GM
WESLEY SO
BIO
So, was born in the Philippines on October 9th 1993 and was awarded his first GM norm at the Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft, in Bad Wiessee, Germany.
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He acquired his second GM norm in the 2007 U-20 World Junior Chess Championship in Yerevan, Armenia, and capped his year by earning his third GM norm at the 3rd Pichay Cup International Open in the Philippines.
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At the age of fourteen years, one month and twenty eight days, FIDE awarded him the title of Grandmaster, making him the ninth youngest chess grandmaster in history. He was then ranked strongest player in the world under sixteen years old.
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In 2008, Wesley So was rated 2610 and was the youngest player in the history of the game to break the 2600 Elo barrier, surpassing the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen.
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In 2009, On the FIDE rating list, Wesley So was rated the world’s strongest chess player for his age level (players born in 1993 and later).
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He now competes for the United States.
2024 ~ INDIA~ TATA Steel India Rapid & Blitz ~ Kolkata
♣ 2nd Place Rapid
♣ 2nd Place Blitz
2024 ~ USA~ Chess9LX ~ St Louis Mo.
♣ 3rd Place
2024 ~ USA~ US CHAMPIONSHIPS ~ St Louis Mo.
♣ 8th Place
2024 ~ HUNGARY~ The 45th Chess Olympiad ~ Budapest
♣ SILVER MEDAL TEAM USA
2024 ~ USA~ The Sinquefield Cup ~ St Louis Mo.
♣ Tied for 5th
2024 ~ USA~ St Louis Rapid and Blitz ~ St Louis Mo.
♣ 2nd Place
2024 ~ CROATIA ~ SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz ~ Zagreb
♣ Tied 2nd Place
2024 ~ ROMANIA~ The Superbet Chess Classic ~ Bucharest
♣ 8th place
2024 ~ USA ~ The American Cup ~ St Louis
♣ 2nd Place
2023 ~ CANADA ~ Chess Championship Finale ~ Toronto
♣ 2nd Place
2023 ~ USA ~ The Sinquefield Cup ~ St Louis, Mo.
♣ 3rd Place
2023 ~ USA ~ GCT Rapid & Blitz ~ St Louis, Mo.
♣ 6th Place
2023 ~ USA ~ US Championships ~ St Louis, Mo.
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♣ Tied for 2nd Place
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2023 ~ NETHERLANDS ~ Levitov Chess Week ~ Amsterdam
♣ 7th Place
2023 ~ GERMANY ~ Armageddon Chess ~ Berlin
♣ 2nd Place
2023 ~ USA ~ Fischer Random Chess9LX ~ St Louis Mo.
♣ 2nd Place
2023 ~ GERMANY ~ World Rapid Team Championships ~ Dusseldorf
♣ Championship Winners
2023 ~ AZERBAIJAN ~ World Cup ~ Baku
♣ 4th Round
2023 ~ NORWAY ~ Norway Chess ~ Stavanger
♣ 5th place 5th
2023 ~ POLAND ~ SuperBet Chess Rapid & Blitz ~ Warsaw
♣ tied 3rd place
2023 ~ ROMANIA ~ SuperBet Chess Classic ~ Bucharest
♣ tied 2nd place
2023 ~ USA ~ The American Cup ~ St Louis, MO.
♣ 2nd place
2023 ~ GERMANY ~ Armageddon Championship Series - Americas ~ Berlin
♣ 1st place
2023 ~ GERMANY ~ WR Chess Masters ~ Dusseldorf
♣ 4th place
2023 ~ NETHERLANDS ~ Tata Steel Classic ~ Wikj Aan Zee
♣ 4th place
2022 ~ INDIA ~ Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz~ Kolkata
2022 ~ USA ~ Meltwater Chess Champions Finale~ San Francisco
♣ 2nd Place
2022 ~ CANADA ~ The Global Chess Championship~ Toronto
♣ Winner
2022 ~ ICELAND ~ Fischer Random Chess~ Reykjavik
♣ 6th place
2022 ~ USA ~ US Championships~ St Louis, Mo.
♣ Tied for 5th place
2022 ~ USA ~ The Grand Chess Tour~ St Louis, Mo.
♣ Second place
2022 ~ USA ~ The Sinquefield Cup ~ St Louis, Mo.
