Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So has widened his lead in the Elite Group of the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba after eight rounds.

So, handling white pieces, defeated top seed Leinier Perez Dominguez of Cuba in 64 moves of Sicilian Defense, Najdorf variation. He now has 5.5 points going into the last two rounds while Dominguez has four points.

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