WESLEY SO (born Oct-09-1993, 31 years old) Philippines (federation/nationality United States of America) [what is this?] Born in Las Pinas, Philippines, Wesley So is a Filipino/American chess prodigy who attained the GM title at the age of 14 years, 1 month and 28 days. That made him the youngest GM in the world at that time. He was the Philippines' youngest ever International Master, youngest ever Grandmaster and the youngest ever National Champion. Background Wesley was only six when he learned the movement of chess pieces across a board. After memorizing them, chess set in hand, he explored the streets of his neighborhood daring people to play with him. At nine years old he began to compete in local, junior chess tournaments. His first major tournament win was taking 1st place at the 2003 Philippine National Chess Championships for the under 10 age group. So, was awarded his first GM norm at the Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft, in Bad Wiessee, Germany. He acquired his second GM norm in the World Junior Championship (2007) in Yerevan, Armenia, and capped his year by earning his third GM norm at the 3rd Prospero Pichay Cup International Open in the Philippines. At the age of fourteen years, one month and twenty eight days, FIDE awarded him the title of Grandmaster, making him the ninth youngest chess grandmaster. He was then ranked strongest player in the world under sixteen years old. In 2006 at the age of twelve years and ten months Wesley So became the youngest ever Filipino International Master and the youngest member of the national men's team to participate at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy. In 2007, Wesley So went on to become the youngest National Junior Open Chess Champion and won the gold medal on board one, at the World Under16 Team Championships. So won the title in the Dubai Open (2008), "The Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup", in the United Arab Emirates, and set a record as the youngest winner in the 10-year history of the Cup. Later that year, Wesley So was rated 2610 and was the youngest player in the history of the game to break the 2600 Elo barrier, surpassing the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen. In 2012 he emigrated to the United States, and in 2014 he officially shifted his chess affiliation to the USA. In March 2016, So received the $42,000 Samford Fellowship. (1) Briefly in early 2017, So had his first and last interaction with a regular coach unknown player. (2) As of April 2017, Wesley So is the USA's top player, as well as the #2 player in the world. Rating and Ranking Wesley So was the youngest player ever to cross the 2600 rating mark, 9 days before his 15th birthday, until 2013 when Chinese prodigy Wei Yi achieved the mark at the age of 14 years 5 months 23 days. In March 2013, So's rating crossed over to 2701 (the 92nd player to achieve 2700). In January 2017, So's rating was officially 2808. His April 2017 rating of 2822 made him the 2nd strongest player in the world, behind only Magnus Carlsen. Official Site For more information please see: http://www.wesleyso.com/ Tournament History 2017 – USA • US Championship (2017) • St Louis     Winner 2017 – USA • chess.com Pro League • St Louis     Champions • St Louis Arch Bishops • MVP Wesley So 2017 – NETHERLANDS • Tata Steel Masters (2017) • Wijk Aan Zee, Rotterdam, Haarlem     1st Place 2016 – UNITED KINGDOM • The Grand Chess Tour • London     1st Place 2016 – UNITED KINGDOM • London Chess Classic (2016) • London     1st Place 2016 – ISLE OF MAN • Isle of Man Masters (2016) • Douglas     Tie for 3rd Place 2016 – AZERBAIJAN • 42nd Baku Olympiad (2016) • Baku     GOLD MEDAL TEAM     GOLD MEDAL THIRD BOARD 2016 – USA • Sinquefield Cup (2016) • St Louis     1st Place 2016 – SPAIN • IX Bilbao Chess Masters Final • Bilbao     3rd Place 2016 – BELGIUM • Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz • Leuven     2nd Place 2016 – FRANCE • Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz • Paris     4th Place 2016 – CHINA • 4 Game Match with Ding Liren • Shanghai     2nd Place 2016 – USA • Ultimate Blitz Chess Challenge with Garry Kasparov • St. Louis     2nd Place 2016 – USA • US Chess Championships • St. Louis     2nd Place 2016 – USA • Awarded The Samford Chess Fellowship • US Chess Trust     http://www.uschesstrust.org/2016-sa... 2016 – NETHERLANDS • Tata Steel