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Friday, 03 September 2010 18:18
IN PHOTO: Sugardom (in orange) and Nanobrain (in red)
There's a new trend emerging in the Philippine chess scene. Chess tournament organizers are no longer those who are professionally involved with the sport. Did you know the man named "Nanobrain"? How about "Sugardom"?
There's a new trend emerging in the Philippine chess scene. Chess tournament organizers are no longer those who are professionally involved with the sport. Did you know the man named "Nanobrain"? How about "Sugardom"?
Meeting of "fathers"
Thursday, 12 August 2010 15:51
From left to right: Pulsar, spawn2, Dari Castro, William So, Sugardom, kardopov, joeyj and the cameraman koyodenzo.
It can be called a "meeting of fathers." Well, sort of. On the evening of August 10, William So, the supportive father of chess Grandmaster Wesley So, finally met up with Alfred Denzo Jr., the "father" of www.gmwesleyso.com, the fan-fueled website of the Filipino chess star.
From left to right: Pulsar, spawn2, Dari Castro, William So, Sugardom, kardopov, joeyj and the cameraman koyodenzo.
It can be called a "meeting of fathers." Well, sort of. On the evening of August 10, William So, the supportive father of chess Grandmaster Wesley So, finally met up with Alfred Denzo Jr., the "father" of www.gmwesleyso.com, the fan-fueled website of the Filipino chess star.
Wesley So is Nr 3: World's Top Juniors Race Towards 2700 (Update: August 2010)
Thursday, 05 August 2010 08:21
1. GM Fabiano Caruana ITA(2697): With the promotion of GM Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS(2706) to Hyper-GM status eff July 2010 FIDE ratings, GM Caruana who just turned 18 last July 30th, seized the lead with a current live rating of 2706.7 as published by http://chess.liverating.org in its July 30th “Provisional World Chess Rankings” for all players rated FIDE 2700 and above.
Wesley is 5th in Biel
Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:12
It's not that easy to be a Wesley So. It takes a superhuman to shoulder the aspirations, hopes and dreams of the Filipino chess community.
Young Grandmaster Tournament - Tie Break
Monday, 19 July 2010 19:58
A tie-break will design the winner of the Biel Young Grandmaster Tournament.
Biel Chess Festival 2010 - Tie Break
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 06:33
The Biel Chess Festival takes place 17th-30th July 2010. The main Grandmaster tournament saw a three way tie between Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Fabiano Caruana and they will play off starting at 10am on Thursday morning.
Caruana leads in Young Grandmaster Biel
Sunday, 25 July 2010 19:07
25.07.2010 – Going into the seventh round The Young Grandmaster Tournament in Biel, Switzerland, is not the most exciting event in the world. Italian GM Fabiano Caruana, 17 years old, is in the lead with plus two, behind him five GMs with plus one. In round six most games lasted less than 25 moves, in five rounds 70% of the games were drawn. Pictorial report.
43rd Biel Chess Festival: Rounds two and three
Thursday, 22 July 2010 04:13
From Monday, July 19 to Wednesday, July 28, 2010 the 43rd edition of the annual Biel Chess Festival will take place in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. It is a ten player round-robin, in which each player has to play one game against each other. The winner of this tournament will be determined after nine rounds. Games start at 14:00h = 2 p.m. local time (CEST, = 16:00 Moscow, 13:00 p.m. London, 8:00 a.m. New York). All games will be broadcast by the official web site's "Live Games" page and on the Playchess.com server.
From Monday, July 19 to Wednesday, July 28, 2010 the 43rd edition of the annual Biel Chess Festival will take place in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. It is a ten player round-robin, in which each player has to play one game against each other. The winner of this tournament will be determined after nine rounds. Games start at 14:00h = 2 p.m. local time (CEST, = 16:00 Moscow, 13:00 p.m. London, 8:00 a.m. New York). All games will be broadcast by the official web site's "Live Games" page and on the Playchess.com server.
Young Grandmaster Tournament - Round 3
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:10
GM Wesley So (left) defeated GM Maxim Rodshtein of Israel in Round 3 during the Biel, Young Grandmaster Tournament 2010.
GM Wesley So leads the way
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 05:19
Still the leader in a Category-17 all-GM tournament after Round 2. Rating performance: 2862. Round 1 victory. Round 2 draw with the defending champion and top seed. GM Wesley So (right) really means business, guys. His aura now says: fear me. (Photo sourced from the tournament's official website)
Young Grandmaster Tournament - Round 2
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 19:49
Round 2: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (black) vs. Wesley So (white)
Good move!!
Monday, 19 July 2010 05:41
There's really the genius in GM Wesley So. Chess as a career is not all about winning games over the board. It's a whole package of sports, business, and entertainment rolled into one.
An interview with GM Wesley So
Wednesday, 07 July 2010 04:51
It was a special (or unique?) setting, particularly not the usual interview we see on TV.
As I've been saying it here over and over again, this kind of a phenomenon could be an interesting subject for a keen observer to investigate on.
It was a special (or unique?) setting, particularly not the usual interview we see on TV.
As I've been saying it here over and over again, this kind of a phenomenon could be an interesting subject for a keen observer to investigate on.
