So now the world’s top 64 chess player
MANILA, Philippines — Grandmaster Wesley So gained 9.3 points according to the March 2010 RP-FIDE rating list to post the highest ranking ever in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) list by a Filipino.
The 16-year-old Bacoor, Cavite based chess player is now ranked No. 64 in the world with a total of 2665 ELO rating [...]
So leads elite cast in Battle of GMs
MANILA, Philippines – Newly crowned Aeroflot Open top junior player Wesley So seeks an unprecedented third straight title when the 2010 “Battle of GMs” chess championships come off the wraps March 15-22 in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.
So, who dominated the first two editions, will set out as the prohibitive favorite anew in this prestigious [...]
Wesley So seeks ‘three-peat’ in Battle of GMs tilt
Fresh from bagging the Aeroflot Open’s top junior player plum, GM Wesley So seeks an unprecedented third straight title when the 2010 “Battle of GMs” chess championships come off the wraps on March 15-22 in Dapitan City.
So, who dominated the first two editions, will set out as the prohibitive favorite anew in this prestigious tournament [...]
So draws with Pashikian
Filipino GM Wesley So (2656) played white and drew his game against GM Arman Pashikian (ELO 2642) of Armenia in round six of the Aeroflot Open 2010 Tournament in Moscow, Russia.
The players castled on opposite sides of a Queen’s gambit and the game ended in a bishop and pawn endgame.
So loses to Vietnamese GM
GM Wesley So lost playing with the black pieces against Vietnamese GM Ngoc Truongson Nguyen in his third round game Thursday night (Manila Time) in the ongoing Aeroflot Open 2010 Tournament in Moscow, Russia.
Nguyen opened with 1.Nf3 and used a King’s Indian attack setup. They both castled kingside and Nguyen launched his king side pawns [...]
So beats Nybäck, stays within striking distance in Corus B
Filipino GM Wesley So scored a crucial win with the black pieces against GM Tomi Nybäck of Finland in the tenth round of the Corus B tournament in Holland last Wednesday. Nyback opened with d4 and So responded with his favorite Slav defense.
Nybäck went all out in his attack as he sacrificed a piece in [...]
So wins after 5 draws
WIJK AAN ZEE, Netherlands – Grandmaster Wesley So played his best game yet and ended a string of five draws with an ego-boosting win over 2005 European champion GM Liviu-Dieter Nisepeanu of Romania in the sixth round of the 72nd Corus chess tournament at the De Moriaan Community Centre here Friday.
So dusted off an old [...]
Wesley So looks for first Corus win
MANILA, Philippines — A well rested Filipino GM Wesley Barbasa So is looking for his first win in the 72nd Corus international chess championship group B as he battles Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna in the 5th round at the De Moriaan Community Centre in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands.
The 16-year-old So, 2009 Corus C group champion, [...]
Third straight Draw for Wesley So
GM Wesley So played the white pieces for the first time in the Corus B tournament in Holland against GM Varuzhan Akobian of the U.S.
So (ELO 2656) has been expanding his opening repertoire and utilized the Queen’s Gambit. Akobian entered the endgame with a disadvantageous fractured pawn structure. The American defended well and the game [...]
GM So with back to back draws
Filipino chess prodigy Wesley So’s first two games in the prestigious Corus B tournament in Holland ended in draws. In his second game today against Dutch GM Erwin L’Ami, So played the black pieces and used the Queen’s gambit accepted rather than his usual Slav defense against d4.
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