Grandmaster Wesley So drew all his last five matches to finish third in the preliminaries and clinch a quarterfinal berth in the Opera Euro Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Monday. Well-perched at joint second after the first 10 rounds, the 27-year-old opted to play it safe and split the...
Photo from US Chess Federation Grandmaster Wesley So scored three points in the sixth to 10 th round to stay half a point behind a pace-setting reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in the Opera Euro Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Monday, Feb. 8. The 27-year-old So was tied at...
BEST OF THE BEST - Grandmasters Wesley so and Magnus Carlsen in their opening-round match. (From championschesstour.com) Grandmaster Wesley So scored 3.5 points in the first five rounds including an opening-round triumph over leader Magnus Carlsen in the Opera Euro Rapid of the Meltwater Champions...
Photo from championschesstour.com Grandmaster Wesley So seeks to regain his winning form when he sees action in the third leg of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour dubbed as the Opera Euro Rapid starting on Saturday. The 27-year-old So is hoping to bounce back from a quarterfinal defeat to...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) ordered round-the-clock construction of the P16.3 billion Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (Cebu BRT) so a crucial segment can operate within 2021. In a meeting last week, Transport Secretary Arthur P. Tugade declared he wants Package 1 of the Cebu BRT to be partially...
Unheralded April Joy Claros saw her fairytale run end after yielding to Indonesian Laysa Latifah, 2-0, in the quarterfinals of the girls 14-under of the FIDE World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships Monday. The 13-year-old Claros had a chance to level the score after dropping the first of...
April Joy Claros stunned third seed Martyna Starosta of Poland in their “Armageddon” tiebreak game to gatecrash into the quarterfinals of the girls’ Under-14 FIDE World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships Sunday. Seeded only 14th out of the 16 who made it to the knockout phase, the...
The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) has fielded in Al-basher Buto, Christian Gian Arca, April Joy Claros and Oshrie Jhames Reyes to the national team it is sending to the World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships on Nov. 27 to Dec. 23. The four placed second in their...
Woman Grandmaster candidate Kylen Joy Mordido blew away the field in leading the march to the grand finals while International Master Daniel Quizon and Jerlyn Mae San Diego faced rough sailing in the local qualifying tournament for the FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships...
Grandmasters Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen, reigning world champion, share the 2020 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz title. (Fischer Random / Nick Barton. File) Grandmaster Wesley So whipped up four wins in the last six rounds for a share of the 2020 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz title with reigning world...
Magnus Carlsen takes solo lead GM Wesley So and GM Magnus Carlsen (Fischer Random / Nick Barton / File Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So ran into trouble in the first of the two-day blitz part of the 2020 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament to slip from first to second and allow reigning world...
GM Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So scored 2.5 points in the last three rounds including two victories over Armenian Levon Aronian and Indian Pentala Harikrishna to seize the solo lead after the rapid side of the 2020 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament Thursday. The 26-year-old So overhauled a...
