This is So’s second straight championship, and third time to win the title. Chess grandmaster (GM) Wesley So continues to conquer the world of chess after an exceptional comeback en route to winning the 2021 US Chess Championship at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri, US on Wednesday. The 28-year-old So, who switched federations to the United States […]
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) disqualified the Philippines from the 2021 Online Olympiad after one of its players who was set to compete in the Top Division was found to have violated the governing body’s fair play rules via engine use, The Philippine Star reported on Monday. For the infraction, FIDE excluded the entire 12-member Philippine team […]
Looks like The Queen’s Gambit isn’t the only place where you can find young chess prodigies. Abhimanyu Mishra, a 12-year old from Englishtown, New Jersey, recently became the world’s youngest ever chess grandmaster. He won the title at a tournament in Budapest, Hungary at the age of 12 years, four months, and 25 days old. […]
Super Chess Grandmaster Wesley So officially became a U.S. Citizen on February 26, 2021. While originally hailing from Bacoor, Cavite in the Philippines, the chess wiz eventually migrated to the United States where he continued to progress and flourish in the sport. In an interview discussing the change in citizenship with Debbie Cannon of the […]
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