Hello. This is driver of Wesley So. The next tournament of Wesley will be on the Asian Individuals Championship at Subic starting April 24.
Watch out for the new Wesley So.
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So has improved so much in the middle game and endgame since this post. Glad his fans, including his driver, found a new home here in chess.com. We'll be getting more updates about him.
Yes. To know him close and personal join the barangay (community).
http://www.chess.com/groups/home/barangay-wesley
Good evening,
I'm new in this forum and glad to see there is international audience.
We come from a third world country which means smaller sports budget and more so chess doesn't get the top priority. But inspite of that, we make do and pool resources. What is remarkable about GM Wesley's ascent is the strides he has made inspite of these constraints.
Recently, there has been positive developments which would help him more in his chess studies and improvement.
Last Sunday 28th March 2010 Wesley So won the one day event Pichay and Davis Cup Rapids All Masters Section.
The event featured a knock-out system consisting of 2 Rapid games with an armageddon tie-breaker. The Masters division featured 32 masters, including 5 GMs and a lot of IMs. To give you an idea how competitive rapids in the Philippines could be, only Wesley survived the quarter-finals amongs the GM.
Most were eliminated early. Wesley had to go through 2 armageddon tie-breakers himself.
Know more about Wesley:
http://www.chess.com/groups/home/barangay-wesley
Yes Estragon, we realized Wesley needs a good coach. We are evaluating several world-caliber coaches. To know more about it.
http://www.chess.com/groups/home/barangay-wesley
Have you heard about Wesley So's new supercomputer named Iron Chef 2700?
Google it.
registering here with my 1st post! 
hi joeyj
Apr 15, 2010
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Scarblac wrote:
goldendog wrote:
Scarblac wrote:
I suspect this can only be because he's already mastered them. After all, he doesn't suddenly play like a 2000 player after the opening.
mastered what specifically?
Tactics, endgames, strategy, all of chess that isn't opening theory.
God, I haven't laughed so hard in weeks! 
I wonder if he could beat me while I was using my Little Einstein hand held chess computer, with an estamated top rating of 1750. Nobody else on here wants to try.
WESLEY SO YEAR ENDER STORY
by vonvon on Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:40 am
ATTN: SPORTS SECTION PLEASE
BACK IN THE PAST, A YEAR ENDER, RP’S BRIGHTEST HOPE WESLEY BARBASA SO
BY: MARLON BERNARDINO
Rating Progress Chart, Full Report (reference: )
Wesley Barbasa So
January 2010 (2656, expected rating change)
November 2009 (2640)
September 2009 (2644)
July 2009 (2646)
April 2009 (2641)
January 2009 (2627)
October 2008 (2610)
July 2008 (2577)
April 2008 (2540)
January 2008 (2526)
October 2007 (2531)
July 2007 (2516)
April 2007 (2519)
January 2007 (2451)
October 2006 (2411)
July 2006 (2330)
April 2006 (2254)
January 2006 (2216)
October 2005 (2216)
July 2005 (2165)
April 2005 (2165)
January 2005 (2165)
MANILA, Philippines---IT was a fruitful year for RP’s brightest hope Wesley Barbasa So in the year of the Ox. We look forward in another chapter of chess career of the 16-year-old Bacoor, Cavite wunderkind in the coming year---the Year of the Tiger.
We will review Wesley sterling performance in the past. According to his spokesman/manager Reginald Tee, Wesley first scalped an elo 2700+ player in the 2008 Dresden World Chess Olympiad in Germany last November.
In the first round encounter between Philippines versus China, Wesley playing on board 2 defeated China's Ni Hua (2710), but the Philippines lost to China by 2.5-1.5. Then in round six of the Olympiad, Wesley
volunteered himself to play for board 1 in order to play with one of his favorite player, Spain number one player Alexey Shirov (elo 2726). Wesley was able to hold Shirov to a draw.
Wesley scored a total of 7pts.for board 2 in the Philippine team and scored a rating performace of 2689. The Philippine team finished a dismal 46th place despite the effort of Wesley & John Paul Gomez who scored 7.5pts.
In December 2008, Wesley led the Tagaytay (Philippine) team in the 1st Asian Club chess Cup in Al Ain UAE. Wesley playing board one for Tagaytay scored 5.5pts out of seven games to win the gold medal for board one ahead of Al Ain imported player Sergey Karjakin (elo 2730), and Wang Hao (elo 2696) of China. Tagaytay finished fourth placed.
