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                    [Title] => So draws for 8th straight, keeps share of 3rd place
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Grandmaster Wesley So agreed to his eighth straight draw as he split the point with Dutch GM Loek Van Wely in 26 moves of a Queen's Pawn duel to stay in a share of third after nine rounds of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Tuesday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So forced a 38-move draw via perpetual check against Azeri GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in their Guioco Piano encounter to remain one points off the pace after eight rounds of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Sunday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So failed to cash in on a pawn and positional edge and settled for a gruelling 80-move draw with the United States' GM Fabiano Caruana in their Guioco Piano game to remain half a game behind the three-man lead pack after six rounds of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Friday night.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-23 22:30:42 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20150114/GM-Wesley-So.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1545788 [Title] => Draw stalls So anew at joint fourth [Summary] =>

Grandmaster Wesley So failed to cash in on a pawn and positional edge and settled for a gruelling 80-move draw with US GM Fabiano Caruana in their Guioco Piano game to remain half a game behind the three-man lead pack after six rounds of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Friday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So ended a long winless spell by ruling the eighth Grand Slam Masters Final 2015, beating Dutch GM Anish Giri in their two-game blitz tiebreaker Sunday night in Bilbao, Spain.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-02 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20151103/Wesley-So-4.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1414136 [Title] => So wins anew, surges to joint second [Summary] =>

Grandmaster Wesley So punished Georgian GM Baadur Jobava’s middlegame misadventures to hack out the win that catapulted him from a share of fourth to a three-way logjam at second after six rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, the Netherlands Friday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So punished Georgian GM Baadur Jobava's middlegame misadventures to hack out the win that catapulted him from a share of fourth to a three-way logjam at second after six rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, the Netherlands Friday night.

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Wesley So failed to cash in on his chances and settled for a marathon 70-move draw with Polish Grandmaster Radoslav Wojtaszek of a super-sharp Sicilian encounter in the first round of the ultra-competitive 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee Saturday night.

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Defending champion Srinath Sarayanan of India dismantled IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia yesterday to grab the solo lead after four rounds of the 2014 Asian Juniors and Girls Championships at Tagaytay International Convention Center in Tagaytay yesterday.

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Wesley So drew with former world challenger Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine via perpetual check in 27 moves of a Sicilian Defense to virtually clinch the crown with a round to go in the Capablanca Memorial 2014 at the Habana Riviera in La Havana, Cuba yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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