GM Wesley So 5th Game in Biel: Caruana Wins

GM Wesley So losses in his 5th round game in the Young Grandmaster Tournament (YGT) of the 43rd Biel International Chess Festival in Bern, Switzerland.

Fabiano Caruana of Italy outwits the Philippines' Number 1 forcing him to resign on his 49th move. With this setback, he gives up the top of the standings for Fabiano Caruana with 3.5 points.

Standings after Round 5

1.	Fabioano Caruana	(ITA, 2697)	3.5
2.	Evgeny Tomashevsky	(RUS, 2708)	3.0
	Wesley So	(PHI, 2674)	3.0
	Dmitry Andreikin	(RUS, 2650)	3.0
	Maxim Rodshtein	(ISR, 2609)	3.0
6.	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	(FRA, 2723)	2.5
	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	(VIE, 2617)	2.5
8.	Anish Giri	(NED, 2672)	2.0
9.	David Howell	(ENG, 2616)	1.5
10.	Parimarjan Negi	(IND, 2615)	1.0

Here is the game between the two:

Caruana, F. (ITA) 2697 - So, W. (PHI) 2674
Round 5, 1-0.
Biel Chess Festival

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.

O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Ng5 c5 11. Nce4 Qc7 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd3 h6 14.

Nh7 Ng4 15. g3 Rd8 16. h3 cxd4 17. exd4 Ngf6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.

Rfe1 b5 21. Bc7 Rd7 22. Qc6 Ra7 23. Bb6 Bb7 24. Qc5 Ra8 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26.

a4 Nd7 27. Ba5 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Nb8 29. Bb6 Bc6 30. Rb4 a5 31. Bxa5 Rea7 32.

Bb6 Ra1 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Bf3 35. Ke1 Nc6 36. Rb5 Ne7 37. Kd2 Bc6 38.

Ra5 Rb8 39. Bc5 Rxb2+ 40. Kc3 Rxf2 41. Bxe7 Rf3 42. Kd2 Rxg3 43. Rc5 Bd7

44. Rc7 Be8 45. Rc8 f6 46. Bd6 Rg2+ 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Bh7 e5 49. d5 1-0

 

Next game: Evgeny Tomashevsky - Wesley So.