Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna downed Russian-born Leya Garifullina of FIDE in the final round to finish decently in the 2022 FIDE World Blitz Women’s Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan Friday, Dec. 30. Frayna, 25, actually finished in a seven-player tie for 19th place with 10 points...
Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna drew with Woman FIDE Master Umida Omonova of Uzbekistan to remain in striking distance with the big guns after nine rounds of the 17-round Women's World Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan Thursday, Dec. 29. The split sent the country’s top female...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga recently took to Facebook to hail one of his district's (Dasmariñas) most celebrated citizens--International Master (IM) and current Philippine chess champion Daniel Quizon. (Jeshoots Com/ Unsplash) Specifically, the veteran congressman congratulated Quizon...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So finished in fourth place behind eventual champion and fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz of the Grand Chess Tour on Sunday. So finished with 4.5 points in the last nine of the 18-round blitz section for an 18.5-point total behind...
Grandmaster Wesley So scored five points out of a possible nine in the first of the two-day blitz section to stay at fourth spot in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz of the Grand Chess Tour Saturday. The Cavite-born, 27-year-old So won against Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, United States’...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So drew with Russian Peter Svidler in 56 moves of a Ruy Lopez to finish at fourth place at the conclusion of the rapid play of the 2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz of the Grand Chess Tour Friday. The reigning world Fischer-Random king and two-time United States...
Photo from Grand Chess Tour Grandmaster Wesley So struck heavily in the blitz event to rule the Paris Rapid & Blitz tournament. The Cavite-born So tallied 24.5 points in the five-day event – 12.5 points in the double-round blitz and 12 points in the rapid round of the event that...
Filipino International Master Daniel Quizon pulled off a solid eighth-place finish in the tough Azerbaijan International Online Blitz Chess Tournament Sunday. Seeded 24th in a stacked, 160-player field, the 16-year-old Quizon made a good account of himself by scoring seven points out of the...
Grandmasters Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen, reigning world champion, share the 2020 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz title. (Fischer Random / Nick Barton. File) Grandmaster Wesley So whipped up four wins in the last six rounds for a share of the 2020 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz title with reigning world...
Magnus Carlsen takes solo lead GM Wesley So and GM Magnus Carlsen (Fischer Random / Nick Barton / File Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So ran into trouble in the first of the two-day blitz part of the 2020 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament to slip from first to second and allow reigning world...
GM Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So scored 2.5 points in the last three rounds including two victories over Armenian Levon Aronian and Indian Pentala Harikrishna to seize the solo lead after the rapid side of the 2020 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament Thursday. The 26-year-old So overhauled a...
