10th Dubai Open

Wesley So's back-to-back wins puts him now on 2/2 in the 10th Dubai Open. Last round he beat China's FM Xibin Wu on the white side of a Poisoned Pawn Sicilian.

10th Dubai Open
So Wesley
Wu Xibin
B97

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 (20... Rd8 21. Qg3 Qf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. Qh4 Nc6 24. O-O f5 25. Bh5 Qh7 26. Bb2 fxe4 27. Rf7 Rf8 28. Qf2 Rxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf2 e5 31. Qd5 Nf6 {0-1 Motylev,A (2647)-Anand,V (2779)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007/The Week in Chess 636 }) 21. O-O

After 21. 0-0

Nce5 (21... f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 b5 24. Bf3 Bd7 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxc6 Rd8 28. Bxd7 {1-0 Shirov,A (2699)-Guliyev,N (2590)/Canada de Calatrava ESP 2007/The Week in Chess 648}) 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 Bd7 24. Nxb7 Qb4 25. Nc5 Bb5 26. c3 Ng4 27. cxb4 Nxe3 28. Ra1 Rb8 29. Nxa6 Bxa6 30. Rxa6 Nd5 31. b5 Nd7 32. Ra7 N7b6 33. Rc2 g6 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. g3 h5 36. Bg2 Nc8 37. Rd7 Ncb6 38. Ra7 Nc8 39. Ra5 Nd6 40. Bf1 Rb7 41. Rb2 Nc8 42. Bg2 Ncb6 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Bxd5 Nxd5 45. Kf2 Rb7 46. Rc6 Kf6 47. Ke2 Nc7 48. b6 Nd5 49. Kd3 Ke7 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. Kc5 Nc3 52. Rd2+ Ke8 53. Rc8+ Ke7 54. Kc6 1-0

I've just also noticed that Malaysia's IM Mas Hafizulhelmi is in the event. The Malaysian beat Pinoy player Robert Arellano in the first round but then lost to GM Levan Pantsulaia in round 2.