♣ tied for Third place
2022 ~ INDIA ~ 44th Chess Olympiad ~ Chennai
♣ USA tied for Fourth place
2022 ~ CROATIA ~ GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz ~ Zagreb
♣ Tied for Fourth place
2022 ~ NORWAY ~ NORWAY CHESS ~ Stavanger
♣ Fifth place
2022 ~ POLAND ~ GCT SUPERBET RAPID & BLITZ CHESS ~ Warsaw
♣ Fifth place
2022 ~ ROMANIA ~ GCT SUPERBET CHESS CLASSIC ~ Bucharest
♣ Tied for First
2022 ~ GERMANY ~ FIDE GRAND PRIX leg 3 ~ Berlin
♣ Winner
2021 ~ SPEED CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS ~ online
♣ Second Place
2021 ~ USA ~ US CHAMPIONSHIPS ~ St Louis
♣ Winner
2021 ~ USA ~ ST LOUIS CHESS9LX ~ St Louis
♣ Tied for Second
2021 ~ USA ~ GRAND CHESS TOUR OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP ~ St Louis
♣ CHAMPION
2021 ~ USA ~ GRAND CHESS TOUR Sinquefield Cup ~ St Louis
♣ tied for second place
2021 ~ USA ~ GRAND CHESS TOUR Rapid & Blitz ~ St Louis
♣ 4th place
2021 ~ FRANCE ~ GRAND CHESS TOUR Rapid & Blitz ~ Paris
♣ Winner
2021 ~ ROMANIA ~ GRAND CHESS TOUR Superbet Chess Classic ~ Bucharest
♣ Tied for second
2021 ~ USA ~ CCT FTX Crypto Cup ~ online
♣ 2nd place
2021 ~ USA ~ CCT New in Chess Classic ~ online
♣ 5th place
2021 ~ USA ~ CCT Magnus Carlsen Invitational ~ online
♣ 4th place
2021 ~ USA ~ CCT Opera Euro Rapid ~ online
♣ Winner
2021 ~ USA ~ CCT Airthings Rapid ~ online
♣ 6th place
2020 ~ USA ~ CCT Skilling Open ~ online
♣ Winner
2020 ~ USA ~ US Chess Championships ~ online
♣ Winner
2020 ~ USA ~ St Louis Rapid & Blitz ~ online
♣ Tied for 1st
2020 ~ NETHERLANDS ~ Tata Steel Masters ~ Wijk Aan Zee
♣ 3rd pLace
2019 ~ ISRAEL ~ FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Series ~ Jerusalem
♣ Quaterfinals
2019 ~ INDIA ~ Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz ~ Kolkata
♣ 3rd place
2019 ~ ROMANIA ~ GCT SuperBet Rapid and Blitz ~ Bucharest
♣ 9th place
2019 ~ NORWAY ~ Fischer Random World Chess Championship ~ Oslo
♣ Winner
2019 ~ ISLE OF MAN ~ Fide Grand Prix Swiss Open ~ Douglas
2019 ~ RUSSIA ~ World Cup ~ Khanty Mansiysk
♣ 3rd round
2019 ~ USA ~ Sinquefield Cup ~ St Louis
♣ 11th place
2019 ~ LATVIA ~ Fide Grand Prix ~ Riga
♣ 3rd Round
2019 ~ CROATIA ~ Grand Chess Tour ~ Zagreb
♣ 2nd place
2019 ~ NORWAY ~ Altibox ~ Stavanger
♣ tied for 4th place
2019 ~ RUSSIA ~ Fide Grand Prix ~ Moscow
♣ 2nd Round
2019 ~ COTE d’IVOIRE ~ Grand Chess Tour ~ Abidjan
♣ 4th place
2019 ~ USA ~ US Championships ~ St Louis MO
♣ 4th place
2019 ~ GIBRALTAR ~ ~ Gibraltar International Chess Festival
♣ 11th place
2018 ~ INDIA ~ Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz Super Tournament ~ Kolkata
♣ 4th place in both Rapid and Blitz
2018 ~ ISLE of MAN ~ Chess.com Isle of Man International ~ Douglas
2018 ~ USA ~ St Louis Chess 960 Challenge ~ St Louis
♣ match won
2018 ~ USA ~ Sinquefield Cup~ St Louis
♣ 8th place
2018 ~ USA ~ St Louis Rapid & Blitz ~ St Louis
♣ 9th place
2018 ~ SPAIN ~ XXXI Torneo Magistral Ciudad de Leon ~ Leon
