The move 1.d4 of GM Wesley So in the penultimate round of the Aeroflot Open 2010 readily signaled that he opted for a safe game.
As an avid fan of him, I just hope that he didn't want to take some risks against the equally deadly Chinese opponent. The ugly thing that I am scared of, however, is that he might be losing his killer instinct.
Oh yes, the instinct to kill. Chess belongs to the most merciless, ruthless general who is ready to sacrifice his whole army for the sake of the King.
As much as possible, don't give peace a chance over the board. Engage in total war, don't befriend the enemy King, oh please, don't befriend the enemy King.
W So vs Zhou Jianchao
Round 8 Aeroflot Open 2010
REQUIRES JAVA
PGN:
[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "W So"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8.
Rc1 c5 9. d5 Na6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qa5 12. Be2 Nc7 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Qb6
15. Qc2 Bd4 16. Bd2 e6 17. Kh1 exd5 18. cxd5 Ne8 19. f4 Bg7 20. h4 Qd8 21.
g3 Nc7 22. h5 b5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. b3 Nf6 25. Bf3 Qd7 26. Kg2 Rfe8 27. Rfe1
Rab8 28. Rcd1 bxa4 29. bxa4 Ng4 30. Bc1 Nh6 31. Rh1 Ng4 32. Rhe1 Bd4 33.
Ne2 Bg7 34. Nc3 1/2-1/2
Ranking after Round 8
| Rank | Name | Flags | Score | Fed. | M/F | Rating | TPR | W-We | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Le, Quang Liem |
| 6.0 | VIE | M | 2647 | 2844 | +2.06 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 2 | GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son |
| 6.0 | VIE | M | 2616 | 2815 | +2.07 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 3 | GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
| 5.5 | RUS | M | 2658 | 2748 | +0.94 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 4 | GM Grachev, Boris |
| 5.5 | RUS | M | 2653 | 2747 | +0.98 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 5 | GM Korobov, Anton |
| 5.5 | UKR | M | 2648 | 2750 | +1.08 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 6 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
| 5.0 | FRA | M | 2730 | 2711 | -0.22 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 7 | GM Bacrot, Etienne |
| 5.0 | FRA | M | 2713 | 2730 | +0.15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 8 | GM Motylev, Alexander |
| 5.0 | RUS | M | 2697 | 2722 | +0.23 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 9 | GM Sargissian, Gabriel |
| 5.0 | ARM | M | 2680 | 2690 | +0.07 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 10 | GM Bu, Xiangzhi |
| 5.0 | CHN | M | 2673 | 2712 | +0.37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 11 | GM Cheparinov, Ivan |
| 5.0 | BUL | M | 2660 | 2729 | +0.72 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 12 | GM Vescovi, Giovanni |
| 5.0 | BRA | M | 2660 | 2709 | +0.49 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | GM So, Wesley | j | 5.0 | PHI | M | 2656 | 2708 | +0.52 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 14 | GM Sasikiran, Krishnan |
| 5.0 | IND | M | 2653 | 2726 | +0.76 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 15 | GM Timofeev, Artyom |
| 5.0 | RUS | M | 2652 | 2716 | +0.67 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 16 | GM Dreev, Alexey |
| 5.0 | RUS | M | 2650 | 2677 | +0.25 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 17 | GM Bareev, Evgeny |
| 5.0 | RUS | M | 2643 | 2708 | +0.67 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 18 | GM Savchenko, Boris |
| 5.0 | RUS | M | 2638 | 2742 | +1.11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | GM Zhou, Jianchao |
| 5.0 | CHN | M | 2632 | 2747 | +1.21 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 20 | GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo |
| 5.0 | VEN | M | 2616 | 2684 | +0.69 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 21 | GM Kamsky, Gata |
| 4.5 | USA | M | 2693 | 2646 | -0.48 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | GM Naiditsch, Arkadij |
| 4.5 | GER | M | 2687 | 2649 | -0.38 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 |
| 23 | GM Najer, Evgeniy |
| 4.5 | RUS | M | 2665 | 2662 | -0.01 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GM Pashikian, Arman |
| 4.5 | ARM | M | 2647 | 2678 | +0.36 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 25 | GM Predojevic, Borki |
| 4.5 | BIH | M | 2642 | 2616 | -0.26 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 26 | GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
| 4.5 | RUS | M | 2642 | 2646 | +0.08 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 27 | GM Mamedov, Rauf |
| 4.5 | AZE | M | 2640 | 2663 | +0.28 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 28 | GM Kobalia, Mikhail |
| 4.5 | RUS | M | 2637 | 2631 | -0.04 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | GM Tregubov, Pavel V. |
| 4.5 | RUS | M | 2628 | 2593 | -0.35 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 30 | GM Khalifman, Alexander |
| 4.5 | RUS | M | 2616 | 2691 | +0.86 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 31 | GM Sjugirov, Sanan | j | 4.5 | RUS | M | 2610 | 2697 | +0.98 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 32 | GM Khairullin, Ildar |
| 4.5 | RUS | M | 2605 | 2703 | +1.10 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 33 | GM Belov, Vladimir |
| 4.5 | RUS | M | 2595 | 2672 | +0.88 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 34 | GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan |
| 4.5 | ESP | M | 2584 | 2649 | +0.75 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | GM Melkumyan, Hrant |
