Wesley So saves draw against Firouzja, stays in Superbet Romania contention

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Although in the middle of the pack, Wesley So remains in the running for the title in the 10-man, all-Super Grandmasters event in Bucharest

MANILA, Philippines – Wesley So salvaged a draw with Alireza Firouzja in the fourth round on Saturday, May 10 (Sunday, May 11, Philippine time) to remain in the middle pack of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour Superbet Classic Romania in Bucharest.

The Bacoor, Cavite-born So landed at 2.0 points, half behind pacesetters Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL), and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in the 10-man, all-Super Grandmasters round-robin $350,000 (P19.5 million) tournament.

Handling white, MVL subdued world champion Gukesh Dumaraju; Caruana, the reigning titlist, drew with Nodirbek Abdusattorov; while Praggnanandhaa split the point with Bogdan-Daniel Deac.

Levon Aronian, So’s fellow Team USA mainstay, rebounded with a victory over Jan-Krzysztof Duda in another round 4 encounter.

So, bidding to reenter the world’s top 10, is bunched with Aronian, Firouzja, and Deac, his opening-round victim.

Duda, Gukesh, and Abdusattorov were lodged at 1.5 and remain in contention for the top purse of $100,000.

The fifth round pits So against Aronian, Caruana against Firouzja, Duda against MVL, Gukesh against Praggnanandhaa, and Deac against Abdusattorov. – Rappler.com