Wesley So Defending champion Wesley So picked up his third straight draw to remain at the helm while Fabiano Caruana threatened to steal the spotlight after the 10 th and penultimate round of the 2021 US Chess Championships at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri. So split the point with Samuel...
Wesley So Defending champion Wesley So clung to the lead with two others after drawing his ninth-round match Saturday in the 2021 US Chess Championships at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri. So halved the point with Daniel Naroditsky in 31 moves of a Bishop’s Opening to hike his tally to 5.5...
38880 Grandmaster Wesley So drew with Sam Shankland to stay at the helm with two others after eight rounds of the 2021 US Chess Championships Thursday. The defending champion So split the point after 42 moves of a Ruy Lopez duel to slightly hike his tally to 5 points with three rounds left in the...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So overpowered former child prodigy John Burke to seize a share of the lead after seven rounds in the 2021 US Chess Championships at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri Wednesday. Playing black, the Cavite-born So outplayed the 20-year-old Burke in 34 moves of a Ruy...
Wesley So Defending champion Wesley So drew with Leiner Dominguez Perez for a share of third place after six rounds in the 2021 US Chess Championships at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri Tuesday. The 27-year-old So split the point in 37 moves of a Queen’s Gambit Accepted to slightly improve...
Chester Neil Reyes dominated the Open 16-under division to earn a berth in the knockout stage of the FIDE Online Rapid World Cadets & Youth Chess Championships recently. Reyes, an incoming Grade 11 student of Nazareth School of National University, drew with International Master Christopher...
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....
Sixteen-year-old Jasper Concepcion Faeldonia emerged as one of the youngest chessers with a National Master (NM) title after ruling the National Youth and Schools Chess Championships Under-17 division held online via the Hybrid Tornelo platform from June 10-13. Faeldonia, a Grade 11 student of...
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...
Hikaru Nakamura made sure Wesley So will not be spoiling his own birthday party by capturing the finals berth in the 2020 Speed Chess Championships Wednesday. Nakumura bested United States teammate So, 13.5-12.5, on his 33 rd birthday to move a win away from the title. It was a revenge of...
Grandmaster Wesley So overcame a faulty start and demolished Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland, 16-10, to advance to the semifinals of 2020 Speed Chess Championships over the weekend. So, a two-time United States champion, encountered some trouble at the start as he trailed 4-2 behind Duda. But the...