♣ Winner
2018 ~ FRANCE ~ GCT Paris Grand Chess Tour ~ Paris
♣ 3rd Place
2018 ~ BELGIUM ~ GCT Your Next Move ~ Leuven
♣ 1st Place
2018 ~ NORWAY ~ Altibox Chess ~ Stavanger
♣ 3rd Place
2018 ~ UNITED STATES ~ The US Championships ~ St Louis
♣ 3rd Place
2018 ~ GERMANY ~ The Candidates ~ Berlin
♣ 7th Place
2018 ~ NETHERLANDS ~ Tata Steel Chess ~ Wijk Aan Zee
♣ Tied for 3rd Place
2017 ~ UNITED KINGDOM ~ London Chess Classic ~ London
♣ Tied for 3rd Place
2017 ~ USA ~ Rapid & Blitz Showdown of Champions ~ St. Louis
♣ Winner of Match with GM Lenier Dominguez
2017 ~ GEORGIA ~ 2017 FIDE World Cup ~ Tbilisi
♣ Semi-Finalist
2017 ~ USA ~ Sinquefield Cup ~ St Louis
♣ 9th Place
2017 ~ SPAIN ~ XXX Torneo Magistral de Ajedres ~ Leon
♣ Champion
2017 ~ BELGIUM ~ GCT Rapid Blitz ~ Leuven
♣ 2nd Place
2017 ~ FRANCE ~ GCT Rapid Blitz ~ Paris
♣ 7th Place
2017 ~ NORWAY ~ Altibox Norway Chess ~ Stavanger
♣ tied 4th Place
2017 ~ AZERBAIJAN ~ Gashimov Memorial ~ Shamkir
♣ 2nd Place
2017 ~ USA ~ US Chess Championship ~ St Louis
♣ Winner
2017 ~ USA ~ chess.com Pro League ~ St Louis
♣ Champions ~ St Louis Arch Bishops ~ MVP Wesley So
2017 – NETHERLANDS ~ The Tata Steel Chess Tournament ~ Wijk Aan Zee
♣ Winner
2016 – UNITED KINGDOM ~ The Grand Chess Tour ~ London
♣ Winner
2016 – UNITED KINGDOM ~ The London Chess Classic ~ London
♣ 1st Place
2016 – ISLE OF MAN ~ The 3rd IOM Chess Open ~ Douglas
♣ Tie for 3rd Place
2016 – AZERBAIJAN ~ The 42nd Chess Olympiad ~ Baku
♣ GOLD MEDAL TEAM
♣ GOLD MEDAL THIRD BOARD
2016 – USA ~ The Sinquefield Cup ~ St Louis
♣ 1st Place
2016 – SPAIN ~ IX Bilbao Chess Masters Final ~ Bilbao
♣ 3rd Place
2016 – BELGIUM ~ Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz ~ Leuven
♣ 2nd Place
2016 – FRANCE ~ Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz ~ Paris
♣ 4th Place
2016 – CHINA ~ 4 Game Match with Ding Liren ~ Shanghai
♣ 2nd Place
2016 – USA ~ Ultimate Blitz Chess Challenge with Garry Kasparov ~ St. Louis
♣ 2nd Place
2016 – USA ~ US Chess Championships ~ St. Louis
♣ 2nd Place
2016 – USA ~ Awarded The Samford Chess Fellowship ~ US Chess Trust
♣ http://www.uschesstrust.org/2016-samford-fellowship-awarded-to-grandmaster-wesley-so
2016 – NETHERLANDS ~ Tata Steel Chess Event ~ Wijk Aan Zee
♣ 4th Place
2015 – QATAR ~ Qatar Chess Masters ~ Doha
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2015 – SPAIN ~ Bilbao Chess Masters ~ Bilbao
♣ 1st Place – Champion
2015 – USA ~ Millionaire Chess ~ Las Vegas
♣ 5th Place – Open
2015 – AZERBAIJAN ~ World Chess Cup ~ Baku
♣ 4th Round
2015 – USA ~ Sinquefield Cup ~ St. Louis
♣ 10th Place
2015 – TURKEY ~ Turkish Super League ~ Izmit
♣ 2nd Place
2015 – GERMANY ~ Sparkassen Chess Meeting ~ Dortmund
♣ 2nd Place
2015 – CZECH REPUBLIC ~ Cez Chess Trophy 4 Game Match ~ Prague
♣ Winner
2015 – FRANCE ~ Top Twelve French League (CLICHY) ~ Petit Camargue
♣ 2nd Place
2015 – AZERBAIJAN ~ Gashimov Memorial ~ Shamkir
