Saturday, August 14, 2010

GM Wesley So in NH Chess Tournament 2010: A Draw vs Svidler

What else can I say but another exciting match given to us by GM Wesley So, this time against a much stronger and more solid player GM Pete Svidler. A part of the round 2 report from the Official Website of the NH Chess Tournament 2010 says:

"Peter Svidler and Wesley So kept the spectators on the edge of their seats with a lively fight in which both got and missed their chances. From a Caro-Kann, the young Philippine grandmaster got a fine position, which gradually slipped through his fingers due to a number of inaccurate moves. But once he was in clover it was Svidler’s turn to spoil his advantage. So got the chance to fight back and he could have made an immediate draw with the nice tactic 40…Rxf2+ 41.Ke3 Rf3+! 42.Kxf3 (or 42.Ke2 Rf8) 42…Nd2+. Once he missed this he had to hang on for a couple more moves, but after 50 moves the point was split. For a more detailed discussion we gladly refer to Wesley So’s commentary in one of today’s video’s."
Svidler P. (2734) - So, W. (2674)   
1/2 - 1/2 


After 41. Nd4
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. a3 Nd7 9. b4 a5 10. Nd4 axb4 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Bb2 Bxc5 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Bxa1 Nxb4 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Qxf5 Nd4 19. Qd3 Qh4 20. g3 Qg4 21. Ne2 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 Qc4 23. Rb1 Ra8 24. Bc3 h6 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Bd4 Nd7 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxb7 Rd8 29. Rc7 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Nc5 31. Nc6 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Ne4 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Nd5+ Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Nc8+ Kf6 37. Rxc4 Re1 38. Na7 Ke5 39. Nb5 Re2 40. Kf3 Re1 41. Nd4 Kd5 42. Rb4 Nc3 43. Nb3 e5 44. Rb7 e4+ 45. Kf4 Re2 46. Rd7+ Ke6 47. Rd2 Nd5+ 48. Kg4 Rxd2 49. Nxd2 e3 50. fxe3 Ke5 ½-½

Next assignment for Wesley is GM Boris Gelfand of Israel!

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