Wesley So Nips Dutch GM For Second Win in 2010 Corus Chess
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands – GM Wesley So posted two straight victories by whipping GM Dimitri Reinderman of the Netherlands in the 7th round in 2010 Corus Chess Open at the De Moriaan Commercial Center. Riding on the crest of his first win in the tournament against third seeded European Champion Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu in the sixth round, So posted his first back-to-back victories by subduing Dutch Grandmaster Dimitri Reinderman in the seventh round. So carried the fight out of the booklines and trounced his opponent with two active bishops and passed pawn in the end game. So extracted the full point after 36 moves of Dutch Defense Stonewall Variation. Finally showing his fierce fighting form So is on the verge of capturing his one of opponent’s two rooks with a lethal bishop move to b5. With the win, So hikes his score to 4.5 points to jumped into a tie for the second to fifth places with 4.5 points, a full point behind local hero GM Anish Giri who agreed to a draw with his compatriot GM Erwin l ‘Ami.
GM David Howell of England, GM Ni Hua of China and GM l’ Ami tied so with similar 4.5 pints. Howell pulled of a win over Finnish GM Tomi Nyback, while Ni agreed to halve the point with top seed GM Arkadij Naiditsh of Germany. So will have his hands full when he meets Ni Hua in the eighth round, playing the disadvantageous black pieces. While current pace setter in Group B Section Giri will face Howell.
In the elite Group A Section hostilities, GM Hikaru Nakamura of USA provided the biggest and shocking win in the eighth of the tournament by nipping undefeated GM Alexei Shirov of Spain in 41 moves of the Sveshnikov.
Tags: 2010 Corus Chess Open, Alexei Shirov, David Howell of England, Dimitri Reinderman, European Champion, Germany, GM, GM Arkadij Naiditsh, GM Dimitri Reinderman, GM Erwin l 'Ami, GM Ni Hua, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Netherlands, Spain, Tomi Nyback, Wesley So, Wijk aan Zee
Chess | howitzer | 
January 25, 2010 5:16 pm | 
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