Saturday, August 30, 2008

1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Open chess championship: Wesley So join the leaders

GM Wesley So scores a back to back victories against his lower rated opponents to share the lead with top seed GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili of Georgia and GMs Le Quang Liem and Dao Thien Hai of Vietnam after 4 rounds of the ongoing first Dragon Capital Vietnam Open chess championship. So defeated Vietnamese WFM Dang Bich Ngoc in the third round and IM Weiming Goh of Singapore in the fourth round. He has now garnered a total of 3 1/5 points, three wins and a draw. So will be facing top seed and co-leader of the tournament, GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili of Georgia today.

Official website (Vietnamese)

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