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                    [Title] => So suffers 1st loss after 54 matches, slides to 3rd
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Grandmaster Wesley So suffered a painful 111-move defeat at the hands of Dutch GM Anish Giri in their Catalan duel that dealt a big blow to his title chances in the penultimate round of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Saturday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So made shortwork of Croatian GM Ivan Saric in just 28 moves of a Ruy Lopez to move to solo second, half a point behind leader GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway going into the last two rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Friday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So made shortwork of Croatian GM Ivan Saric in just 28 moves of a Ruy Lopez to move to solo second and half a point behind leader GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway going into the last two rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Friday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So sets out for his final drive in the tough Tata Steel Masters as he faces Croatian GM Ivan Saric in a crucial 11th round match in Wijk an Zee Friday night.Stalled by draws in the last two rounds, So is gunning for a sweep of his last three games to gain a crack at the crown in the Category 20 tournament after staying in joint second with French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with 6.5 points, one point behind reigning world champin GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway.

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Grandmaster Wesley So battled Chinese GM Ding Liren to a tense 24-move draw and remained at joint second with French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave after 10 rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in The Hague, Netherlands Wednesday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So battled Chinese GM Ding Liren to a tense 24-move draw to remain at joint second with French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave after 10 rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in The Hague, Netherlands Wednesday night.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-22 16:56:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1414795 [Title] => So shocks Ivanchuk in 26 moves [Summary] =>

Grandmaster Wesley So surprised GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine with a sacrificial attack in the opening and went on to hack out a spectacular victory and firm up his title drive after eight rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands Sunday 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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In Havana, Cuba, Wesley So of the Philippines, opened up a one-point lead after the seventh-round at the 49th Capablanca Memorial.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134638 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1289461 [AuthorName] => Edgar De Castro [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185418 [Title] => Paragua lumapit sa medalya [Summary] => Lumapit ang kampanya ni GM candidate Mark Callano Paragua (ELO 2476) para sa medal finish makaraang magposte ng apat na panalo at isang draw sa 10th at penultimate round ng World Youth Chess Championships sa Hersonissos, Crete, Greece.

Umiskor ng isang upset na panalo si Paragua kontra sa Indian GM na si Pentala Harikrishna.
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