Monday, April 21, 2008

Wesley So wins duel against Susanto Megaranto 4-2!

GM Wesley So of the Philippines easily cruises past his Indonesian counterpart GM Susanto Megaranto to emerge victorious in their one on one match up at 2008 Japfa chess festival in Jakarta Indonesia. Final score is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in favor of Grandmaster So. Cheers GM Wesley So!

Here's some highlight wins for So.

[Event "JAPFA Chess Festival 2008 Match Game 1"]
[Site "Jakarta, Indonisia"]
[Date "2008.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.04.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. c4 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6 21. Kb1 Rd7 22. Rc1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qf5+ 24. Rc2 Bc7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. c5 Rd5 27. c6 b5 28. Qe3 Kd8 29. Qa7 Re8 30. Nc5 a5 31. Na6 Qe5 32. Rhc1 Qd6 33. Qa8+ Ke7 34. Qb7 Kd8 35. Rc5 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 f5 37. Rc2 Rg8 38. Nxc7 1-0



Megaranto,Susanto (2561) - So,Wesley (2540) [B30]
Jakarta (2), 18.04.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0–0 Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.d3 a6 8.Ba4 Nc6 9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nd2 0–0 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.e5 c5 13.Qg4 Kh8 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.Qh5 Qb6 16.b3 f6 17.f3 Bd5 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Ng3 Rg8 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Qf7 Qd8 22.Kh1 Bc6 23.Ng3 Rg6 24.Ne4 e5 25.Bg3 Qe7 26.Qxe7 Bxe7 27.Bh4 Rag8 28.g4 Kg7 29.Bg3 Kf7 30.Rg1 R6g7 31.Raf1 d6 # 32.Rf2 h5 33.Kg2 hxg4 34.fxg4 Rxg4 35.Kf3 f5 36.Ke2 Ke6 0–1



[Event “JAPFA Chess Festival 2008 Match ]
[Site “Jakarta, Indonisia”]
[Date “2008.04.18″]
[Round “3″]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Megaranto, Susanto”]
[Result “1-0″]
[ECO “B01″]
[WhiteElo “2540″]
[BlackElo “2561″]
[PlyCount “113″]
[EventDate “2008.04.18″]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6 14. g3 O-O-O 15. a4 f5 16. a5 a6 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Ng2 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf4 e5 22. dxe5 Rd2 23. Re2 Rhd8 24. h4 h5 25. e6 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Qf6 27. exf7 Bxf7 28. Qe3 Re8 29. Qa7 Rg8 30. Kh2 Rd8 31. Bd3 Nd2 32. Rd1 Ne4 33. Re1 Bd5 34. Re2 Qf7 35. f3 Nd6 36. Nxd5 Qxd5 37. Qe3 Qxa5 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 b5 40. b4 Rf8 41. Re7 Rh8 42. Kg2 Rh6 43. Kf2 Kd8 44. Ra7 Kc8 45. Ke3 Re6+ 46. Kf4 Re1 47. Rxa6 Kb7 48. Ra2 Kb6 49. Rc2 c5 50. Bxf5 c4 51. Bg6 Kc6 52. Bxh5 Nc8 53. Bg6 Kd6 54. h5 Ne7 55. Be4 Rh1 56. g4 Ke6 57. Kg5 1-0

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We're proud of you Wesley! You may not hear it much, but chess lovers like us, who know the intricacies of the game, are behind you. Way to go!