by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Feb 15, 2021 | Good Sport
Wesley So has just defeated World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the Opera Euro Rapid finals for his second Champions Chess Tour title. So, who hails from Bacoor, Cavite in the Philippines where he started his career, won his second championship match against Carlsen in the...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Jan 18, 2021 | Good Sport
Filipino-born chess Grandmaster Wesley So is among the 15 World’s Highest-Earning eSports Players of 2020. The 27-year-old So representing the United States of America was reported by US-based esports bookmaker Unikrn as having taken home $246,180 or...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Dec 31, 2020 | Good Sport
This Year Ender List of the Good News in Philippine Sports celebrates displays of excellent skills and sportsmanship by Filipino athletes even amid the global health crisis. Filipino athletes and coaches excelled in various sports – in boxing, tennis,...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Dec 1, 2020 | Good Sport
BREAKING NEWS: Wesley So has won the Skilling Open, delivering a blow to the nearly-always unbeatable world champion Magnus Carlsen and now leads the Champions Chess Tour. The 27-year-old Filipino Grandmaster representing the United States bested the 30-year-old...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Nov 30, 2020 | Good Sport
JUST IN: It’s a tie for the first day of the finals matches between Filipino-American Grandmaster Wesley So and the current world’s top chess player, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, at the Skilling Open. The Cavite-born So, representing the United States, is...