Chess Event • Wijk Aan Zee     4th Place 2015 – SPAIN • Bilbao Chess Masters • Bilbao     1st Place – Champion 2015 – USA • Millionaire Chess • Las Vegas     5th Place – Open 2015 – AZERBAIJAN • World Chess Cup • Baku     4th Round 2015 – USA • Sinquefield Cup (2015) • St. Louis     10th Place 2015 – TURKEY • Turkish Super League • Izmit     2nd Place 2015 – GERMANY • Sparkassen Chess Meeting • Dortmund     2nd Place 2015 – CZECH REPUBLIC • Cez Chess Trophy 4 Game Match • Prague     1st Place 2015 – FRANCE • Top Twelve French League (CLICHY) • Petit Camargue     2nd Place 2015 – AZERBAIJAN • Gashimov Memorial • Shamkir     3rd Place 2015 – UNITED STATES • US Championships • St. Louis     3rd Place 2015 – IRELAND • 22nd Bunratty Chess Festival • Bunratty     1st Place 2015 – NETHERLANDS • Tata Steel Chess Event • Wijk Aan Zee     Tied for 2nd Place 2014 – USA • North American Open • Las Vegas     Open Section Champion 2014 – USA • US Chess League Champions • St. Louis     Board One 2014 – USA • Millionaire Chess • Las Vegas     1st Place Grand Prize Winner 2014 – USA • 3RD Noel Skelton Open • Minnesota     1st Place 2014 – NORWAY • 41ST Chess Olympiad     Coach for US team 2014 – ITALY • ACP Golden Classic     1st  Place (Rated 2755) 2014 – CANADA • 9th Edmonton International (2014)     2nd Place 2014 – USA • National Open Blitz Sectionals Las Vegas International Chess Festival     1st Place 2014 – CUBA • Capablanca Memorial     1st Place 2014 – USA • The Bill Wright Saint Louis Open     Tie for 1st Place 2014 • USA • Final Four of College Chess     1st  Place (Webster Team) 2014 • NETHERLANDS • Tata Steel Chess – Wijk Aan Zee    Tie for 4th place 2013 – USA • Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship     1st Place (Webster Team A) 2013 – TURKEY • World Chess Team Championship     Coach for U.S.A. Team 2013 – NETHERLANDS • 17TH Unive Chess Tournament Hoogeveen     1st Place 2013 – USA • 2ND Noel Skelton Open     1st Place 2013 – NORWAY • World Cup     Lost in 2nd round (64 players) knockout 2013 – RUSSIA • 27TH Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia     Gold Medal 2013 – USA • Las Vegas International Chess Festival     Triple Winner 2013 – CANADA • Calgary International Chess Classic and Blitz Championship     1stPlace – Classic     1st Place – Blitz 2013 – USA • The Bill Wright Saint Louis Open     Tie for 1st Place 2013 – USA • Final Four of College Chess     1st Place 2013 – ICELAND • The Reykjavik Open 2013     Tie for 1st Place     1st  player from the Philippines and the 1st player in the 67-year history of American Collegiate Chess to break the 2700 rating mark     No. 2-ranked junior chess player in the world 2013 – PHILIPPINES • Asian Zonal 3.3 Chess Championship     2nd  Place     Qualifies in 2013 World Cup 2013 – USA • Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship     Tie for 1st Place (Webster Team A & B) 2012 – USA • SPICE Blitz 2012     1st Place 2012 – USA • The 3RD Annual Thanksgiving Open     Tie for 2nd Place 2012 – USA • 2012 SPICE CUP Group A     4th  Place 2012 – Chess.com's 7th Blitz Match of Death • Wesley So vs. Ray Robson     Defeated GM Ray Robson 2012 – CANADA • Quebec Open Chess Championship     1st Place 2012 – CANADA • Toronto International Chess Championship     1st Place 2012 – USA • Charity Chess Match Philippine Consulate      Organized by the Filipino-American Chess Club of New York     Acting Deputy Permanent Representative of the Philippine Mission to the UN in New York, Eduardo de Vega, joined the other chess players.     20-chess players simultaneous 2012 – USA • 40TH Annual World Open 2012 – Blitz Championship     Tie for 1st Place 2012 – USA • 40TH Annual World Open 2012     3rd Place 2012 – FRANCE • French League TOP 12     Clichy members: Ivanchuk, Van Wely, Wesley So, vice Jakovenko, Nispeanu and Maze     Emerged 2012 champion – undefeated in 10 games 2012 – VIETNAM • 11TH Asian Individual Open/Blitz Chess Championships     Undefeated in 18 games, 9 in the main event, and 9 in the Blitz Championship     First place – Blitz 2012 – USA • The 28TH North American Masters: Georg Meier vs. Wesley So     4 game classical match followed by 4 game rapid match (Tie) 2011 – INDONESIA • 26TH Southeast Asian Games     Gold Medal – Finished undefeated with 9 points in the Blitz chess competition     Silver Medal – Individual Standard 2011 – INDIA • Airports