10th Dubai Open - Wesley seizes solo lead

WINNING what could be his greatest game yet, 14-year-old GM Wesley So seized the solo lead with a perfect score of 5.0 points from five games at the 10th Dubai International Open in the United Arab Emirates Thursday.
The Bacoor Wonder Boy got out of well-known book lines on White’s side of the Sicilian Pelikan/Sveshnikov early on and stormed Black’s "Bastille" with all the firepower he could muster, sacrificing pieces in the process to strip the enemy king of its defenses.

When Black - Fide Master A.R. Saleh Salem of the UAE - resigned, checkmate was in the air.

GM So (2540) and FM Salem (2429) were the only ones with a perfect score of 4.0 points each entering the fifth round.

Wesley had earlier disposed of four rivals, including GM Levan Pantsulaia (2617) of Georgia in the third round and in the fourth world junior champion Ahmed Adly (2578) of Egypt, his nemesis in Yerevan, Armenia last year.

- Reported by Manny Benitez

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