Wesley So Ends with another Draw, Takes a Share of Fourth Spot

Filipino young GM Wesley So settled with another draw after he battled GM Pentala of Harikrishna in the 76th Tata Steel Tournament in Amsterdam.

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Following a huge win from Dutch Loek Van Wely, the 20-year old wood pusher ended a draw with Harikrishna after 31 moves.

So is currently tied at fourth place to seventh places with Harikrishna, Italian Fabiano Caruana and GM Leineir Dominguez toting identical 5.5 points heading in the final round.

Leading in the tournament is Armenian Levon Aronian who is emerging as the runaway winner with a score of 8.0 points with one round remaining.

So, could end his campaign on high note when he face Caruana as his final (–foul word(s) removed–)ignment.

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