In Jan. 2009, Wesley flew to Netherlands for the Corus chess tournament in Wijk Ann Zee, having been invited to play in the C group of one of the most prestigious tournament in the world. A category 11th tournament. Wesley won the tournament by scoring 9.5pts out of 13 rounds to finished one point ahead of second placer Hillarp Persson (elo2586) of Sweden and Anish Giri of the Netherlands. In that tournament Wesley won over Parsson and Frisco Nijbor (elo2560) of the Netherlands. Wesley's performance rating for this tournament was 2687.
In Feb. 2009, Wesley was in Russia for the Aeroflot festival tournament, playing in the A1 group (2550 & above) . Wesley scored 5 pts. in the 9th rounds swiss system tournament,one of the strongest swiss system tournament in the world, to finished in a tie for 19th to 37th placed with a tournament performance rating of 2570. In this event, Wesley adjudged top junior player.
In April 2009, the second Battle of GM's was held in Dapitan City, Being the defending champion. Wesley won the tournament handily with out a loss over such GMs, Antonio, Torre, Laylo, Paragua, Jonh Paul Gomez & Julio “Ino” Sadorra. Tournament performance rating of 2750.
In May 2009, Wesley was the second seed in the 8th ASIAN Continental/Individual chess open held in Subic. Wesley only scored 6.5 pts. in the eleven round swiss system qualifying tournament for World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk and failed to qualify after losing his last round game to Vietnam's no.1 player Le Quang Liem. Joey Antonio scored 7.5 pts. and was the only Pilipino qualifier for World Cup.
In July, 2009, Wesley reluctantly decided in the last minute to take his second chance to qualify in the World Cup and played in Vietnam zonal 3.3 chess championship. With only two player will qualify for World Cup, Laylo scored 8 pts out of 9 to win the championship with Wesley finishing with 6.5 pts for second place and enough to qualify him to the World Cup.
Last August, Wesley was among the 18 individuals who were given the highest award by the provincial government of Cavite for their performance and accomplishments during the year.The event dubbed as "2009 Gawad Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo: Natatanging Parangal sa Rebolusyonaryong Cavite".
Then in September Wesley flew to America for the Spice Cup group A category 16 tournament, one of the strongest tournament to be held in the U.S. for a long time. Through the invitation of Susan Polgar Wesley competed in the double round robin 6th man tournament, finishing with 4.5 pts out of 10 in a tie with Hammer of Norway & Akobian of U.S. for 4th to 6th place. Yuri Kuzubov won the tournament in a tie with Mamedov & Andrekin of Russia for 1st to 3rd place.
The last week of November saw Wesley, Antonio & Laylo flying to Khany Mansiysk in Russia to compete in the prestigious World Cup of chess.Wesley was seeded 59th and was pitted against Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan seeded 70th with elo of 2625.
Wesley won the first standard game but lost the second one, they go to a four game 25 minutes/10secs inc. play off. Wesley won 3 consecutive rapid game to win the match and enter round 2. Antonio was not so lucky against Kamsky and lost the match in two standard games. Laylo was able to held Navarra to a tie and entered the rapid game play off only to lost after 4th game.
Wesley was to face the Ukraine number one player for so many years now," Ivan the terrible" Vassily Ivanchuck. Seeded 6th in the world cup with a lofty rating of 2739.Despite using the disadvantageous black pieces, Wesley beat Ivanchuk in their French Defense encounter in game 1 and held into a draw in game 2 for a 1.5-0.5 victory to enter round 3.
Wesley avenge the lost of compatriot Antonio when he made another upset victory this time, the top player of the United States, the defending champion Russian-born Gata Kamsky via a similar 1.5-0.5 triumph. Wesley again won in a black pieces in game 1 in another French Skirmish then settled a draw in game 2. Beating the likes of two heavyweight “Chuckie” and “Gata” the World Chess Cup discovered a new talent in Wesley So, dubbed the “gold nugget of the tournament.
In round 4, Wesley was able to held Russian GM Vladimir Malakhov to a tie in the standard play and entered the rapid game play off whom he lost.
He gained 15.8 points in the World Chess Cup and he expected to back in the Fide World top 100 player in the January 1, 2010 list. His expected rating is 2656.
