Ari, Ahmed [2139] vs So, Wesley [2451]

2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship
2007.03.02, Tehran
[Round "1.2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9. c4 Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. a3 Bb7 14. Re1 Qb6 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Red1 h6 19. Nh3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Kh8 21. b4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qc3 23. Rxa7 Qc7 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qc6 26. Qf1 Rd4 27.Be3 Rxb4 28. Rc1 Qd5 29. Rc5 Qd8 30. Rb5 Ng8 31. g3 Rxb5 32. Bxb5 Qd5 0-1

So, Wesley [2451] vs Ghane Gardeh, Shojaat [2432]

2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship
2007.03.03, Tehran
[Round "2.2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 f6 7. Ng3 fxe5 8. Bb5 exd4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxd4 Qd5 11. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 a6 13. Nd4+ axb5 14.Nxb5 Bd6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Nxe4 Be5 17. h3 b6 18. Re1 Ba6 19. c3 Rfd8+ 20. Bd2 Rd5 21. Kc1 Bc4 22. a3 h6 23. Be3 Rad8 24. Nd2 Bd3 25. Nf3 Bd6 26. Rd1 c5 27.Ne1 Be4 28. c4 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 Bf4+ 30. Ke2 Be5 31. f3 Bg6 32. Ra2 Bb1 33. Ra1 Bg6 34. Ra2 Kf7 35. a4 Ra8 36. Nd3 Bf6 37. b3 e5 38. Nf2 Ke6 39. Rd2 Be8 40.Ne4 Be7 41. Nc3 Bc6 42. Nd5 Bd8 43. Bf2 Be8 44. Bg3 Rc8 45. Rd3 Bg5 46. Nxb6 Rb8 47. a5 Bg6 48. Rd5 Bf6 49. Rxc5 Bc2 50. Rc6+ Kf5 51. a6 1-0

Bagheri, Amir [2451] vs So, Wesley [2486]

2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship
2007.03.02, Tehran
Round 3

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 c5 4. Bf4 Be7 5. h3 b6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb7 9. Rc1 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rxc8 Qxc8 13. Qb1 Ba6 14. Rc1 Qb7 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. a3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

Kostenko, Petr [2522] vs So, Wesley [2451]

2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship
2007.03.04, Tehran
Round 4

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rg8 14. Rg1 bxc4 15. Nxc4 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. O-O-O Rxg2 19. Bxh7 Rxg1 20.Rxg1 Rc8 21. b3 Qd4 22. Qb4 Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Qxg1 24. Qxb7 Qxf2+ 25. Kb1 Rd8 26.Bc2 Nd5 27. h4 Qe1+ 28. Kb2 Qc3+ 29. Kb1 Nb4 30. Qg2 Nxc2 31. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 32.Kxc2 e4 33. Ne3 Ke7 0-1

So, Wesley [2451] vs Mahjoob, Morteza [2457]

2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship
2007.03.05, Tehran
Round 5

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Ra7 14. f5 Qc5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 Bh6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rf1 O-O 19. Qh4 Bg7 20. Nf4 Qe5 21. Bc4 Bd7 22. Nh5 Kh8 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf3 Be8 25. Qg3+ Bg6 26. Rxd6 Qc5 27.b3 a5 28. Rxe6 a4 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxe4 31. Rg3+ Bg6 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. Rb6 Rc8 34. Bb3 Ra5 35. Rxb4 Rac5 36. Rf4 Rd8 37. Rf2 Rd1+ 38. Kb2 Rh1 39. h3 Rg1 40. Re3 Re5 41. Ref3 Be4 42. Rxf6 Rxg2 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Rxg2+ Bxg2 45. h4 Be4 1-0

Alzaim, Talal [2451] vs So, Wesley [2261]

2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship
2007.03.05, Tehran
Round 6

