WESLEY SO (born Oct-09-1993, 31 years old) Philippines (federation/nationality United States of America) [what is this?] Born in Las Pinas, Philippines, Wesley So is a Filipino/American chess prodigy who attained the GM title at the age of 14 years, 1 month and 28 days. That made him the youngest GM in the world at that time. He was the Philippines' youngest ever International Master, youngest ever Grandmaster and the youngest ever National Champion. Background Wesley was only six when he learned the movement of chess pieces across a board. After memorizing them, chess set in hand, he explored the streets of his neighborhood daring people to play with him. At nine years old he began to compete in local, junior chess tournaments. His first major tournament win was taking 1st place at the 2003 Philippine National Chess Championships for the under 10 age group. So, was awarded his first GM norm at the Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft, in Bad Wiessee, Germany. He acquired his second GM norm in the World Junior Championship (2007) in Yerevan, Armenia, and capped his year by earning his third GM norm at the 3rd Prospero Pichay Cup International Open in the Philippines. At the age of fourteen years, one month and twenty eight days, FIDE awarded him the title of Grandmaster, making him the ninth youngest chess grandmaster. He was then ranked strongest player in the world under sixteen years old. In 2006 at the age of twelve years and ten months Wesley So became the youngest ever Filipino International Master and the youngest member of the national men's team to participate at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy. In 2007, Wesley So went on to become the youngest National Junior Open Chess Champion and won the gold medal on board one, at the World Under16 Team Championships. So won the title in the Dubai Open (2008), "The Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup", in the United Arab Emirates, and set a record as the youngest winner in the 10-year history of the Cup. Later that year, Wesley So was rated 2610 and was the youngest player in the history of the game to break the 2600 Elo barrier, surpassing the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen. In 2012 he emigrated to the United States, and in 2014 he officially shifted his chess affiliation to the USA. In March 2016, So received the $42,000 Samford Fellowship. (1) Briefly in early 2017, So had his first and last interaction with a regular coach unknown player. (2) As of April 2017, Wesley So is the USA's top player, as well as the #2 player in the world. Rating and Ranking Wesley So was the youngest player ever to cross the 2600 rating mark, 9 days before his 15th birthday, until 2013 when Chinese prodigy Wei Yi achieved the mark at the age of 14 years 5 months 23 days. In March 2013, So's rating crossed over to 2701 (the 92nd player to achieve 2700). In January 2017, So's rating was officially 2808. His April 2017 rating of 2822 made him the 2nd strongest player in the world, behind only Magnus Carlsen. Official Site For more information please see: http://www.wesleyso.com/ Tournament History 2017 – USA • US Championship (2017) • St Louis     Winner 2017 – USA • chess.com Pro League • St Louis     Champions • St Louis Arch Bishops • MVP Wesley So 2017 – NETHERLANDS • Tata Steel Masters (2017) • Wijk Aan Zee, Rotterdam, Haarlem     1st Place 2016 – UNITED KINGDOM • The Grand Chess Tour • London     1st Place 2016 – UNITED KINGDOM • London Chess Classic (2016) • London     1st Place 2016 – ISLE OF MAN • Isle of Man Masters (2016) • Douglas     Tie for 3rd Place 2016 – AZERBAIJAN • 42nd Baku Olympiad (2016) • Baku     GOLD MEDAL TEAM     GOLD MEDAL THIRD BOARD 2016 – USA • Sinquefield Cup (2016) • St Louis     1st Place 2016 – SPAIN • IX Bilbao Chess Masters Final • Bilbao     3rd Place 2016 – BELGIUM • Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz • Leuven     2nd Place 2016 – FRANCE • Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz • Paris     4th Place 2016 – CHINA • 4 Game Match with Ding Liren • Shanghai     2nd Place 2016 – USA • Ultimate Blitz Chess Challenge with Garry Kasparov • St. Louis     2nd Place 2016 – USA • US Chess Championships • St. Louis     2nd Place 2016 – USA • Awarded The Samford Chess Fellowship • US Chess Trust     http://www.uschesstrust.org/2016-sa... 2016 – NETHERLANDS • Tata Steel Chess Event • Wijk Aan Zee     4th Place 2015 – SPAIN • Bilbao Chess Masters • Bilbao     1st