Wesley So
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Wesley So is a Filipino
chess
grandmaster. A chess prodigy
, he achieved the GM title at the age of 14 years, 1 month and 28 days, making him the 8th youngest person
to achieve the Grandmaster title in the history of chess
. Before becoming a Grandmaster, So had become the youngest Filipino International Master at the age of 12 years and 10 months. He won the 2009 Corus chess tournament
for the Grandmaster C group.
Wesley So's world ranking is 60th. He previously was the strongest Under-16 player in the world. He is currently ranked 9th highest junior (Under-20) in the world. His current FIDE rating is 2669 (see live rating). In January 2005, So raised his rating from 2165 to 2216 the following year. In January 2007, he improved his mark to 2451 before reaching 2526 exactly a year later. In October 2008, he was at 2610 and by doing so, he became the youngest player ever in the history of the game to break the 2600 Elo barrier, breaking the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen
. In January 2009, he achieved a rating of 2627, a Philippine national record, surpassing the Elo 2621 rating of GM Mark Paragua
in April 2006.
As of January 2011, Wesley So has an Elo rating of 2673. He is currently ranked no.1 player in the Philippines, no.3 Under-20 in the world, and ranked no.64 in the world.
in 1993 to William and Eleanor So, who are both accountants. He was aged 6 when his father taught him to play chess and was 9 when he started to compete in junior active chess tournaments where his aggressive and tactical style of play caught the attention of former Philippine chess champion IM Rodolfo Tan Cardoso
. Cardoso said, "The young lad... would sacrifice a queen or any other pieces in his arsenal to get a winning attack." Also according to Cardoso, So did not have the full sponsorships enjoyed by the other chess prodigies
, saying "He cannot afford decent training given by well known GM-coaches and has to rely on his pure talent, diligence and, of course, the Fritz programs
before competing." Wesley formerly attended the Jesus Good Shepherd School
and currently goes to school at St. Francis of Assisi College in Bacoor, Cavite
.
In 2006, Wesley So became the youngest member of the national men's team to participate at the 37th Chess Olympiad
in Turin
, Italy at the age of 12. In December of the same year, he also became the youngest National Open Chess Champion. In May 2007, he went on to become the youngest National Junior Open Chess Champion. Wesley won the gold medal on board one at the 2007 World Under 16 Team Championship with a score of 9½/10.
He achieved his third and final Grandmaster norm on December 8, 2007 at the third Pichay Cup International Open (Manila, Philippines), thus becoming the youngest Filipino Grandmaster at the age of 14. He also became the seventh youngest to achieve the Grandmaster title in the history of chess, edging out French GM Étienne Bacrot
from that spot by a few days. So got his first GM norm in the Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft in Bad Wiessee
, Germany and his second GM norm in the 2007 U-20 World Junior Chess Championship
in Yerevan
, Armenia. Since December 2007, Wesley So has been considered to be the world's youngest Grandmaster at the age of fourteen.
On April 16, 2008, Wesley So won the title in the $45,000 Dubai
Open Chess Championships, "The Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup", at the Dubai Chess Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
and setting a record as the youngest winner in the 10-year history of the Cup. He finished with 7 points on six wins, one loss and two draws after nine games. He won one-fourth ($4,500) of the combined prize of $18,000. GM So also placed third at the sidelight Blitz Tournament of the Dubai Open Chess Championships held during the rest day of the main open tournament.
The Philippines' top gun then proceeded to Jakarta, Indonesia where he battled Indonesia's Number 1 GM Susanto Megaranto
4-2 (three wins, two draws and one loss) in a six-game match on the occasion of the JAPFA Chess Festival.
On May 5, 2008, So won the top prize of P 200,000, in the "Battle of GMs" chess competition by notching 8½ points, on six wins and five draws, at the Citystate Hotel, Manila. One point ahead of second placer Eugenio Torre
and Richard Bitoon, So agreed to split the point with three-time national junior champion Jon Paul Gomez in 30 moves of the French Defence
.
On the January 2009 FIDE rating list, GM So's Elo rating was 2627, making him the highest ranked chess player in the Philippines ahead of other notable Filipino Grandmasters such as Mark Paragua
, Rogelio Antonio, Jr.
and Eugenio Torre (who is second with 2560 Elo rating). He is rated the world's strongest chess player for his age level (players born in 1993 and later) with an ELO rating of 2627 ahead of Chinese GM Hou Yifan
(born 1994, Elo 2557) and strong-rising Russian GM Sanan Sjugirov (born 1993, Elo 2545). The latest ratings put Wesley So on the 9th spot of the world top 20 juniors list. He won and is currently the Corus Group C 2009 champion besting his nearest rival by 1 point.
