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Hello, kabarangays. Many of us are already familiar with each other in Barangay Wesley but since we also have new members here and we'll surely grow in numbers, maybe we should introduce ourselves to everyone. No need to be too detailed if you don't want to but don't hesitate to post whatever info you'd like us to know about your self. Thank you and mabuhay ang Barangay Wesley!

Post any questions to Wesley here. Wesley (or somebody from his family/management) might read it and answer.

Guys, can you help me work this out: AIC - April 20-30, 2010 Battle of Grandmasters - May 2010 Rising Stars vs Experience - June Olympiad Asiad - Oct Spice Cup. - Oct

Post birthday greetings here.

Post all pretty pictures of women masters here.

As posted in the Group Notes I would be going home to my hometown Dipolog City with a mission to establish the first Razo Cup in the Barangay Bocana, Dapitan City where my nephew owns and operates a Resort Park and Restobar. In an earlier visit to the place last September 2011, I was able to play with 2 of the kids in the barangay (they were the son and daughter of the gardener of the resort). In this trip I found out that the whole family except the mother was all playing chess. And the level of play is far from the ordinary. Here is one of the game I played with the 12 year old, Carlo Martinez, a first high school student.

Mga kasama, nag message si dpruess na may match game daw si W. So. Gusto daw niyang malaman at mapanood nating mga Pinoys. Ray Ray Duque III (GMBD), New York City Original Message by dpruess on 6/20 12:34pm: Hi Ray, We want to let more Philipino chess players from around the world know about the match between Robson and So. ( http://www.chess.com/news/7th-blitz-death-match-player-announcement-1646 ) Are you able to help us let more people know about this event? Should we get the announcement translated in Tagalog? Are there any sites where we should post it? Can you post this news in the Pinoy Chess Group? Thanks for any help you can give us! Best, David

As promised, I will start to post games, puzzles, etc in this forum ... coming up ... ;-) a.k.a. Nf3em

Sino ang pupunta sa MOA sa March 28? Anong time po ba ang event na ito?

Hello everyone, Asorski at your service! I just want to share my original chess problems with Brgy. Wesley. The first one involves pin and counter-pin. White mates in 2. An Asorski Original.

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Hey guys. If you are interested in a round-robin blitz tournament, just let me know. If we have enough participants, we'll do it. I will only play if we don't have even numbers, otherwise I'll just organize. No prize except cyber throphies. Lots of fun, though.

Read more:http://chessaccount.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/worlds-youngest-to-attain-gm-2600-2700-2800-and-wc/

GM Wesley So won the 2012 Asian Continental Chess (ACC) “Blitz” Championship, held on 13 May 2012, the last day of the 11th Asian Continental Chess Championships in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. The Philippines’ top chess grandmaster scored 7.5/9 (6-wins & 3-draws), half a point ahead of the 2nd placer Nguyen Van Huy from Vietnam, 3rd placer Ding Liren from China and 4th placer Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son from Vietnam who all scored 7.0/9. read more: joeyj.chessaccount

A free for all forum. Just mention the word Iskuba, or any semblance of it and you are good to go! For my initial post, I dedicate this to all of us who think that just because we don't have the talent, we are already hopeless. Remember what Princess Leia said? "Obiwan Kenobi, you're my only hope!" It has nothing to do here... I just like saying it. Anyway, I met this nice fellow in Moscow a long time ago during the Soviet era. His name is Alexander Kostyev, a chess teacher and author. He told a story about this kid who had the passion for chess like no other. In the old Soviet system, kids are tested early in school to see where they excel at and they recommend to the kid and the parents to pursue a class on whichever they are good at. This particular kid was good at soccer... he's no Pele, in fact, he was just regular at best but soccer was the only thing he was good at. So, when they told him and his parents that he was going to soccer class, he refused! He wanted chess. The problem was, among all the kids who were tested for chess, he came last! Cellar dweller... bottom feeder... kulelat... bulok! He insisted on chess and with the backing of his parents, they let him in for a year thinking that once he learns that it is hopeless for him, he will come to his senses. At the end of the year, they test the kids again. They hold a tournament and from there they can assess who is who. The kid worked hard all year, more than anyone. Still, his result was quite bad. He showed improvement because he was no longer the very last place but he was still among that group. The kid and his parents insisted on continuing with chess and the kid improved year after year because of his hard work. He ended up number one in chess upon graduation. Later on, he won the Soviet Juniors and eventually, the World Juniors! With his hard work, passion and dedication, he qualified for the World Candidates Semi-finals three times! We all know him by the name, GM Artur Yusupov. Mr, Kostyev was his long time coach; ever since Artur was a seemingly hopeless, soccer kicking boy. I looked up on Kostyev online quickly and found this: The president of the International school chess union, the director of the Moscow Open festival Alexander Kostyev mentioned that he sees most of the players present here at the festival not the first time. – Among today’s winners of the Moscow Open youth championships there are certainly future world and Europe champions among pupils. And some of them will enter RSSU for chess department and choose the profession of a chess coach, - added Kostyev. Apparently, he still teaches chess. He gave me an autographed book of his, "Methods of chesswork with children". It was written in Russian. The good news is, I can read it. The bad news is, I do not understand what I'm reading! Well, except for the diagrams and annotations. SO, it is not hopeless for anyone! Work on it! I've seen prodigies come and go because of laziness! Enjoy the game.

Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So will leave for the US early next year to accept an offer to study under an athletic scholarship at Texas Tech, a US NCAA Division I school where he hopes to play on the top board.So, 18, got the invitation from Hungarian GM Sofia Polgar, who coached the Knight Raiders to the national chess championship despite playing with an underdog team of players coming from different countries.“I will go to college at Texas Tech to take up a computer course and play there upon the invitation of Sofia Polgar,” So, the country’s youngest GM and the highest ranked national chess player, told The STAR recently.“But first, I need to pass the entrance examination before I could play there,” he added.Aside from So, who recently received P150,000 cash incentive from the Philippine Sports Commission for winning a gold and a silver medal in last month’s 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia, 24-year-old German GM Georg Meier is also being recruited by Polgar to join Texas Tech.Interestingly, both So and Meier happened the have the same FIDE rating of 2659 that was good for a share of 89th place in the world rankings.“She (Polgar) told me I might play Board One or Two since George and I are almost of equal strength,” said So. “But I really must pass the exams for me to get the scholarship and I’m confident I will.”So and Meier are expected to join GM Anatoly Bykhovsky of Israel, GM Davorin Kuljasevic of Croatia, GM Andre Diamant of Brazil, IM Istvan Sipos of Hungary and Faik Aleskerov of Azerbaijan, who were all part of the US NCAA champion squad, at Texas Tech. source: Joey Villar | philstar.com http://teampilipinas.info/2011/12/wesley-so-invited-to-join-texastech.html

This is my corner. Pilot just went down and the ship is sailing coastwise Sarawak, so im still getting the signal. I havent called So residence yet, maybe when i'm 1 month na... To check if everything is OK with the First Family of chess...

wesley is at top 98th place. http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men