♣ 3rd Place
2015 – UNITED STATES ~ US Championships ~ St. Louis
♣ 3rd Place
2015 – IRELAND ~ 22nd Bunratty Chess Festival ~ Bunratty
♣ 1st Place
2015 – NETHERLANDS ~ Tata Steel Chess Event ~ Wijk Aan Zee
♣ Tied for 2nd Place
2014 – USA ~ North American Open ~ Las Vegas
♣ Open Section Champion
2014 – USA ~ US Chess League Champions ~ St. Louis
♣ Board One
2014 – USA ~ Millionaire Chess ~ Las Vegas
♣ 1st Place Grand Prize Winner
2014 – USA ~ 3RD Noel Skelton Open ~ Minnesota
♣ 1st Place
2014 – NORWAY ~ 41ST Chess Olympiad
♣ Coach for US team
2014 – ITALY ~ ACP Golden Classic
♣ 1st Place (Rated 2755)
2014 – CANADA ~ 9TH Edmonton International Chess Festival
♣ 2nd Place
2014 – USA ~ National Open Blitz Sectionals Las Vegas International Chess Festival
♣ 1st Place
2014 – CUBA ~ Capablanca Memorial
♣ 1st Place
2014 – USA ~ The Bill Wright Saint Louis Open
♣ Tie for 1st Place
2014 ~ USA ~ Final Four of College Chess
♣ 1st Place (Webster Team)
2014 ~ NETHERLANDS ~ Tata Steel Chess – Wijk Aan Zee
♣Tie for 4th place
2013 ~ USA ~ Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship
♣ 1st Place (Webster Team A)
2013 ~ TURKEY ~ World Chess Team Championship
♣ Coach for U.S.A. Team
2013 ~ NETHERLANDS ~ 17TH Unive Chess Tournament Hoogeveen
♣ 1st Place
2013 ~ USA ~ 2ND Noel Skelton Open
♣ 1st Place
2013 ~ NORWAY ~ World Cup
♣ Lost in 2nd round (64 players) knockout
2013 ~ RUSSIA ~ 27TH Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia
♣ Gold Medal
2013 ~ USA ~ Las Vegas International Chess Festival
♣ Triple Winner
2013 ~ CANADA ~ Calgary International Chess Classic and Blitz Championship
♣ 1stPlace – Classic
♣ 1st Place – Blitz
2013 ~ USA ~ The Bill Wright Saint Louis Open
♣ Tie for 1st Place
2013 ~ USA ~ Final Four of College Chess
♣ 1st Place
2013 ~ ICELAND ~ The Reykjavik Open 2013
♣ Tie for 1st Place
♣ 1st player from the Philippines and the 1st player in the 67-year history of American Collegiate Chess to break the 2700 rating mark
♣ No. 2-ranked junior chess player in the world
2013 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ Asian Zonal 3.3 Chess Championship
♣ 2nd Place
♣ Qualifies in 2013 World Cup
2013 ~ USA ~ Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship
♣ Tie for 1st Place (Webster Team A & B)
2012 ~ USA ~ SPICE Blitz 2012
♣ 1st Place
2012 ~ USA ~ The 3RD Annual Thanksgiving Open
♣ Tie for 2nd Place
2012 ~ USA ~ 2012 SPICE CUP Group A
♣ 4th Place
2012 ~ Chess.com’s 7TH Blitz Match of Death ~ Wesley So vs. Ray Robson
♣ Defeated GM Ray Robson
2012 ~ CANADA ~ Quebec Open Chess Championship
♣ 1st Place
2012 ~ CANADA ~ Toronto International Chess Championship
♣ 1st Place
2012 ~ USA ~ Charity Chess Match Philippine Consulate
♣ Organized by the Filipino-American Chess Club of New York
♣ Acting Deputy Permanent Representative of the Philippine Mission to the UN in New York, Eduardo de Vega, joined the other chess players.
