"That's what chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one"

Apr 30, 2011

Wesley So ranks as #4 junior in the world May 2011




RankNameTitleCountryRatingGamesB-Year
1Caruana, FabianogITA2714211992
2Giri, AnishgNED2687221994
3Le, Quang LiemgVIE268711991
4So, WesleygPHI266701993
5Ding, LirengCHN2664331992
6Feller, SebastiengFRA2660211991
7Yu, YangyigCHN2646341994
8Matlakov, MaximgRUS2632271991
9Sjugirov, SanangRUS2629201993
10Kovalyov, AntongARG262901992
11Safarli, EltajgAZE2624111992
12Salgado Lopez, IvangESP2623121991
13Negi, ParimarjangIND262271993
14Hou, YifangCHN2612201994
15Hess, Robert LgUSA2601231991
16Ter-Sahakyan, SamvelgARM2592111993
17Zherebukh, YaroslavgUKR2586201993
18Shimanov, AleksandrgRUS2583311992
19Nyzhnyk, IllyagUKR2583231996
20Nabaty, TamirgISR2580171991

http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=juniors

Chess Combinations

h3 (h6) combinations

Apr 29, 2011

Round 8 Report : 17th Asian Cities Team Chess Championship








Asian Cities Championship Finished with full Victory of Shi Jazzhuang City from China that won all his 9 Matches, Astana stand at Second with 15 Points, and Tehran Team with 13 Points stand at third Place after those team Tagaytay, Palembang, Jakarta and Mashhad with 11 Points ranked 4th - 7th. Tagaytay draw on all 4 boards against 4th seed Tehran in the 9th and last round.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Board 1
So, Wesley (Silver)

Board 2
Antonio, Rogelio Jr (Silver)

Board 4
Laylo, Darwin (Bronze)

Apr 28, 2011

Round 8 Report : 17th Asian Cities Team Chess Championship

Tagaytay - Baghdad 4 : 0

Round 7 Report : 17th Asian Cities Team Chess Championship

Shi Jiazhuang - Tagaytay 2½:1½

Apr 27, 2011

Round 6 Report : 17th Asian Cities Team Chess Championship

Tagaytay vs Yangon 4 : 0

Round 5 Report : 17th Asian Cities Team Chess Championship

Abu Dhabi vs Tagaytay ½ :3½

Apr 26, 2011

Round 4 Report : 17th Asian Cities Team Chess Championship

Tagaytay vs Astana 1½:2½

Improving the Worst-Placed Piece (part 3)

Apr 25, 2011

Round 3 Report : 17th Asian Cities Team Chess Championship















Tagaytay swept 12 seed Mashhad (Iran) 4-0

Apr 24, 2011

Round 2 Report : 17th Asian Cities Team Chess Championship












Tagaytay dropped a shocking 1.5-2.5 decision to Palembang (Indonesia)