| 4.5 | ARM | M | 2583 | 2665 | +0.94 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | GM Volokitin, Andrei |
| 4.0 | UKR | M | 2692 | 2611 | -0.89 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 37 | GM Moiseenko, Alexander |
| 4.0 | UKR | M | 2677 | 2605 | -0.79 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 38 | GM Smirin, Ilia |
| 4.0 | ISR | M | 2668 | 2579 | -0.98 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | GM Van Wely, Loek |
| 4.0 | NED | M | 2641 | 2608 | -0.37 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 40 | GM Amonatov, Farrukh |
| 4.0 | TJK | M | 2634 | 2594 | -0.45 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | GM Rodshtein, Maxim |
| 4.0 | ISR | M | 2622 | 2653 | +0.34 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 42 | GM McShane, Luke J |
| 4.0 | ENG | M | 2616 | 2614 | -0.01 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 43 | GM Bocharov, Dmitry |
| 4.0 | RUS | M | 2594 | 2656 | +0.68 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | GM Safarli, Eltaj | j | 4.0 | AZE | M | 2594 | 2630 | +0.41 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 45 | GM Maletin, Pavel |
| 4.0 | RUS | M | 2591 | 2574 | -0.18 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 46 | GM Ragger, Markus |
| 4.0 | AUT | M | 2568 | 2596 | +0.31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | GM Grigoriants, Sergey |
| 4.0 | RUS | M | 2560 | 2642 | +0.89 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | GM Novikov, Stanislav |
| 4.0 | RUS | M | 2557 | 2601 | +0.50 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | IM Danin, Alexandre |
| 4.0 | RUS | M | 2519 | 2605 | +0.95 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 50 | GM Zhigalko, Sergei |
| 3.5 | BLR | M | 2668 | 2527 | -1.57 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | GM Volkov, Sergey |
| 3.5 | RUS | M | 2623 | 2538 | -0.96 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | GM Andriasian, Zaven |
| 3.5 | ARM | M | 2613 | 2584 | -0.36 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 53 | GM Potkin, Vladimir |
| 3.5 | RUS | M | 2611 | 2582 | -0.35 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | GM Shabalov, Alexander |
| 3.5 | USA | M | 2611 | 2552 | -0.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 |
| 55 | GM Ehlvest, Jaan |
| 3.5 | USA | M | 2600 | 2593 | -0.11 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 56 | GM Zhou, Weiqi |
| 3.5 | CHN | M | 2600 | 2568 | -0.38 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 57 | GM Lenic, Luka |
| 3.5 | SLO | M | 2595 | 2563 | -0.40 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ |
| 58 | GM Hou, Yifan | w | 3.5 | CHN | F | 2590 | 2551 | -0.46 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 |
| 59 | GM Shomoev, Anton |
| 3.5 | RUS | M | 2559 | 2573 | +0.11 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 60 | IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda | w | 3.5 | RUS | F | 2533 | 2587 | +0.56 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 61 | GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy |
| 3.5 | UKR | M | 2525 | 2544 | +0.18 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 62 | GM Kosintseva, Tatiana | w | 3.5 | RUS | F | 2515 | 2601 | +0.88 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | GM Efimenko, Zahar |
| 3.0 | UKR | M | 2657 | 2485 | -1.94 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 64 | GM Romanov, Evgeny |
| 3.0 | RUS | M | 2599 | 2606 | +0.07 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | - |
| 65 | GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu |
| 3.0 | ESP | M | 2593 | 2474 | -1.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 66 | GM Rakhmanov, Aleksandr |
| 3.0 | RUS | M | 2591 | 2540 | -0.61 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | GM Feller, Sebastien |
| 3.0 | FRA | M | 2579 | 2518 | -0.72 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 68 | GM Morovic Fernandez, Ivan |
| 3.0 | CHI | M | 2561 | 2528 | -0.42 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 69 | IM Papin, Vasily |
| 3.0 | RUS | M | 2548 | 2520 | -0.36 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 70 | GM Khusnutdinov, Rustam |
| 3.0 | KAZ | M | 2513 | 2540 | +0.23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 |
| 71 | IM Krylov, Mikhail |
| 3.0 | RUS | M | 2511 | 2520 | +0.03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 72 | GM Sebag, Marie | w | 3.0 | FRA | F | 2510 | 2513 | -0.02 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 | IM Javakhishvili, Lela | w | 3.0 | GEO | F | 2493 | 2516 | +0.19 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 74 | GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan |
| 2.5 | IRI | M | 2589 | 2450 | -1.48 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 75 | GM Iljushin, Alexei |
| 2.5 | RUS | M | 2551 | 2463 | -0.91 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | GM Svetushkin, Dmitry |
| 2.0 | MDA | M | 2573 | 2387 | -1.92 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | GM Yudin, Sergei |
| 2.0 | RUS | M | 2573 | 2402 | -1.75 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier |
| 2.0 | ESP | M | 2563 | 2372 | -1.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 | GM Salem, A.R. Saleh | j | 2.0 | UAE | M | 2484 | 2420 | -0.62 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | GM Laylo, Darwin |
| 0.5 | PHI | M | 2556 | 2148 | -2.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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