♣ 20-chess players simultaneous
2012 ~ USA ~ 40TH Annual World Open 2012 – Blitz Championship
♣ Tie for 1st Place
2012 ~ USA ~ 40TH Annual World Open 2012
♣ 3rd Place
2012 ~ FRANCE ~ French League TOP 12
♣ Clichy members: Ivanchuk, Van Wely, Wesley So, vice Jakovenko, Nispeanu and Maze
♣ Emerged 2012 champion – undefeated in 10 games
2012 ~ VIETNAM ~ 11TH Asian Individual Open/Blitz Chess Championships
♣ Undefeated in 18 games, 9 in the main event, and 9 in the Blitz Championship
♣ First place – Blitz
2012 ~ USA ~ The 28TH North American Masters: Georg Meier vs. Wesley So
♣ 4 game classical match followed by 4 game rapid match (Tie)
2011 ~ INDONESIA ~ 26TH Southeast Asian Games
♣ Gold Medal – Finished undefeated with 9 points in the Blitz chess competition
♣ Silver Medal – Individual Standard
2011 ~ INDIA ~ Airports Authority of India Intl. Grandmasters Chess Tournament
♣ 5 points 4th place
2011 ~ INDONESIA ~ 17TH Asian Cities Chess Team Championship
♣ Tie for 2nd
2011 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ Battle of Grandmasters
♣Place
2011 ~ SPAIN ~ Training with World’s #1 Chess player GM Magnus Carlsen
♣ GM Magnus Carlsen
2011 ~ RUSSIA ~ Qualifying World Blitz
♣ 5th place/ 194-player field. Qualified for World Blitz
2011 ~ NETHERLANDS ~ 73rd Corus Chess, Grandmasters Group B Tata Steel
♣ 4th place
2010 ~ CHINA ~ The 16TH Asian Games
♣ Silver Medal for Team Philippines
2010 ~ USA ~ 2010 SPICE CUP Group A
♣ Tie for 2nd Place
2010 ~ RUSSIA ~ 39TH World Chess Olympiad 2010
♣ RP Team: Rank 50th (149 teams)
2010 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ Campomanes Memorial Cup
♣ 7th place
2010 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ Battle of Grandmasters
♣ 1st Place
2010 ~ NETHERLANDS ~ NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs Experience
♣ Rising stars 26 (1st)
♣ Experience 24
2010 ~ SWITZERLAND ~ 2010 Biel Young Grandmasters Chess Championship
♣ 5th Place
2010 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ 2010 ASIAN Continental Chess Championships
♣ 2nd Place
♣ Qualify for World Cup
2010 ~ RUSSIA ~ World Blitz Championship Prelim
♣62nd place/ 156-player field
2010 ~ RUSSIA ~ Aeroflot Open 2010, Group A1
♣ Top Junior Award
♣ 11th place/80-player field
2010 ~ NETHERLANDS ~ 72ND Corus Chess 2010, Grandmasters Group B
♣ 5th Place
2009 ~ RUSSIA ~2009 World Chess Cup
♣ Final 16
♣ Defeated Gadir Guseinov and had victories over former world championship contenders Vassily Ivanchuk (ELO 2739) and Gata Kamsky (ELO 2695)
2009 ~ USA ~ Spice Cup Group A
♣ Tie for 2nd Place
2009 ~ USA ~ 30-Board Simul with Fresno Chess Club
♣ 30-0
2009 ~ VIETNAM ~ Zone 3.3 Fide World Chess Championship
♣ Medal: Silver
♣ 2nd Place
♣ Qualify for World Cup
2009 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ Asian Continental Chess Open Championship
♣ Rank: 21st place (85 players)
♣ Tie for 4th Place
2009 ~ CHINA ~ Chinese Chess League (for Bank of Qingdao Team)
♣ Team: Rank 9 Scored 4/6
2009 ~ Philippines ~ Battle of Grandmasters
♣ 1st Place
2009 ~ RUSSIA ~ Aeroflot Open 2009, Group A1
♣ Top Junior Winner
2009 ~ NETHERLANDS ~ 71ST Corus Chess 2009, Grandmasters Group C
♣ 1st place/Qualified for B Group
♣ “Beste Jone Talente” Award
2008 ~ UAE ~ 1ST Asian Chess Club Championship
♣ Individual: Board 1 Gold Medalist
♣ Team: 4th place
2008 ~ GERMANY ~ 38TH World Chess Olympiad 2008
♣ RP Team: Rank 46th (100 teams)
♣ Best Olympiad performer in RP
2008 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ 4TH Pichay Cup International Open
♣ Tie for 3rd Place (68 players)
♣ Ranked 5th
2008 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ 3RD President GMA Cup International Open
♣ Tie for 5th Place (72 players)
2008 ~ VIETNAM ~ 1ST Dragon Capital Chess Open/1ST ASEAN Grand Prix