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bf3 Be6 13. Be3 Na5 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rc1 Nc4 16. Qb3 Bg5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxe3 19. Bxc4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxd4 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. g3 Rf8 24. Qe6 Qxb2 25. Qe7 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Qc6+ 27. Kg1 Rc8 28. Bh5 Qc7 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qh4 Qd6 31. Bf3 Qf6 32. Qe4 Rf8 33.Kg2 b5 34. Qe3 Qd6 35. h4 b4 36. axb4 Qxb4 37. h5 h6 38. Qd3 Qc5 39. Qe2 a4 40.Be4 a3 41. Bb1 Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Rd8 43. Qe7 Qd6 44. Qh4 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qd5+ 46. Kh2 Qd4 47. Qe7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg4 Rd4+ 0-1

So, Wesley [2451] vs Muralidharan, MB. [2265]

2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship
2007.03.06, Tehran
[Round "7.3"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh5 f4 14. c4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. b3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. Qh4 f5 20. Nxf4 exf4 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxc6 fxe4 23. Rcxd6 Qe8 24. Nc4 e3 25. fxe3 fxe3 26. Re1 e2 27.Qg4 Rf1+ 28. Rxf1 e1=Q 29. Rd1 Q1e2 30. Qg3 Be5 31. Nxe5 Q8xe5 32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33. Rf2 Qc5 34. g3 Rf8 35. Rdf1 Kg7 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Re8 38. Rf5 Qd4+ 39.Kg2 Re2+ 40. R5f2 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qd4 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Kg1 Re5 44. Rf4 h5 45. R1f2 a5 46. Rf1 Kg6 47. Rf6+ Kg7 48. R6f4 Qc5+ 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Kg1 Kg6 51. R1f2 Re1+ 52. Rf1 Rxf1+ 53. Rxf1 Kg5 54. Rf4 Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Rf2 Qd5+ 57. Kh3 Qe6+ 58. Kg2 Qe4+ 59. Kh3 h4 60. gxh4+ Qxh4+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Rf3 Kg4 63. h3+ Kh4 64. a4 Qc2+ 65. Rf2 Qg6+ 66. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

Ju, Wenjun [2331] vs So, Wesley [2451]

Asian Cities Chess Championship
2007.03.07, Tehran
[Round "8.2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15.Qd2 Bb7 16. g4 h6 17. Qf4 Rfd8 18. h4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rad1 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 a6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxh4 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Qd3 Re8 26. e3 Qe6 27. Rf4 Rcd8 28. Qd4 Rd6 29. Rf5 Qg6 30. Rf4 Bc8 31. Rc1 h5 32. gxh5 Qxh5 33. Rh4 Qg5 34.Qf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Be6 36. Rd4 Red8 37. Rcd1 f5 38. f3 Kf7 39. e4 R6d7 40. Rb4 dxe4 41. Rxd7+ Rxd7 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Bxe4 Rd6 44. Kf2 g5 45. Bf3 a5 46. Rb5 Kf6 47. Ke3 Bd7 48. Rd5 Rxd5 49. Bxd5 Be6 0-1

So, Wesley [2451] vs Mansour, Sameer [2256]

Asian Cities Chess Championship
2007.03.08, Tehran
[Round "9.2"]

So, Wesley [2451] vs Mansour, Sameer [2256]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. b3 O-O 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. O-O Rfe8 14. h3 a6 15. f4 b5 16. f5 Bd7 17. Qf2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 gxf5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qc5 21.Nxf6+ 1-0

Wesley So vs David W Howell

World Junior Championship
Yerevan ARM
2007.10.07
Round 5

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Bf4 Nh7 15. Bxh6 Ng5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nxd5 Bd8 19. Ne3 Rb8 20. b3 Qe5 21. Rd1 Bc7 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qf5 Qe8 25. Rd4 g6 26. Qe4 Qf8 27. Qxc6 Bb6 28. Rd3 Rc8 29. Qf3 Bxe3 30.Qxe3 Rxc2 31. Qxa7 Qe8 32. Qe3 Qc8 33. Qe7 Qf5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Qf8+ Kf6 36.Qd6+ Kg5 37. h4+ 37. h4+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Qh8+ Kg4 40. Rd4+) 1-0