Authority of India Intl. Grandmasters Chess Tournament      5 points 4th place 2011 – INDONESIA • 17TH Asian Cities Chess Team Championship     Tie for  2nd 2011 – PHILIPPINES • Battle of Grandmasters    Place 2011 – SPAIN • Training with World's #1 Chess player GM Magnus Carlsen     GM Magnus Carlsen 2011 – RUSSIA • Qualifying World Blitz     5th  place/ 194-player field. Qualified for World Blitz 2011 – NETHERLANDS • 73rd Corus Chess, Grandmasters Group B Tata Steel     4th  place 2010 – CHINA • The 16TH Asian Games     Silver Medal for Team Philippines 2010 – USA • 2010 SPICE CUP Group A     Tie for 2nd  Place 2010 – RUSSIA • 39TH World Chess Olympiad 2010     RP Team: Rank 50th (149 teams) 2010 – PHILIPPINES • Campomanes Memorial Cup     7th place 2010 – PHILIPPINES • Battle of Grandmasters     1st Place 2010 – NETHERLANDS • NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs Experience     Rising stars 26 (1st)     Experience 24 2010 – SWITZERLAND • 2010 Biel Young Grandmasters Chess Championship     5th Place 2010 – PHILIPPINES • 2010 ASIAN Continental Chess Championships     2nd Place     Qualify for World Cup 2010 – RUSSIA • World Blitz Championship Prelim    62nd place / 156-player field 2010 – RUSSIA • Aeroflot Open 2010, Group A1     Top Junior Award     11th place / 80-player field 2010 – NETHERLANDS • 72ND Corus Chess 2010, Grandmasters Group B     5th Place 2009 – RUSSIA •2009 World Chess Cup     Final 16     Defeated Gadir Guseinov and had victories over former world championship contenders Vassily Ivanchuk (ELO 2739) and Gata Kamsky (ELO 2695) 2009 – USA • Spice Cup Group A     Tie for 2nd Place 2009 – USA • 30-Board Simul with Fresno Chess Club     30-0 2009 – VIETNAM • Zone 3.3 Fide World Chess Championship     Medal: Silver     2nd Place     Qualify for World Cup 2009 – PHILIPPINES • Asian Continental Chess Open Championship     Rank: 21st place (85 players)     Tie for 4th Place 2009 – CHINA • Chinese Chess League (for Bank of Qingdao Team)     Team: Rank 9 Scored 4/6 2009 – Philippines • Battle of Grandmasters     1st Place 2009 – RUSSIA • Aeroflot Open 2009, Group A1     Top Junior Winner 2009 – NETHERLANDS • 71st Corus Group C (2009)     1st place/Qualified for B Group     "Beste Jone Talente" Award 2008 – UAE • 1ST Asian Chess Club Championship     Individual: Board 1 Gold Medalist     Team: 4th place 2008 – GERMANY • 38TH World Chess Olympiad 2008     RP Team: Rank 46th (100 teams)     Best Olympiad performer in RP 2008 – PHILIPPINES • 4TH Pichay Cup International Open     Tie for 3rd Place (68 players)     Ranked 5th 2008 – PHILIPPINES • 3RD President GMA Cup International Open     Tie for 5th Place (72 players) 2008 – VIETNAM • 1ST Dragon Capital Chess Open/1ST ASEAN Grand Prix     Tie for 2nd (30 players)     2nd  in ASEAN Grand Prix     Team: 3rd Place (26 teams) 2008 – TURKEY • World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad     Individual: Gold Medal     Team: 3rd  Place (26 teams) 2008 – TURKEY • World Junior Chess Championship     9th Place (109 players)     Tie for 8th  — 14th Place 2008 – PHILIPPINES • 1ST Subic Bay International Open Chess Championship     2nd  Place 2008 – PHILIPPINES • 2ND Philippine Open International Chess Championship     10th  Place (73 players) 2008 – INDONESIA • 2008 Japfa Chess Festival     1st Place 2008 – UAE • 10TH Dubai Open Chess Championship     1st  Place 2008 – PHILIPPINES • Battle of Grandmasters     1st Place 2008 – INDONESIA • Asean Masters Chess Circuit 2008 GM Tournament A     4th Place 2007 – PHILIPPINES • 3RD Pichay Cup International Open     5th Place     3rd GM Norm     World's 7th Youngest GM at 14 years old     Youngest Filipino GM in their history 2007 – PHILIPPINES • 2ND President GMA CUP International Open     9th Place (64 participants) 2007 – MACAU • 2ND Asian Indoor Games (participated by 32 countries)     Team Rapid Chess: 4th Place     Team Classical Chess: 7th Place     Team Blitz Chess: 6th Place 2007 – ARMENIA • World Junior Chess Championship     2nd GM Norm     Tie for 6th Place 2007 – PHILIPPINES • The 6TH Asian Individual Chess Championship     Tie for 5th Place 2007 – SINGAPORE • World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad     Individual: Gold Medal     Team: 3rd Place 2007 – PHILIPPINES • Philippine Open International Chess Championship     Rank 15th 2007 – IRAN • 15th Asian Cities Chess Champion     Team: 2nd (Silver Medal)     Individual: Gold Medal for Performance Rating and Percentage Score 2007 – VIETNAM • Fide (Zone 3.3) World Chess Championship     Tie for 3rd Place 2006 – SINGAPORE • 3rd Masters International Open Chess Tournament     Tie for 4th Place (99 Players) 2006 – PHILIPPINES • 1ST President GMA Cup International Chess Tournament     Top Juniors     Tie for 6th Place 2006 – GERMANY • Offene Internationale Bayerische Shach Meisterschaft     Tie for 2nd  Place     1st GM Norm     Creativity     Award: Chosen by Russian Website e3e5 2006 – SPAIN • III Festival de Ajedrez Open Internacionale     BEST Under 16 Blitz 2006 – MALAYSIA • 3rd IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Open Chess Championship     BEST Under-16 Player 3RD International Master Norm 2006 – ITALY • 2ND San Marino Open Internationale di Scacchi     BEST Under-16 Player – 2nd IM Norm 2006 – ITALY • 37TH World Chess Olympiad     Youngest RP Olympian 2006 – UAE • 8TH Dubai Open Chess Championship     1st IM Norm 2005 – SINGAPORE • Masters/Challengers Int'l. 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page 1 of 117; games 1-25 of 2,915  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Pipan vs So 0-1 26 2003 Wch U10 B33 Sicilian 2. So vs N Galopoulos   0-1 53 2003 Wch U10 C00 French Defense 3. So vs Z Javakhadze 1-0 55 2003 Wch U10 B10 Caro-Kann 4. Negi vs So 1-0 34 2003 Wch U10 B33 Sicilian 5. So vs V Belous 1-0 41 2003 Wch U10 A07 King's Indian Attack 6. Swiercz vs So 1-0 73 2003 Wch U10 B33 Sicilian 7. Mark Ho En Tian vs So 0-1 31 2004 ASEAN-ch5 U12 B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 8. M Bui vs So 0-1 44 2004 ASEAN-ch5 U12 B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 9. So vs Md Omar Ak Hafizon Pg   ½-½ 57 2004 ASEAN-ch5 U12 B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 10. So vs Minh Doan Vu Hoang 1-0 35 2004 ASEAN-ch5 U12 A07 King's Indian Attack 11. Do Duc Minh vs So 0-1 20 2004 ASEAN-ch5 U12 B33 Sicilian 12. Ding Liren vs So 1-0 23 2004 Wch U12 A04 Reti Opening 13. So vs Caruana 1-0 27 2004 Wch U12 B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 14. A Rosell vs So 1-0 43 2004 Wch U12 A80 Dutch 15. So vs O Kanmazalp 1-0 29 2004 Wch U12 B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 16. F Firman Syah vs So 0-1 42 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 B33 Sicilian 17. So vs J Chung 1-0 29 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 B01 Scandinavian 18. Duy Linh Dang vs So 0-1 26 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 E41 Nimzo-Indian 19. S Neubronner vs So 0-1 25 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 B33 Sicilian 20. So vs Mark Ho En Tian 1-0 40 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 B01 Scandinavian 21. D Lo Kin Mun vs So 0-1 54 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 B33 Sicilian 22. So vs Y Chan 1-0 38 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 C26 Vienna 23. I Nyzhnyk vs So 0-1 33 2005 Wch U12 A07 King's Indian Attack 24. Robson vs So ½-½ 47 2005 Wch U12 B33 Sicilian 25. S Sjugirov vs So 1-0 33 2005 Wch U12 B30 Sicilian  page 1 of 117; games 1-25 of 2,915

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 459 OF 1076 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-11-17    paulegavesky: hahaha...mabuti pa yung mga kotse na kakarag-karag sa Pilipinas nakapag move on na pero yung mga panatiko ng NCFP na utak talangka at mga corrupt until now di pa din makapag move on at sobrang bitter pa din. Bakit???? kasi Paktay Negosyo nila...nawala komisyon nila sa bawat panalo ni Idol...puro na lang sila kunsumisyon ngayon sa Husay at Galing ni Idol Wes sa larangan ng larong AHEDREZ. Apr-11-17    paulegavesky: Proud to be a Filipino https://chess24.com/en/read/news/we... Apr-11-17    chessobserver: <paulegavesky>ok yan, sa halip na komisyon, nakunsumisyon Apr-11-17    joeyj: CONGRATULATIONS GM WESLEY SO - THE 2017 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPION !!! Greetings from WSFFCI Vision: Wesley So to become a Chess World Champion. A. ALPHA LIST w/ birthdates SEQ Username Location Country Birthday 1 321ycnay Bartlett, Illinois USA 02-24 2 abbyspop Cebu City PHI 04-13 3 Ainicatheo Calgary, Alberta CAN 03-07 4 al.lex Pampanga PHI 06-06 5 Amat06 alabat island, quezon prov PHI 03-25 6 ambongtumbong Vancouver CAN 04-15 7 Amulet Quezon city PHI 09-16 8 AndrewMD Legazpi