1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Open chess championship: Wesley So still a point behind the leader

GM Wesley so could not find a way to submit his rivals and instead settled to a back to back draws to remain a full point behind the tournament leader, GM Le Quang Liemof Vietnam with one more rounds to play. Other Filipino who were victorious are International Master Rolando Nolte who scored a pair of victories in the 6th and 7th rounds to put him in second place together with So.

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Final round pairings

1 GM Shanava Konstantine 5½ - 6½ GM Le Quang Liem
2 GM Tu Hoang Thong 5½ - 6 GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab
3 Nolte Rolando 5½ - 5½ GM Dao Thien Hai
4 GM So Wesley 5½ - 5 GM Dzhumaev Marat
5 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 5 - 5 FM Nguyen Duc Hoa
6 IM Tu Hoang Thai 5 - 5 FM Pham Chuong
7 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 4½ - 4½ CM Nguyen Hoang Nam
8 CM Nguyen Van Hai 4-½ 4½ IM Bitoon Richard
9 Vo Thanh Ninh 4½ - 4½ IM Goh Weiming
10 Le Quang Long 4 - 4 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino