Just a quick post to report that GM Wesley So has won the Battle of the Grandmasters tournament in the Philippines. He tallied 8.5 points, a full point of GM Eugene Torre and IM Richard Bitoon. Here are the top scorers:
8.5 So
7.5 Torre, Bitoon
7.0 Gomez
6.5 Antonio
5.5 Nolte
Battle of Grandmasters
So, Wesley
Bitoon, Richard
B99
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bg3 hxg5 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Rhf1 Rf8 20. Qe3 O-O-O 21. Qa7 Ne5 22. Be2 Nc6 23. Qa8+ Nb8 24. a4 Bc6 25. Qa7 Nd7 26. Qa8+ Nb8 27. Qa7 Nd7 28. Bh5 Nf6 29. Rxf6 Bxf6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Qxf8 Be7 33. Qxf7 Qd8 34. Bxd6 Kxd6 35. Bg4 Bd7 36. e5+ Kxe5 37. Qf2 Qf8 38. Qe3+ Kd6 39. Qd4+ Kc7 40. Qc4+ Kd8 41. Bf3 Bc8 42. Kb1 Bd6 43. Ne4 Be7 44. Qd4+ Kc7 45. Qe5+ Kb6 46. Nxg5 Qf5 47. a5+ Ka7 48. Qc7 Qc5 49. Qxc5+ Bxc5 50. Bg4 Be3 51. Bxe6 Bxg5 52. Bxc8 Bd2 53. c3 Bf4 54. h4 Bc7 55. b4 b6 56. axb6+ Kxb6 57. Kc2 a5 58. bxa5+ Kxa5 59. Kd3 Kb5 60. h5 Be5 61. g4 Kc5 62. c4 Kd6 63. Ke4 Bf6 64. Kf5 Bd4 65. g5 Ke7 66. Kg6 Be3 67. h6 Bf4 68. c5 1-0
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GM Wesley is SO very good. I think that he also won the National Championship a year or 2 ago. He is really building his foundation to be one of the future greats of RP chess.
But GM Torre's 2nd spot proves that he still can fight despite his age. I think that everybody is dispatching him because of his age but his victory here proves that he still desreves a place in the RP Olympiad Team. And he can tie the record for the most number of Olympiad appearance!
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