City, Albay PHI 11-07 9 angtiaga Quezon City PHI 08-14 10 Aron01 Waipahu, Hawaii USA 12-10 11 Atm machine Mandaluyong City PHI 03-22 12 batilski Taguig, Metro Manila PHI 12-30 13 Batongol San Fernando, Pampanga PHI 04-01 14 Borog1 Imus city PHI 04-01 15 cdgam Calamba City, Laguna PHI 11-26 16 ChessHobby69 New Jersey USA 06-09 17 chessnewsome Pasig City PHI 09-14 18 chessobserver California USA 04-20 19 Chesspiece California USA 10-09 20 countryside Iloilo PHI 08-27 21 Delphi Vancouver CAN 08-02 22 desertcooler Riyadh KSA 01-12 23 Destructive Horse Cebu City PHI 06-12 24 dunkenchess Dipolog, Zamboanga Norte PHI 01-06 25 elbarr Tanza, Cavite PHI 07-28 26 Engelsbrett Quezon City PHI 03-05 27 eriatlov Baliwag, Bulacan PHI 06-26 28 Ferrin Subic bay freeport zone PHI 09-27 29 fivealpha Bulacan PHI 12-31 30 frkind Quezon City PHI 07-29 31 gopi11 San Diego, CA USA 09-24 32 Grob77 Quezon City PHI 03-05 33 Iam..alSo Mandaluyong City PHI 07-23 34 iking CDO, Misamis Oriental PHI 02-16 35 inex Jeddah KSA 05-08 36 Intong158017 Lodi, California USA 08-17 37 ironsioux Mandaluyong PHI 09-21 38 jaimenarin Pasig City, MM PHI 01-27 39 Jayz Makati City PHI 02-29 40 jimmy77 Malate, Manila PHI 05-06 41 joeyj Bacoor City, Cavite PHI 08-25 42 JoseMacuteJr Tagbilaran City, Bohol PHI 07-25 43 junrey Quezon city PHI 08-15 44 kamagong24 Manila PHI 10-24 45 karlmarx2000 Tagbilaran City, Bohol PHI 01-01 46 Karpov2985 San Gabriel USA 03-10 47 kazza83 Puerto Princesa City PHI 05-17 48 kidsgambit2 Dubai UAE 09-19 49 knightF5 Dasmariñas, Cavite PHI 10-21 50 kokoy Tacloban City PHI 07-25 51 koyodenzo Abu Dhabi, UAE 01-12 52 LAMP Mandaluyong City PHI 08-08 53 LBpanorama Panorama city, CA USA 02-28 54 m510 Palawan PHI 10-10 55 mamimisak Manila PHI 10-24 56 Manny25 Palawan PHI 01-03 57 Manuel G. Vergara Baguio City PHI 02-18 58 markus32 Iligan PHI 11-11 59 mcten Jeddah KSA 04-04 60 MidwestChessFan Illinois USA 07-21 61 mini cooper s Boston USA 06-18 62 mirnst23 Aklan PHI 05-22 63 nervmd Iloilo City PHI 09-03 64 NOKRO Obando, Bulacan PHI 06-06 65 panasibat Calamba, Laguna PHI 04-10 66 paulegaevsky Riyadh KSA 01-11 67 PFD Dubai UAE 08-31 68 Pingkano Samar PHI 05-19 69 pinoypride Dammam KSA 07-09 70 press any key Seattle USA 11-10 71 protossmaster12 Brooklyn NY USA 12-12 72 Pugacium Singapore SIN 09-07 73 pugarhot Jeddah KSA 04-24 74 pyoner Tacloban City, Leyte PHI 08-16 75 Rainbowxpress Antipolo City PHI 02-12 76 rainbowxpress San Diego USA 02-12 77 reverendcaja Olongapo City PHI 09-11 78 reychong Catbalogan City, Samar PHI 01-28 79 Rez Ahed Laguna PHI 01-21 80 rollybee Qatar QAT 11-24 81 rusticbull Pasay City PHI 05-05 82 sabiqun Subic, Zambales PHI 06-06 83 salmar Valenzuela City, MM PHI 02-26 84 sas27bcd Tyler, Texas UAE 05-06 85 shintaro go Las pinas PHI 10-29 86 sochessfanatic2015 Quezon City PHI 12-03 87 Suraw Maguindanao PHI 03-01 88 tabaging Davao City PHI 10-16 89 tambay Singapore SIN 09-05 90 tangledweb New Jersey USA 01-17 91 tedceldor Butuan City, Agusan del Norte PHI 12-27 92 tpstar Saint Joseph, Michigan USA 11-19 93 tunying Manila PHI 04-30 94 WinKing Cleveland, Ohio USA 04-16 95 yakumuini Baguio City PHI 06-14 96 yoki Maryland USA 04-26 B. ALPHA LIST w/ INCOMPLETE DATA: 97 blitzkrieg120786 Albuera, Leyte PHI 98 BoyLogro Zambales PHI 99 coilingdragon Shanghai CHN 100 eriatlov Baliwag, Bulacan PHI 101 evlozare Sampaloc, Manila City PHI 102 greedisbad Silang, Cavite PHI 103 jerry crus Tanza, Cavite PHI 104 larrybaby10 105 Lemon69 Binan Laguna PHI 106 MartinII Abu Dhabi UAE 107 Mielyglory San Carlos City, Pangasinan PHI 108 salibadjok Dammam KSA 109 scout118 New York USA 110 sofan Bulacan PHI Note: If your username is not yet listed or you have an incomplete data, PLS submit your complete details ... Apr-11-17    Janoy Cresva: <Note: If your username is not yet listed or you have an incomplete data, PLS submit your complete details ...> Pls add: Janoy Cresva Los Angeles, CA USA Apr-11-17    joeyj: Your birthdate (month & day) bro Janoy ? Apr-11-17    Amulet: Hurray GM Wes! Thanks bro<joeyj> Apr-11-17    MidwestChessFan: Once again GM Wesley So, congratulations for a great finish, reminiscent of the late GM Balinas conquering Odessa in 1976 as the only Filipino in a foreign land who has done so among very strong Soviet players. Truly a job well done. I'm just glad to have seen you in action during the second round and to have met ma'am Lotis in St. Louis. Priceless. Apr-11-17    ChessHobby69: Philippine news were also publishing GM Wes victory in the US Chess Championship. Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN news, Philstar, Sunstar, Rappler, Sports Interactive Network Philippines, Tempo, Inquirer.net, Manila Standard. Kalat na sa buong Pilipinas. Apr-11-17    protossmaster12: Well, if these wins or draws are just pure luck then his opponents should deliver the perfect final blow. If not, then that unbeaten record stands still thus showing GM So's defensive prowess and maturity. Accept it that he is the next World Chess Champion! And I am with him in this endeavour coz it had been a long time since I dreamt of a Filipino (Torre, Cardoso, Antonio, Barcenilla and et al) to be on the top of the chess world. This is history in the making. :D Apr-11-17    jimmy77: <ChessHobby69: Philippine news were also publishing GM Wes victory in the US Chess Championship. Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN news, Philstar, Sunstar, Rappler, Sports Interactive Network Philippines, Tempo, Inquirer.net, Manila Standard. Kalat na sa buong Pilipinas.> Nakakalat na nga. Pero hindi pa sa buong Pilipinas. Hindi pa nakalat sa NCFP....hehehehe. It will take a century for the news to get to them. Apr-11-17    yoki: congrats Super GM Wesley pinasaya mo ang buong kapuluan ng pilipinas sa tinamo mong tagumpay ikinararangal ka namin tuloy tuloy na ito hanggang ikaw na ang tatanghaling kampeon sa buong mundo Apr-11-17    Amat06: idol wes, the great people of alabat island from quezon prov are SO grateful witnessing the rise of the new king of chess!may your journey to conquest and dethrone magnus continiously succeed. there's no doubt you will be the champion in the years to come,hopefully and praying it happens next year. we are religiously waiting watching ur games despite the time difference....we are addicted in your moves and great commentaries from yasser maurice jen and team. don't stop improving ! kudos! may ur tribe increase! Apr-11-17    dunkenchess: Ipagpalagay natin na tsamba, bakit nasabi yan ng talangkards dahil katabi ng talangkards ay ang malas samanatalang katabi ni Wes ay tsamba at suwerte. Sa harapan ng talangkards na may layong sampung kilometro ay ang tsamba at suwerte ay imposibleng mahabol dahil ang mga ito ay tumatakbo. Nananaig ngayon sa kanila ay maitim na inggit at komisyon,este kunsumisyon. Pwede nyo ng isemento ang harapan ng inyong kuweba. Apr-11-17    jonjon2017: Sir joeyj, pls add to WSFFCI: jonjon2017 Antipolo City PHI 06-19 Apr-11-17    tambay: Anong brand kaya ng power chewing gum ni idol baka para makabili baka gumaling ako sa chess ahihi Apr-11-17    ambongtumbong: <tambay: Anong brand kaya ng power chewing gum ni idol> - bunga, ikmo, maskada at apog yata.. he he he. yan ang chewing gum ng lola ko.. Apr-12-17    jimmy77: <Best Of PRO Chess League: Tactics GM vegasicilia Apr 7, 2017 25 min 18,176 Views The 2017 season of the PRO Chess League is in the books, and chess fans across the world enjoyed thrilling play by some of the top names in chess. GM Ivan Sokolov reviews the best tactics played in the league with a spotlight on the world's best chess players like Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana, and Magnus Carlsen.> "....world's best chessplayers like Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen" So pleasing to the ear........! Indeed, everyone now puts Wesley right at the very top of the chessworld and in the same league as the current world champion. Tsamba na kung tsamba, okay lang; kung lahat naman in the chessworld who matters consider you as "one of the best". Apr-12-17    mini cooper s: Ooh my gosh :( malapit na akong malampasan. Apr-12-17    tpstar: TPSTAR & FRIENDS Pretty looking road, I'll try to hold the rising floods that fill my skin Don't ask me why, I'll keep my promise, melt the ice And you wanted to dance so I asked you to dance but fear is in your soul Some people call it a one night stand but we can call it paradise Don't say a prayer for me now - save it 'til the morning after Duran Duran, "Save a Prayer" https://youtu.be/6Uxc9eFcZyM Wesley So Forever! Good day all! Wes's chess success is making the chess world insanely jealous! He was a favorite to win the US Championship (2017) as one of the Big Three while riding his impressive undefeated streak. 