Wesley So drew his fourth round match

The Playing Hall

Wesley So took no risk and decided to halve the point with GM Leon Hoyos Manuel of Mexico. Meanwhile Harids Pascua still struggling against his much higher rated opponents by bowing to FM Pacher Milan (2361) of Slovakia. After four rounds, Wesley had 3 points while Haridas just managed to score but a point. So will next face GM Alejandro Ramirez (2531) in the fifth round while Pascua will be match up against Uludogan Lutfullah of host Turkey.

photograph from WJCC8 official website

Rank after round 4
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Fide
1	28	GM	SAFARLI Eltaj	2527	AZE	4	10
2	6	GM	LI Chao B	2590	CHN	3½	9
	14	GM	HOWELL David	2561	ENG	3½	9
	16	WGM	HOU Yifan	2557	CHN	3½	9
	25	GM	BRKIC Ante	2530	CRO	3½	9
	52		LIN Chen	2417	CHN	3½	9
7	13	GM	AMIN Bassem	2561	EGY	3	9
	34	IM	SANIKIDZE Tornike	2486	GEO	3	9
9	20	GM	POPOV Ivan	2549	RUS	3	8½
	22	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	2543	MEX	3	8½
	23	IM	BRAUN Arik	2533	GER	3	8½
12	11	GM	SO Wesley	2577	PHI	3	8
	58	FM	NARMONTAS Matas	2369	LTU	3	8
14	8	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	2583	BLR	3	7½
	10	GM	LE QUANG Liem	2577	VIE	3	7½
	33	GM	WEN Yang	2487	CHN	3	7½
17	2	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	2605	ISR	3	7
	38	IM	STUPAK Kirill	2458	BLR	3	7
	50	FM	ROMBALDONI Denis	2418	ITA	3	7
20	4	GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	2601	CZE	3	6
	24	GM	RAMIREZ Alejandro	2531	CRC	3	6