Photo from Champions Chess Tour website Grandmaster Wesley So secured a 2-2- draw with Vietnamese Liem Quang Le to capture the Chessable Masters title in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Sunday. A draw was all So needed to win the crown after dominating their first tussle, 2.5-0.5, on Saturday....
Photo from the tournament website Grandmaster Wesley So waylaid Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem, 2.5-0.5, in the first of their two-set finale to move on the verge of topping the $1.6 million Chessable Masters of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Saturday. The Cavite-born, 27-year-old So smashed Le in a...
MB File Photo Grandmaster Wesley So fought Russian Vladislav Artemiev to a 2-2 standoff in the last of their two-set semifinal showdown Friday to arrange a title duel with Vietnamese Le Quang Liem in the $1.6 million Chessable Masters of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The 27-year-old So...
Photo from Chess.com Grandmaster Wesley So trounced Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev, 2.5-1.5, and cruised closer to the Chessable Masters final of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour early Friday (Philippine time). So, currently ranked No. 9 in the world with a FIDE rating of 2772, crushed No. 37...
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...
MB File Photo Wesley So survived Dutch Jorden van Foreest’s upset try for a 2-2- draw in the first of their two-set quarterfinal duel in the $1.6 million Chessable Masters of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Wednesday, August 4. The Cavite-born So banked on a third-game victory in their...
MB File Photo Grandmaster Wesley So scored 3.5 points in the last five rounds of the prelims to clinch the top seeding in the knockout round of the Chessable Masters of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Monday, August 2. The Cavite-born So downed Indians Humpy Koneru and Baskaran Adhiban and then...
Yuka Saso, left, of the Philippines plays for several rounds with former World No. 1 and 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist Lydia Ko of New Zealand Monday, August 2 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama, Japan. (Photo from the National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) Facebook page)...
MB File Photo Grandmaster Wesley So sustained his blistering start as he scored 3.5 points in the sixth to 10th rounds to keep his grip of the solo lead in the prelims of the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour’s Chessable Masters Sunday. The Cavite-born So beat Russian Vladislav Artemiev...
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Winner Team UAE Emirates' Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia celebrates his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium at the end of the 21th and last stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 108 km between Chatou and Paris Champs-Elysees, on July 18, 2021. (Photo by Anne-Christine...
Photo from Alex Eala's Facebook page Teen sensation Alex Eala completed a twin kill in the JA Milan 2021 Tennis Tour after also clinching the girls’ singles crown in Italy over the weekend. Still on cloud nine from her girls’ doubles title victory with American partner Madison Sieg, the...
