Hi there!
After our national pride's 15th place finish in the recently concluded Philippine International Open, Wesley So still is aiming for his 2nd GM norm in the 9th Dubai Cup.
For a very nice write up I found on the web about The Next Pinoy Superstar.
I have always wished and hoped for Wesley's capture of that GM title since November 2006 when he made our country proud in his Internationale Bayerische Schaha Meisterschaft, Bad Wiessee, Germany performance. He tied for 2nd place, earned first GM norm and received the Creativity Award chosen by Russian website e3e5. The only non GM within the top 10 finish. Well, he'll be the 4th youngest GM in the whole wide world if he gets the title before October 2007, his birthday month.
Late December 2006, he missed the chance to get that 2nd norm, if I remember it right in the Singapore Open and now in the Philippine Open. I am not so sure of the other tournaments he played in between this two but I really wish he will get that 2nd norm.
We'll try to wish for his 3rd and final GM norm when he hurdles this one. Let's really hope he does not get that "2nd Album Jinx" we call in the music industry. 2nd GM Norm Jinx? No! We don't want that, what we want is 2nd GM Norm!
Good luck Wesley!
Last hoorah for this post: I completely missed the Xavier Advanced Chess Clinic organized by Mr. John Sy and lectured by IA Rolly Yutuc, NM and Coach Erwin Carag (Xavier and UP Prep School) and the Philippines premier chess trainer using computer aided instructions (CAI) and journalist, Mr. Bobby "The BANG" Ang this past 2 weeks. I really regret missing this one. For those who were able to attend and hear them teach, congratulations! You can share it to us here at PCC!
Till then!
Nice report, Kiko. We also hope Wesley makes that third norm before October -- he's an exciting player and obviously a very likeable person.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link.