Grabbed the Top Junior Prize during Aeroflot 2009. He scored a respectable 5 points out of 9. His wins included one against IM Tatiana Kosintseva, who won the tournament's Top Woman Prize.
Clinched his ticket to the World Cup by placing second during Zone 3.3 Chess Championship which was held on 23–29 July 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
In November–December at the 2009 Chess World Cup he defeated Gadir Guseinov and had shocking victories over former world championship contenders Vassily Ivanchuk (Elo 2739) and Gata Kamsky
(Elo 2695) before being knocked out by Vladimir Malakhov in Round 4.
In July 2011 he won the Philippine Chess Championship
.
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
grandmaster. A chess prodigy
Chess prodigy
Chess prodigies are children who play chess so well that they are able to beat Masters and even Grandmasters, often at a very young age. Chess is one of the few sports where children can compete with adults on equal ground; it is thus one of the few skills in which true child prodigies exist...
, he achieved the GM title at the age of 14 years, 1 month and 28 days, making him the 8th youngest person
Chess prodigy
Chess prodigies are children who play chess so well that they are able to beat Masters and even Grandmasters, often at a very young age. Chess is one of the few sports where children can compete with adults on equal ground; it is thus one of the few skills in which true child prodigies exist...
to achieve the Grandmaster title in the history of chess
History of chess
The history of chess spans some 1500 years. The earliest predecessors of the game originated in India, before the 6th century AD. From India, the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe,...
. Before becoming a Grandmaster, So had become the youngest Filipino International Master at the age of 12 years and 10 months. He won the 2009 Corus chess tournament
Corus chess tournament
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament formerly called the Corus chess tournament takes place every year, usually in January, in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands...
for the Grandmaster C group.
Wesley So's world ranking is 60th. He previously was the strongest Under-16 player in the world. He is currently ranked 9th highest junior (Under-20) in the world. His current FIDE rating is 2669 (see live rating). In January 2005, So raised his rating from 2165 to 2216 the following year. In January 2007, he improved his mark to 2451 before reaching 2526 exactly a year later. In October 2008, he was at 2610 and by doing so, he became the youngest player ever in the history of the game to break the 2600 Elo barrier, breaking the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy who is currently the number-one ranked player in the world. In January 2010 he became the seventh player ranked number one in the world on the official FIDE rating list...
. In January 2009, he achieved a rating of 2627, a Philippine national record, surpassing the Elo 2621 rating of GM Mark Paragua
Mark Paragua
Mark Callano Paragua is a Filipino chess Grandmaster. He was born in the Philippines to Flordeliza Callano and Ricardo Paragua, who is also his coach...
in April 2006.
As of January 2011, Wesley So has an Elo rating of 2673. He is currently ranked no.1 player in the Philippines, no.3 Under-20 in the world, and ranked no.64 in the world.
Early life
Wesley So was born in Bacoor, CaviteBacoor, Cavite
The Municipality of Bacoor is a first class urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. It is a lone district congressional district of Cavite...
in 1993 to William and Eleanor So, who are both accountants. He was aged 6 when his father taught him to play chess and was 9 when he started to compete in junior active chess tournaments where his aggressive and tactical style of play caught the attention of former Philippine chess champion IM Rodolfo Tan Cardoso
Rodolfo Tan Cardoso
Rodolfo Tan Cardoso is a Philippine chess International Master.In 1956, he won Philippine Junior Championship. In 1957, he took 5th in Toronto ; William Lombardy won)...
. Cardoso said, "The young lad... would sacrifice a queen or any other pieces in his arsenal to get a winning attack." Also according to Cardoso, So did not have the full sponsorships enjoyed by the other chess prodigies
Chess prodigy
Chess prodigies are children who play chess so well that they are able to beat Masters and even Grandmasters, often at a very young age. Chess is one of the few sports where children can compete with adults on equal ground; it is thus one of the few skills in which true child prodigies exist...
