Wesley So settles for overall 5th in Corus chess
abs-cbnNEWS.com 02/01/2010 9:48 PM
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So settled a truce with Slovenian Woman Grandmaster and International Master Anna Muzychuk after 38 moves of a Nimzo-Indian defense using the white pieces in the 13th and final round in the 72nd Corus International Chess Championship.
So, 16, finished as 4th to 5th placers on Sunday (Manila Time) at the Moriaan Community Centre in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands.
Wesley tallied 7.5 points on 3 wins and 9 draws, the same output of Dutch GM Erwin L’Ami. However, after the tiebreak points were applied, Wesley landed overall fifth place.
“Binigay ni GM Wesley ang lahat ng makakaya niya para sa karangalan sa bayan. Maganda ang performance ni Wesley. Saludo ang sambayanang Pilipinas sa kanya. Besides bata pa naman si Wesley at tiyak malayo pa ang kanyang mararating sa larangan ng ajedrez (chess)” said the chess whiz kid’s first trainer, National Master (NM) Roberto Suelo, Jr.
Handling the black pieces, Dutch champion GM Anish Giri took the title with 9 points after settling a draw with Indian GM Parimarjan Negi in just 21 moves of Petroff defense.
Corus B top seed German GM Arkadij Naiditsch claimed solo 2nd place after tallying 8.5 points by beating L’Ami after 51 moves of French MacCutcheon using the white pieces.
At solo 3rd is Chinese GM Ni Hua who collected 8 points after halving the point with Dutch GM Dimitri Reinderman after 32 moves of English Opening.
National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) President/ Chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay, Jr. and Filway Marketing Inc. CEO/President Hector “Chito” Tagaysay supported So’s Netherlands trip. – by Marlon Bernardino
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com
Wesley will learn from his mistakes.
The flip needs to bump up his game to compete with the big boys. He probably needs to play in more tournys in Asia. The Chinese are great players and could teach him what is needed to get to the next level.
“The flip needs to bump up his game to compete with the big boys.”
GM Polgar, are you aware that “flip” is a racial slur for Filipino? If you did, maybe you would not publish the comments of a racist.
Sorry my bad, I spelled incorrectly. Flipipino is what I meant to type.
Racist AND ignorant – lol!
“Racist AND ignorant – lol!”
AND possibly one of hundreds of illegitimate children of the Great Dolemite!