“It’s new challenge for me, but I will do my best to bring honors to the country again,” said Wesley, whose local and international campaign is being supported by NCFP president/chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr. and Filway Marketings Inc. CEO/President Hector “Chito” Tagaysay.
"I dream that sooner or later, I will come to the magical point 2700. I don't know how much time I will need for that," added the 2009 Corus Group C champion Wesley, referring the upcoming tournament of Wesley—the 72nd Corus chess tournament, an elite event in the Fide calendar, will be held in Wijk Aan Zee, a North Sea resort in the Netherlands on January 15 to 31, 2010.
“Hopefully, the new year will be just as good, if not better, for me, added the 16-year-old Filipino champion, who is also strong contender for the coveted PSA “Athlete of the Year.”
Eugene Torre, the Asia’s First grandmaster who often compares Wesley So to Bobby Fisher, has stated for a local radio program, "The talent and skills are already there and he has proven that. This year could be a test of character and nerves for him because everybody knows him already."
“ Let’s just hope Wesley will continue to play well and bring more honors to the country in the coming year,” NCFP president/chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr., whose leadership in the local chess body produced So and four other GMs in less than four years.
Wesley also scheduled to return in the tough Aeroflot tournament in Moscow, Russia whom he won the top junior category.
Participants in Corus Group B (all GMs) are Ni Hua of China, Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany; Emil Sutovsky of Israel, Pentala Harikrishna of India, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania, Varuzhan Akobian of the USA, David Howell of England, Parimarjan Negi of India, Tomi Nyback of Finland, Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia, and Erwin l’Ami, Dimitri Reinderman and Anish Giri of the Netherlands.
In Corus Group A participants (all GMs) are Viswanathan Anand of India, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, Peter Leko of Hungary, Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, Hikaru Nakamura of USA, Alexei Shirov of Spain, Sergey Karjakin of Russia (winner of Corus A last year), Leinier Dominguez Perez of Cuba, Nigel Short of England, Sergey Tiviakov of Netherlands, Fabiano Caruana of Italy (winner of Corus B last year), and Loek van Wely and Jan Smeets of the Netherlands.
There are three sections in tough Corus chess—A, B and C, according to chess columnist Frank “Boy” Pestano. “Wesley has been invited to play in Group B. To be invited to Corus is like to be invited to the White House.” He added. MARLON BERNARDINO.
BACK IN THE PAST, A YEAR ENDER, RP’S BRIGHTEST HOPE WESLEY BARBASA SO
BY: MARLON BERNARDINO
Rating Progress Chart, Full Report (reference: )
Wesley Barbasa So
January 2010 (2656, expected rating change)
November 2009 (2640)
September 2009 (2644)
July 2009 (2646)
April 2009 (2641)
January 2009 (2627)
October 2008 (2610)
July 2008 (2577)
April 2008 (2540)
January 2008 (2526)
October 2007 (2531)
July 2007 (2516)
April 2007 (2519)
January 2007 (2451)
October 2006 (2411)
July 2006 (2330)
April 2006 (2254)
January 2006 (2216)
October 2005 (2216)
July 2005 (2165)
April 2005 (2165)
January 2005 (2165)
MANILA, Philippines---IT was a fruitful year for RP’s brightest hope Wesley Barbasa So in the year of the Ox. We look forward in another chapter of chess career of the 16-year-old Bacoor, Cavite wunderkind in the coming year---the Year of the Tiger.
We will review Wesley sterling performance in the past. According to his spokesman/manager Reginald Tee, Wesley first scalped an elo 2700+ player in the 2008 Dresden World Chess Olympiad in Germany last November.
In the first round encounter between Philippines versus China, Wesley playing on board 2 defeated China's Ni Hua (2710), but the Philippines lost to China by 2.5-1.5. Then in round six of the Olympiad, Wesley
volunteered himself to play for board 1 in order to play with one of his favorite player, Spain number one player Alexey Shirov (elo 2726). Wesley was able to hold Shirov to a draw.
Wesley scored a total of 7pts.for board 2 in the Philippine team and scored a rating performace of 2689. The Philippine team finished a dismal 46th place despite the effort of Wesley & John Paul Gomez who scored 7.5pts.
