Wesley So Wins "Battle of GMs"
The talented young Filipino grandmaster Wesley So has won the 3rd "Battle of the GMs".
So has won all three of these annual all-Filipino events, this time scoring 7 wins, 3 draws and no losses. An particularly attractive win came in round nine against Richard Bitoon (h/t The Closet Grandmaster)
Look out for So in the Corus B Group in 2011!
The full results of the 3rd "Battle of the GMs"
| Name | ELO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | |
| 1 | So Wesley | 2665 | * | ½ | 1 |
1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Gomez John Paul | 2507 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Antonio Rogelio Jr | 2572 | 0 |
½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Sadorra Julio Catalino | 2450 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Laylo Darwin | 2527 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Nolte Rolando | 2420 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 |
| 7 | Dableo Ronald | 2464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 8 | Bitoon Richard | 2476 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4.0 |
| 9 | Pascua Haridas | 2358 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 3.5 |
| 10 | Dimakiling Oliver | 2443 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 2.0 |
| 11 | Garcia Jan Emmanuel | 2315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1.0 |
