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| So draws with Andreikin, settles for tie for fifth place |
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| Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:25 |
 Final standings:5.5 points -- N.N. Truong Son (Vietnam), M. Vachier-Lagrave (France), F. Caruana (Italy) 5 -- D. Andreikin (Russia) 4.5 – W. So (RP), E. Tomashevsky (Russia), M. Rodshtein (Israel) 4 -- A. Giri (Netherlands) 3.5 -- D. Howell (England) 3 -- P. Negi (India) BIEL, Switzerland – GM Wesley So of the Philippines struggled long and hard but managed to salvage a draw from an inferior position against GM Dmitry Andreikin of Russia in the ninth and final round of the 2010 Biel Young Grandmasters chess championship at the Congress Center here Wednesday. So, who dropped out of contention following a heart-breaking loss to GM Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the eighth round Tuesday, and Andreikin agreed to split the point after marathon 86 moves of the Old Indian’s defense. The two players agonized for more than four hours in search for a win that would have given them a better finish in this prestigious, all-GM tournament, but accepted the inevitable when they ended up clearing each other’s materials on the board. In the final position, So had a king and bishop against Andreikin’s king and knight. “A fighting draw. Wesley was clearly on the losing end, but played well enough in the endgame to escape with a draw,” commented chess journalist Ignacio Dee, who followed the game live on the internet until the wee hours of the morning (Thursday, Manila time). The draw enabled the 16-year-old Filipino champion to finish in a three-way tie for fifth to seventh places with GMs Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia and Maxim Rodshtein of Israel in the 10-player, category-17 tournament with 4.5 points on two wins, five draws and two losses. Overall, So clinched fifth place by virtue of higher tiebreak score over Tomashevky and Rodshtein. So finished with 19.50 Sonneborn-Berger points against Tomashevsky’s 18.75 and Rodshtein’s 18.50. GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam shocked Giri in the ninth and final round to finish in a three-way tie for first place with top seed GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France and third seed GM Fabiano Caruana of Italy with 5.5 points and force a two-part playoff for the title. Vachier-Lagrave and Caruana, who shared the lead after the eighth round Tuesday, could only draw their final-round matches against GM Parimarjan Negi of India and GM David Howell of England, respectively. This allowed Nguyen to clinch the top spot with higher tiebreak score of 24.00 SB points and earned the first finals berth. Vachier-Lagrave (23.75 SB) and Caruana (23.50) will now play two blitz games in the semifinal, with the winner advancing to meet Nguyen in the final. The moves: Round 9 Biel Young GMs tournament W. So (RP) vs. D. Andreikin (Russia) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rac1 Ng412. Bd2 Ngf6 13. h3 Qb8 14. Be3 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. b4 Bf817. d5 Rc8 18. Nd2 Be7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qd3 Nb6 21. Nd5Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qb7 23. Qb1 Na4 24. Qa1 Bd8 25. Bd3 Bb6 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Nb3 Nh5 28. Na5 Qd8 29. Rc6 Nf4 30. Bf1Rxc6 31. Nxc6 Qg5 32. g3 Ng6 33. Qc1 Qxc1 34. Rxc1 Rc835. h4 Kf8 36. Bh3 Rc7 37. Kf1 Ne7 38. Ke2 Ke8 39. Rc2 Nxc640. dxc6 Nb6 41. Rc3 Ke7 42. Kd3 Nc4 43. Bd7 Nb2 44. Ke2Na4 45. Rc2 Nb6 46. Bh3 Nc4 47. Bd7 Nb6 48. Bh3 Kd8 49. f4Re7 50. Kf3 Kc7 51. Bf1 Nc8 52. Bh3 Nb6 53. Bf1 exf4 54. gxf4d5 55. Bd3 Nc4 56. Kf2 Kxc6 57. exd5 Kxd5 58. Bxh7 Kd4 59. Bg8 Nxa3 60. Rc6 Nc4 61. Rxa6 Kc3 62. h5 Kxb4 63. h6gxh6 64. Rf6 Re8 65. Bh7 Re7 66. Rxh6 Kc3 67. Rf6 b4 68. Bg8Re8 69. Bxf7 Rf8 70. Rf5 b3 71. Bg6 Rxf5 72. Bxf5 Na3 73. Be6Nc4 74. Bf5 b2 75. Ke2 Na3 76. Kd1 Nc4 77. Bb1 Nd2 78. Ba2Nc4 79. Bb1 Na3 80. Ba2 Nc2 81. Bb1 Ne3 82. Ke2 Nd5 83. f5Kd4 84. Kd2 Ke5 85. Kc2 Kxf5 86. Kx 2 Ke5 1/2-1/2 |
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