Wesley So draws with Pashikian

Filipino GM Wesley So (2656) played white and drew his game against GM Arman Pashikian (ELO 2642) of Armenia in round six of the Aeroflot Open 2010 Tournament in Moscow, Russia.

The players castled on opposite sides of a Queen’s gambit and the game ended in a bishop and pawn endgame.


The 16 year old prodigy has four points and is still half a point behind the two leaders, Qiang Liem Le and Boris Grachev. So scored back to back wins against GM’s Alexandr Rakhmanov of Russia and Hrant Melkumyam of Armenia after losing to GM Ngoc Truongson Nguyen of Vietnam.

So drew his first game against GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami of Iran and then won against GM Dmitry Bocharov of Russia.

Source: Rene Bonsubre  | PhilBoxing