In December 2008, Wesley led the Tagaytay (Philippine) team in the 1st Asian Club chess Cup in Al Ain UAE. Wesley playing board one for Tagaytay scored 5.5pts out of seven games to win the gold medal for board one ahead of Al Ain imported player Sergey Karjakin (elo 2730), and Wang Hao (elo 2696) of China. Tagaytay finished fourth placed.
In Jan. 2009, Wesley flew to Netherlands for the Corus chess tournament in Wijk Ann Zee, having been invited to play in the C group of one of the most prestigious tournament in the world. A category 11th tournament. Wesley won the tournament by scoring 9.5pts out of 13 rounds to finished one point ahead of second placer Hillarp Persson (elo2586) of Sweden and Anish Giri of the Netherlands. In that tournament Wesley won over Parsson and Frisco Nijbor (elo2560) of the Netherlands. Wesley's performance rating for this tournament was 2687.
In Feb. 2009, Wesley was in Russia for the Aeroflot festival tournament, playing in the A1 group (2550 & above) . Wesley scored 5 pts. in the 9th rounds swiss system tournament,one of the strongest swiss system tournament in the world, to finished in a tie for 19th to 37th placed with a tournament performance rating of 2570. In this event, Wesley adjudged top junior player.
In April 2009, the second Battle of GM's was held in Dapitan City, Being the defending champion. Wesley won the tournament handily with out a loss over such GMs, Antonio, Torre, Laylo, Paragua, Jonh Paul Gomez & Julio “Ino” Sadorra. Tournament performance rating of 2750.
In May 2009, Wesley was the second seed in the 8th ASIAN Continental/Individual chess open held in Subic. Wesley only scored 6.5 pts. in the eleven round swiss system qualifying tournament for World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk and failed to qualify after losing his last round game to Vietnam's no.1 player Le Quang Liem. Joey Antonio scored 7.5 pts. and was the only Pilipino qualifier for World Cup.
In July, 2009, Wesley reluctantly decided in the last minute to take his second chance to qualify in the World Cup and played in Vietnam zonal 3.3 chess championship. With only two player will qualify for World Cup, Laylo scored 8 pts out of 9 to win the championship with Wesley finishing with 6.5 pts for second place and enough to qualify him to the World Cup.
Last August, Wesley was among the 18 individuals who were given the highest award by the provincial government of Cavite for their performance and accomplishments during the year.The event dubbed as "2009 Gawad Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo: Natatanging Parangal sa Rebolusyonaryong Cavite".
Then in September Wesley flew to America for the Spice Cup group A category 16 tournament, one of the strongest tournament to be held in the U.S. for a long time. Through the invitation of Susan Polgar Wesley competed in the double round robin 6th man tournament, finishing with 4.5 pts out of 10 in a tie with Hammer of Norway & Akobian of U.S. for 4th to 6th place. Yuri Kuzubov won the tournament in a tie with Mamedov & Andrekin of Russia for 1st to 3rd place.
The last week of November saw Wesley, Antonio & Laylo flying to Khany Mansiysk in Russia to compete in the prestigious World Cup of chess.Wesley was seeded 59th and was pitted against Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan seeded 70th with elo of 2625.
Wesley won the first standard game but lost the second one, they go to a four game 25 minutes/10secs inc. play off. Wesley won 3 consecutive rapid game to win the match and enter round 2. Antonio was not so lucky against Kamsky and lost the match in two standard games. Laylo was able to held Navarra to a tie and entered the rapid game play off only to lost after 4th game.
Wesley was to face the Ukraine number one player for so many years now," Ivan the terrible" Vassily Ivanchuck. Seeded 6th in the world cup with a lofty rating of 2739.Despite using the disadvantageous black pieces, Wesley beat Ivanchuk in their French Defense encounter in game 1 and held into a draw in game 2 for a 1.5-0.5 victory to enter round 3.
Wesley avenge the lost of compatriot Antonio when he made another upset victory this time, the top player of the United States, the defending champion Russian-born Gata Kamsky via a similar 1.5-0.5 triumph. Wesley again won in a black pieces in game 1 in another French Skirmish then settled a draw in game 2. Beating the likes of two heavyweight “Chuckie” and “Gata” the World Chess Cup discovered a new talent in Wesley So, dubbed the “gold nugget of the tournament.
