The Philippines drew with second seed Israel, 2-2, in the fifth and penultimate round Friday, Feb. 3, to stay on course for a podium finish in the 1st FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Belgrade, Serbia. Sander Severino draws his match to help the PH team to a 2-2 standoff in the...
The Philippines ran into a powerhouse Poland and suffered a heartbreaking 2.5-1.5 defeat Thursday, Feb. 2, to slip from a share of the lead to joint third after four rounds in the 1st FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Belgrade, Serbia. Darry Bernardo provides the lone victory for the PH...
The Philippines smashed host Serbia 2, 3.5-0.5, to remain at the helm with chess giants Poland and India halfway through the 1st FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Belgrade on Tuesday, Feb. 1. FIDE Master Sander Severino stayed perfect as he notched his third straight win in the...
The Philippines turned back the Czech Republic, 2.5-1.5, to remain unbeaten after two rounds in the 1st FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Belgrade, Serbia Tuesday, Jan. 31. The PH team in the 1st FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities. (From James Infiesto) FIDE Master...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has conferred Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and PhilCycling President Bambol Tolentino as Honorary Member during its congress concurrent with the 44th Chess Olympiad recently in Chennai, India. Tolentino was accorded the FIDE recognition for his...
Wesley So, right, and Hikaru Nakamura (Photo from FIDE) Wesley So downed fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the second rapid tiebreaker to rule the third leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Monday. So prevailed after 65 moves of a Ruy Lopez game after two draws in their classical games....
Wesley So agreed to a quick draw with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura to arrange a playoff tiebreaker in the FIDE Grand Prix finals in Berlin, Germany Sunday. Photo from chessbase.com So and Nakamura drew after only 14 moves of a Ruy Lopez Berlin via repetition of moves to force the two tiebreaker...
Wesley So blew away his winning chances and settled for a draw in the first of his two-game title duel with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Saturday. Photo from FIDE's Twitter account The two-time US Open champion halved the point with Nakamura after 30...
Wesley So Wesley So crushed Iranian Amin Tabatabaei in their semifinal tiebreaker playoff Friday for a 3-1 win and forge a title duel with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany. After blundering away his winning chances in the second game of their two-game semis...
Photo from FIDE Twitter account Wesley So blundered with a one-pawn advantage and succumbed to Amin Tabatabaei of Iran to force another semifinal tiebreaker in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Thursday. So lost after 30 moves of a Nimzo-Indian Defense to forge a new set of tiebreak games...
Wesley So Wesley So kept his world title bid alive as he downed nemesis Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France to seize a share of the lead in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Sunday. The Cavite-born So punished Vachier-Lagrave in 56 moves of a Nimzo-Indian Defense to jump to the top of Pool C and...
Wesley So settled for a fourth straight draw, this time against fellow American Sam Shankland to seize a share of the lead after four rounds of the group stages in the FIDE Grand Prix Tournament Leg 3 in Berlin, Germany Friday. Wesley So So agreed to a truce after 30 moves of a King’s Indian...
