GM Wesley So catches up

The saying "Kapag nasusugatan, lalong tumatapang" aptly described GM Wesley So's string of three consecutive wins after a setback in the initial outburst of the ongoing Individual Rapid Chess (Men) of the 2010 Asian Games in China.

No, no . . . Wesley's showing is definitely unlike the stance exhibited by Antonio Margarito against the Filipino boxing hero Congressman Manny Pacquiao. The big difference is that Margarito, after being bloodied, never made it to get back. There was not a chance at all. Only if Margarito plays chess, perhaps he could have used a Queen's Gambit strategy to trap Manny Pacquiao, if you know what I mean, haha.

After a loss to unknown FM Mohammad Samir of Syria, Wesley exhibited a never-say-die warrior stance to devour his next three opponents without mercy to catch up with the early readers with 3.0 points after four rounds.

On the other hand, GM Rogelio Antonio (2573) took a swerve after a good start. After posting a win over untitled Alshoha Basel (2106), Antonio bowed to Viet's power in the hands of top-seed GM Le Quang Liem (2689), perhaps reminding him of the present force of Viet's chess.

After Round 4, Antonio is now ranked No.17 with 2.5 points, after halving the point with IM Hassan Abdullah (2398) of UAE in Round 3, and earning a full point from a forfeiture victory against IM Kakageldyev Amanmurad (2400) of Turkmenistan).

GM Wesley So's latest victim is GM Susanto Megaranto (2528) of Indonesia, who has seemed to be his "suki" these days.

Here is the game of GM Wesley So vs GM Susanto Megaranto in Round 4:

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Rank after Round 4

Rk.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1		GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2689	4,0
2		GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	UZB	2685	3,5
3		GM	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2680	3,5
4		GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2644	3,0
5		GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2688	3,0
6		GM	Filippov Anton	UZB	2620	3,0
7		GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	KAZ	2623	3,0
8		GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2575	3,0
9		GM	Sadvakasov Darmen	KAZ	2627	3,0
10		GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	IRI	2593	3,0
11		GM	So Wesley	PHI	2669	3,0
12		GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	QAT	2502	2,5
13		GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	QAT	2562	2,5
14		GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2628	2,5
15		IM	Hassan Abdullah	UAE	2398	2,5
16			Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2472	2,5
17		GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	PHI	2573	2,5
18		GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2633	2,5
19		GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2528	2,0
20		IM	Al-Saffar Araz Basim Mohammed	IRQ	2349	2,0
21		GM	Salem A R Saleh	UAE	2518	2,0
22		FM	Kojima Shinya	JPN	2329	2,0
23		FM	Mohammad Samir	SYR	2361	2,0
24		FM	Battulga Namkhai	MGL	2428	2,0
25			Alshoha Basel	JOR	2106	2,0
26		FM	Shrestha Bilam Lal	NEP	2138	2,0
27		IM	Mok Tze-Meng	MAS	2394	2,0
28		GM	Murshed Niaz	BAN	2429	2,0
29		FM	Minhazuddin Ahmed	BAN	2350	2,0
30		IM	Kakageldyev Amanmurad	TKM	2400	1,5
31		CM	Lee Sanghoon	KOR	2132	1,5
32		IM	Al-Zendani Zendan	YEM	2398	1,5
33			Nepali Badrilal	NEP	2102	1,5
34		FM	Tologontegin Semetey	KGZ	2330	1,5
35			Shukuraliev Algis	KGZ	2376	1,5
36		FM	Ahmed Abdul Sattar Abdulwhhab	IRQ	2309	1,0
37		GM	Odeev Handszar	TKM	2405	1,0
38			Modallal Tarek	LIB	2028	1,0
39			Abdul Rahman Ali	MDV	1936	1,0
40			Lee Kiyul	KOR	1945	1,0
41		IM	Al- Qudaimi Basheer	YEM	2406	1,0
42			Mohamed Hassan	MDV	1780	1,0
43			Yamada Kohei	JPN	2091	0,5
44			Mikati Hani	LIB	0	0,5
45		FM	Malkawi Fadi	JOR	2089	0,5
46			Phommasone Khamphouth	LAO	0	0,0