Saturday, August 9, 2008

Wesley So, Haridas Pascua beats their Indian rivals in the 7th round














Still within the striking distance



GM Wesley So scored a much needed victory against his Indian IM rival, Arun Prasad Subramanian (2492) in the seventh round to move closer within a striking distance of the title with 7 more rounds left to play. With the victory, So, who remains unbeaten, is just a point behind the leaders, GM Howel David of England and IM Braun Arik of Germany. He is now tied with 9 other players for 6 to 14 th place with 5 points. Meanwhile, Haridas Pascua is making a minor rally of his own by upseting IM Kore Akshayraj (2392) also of India. Haridas now has improve his record after luckluster start with 4 points which puts him in tied for 27-51 place. In the 8th round, Wesley So will be up against IM Sanikidze Tornike (2486) of Georgia while Haridas will be facing another Indian opponent, Arun Prasad Subramanian (2492).

- Tournament official Website

- Photo courtesy of WJCC8 site

Rank after round 7


RankSNo.
NameRtgFEDPtsFideRtg+/-RaRp
114GMHOWELL David2561ENG624½1824882797
223IMBRAUN Arik2533GER623½2224912800
36GMLI Chao B2590CHN24½1224992729
428GMSAFARLI Eltaj2527AZE241724822712
516WGMHOU Yifan2557CHN231324772707
620GMPOPOV Ivan2549RUS522724552613

52
LIN Chen2417CHN5222225652556
825GMBRKIC Ante2530CRO521½1325032661
934IMSANIKIDZE Tornike2486GEO5211624912641
1011GMSO Wesley2577PHI520½624752633
112GMRODSHTEIN Maxim2605ISR520124412594

9GMNGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son2579VIE520424642622

17IMKRAVTSIV Martyn2555UKR520424322590

29IMMELKUMYAN Hrant2507ARM5201024472605
1513GMAMIN Bassem2561EGY20-124462548

19GMGUPTA Abhijeet2551IND20-224242526
1733GMWEN Yang2487CHN19½223862484
1826GMNEGI Parimerjan2529IND19124282530
1924GMRAMIREZ Alejandro2531CRC18½024082504
203GMANDREIKIN Dmitry2604RUS17½-624202510

27GMRAGGER Markus2527AUT17½-623372425

47IMKALASHIAN David2432ARM17½1024972442
231GMMAMEDOV Rauf2627AZE17-824272529

35FMNECHEPURENKO Roman2476RUS17624252520
2515GMITURRIZAGA Bonelli Eduardo Pat2561VEN16-1023252400

21IMSJUGIROV Sanan2545RUS16-423762477

No comments: