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...
Photo from Champions Chess Tour Wesley So overpowered Jorden van Foreest of Netherlands in the second and final set, 2.5-0.5, to barge into the semifinals of the Chessable Masters of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour on Wednesday. The Cavite-born So posted decisive victories in the first two games...
Kirill Shevchenko Defending champion Laguna Heroes banked on Ukrainian import Kirill Shevchenko to down the Manila Indios Bravos, 11.5-9.5, in the 2021 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) Wesley So Cup online tournament over the weekend. Shevchenko bested International Master...
Banjo Barcenilla Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla destroyed World Cup-bound International Master Paolo Bersamina in their rapid duel to power defending champion Laguna to a 13.5-7.5 thrashing of Caloocan in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) Wesley So Cup Saturday, May 29....
Barcenilla Jr Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla pummeled GM Alexei Barsov of Uzbekistan twice to power defending champions Laguna Heroes to a 16-5-4.5 bashing of the Cagayan Kings in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) Wesley So Cup Wednesday, May 19. Barcenilla, who carried the...
Unheralded Cavite Spartans sent shockwaves in the opening round of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) Wesley So Cup by pulling the rug from under the fancied Pasig Kings Pirates, 11-10, Saturday, May 16. Olympiad veteran International Master Petronio Roca led the charge in...
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,...
