Wesley So Two-time United States champion Wesley So had a costly misstep and absorbed a 3-1 defeat in the first of their two-set quarterfinal duel with Armenia-born Levon Aronian in the New In Chess Classic of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Wednesday, April 28. The 27-year-old So committed a...
Grandmaster Wesley So scored 3.5 points in the last five preliminary rounds to clinch a quarterfinal berth in the New In Chess Classic of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Tuesday, April 27. So smashed Norwegians Aryan Tari and Johan-Sebastian Christiansen while splitting the point with Levon...
Grandmaster Wesley So (FIDE Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So bounced back from a lethargic start by scoring 3.5 points in the sixth to 10th rounds to barge into the magic eight in the New In Chess Classic of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Monday, April 26. So, 27, downed former World Challenger...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So got off to a rough start after absorbing three defeats in his first five games in the New In Chess Classic of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Sunday, April 25. So yielded to Iran-born Alireza Firouzja, Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda and England’s Gawain Jones but...
Photo from asianchess.com Filipino chess legend Eugene Torre joins the list of nominees to the World Chess Hall of Fame, becoming the first Asian male to be granted such honor. Torre, who turns 70 in November, joins Polish-Argentine Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf and GM Judit Polgar of Hungary...
Grandmaster Wesley So seeks to cling on to the overall lead in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour as he spearheads a cast that also include world champion Magnus Carlsen in the New in Chess Classic set April 24 to May 2. The 27-year-old So is precariously holding the solo tour lead with 140...
All-Star Game also set in May The second conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) is already in the works by dubbing it as the “Wesley So Cup.” PCAP Commissioner Paul Elauria said the 27-year-old Cavite-born Grandmaster, who recently became an American citizen,...
Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla A focused mind and team support became the key ingredients for the Laguna Heroes in clinching the historic first Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All Filipino Conference crown at the expense of the Camarines Soaring Eagles recently. Grandmaster...
Jersey Marticio Chess wunderkind Jersey Marticio swept all her seven matches to capture the elite girls 18-under division of the 2021 Mayor Atty. Rolen C Paulino National Age Group Online Chess Championships North Luzon Leg held online over the weekend. The 13-year-old Marticio, a Grade 8...
Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla carried the Laguna Heroes on his shoulders as they ripped the Camarines Soaring Eagles in Armageddon play to emerge the first ever Professional Chess Association champions Saturday, April 3. Barcenilla, a many-time Battle of the GMs champion, smashed Christian Mark...
The Laguna Heroes and the Camarines Soaring Eagles are set to meet in the PCAP grand finals to be held virtually Saturday night, April 3. Northern kings Laguna, led by GMs Banjo Barcenilla and John Paul Gomez and FIDE Master Austin Jacob Literatus, will clash against the southern rulers...
Chess never stops with or without lockdown. The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) will give Filipino chess players something to look forward to amid the pandemic as it lined up a series of online tournaments this year. The first one launched was the Southern Luzon Leg of the...
