Top seeds Laguna and Iloilo bested their rivals to advance to their respective division finals of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All Filipino Conference Saturday, March 27. The Laguna Heroes edged the fourth-seeded Manila Indios Bravos in their Armageddon duel in the...
Top seeds Laguna Heroes and Iloilo Kisela Knights routed their rivals to lead the semifinalists in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All Filipino Conference Wednesday, March 24, via chess.com. The Heroes crushed the eighth-seeded Antipolo Cobras with 16-5 and 19-2 set...
Top-seeded teams Laguna Heroes and Iloilo Kisela Knights banner the field when the quarterfinals of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference fires off on Wednesday, March 24. Laguna and Iloilo claimed the No. 1 seeding in the Northern and Southern...
Magnus Carlsen, left, and Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So absorbed a beating at the hands of world champion Magnus Carlsen to end up fourth in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Invitational Monday, March 22. The 27-year-old So bowed in the first set, 3-1, then received a 2-1 setback in the...
Top photo from left: Wesley So and Anish Giri. Bottom, from left: Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen Two-time United States champion Wesley So could not find a way to break a solid-playing Anish Giri of the Netherlands to crash out in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Invitational...
Grandmaster Wesley So (Photo from FIDE) Grandmaster Wesley So overpowered rising star Alireza Firouzja, 2.5-0.5, to seize the first of their two-set quarterfinal showdown in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Invitational Wednesday, March 17. The 27-year-old So needed just three of...
Grandmaster Wesley So absorbed two crushing defeats including one against early leader Anish Giri of the Netherlands to slip in the lower half of the standings after five rounds of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Carlsen Invitational Sunday, March 14. So, who is playing his first...
Cavite-born Grandmaster Wesley So joins his first tournament since assuming United States citizenship when he competes in the Magnus Invitational of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour starting Sunday, March 14. Serving as the fourth edition of the tour, the 27-year-old So aims to keep the overall...
Laguna crushed Pasig, 17-4, and Iloilo smashed Negros, 16.5-4.5, to keep their grip of a share of the lead their respective conferences of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference Wednesday night, March 10. Grandmasters Banjo Barcenilla and John Paul...
The Laguna Heroes downed the Rizal Batch Towers and San Juan City Predators to share the Northern Conference lead with Caloocan going into the final stretch of the regular season of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference Wednesday night, March 3....
GM Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So does not forget his roots. Already based in Minnetonka, Minnesota in the United States, the 27-year-old So continues to follow Philippine chess by recently promoting the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP). So showed his support to the...
Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla Grandmasters Banjo Barcenilla and John Paul Gomez powered the Laguna Heroes to a 12.5-8.5 victory over a GM Mark Paragua-led Camarines Soaring Eagles in the clash of the league titans in the PCAP All-Filipino Conference Saturday night, Feb. 27. Barcenilla, a many-time...
