Thursday, August 7, 2008

Addicted to Wesley So

When you see members of the Malibay Chess Club huddling over something, it's most probably because they go agog over the PGN game of GM Wesly So. Ahh, we are simply addicted to Wesley's genius in chess. And why not? Wesley makes our day when he wins. He is a bright spot in this politically insane and hopeless nation. He is one of the few reasons that keep this nation sane.

Here is the final position of Wesley's Round 6 game. He played with the black pieces. Result: DRAW.


I thought Wesley could win in this position. I'm so poor in endgame. It never occured to me that this is a drawn position.

Just in case you want to replay this game, here is the complete PGN file:

MELKUMYAN,Hrant (2507) - SO,Wesley (2577) [E15]World Junior Chess Championship Gaziantep (6.9), 07.08.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 c6 9.Qc2 d5 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 Qe8 13.e4 dxc4 14.bxc4 Bxc4 15.Nd2 Ba6 16.Qa4 Bd3 17.Qxa7 Ra8 18.Qb7 Qc8 19.Qxc8 Rfxc8 20.Nf1 Ba6 21.Rac1 Bb4 22.Ne3 h6 23.g4 g5 24.Bg3 Bb7 25.h3 Ra3 26.Nc2 Rxc3 27.Nxb4 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 c5 29.e5 Bxg2 30.exf6 Bxh3 31.f3 Ra8 32.dxc5 bxc5 33.Nd3 Nxf6 34.Nf2 Bxg4 35.Nxg4 Nxg4 36.fxg4 Rxa2 37.Rc4 Rb2 38.Bd6 Rb4 39.Rxb4 cxb4 40.Bxb4 Kg7 41.Kg2 Kg6 42.Kg3 h5 43.gxh5+ Kxh5 44.Bc3 Kg6 45.Kg4 f6 46.Bb2 e5 47.Kf3 Kf5 48.Kg3 e4 49.Bd4 Kg6 50.Be3 ½-½

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