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W So 
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Wesley So
Number of games in database: 205
Years covered: 2003 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2646
Overall record: +93 -25 =87 (66.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (37) 
    B42 B90 B67 B33 B93
 Ruy Lopez (18) 
    C67 C91 C96 C60 C86
 Sicilian Najdorf (12) 
    B90 B93 B96 B97 B99
 French Defense (12) 
    C18 C10 C11 C17 C03
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (8) 
    C91 C96 C86 C97 C89
 Vienna Opening (7) 
    C28 C26
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (47) 
    B33 B30 B32 B31 B40
 Queen's Indian (15) 
    E15 E12
 Slav (15) 
    D15 D11 D12 D13 D10
 Nimzo Indian (6) 
    E32 E21 E41 E25
 English, 1 c4 c5 (6) 
    A37 A39 A38 A35 A33
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W So vs M Mahjoobzardast, 2007 1-0
   W So vs Ni Hua, 2008 1-0
   W So vs M Leon Hoyos, 2009 1-0
   W So vs F El Taher, 2006 1-0
   W So vs M Prusikin, 2006 1-0
   T Hillarp Persson vs W So, 2009 0-1
   Nijboer vs W So, 2009 0-1
   W So vs A Adly, 2008 1-0
   W So vs Li Chao, 2006 1-0
   W So vs Gao Rui, 2009 1-0

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WESLEY SO
(born Oct-09-1993) Philippines

[what is this?]
Wesley So is a Filipino chess prodigy who is currently the second youngest chess Grandmaster in the world (after Anish Giri) and the 7th youngest GM in history. Wesley So achieved the title at age 14 years, 1 month and 28 days during the 3rd Pichay Cup International Open in Parañaque City, Philippines in December 2007.

So achieved his first GM norm in the Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft in Bad Wiessee, Germany in November 2006 and his second GM norm in the World Juniors Under-20 Chess Championship in Yerevan, Armenia in September 2007.

GM So has also won the World Under-16 Team Championship Board 1 gold medal with a phenomenal score of 9.5/10. In his home country, he holds the record the country’s youngest National Open Chess Champion and its youngest National Junior Open Chess Champion.

In his young but distinguished career, Wesley has competed in World Youth Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2005, finishing equal first in his age group in Belfort in 2005 alongside Srinath Narayanan, Sanan Sjugirov, and Samvel Ter Sahakyan. His other achievements include two Gold Medals in the 6th Asean Age-Group Chess Championship, Vung Tau, in Vietnam; three Gold Medals in 7th Asean Age-Group Chess Championship, Pattaya, in Thailand. In 2006, he became the youngest member of the national men's team to participate at the 37th Olympiad in Turin at the age of 12.

So won the Dubai Open (2008) in the United Arab Emirates, besting an international field that included 23 other grandmasters. In 2009 he won Corus (Group C) (2009) 1.0 point ahead of his closest rival Anish Giri.

sources: http://www.gmwesleyso.com/ and http://regin-janice-jana.blog.frien... and http://www.rootyhillchess.org/so.html


