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A dream collision between two of the hottest and fast-rising chess superstars in the planet between last year’s giant killer in World Cup GM Wesley So of the Philippines, and the tournament’s darkhorse Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the crucial eleventh round of the 72nd Corus Chess tournament at the De Moriaan Community Centre here.
So who wielded the upset axe against Vassily Ivanchuk and Gata Kamsky last year in the World Cup will play the white pieces against the impressive hometown bet, Giri.
Giri holds a fragile half-point lead over So and two other players going into the last three rounds left in the relatively tough Category 16, 14 player event.
So is the reigning Group C winner last year.

Standings and results from rounds 1 to 10 below…

Standings After 10 rounds (Group B Category)
7 pts Giri
6.5 pts Ni, E. l’Ami, So
6 pts A. Naiditsch
5.5 pts. Negi, Harikrishna
5.0 Howell
4.5 Sutovsky, Muzychuk
4.0 Nisipeanu
3.5 Nyback
3.0 D. Reinderman
2.5 Akobian

Here are results from round 1 to 10
Results round 1
Giri – Harikrishna 1-0
Howell – Negi ½-½
Muzychuk – Akobian ½-½
Naiditsch – So ½-½
Ni – L’Ami ½-½
Nyback – Nisipeanu 0-1
Sutovsky – Reinderman 1-0
Results round 2
E. l’Ami – W. So ½-½
V. Akobian – A. Naiditsch 0-1
P. Negi – A. Muzychuk ½-½
P. Harikrishna – D. Howell ½-½
L. Nisipeanu – A. Giri 0-1
D. Reinderman – T. Nyback 0-1
Ni – E. Sutovsky 1-0
Results round 3
E. Sutovsky – E. l’Ami ½-½
T. Nyback – Ni 0-1
A. Giri – D. Reinderman ½-½
D. Howell – L. Nisipeanu ½-½
A. Muzychuk – P. Harikrishna 0-1
A. Naiditsch – P. Negi ½-½
W. So – V. Akobian ½-½
Results round 4
E. l’Ami – V. Akobian 1-0
P. Negi – W. So ½-½
P. Harikrishna – A. Naiditsch 1-0
L. Nisipeanu – A. Muzychuk ½-½
D. Reinderman – D. Howell 0-1
Ni – A. Giri ½-½
E. Sutovsky – T. Nyback 0-1
Results round 5
T. Nyback – E. l’Ami ½-½
A. Giri – E. Sutovsky 1-0
D. Howell – Ni 1-0
A. Muzychuk – D. Reinderman ½-½
A. Naiditsch – L. Nisipeanu 1-0
W. So – P. Harikrishna ½-½
V. Akobian – P. Negi 0-1
Results round 6
E. l’Ami – P. Negi 1-0
P. Harikrishna – V. Akobian ½-½
L. Nisipeanu – W. So 0-1
D. Reinderman – A. Naiditsch ½-½
Ni – A. Muzychuk 1-0
E. Sutovsky – D. Howell 1-0
T. Nyback – A. Giri 0-1
Results round 7
A. Giri – E. l’Ami ½-½
D. Howell – T. Nyback 1-0
A. Muzychuk – E. Sutovsky ½-½
A. Naiditsch – Ni ½-½
W. So – D. Reinderman 1-0
V. Akobian – L. Nisipeanu ½-½
P. Negi – P. Harikrishna ½-½
Results round 8
E. l’Ami – P. Harikrishna ½-½
L. Nisipeanu – P. Negi ½-½
D. Reinderman – V. Akobian 1-0
Ni – W. So ½-½
E. Sutovsky – A. Naiditsch ½-½
T. Nyback – A. Muzychuk ½-½
A. Giri – D. Howell 1-0
Results round 9
D. Howell – E. l’Ami 0-1
A. Muzychuk – A. Giri 1-0
A. Naiditsch – T. Nyback 1-0
W. So – E. Sutovsky ½-½
V. Akobian – Ni 0-1
P. Negi – D. Reinderman 1-0
P. Harikrishna – L. Nisipeanu ½-½
Results round 10
E. l’Ami – L. Nisipeanu ½-½
D. Reinderman – P. Harikrishna 1-0
Ni – P. Negi ½-½
E. Sutovsky – V. Akobian ½-½
T. Nyback – W. So 0-1
A. Giri – A. Naiditsch ½-½
D. Howell – A. Muzychuk ½-½

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