WESLEY B. SO
FIDE Title: Grandmaster
Current Rating: 2656 as of January 2010
World U20. Top List: 6th Place
World Rank: 77
National Rank:First
Gold Medals: 15
FIDE Title: Grandmaster
Current Rating: 2656 as of January 2010
World U20. Top List: 6th Place
World Rank: 77
National Rank:First
Gold Medals: 15
Information
- Location:
- Bacoor, Philippines
- Birthday:
- October 9, 1993
Photos
2 of 5 albumsSee All
Wesley takes a break in DapitanCreated about 9 months ago
2nd Battle of GrandmastersUpdated about 9 months ago
Events
3 past eventsSee All
- Asian Continental/Individual
Subic
Tuesday, May 12 at 10:00am - 2nd Battle of Grandmasters
Dapitan City, Zamboanga Del Norte
Tuesday, March 24 at 2:00pm - Aeroflot Open 2009
Hotel Izmailovo - Gamma Delta
Monday, February 16 at 9:00pm
Notes
1 noteSee All
- SO-TORRE Match 1:20am Feb 13
Wesley So Merry Christmas to everyone!
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WESLEY B. SO FIDE Title: Grandmaster Current Rating: 2656 as of January 2010 World Jr Top List: 6 World Rank: 75 National Rank: 1 Gold Medals: 15 ACHIEVEMENTS RESULTS TOURNAMENT/ DATE COUNTRY • 1st place• 71st Corus Chess 2009, Grandmasters Group C Ja...nuary 16 – February 1, 2009 Wijk aan Zee NETHERLANDS • Board 1 Gold Medalist 1st Asian Chess Club Chess Championship December 24-31, 2008 Al-Ain UAE • Best Olympiad performer in RP 38th World Chess Olympiad 2008 November 11-25, 2008 Dresden GERMANY • Tie for 2nd (30 players) • 2nd in ASEAN Grand Prix 1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open/1st ASEAN Grand Prix August 26-Sept. 2, 2008 Vung Tau, VIETNAM • Board 1 Gold Medal World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad August 16-24,2008 Mersin, TURKEY • 9th Place (109 players)• World Junior Chess Championship August 2-16, 2008 Gaziantep, TURKEY • 2nd Place 1st Subic Bay International Open Chess Championship May 17-24,008 Subic PHILIPPINES • CHAMPION Battle of Grandmasters Mabini, Manila 05/03/08 • 1st Place 2008 Japfa Chess Festival 2008 One-on-one with GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia April 16-21, 2008 Jakarta, INDONESIA • 1st Place 10th Dubai Open Chess Championship “Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Ak Maktoum Cup” April 5-15, 2008 Dubai, UAE • 3rd GM norm • World’s 7th Youngest GM • Youngest Filipino GM 3rd Pichay Cup International Open December 2-8, 2007 Manila PHILIPPINES • 2nd GM Norm• World Junior Chess Championship October 2-17, 2007 Yerevan ARMENIA • Tie for 5th Place The 6th Asian Individual Chess Championship September 18-30,2007 Cebu PHILIPPINES • Individual: Gold Medal• World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad August 4-12,2007 SINGAPORE • CHAMPION Shell’s Battle of Champions, 15th Anniversary 06/18/07 - 06/20/07 • CHAMPION National Juniors Open Chess Championship 05/06/07 - 05/09/07 • Gold Medal for Performance Rating • Gold Medal for Percentage Score 15th Asian Cities Chess Championship March 1-9,2007 Tehran IRAN • Top Juniors 1st President GMA Cup International Chess Tournament, November 17-23,2006 Manila PHILS. • Tie for 2nd place • 1st GM Norm • Creativity Award:Chosen by Russian website e3e5 Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft November 4-12, 2006 Bad Wiessee GERMANY • Best Under 16. Blitz III Festival de Ajedrez Open Internacionale October 20-28, 2006 Calvia SPAIN • Best Under-16 Player • 3rd Int’l. Master Norm 3rd IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship 2006 8/20-28/06 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA • Best Under-16 Player” • 2nd IM Norm 2nd San Marino Open Internationale di Scacchi 6/5-11/06 San Marino Republic ITALY • Youngest RP Olympian 37th World Chess Olympiad, 5/20-6/4/06 Turin ITALY • 1st IM Norm 8th Dubai Open Chess Championship, “Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Ak Maktoum Cup” 4/22-5/2/06 Dubai UAE • BEST Under-12 PLAYER Masters/Challengers Int’l. Open Tournament December 26-30, 2005 SINGAPORE • TIE 1ST PLACE World Youth Chess Championship 7/18-29/05 Belfort FRANCE • GOLD, “Standard Chess – Individual” • GOLD, “Rapid Chess – Individual” • GOLD, “Blitz Chess- Individual ” 7th Asean Age-Group Chess Championship 6/14-20/05 Pattaya, Thailand • GOLD, “Standard Chess” • GOLD, “ Rapid Chess” • SILVER, “Standard Chess (Team) • SILVER, “Rapid Chess (Team) 6th Asean Age-Group Chess Championship September 2-12, 2004 Vung Tau, VIETNAM 2. AWARDS Name Given by Date Art Borjal Award Shell Philippines As youngest finalist to win the title in the 11-yr history of Shell 09.03.03 Tony Siddayao Award Phil. Sportswriter Association 01.13.05 Sports Excellence Award St. Francis of Assisi College System, Bacoor Cavite 03.21.06 Tony Siddayao Award Phil. Sportswriter Association 01.22.07 Sports Excellence Award St. Francis of Assisi College System, Bacoor Cavite 03.17.07 Major Award in Chess Phil. Sportswriter Association 02.16.08 Dr. Jose Rizal Award of Excellence in Chess 6th Dr. Jose Rizal 06.04.08 3. OTHERS Date Commercial ad “Gifted Child” by Promil 12.xx.03 Senate Resolution No. 68 Resolution congratulating and commending the World’s Youngest Chess Grandmaster Wesley So, 14 Years old, for winning the “Battle of Grandmasters Tournament” held at the City State Hotel, Manila last May 1-4, 2008 Letter from the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Congratulatory xx.xx.08 Chess Player of the Year 2008 Chess Journalists Association of the Philippines
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Wesley So After his victory over Dableo, Wesley takes a break and visited Rizal Shrine in Dapitan City with his father William, Bing Sadora(Father of Ino)NCFP treasurer Red (Pula) Dumuk & Reginald Tee.
10 new photos
Wesley So Wesley vs Mark Paragua in round eight, the game ended in a draw after 30 moves.
9 new photos
The match with Eugene Torre has not been finalize yet, although there were negotiations between Torre my father and Mr. Tee. No definite date and conditions was agreed upon.
Wesley So The Asian individual chess tournament is Asia's qualifying event for World Cup. Strong grandmasters from Asia, including China & India will participate in this tournament. This will be an eleven round swiss system tournament.
Wesley So Twelve players will play in this second edition of Battle of Grandmasters.This will be a single round robin tournament participated in by all GM and some IM.
Round Robin Tournament
Time:2:00PM Tuesday, March 24th
Location:Dapitan City, Zamboanga Del Norte
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Wesley So discussed 2nd Battle of Grandmasters on the Wesley So discussion board.
