After 8 round, young Philippino phenom GM Wesley So continues to share the lead at the Dubai Open. Here are the leaders going into the final round:
1 GM So Wesley 2540 PHI 6,5
2 GM Gagunashvili Merab 2553 GEO 6,5
3 GM Li Chao B 2581 CHN 6,5
4 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2521 IND 6,0
5 GM Drozdovskij Yuri 2581 UKR 6,0
6 FM Salem A R Saleh 2429 UAE 6,0
7 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2604 IRI 6,0
8 IM Laxman R R 2488 IND 6,0
9 GM Neverov Valeriy 2568 UKR 6,0
10 GM Arutinian David 2593 GEO 6,0
11 GM Ibrayev Nurlan 2507 KAZ 6,0
Here is the full crosstable.
Final round matchups:
GM So Wesley 6½ – 6½ GM Li Chao B
GM Gagunashvili Merab 6½ – 6 GM Neverov Valeriy
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Go Wesley!