Aeroflot Chess R6: Quang Liem leads, Wesley So withdraws

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Hi everyone,

Filipino grandmaster Wesley So withdrew from the Aeroflot Chess Open 2011 saying he was too tired and was not getting his rhythm right after the hectic Wijk aan Zee tournament recently. He said he wanted to go home and rest ... and train.

Wesley So - You gotta go when you gotta go...

So drew for the fifth time in the tournament, this time against FM Roman Nechepurenko of Russia in only 28 moves of the Queen’s Indian. The 17-year-old Filipino champion had 2.5 points on five draws and one loss in the nine-round Swiss system tournament, which attracted 86 players from 31 countries. “I can’t think very well right now. I’m just too tired from the last tournament (Tata Steel Chess)," said So. Meanwhile, Grandmaster Le Liem Quang and defending champion maintained his half point lead in Group A ahead of the others. Here are the standings after Round 6:
You can find more details at the official tournament website www.aeroflotchess.com.

Leaders after 6 rounds

Rk	Name	Score	Fed.	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	GM Le, Quang Liem	5.0	VIE	2664	2905	+1.74
2	GM Khismatullin, Denis	4.5	RUS	2649	2841	+1.50
3	GM Kobalia, Mikhail	4.5	RUS	2666	2827	+1.24
4	GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny	4.5	RUS	2695	2809	+0.86
5	GM Vitiugov, Nikita	4.5	RUS	2709	2808	+0.73
6	GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	4.5	UZB	2681	2768	+0.66
7	GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan	4.0	ESP	2626	2780	+1.25
8	FM Bukavshin, Ivan	4.0	RUS	2458	2784	+2.54
9	GM Jakovenko, Dmitry	4.0	RUS	2718	2761	+0.33
10	GM Yu, Yangyi	4.0	CHN	2607	2744	+1.10
11	GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	4.0	FRA	2715	2737	+0.16
12	GM Mamedov, Rauf	4.0	AZE	2660	2730	+0.56
13	GM Sandipan, Chanda	4.0	IND	2641	2727	+0.69
14	GM Zhou, Jianchao	4.0	CHN	2655	2717	+0.51
15	GM Sjugirov, Sanan	4.0	RUS	2626	2710	+0.69
16	GM Ding, Liren	4.0	CHN	2628	2720	+0.72
17	GM Grachev, Boris	4.0	RUS	2660	2688	+0.21
18	GM Volokitin, Andrei	4.0	UKR	2678	2689	+0.09
19	GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim	4.0	RUS	2660	2699	+0.31
20	GM Cheparinov, Ivan	4.0	BUL	2665	2679	+0.11

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