 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 205  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Negi vs W So 1-034 2003 Wch U10B33 Sicilian
2. W So vs F Caruana 1-027 2004 WYCC - B12B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
3. W So vs Zhao Xue 1-039 2005 Singapore International Masters OpenB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
4. S Narayanan vs W So 0-138 2005 Belfort YWCC boys under 12A07 King's Indian Attack
5. S Sjugirov vs W So 1-033 2005 Belfort YWCC boys under 12B30 Sicilian
6. R Robson vs W So ½-½47 2005 Belfort YWCC boys under 12B33 Sicilian
7. I Nyzhnyk vs W So 0-133 2005 Wch U12B23 Sicilian, Closed
8. G Sargissian vs W So  1-061 2006 8th Dubai OpenE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
9. W So vs I Rogers 1-050 2006 3rd Dato Arthur Tan OpenC10 French
10. M Manik vs W So  ½-½39 2006 III OpenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
11. P Marie vs W So 0-118 2006 37th Chess OlympiadB23 Sicilian, Closed
12. W So vs A Guennoun 1-045 2006 III OpenB33 Sicilian
13. W So vs F El Taher 1-022 2006 8th Dubai OpenC26 Vienna
14. W So vs L Vajda  0-159 2006 37th Chess OlympiadB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
15. W So vs B Heberla  ½-½37 2006 III OpenB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
16. A Gupta vs W So 1-042 2006 8th Dubai OpenE12 Queen's Indian
17. S Irwanto vs W So 0-149 2006 3rd Dato Arthur TanE15 Queen's Indian
18. S Sale vs W So 0-142 2006 8th Dubai OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
19. W So vs P Pazos-Gambarrotti 1-060 2006 37th Chess OlympiadB06 Robatsch
20. H Hernandez vs W So  ½-½32 2006 III OpenE12 Queen's Indian
21. W So vs M Sergeeva 1-048 2006 8th Dubai OpenB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
22. W So vs S Megaranto 1-046 2006 3rd Singapore Masters Chess OpenB19 Caro-Kann, Classical
23. W So vs M Prusikin 1-030 2006 Bad WiesseC14 French, Classical
24. V Bhat vs W So 0-138 2006 2nd San Marino OpenE12 Queen's Indian
25. V Burmakin vs W So 0-131 2006 Bad WiesseA45 Queen's Pawn Game
 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 205  PGN Download
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Nov-20-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Nf3em: update on BW membership in chess.com ... as of last night when <presdepens> joined, total = 9 ...

<prensdepens>, <kidlat1994>, <granyid>, <jameskobe>, <art00>, <mielyglory>, <obientag>, <japz> & <Nf3em>

once again, good luck GM Wesley ... go for it! Good luck too to GMs Joey & Darwin!

Nov-20-09
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  batongol: Asahan ang suporta ng BW Members!!!

Go WESley!!!

Go Pinoy!!!

Nov-20-09
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  Nf3em: calling the attention of Chess.com BW members: <prensdepens>, <kidlat1994>, <granyid>, <jameskobe>, <art00>, <mielyglory>, <obientag>, <japz>

A group "Chess Army" accepted our challenge for a team match, please join ... and put our group in map of chess.com ....

Nov-20-09   prensdepens: <Nf3em: calling the attention of Chess.com BW members: <prensdepens>, <kidlat1994>, <granyid>, <jameskobe>, <art00>, <mielyglory>, <obientag>, <japz>....>

I joined the match. Calling the attention of BW to join the BW team at chess.com and join this match. Thanks.

Nov-20-09
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  Nf3em: thnx <presdepens>!!!
Nov-20-09
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  art00: From this blog: http://red-white-chess.blogspot.com...

< 59. GM So, Wesley PHI - 70 GM Guseinov, Gadir AZE The last and strongest Phillipine contestant. Guseinov is also one of strong GM from Azeri, but most likely he is the "unlucky" guy to face the So, as his games should be now examined thousand times by Wesley's fan. As I also now know Guseinov's mostly played 1.e4 and defend many times with Sicilian and King Indian. Should be interesting to see this two 1.e4 player face off. >

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Nov-20-09
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  granyid: <Nf3em>:i will join too...
Nov-20-09
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  granyid: just in case the Bishop Opening today or other deviating from that...

Go GM Wesley Barbasa So Go!!!!

Nov-20-09
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  Nf3em: <<granyid: <Nf3em>:i will join too...>

thnx sir <granyid>!

Nov-20-09
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  Winter: Am looking forward to

Wesley So vs Ivanchuk in the second round.

Go Wesley!

Nov-20-09
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  Winter: All <odd> numbers will play White. The chairman is no. 59...

Betted my last dollars for Wesley!

So vs Ivanchuk

in the offing after the 1st round.

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Nov-20-09
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  Nf3em: BW bros ... please help me develop the Group Profile in Chess.com ... we need that to convey a clear message, as to the group's purpose (aside from playing chess) to those who might join and/or support us there!
Nov-20-09   jameskobe: <nf3em> konnichiwa. As much as i want to join the battle, I simply cant win any game. My membership there is just to show my support for the group. Besides, madadag-dagan lang ang puntos ng kalaban dahil sa akin, heheh.

