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                    [Title] => Wesley remains at joint 3rd after another draw
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Wesley So settled for another draw, this time against Russian Evgeny Tomashevski in 40 moves of an English Opening to remain tied at third after 10 rounds of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Wednesday night.

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Wesley So is starting to build a reputation as a drawing Grandmaster.

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Grandmaster Wesley So downed world No. 3 Dutch GM Anish Giri in 37 moves of an English Opening to gain early share of the lead in the Tata Steel Masters Chess 2016 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Saturday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So downed World No. 3 Dutch GM Anish Giri in 37 moves of an English Opening to seize an early share of the lead at the start of the Tata Steel Masters Chess 2016 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Saturday night.

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International Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia and WIM Janelle Mae Mendoza hurdled their rivals to share the early lead in their respective divisions at the start of the third ASEAN JAPFA Chess Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday.

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Wesley So lost to American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in the playoffs for the last Final Four spot yesterday, blowing his back-to-back title bid goodbye in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Wesley So lost to fellow American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in the playoffs for the last Final Four spot on Monday to kiss his back-to-back title bid goodbye in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Cavite-born US Grandmaster Wesley So did everything wrong in the endgame and blew a won game against Azeri GM Vasif Durarbayli and absorbed a heartbreaking 68-move defeat of an English Opening for his first loss in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada yesterday.

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Cavite-born US Grandmaster Wesley So did everything wrong in the endgame and blew a won game against Azeri GM Vasif Durarbayli and absorbed a heartbreaking 68-move defeat of an English Opening for his first loss in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So split the point anew with former Webster University teammate Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in 35 moves of an English Opening to end up tied at one point apiece in their third round duel and force a two-game tiebreak in the  Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-19 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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