Filipino grandmaster (GM) Wesley So added another win under his belt as he emerged as the top junior player at the end of the Aeroflot Chess Festival 2009 at the Hotel Gamma-Delta in Moscow, Russia.

A report posted on SportsNews.ph said So only had to draw his final round match against GM Zaven Andriasian of Armenia to tie for 17th to 36th places.

With five points on three wins, four draws and two losses, the 15-year-old So edged other world junior campaigners such as GM Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan, GM Sanan Sjugirov of Russia and IM Ray Robson of the United States.

So, currently RP’s highest-rated player with an ELO of 2627, will take home 2,500 Euros for winning the top junior award.

Meanwhile, GM Etienne Bacrot of France trounced former solo leader GM Arman Pashikian of Armenia while GM Alexander Moiseenko of Ukraine subdued GM Zhou Weiqi of Choan to share first place with 6.5 points.

Bacrot, however, clinched the top spot by virtue of higher tiebreak score.