MANILA, Philippines – Wesley So vaulted into No. 3 in the list of the world’s top junior players in the newest rating list released by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) for January 2011. The 17-year-old Filipino champion raised his Elo rating by four points – from 2669 to 2673 – to climb to third place overall behind GMs Fabiano Caruana of Italy and Anish Giri of the Netherlands. [...]

MANILA, Philippines – Woman Fide Master (WFM) Rulp Ylem Jose bagged a bronze medal in the just concluded 2010 Grand Asian Chess Championship (GACC) in University of Malaya (UM) Second College in Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia on Tuesday. Jose, a member of the reigning multi-titled UAAP chess champion Far Eastern University (FEU), settled for a draw [...]

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino International Master (IM) Oliver Dimakiling beat Fide Master (FM) Julius Joseph de Ramos in the 8th round to grab the solo lead in the ongoing Penang International Open Chess Championships in Malaysia. The pride of Davao City, playing under the banner of National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) President Prospero [...]

MANILA, Philippines – International Master (IM) Yves Ranola defeated a fellow Filipino player in the ongoing Penang International Open Chess Championships to share the lead with 2 other Pinoys in Malaysia on Saturday. Ranola, who hails from Caloocan City, defeated compatriot Fide Master (FM) Christopher Castellano of Cainta, Rizal. He is now tied with Filipino [...]

GUANGZHOU – The national chess players provided the last medal of the Philippine contingent – a silver – following a .5-3.5 loss to world No. 3 China but the medal was not enough to keep the Philippines at 17th place at the close of the XVI Asian Games. GM Wesley So drew with GM Wang [...]