Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:31:51 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Wesley So waylaid Indian rising star Arjun Erigaisi, 2.5-0.5, in the third round Wednesday, Nov. 16, to keep his flickering hopes alive in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals in San Francisco, California. After dropping his first two outings to reigning world classical champion Magnus Carlsen and Vietnamese Le Quang Liem, So […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:33:15 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Grandmaster Wesley So needed just two games to subdue GM Nihal Sarin and rule the inaugural Chess.com Global Championship in Toronto, Canada Monday, Nov. 7 (Tuesday in Manila). The Cavite-born So beat the Indian sensation, 4.5-1.5, to pocket the $200,000 cash purse (roughly P11.7 million) in the $1.1 million tournament. The victory […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:43:40 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Wesley So outplayed fellow American Leinier Dominguez Perez and seized the solo lead in Pool D of the FIDE Chess Grand Prix 1 2022 in Berlin, Germany on Monday. Playing in black, So equalized early before taking control of the match that lasted in 39 moves of a Giuoco Piano. It was […]
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By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Wesley So outlasted Alexei Shirov and seized a share of the lead with fellow American Leinier Dominguez-Perez in Pool D after three rounds of the FIDE Grand Prix Series in Berlin, Germany on Sunday. The Cavite-native American needed 50 moves of an English duel to survive the Latvian-born former World Challenger who […]
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