Wesley So Advances to World Cup Semi-Finals

Wesley So has advanced to the World Cup semi-finals in Tblisi, Georgia. Wesley defeated Vladimir Fedoseev of Russia in the second game of their quarterfinal match, and now the 23-year-old American superGM has a couple days to rest and prepare before facing Ding Liren in the semifinals, starting on Tuesday, September 19.

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[Event "Tbilisi FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2017.09.16"]
[Round "33.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
[WhiteClock "0:09:21"]
[BlackClock "0:03:57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Re2
Rae8 15. Rae1 Bd8 16. Nd2 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 a5 18. Nb3 b6 19. Nc1 f6 20. a4 Ne7 21.
Nd3 g5 22. Bc1 Ng6 23. b3 Be7 24. h4 gxh4 25. Nf4 Rf7 26. Qe6 Qxe6 27. Rxe6
Nxf4 28. Bxf4 Bd8 29. b4 Kg7 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Ra6 c6 32. Rxc6 Kg6 33. Rc5 Rd7
34. f3 Kf5 35. Bd2 Ke6 36. Rc6+ Kf5 37. Be1 Kg5 38. Rc5 f5 39. Kh2 Kh5 40. Bf2
Rd6 41. Be3 Bb6 42. Rb5 Bd8 43. Bf4 Rd7 44. Be5 Kg5 45. Rc5 f4 46. Rc6 Kf5 47.
Ra6 Kg5 48. Kh3 Kf5 49. Rc6 Kg5 50. Re6 Be7 51. Rc6 Bd8 52. Bd6 Kf5 53. Kh2 Rg7
54. Be5 Rd7 55. Rd6 Rxd6 56. Bxd6 Kg5 57. Kg1 Kf5 58. Kf2 Kg5 59. Kf1 Kf5 60.
Ba3 Ke6 61. Ke2 Kf5 62. Bc1 Kg5 63. Kf1 Bc7 64. Bd2 Bd8 65. Be1 Kf5 66. Ke2 Ke6
67. Kd3 Kd7 68. c4 Kc6 69. Bc3 Bb6 70. Bb2 Bd8 71. Bc1 Bc7 72. Bd2 h5 73. Bc3
Bb6 74. Bb2 Bc7 75. Ba3 Bd8 76. Bf8 Bg5 77. Bg7 Kd6 78. Be5+ Kc6 79. Kc3 Bh6
80. Bf6 Bf8 81. Kd3 h3 82. gxh3 Bd6 83. Be5 1-0[/pgn]

In the semi-finals, So faces Ding Liren of China. Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will play for the other spot in the final. The semifinals begin on Tuesday, September 19 at 7 AM EST. Monday, September 18 is a rest day at the World Cup.  https://twitter.com/chess24com/status/909089302088384512