Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So scored a crucial eighth-round win to force a five-way tie on top in the prestigious 27th Summer Universiade chess competitions being held at the Kazan Sports Complex in Kazan Russia.

So outclassed GM Giorgi Margvelashvili of Georgia after 48 moves of the Caro Kann Advance Variation to raise his score to six points.

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