In round 4, Wesley was able to held Russian GM Vladimir Malakhov to a tie in the standard play and entered the rapid game play off whom he lost.
He gained 15.8 points in the World Chess Cup and he expected to back in the Fide World top 100 player in the January 1, 2010 list. His expected rating is 2656.
“It’s new challenge for me, but I will do my best to bring honors to the country again,” said Wesley, whose local and international campaign is being supported by NCFP president/chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr. and Filway Marketings Inc. CEO/President Hector “Chito” Tagaysay.
"I dream that sooner or later, I will come to the magical point 2700. I don't know how much time I will need for that," added the 2009 Corus Group C champion Wesley, referring the upcoming tournament of Wesley—the 72nd Corus chess tournament, an elite event in the Fide calendar, will be held in Wijk Aan Zee, a North Sea resort in the Netherlands on January 15 to 31, 2010.
“Hopefully, the new year will be just as good, if not better, for me, added the 16-year-old Filipino champion, who is also strong contender for the coveted PSA “Athlete of the Year.”
Eugene Torre, the Asia’s First grandmaster who often compares Wesley So to Bobby Fisher, has stated for a local radio program, "The talent and skills are already there and he has proven that. This year could be a test of character and nerves for him because everybody knows him already."
“ Let’s just hope Wesley will continue to play well and bring more honors to the country in the coming year,” NCFP president/chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr., whose leadership in the local chess body produced So and four other GMs in less than four years.
Wesley also scheduled to return in the tough Aeroflot tournament in Moscow, Russia whom he won the top junior category.
Participants in Corus Group B (all GMs) are Ni Hua of China, Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany; Emil Sutovsky of Israel, Pentala Harikrishna of India, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania, Varuzhan Akobian of the USA, David Howell of England, Parimarjan Negi of India, Tomi Nyback of Finland, Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia, and Erwin l’Ami, Dimitri Reinderman and Anish Giri of the Netherlands.
In Corus Group A participants (all GMs) are Viswanathan Anand of India, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, Peter Leko of Hungary, Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, Hikaru Nakamura of USA, Alexei Shirov of Spain, Sergey Karjakin of Russia (winner of Corus A last year), Leinier Dominguez Perez of Cuba, Nigel Short of England, Sergey Tiviakov of Netherlands, Fabiano Caruana of Italy (winner of Corus B last year), and Loek van Wely and Jan Smeets of the Netherlands.
There are three sections in tough Corus chess—A, B and C, according to chess columnist Frank “Boy” Pestano. “Wesley has been invited to play in Group B. To be invited to Corus is like to be invited to the White House.” He added. MARLON BERNARDINO.
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Asia Continental Chess Championship 2010
Subic, Philippines, April 20-30
Wesley So leads cast in Chess World Cup qualifier
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 04/21/2010 12:55 AM
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/04/20/10/wesley-so-leads-cast-chess-world-cup-qualifier
MANILA, Philippines – Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So, the country's most successful player in the past 3 years, heads the star-studded cast of local and foreign players in the 2010 Asian Individual Chess Championships, which starts on Wednesday at the Subic Exhibition and Convention Center in Olongapo.
The Asian Individual Chess Championships, which is a qualifier for the next Chess World Cup, is an 11-round tournament that offers a $6,000 top prize for the winning chess player.
The 16-year-old So, best remembered for his outstanding performance in the 2009 Chess World Cup, is seeded 4th in the Asian Individual with an ELO of 2665.
The only 3 players ahead of him are GM Le Quang Liem (ELO 2689) of Vietnam, GM Krishnan Sasikiran (ELO 2686) of India, and GM Ni Hua (ELO 2667) of China.
A total of 95 players from 14 countries, including 32 from host Philippines, are seeing action the tournament.
National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) president Prospero “Butch” Pichay and SBMA administrator Armand Arreza will grace the opening ceremony set at 2 p.m.
Philippine Sports Commisison (PSC) chairman Harry Angping will deliver the inspirational remarks.
"With most of the top Asian players competing, this will be another major event in the Asian chess calendar ," said Pichay, who is hosting the event for the third time in four years.
"And we expect our top players, led by Wesley and GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr, to play well," he added.
China is sending the second biggest delegation with 19, followed by India and Vietnam with 12 players each, and Iran and Mongolia with 4 players each.