1) W So vs Shabalov, 2017 QGD Slav with the adventurous 5. h3 & 7. g4, then Black opened lines with 15 ... c5!? and paid the price after a brutal onslaught with the novel attacking moves 19. Na4 & 21. Ba5 for a quick win. 2) S Shankland vs W So, 2017 Ruy Lopez Berlin Rio Gambit with early symmetry. White sacrificed a piece for perpetual check and a draw. 3) W So vs Caruana, 2017 Ruy Lopez Berlin Wall which traded down to an interesting RN vs RB ending where Wesley held the balance to draw. 4) W So vs Onischuk, 2017 KIA/double fianchetto by White who won two pieces for a Rook in the middlegame and coordinated them very well against Black's King to win, making Wesley the early leader at +2. 5) Y Zherebukh vs W So, 2017 French Tarrasch Chistyakov (4 ... Qxd5) evenly played to a draw against a relative newcomer to the US chess scene. 6) W So vs Akobian, 2017 Queen's Gambit Exchange into a sharp middlegame where White was busted (31 ... Qc2+) but somehow scraped a draw. This was the closest Wesley has come to losing in some time. 7) Robson vs W So, 2017 Another KIA/double fianchetto with chances for both sides. Black had promising play after a Pawn sacrifice for activity, yet White defended extremely well in severe time pressure and they drew. 8) W So vs Nakamura, 2017 QGD which became a Catalan and then a Stonewall where the center stayed closed until the end where they drew. 9) J Xiong vs W So, 2017 Wesley has quietly become an expert in the Slav with 6 ... dxc4 against the Catalan, but this one will go down as of the most brilliant wins in US Championship history with 21 ... Nxf2! as lightning out of a clear sky, then 28 ... Rd8!! wrapped it up. 10) W So vs Kamsky, 2017 OK, this Exchange Slav didn't work out so well, as White reached a tricky QN vs QN situation, then a Q vs Q ending down a Pawn and had to hold it very carefully, which he did. 11) D Naroditsky vs W So, 2017 The Short Draw Heard Round the World will be endlessly questioned, yet if Wesley overpressed as Black and lost, that also would have been endlessly questioned. In this last round, Akobian lost against Nakamura while Onischuk drew against Kamsky, making So and Onischuk tied for First at 7/11, leading to a rapid playoff the next day. 12) W So vs Onischuk, 2017 Interesting English by Wesley (1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4) leading to a curious Ne3 situation, then White navigated the complications better and won in style. It's alright. 13) Onischuk vs W So, 2017 KIA where Black owned the center early, then an interesting BB vs NN middlegame leading to a QB vs QN endgame with White up two Pawns which probably would have been converted with a longer time control. Wesley found a nice perpetual check line to draw the game and win the title. Congratulations to Wesley So for winning the 2017 US Championship! Apr-12-17    tpstar: For today's site history lesson, Lawrence Day was the first name player to join the group and post regularly, yet he kept a very low profile at first so we didn't notice. Then Raymond Keene began visiting and interacting with us on a daily basis since June 2004, then Eric Schiller joined in March 2005. Keene's arrival here sparked a giant site-wide controversy in October 2014 over the "Ray Keene Crowd" where some members from the early days objected to off-topic discussion on his player page, violating the "spirit of the site" somehow, and the Administrators had to intervene. The sore spot was discussing literature with an author on his page - even chess books, and even things he wrote - so the new policy allowed name players to discuss any topic on their player page ("cookie recipes") and it became automatically on-topic, provided everyone still followed the Posting Guidelines. Some time later, name players gained the ability to Moderate their own page to cut down on sniping and showboating. All three of those figures have been subjected to vicious attacks over the years, largely by NN, with people using the anti-hero act just to see how they measured up against people who mattered in the chess world. How easy to throw stones at someone's house, instead of using those stones to build your own house. After that prologue, remember <Wesley So> left his own page before due to sockpuppet shenanigans, while being sorely disappointed with negative interactions with his core fan base (at the time). From Page 4365 on 7/2/11: <Filipinos.I'm not gonna visit this site anymore. It's only letting me down instead of up.