Wesley So heading for Corus
Wesley So (pictured) isn't a 'household' name in the chess world - yet, but this young Filipino player is making waves with his attacking play and strong results.
In December 2007, he became the 7th youngest Grandmaster in history at the tender age of 14 years, 1 month and 28 days. See the list below.
| No. | Player | Nat. | years | months | days | year |
| 1 | Sergey Karjakin | UKR | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2002 |
| 2 | Parimarjan Negi | IND | 13 | 3 | 22 | 2006 |
| 3 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 13 | 3 | 27 | 2004 |
| 4 | Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 13 | 10 | 13 | 1999 |
| 5 | Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2001 |
| 6 | Ruslan Ponomaryov | UKR | 14 | 0 | 17 | 1997 |
| 7 | Wesley So | PHI | 14 | 1 | 28 | 2007 |
| 8 | Etienne Bacrot | FRA | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1997 |
| 9 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2005 |
| 10 | Peter Leko | HUN | 14 | 4 | 22 | 1994 |
This year he won the strong Dubai Open against a field that included 29 Grandmasters, and on the latest FIDE rating list has reached the dizzy heights of 2577 Elo. Such startling achievements have now been rewarded with an exclusive invite to the famous Corus tournament in Wijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands Wesley So will play in the C group at the 2009 event and has the opportunity to qualify for the B group in the following year if he wins.
Before then he will be playing for the Philippines in the Dresden Olympiad in November.
Here is one of Wesley's games from the recent Philippine International Open tournament.
