Wesley So, the Gifted Child
Indeed, Wesley So holds up to the expectation of him as Promil’s gifted child a long time ago. Now at the age of 13, he’s the Philippines’ youngest IM (besting even Mark Paragua), rated at 2519 in the April 2007 FIDE rankings, he grabbed the fourth spot in the countries best chess players trailing behind Grandmasters Antonio Rogelio Jr. (2539), Mark Paragua and Eugenio Torre (both 2532).
(Photo courtesy of Rooty Hill Chess)
Wesley is well on the way to becoming the Philippines’ next grandmaster. He’s not going to be the youngest in history�that honour belongs to Sergey Karjakin, but already he’s a long way ahead of Bobby Fischer, who earned his title at 15 years and 6 months.
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Last November 2006, So already gained his first GM norm.
I haven’t gone through all the games of this kid over at chessgames.com, yet here’s one game that proves his brilliance.
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By the Chess Publisher you used to display Wesley’s game is a Flash program written by a Pinoy. The improved version on this can be found at http://www.rootyhillchess.org/so.html
Comment posted on 9th March 2008 (chessgenie is subscribed to followup comments on this post.)
Hi thanks for the heads up. it’s good to know. At any rate, thanks for dropping by and the comment.
Comment posted on 9th March 2008