GM Wesley So 7th & 8th in Biel: A Draw, a Loss!

I missed watching GM Wesley So's 7th and 8th games in Biel and here I am looking at the standings surprised with a bit of disappointment. Wesley's game against Vietnamese Nguyen ended in a draw to the dismay of almost everyone watching in Chessdom LiveChess Arena.

In the 8th round, the awaited much between Anish Giri of the Netherlands and Wesley So went in favor of Anish. GM Wesley So resigns on his 44th move as black.

43rd Biel Tournament

Round 8

A. Giri (NED, 2672) - W. So (PHI, 2674)

Tuesday,  July 27, 2010

After 44. Kc3 

After 8 rounds, the top spot is shared by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France and Fabiano Caruana Italy both scoring 5 points.

Standings after 8 rounds:

1.	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	(FRA, 2723)	5.0
	Fabiano Caruana	(ITA, 2697)	5.0
3.	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	(VIE, 2617)	4.5
	Dmitry Andreikin	(RUS, 2650)	4.5
5.	Anish Giri	(NED, 2672)	4.0
	Wesley So	(PHI, 2674)	4.0
	Evgeny Tomashevsky	(RUS, 2708)	4.0
	Maxim Rodshtein	(ISR, 2609)	4.0
9.	David Howell	(ENG, 2616)	3.0
10.	Parimarjan Negi	(IND, 2615)	2.0

Last round assignment: GM Wesley So (PHI 2672) - Dmitry Andreikin (RUS 2650).