by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Mar 14, 2023 | Good Sport
Wesley So won his first title this year at the World Chess Armageddon Championship Series: Americas leg held in Berlin, Germany, and is advancing to the Grand Finale of the tournament unique for dramatic time-pressured games and featuring technological innovations...
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 | 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 Nicole Del Rosario | Jul 9, 2019 | Good Sport
Cavite’s pride Wesley So placed in the Top 2 at the Croatia leg of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour held on Saturday, July 7 (Sunday, July 8, Philippine time) at Novinaski Dom in Zagrev. The top-ranking Filipino-American chess grandmaster finished strong at the second...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Jan 12, 2019 | Good Sport
A teenage national champion who hails from Odiongan, Romblon province finished the 35th Singapore National Age Group Chess Championships Boys 14 and Under division at joint first place. Fourteen-year-old Jasper Concepcion Faeldonia of Arellano University tied with a...