, saying "He cannot afford decent training given by well known GM-coaches and has to rely on his pure talent, diligence and, of course, the Fritz programs
Fritz (chess)
Fritz is a German chess program developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist and published by ChessBase. There is also a version called Deep Fritz that is designed for multiprocessing....
before competing." Wesley formerly attended the Jesus Good Shepherd School
Jesus Good Shepherd School
Jesus Good Shepherd School , founded in 1965, is a private Catholic coeducational institution at Barangay Palico II, Imus, in the province of Cavite, in the Philippines...
and currently goes to school at St. Francis of Assisi College in Bacoor, Cavite
Cavite
Cavite is a province of the Philippines located on the southern shores of Manila Bay in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 30 kilometers south of Manila. Cavite is surrounded by Laguna to the east, Metro Manila to the northeast, and Batangas to the south...
.
Chess career
Wesley claims his first major tournament win was taking 1st place at the 2003 Philippine National Chess Championships for the under 10 age group.In 2006, Wesley So became the youngest member of the national men's team to participate at the 37th Chess Olympiad
37th Chess Olympiad
The 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the general assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , took place between 20 May and 6 June 2006, in Turin, Italy.-Open tournament:...
in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, Italy at the age of 12. In December of the same year, he also became the youngest National Open Chess Champion. In May 2007, he went on to become the youngest National Junior Open Chess Champion. Wesley won the gold medal on board one at the 2007 World Under 16 Team Championship with a score of 9½/10.
He achieved his third and final Grandmaster norm on December 8, 2007 at the third Pichay Cup International Open (Manila, Philippines), thus becoming the youngest Filipino Grandmaster at the age of 14. He also became the seventh youngest to achieve the Grandmaster title in the history of chess, edging out French GM Étienne Bacrot
Étienne Bacrot
Étienne Bacrot is a French chess grandmaster and currently ranked number one in France.He started playing at 4; by 10 young Bacrot was already winning junior competitions and in 1996, at 13 years of age, he won against Vasily Smyslov...
from that spot by a few days. So got his first GM norm in the Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft in Bad Wiessee
Bad Wiessee
Bad Wiessee is a spa town on Lake Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany. The name "Bad" means for "spa" or "baths", while "Wiessee" derives from "West See", meaning "western part of the lake"....
, Germany and his second GM norm in the 2007 U-20 World Junior Chess Championship
World Junior Chess Championship
The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament organized by the World Chess Federation ....
in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia. Since December 2007, Wesley So has been considered to be the world's youngest Grandmaster at the age of fourteen.
On April 16, 2008, Wesley So won the title in the $45,000 Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
Open Chess Championships, "The Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup", at the Dubai Chess Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
and setting a record as the youngest winner in the 10-year history of the Cup. He finished with 7 points on six wins, one loss and two draws after nine games. He won one-fourth ($4,500) of the combined prize of $18,000. GM So also placed third at the sidelight Blitz Tournament of the Dubai Open Chess Championships held during the rest day of the main open tournament.
The Philippines' top gun then proceeded to Jakarta, Indonesia where he battled Indonesia's Number 1 GM Susanto Megaranto
Susanto Megaranto
Susanto Megaranto is an Indonesian chess Grandmaster.He became the youngest Indonesian GM ever at 17, beating out Utut Adianto's record by four years....
4-2 (three wins, two draws and one loss) in a six-game match on the occasion of the JAPFA Chess Festival.
On May 5, 2008, So won the top prize of P 200,000, in the "Battle of GMs" chess competition by notching 8½ points, on six wins and five draws, at the Citystate Hotel, Manila. One point ahead of second placer Eugenio Torre
Eugenio Torre
Eugenio Torre is a chess Grandmaster . He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippines has ever produced during the 1980s and 1990s period, following the heels of Fischer-era Filipino chess champions National Master Ramon Lontoc, International Master Renato Naranja, IM Rodolfo Tan...
and Richard Bitoon, So agreed to split the point with three-time national junior champion Jon Paul Gomez in 30 moves of the French Defence
French Defence
The French Defence is a chess opening. It is characterised by the moves:The French has a reputation for solidity and resilience, though it can result in a somewhat cramped game for Black in the early stages...
.
On the January 2009 FIDE rating list, GM So's Elo rating was 2627, making him the highest ranked chess player in the Philippines ahead of other notable Filipino Grandmasters such as Mark Paragua
Mark Paragua
Mark Callano Paragua is a Filipino chess Grandmaster. He was born in the Philippines to Flordeliza Callano and Ricardo Paragua, who is also his coach...