♣ Tie for 2nd (30 players)
♣ 2nd in ASEAN Grand Prix
♣ Team: 3rd Place (26 teams)
2008 ~ TURKEY ~ World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad
♣ Individual: Gold Medal
♣ Team: 3rd Place (26 teams)
2008 ~ TURKEY ~ World Junior Chess Championship
♣ 9th Place (109 players)
♣ Tie for 8th —- 14TH Place
2008 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ 1ST Subic Bay International Open Chess Championship
♣ 2nd Place
2008 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ 2ND Philippine Open International Chess Championship
♣ 10th Place (73 players)
2008 ~ INDONESIA ~ 2008 Japfa Chess Festival
♣ 1st Place
2008 ~ UAE ~ 10TH Dubai Open Chess Championship
♣ 1st Place winner of “The Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup”. He set a record as the youngest winner in the 10-year history of the Cup
2008 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ Battle of Grandmasters
♣ 1st Place
2008 ~ INDONESIA ~ Asean Masters Chess Circuit 2008 GM Tournament A
♣ 4th Place
2007 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ 3RD Pichay Cup International Open
♣ 5th Place
♣ 3rd GM Norm
♣ World’s 7th Youngest GM at 14 years old
♣ Youngest Filipino GM in their history
2007 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ 2ND President GMA CUP International Open
♣ 9th Place (64 participants)
2007 ~ MACAU ~ 2ND Asian Indoor Games (participated by 32 countries)
♣ Team Rapid Chess: 4th Place
♣ Team Classical Chess: 7th Place
♣ Team Blitz Chess: 6th Place
2007 ~ ARMENIA ~ World Junior Chess Championship
♣ 2nd GM Norm
♣ Tie for 6th Place
2007 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ The 6TH Asian Individual Chess Championship
♣ Tie for 5th Place
2007 ~ SINGAPORE ~ World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad
♣ Individual: Gold Medal
♣ Team: 3rd Place
2007 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ Philippine Open International Chess Championship
♣ Rank 15th
2007 ~ IRAN ~ 15TH Asian Cities Chess Champion
♣ Team: 2nd (Silver Medal)
♣ Individual: Gold Medal for Performance Rating and Percentage Score
2007 ~ VIETNAM ~ Fide (Zone 3.3) World Chess Championship
♣ Tie for 3rd Place
2006 ~ SINGAPORE ~ 3RD Masters International Open Chess Tournament
♣ Tie for 4TH Place (99 Players)
2006 ~ PHILIPPINES ~ 1ST President GMA Cup International Chess Tournament
♣ Top Juniors
♣ Tie for 6thPlace
2006 ~ GERMANY ~ Offene Internationale Bayerische Shach Meisterschaft
♣ Tie for 2nd Place
♣ 1st GM Norm
♣ Creativity
♣ Award: Chosen by Russian Website e3e5
2006 ~ SPAIN ~ III Festival de Ajedrez Open Internacionale
♣ BEST Under 16 Blitz
2006 ~ MALAYSIA ~ 3RD IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Open Chess Championship
♣ BEST Under-16 Player 3RD International Master Norm
2006 ~ ITALY ~ 2ND San Marino Open Internationale di Scacchi
♣ BEST Under-16 Player – 2nd IM Norm
2006 ~ ITALY ~ 37TH World Chess Olympiad
♣ Youngest RP Olympian
2006 ~ UAE ~ 8TH Dubai Open Chess Championship
♣ 1st IM Norm
2005 ~ SINGAPORE ~ Masters/Challengers Int’l. Open Tournament
♣ BEST Under-12 Player
2005 ~ FRANCE ~ 12TH Nice Open International
♣ 9th Place
2005 ~ FRANCE ~ World Youth Chess Championship
♣ TIE 1st Place
2005 ~ THAILAND ~ 7TH Asean Age-Group Chess Championship
♣ GOLD, “Standard Chess – Individual”
♣ GOLD, “Rapid Chess – Individual”
♣ GOLD, “Blitz Chess – Individual”
2004 ~ GREECE ~ World Youth Chess Championship
♣ 13th Place
2004 ~ VIETNAM ~ 6TH Asian Age-Group Chess Championship
♣ GOLD “Standard Chess” (Individual)
♣ GOLD “Rapid Chess (Individual)
♣ SILVER “Standard Chess” (Team)
♣ SILVER “Rapid Chess (Team)
2003 ~ GREECE ~ World Youth Chess Championship
♣ 19th Place
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