Filipino GM Wesley So, defeats Netherland bet in 76th Tata Steel
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Filipino
Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So has earned a good place in 76th Tata Steel as he
defeated his contender in 9th round at Tournament Masters in
Amsterdam.
So
won over his opponent Loek Van Wely, a Dutch GM through 41-moves.
The
Bacoor, Cavite’s pride is now at the 7th place after being stagnant
8th place.
Meanwhile,
Armenian super GM and former champion Levon Aronian is still in top place after
garnering 7.0 points.
Filipino
bet’s next opponent will be world number 45 Pentala Harikrishna of India. Both
of them lost in round 9 and earned 5.0 points.
So
was named as grandmaster when he was 14 and considered as number 28 world chess
grandmasters based on the latest 2014 FIDE ratings.
On what place will GM Wesley So take this year?
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