Story of Wesley So, and how he is one of the top players in the world

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krazeechess

Does someone know his story? I had heard that he learned chess and practiced at first using bottle caps or something like that, but im not sure. I will update this first post after someone gives me a good answer, so then i can copy paste in here.

 

His original parents were nuts. His adoptive parents were missionaries... so also nuts, but at least they supported him.

That's about all I know. - llama45

 

So originally played chess for the Philippines, until he moved to the USCF in 2014 because of corruption. I heard he was cheated 1 million php (about 21 grand) by the Philippines' chess federation. Not sure if that's true but I remember that it was kind of a big thing back then. - alekhineslovechild

krazeechess

I need someone to tell me so I can copy and paste

2Ke21-0

Meh, I am better at chess than him. 

krazeechess
2Ke21-0 wrote:

Meh, I am better at chess than him. 

are you sure m8

Antonin1957

He was born in the Philippines, but I think he lives in the US now.

2Ke21-0
krazeechess wrote:
2Ke21-0 wrote:

Meh, I am better at chess than him. 

are you sure m8

Yeah, he is only rated 2700 or so. That seems like quite a low ranking. 

The_salty_nail

noice

krazeechess
2Ke21-0 wrote:
krazeechess wrote:
2Ke21-0 wrote:

Meh, I am better at chess than him. 

are you sure m8

Yeah, he is only rated 2700 or so. That seems like quite a low ranking. 

Oh, that is very low. It is so low that even Magnus could crush him.

2Ke21-0
krazeechess wrote:
2Ke21-0 wrote:
krazeechess wrote:
2Ke21-0 wrote:

Meh, I am better at chess than him. 

are you sure m8

Yeah, he is only rated 2700 or so. That seems like quite a low ranking. 

Oh, that is very low. It is so low that even Magnus could crush him.

But Magnus did not crush him yesterday...

Strangemover

Spelling Wesley wrong in the title wasn't a good start to his story... 

2Ke21-0
Strangemover wrote:

Spelling Wesley wrong in the title wasn't a good start to his story... 

How tragic.

krazeechess
Strangemover wrote:

Spelling Wesley wrong in the title wasn't a good start to his story... 

I knew it looked wrong, but I couldn't tell why and I was too lazy to find out

alekhineslovechild

So originally played chess for the Philippines, until he moved to the USCF in 2014 because of corruption. I heard he was cheated 1 million php (about 21 grand) by the Philippines' chess federation. Not sure if that's true but I remember that it was kind of a big thing back then.

2Ke21-0

Unfollowing.

krazeechess
2Ke21-0 wrote:

Unfollowing.

don't tell me you copied this from llama

alpha_zer000

lol

varelse1

I'm pretty sure his adoptive parents are just using Wesley to milk his bank account.