Also included among the 63 foreign players are GMs Zhou Jianchao (ELO 2650), Li Chao (ELO 2613) and Zhou Weiqi (ELO 2584) of China; Pentala Harikrishna ( ELO 2660) and Narayanan Gopal (ELO 2604) of India; Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (ELO 2642) and Dao Thien Hai (ELO 2523); Ehsan Gahemmaghami (ELO 2575) of Iran; Susanto Megaranto (ELO 2527) of Indonesia; Zhang Zhong (ELO 2603) of Singapore; and, Anton Fillipov (ELO 2598) and Khamrakulov Djubarek (ELO 2509) of Uzbekistan.
Aside from So and Antonio, the other notable Filipino players participating in the event are GMs Darwin Laylo (ELO 2527), John Paul Gomez (ELO 2507), Eugene Torre (ELO 2506) and Jayson Gonzales (ELO 2441); and ,International Masters (IMs) Richard Bitoon (ELO 2476), Ronald Dableo (ELO 2464), Oliver Barbosa (ELO 2452), Oliver Dimakiling (ELO 2441) and Barlo Nadera (ELO 2405).
In the women’s divison, China and Vietnam have 6 players each while the Philippines has 4.
Leading the bid for China are Women Grandmasters (WGMs) Wenjun Ju (ELO 2500) and Zhongyi Tan (ELO 2464).
India will be bannered by IM Tania Sachdev (ELO 2393) and WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman (ELO 2348), while Indonesia will rely on WGM Irine Sukandar (ELO 2316).
The Philippines will be represented by Woman International Master (WIM) Beverly Mendoza, Aices Salvador, Christy Lamiel Bernales and Akiko Suede. – by Marlon Bernardino
as of 04/21/2010 12:55 AM
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Opening ceremony today April 21 (@2 P.M.), and the first round is April 22(THU).
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
9th Asian Continental/Individual (Open) SCHEDULE
source:
http://chess-results.com/tnr33151.aspx?art=14&lan=1&fed=PHI&turdet=YES&m=-1&wi=1000
Time-table
| Round | Date | Time |
| 1 | 2010/04/21 | 15:00 |
| 2 | 2010/04/22 | 09:00 |
| 3 | 2010/04/22 | 17:00 |
| 4 | 2010/04/23 | 15:00 |
| 5 | 2010/04/24 | 09:00 |
| 6 | 2010/04/24 | 17:00 |
| 7 | 2010/04/25 | 15:00 |
| 8 | 2010/04/26 | 15:00 |
| 9 | 2010/04/27 | 15:00 |
| 10 | 2010/04/28 | 15:00 |
| 11 | 2010/04/29 | 10:00 |
9th Asian Continental/Individual (Open)
Starting rank list
http://chess-results.com/tnr33151.aspx?art=0&lan=1&fed=PHI&turdet=YES&m=-1&wi=1000
Pairings
Round 1 on 2010/04/21 at 15:00
http://chess-results.com/tnr33151.aspx?art=2&rd=1&lan=1&fed=PHI&turdet=YES&m=-1&wi=1000
#4 GM SO Wesley PHI(2665) - #49 IM NGUYEN Thanh Son VIE (2440)
Wesley So gets off to hot Asian chess start
SUBIC—Wesley So started hot in the 9th Asian Continental Chess Championships Wednesday, posting the first victory of the 9-round tournament at the Subic Exhibition Convention Center here.
The 16-year-old So, the country’s highest-ranked player with an ELO of 2665, took just 16 moves and less than an hour to trounce Vietnamese International Master Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (ELO 2440) and grab the early lead in the 90-strong Open field.
So, who graduated from high school at the St. Francis of Assisi-Bacoor, recently, exploited a blunder by his rival, who had to resign under threat of losing two pawns.
According to So, who’ll skip college next year to concentrate on chess, he spent one month expanding his opening repertoire for this tournament organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines as qualifier for the 2011 World Cup set in Russia.
Other early winners included third seed HM Ni Hua of China, who beat Australian IM Aleksandar; Chinese GM Li Chao, who subdued compatriot Wan Yunguo; Chinese GM Zhou Weiqi, who whipped Filipino National Master Emmanuel Senador; and Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta, who defeated China’s Wang Li.
