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Thursday, September 15, 2016

So, Wesley (2782) vs Galopoulos, Nikolaos (2379): C00 French Defense: King's Indian Attack

Wesley So vs. Nikolaos Galopoulos
(USA, 2782) 0 - 1 (Greece, 2379)
[This is the ELO rating at the time the game was played]
Event: Halkidiki Greece, World Youth Chess Championship, 2003.10.26, King Indian Attack (C00)

White resigned • Black is victorious

Opening
The opening played in this game is King Indian Attack (ECO: C00), established by the moves 1.e4 e6 2.d3. This is the forth most frequently played parent class opening by Wesley So, used in more than 7% of his games. The opening C00 was very rarely played by Nikolaos Galopoulos with black.

Endgame
There were a total of 7 moves in the endgame which computer have analysed using endgame tablebases. The two players did not make a decisive mistake in any of those moves (decisive mistakes are such that would lose a winning/drawing game, or draw a winning one).

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