GM Wesley So losses against GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic of Serbia. Almost all the chess authors tell us that we learn more when we lose our games and this is another learning experience for GM Wesley So. After four rounds, the "Experience Team" inches closer to the "Rising Stars" and the scorecards tell us: 11-9 in favor of the Rising Stars.
Report from the NH Chess Tournament Website:
"Ljubomir Ljubojevic recovered from his poor start with a win over Wesley So. The young grandmaster from the Philippines had absolutely no complaints after the opening and ambitiously went for more with 15…Bxd4, giving White doubled d-pawns. Black was still fine, but he overestimated his position and when he let his queen be sidelined on h3, he should have started looking for ways to save the game. Afterwards he was unhappy about 23…a3 and thought that at this point he should have tried to bring back his knight into play with 23…N2c4. Now he was forced to sacrifice his queen, but this act of desperation didn’t bring any relief and after 32 moves he had to resign."Here is the game:
Ljubojevic (SER 2572) - So (PHI 2674)NH Chess Tournament 2010, Amsterdam Round 4
1.Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 a4 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Nd4 Qc8 15. Bd2 Bxd4 16. exd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. g4 h5 20. Rac1 Red8 21. Qe4 Nac4 22. Bg5 Nxb2 23. Rd2 a3 24. Rg2 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Re8 26. Rc2 c6 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Rcg2 Nd5 29. Bh4 Qxg4 30. Rxg4 Nxc3 31. Qxc6 Nxa2 32. Bxe7 1-0
Next assignment, GM Wesley So with the white pieces against van Wely.
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