| A. Shirov – M. Carlsen Mtel Masters (10) 23 May 2009 |
W. So – Le Quang L. Asian Individual Ch (11) 23 May 2009 |
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| A draw result and black would have clinched outright tournament victory, and with it a ticket to the FIDE Grand Slam Final in Bilbao later in the year. | A draw result (but Torre-Sasikiran has to be a draw as well) and white would have secured the tournament’s last qualifying slot for the FIDE World Cup. | |
 Position after 27.Q(h3)h6 |
 Position after 23…b6 |
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| White goes on to win in 30 moves | Black extracts the full point in 34 |
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| Subic International Open 2009 |
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May 31, 2009 at 5:18 am
eadedios
Instead of criticizing and discouraging our young but very promising players, please brother Joe let’s give them our full support. Let’s stop acting like crabs. I guess you are not a serious chess player. I said that because I know from what you have stated that still you don’t realize how hard it is to beat fellow players with the same ratings as you are. Remember the other player is also trying his very best to score a point against our player. Here, comes sometimes the breaks of the game that we call “luck” So, please Joe let us instead give our full support and encouragement to our chess players, especially the very promising ones like Wesley So. They will continue bringing honors to our country. ‘Mind you. Thank you so much
May 29, 2009 at 12:45 am
joe
the last time i play im a 1950 player and if i get serious probably around 2300.hope to see u in tournament someday to shut you up,hehe. so cant do it judging from his previous plays. i think so is just a 2500+ player not a 2600+.unless he really step up his game.you can see now his rating starts to go down coz 2640 is really just artificial.hirap syang makatalo ng matataas ang rating at masaya ng makadraw.not like caruana in the last wijk ann zee tourney ang lalakas ng tinatalo.while so is beating just 2500+ players and content to draw 2600 players.unless he really be aggresive and play for a win la mangyayari matulad sya ke paragua balik sa 2500 his true rating.
May 28, 2009 at 7:35 pm
SugarDom
Joe Ignaramus….
Wesley holds the record of being the youngest to breach of 2600. He still has a chance to beat Carlsen’s record till April 1 2010, as the youngest to breach 2700..
So shutup and read up..so you won’t show up too be so ignorant. And this will be my last post to you, coz obviously you’re a 1400 patzer.
Bye….