WIJK AAN ZEE, The Netherlands, Jan. 22 (PNA) — Finally, a win for GM Wesley So. So, ever so eager to get into the win column following four consecutive draws, outduelled GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly of India in 30 moves of the French defense and vaulted into a share of third to sixth places in [...]
Victor Plotkin Three men from Long Island have gone the not-so-subtle route and founded “Genius Hedge Fund,” on the platform that they’re all excellent chess players. Sound familiar? Peter Thiel’s amazing chess player Patrick Wolff left Clarium to found a new hedge fund called Grand Master Capital just months ago. The men from Genius aren’t [...]
HO CHI MINH CITY, Jan. 3 (PNA) -– Buoyed by its success in the previous year, the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), headed by president/chairman Prospero “Butch†Pichay, welcomes the new year by sending 13 of its top players in the 2011 HD Bank Cup Open chess championship scheduled January 4 to 9 [...]
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley Barbasa So will return to 64-square board action as the much-awaited Tata Steel Chess, formerly known as “Corus International Chessâ€, gets underway January 14 to 31 at the De Moriaan Community Centre in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. “I hope to earn ELO rating points,” said So, world’s [...]
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley Barbasa So will return to 64-square board action as the much-awaited Tata Steel Chess, formerly known as “Corus International Chessâ€, gets underway January 14 to 31 at the De Moriaan Community Centre in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. “I hope to earn ELO rating points,” said So, world’s [...]