Round 5: Zhou Weiqi downs Wesley So
Wonderboy GM Wesley So suffered his first defeat in the 2nd Philippines Open losing on the White side of a French Defence to Zhou Weiqi.
22 year old Zhou Weiqi was the 2nd place winner of the Aeroflot Open with a performance rating of 2703.
[Event "2nd Phil Open Int'l Chess"]
[Site "SBECC"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM So, W. (PHI)."]
[Black "Zhou, W. (CHN)."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qd2 b5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Nf2 Qb6 13. c4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Rad1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bb7 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. f5 Nd7 19. Qf4 exf5 20. Qxf5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Rae8 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh4 Rxe2 24. cxd5 Rd8 25. Rd4 Rxd5 26. Rxb4 Rb5 27. Rxb5 axb5 28. Kh1 Qc6 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qg5 f6 31. Qg3 Re3 0-1
In the same round, GM Megaranto beat GM Li Chao, GM Ghaemma beat IM Purnama, GM Le Quang Liem beat IM Nadera and GM Antonio beat Senador.
The current leaders after Round 5 are GM Susanto Megaranto and Zhou Weiqi who have each 4.5/5.
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