Wesley So Wins Philippines Championship
The 15 year-old chess prodigy Wesley So (pictured) has celebrated his entry into the top 100 of the official FIDE rankings by dominating the opposition at the Philippine National Championships.
At a new rating of 2641, So is also ranked no.7 in the world in the junior rankings.
So scored an impressive 9 points out of a possible 11, with a record of 7 wins, 4 draws and no losses.
So also won the C Group at the Corus Tournament earlier this year, and it will be very interesting to see how he fares in the B Group next year!
Rk. | Name | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts. |
1 | SO Wesley | 2627 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
2 | ANTONIO Rogelio Jr | 2519 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
3 | TORRE Eugenio | 2560 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.5 |
4 | PARAGUA Mark | 2537 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
5 | GOMEZ John Paul | 2539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
6 | LAYLO Darwin | 2504 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5.5 |
7 | BITOON Richard | 2473 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 5.5 |
8 | SADORRA Julio Catalino | 2445 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 |
9 | NOLTE Rolando | 2488 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 |
10 | GONZALES Jayson | 2468 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 4 |
11 | VILLAMAYOR Buenaventura | 2471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 3.5 |
12 | DABLEO Ronald | 2432 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 3 |