Wesley dominates Calgary International Chess Classic
Super Grandmaster Wesley So continued to make the Philippines proud by ruling the recent 2013 Calgary International Chess Classic in Calgary, Canada.
Super Grandmaster Wesley So continued to make the Philippines proud by ruling the recent 2013 Calgary International Chess Classic in Calgary, Canada.
GRANDMASTER Wesley So opted for a quick draw with GM Pavel Eljanov Wednesday night and settled for a three-way tie for first with his Ukrainian foe and Egyptian GM Bassem Amin in the Reykjavik Open in Iceland.
FILIPINO Grandmaster Wesley So downed GM Marcin Dziuba of Poland in the ninth round Wednesday to share the lead with GM Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine in the 28th Reykjavik Open chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Standings after Round 8: 6.5 points—GM Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine), GM Wesley So (PH), GM Marcin Dziuba (Poland), GM Grzegorz Gajewski (Poland), IM Wei Yi (China), GM Ding Liren (China); 6.0—GM Yu Yangyi (China), GM Anish Giri (The Netherlands), GM Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria), GM Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria), GM Mustafa Yilmaz (Turkey), GM Nils Grandelius (Sweden), GM Erwin L’ami (The Netherlands), GM David Navara (Czech Republic), GM Hannes Stefansson (Iceland), GM Bassem Amin (Egypt), IM Sopiko Guramishvili (Georgia)
Filipino Grand-master Wesley So booked a return trip to the World Chess Cup even as Vietnamese GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son seized the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship yesterday at Tagaytay International Convention Center here.
GRANDMASTER Wesley So downed International Master Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa of Mongolia in the fifth round on Friday to regain the solo lead in the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship at Tagaytay International Convention Center.
The Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship started yesterday with Filipino campaigners, led by Grandmaster Wesley So, hopeful of sweeping the two World Cup berths at stake in the nine-round tournament at Tagaytay International Convention Center.
The Philippines’ bubble of hope at the 40th Chess Olympiad got pricked by China in an instant Thursday. Unable to match the Chinese juggernaut in Round 9, the Filipinos yielded a lopsided 0.5-3.5 decision in the Open Division at Istanbul Expo Center.
Call him Genius, El Eugenio, Bradidik, Super Lolo (grandfather) or whatever, it doesn’t matter.
The Philippine wrecking machine went full throttle Thursday as it crushed Kazakhstan, 4-0, and stayed on top of the heap along with 12 other squads at the 40th Chess Olympiad here.
A SEASONED, well-rounded Philippine team out to stop its skid in the Chess Olympiad will be leaving tonight to compete in the 40th edition of the biennial event in Istanbul, Turkey.
READY and confident. That’s how the Philippine men’s team, headed by Grandmasters Wesley So and Eugene Torre, described itself on the eve of the sendoff for the 40th World Chess Olympiad on Aug. 27 to Sept. 10 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Top Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So was held to a draw in his final match and settled for third place in the 40th Annual World Open Chess Championship held recently at the Sheraton City Center Hotel in Philadelphia.