Meanwhile, Philippine Sports Commission chair Harry Angping gave the go-signal for NCFP president Prospero “Butch” Pichay to look for a foreign coach to guide So in his preparations for the Guangzhou Asian Games in November.
Angping said the PSC is willing to spend up to $3,000 a month for So’s preparation.
source:
http://sports.inquirer.net/sportsevents/sportsevents/view/20100422-265740/Wesley-So-gets-off-to-hot-Asian-chess-start
Pls visit links below for the results/pairings of the games:
Pairings/Results
Round 1 on 2010/04/21 at 15:00
http://chess-results.com/tnr33151.aspx?art=2&rd=1&lan=1&fed=PHI&turdet=YES&m=-1&wi=1000
Rank after Round 1
http://chess-results.com/tnr33151.aspx?art=1&rd=1&lan=1&fed=PHI&turdet=YES&m=-1&wi=1000
Pairings/Results
Round 2 on 2010/04/22 at 15:00
http://chess-results.com/tnr33151.aspx?art=2&rd=2&lan=1&fed=PHI&turdet=YES&m=-1&wi=1000
For advance info: there was a revised schedule reducing the Total nr of rounds to 9 (instead of 11 as originally planned).
Additionally, Games starts daily @ 15:00 (3PM) Philippine Time except for the 9th Round (last round) that will start @ 9:00 (9AM) !
So settles for draw, stays on top
By Roy Luarca
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:50:00 04/27/2010
SUBIC—Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So settled for a draw with GM Narayanan Gopal Geetha of India in the top board Monday but remained the solo leader in the 9th Asian Individual Chess Championship at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center.
Unable to find a winning line with black, the 16-year-old So agreed to split the point with Geetha after 32 moves of a Sicilian-Nadjorf variation.
After six rounds, So stayed at the helm of the 89-strong Open division with 5.0 points, boosting his chances for one of the five slots at stake for the 2011 World Chess Cup.
Tied for second with 4.5 points were Geetha, Mongolian Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa and Chinese GMs Ni Hua and Yu Yangyi, who also drew their board 2 encounter. The untitled Gundavaa stunned Chinese GM Zhou Weiqi.
So, the country’s top player with an ELO rating of 2665, needs only to draw his last three games to earn his second straight World Cup stint. He needs at least two victories to secure the title and the $6,000 that goes with it.
“I’ll play my game and see what happens,” said So, who is skipping college this school year to concentrate on chess so he can break into the elite 2700 club.
With the position unclear, So first offered the draw in the 30th move, which Gopal, ninth placer in the 2007 edition held in Mandaue City, declined.
Two moves, later, it was Gopal’s turn to seek a truce and So relented.
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Unable to find a winning line with black, the 16-year-old So agreed to split the point with Geetha after 32 moves of a Sicilian-Nadjorf variation.
After six rounds, So stayed at the helm of the 89-strong Open division with 5.0 points, boosting his chances for one of the five slots at stake for the 2011 World Chess Cup.
Tied for second with 4.5 points were Geetha, Mongolian Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa and Chinese GMs Ni Hua and Yu Yangyi, who also drew their board 2 encounter. The untitled Gundavaa stunned Chinese GM Zhou Weiqi.
So, the country’s top player with an ELO rating of 2665, needs only to draw his last three games to earn his second straight World Cup stint. He needs at least two victories to secure the title and the $6,000 that goes with it.
“I’ll play my game and see what happens,” said So, who is skipping college this school year to concentrate on chess so he can break into the elite 2700 club.
With the position unclear, So first offered the draw in the 30th move, which Gopal, ninth placer in the 2007 edition held in Mandaue City, declined.
Two moves, later, it was Gopal’s turn to seek a truce and So relented.
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I think he's got the right idea. My opening's are generally bad (aside from the ones I know). When I lose its usually down to missing something in the opening. Playing some natural looking move that turns out to be the worse possible thing I could have done. After that my position becomes claustrophobic, choices limited, no get out of jail cards. Unless there's a major mistake by my opponent these games are a slow death to me. It leaves me feeling frustrated because I know in a different situation where I am sure of myself in the opening I'd go on to play well at a high level.
I suspect if you know how to play Chess really well, the mid game and end game take care of themselves.
A certain level of opponent will tear your position to pieces if your don't understand the openings. Assuming both players can get through the opening part of the game with their positions intact, they can then go on to 'play' Chess.