Wesley So [2411] vs Susanto Megaranto [2492]

3rd Singapore Masters Chess Open
ASEAN Chess Academy
2006.12.28
Round 6

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 O-O 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. g4 Rac8 21. f3 Nd6 22. a4 f6 23. Ng6 Kf7 24. b3 b5 25. c5 Ne8 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Kc2 a6 28. Ra1 Rc6 29. b4 Nd6 30. Rhd1 Nc4 31. Bg1 Rd7 32. f4 Bd8 33. f5 a5 34. fxe6+ Rxe6 35. Re1 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 a4 37. Nh8+ Kf8 38. Ng6+ Kf7 39. c6 Rc7 40. d5 Be7 41. Bc5 Bd6 42. Re6 Bxc5 43. bxc5 a3 44. Nh8+ Kf8 45. d6 Rxc6 46. d7 1-0

P Marie [2200] vs W So [2254]

37th Chess Olympiad
Turin, Italy, 2006.05.21
Round 1

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. a3 d5 9. Ba2 Nd4 10. Qd1 dxe4 11. Nxe4 b6 12. d3 Bb7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nfd2 Rad8 15.Nc4 b5 16. Ne3 c4 17. c3 Ndf5 18. Ng4 Bxe4 0-1

W So [2254] vs S Brittner [2325]

37th Chess Olympiad
Turin, Italy
2006.05.22
Round 2

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. O-O Qa4 12. f4 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ra2 Bd7 15.h4 Rf5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Raf8 18. g4 R5f7 19. Kg2 Ne7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 Ref7 23. Ng3 Be8 24. Qg4 Qa5 25. Rf3 Qb6 26. Ra1 Qb2 27. Raf1 Qxc2+ 28. R1f2 Qb1 29. Rf1 Qc2+ 30. R1f2 Qb1 31. Rf1 1/2-1/2

W So [2254] vs Pazos Gambarrotti, P. [2371]

37th Chess Olympiad
Turin, Italy
2006.05.27
Round 6

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. Nd5 Na6 7. Nf3 e6 8.Bc3 f6 9. b4 Qf8 10. Ne3 Nxb4 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nc4 Qc5 13. Bb2 Bh6 14. Qd1 d5 15. Ba3 Nb4 16. exd5 exd5 17. c3 a5 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qe2+ Kf8 20. Bb2 dxc4 21.Bd4 Qc6 22. Qxc4 Be6 23. Qxb4+ Kf7 24. Qb2 Re8 25. Be3 Bc4 26. Bxc4+ Qxc4 27.Rc1 Qe6 28. Rc7+ Re7 29. Nd4 Qe4 30. Qb3+ Kf8 31. Rxe7 Nxe7 32. Ne6+ Ke8 33.O-O Bxe3 34. fxe3 Nf5 35. Nc5 Qe7 36. Ne6 Ng7 37. Nxg7+ Qxg7 38. Qe6+ Qe7 39.Qc8+ Qd8 40. Qxb7 Qe7 41. Qc8+ Qd8 42. Qxd8+ Kxd8 43. Rxf6 Ke7 44. Ra6 Rb8 45.Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. a4 h5 49. h4 Rb1 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. g3 Kg7 52. a5 Rf1+ 53. Kg2 Ra1 54. Ra8 Kf6 55. e4 Ra2+ 56. Kh3 g5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58.a6 Kf6 59. a7 Kg7 60. e5 1-0

Wesley So [2330] vs Ian Rogers [2548]

3rd Dato Arthur Tan Open
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2006.02.21
Round 7