<winter> sir, I second the motion. Hopefully get pass Ivanchuk later-on.

Go GM So!

Good pm BW.

Nov-20-09
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  Bradah: I wont look past Guse, i think he is evenly match with Wesley, only my gut feelings tell me that it could go either way, Hope Wesley will prevail.
Nov-20-09
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  Nf3em: <<jameskobe>: <nf3em> konnichiwa. As much as i want to join the battle, I simply cant win any game. My membership there is just to show my support for the group. Besides, madadag-dagan lang ang puntos ng kalaban dahil sa akin, heheh. <winter> sir, I second the motion. Hopefully get pass Ivanchuk later-on.

Go GM So!

Good pm BW.>>

brod, I think you are referring to live chess ... this team match is "correspondence chess" format which, for a start, I set at 3 days per move, so you have enough time to analyze before you make a move ...

and it doesn't matter if we lost our games, the most important is we played as a team! Later, I will arrange for a "Vote Chess" ... so, please join ...

Nov-20-09   jameskobe: Ganun ba? akala ko parang olympiad format hehehe. okey sir join ako jan. consensus naman pala eh.
Nov-20-09
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  dunkenchess: I've heard that it is a nightmare going to the FIDE World Cup at Khanty-Mansiysk somewhere in Siberia from Moscow.
Nov-21-09
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  dunkenchess: <according to Josh Friedel:

Traveling to a desolate village in the middle of Siberia may sound like a hassle, but in fact it is… well OK it sucks. The first leg of my journey went easily enough. I travelled from Zurich to Moscow via Vienna. After arriving in Moscow is where the fun began. A couple days previous, I was notified that my flight from Moscow to Khanty-Mansiysk was cancelled. Luckily, I managed to book a new flight. Unfortunately, this flight was from a different airport in Moscow (there are three), so I had four hours to go from Domodedovo Airport to Vnukovo airport. Sound like enough time? The bus between airports I thought existed turned out hadn’t been running for two years, but this was unsurprising, as that would have been too easy. Cabs in Russia are a known hazard, so I took a train to the city, went on the metro for four stops, then waited for another train to take me to Vnukovo. I managed not to get lost during this process, which was in my mind nothing short of miraculous, but sadly I was still going to be too late! The woman at the train station told me the next airport train didn’t leave for almost an hour, so I’d only arrive thirty minutes prior to my flight, which wasn’t enough. Of course, I think that’s what she said, with my limited Russian and her speaking quickly she might have said the next train to the sheep factory didn’t leave for an hour. Still, I decided to try my luck at Vnukovo airport, maybe they would let me on.

Nyet. Not only that, the next day’s flights to Khanty-Mansiysk were completely booked. I was already drafting an email in my mind. “Dear Organizer- Sorry, made it to Moscow, but I can’t make it the rest of the way. – Amerikanetz” Then I had a thought. Luckily, at that point I found a guy who spoke a little English, and in a broken mixture of English and Russian I suggested that perhaps they could reroute me through Tyumen, a small city close to Khanty-Mansiysk. They searched, and sure enough, they were able to book me on a flight through Tyumen arriving in Khanty-Mansiysk the next night. After that it was a piece of cake. I just had to find a hotel in Moscow, figure out some weird thing with the luggage, wait several hours in the Tyumen Airport (which as Alex Onischuk aptly put it, is more like a bus stop), do the weird luggage thing again only it is different this time, squeeze in a plane the size of a Ford Pinto, and hope that the organizer arranged for my transportation from the airport in Khanty-Mansiysk. Somehow all this was managed, and I arrived in my hotel by 11.>

Nov-21-09
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  dunkenchess: Where is the group of Chairman by now. Play will start soon.
Nov-21-09
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  Nf3em: <<jameskobe>: Ganun ba? akala ko parang olympiad format hehehe. okey sir join ako jan. consensus naman pala eh.> yung team match brod, match-up style where you have to play 2 games (1 with White & 1 with Black) and then all team scores will be accumulated, the team to score more wins the match ... example 10 players each team, the team to score at least 10.5 wins the match ... vote chess is the one where we will discuss the current situation and each member gives his candidate move(s) with variation(s) of course ... the move which the group voted most will be played by the moderator ... that is one way, another way is to just vote for your move without discussing it or waiting for the concensus but of course, that is not good as a team ...
Nov-21-09
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  wordfunph: 3.2 hours before the game..

