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

Another drawn game for GM Wesley So this time against GM Boris Gelfand of Israel. GM wesley So now has 1.5 points out of three games helping his "Rising Stars" team pull away against the "Experience Team" which now has a score of 9.5 - 5.5 points out of three rounds.

From the Official Website of the NH Chess Tournament 2010:

"The shortest game of the day, taking barely more than an hour, was the one between Wesley So and Boris Gelfand. The Israeli grandmaster encountered no problems in his pet Petroff Defence, showing once again how well-prepared he is in this opening. So apologetically remarked that they had taken an extra free day. He had been looking at all kinds of lines in his preparation, but had not been able to come up with anything concrete to worry Black. And indeed, against Gelfand’s precise play (for instance, in the post-mortem he pointed out that to his mind 15…Qxc3 is more precise than 15…Bxh2+ - which has also been seen a lot – because in that case he feels that White has some edge after 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.c4) he achieved nothing and after 21 moves the game ended in a repetition of moves."

Here is the game: 

So, W. (PHI 2674) - Gelfand, B. (ISR 2739) 
NH Chess Tournament August 14, 2010 Round 3

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bh6 Rfd8 15. Qf3 Qxc3 16. Qf6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. Rfc1 Qb2 20. Rcb1 Qc3 21. Rc1 ½-½

GM Wesley So will have the black pieces against GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic of Serbia, the most senior of all the participants and has a rating of 2572.