Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So opted to save his strength for a final title push in the 73rd Tata Steel-Corus Group B chess championship when he settled for a draw against French GM Vlad Tkachiev on Wednesday. With six points from four wins, five draws and one loss, the 17-year-old So still shares the top [...]

MANILA, Philippines – Chinese GM Li Chao stopped Wesley So’s win run at four with a big victory in ninth round with the Filipino GM dropping to a three-way tie in the Corus Group B Chess Championship at the de Morianne Community Center in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands Tuesday. So struggled to keep Li [...]

Grandmaster Wesley So’s four-game winning streak ended Tuesday with a crucial ninth-round loss to Chinese GM Li Chao in the 73rd Tata Steel-Corus Group B chess championship at the de Morianne Community Center in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. Standings (After nine rounds)6.0 points – L. McShane (England) G. Sargissian (Armenia)Wesley So (Philippines) 5.5 points [...]

Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So hopes to further distance himself from his opponents when play resumes in the 73rd Tata Steel-Corus Group B chess championship in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. After taking part in a day-long cultural tour in the picturesque town of North Holland’s province, So will face GM Li Chao of China [...]

Kavalek in Huffington: Chess Robots By The Sea25.01.2011 – “Are chess players becoming robots by repeating moves approved at home by their computers?” asks GM Lubomir Kavalek. “Can’t they just use their own heads during the game?” His answer: “Of course they do,” as shown in an attacking masterpiece by Magnus Carlsen, as well as [...]