Grandmaster Wesley So was held to a draw anew to remain half a point off the pace after six rounds in the Tata Steel Chess 2016 in Netherlands last Friday. So, playing white, couldn’t capitalize his positional advantage early on as Caruana held his ground to force a draw after a marathon 80 moves of a Giuoco Piano Opening. It was So’s fifth straight draw since winning the opening round, giving him 3.5 points behind leaders Caruana, Chinese GM Ding Liren and reigning world champion GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who have similar four points. Liren halved the point with GM David Navara of the Czech Republic in 41 moves of Catalan Opening, while Carlsen scored his second straight triumph at the expense of Russian GM Evgeny Tomashevsky after 30 moves of Queen’s Pawn Torre Attack. So, meanwhile, is tied with defending women’s world champion GM Hou Yifan of China [...]
