GM Wesley So (2577) conquered his first round opponent, FM Djuraeb Sokhib (2324) of Tajikistan, in the ongoing World Junior Chess Championship 2008 in Turkey.
The tournament adopts a 13-round Swiss System format that runs from August 2 to 16, 2008.
Seeded 11th in a field of 108 players, Wesley will next face IM Sengupta Deep (2454) of India in the second round holding the black pieces.
Unfortunately, fellow campaigner Haridas Pascua (2174) lost his first round assignment against IM Melkumyan Hrant (2507) of Armenia.
More obstacles come in Haridas’ way as he is pitted against the tournament’s No.3 seed, GM Andreikin Dmitry (2604) of Russia in the second round.
The tournament adopts a 13-round Swiss System format that runs from August 2 to 16, 2008.
Seeded 11th in a field of 108 players, Wesley will next face IM Sengupta Deep (2454) of India in the second round holding the black pieces.
Unfortunately, fellow campaigner Haridas Pascua (2174) lost his first round assignment against IM Melkumyan Hrant (2507) of Armenia.
More obstacles come in Haridas’ way as he is pitted against the tournament’s No.3 seed, GM Andreikin Dmitry (2604) of Russia in the second round.
2 Comments:
there is lot's of interesting info at chessdom.com about the championship, photos of Wesley as well.
thanks for the info! but i guess chessdom.com's photos are from the official website of the event. thanks a lot!
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