World Junior Chess Championship Round 5: Wesley So still a point behind the leaders

Campo, at the heat of the action

GM Wesley So drew his match against GM Ramirez, Alejandro (2531) in the fifth round while Haridas Pascua defeated another Turkish bet, Uludogan, Lutfullah. So is tied with 15 other players with 3 1/2 points, trailling the leaders by a full point, while Haridas is currently tied with 19 other players with 2 points with 8 more rounds to play.

Rank after round 5
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Fide	Rtg+/-	Ra	Rp
1	6	GM	LI Chao B	2590	CHN	4½	13½	13	2477	2843
	14	GM	HOWELL David	2561	ENG	4½	13½	14	2465	2831
3	28	GM	SAFARLI Eltaj	2527	AZE	4	14	11	2455	2695
4	16	WGM	HOU Yifan	2557	CHN	4	13	7	2435	2675
	52		LIN Chen	2417	CHN	4	13	18	2557	2566
6	20	GM	POPOV Ivan	2549	RUS	4	12½	6	2411	2651
	23	IM	BRAUN Arik	2533	GER	4	12½	12	2478	2718
8	10	GM	LE QUANG Liem	2577	VIE	4	11½	5	2424	2664
9	38	IM	STUPAK Kirill	2458	BLR	4	11	14	2424	2649
10	25	GM	BRKIC Ante	2530	CRO	3½	12½	7	2472	2621
11	22	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	2543	MEX	3½	12	7	2481	2630
12	11	GM	SO Wesley	2577	PHI	3½	11½	3	2465	2614
13	8	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	2583	BLR	3½	11	3	2475	2624
	17	IM	KRAVTSIV Martyn	2555	UKR	3½	11	1	2415	2564
	18	IM	KHAMRAKULOV Dzhurabek	2554	UZB	3½	11	1	2419	2568
	19	GM	GUPTA Abhijeet	2551	IND	3½	11	0	2397	2546
	29	IM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	2507	ARM	3½	11	3	2394	2543
	31	IM	ARUN Prasad Subramanian	2492	IND	3½	11	-1	2308	2444
	33	GM	WEN Yang	2487	CHN	3½	11	0	2321	2464
20	2	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	2605	ISR	3½	10½	-1	2424	2566
	5	GM	BARAMIDZE David	2593	GER	3½	10½	-1	2434	2583
22	39	IM	SWIERCZ Dariusz	2456	POL	3½	10	9	2430	2549
23	24	GM	RAMIREZ Alejandro	2531	CRC	3½	9½	-1	2341	2480
24	3	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	2604	RUS	3½	9	-4	2373	2506
25	13	GM	AMIN Bassem	2561	EGY	3	12	-2	2456	2528
	34	IM	SANIKIDZE Tornike	2486	GEO	3	12	7	2497	2558
27	9	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	2579	VIE	3	11	-3	2465	2537
	58	FM	NARMONTAS Matas	2369	LTU	3	11	25	2548	2620
29	26	GM	NEGI Parimerjan	2529	IND	3	10½	-3	2405	2477
30	30	IM	HAMMER Jon Ludvig	2494	NOR	3	10	-5	2332	2404
	50	FM	ROMBALDONI Denis	2418	ITA	3	10	0	2547	2160
32	27	GM	RAGGER Markus	2527	AUT	3	9½	-8	2311	2363
	42	IM	TOMCZAK Jacek	2451	POL	3	9½	3	2414	2436
	47	IM	KALASHIAN David	2432	ARM	3	9½	3	2480	2336
	48	FM	TOUFIGHI Tamijani Homayoon	2425	IRI	3	9½	2	2460	2320
	49	IM	POTAPOV Pavel	2418	RUS	3	9½	2	2447	2309
	56	IM	KORE Akshayraj	2392	IND	3	9½	16	2482	2554
38	1	GM	MAMEDOV Rauf	2627	AZE	3	9	-8	2415	2487
	4	GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	2601	CZE	3	9	-7	2418	2490
	37	IM	CAN Emre	2460	TUR	3	9	2	2418	2490
	43	FM	GEORGESCU Tiberiu	2442	ROU	3	9	0	2354	2373
	45	FM	RONCHETTI Niccolo	2434	ITA	3	9	0	2350	2359
	54		CASPI Israel	2412	ISR	3	9	2	2449	2311
44	12	GM	GEETHA Narayanan Gopal	2572	IND	3	8½	-9	2348	2408
45	15	GM	ITURRIZAGA Bonelli Eduardo Pat	2561	VEN	3	8	-10	2323	2383
46	21	IM	SJUGIROV Sanan	2545	RUS	3	7½	-7	2350	2421
47	60	FM	PACHER Milan

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