, Rogelio Antonio, Jr.
Rogelio Antonio, Jr.
Rogelio Antonio Jr. is a Filippino chess player. He is affectionately known as "Joey" Antonio or GM Joey, having been awarded the International Grandmaster title...
and Eugenio Torre (who is second with 2560 Elo rating). He is rated the world's strongest chess player for his age level (players born in 1993 and later) with an ELO rating of 2627 ahead of Chinese GM Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the reigning Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest ever to win the title, as well as the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of Grandmaster.At the age of 12, Hou became the youngest player ever to participate in the FIDE Women's...
(born 1994, Elo 2557) and strong-rising Russian GM Sanan Sjugirov (born 1993, Elo 2545). The latest ratings put Wesley So on the 9th spot of the world top 20 juniors list. He won and is currently the Corus Group C 2009 champion besting his nearest rival by 1 point.
Grabbed the Top Junior Prize during Aeroflot 2009. He scored a respectable 5 points out of 9. His wins included one against IM Tatiana Kosintseva, who won the tournament's Top Woman Prize.
Clinched his ticket to the World Cup by placing second during Zone 3.3 Chess Championship which was held on 23–29 July 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
In November–December at the 2009 Chess World Cup he defeated Gadir Guseinov and had shocking victories over former world championship contenders Vassily Ivanchuk (Elo 2739) and Gata Kamsky
Gata Kamsky
Gata Kamsky is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and the current World Rapid Chess Champion. He is also the current United States Chess Champion. As of September 2011, he is rated No. 1 in the United States and No...
(Elo 2695) before being knocked out by Vladimir Malakhov in Round 4.
In July 2011 he won the Philippine Chess Championship
Philippine Chess Championship
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Results
| Date | Tournament | Location | Place | |Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Aeroflot Open Aeroflot Open The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated... 2011 |
Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia |
N/A | 2.5 | 6 | Withdrew after sixth round, probably fear to continue losing ELO points. | |
| January 2010 | Corus Group B Corus chess tournament The Tata Steel Chess Tournament formerly called the Corus chess tournament takes place every year, usually in January, in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands... |
Wijk aan Zee Wijk aan Zee Wijk aan Zee is a small town on the coast of the North Sea in the municipality of Beverwijk in the province of North Holland of the Netherlands. The prestigious Tata Steel chess tournament formerly Corus chess tournament and before that called Hoogovens tournament takes place there every year.Due... , Netherlands |
4th | 7.5 | 13 | ||
| November 2009 | 2009 Chess World Cup | Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°... , Russia |
4th round | ||||
| September (November) 2009 | 2009 SPICE Cup International Chess Tournament | Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... , USA |
6th | 4.5 | 10 | ||
| May 2009 | Asian Chess Championship Asian Chess Championship The 2007 championship was a FIDE Zone 3 qualification event for the 2007 Chess World Cup, the next stage in the 2009 World Chess Championship. Ten players were qualified for the 2007 World Cup: Zhang Pengxiang , Wang Hao , Abhijit Kunte , Zhao Jun , Susanto Megaranto , Wen Yang , Darwin Laylo ,... |
Subic, Philippines Subic Bay Freeport Zone Subic Bay Freeport Zone , which is known simply as Subic Bay, is the Philippines' first success case of a into a tax- and duty-free zone similar to Hong Kong and Singapore, operated and managed by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority or SBMA. It covers the fenced area of the former U.S... |
21st | 6.5 | 11 | ||
| February 2009 | Aeroflot Open Aeroflot Open The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated... 2009 |
Moscow, Russia | 1st - Junior | 5 | 9 | Grabbed the Top Junior Prize. His wins included one against IM Tatiana Kosintseva Tatiana Kosintseva Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player who has achieved the FIDE title of Grandmaster... , who won the tournament's Top Woman Prize. |
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| January 2009 | 71st Corus Chess Tournament Corus chess tournament The Tata Steel Chess Tournament formerly called the Corus chess tournament takes place every year, usually in January, in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands... |
Wijk aan Zee Wijk aan Zee Wijk aan Zee is a small town on the coast of the North Sea in the municipality of Beverwijk in the province of North Holland of the Netherlands. The prestigious Tata Steel chess tournament formerly Corus chess tournament and before that called Hoogovens tournament takes place there every year.Due... , Netherlands |
1st | 9.5 | 13 | Award: 1st Place in Group C | |
