Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So posted a crucial fifth round victory over Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik to get back on track in the 2017 Shamkir Chess-Gashimov Memorial Chess Championship being held at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Shamkir, Azerbaijan.

So needed 65 moves of an English Opening to beat Kramnik and improve his score to 2.5 points.

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