World's Top Juniors Race Towards 2700 (UPDATE for July 2010)
Thursday, 24 June 2010 19:54
1. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS(2695) had crossed the 2700 ELO border gaining +11 Pts at the “TORNEO INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ CAPABLANCA GRUPO ELITE” (45th Capablanca Memorial, June 10-21, 2010) in Habana, Cuba by placing 2nd Overall with 6/10 in an Elite Group of six-player double round robin won by GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR(2741). GM Nepomniachtchi is expected to register a 2706 ELO come July 2010 FIDE ratings.
World's Top Juniors Race Towards 2700 (June 2010 UPDATE)
Monday, 07 June 2010 05:08
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS(2695), still at the top of the helm with a live rating of 2695 and needing only +5 Elo to barge into the elite 2700 hyper-GMs.
So wins Battle of Grandmasters for the third time
Wednesday, 02 June 2010 11:04
Talk about dominance.
Grandmaster Wesley So, the country's youngest chess GM, stamped his class over the local competition by winning the 2010 Phoenix Petroleum Battle of Grandmasters held at the Character Hotel in Tagaytay City from May 25 to June 2. So piled up 8.5 points (seven wins, three draws) to capture his third BoGMs title in as many stagings of the annual event since its inception two years ago.
Talk about dominance.
Grandmaster Wesley So, the country's youngest chess GM, stamped his class over the local competition by winning the 2010 Phoenix Petroleum Battle of Grandmasters held at the Character Hotel in Tagaytay City from May 25 to June 2. So piled up 8.5 points (seven wins, three draws) to capture his third BoGMs title in as many stagings of the annual event since its inception two years ago.
Young Grandmaster Tournament
Tuesday, 01 June 2010 08:43
Ten Grandmasters, FIDE Category 17 (2657 Elo points). First round : 19th July 2010
Survey: RP Dream Team for 2010 Chess Olympiad
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 14:02
First, I would like to thank all those who participated in the survey which I launched here to determine who the readers think should compose the national team for the 2010 Chess Olympiad.
Wesley So, the only player w/o a coach among the World’s Top 10 Juniors
Thursday, 06 May 2010 11:45
Do you know that GM Wesley So PHI (2665) is the only player among the World’s Top 10 Juniors without a coach ?
A closer look at FIDE's TOP 10 Juniors as of May 2010 had produced these results:
Do you know that GM Wesley So PHI (2665) is the only player among the World’s Top 10 Juniors without a coach ?
A closer look at FIDE's TOP 10 Juniors as of May 2010 had produced these results:
World's Top Juniors Race Towards 2700 (UPDATE)
Friday, 30 April 2010 18:47
Nineteen year old GM Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia is the top ELO points gainer with a +39.3 ELO from his combined exploits in topping the 11th European Individual Championship alone on March 6th to 18th 2010 in Rijeka, Croatia with a 2868 performance and a +27.7 ELO and secondly also scoring a +11.6 ELO at The Russian Team Chess Championships that took place in Dagomys 1st-10th April 2010. GM Nepomniachtchi needing only +4.7 ELO dislodged the former leader GM Le, Quang Liem of Vietnam in their race towards Hyper GM Status at 2700 ELO.
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- joeyj : tomorrow na ako attend !
- [koyodenzo] : hi sir joeyj, naedit ko na po. thanks for the notice. musta po yung activity ng bw? umattend po ba kayo? tnx
- joeyj : Bro koyodenzo pls update Wes Live Rating! Rnd 9 has erroneous entry. Pls exclude too results of Bile & NH it's already included in FIDE's SEP 2010 Ratings!
- joeyj : here's the LINK! «link»
- [guest_6044] : mga sir wala po bang ibang site na may replays? ANG PANGIT ng pgn player... ang sakit sa mata. wala pang flip na feature
- [guest_1264] : wala bang live games sa campomanes cup ? tang ina namn tong pilipinas gumawa naman kau ng paraan...
- koyodenzo : Hi sir joeyj, cenxa na at ngayon lang po ako naka reply sa inyo, medyo busy lang po. anyway, pwede naman po kayong mag edit eh. sinubukan ko po, ok naman. Try niyo lang po ulit. tnx ng marami.
- joeyj : New Updateafter Rnd-7. «link»
- joeyj : «link»
- joeyj : Bro koyodenzo ... i could not Update the Live ratings due to it's NO LONGER User friendly! anyway here's the update as of Rnd-6!
- [italy] : 100 mg rx «link»
- tiger_gors : Barangay Wesley, what time kaya sa Sept.11 sa Blue Wave ba yun?
- [koyodenzo] : hi sir joey, sorry po talaga at medyo busy po ako nowadays kasi nasa pinas at nakabakasyon po ako.. na check ko na po yung article kaso ang laki po ng leadng pix nyo pwede niyo po ba i edit ang size to 400x225 para mag fit sa featured article. tnx
- joeyj : Bro denz, tried to submit the article ... Pls check seems my 2nd image (elo matrix) not sure if posted. in any case pls check @ pacland. t.y.
- joeyj : Wesley So is Nr 3: World's Top Juniors Race Towards 2700 (as of August 3, 2010)
- joeyj : «link»
- joeyj : Bro koyodenzo ... pls see updated article @ Pacland:
- SugarDom : Bro Denz, i submitted an article
- SugarDom : Bro Denz, anong date ka pupunta sa Manila?
- pinoymaster7 : Hanging around at chess.com and here to blog. BTW, is there chess sked here for GM Wes?
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