| December 2008 | First Asian Club Cup | Al Ain Al Ain Al Ain |Spring]]), also known as the Garden City due to its greenery, is the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates. With a population of 374,000 , it is located approximately 160 km east of the capital Abu Dhabi and about... , UAE |
1st - Board 1 / Team - 4th | 5.5 | 7 | Award: Wesley won the 1st Board Prize (ahead of Sergey Karjakin Sergey Karjakin Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was a chess prodigy and holds the record for both the youngest International Master, eleven years and eleven months, and grandmaster in history, at the age of twelve years and seven months... ); Tagaytay Chess Club players: Wesley So (Board 1), John Paul Gomez (Board 2), Mark Paragua Mark Paragua Mark Callano Paragua is a Filipino chess Grandmaster. He was born in the Philippines to Flordeliza Callano and Ricardo Paragua, who is also his coach... (Board 3), & Darwin Laylo Darwin Laylo Darwin Laylo is a Filipino chess Grandmaster.Laylo won the Philippine national championship in 2004 and 2006. These wins earned him a place on the Philippine Chess Olympiad teams in the 2004 Calvià Olympiad and in 2006 at Turin.... (Board 4) |
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| November 2008 | 38th Chess Olympiad 38th Chess Olympiad The 38th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between 12–25 November 2008, in Dresden, Germany and was won by Armenia.The 2010 Olympiad is... |
Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area.... , Germany |
7 | 10 | Players: Wesley So (Board 2), Buenaventura Villamayor, Jayson Gonzales, Paul John Gomez, Darwin Laylo Darwin Laylo Darwin Laylo is a Filipino chess Grandmaster.Laylo won the Philippine national championship in 2004 and 2006. These wins earned him a place on the Philippine Chess Olympiad teams in the 2004 Calvià Olympiad and in 2006 at Turin.... ; Captain: Eugene Torre; Wesley played 10 games - 4 Wins and 6 Draws |
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| July 2008 | 2008 World Chess Olympiad Qualifier | Mandaluyong, Philippines | 2nd | 12.5 | 17 | ||
| May 2008 | 1st Subic Bay International Open Chess Championship | Subic Subic Subic can mean any of the following:*House of Šubić, a noble clan from Dalmatia.*Subic Bay, in the Philippines.*Subic, Zambales, a municipality in the Philippines.*Subic Bay Freeport Zone , an economic free trade area in the Philippines.... , Philippines |
2nd | 6.5 | 9 | ||
| May 2008 | 2nd Philippine Open International Chess Tournament | Subic Subic Subic can mean any of the following:*House of Šubić, a noble clan from Dalmatia.*Subic Bay, in the Philippines.*Subic, Zambales, a municipality in the Philippines.*Subic Bay Freeport Zone , an economic free trade area in the Philippines.... , Philippines |
10th / 73 | 7.5 | 11 | ||
| Apr/May 2008 | 2008 Philippine "Battle of Grandmasters" | Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... , Philippines |
1 | 8.5 | 11 | ||
| Apr 2008 | 2008 Japfa Chess Festival 2008 vs GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia | Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre... , Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... |
1 | 4 | 6 | Six games Fide rated one-on-one duel | |
| Apr 2008 | 2008 Dubai Open Blitz Tournament | Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... , UAE |
3 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Apr 2008 | 10th Dubai Open Chess Championship | Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... , UAE |
1st | 7 | 9 | The championship ended in a four way tie, and Wesley So clinched the championship title on superior technical counts. | |
| Mar 2008 | Mayor Allen Singson Open Chess Tourney | Candon City Candon City Candon City is a 4th class city in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 56,270 people in 10,257 households. Dubbed as the "Tobacco Capital of the Philippines" the city is the country's largest producer of Virginia-type tobacco... , Philippines |
1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Jan 2008 | "GM Tournament A" ASEAN Masters Chess Circuit | Tarakan Tarakan, East Kalimantan Tarakan, located on Tarakan Island is one of the major cities in eastern Borneo, just across the border from Sabah, Malaysia. Once a major oil producing region during colonial period, Tarakan had great strategic importance during the Pacific War and was among the first Japanese targets early in the... , Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... |
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| Dec 2007 | Fianchetto Realty/Gold Edge Assets Christmas Invitational Tournament | Prince Gregory Condominium, Cubao, Quezon City Quezon City Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L... |
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| Dec 2007 | 2007 Pichay Cup International Chess Tournament | Earned his final GM norm, became the 7th youngest Grandmaster in world history and the youngest ever Filipino Grandmaster. | |||||
