc1 Be7 18. Nd1 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 Bb4+ 20. Nc3 Kf8 21. a3
Be7 22. Nf3 e4 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. d4 Kg7 25. Bxe4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Bf6 27. Bd3 Bxe5
28. Qa7 Bf7 29. Rhf1 Ra8 30. Qb7 Rxa3 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Nxd5 Ra2+ 33. Kd1 Qd7
34. Qb3 Rb2 35. Rxc7 Bxc7 36. Qxb2 Qxd5 37. Kc2 Bxg3 38. Qb6 Qe6 39. Qxe6+ Kxe6
40. Bxg6 Bxh4 41. Bxh5 Bf6 42. Bf3 Ke5 43. Kd3 Bg5 44. Be4 Bf6 45. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 f6 6. f4 a6 7. Ngf3 Nh6 8. Be2 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. h3 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bg6 12. g4 Nf7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Be3 Ng5 15. Nxg5
Rxf1+ 16. Bxf1 Bxg5 17. Qd2 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qh4 19. Qf2 Qg5 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Qe3
Rf8 22. Nd2 Nd8 23. Bxa6 Nf7 24. Rf1 Ra8 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Ng5 27. Kg2 Rxa2
28. Rb1 h5 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Kf7 32. Kf4 Kg6 33. Ke3 Ra8 34.
Rh1 c5 35. dxc5 bxc5 36. b4 Ra3 37. bxc5 Rxc3+ 38. Kd4 Rc2 39. Rd1 Kf7 40. Nb3
Rc4+ 41. Kd3 Ne4 42. Rf1+ Ke7 43. g5 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. g5
h6 15. Bb6 Rd6 16. Bc5 Rd8 17. Bb6 Rd6 18. Bh3+ Kb8 19. Nc5 Nd4 20. Nd7+ Ka8
21. Rge1 Nf3 22. Re3 Nxg5 23. Nxf8 Rxb6 24. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Nf3
Bxg3 9. hxg3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. a3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e4 b6
15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qe6 18. Nc7 Qd7 19. Nxa8 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Nxc1
21. Qxc1 Ba6+ 22. Kg1 Rxa8 23. Kh2 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qa4 25. Qd2 Rc2 26. Qd8+ Kh7 27.
Rd4 Qc6 28. Rf4 Qg6 29. Nh4 Qe6 30. Qf8 Bc4 31. Nf5 Qxe5 32. Rg4 g6 33. Qxh6+
Kg8 34. Re4 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. c4 Qc7 10. b3 b5 11. Nfd2 Nf6 12. Nc3 Qb7 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Rac1 O-O
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 h6 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. Nf1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Ne3 g6 24. Qd3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. g4 Kg7 27. f4
Bf6 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5+ dxe5 30. gxf5 Qc5 31. Kg2 Qd4 32. Qxd4 exd4 33. Nc2
d3 34. Ne3 Kf6 35. Kf3 Ke5 36. d6 Bc6+ 37. Kf2 Kxd6 38. Ng4 h5 39. Nf6 Ke5 40.
Nxh5 Kd4 41. Nf4 Kc3 42. Ke3 d2 43. Ne2+ Kc2 44. Nd4+ Kc3 45. Ne2+ Kc2 46. Nd4+
Kc1 47. Ne2+ Kd1 48. f6 Ke1 49. Nc3 Be8 50. b4 d1=Q 51. Nxd1 Kxd1 52. Kd4 Kc2
53. Kc5 Kc3 54. h4 Bh5 55. Kd6 Kxb4 56. Ke7 Ka3 57. f7 Bxf7 58. Kxf7 Kxa2 59.
h5 b4 60. h6 b3 61. h7 b2 62. h8=Q b1=Q 63. Qh2+ Qb2 64. Qc7 Qb4 65. Qc2+ Ka3
66. Qc1+ Qb2 67. Qc5+ Qb4 68. Qc1+ Ka4 69. Qa1+ Kb5 70. Ke6 a5 71. Qh8 Qc4+ 72.
Kd7 Qc6+ 73. Ke7 Qc7+ 74. Ke6 a4 75. Qb2+ Ka6 76. Qe2+ Ka5 77. Qd2+ Kb5 78.
