WJCC8 round 6: So drew with Melkumyan

The sole leader after 7 round GM Li Chao of China

Wesley So drew his 6 round match against IM Melkumyan Hrant (2507) of Armenia while another Filipino bet, Haridas Pascua (2174) post his second win of the tournament by humbling Plenca Julijan (2295) of Croatia. Wesley now has a total of 4 points, 1 1/2 behind the sole leader of the tournament GM Li Chao (2590) of China. So will next face IM Arun Prasad Subramanian (2492) of India in the 7th round while Pascua will face another Indian bet, IM Kore Akshayraj (2392).

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Rank after round 6
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Fide	Rtg+/-	Ra	Rp
1	6	GM	LI Chao B	2590	CHN	5½	19	17	2494	2895
2	14	GM	HOWELL David	2561	ENG	5	18½	14	2480	2753
3	23	IM	BRAUN Arik	2533	GER	5	17½	16	2475	2748
4	28	GM	SAFARLI Eltaj	2527	AZE	4½	18½	11	2471	2664
5	16	WGM	HOU Yifan	2557	CHN	4½	17½	7	2456	2649
6	20	GM	POPOV Ivan	2549	RUS	4½	17	6	2430	2623
7	19	GM	GUPTA Abhijeet	2551	IND	4½	15½	4	2407	2600
8	2	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	2605	ISR	4½	15	1	2423	2610
9	24	GM	RAMIREZ Alejandro	2531	CRC	4½	14	5	2383	2568
10	52		LIN Chen	2417	CHN	4	17	15	2567	2497
11	25	GM	BRKIC Ante	2530	CRO	4	16½	7	2490	2615
12	22	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	2543	MEX	4	16	7	2501	2626
	34	IM	SANIKIDZE Tornike	2486	GEO	4	16	11	2483	2599
14	10	GM	LE QUANG Liem	2577	VIE	4	15½	0	2452	2577
	11	GM	SO Wesley	2577	PHI	4	15½	2	2472	2597
16	8	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	2583	BLR	4	15	2	2484	2609
	9	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	2579	VIE	4	15	1	2460	2585
	17	IM	KRAVTSIV Martyn	2555	UKR	4	15		2428	2553
	18	IM	KHAMRAKULOV Dzhurabek	2554	UZB	4	15	0	2430	2555
	29	IM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	2507	ARM	4	15	4	2424	2549
	31	IM	ARUN Prasad Subramanian	2492	IND	4	15	0	2349	2464
	33	GM	WEN Yang	2487	CHN	4	15	1	2360	2480
	38	IM	STUPAK Kirill	2458	BLR	4	15	10	2442	2555
24	26	GM	NEGI Parimerjan	2529	IND	4	14½	0	2399	2524
25	30	IM	HAMMER Jon Ludvig	2494	NOR	4	14	-2	2337	2462
26	3	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	2604	RUS	4	13	-5	2401	2513
	4	GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	2601	CZE	4	13	-4	2422	2547
28	21	IM	SJUGIROV Sanan	2545	RUS	4	11½	-4	2357	2481