GM Wesley So leading Dubai Open chess championship

Wesley So with rating performance over 3000

GM Wesley So continues his flawless performance at the Dubai Open chess championship. The youngster defeated GM Pantsulaia (Georgia) in round 3 to climb top of the table with 3,0/3.

Seven more players have full score from the first rounds, however, Wesley So is on top with better tiebreak (sum of the ratings of the opponents). In the next round he will meet another young chess start with 3,0/3 (currently 4th) - the world junior champion GM Ahmed Adly.

Here are the results of the top tables, the standings, and the pairings.

Dubai open, results round 3

GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Gelashvili Tamaz
GM Pantsulaia Levan 2 0 - 1 2 GM So Wesley
GM Gupta Abhijeet 2 1 - 0 2 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan
GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Ibrayev Nurlan
GM Drozdovskij Yuri 2 1 - 0 2 IM Ismagambetov Anuar
IM Laxman R R 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Li Chao B
GM Adly Ahmed 2 1 - 0 2 GM Ramesh R B
IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Kotanjian Tigran
GM Kotsur Pavel 2 1 - 0 2 IM Tissir Mohamed
FM Salem A R Saleh 2 1 - 0 2 GM Neverov Valeriy
Zhou Weiqi 2 1 - 0 2 FM Moosavian S Hamed
GM Gagunashvili Merab 2 1 - 0 2 FM Othman A Moussa
Sadatnajafi M 2 0 - 1 1½ GM Arutinian David
IM Frhat Ali 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ GM Gleizerov Evgeny
IM Nedochetov Mikhail 1½ 0 - 1 1½ GM Safarli Eltaj
Praveen Kumar C 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ GM Guliev Sarhan
IM El Taher Fouad 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie
Phadke Sohan 1½ 0 - 1 1½ IM Ashwin Jayaram
WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ IM Guliev Logman
FM Alhuwar Jasem 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ IM Khader Sami
GM Guseinov Gadir 1 1 - 0 1 Ramnath Bhuvanesh R
FM Al Mahayri Sabri 1 0 - 1 1 GM Negi Parimarjan
Suresh Kumar T J 1 0 - 1 1 IM Kalegin Evgenij
IM Sachdev Tania 1 1 - 0 1 WIM Ghader Pour Shayesteh
Wang Li 1 1 - 0 1 Mari Ooriad Pouya

Standings

1 GM So Wesley 3,0
2 GM Gupta Abhijeet 3,0
3 GM Drozdovskij Yuri 3,0
4 GM Adly Ahmed 3,0
5 GM Kotsur Pavel 3,0
6 Zhou Weiqi 3,0
7 GM Gagunashvili Merab 3,0
8 FM Salem A R Saleh 3,0
9 GM Gelashvili Tamaz 2,5
10 GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2,5
11 GM Li Chao B 2,5
12 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2,5
13 GM Ibrayev Nurlan 2,5
14 IM Laxman R R 2,5
15 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 2,5
16 GM Kotanjian Tigran 2,5
17 IM Ashwin Jayaram 2,5
18 GM Safarli Eltaj 2,5
19 GM Arutinian David 2,5
20 FM Moosavian S Hamed 2,0
21 Sadatnajafi M 2,0
22 FM Soozankar A M 2,0
23 FM Othman A Moussa 2,0
24 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 2,0
25 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2,0
26 Praveen Kumar C 2,0
27 D'cuna Antonio V. 2,0
28 IM Ismagambetov Anuar 2,0
29 GM Ramesh R B 2,0
30 WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa 2,0
31 Tabada Jobannie C 2,0
32 IM Tissir Mohamed 2,0
33 IM Sachdev Tania 2,0
34 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2,0
35 GM Neverov Valeriy 2,0
36 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2,0
37 GM Gleizerov Evgeny 2,0
38 Wang Li 2,0
39 Nikzaban Ehsan 2,0
40 Nasri Amin 2,0
41 IM Ravi Lanka 2,0
42 WGM Zhang Jilin 2,0
IM Sharma Dinesh K 2,0
44 WGM Smokina Karolina 2,0
45 IM Bajarni Ilgar 2,0
46 FM Wu Xibin 2,0
47 WGM Sergeeva Maria 2,0
48 GM Guseinov Gadir 2,0
49 Arellano Robert 2,0
50 GM Guliev Sarhan 2,0
51 FM Grover Sahaj 2,0

Pairings round 4

GM Gagunashvili Merab 3 - 3 GM Drozdovskij Yuri
GM So Wesley 3 - 3 GM Adly Ahmed
GM Gupta Abhijeet 3 - 3 GM Kotsur Pavel
FM Salem A R Saleh 3 - 3 Zhou Weiqi
GM Gelashvili Tamaz 2½ - 2½ GM Safarli Eltaj
IM Ashwin Jayaram 2½ - 2½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy
GM Arutinian David 2½ - 2½ GM Ibrahimov Rasul
GM Li Chao B 2½ - 2½ IM Sadorra Julio Catalino
GM Kotanjian Tigran 2½ - 2½ IM Laxman R R
GM Ibrayev Nurlan 2½ - 2 GM Guseinov Gadir
IM Sharma Dinesh K 2 - 2 GM Pantsulaia Levan
GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2 - 2 WGM Zhang Jilin
GM Neverov Valeriy 2 - 2 FM Wu Xibin
GM Gleizerov Evgeny 2 - 2 FM Grover Sahaj
GM Negi Parimarjan 2 - 2 FM Arvind C J
IM Kalegin Evgenij 2 - 2 Sadatnajafi M
IM Ismagambetov Anuar 2 - 2 Praveen Kumar C
GM Guliev Sarhan 2 - 2 FM Alhuwar Jasem
IM Bajarni Ilgar 2 - 2 IM El Taher Fouad
GM Ramesh R B 2 - 2 WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa
IM Tissir Mohamed 2 - 2 WGM Smokina Karolina
IM Guliev Logman 2 - 2 FM Soozankar A M
IM Khader Sami 2 - 2 D'cuna Antonio V.
FM Othman A Moussa 2 - 2 IM Sachdev Tania
WGM Sergeeva Maria 2 - 2 Wang Li
FM Moosavian S Hamed 2 - 2 Nikzaban Ehsan
IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2 - 2 Tabada Jobannie C
WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 2 - 2 IM Frhat Ali
Momeni E 2 - 2 IM Ravi Lanka
Nasri Amin 2 - 2 Arellano Robert