Qb2+ Ka6 79. Qe2+ Ka7 80. Kd5 a3 81. Qe3+ Kb7 82. Qxa3 Qc6+ 83. Kd4 Qb6+ 84.
Qc5 Qxc5+ 85. Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nf2 Be6 14. O-O a5 15.
b3 Qe7 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Nd3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Bf7 19. Qc3 Nf6 20. Bd1 Bh5 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 e4 23. Nf4 Nxb4 24. Nxh5 Nxh5 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. exf5 Ne4 27. Qb3
Nd2 28. f6 gxf6 29. Qc3 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 c5 31. Bf3 Rd8 32. Ba1 Rd3 33. Qc1 Ra8
34. e4 Rxf3+ 35. gxf3 Nd3 36. Qd1 Nxe1 37. Qxe1 Qd6 38. Kg2 Ra2+ 39. Kf1 Qxh2
0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. g5
Kc7 15. Nd2 h6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 hxg5 19. Bxf7 Rxh2 20. c3
Be7 21. Be6 Bd6 22. Rg1 Be7 23. Bd5 Bf6 24. Kc2 Ne7 25. Be4 Rh4 26. Kd3 Nc8 27.
Bxg5 Rh3+ 28. Ke2 Nd6 29. Bd5 b5 30. Be3 Rh4 31. Bc5 Nc4 32. b3 Nd6 33. Be3 Ne4
34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rh1 Rg4 36. Kf3 Rg6 37. Ke4 Rg4+ 38. Kd5 Bg5 39. Kxe5 Bxe3
40. fxe3 Rg2 41. Rh7 Kc6 42. e4 Rxa2 43. Rxg7 Ra3 44. Rg6+ Kb7 45. Kd4 Rxb3 46.
e5 Rb1 47. Kc5 Rd1 48. Rg7+ Kc8 49. Kc6 Kd8 50. Ra7 Rd3 51. Rxa6 Rxc3+ 52. Kd6
Rd3+ 53. Kc5 Ke7 54. Kxb5 Rd5+ 55. Kc4 Rxe5 56. Rb6 Re6 57. Rxe6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd2
e6 9. Nf3 b6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Qxc4 b5 15.
Qb3 c5 16. Qc2 Rc7 17. Qb1 Bb7 18. a3 Qa8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Na2
Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qc8 25. Qxc8+ Bxc8 26. Nc3 Bb7 27.
Nd4 Ne5 28. f3 Bd8 29. e4 Bb6 30. Be3 Nc6 31. Nc2 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Kf8 33. Kf2
Ke7 34. Nc2 Nd7 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. g3 f6 37. a4 bxa4 38. Nxa4 e5 39. Kd2 a5 40. b5
Nd4 41. Na3 f5 42. Nc4+ Kc7 43. b6+ Kb8 44. Nxa5 fxe4 45. fxe4 Bxe4 46. Bg4 Nf6
47. Nc5 Nxg4 48. Nxe4 Nf6 49. Nc5 Ka8 50. b7+ Ka7 51. Kd3 Nb5 52. Nc6+ Kb6 53.
b8=Q+ Kxc5 54. Nxe5 Nd6 55. Qc7+ Kd5 56. Nc4 Nxc4 57. Qxc4+ Ke5 58. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. f3
e6 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 b4 11. Nce2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Be3 Be7 15.
Qd2 Qc7 16. O-O-O O-O 17. h5 Ne5 18. g6 Bf6 19. Qxb4 Rab8 20. gxf7+ Qxf7 21.
Qxd6 Rfd8 22. Qxe6 Qxe6 23. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Nxf3 25. Rg3 Bxe4 26. Bg2 Bd5
27. Nf4 Rd8 28. Nxd5 Rxd5+ 29. Kc1 1-0