> Therefore Team Wesley may Moderate this page all they want, while <BatangLista> will banish folks from this page as they see fit. Going forward, if some character crashes here because they are desperate for attention, their posting frequency can be limited in real time if enough other visitors place them on ignore, based on the PITA index ("probability of initiating trolling activity"), then we must let <BatangLista> do their thing later. (To explain the joke, PITA is also an acronym for Pain In The Asterisk. :P) This message is not meant to promote lynch-mobbing of any particular person, except the Wesley So page will now be an even more appetizing target for troublemakers. You may have been following the Historians versus Vandals battle over the last year, where the Bad People gather off-site to coordinate their damage against the Good People, trying to drive longtime posters away because they are insanely jealous and desperate to be relevant. Consider this entry on the site forum from 8/8/16 (addressed to me) which is not even close to what really happened: "<<tpstar>: Dirty Old Man and Race Baiter. I predict a free pass, or a very light "slap on the wrist" for <tpstar> on this - the same free pass he got when he almost single-handedly blew up the entire website by race-baiting the Barangay. They were largely friendly folks, inviting non-Pilipinos (myself included) to join in their kibbutzing, no complaints (yet) about them from <GM So>, and then in comes <tpstar> with his "little crusade," as <acirce> put it at the time. <tpstar's> endless "English-only!" cries and race-baiting bore out <acirce's> warning - in spades. He used the often successful race-baiting technique of accusing his target of being racist, so as to anger them sufficiently that they responded in kind. That was a mistake."> Wow, these precious Historians have no idea what went down here over the last eight years. Moreover, the one person in the world with the handle on this page happens to be a Vandal. How about that. See how my writing and my presence makes certain people insanely jealous. Like I said before, if you don't like me or my posts, feel free to place me on ignore, but you will definitely miss out on some stuff. Go Wesley! ;>D Apr-12-17    gregory2188: Congratulations GM So! Hope you could visit Bay Area again. Love listening to your lectures esp the Ruy Lopez. Good luck on your next tourney! More power! God bless you always! Apr-12-17    OhioChessFan: It is my observation that people who I determine are at odds with the truth in one place are at odds with the truth everywhere. The consistency is stunning. No matter who appeals to them to support their untruth, they do so. No matter what page they kibitz on, they are at odds with the truth. One of the untruthers appealed to a link on a page that I determined had 25 posts and none of them speaking truth! And that among 6 different posters. I won't name that page, but let's call it the player page for user: trebgorf. In any event, this page has become much better and not worse. Wesley's bar has been set high. I admit to a bit of disappointment in his performance, but he did after all win the US Championship with some WCC contenders behind him. Go Wesley! Apr-12-17    HeMateMe: <It is my observation that people who I determine are at odds with the truth in one place are at odds with the truth everywhere.> So, if gang bangers in Cleveland buy machine guns in the deep south [they couldn't legally buy them in Ohio] and shoot up a hip hop night club in Ohio because someone 'got dissed,' [this happened a month ago] the USA would <not> be a safer place if unlimited gun sales in the deep south were slightly curtailed with responsible gun control laws? If a person cannot draw such a simple conclusion, if they "are at odds with the truth in one place" then I would agree that they have a problem seeing clearly in many places. This casts doubt on such a person being able to function 100% of the time as a rational adult. Apr-12-17    iking: that's understandable <OCF> .. even WEsley said his performance is not that very good .... but good enough to win the tournament. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 1076) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 459 OF 1076 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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