Go Wes fight!

Nov-21-09
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  wordfunph: <Bradah: May the best player win. But I am putting my chessbucks to Wesley.>

ako rin and i'm sure other BW bookie players like <arman07> and sir <Winter> hehe..

<Winter: Am looking forward to Wesley So vs Ivanchuk in the second round.
Go Wesley!>

sir <Winter>, i had the chance of chatting with GM Wes sa YM and i asked him if he prepared for Chucky...hehe!

Nov-21-09
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  wordfunph: Our Prayers for GMs Wesley "Apple" So, Joey "The Rock" Antonio, and Darwin "Billdozer" Laylo..

<kramrich>

Dear God, we lift it up to you, may they come in to the game confident, feeling strong and healthy, relaxed with uncluttered mind, no nervousness and instead, feeling happy to have the chance to play the game we all love...guide them each move they'll make, may they avoid time troubles, blunders...we pray and we claim that they will win tonight... but then again, it's all to you Father, thy will be done...i also pray for all the kibitzers to have a great time, guide everyone of us including Pinoy players that they won't be stressed out and feel nervous...we lift everything up to you Our Lord, this we ask in the mighty name of Jesus, Amen.

<genex>

Heavenly Father, be with our Pinoy GMs as they test their skills that you have gifted them with. Let them play well, and fairly. Let competition make them strong, but never hostile. Grant them the strength to best their opponents, and lead them to compliment after the game. Grant them moments to rejoice, but not to put down others. Help them to stay safe from injury, both physical and emotional. Help them to focus during the game and to learn some things and values that matter most once the game is over. Help them to remember that sports are just games that all can smile, laugh, and enjoy. If they may taste victory, allow them to be truly happy. If victory is denied, keep them from envy. If through athletics, they set an example, let it be a good one. In the name of Your Son, Jesus. Amen.

<zk2>

We thank you LORD for the gift you have bestowed upon Filipino GMs, as we thank them for unselfishly sharing GOD's gift to all of us. We feel pain when they loses. We rejoice when they win. We are all one with them for we look upon them as our inspiration, not only in chess, but in their humbleness, attitudes, being a gentlemen. LORD GOD, may we ask you to guide and bless them not only in his games but throughout their entire career bless their siblings and parents, for the love and unwavering support and for molding them for what they are now. Bless us, the kibitzers too teach us to be humble in victory and be gracious in defeat. We thank you LORD for the camaraderie, for the friendships gained, for the laughter, for the ideas shared, help us to realize that we too have our own talents and abilities no matter how unique it may be -- which must be shared and just like Pinoy GMs... all for the glory of GOD THE ALMIGHTY, Amen...

<protossmaster12>

Lord Almighty, we glorify you with all our hearts and soul. We thank you for the blessings you've showered upon us-- the guidance, the strength, the wisdom and the knowledge. May we (chessgames.com kibitzers) enjoy discussing and watching and analyzing the game we love. Lord Almighty, we humbly bow our heads in silent prayer for Wesley / Joey / Darwin's good health and their successful stint. To be at their best and enjoy what he loves - chess. AMEN.

God bless Philippines..

2:26pm
Carmona, Cavite

Nov-21-09
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  Nf3em: <<protossmaster12>: elo guys... how can i join the chess.com?

Gudluk wesley!> here are the links

http://www.chess.com/groups/home/ba...

Nov-21-09
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  batongol: <wordfunph: 3.2 hours before the game..

Go Wes fight!>

Exactly what Philippine time will be the match of Pacman and Cotto start...

rather..So and Gadir?

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