by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Mar 21, 2023 | Good Sport
Wesley So is going all the way to the 2023 American Cup Champion’s Bracket final after winning his semi-final match and sending the tourney’s inaugural winner to the Elimination Bracket in the ongoing series at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri....
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Apr 5, 2022 | Good Sport
Filipino-born Wesley So has been declared the winner of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Grand Prix Berlin, defeating tour champion Hikaru Nakamura in the final tiebreaks. The Filipino American Grandmaster defeated his Japanese American opponent, 1½ –...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Apr 2, 2022 | Good Sport
Wesley So has won his semifinals matches and will next aim to win the FIDE Grand Prix Berlin championship, the third leg of the chess tournament being played in Germany. Filipino American Grandmaster Wesley So won his group matches and faced Amin Tabatabaei of Iran in...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Jun 24, 2018 | Featured, Good Sport
Wesley So has risen to second best in the world no. 2 in the rapid chess rankings. So got there after drawing his last three games including one against Indian Vishwanathan Anand in the ninth and final round to top the rapid section and catapulted him to No. 2 in the...
