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BIEL, Switzerland – Wesley So agreed to a draw with Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia in the sixth round to remain within striking distance in the 2010 Biel Young Grandmasters chess championship here Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Philippines – Wesley So stamped his class over FM Haridas Pascua, essaying a 37-move win in a Gruenfeld to share the lead with fellow GM John Paul Gomez in the second round of the Phoenix Petroleum “Battle of GMs” Chess Championships at the Character Hotel in Tagaytay Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
GM Wesley So redeemed himself from a seventh round setback and whipped Yu Ruiyan of China to regain a share of the lead in the penultimate round of the ninth Asian Individual Chess Championships at the Subic Exhibiton and Convention Center in Subic last night. Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Philippines – GM Ni Hua of China outwitted GM Wesley So in a grueling rook-and-pawn endgame, pulling off a 74-move victory to topple the Filipino champion from the lead in the seventh round of the Asian Individual Chess Championships at the Subic Exhibition and Convention Center in Subic last night. Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Philippines – Grandmaster Wesley So added IM Oliver Barbosa to his growing list of victims as he fashioned out a 56-move victory for his third win in row and a share of the lead with GM Yu Yangyi of China in the Asian Individual Chess Championships at the Subic Exhibition and Convention Center in Subic yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Philippines – GM Wesley So sets out as one of the favorites in the Asian Individual Chess Championships which starts April 20 featuring the best and the finest players in the region at the Subic Exhibition and Convention Center in Subic.
A berth in the next year’s World Cup will be staked in the 10-day tournament where So, Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Philippines – Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So, FIDE (World Chess Federation) Master (FM) Jan Emmanuel Garcia, reigning RP Boys 12-and-under champion Paolo Bersamina and Narquinden Reyes emerged as winners in Sunday’s 1st Pichay and Davis Cup chess festival.
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MANILA, Philippines — Grandmasters (GMs) Wesley So, Rogelio “Joey”Antonio Jr. and Darwin Laylo will spearhead the Philippines’ participation in the upcoming 2010 Asian Continental Chess Championship in April at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center in Zambales.
The three wood pushers, who represented the Philippines in the World Chess Cup, said they expect rough sailing in the tournament which takes place from April 20 to 30. Read the rest of this entry »
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 tournament organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).
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 featuring the country’s brightest wood pushers.
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 idea against Nisipeanu’s hyper-modern Reti opening, countering with a solid Slav formation with the disadvantageous black pieces and getting rid of an impending draw with precise continuation for his first win in the tough, 13-round, category-16 tournament. Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Philippines – Sixteen-year-old Grandmaster Wesley So continued to raise the level of excellence when he reached ELO 2656 based on the Jan. 1 ratings released by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).
With his strong showing in the recent World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia where he eliminated former world championship finalists Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine and Gata Kamsky of the United States, So earned 16 points to increase his ELO 2640 from the November list to ELO 2656. Read the rest of this entry »
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