Place – Champion 2015 – USA • Millionaire Chess • Las Vegas     5th Place – Open 2015 – AZERBAIJAN • World Chess Cup • Baku     4th Round 2015 – USA • Sinquefield Cup (2015) • St. Louis     10th Place 2015 – TURKEY • Turkish Super League • Izmit     2nd Place 2015 – GERMANY • Sparkassen Chess Meeting • Dortmund     2nd Place 2015 – CZECH REPUBLIC • Cez Chess Trophy 4 Game Match • Prague     1st Place 2015 – FRANCE • Top Twelve French League (CLICHY) • Petit Camargue     2nd Place 2015 – AZERBAIJAN • Gashimov Memorial • Shamkir     3rd Place 2015 – UNITED STATES • US Championships • St. Louis     3rd Place 2015 – IRELAND • 22nd Bunratty Chess Festival • Bunratty     1st Place 2015 – NETHERLANDS • Tata Steel Chess Event • Wijk Aan Zee     Tied for 2nd Place 2014 – USA • North American Open • Las Vegas     Open Section Champion 2014 – USA • US Chess League Champions • St. Louis     Board One 2014 – USA • Millionaire Chess • Las Vegas     1st Place Grand Prize Winner 2014 – USA • 3RD Noel Skelton Open • Minnesota     1st Place 2014 – NORWAY • 41ST Chess Olympiad     Coach for US team 2014 – ITALY • ACP Golden Classic     1st  Place (Rated 2755) 2014 – CANADA • 9th Edmonton International (2014)     2nd Place 2014 – USA • National Open Blitz Sectionals Las Vegas International Chess Festival     1st Place 2014 – CUBA • Capablanca Memorial     1st Place 2014 – USA • The Bill Wright Saint Louis Open     Tie for 1st Place 2014 • USA • Final Four of College Chess     1st  Place (Webster Team) 2014 • NETHERLANDS • Tata Steel Chess – Wijk Aan Zee    Tie for 4th place 2013 – USA • Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship     1st Place (Webster Team A) 2013 – TURKEY • World Chess Team Championship     Coach for U.S.A. Team 2013 – NETHERLANDS • 17TH Unive Chess Tournament Hoogeveen     1st Place 2013 – USA • 2ND Noel Skelton Open     1st Place 2013 – NORWAY • World Cup     Lost in 2nd round (64 players) knockout 2013 – RUSSIA • 27TH Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia     Gold Medal 2013 – USA • Las Vegas International Chess Festival     Triple Winner 2013 – CANADA • Calgary International Chess Classic and Blitz Championship     1stPlace – Classic     1st Place – Blitz 2013 – USA • The Bill Wright Saint Louis Open     Tie for 1st Place 2013 – USA • Final Four of College Chess     1st Place 2013 – ICELAND • The Reykjavik Open 2013     Tie for 1st Place     1st  player from the Philippines and the 1st player in the 67-year history of American Collegiate Chess to break the 2700 rating mark     No. 2-ranked junior chess player in the world 2013 – PHILIPPINES • Asian Zonal 3.3 Chess Championship     2nd  Place     Qualifies in 2013 World Cup 2013 – USA • Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship     Tie for 1st Place (Webster Team A & B) 2012 – USA • SPICE Blitz 2012     1st Place 2012 – USA • The 3RD Annual Thanksgiving Open     Tie for 2nd Place 2012 – USA • 2012 SPICE CUP Group A     4th  Place 2012 – Chess.com's 7th Blitz Match of Death • Wesley So vs. Ray Robson     Defeated GM Ray Robson 2012 – CANADA • Quebec Open Chess Championship     1st Place 2012 – CANADA • Toronto International Chess Championship     1st Place 2012 – USA • Charity Chess Match Philippine Consulate      Organized by the Filipino-American Chess Club of New York     Acting Deputy Permanent Representative of the Philippine Mission to the UN in New York, Eduardo de Vega, joined the other chess players.     20-chess players simultaneous 2012 – USA • 40TH Annual World Open 2012 – Blitz Championship     Tie for 1st Place 2012 – USA • 40TH Annual World Open 2012     3rd Place 2012 – FRANCE • French League TOP 12     Clichy members: Ivanchuk, Van Wely, Wesley So, vice Jakovenko, Nispeanu and Maze     Emerged 2012 champion – undefeated in 10 games 2012 – VIETNAM • 11TH Asian Individual Open/Blitz Chess Championships     Undefeated in 18 games, 9 in the main event, and 9 in the Blitz Championship     First place – Blitz 2012 – USA • The 28TH North American Masters: Georg Meier vs. Wesley So     4 game classical match followed by 4 game rapid match (Tie) 2011 – INDONESIA • 26TH Southeast Asian Games     Gold Medal – Finished undefeated with 9 points in the Blitz chess competition     Silver Medal – Individual Standard 2011 – INDIA • Airports Authority of India Intl. Grandmasters Chess Tournament      5 points 4th place 2011 – INDONESIA • 17TH Asian Cities Chess Team Championship     Tie for  2nd 2011 – PHILIPPINES • Battle of Grandmasters    Place 2011 – SPAIN • Training with World's #1 Chess player GM Magnus Carlsen     GM Magnus Carlsen 2011 – RUSSIA • Qualifying World Blitz     5th  place/ 194-player field. Qualified for World Blitz 2011 – NETHERLANDS • 73rd Corus Chess, Grandmasters Group B Tata Steel     4th  place 2010 – CHINA • The 16TH Asian Games     Silver Medal for Team Philippines 2010 – USA • 2010 SPICE CUP Group A     Tie for 2nd  Place 2010 – RUSSIA • 39TH World Chess Olympiad 2010     RP Team: Rank 50th (149 teams) 2010 – PHILIPPINES • Campomanes Memorial Cup     7th place 2010 – PHILIPPINES • Battle of Grandmasters     1st Place 2010 – NETHERLANDS • NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs Experience     Rising stars 26 (1st)     Experience 24 2010 – SWITZERLAND • 2010 Biel Young Grandmasters Chess Championship     5th Place 2010 – PHILIPPINES • 2010 ASIAN Continental Chess Championships     2nd Place     Qualify for World Cup 2010 – RUSSIA • World Blitz Championship Prelim    62nd place / 156-player field 2010 – RUSSIA • Aeroflot Open 2010, Group A1     Top Junior Award     11th place / 80-player field 2010 – NETHERLANDS • 72ND Corus Chess 2010, Grandmasters Group B     5th Place 2009 – RUSSIA •2009 World Chess Cup     Final 16     Defeated Gadir Guseinov and had victories over former world championship contenders Vassily Ivanchuk (ELO 2739) and Gata Kamsky (ELO 2695) 2009 – USA • Spice Cup Group A     Tie for 2nd Place 2009 – USA • 30-Board Simul with Fresno Chess Club     30-0 2009 – VIETNAM • Zone 3.3 Fide World Chess Championship     Medal: Silver     2nd Place     Qualify for World Cup 2009 – PHILIPPINES • Asian Continental Chess Open Championship     Rank: 21st place (85 players)     Tie for 4th Place 2009 – CHINA • Chinese Chess League (for Bank of Qingdao Team)     Team: Rank 9 Scored 4/6 2009 – Philippines • Battle of Grandmasters     1st Place 2009 – RUSSIA • Aeroflot Open 2009, Group A1     Top Junior Winner 2009 – NETHERLANDS • 71st Corus Group C (2009)     1st place/Qualified for B Group     "Beste Jone Talente" Award 2008 – UAE • 1ST Asian Chess Club Championship     Individual: Board 1 Gold Medalist     Team: 4th place 2008 – GERMANY • 38TH World Chess Olympiad 2008     RP Team: Rank 46th (100 teams)     Best Olympiad performer in RP 2008 – PHILIPPINES • 4TH Pichay Cup International Open     Tie for 3rd Place (68 players)     Ranked 5th 2008 – PHILIPPINES • 3RD President GMA Cup International Open     Tie for 5th Place (72 players) 2008 – VIETNAM • 1ST Dragon Capital Chess Open/1ST ASEAN Grand Prix     Tie for 2nd (30 players)     2nd  in ASEAN Grand Prix     Team: 3rd Place (26 teams) 2008 – TURKEY • World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad     Individual: Gold Medal     Team: 3rd  Place (26 teams) 2008 – TURKEY • World Junior Chess Championship     9th Place (109 players)     Tie for 8th  — 14th Place 2008 – PHILIPPINES • 1ST Subic Bay International Open Chess Championship     2nd  Place 2008 – PHILIPPINES • 2ND Philippine Open International Chess Championship     10th  Place (73 players) 2008 – INDONESIA • 2008 Japfa Chess Festival     1st Place 2008 – UAE • 10TH Dubai Open Chess Championship     1st  Place 2008 – PHILIPPINES • Battle of Grandmasters     1st Place 2008 – INDONESIA • Asean Masters Chess Circuit 2008 GM Tournament A     4th Place 2007 – PHILIPPINES • 3RD Pichay Cup International Open     5th Place     3rd GM Norm     World's 7th Youngest GM at 14 years old     Youngest Filipino GM in their history 2007 – PHILIPPINES • 2ND President GMA CUP International Open     9th Place (64 participants) 2007 – MACAU • 2ND Asian Indoor Games (participated by 32 countries)     Team Rapid Chess: 4th Place     Team Classical Chess: 7th Place     Team Blitz Chess: 6th Place 2007 – ARMENIA • World Junior Chess Championship     2nd GM Norm     Tie for 6th Place 2007 – PHILIPPINES • The 6TH Asian Individual Chess Championship     Tie for 5th Place 2007 – SINGAPORE • World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad     Individual: Gold Medal     Team: 3rd Place 2007 – PHILIPPINES • Philippine Open International Chess Championship     Rank 15th 2007 – IRAN • 15th Asian Cities Chess Champion     Team: 2nd (Silver Medal)     Individual: Gold Medal for Performance Rating and Percentage Score 2007 – VIETNAM • Fide (Zone 3.3) World Chess Championship     Tie for 3rd Place 2006 – SINGAPORE • 3rd Masters International Open Chess Tournament     Tie for 4th Place (99 Players) 2006 – PHILIPPINES • 1ST President GMA Cup International Chess Tournament     Top Juniors     Tie for 6th Place 2006 – GERMANY • Offene Internationale Bayerische Shach Meisterschaft     Tie for 2nd  Place     1st GM Norm     Creativity     Award: Chosen by Russian Website e3e5 2006 – SPAIN • III Festival de Ajedrez Open Internacionale     BEST Under 16 Blitz 2006 – MALAYSIA • 3rd IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Open Chess Championship     BEST Under-16 Player 3RD International Master Norm 2006 – ITALY • 2ND San Marino Open Internationale di Scacchi     BEST Under-16 Player – 2nd IM Norm 2006 – ITALY • 37TH World Chess Olympiad     Youngest RP Olympian 2006 – UAE • 8TH Dubai Open Chess Championship     1st IM Norm 2005 – SINGAPORE • Masters/Challengers Int'l. Open Tournament     BEST Under-12 Player 2005 – FRANCE • 12th Nice Open International     9th Place 2005 – FRANCE • World Youth Chess Championship     TIE 1st Place 2005 – THAILAND • 7th Asean Age-Group Chess Championship     GOLD, "Standard Chess – Individual"     GOLD, "Rapid Chess – Individual"     GOLD, "Blitz Chess – Individual" 2004 – GREECE • World Youth Chess Championship     13th Place 2004 – VIETNAM • 6th  Asian Age-Group Chess Championship     GOLD "Standard Chess" (Individual)     GOLD "Rapid Chess" (Individual)     SILVER "Standard Chess" (Team)     SILVER "Rapid Chess" (Team) 2003 – GREECE • World Youth Chess Championship     19th Place 1) https://new.uschess.org/news/2016-s... 2) http://en.chessbase.com/post/wesley... Last updated: 2024-10-08 02:57:00

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page 1 of 117; games 1-25 of 2,916  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Pipan vs So 0-1 26 2003 Wch U10 B33 Sicilian 2. So vs N Galopoulos   0-1 53 2003 Wch U10 C00 French Defense 3. So vs Z Javakhadze 1-0 55 2003 Wch U10 B10 Caro-Kann 4. Negi vs So 1-0 34 2003 Wch U10 B33 Sicilian 5. So vs V Belous 1-0 41 2003 Wch U10 A07 King's Indian Attack 6. Swiercz vs So 1-0 73 2003 Wch U10 B33 Sicilian 7. Mark Ho En Tian vs So 0-1 31 2004 ASEAN-ch5 U12 B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 8. M Bui vs So 0-1 44 2004 ASEAN-ch5 U12 B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 9. So vs Md Omar Ak Hafizon Pg   ½-½ 57 2004 ASEAN-ch5 U12 B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 10. So vs Minh Doan Vu Hoang 1-0 35 2004 ASEAN-ch5 U12 A07 King's Indian Attack 11. Do Duc Minh vs So 0-1 20 2004 ASEAN-ch5 U12 B33 Sicilian 12. Ding Liren vs So 1-0 23 2004 Wch U12 A04 Reti Opening 13. So vs Caruana 1-0 27 2004 Wch U12 B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 14. A Rosell vs So 1-0 43 2004 Wch U12 A80 Dutch 15. So vs O Kanmazalp 1-0 29 2004 Wch U12 B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 16. F Firman Syah vs So 0-1 42 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 B33 Sicilian 17. So vs J Chung 1-0 29 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 B01 Scandinavian 18. Duy Linh Dang vs So 0-1 26 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 E41 Nimzo-Indian 19. S Neubronner vs So 0-1 25 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 B33 Sicilian 20. So vs Mark Ho En Tian 1-0 40 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 B01 Scandinavian 21. D Lo Kin Mun vs So 0-1 54 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 B33 Sicilian 22. So vs Y Chan 1-0 38 2005 ASEAN-ch6 U12 C26 Vienna 23. I Nyzhnyk vs So 0-1 33 2005 Wch U12 A07 King's Indian Attack 24. Robson vs So ½-½ 47 2005 Wch U12 B33 Sicilian 25. S Sjugirov vs So 1-0 33 2005 Wch U12 B30 Sicilian  page 1 of 117; games 1-25 of 2,916

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ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6945 OF 7419 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-11-15    MarkFinan: <L-I-F-E! Somebody give us all a wriggling, vibrating life!