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 f6 7. Ng3 f5 8. c3 Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nb8 11. Ne2 c5 12. g3 Nc6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Ne1 Qb6 16. Kg2 a5 17. Bb1 Rf7 18. f3 Raf8 19. Bc2 h6 20. Ba4 g5 21. fxe4 fxe4 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. b3 c5 26. Be3 Bb5 27. Nc3 cxd4 28.Qxd4 Qb8 29. Nxb5 Qxb5 30. Bf2 Qe2 31. Qe3 Qb2 32. Rd1 Qxe5 33. Rc1 Qf5 34.Rc8+ Kg7 35. Nc2 e5 36. Rc7 Kg6 37. Rc6+ Bf6 38. Rd6 Rh7 39. g4 Qxg4+ 40. Qg3 Qh5 41. Kf1 d4 42. Qxe5 Qh3+ 43. Ke1 Qc3+ 44. Kd1 Rh1+ 45. Be1 Rxe1+ 46. Nxe1 Qa1+ 47. Kd2 Qc3+ 48. Kd1 Qa1+ 49. Kd2 Qxa2+ 50. Nc2 1-0

So, W. [2411] vs Prusikin, M. [2560]

10th OIBM
Bad Wiessee, Germany
2006.11.08
Round 5

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 b6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Nd1 O-O 11. c3 f6 12. Bd3 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Ne3 h5 17. Rae1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 cxd4 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Nxd5 Qf7 21. Re7 Qf5 22. Qxd4 Nf6 23. Re5 Qd7 24. Qd3 Nxd5 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Qe6+ Qf7 27. Qh6 Qf6 28. Rg5+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Rxd5 1-0

So, Wesley [2451] vs Mansour, Sameer [2256]

2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship
Tehran, Iran
2007.03.08
Round 9

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. b3 O-O 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. O-O Rfe8 14. h3 a6 15. f4 b5 16. f5 Bd7 17. Qf2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 gxf5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qc5 21. Nxf6+ 1-0

So Wesley [Phils] vs Yilmaz Mustafa [Turkey]

[Event "World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2007"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.11"]
[Round "10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nc5 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Bh5 14. Be3 Ne6
15. Nd4 Ng4 16. Nf5 Nxe3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxe3 Rac8 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. a5 Bg6
21. b4 Re8 22. Rae1 Ng5 23. Qa7 Rb8 24. Qd4 Re5 25. Nf4 Qe7 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27.
Bc4 Rc8 28. c3 Kh8 29. Bd5 Qc7 30. c4 Re7 31. Qe3 Nh7 32. Rf4 Kg8 33. Ref1 Nf6
34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Qh6 Re5 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qxf6 Rxd5 38. exd5 Rd8 39. Qh8+ 1-0

So, Wesley [Philippines] vs Fodor, Tamas Jr [Hungary]

[Event "World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2007"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2007.08.07"]
[Round "4"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qa5 8. a3 c4
9. Be2 Nb6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. b4 cxb3 13. cxb3 Bxa3 14. Ra2 Rc8 15.
Rfa1 Bb4 16. Rc1 Ba3 17. Rca1 Bb4 18. Rxa5 Nxa5 19. Rxa5 Bxa5 20. Qa2 Bxc3 21.
Qxa7 Na8 22. Qxb7 Ke7 23. f5 Rc7 24. Qa6 Bb4 25. f6+ gxf6 26. exf6+ Kxf6 27.
Bf4 Rhc8 28. Bxc7 Nxc7 29. Qd3 Bb5 30. Qe3 Bxe2 31. Qg5# 1-0

So, Wesley [2516] vs Mahjoobzardast, Morteza [2479]

16th Asian Individual Chess Championship
Cebu, Philippines, 2007.09.22

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nc7 9. Qe1 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 Nfd5 12. Ne4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Nxd6 Nd5 15.Qg3 Qf8

(Please make your comments on 15... Bxe5)

16. Rae1 Ne7 17. Ng5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 1-0