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Aeroflot Chess 2010 Final Standings

After Wesley So settled for draws in the 8th and 9th (last) rounds of the tournament, he placed 11th after the tiebreak with 5.5 out of 9 games, with three wins, five draws, and one loss. Nevertheless, he earned the top junior champion title.

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Wesley So Draw in Round 6 and 7 of Aeroflot Chess 2010

2 more rounds to go, and GM Wesley needs to win the next and last two games, in order to post a convincing win of the title. As of end of Round 6 (Round 7 is not yet for the other games as of press time), So is tied for 4th to 14th place, being half a point behind the three leaders.

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The Melkumyan-So Story; Aeroflot Chess 2010 Round 5

It started with a Slav Defense, continued with a good exchange sacrifice with 23... Qxf4! which opened up White's king for Black's attack. White tried to counter-attack but failed.

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Aeroflot Chess 2010 Round 5: Wesley So Wins Anew vs. Hrant Melkumyan

No time to have the game analyzed yet. But it was very interesting. Check out the PGN below:

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2010"]
[Site "Moscow/Russia"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. c5 e5 15. f4 Bh4+ 16. Kf1 exd4 17. exd4 b4 18. Na4 O-O 19. Kg2 Re8 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Nb6 Ra7 22. Be1 Rxe1 23. Rhxe1 Qxf4 24. Re8 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxh3+ 26. Qh2 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qxg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Rxb8 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 f5 34. Rg1 Qf3+ 35. Qg2 Qxd3 36. Qh2 Re2 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nd7+ Ke8 39. Qb8+ Bd8 0-1

Gotta post the analysis soon.

Aeroflot Chess 2010 Round 4: Wesley So Wins, Laylo Draws

It was a great by GM Wesley So with white. He was really able to materialize on black's bad move on move no. 20... O-O-O?.

Replay the game: Wesley So vs. Aleksandr Rakhmanov in Aeroflot 2010 — with some commentaries from Rybka 3 chess engine..

Meanwhile, GM Darwin Laylo drew his game against IM Alexandre Danim of Russia. Replay their game as well: Laylo vs. Danim, Aeroflot 2010.

Round 3 AeroFlot Chess 2010: Laylo's 3rd Straight Loss in 3 Games

It was a bad day for our Filipino contingents. Wesley So lost his games earlier. And now Laylo never did see the shine of the day for three consecutive days and three consecutive games — the first 3 games, that is.

Check out the replay of the game: Ragger vs. Laylo, Aeroflot 2010.

Aeroflot Chess 2010 Round 3: GM Wesley So lost to GM Ngok Truong Son Nguyen [REPLAY GAME BELOW]

It's a heartbreak for us Filipino Chess fans and Wesley So fans. Why so careless?

Wesley So Wins in 2nd Round of AeroFlot Chess 2010 [Replay Game Below]

GM Wesley So wins his 2nd game in Aeroflot Chess 2010 against the Russian Grandmaster (but lower rated at ELO 2594) Dmitry Bocharov.

Wesley So started to gain grounds after black's 17... d5. From thereon, he never looked back and won the game.

On the other hand, GM Darwin Laylo lost the second time in two games. This time against the Azerbaijan player GM Eltaj Safarli.

Laylo might have miscalculated his moves when he exchanged a knight for a pawn on his 19th move with 19... Nxe5.

Round 1 Loss for GM Darwin Laylo vs. Rauf Mamedov in Aeroflot Chess 2010

A couple of bad moves, and eventually lost the game.

Aeroflot Chess 2010 Round 1: Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs. Wesley So

It's a first game draw for our hero: