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🔹 Wesley So
🔹 American-Filipino chess Grandmaster
🔰 Wesley Barbasa So is a Filipino-American chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Filipino Chess Champion and was U.S. Chess Champion in 2017.
🔘 Full name: Wesley Barbasa So
🔘 Country: Philippines (until November 2015)
United States (since November 2015)
🔘 Born: October 9, 1993 (age 24)
Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2008)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2778 (June 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2822 (March 2017)
🔘 Ranking: No. 7 (April 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (March 2017)
🔰 A former chess prodigy, So became the youngest player to pass a 2600 Elo rating in October 2008, breaking the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen. This record has since been broken by John M. Burke. In early 2013, So passed 2700 and in January 2017 he became the 11th player to pass 2800 Elo.
So represented the Philippines until transferring to the United States in 2015. He won the 2015 Bilbao Chess Masters, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour title after claiming victory in the Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic, and the 2017 Tata Steel Masters. He represented the US on board 3 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, winning team and individual gold.
🔰 So was born in the Philippines in 1993 to parents William and Eleanor So. So attended the Jesus Good Shepherd School and went on to Saint Francis of Assisi College in Bacoor.
He was nine years old when he began competing in junior tournaments. So took first place at the 2003 Philippine National Chess Championships in the U-10s section. As a junior player, he also competed in various sections of World Youth Chess Championships, finishing 19th in the U-10s in 2003, 13th in the U-12s in 2004 and fourth place in the U-12s in 2005. He also took part in the ASEAN Open U-10s in 2004, securing individual golds in the standard and rapid sections along with team silver medals in the standard and rapid along with winning individual golds in the standard, rapid and blitz sections in the U-12s in 2005.
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🔹 Wesley So
🔹 American-Filipino chess Grandmaster
🔰 Wesley Barbasa So is a Filipino-American chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Filipino Chess Champion and was U.S. Chess Champion in 2017.
🔘 Full name: Wesley Barbasa So
🔘 Country: Philippines (until November 2015)
United States (since November 2015)
🔘 Born: October 9, 1993 (age 24)
Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2008)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2778 (June 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2822 (March 2017)
🔘 Ranking: No. 7 (April 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (March 2017)
🔰 A former chess prodigy, So became the youngest player to pass a 2600 Elo rating in October 2008, breaking the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen. This record has since been broken by John M. Burke. In early 2013, So passed 2700 and in January 2017 he became the 11th player to pass 2800 Elo.
So represented the Philippines until transferring to the United States in 2015. He won the 2015 Bilbao Chess Masters, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour title after claiming victory in the Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic, and the 2017 Tata Steel Masters. He represented the US on board 3 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, winning team and individual gold.
🔰 So was born in the Philippines in 1993 to parents William and Eleanor So. So attended the Jesus Good Shepherd School and went on to Saint Francis of Assisi College in Bacoor.
He was nine years old when he began competing in junior tournaments. So took first place at the 2003 Philippine National Chess Championships in the U-10s section. As a junior player, he also competed in various sections of World Youth Chess Championships, finishing 19th in the U-10s in 2003, 13th in the U-12s in 2004 and fourth place in the U-12s in 2005. He also took part in the ASEAN Open U-10s in 2004, securing individual golds in the standard and rapid sections along with team silver medals in the standard and rapid along with winning individual golds in the standard, rapid and blitz sections in the U-12s in 2005.
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Giri tactically exploits the weaknesses in his opponent's kingside.
20.B×g7! K×g7 21.Qe5+ Kg8 22.Qg5!
With the idea of Nh5.
22...f6 22.Q×f6 +-
20.B×g7! K×g7 21.Qe5+ Kg8 22.Qg5!
With the idea of Nh5.
22...f6 22.Q×f6 +-
22...Qb7!
A prophylactic move that prevents White from regrouping with Bc3-Ra1-Nd4.
23.Rb2
23.Bc3 N×c5! -+
23...f6!
Anand plays very accurately.
24.e×f6 B×f6 25.Nd4 B×d4! 26.e×d4 Nf6 27.Rb1 Ne4! 28.Bc3 Ra8 -+
A prophylactic move that prevents White from regrouping with Bc3-Ra1-Nd4.
23.Rb2
23.Bc3 N×c5! -+
23...f6!
Anand plays very accurately.
24.e×f6 B×f6 25.Nd4 B×d4! 26.e×d4 Nf6 27.Rb1 Ne4! 28.Bc3 Ra8 -+
50. Bxc4??
A time-trouble blunder! 50.Rxe5 was correct.
50... Ra3+ 51. Kb2
(51. Kb4 Ra4+)
51... Bxc4 52. Kxa3 Bxd5 53. exd5 Kc5 54. Kb3 Kxd5 55. Kc3 f5 56. Kd3 e4+ 57. Ke3 Ke5 0-1
A time-trouble blunder! 50.Rxe5 was correct.
50... Ra3+ 51. Kb2
(51. Kb4 Ra4+)
51... Bxc4 52. Kxa3 Bxd5 53. exd5 Kc5 54. Kb3 Kxd5 55. Kc3 f5 56. Kd3 e4+ 57. Ke3 Ke5 0-1
18. Nxe4??
This incorrect sacrifice, brings Karjakin an easy win.
18...Nxe4 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Bb5 Qd8 22. c4 Rc8 23. Qe2 c6 0-1
This incorrect sacrifice, brings Karjakin an easy win.
18...Nxe4 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Bb5 Qd8 22. c4 Rc8 23. Qe2 c6 0-1
22.f4!
Black has no good reply to this move. He must open the f-file or allow 22...g4 23 Ra7.
22...exf3
Now Black's knight has to retreat into abject defence on e7 to defend his f-pawn, but 22...gxf4 23.Nxf4 Nxf4 24.Rxf4 loses Black's f-pawn immediately, and 22...g4 23.Ra7, leaves his game a positional wreck and without counterplay.
23.Rxf3 (23.Nxf3!) 23...Ne7 24.Nc6 Rbe8 25.Ned4+-.
Black has no good reply to this move. He must open the f-file or allow 22...g4 23 Ra7.
22...exf3
Now Black's knight has to retreat into abject defence on e7 to defend his f-pawn, but 22...gxf4 23.Nxf4 Nxf4 24.Rxf4 loses Black's f-pawn immediately, and 22...g4 23.Ra7, leaves his game a positional wreck and without counterplay.
23.Rxf3 (23.Nxf3!) 23...Ne7 24.Nc6 Rbe8 25.Ned4+-.
14...Ra5!
White must, of course, have seen this move, but what did he miss? The black rook's bold entrance into play on the queenside forces White's reply. Or if White's knight on b5 retreats, Black's knight simply captures White's d-pawn.
15.Nxc6+ bxc6 16.Nc3 Ke7!
White must, of course, have seen this move, but what did he miss? The black rook's bold entrance into play on the queenside forces White's reply. Or if White's knight on b5 retreats, Black's knight simply captures White's d-pawn.
15.Nxc6+ bxc6 16.Nc3 Ke7!
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 513
public poll
A: Be2 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@MrAmrb, Gavin, Ramesh, @FrozenBlade, Vincent, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha
C: B×e5 – 1
👍 13%
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B: Bg2
▫️ 0%
👥 8 people voted so far.
public poll
A: Be2 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@MrAmrb, Gavin, Ramesh, @FrozenBlade, Vincent, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha
C: B×e5 – 1
👍 13%
@ALACIQ
B: Bg2
▫️ 0%
👥 8 people voted so far.