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Third straight draw for So
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Saturday, 09 August 2008 12:11

Wesley SoGAZIANTEP, Turkey: Another game, another draw for GM Wesley So.

So agreed to a draw against IM Hrant Melkumyan (ELO 2507) of Armenia to stay in contention after the sixth round in the 2008 World Junior Chess Championships at the Sehit Kamil Municipality Sport Hall here Thursday.

It was the third straight draw for the 14-year-old Filipino champion and fourth overall in six matches, leaving him with four points at the halfway mark of the 13-round tournament being held in this major Turkish city near the Syrian border.

The 11th-seeded So is one and a half points behind solo leader GM Li Hao of China, who vaulted into the top spot by humbling GM Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in their featured sixth-round duel.

Except for victories over FM Sokhib Djuraev (ELO 2324) of Tajikistan in the first round and IM Denes Boros (ELO 2472) of Hungary in the third round, all four other matches by So ended in fighting draws.
 
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