> A certain Floridian master is the only man capable of creating LIFE!!!! Apr-11-15    Pulo y Gata: You miss the LIFEMaster, dontcha, Mark? lol! Apr-11-15    geniokov: Best thing for Wesley is to talk this matters ONLY with his family. Wesley,don't believe any hersay or liars or a gossip that will break your OWN family. I sense that once Wesley decided to turned chess as his profession mean he is decided to challenge the World champion. The question is that "Is this the right time to discuss matters during Wesley's success to raise in chess?" There are many out of school youth around the world but i think Wesley is far successful in compare to them? Apr-11-15    mysql: Paul Truong just released a bombshell: <Wesley So's SPICE chess scholarship was fully revoked on October 28, 2014 at 12:02 am for multiple team rule violations> <The current saga with Wesley So is very very sad. I wish that he can resolve it quietly and peacefully with his family. Unfortunately, I am now being used as an escape goat. I am being attacked in the media by Mrs. Lotis Key (the woman who Wesley is living with right now in Minnesota) with full of false information for months. I have held my tongue until now because I did not want Wesley to get hurt. But unfortunately, the truth has to come out when I am now being directly attacked and mentioned in the media. It is a blatantly false narrative that was purposely presented to the media by Mrs. Lotis Key that Wesley So decided to quit school and left Webster. She also claimed that because of this, I decided to sabotage his chess career out of revenge. It would make a good Hollywood story but this is 100% false. The idea about his Mother and Aunt were trying to get him to come back to Webster last week is also 100% not true because they knew the real reason. Wesley could not come back even if he wanted to. The reason is simple. Wesley So did not quit school after winning Millionaire Chess to turn professional. Wesley So's SPICE chess scholarship was fully revoked on October 28, 2014 at 12:02 am for multiple team rule violations. He was informed and his biological family was copied on the email. I also had to inform all his teammates that this occurred and that Wesley cannot represent Webster at the PanAm and Final Four. Every student who receives a chess scholarship must sign a letter of understanding with the following: If awarded a SPICE scholarship, I will: "• play in local, regional, state, and/or national-level tournaments as determined by the SPICE scholarship committee (1) • volunteer in local scholastic chess community service, such as teaching and/or assisting at tournaments (2) • maintain good academic standing as determined by Webster University (3) • allow the SPICE scholarship committee to review current grades and academic performance for scholarship renewal applications and enrollment requirements for students • follow the policies and directions given by the SPICE leadership connected to training schedules and other chess-related issues (4) The SPICE scholarship committee will review your participation each semester, and reserves the right to terminate your chess scholarship." The false narrative started in the first ChessBase article written by Mr. Eliseo. I did inform him that there was serious misinformation in the article. But I did not demand a retraction because I did not want to embarrass Wesley. If I wanted to sabotage his career, why now? Why after Webster dominated the PanAm and Final Four without Wesley. And why not all these previous months? He played Las Vegas North American Open, Wijk aan Zee, and Bunratty, etc. without any incident. Wesley was completely winning against Sevian and Robson. I also stated the following a few days ago after Mr. Eliseo posted a false accusation from Mrs. Lotis Key: ...let me make it abundantly clear. As I told Eliseo Tumbaga in private messages, I DID NOT book any hotel room for anyone, especially Wesley's relatives. I DID NOT pay for for any hotel room in cash or credit card. I DID NOT buy any airline tickets for anyone. I DID NOT arrange any trip for anyone. Neither did Webster or anyone I know. I DID NOT go to the St Louis Chess Club. In fact, I have not been to the St Louis Chess Club since March 2012. Whoever said that I paid for these things to purposely harm Wesley is is either a liar or delusional. This is an issue between Wesley and his relatives, not mine. Leave me out of it. I want to have nothing to do with it. I went to work at Webster U every single day and all of us have more than our hands full preparing our 3 students competing at the US Championships. I do not have time for someone else's drama. All of the chess students and coaching staff at Webster U are sick and tired of all the drama. Enough already. Leave all of us alone. I have no ill will toward Wesley, even today. We always treated him like family and we have gone out of our ways to help him on and off the chess board for 2.5 years. All of us feel sad and sorry for what he is going through right now and we all wish him the best.> It's really mind-boggling why So is getting into all of these controversies. First with NCFP, then Susan Polgar and Truong, then Sugardom and other habitues of barangay Wesley, then his relatives, and now this forfeiture in the US championships. And then there were those other issues like 3 move draws, withdrawing from tournaments, and going AWOL at times. He seems to be generating more news than the rest of the top 10 players combined. Apr-11-15    mistermac: Just reserving a place to watch the controversy. I am not anti-So. But, he did break the rules. I wish him and Akobian well. Apr-11-15    SugarDom: I feel sorry for Mrs. Leny So. I hope they patch up things soon. Apr-11-15    AylerKupp: <<balolog> It's under the scoresheet so unless Wes have a bionic eyes to see through it then he is quilty, otherwise the arbiter erred.> We are all different. I for one am a visual learner and it is the visual feedback that I get when writing things down that reinforces the message that I am trying to remember. So I take copious notes since that helps me concentrate. Granted, So may not be the same as me. But in my case writing down a note, even if I never look at it again, serves the purpose of using it. Apr-11-15    AylerKupp: <Pulo y Gata> Do the rules have anything against monologues, singing and nose-pocking? I guess these and other things need specific mention.> The FIDE Laws of Chess have the following: "12.6 It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever. This includes unreasonable claims, unreasonable offers of a draw or the introduction of a source of noise into the playing area." Do you think that (repeated) monologues, singing, and nose-picking would not constitute a distraction or annoyance to your opponent? And the phrase "in any manner whatsoever> seems to adequately cover any activities that are not specifically listed. That reminds me of a story about Lasker, who was known for smoking rather pungent cigars during games. His opponent complained to the arbiter and Lasker agreed not to smoke during their game. Some time after the game started Lasker took out one of his cigars and put it in his mouth. His opponent immediately complained to the arbiter. The arbiter pointed out that Lasker had not lit his cigar but his opponent countered that he was threatening to do so, and that forced him to consider Lasker's threat. So, had there been a FIDE in those days, with the current rules Lasker would have been in violation of them. Apr-11-15    chancho: <Double check, triple check, use your time.> The above is what Wes wrote on his note, and why he was forfeited. Still, why would a young man of 21 need to write this on a piece of paper?! I can understand someone with Alzheimer's doing it to remind him/herself, but for someone like Wes who can remember reams of analysis and can calculate like a comp? Akobian should have been sympathetic and just played the game, but rules are rules. Apr-11-15    macky24: I will not create drama over a loss of point because of rule violation. a referee need to be respected in a ball game so is an arbiter in chess. there is a bigger problem and that is the so family issue. that let us just hope they can sit down talked and forgive each other. alam mo Wesley darating ang panahon ma realized mo genuine ang concern ng magulang mo, di ko sinasabi mali ang gusto mo sa buhay mo. sit down with the whole family, and talk to them. that's all you need to do. Apr-11-15    mysql: And the amazing thing is, he was still able to reach top 5 at his peak despite all of this shi t happening in his life. Apr-11-15    macky24: <I feel sorry for Mrs. Leny So. I hope they patch up things soon.> thumbs up. I hope you will be nice to Wesley too. Apr-11-15    mistermac: Re the other controversial character so worthy of our affection. Like Wes, love or hate him, or both at once, you cannot ignore him, even with a button that says so. Apr-11-15    theBlacksmith: LOTIS KEY should explain also... Apr-11-15    MidwestChessFan: Well that is certainly a major slip on the part of Wes. Not a good day for team Wesley. The arbiter's warning could have been misunderstood or note-taking is a habit that is hard to break. Regardless, the arbiter has made a tough decision and it must be respected. The way forward is for him to regain his composure finish the last two remaining games and move on. Wes is a natural fearless fighter. He will be back. Personal issues will always hound the rest of humanity. Wes, I say persevere. Make things right. Here’s a word for you: suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. Now let’s get back to the game. Apr-11-15    MarkFinan: http://m.startribune.com/local/2994... "A plot to bring down WesSo!". I think we all know that Sugarlips, the equivalent of a chess Bond villain is behind this. Apr-11-15    MarkFinan: <Pulo y Gata: You miss the LIFEMaster, dontcha, Mark? lol!