by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Oct 30, 2020 | Good Sport
Filipino-American Grandmaster Wesley So has successfully reclaimed the United States Chess Championship title, emerging as the top player in the 12-man Grandmaster event. So first won the US Chess Champion title in 2017 and reclaimed the same crown at the 2020 US...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Sep 21, 2020 | Good Sport
Filipino-American Grandmaster Wesley So has been declared co-winner with World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz chess tournament held Sunday. The Cavite-native So displayed his skills and won his last 3 games to clinch top honors shared with...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | May 30, 2020 | Good Sport
BREAKING NEWS: Wesley So has won the first edition of the Clutch Chess Champions Showdown between the top American Grandmasters. The Philippine-born Wesley So took the title on Friday, May 29, 2020 (Saturday morning, May 30, Philippine Time) after winning the Round...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | May 21, 2020 | Good Sport
Philippine-born Wesley So met expectations of his Rapid Chess skills and is now in a 4-way co-leadership of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour. The Cavite native who started his career in the Philippines before moving to the United States now shares the lead with world...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | May 18, 2020 | Good Sport
Wesley So is playing fellow Super Grandmasters for the USD 1 million prize money of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour online series that begins May 19, 2020. The Philippine-born Wesley So, who dealt world No.1 Magnus Carlsen a resounding beating to claim the World Fischer...