| Nov 2007 | 2007 GMA Cup International Chess Tournament | 6th / 64 | |||||
| Oct 2007 | World Junior Chess Championship World Junior Chess Championship The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament organized by the World Chess Federation .... |
Earned his 2nd GM norm | |||||
| 18-20 Jun 2007 | Shell Battle of Champions, 15th Anniversary | SM Megamall SM Megamall SM Megamall is a huge shopping mall located in the Ortigas business district of Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the 3rd SM Supermall developed and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines owned by Henry Sy Sr. The mall has two buildings interconnected with a bridge... , Philippines |
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| 06-9 May 2007 | National Juniors Open Chess Championship | Marketplace, Kalentong | 1 | ||||
| 25-31 Dec 2006 | 3rd Singapore Masters International Open | Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
Tied for 4th place | Rank 14 (99 players) | |||
| Dec 2006 | National Open Chess Championship | Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... , Philippines |
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| 2006 Nov 17-23 | 1st President GMA Cup International Chess Tournament | Parañaque, Philippines | Tied for 6th place | Award: Top Juniors, 3rd | |||
| 2006 Nov 04-12 | Offene Internationale Bayerische Schaha Meisterschaft | Bad Wiessee Bad Wiessee Bad Wiessee is a spa town on Lake Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany. The name "Bad" means for "spa" or "baths", while "Wiessee" derives from "West See", meaning "western part of the lake".... , Germany |
Tied for 2nd place | Award: Earned first GM norm. Creativity Award: chosen by Russian website e3e5. | |||
| 2006 Oct 20-28 | III Festival de Ajedrez Open Internacionale | Calvià Calvià Calvià is a municipality on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is located in the southwestern part of the island of Majorca, between the Serra de Tramuntana and the Serra de Na Burguesa. The municipal seat is the town of Vila Calvia.Calvià... , Spain |
Award: Best Under-16, Blitz. | ||||
| 2006 Oct 08 | Title awarded by FIDE: International Master | ||||||
| 2006 Aug 20-28 | 3rd IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship | Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... , Malaysia |
Award: Best Under 16 player. Earned 3rd IM norm. | ||||
| 2006 Jun 05-11 | 2nd San Marino Open Internationale de Scacchi | San Marino Republic | Award: Best Under 16 player. Earned 2nd IM norm. | ||||
| 2006 May20-Jun04 | 37th Chess Olympiad 37th Chess Olympiad The 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the general assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , took place between 20 May and 6 June 2006, in Turin, Italy.-Open tournament:... |
Torino, Italy | Youngest RP Olympian. | ||||
| 2006 Apr22-May02 | 8th Dubai Open Chess Championship, Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamadan Ak Maktoum Cup | Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... , UAE |
Earned 1st IM norm. | ||||
| 2005 Dec 26-30 | Masters/Challengers Intl Open | Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
Finished 32nd individual | Award: Best Under 12 player. | |||
| 2005 Aug 01-06 | Nice Open International | Nice Nice Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of... , France |
Finished 9th | ||||
| 2005 Jul 18-29 | World Youth Chess Championship World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also... |
Belfort Belfort Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-... , France |
Equal first | ||||
| 2005 June 14–20 | 7th Asean Age-Group Chess Championship | Pattaya Pattaya Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi.... , Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... |
Individual Awards: Gold Medallist, Standard Chess; Gold Medallist, Rapid Chess; Gold Medallist, Blitz Chess. | ||||
| 2004 Dec 01-08 | World Youth Chess Championship World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also... |
Crete Crete Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits... , Greece |
Finished: 13th. | ||||
| 2004 Sep 02-12 | 6th Asean Age-Group Chess Championship | Vung Tau Vung Tàu Vũng Tàu is a city in southern Vietnam. Its population in 2005 was 240,000. The city area is including 13 urban wards and one village. It is the capital of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, and is the crude oil extraction center of Vietnam. It is also known as one of the most beautiful cities of tourism... , Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –... |
Individual Awards: Gold Medallist, Standard Chess; Gold Medallist, Rapid Chess. Team Awards: Silver Medallist, Standard Chess, Silver Medallist Rapid Chess. |
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| 2003 Nov 03-10 | World Youth Chess Championship World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also... |
Heraklio, Greece | Finished: 19th. |
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