> In a weird way I do yes. Lol;) Apr-11-15    MarkFinan: But I miss Jay-B more. Where you at Jay-B? Check in Apr-11-15    ChessVip: article in chess24 about So forfeited amid family turmoil https://chess24.com/en/read/news/us... Apr-11-15    macky24: <theBlacksmith: LOTIS KEY should explain also...> paul troung saying the truth lotis key saying the truth sugardom by gods will saying the truth according to senator Miriam Santiago, <there are many truths, count how many people are around this table,thats how many truth there are> to sum it up, we got 3 truths... Apr-11-15    Pulo y Gata: <AylerKupp> I've played people who talk to themselves and it's distracting. Then there are those who cough or clear their throat when they are defending a losing position. There are those who sing, I tell you, not because they're winning (Maybe it's a sudden burst of inspiration, who know?). There are those who make faces, who rock the table ever so slightly, who tap a beat, who talk to you, who offer draw repetitively in equal or losing position. I haven't complained because those are distractions I could put up with and I try to understand another person's idiosyncrasies. And also nothing really important is at stake as I see it. Unless the position is upset or the pieces fly, I won't really complain. Kasparov was famous for making incredible facial contortions during a game, same as Nakamura, who was influenced by him. There was even a time when Kasparov banged the door on Anand in, if I remember correctly, a WCC match. I don't have to go through the list of things from Karpov-Korchnoi, Spassky-Fischer and other games. No one was forfeited because those out-of-the-board distractions. One time, I played someone who was playing (I thought) nonchalantly. The nonchalance distracted me and I lost (but not because of his nonchalance but because of his good play) and I told him after the game and we had a good laugh about it. Carlsen sometimes sits as if he doesn't care about the game, Ivanchuk almost looks anywhere but the board, players pace back and forth during a game: these are sources of distraction if you think about it. My view is that you have to control what you can, and that is mainly yourself, not how your opponent acts. In this case, I personally feel that forfeiture was too much. But if Mr. Rich, in his capacity as arbiter, thought it the correct punishment, then he has every right to apply it. He warned Wesley twice, he was just doing his job. Apr-11-15    devere: <ChessVip: Paul Truong talks about Wesley So incident https://www.facebook.com/paul.truon... Paul Truong's self-serving statement raises as many questions as it answers. He states that Wesley So's scholarship was revoked on October 28th (in the middle of an academic term? most curious), but won't say exactly why. Are we supposed to believe that academic confidentiality rules allow Mr Truong to disclose that Wesley So violated many rules, and had his scholarship revoked, but not exactly why? That certainly invites skepticism. We do know that on October 13th Wesley So won the $100,000 first prize at the Millionaire Chess tournament in Las Vegas. Was there a dispute over the prize money? As those who have followed my posts on this board know, I have responded very negatively to the crude insults that have been thrown at Mr Truong and Susan Polgar. But now I am starting to wonder if I was correct about that. Apr-11-15    chancho: Look at this man's face: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... Does it look.... trustworthy? You gots to wonder... Apr-11-15    devere: Wes; You earned $100,000 at your profession in Las Vegas last October. Remember to file your US income tax return by Wednesday, April 15th. Or else file form 4868 (6 month extension of time to file). Apr-11-15    macky24: if you examine carefully troung post made in facebook, it clearly come out he got beef with Wesley. the man is pissed like a snake. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 7419) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6945 OF 7419 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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