Wesley So (MB File Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So agreed to a quick draw with Hungarian Richard Rapport to stay at the helm with two others after five rounds of the Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2021 in Saint Louis, Missouri Saturday (Sunday in Manila). So halved the point after 16 moves of a Ruy...
Photo courtesy of Saint Louis Chess Club, Bryan Adams Grandmaster Wesley So battled fellow American and World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana to a draw to keep a share of the lead after four rounds in the Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, Missouri Friday. So held his ground with the black...
Photo from PBA The PBA reached a verbal agreement with the Provincial Government of Pampanga to hold the resumption of the Philippine Cup which was put on hold a couple of weeks ago to Enhanced Community Quarantine regulations in Metro Manila. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial confirmed the approval...
Photo from tournament website Grandmaster Wesley So outlasted fellow American Dariusz Swiercz to grab a piece of the lead after two rounds in the Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2021 in Saint Louis, Missouri Wednesday (Thursday in Manila). So needed 45 moves of a Ruy Lopez Berlin Defense to...
The national women’s football team The national women’s football team continues to grind it out in the United States a month before plunging into action in the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Coach Marlon Maro’s side has been in Irvine, California since early...
Photo from chess.com Grandmaster Wesley So blew a winning game against Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and settled for a draw at the start of the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, Missouri Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). So split the point after 50 moves of a Giuco Piano Opening to get stranded...
Four PH chessers advanced to the next round of their respective divisions in the FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth Chess Championships over the weekend. Wayne Ruiz advanced to the Open 14-under playoff round after ending up in a six-player logjam for second place in the preliminaries....
Woman National Master Jersey Marticio slipped from the top spot after eight rounds in the FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth Girls U14 Sunday. Marticio yielded to second seed Woman FIDE Master Alexandra Shvedova of Russia in the seventh round then bounced back with an eighth-round...
Jersey Marticio Woman National Master Jersey Marticio posted back-to-back victories to lead after six rounds in the FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth Girls U14 championships over the weekend. Marticio, an incoming Grade 9 student of Pulo National High School in Cabuyao, Laguna, first...
Paris Saint-Germain's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (left) and Neymar attend a training session at the Camp des Loges Paris Saint-Germain football club's training ground in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on august 13, 2021. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP) Neymar will face his new clubmate Lionel Messi in...
Photo from Chooks to Go Jumbo Plastic-Basilan finished off KCS-Mandaue, 83-65, to emerge as the first-ever champion of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup Friday, Aug. 13 in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur. Michael Mabulac and Jay Collado led the way as the Peace Riders swept the...
Photo from Chooks to Go Jumbo Plastic-Basilan moved on the cusp of capturing the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup crown after surviving KCS-Mandaue, 96-91, in Game 2 of their best-of-five title series Thursday, Aug. 12 in Pagadian City. The Peace Riders needed a late surge to hold off the...
