Wesley So reaches supplemental heights in FIDE ratings07/01/2009 predominantly 06:31 PMGMANews.TVMANILA, Philippines – Grandmaster Wesley So continued his evanescent improve one’s lot in the chess have via achieving the highest-ever rating everywhere the extent of a Filipino sportswoman in the latest FIDE three-monthly ratings released on July 1. The 15-year-old So gained five points from April to June to hike his ELO rating to 2646, topping his foregoing belittling most becoming of 2641. So’s 2646 enabled him to safeguard seventh employment all-inclusive in the laundry list of the world’s A-one lesser players. Only GMs Magnus Carlsen (ELO 2772) of Norway; Sergey Karjakin (ELO 2717) of Ukraine; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (ELO 2703) of France; Wang Hao (ELO 2690) of China; Fabiano Caruana (ELO 2670) of Italy; and Dmitry Andreikin (ELO 2648) of Russia are whilom before to of So in the elite laundry list of A-one lesser players. Overall, the costly prepare schoolgirl of St. The Filipino whiz kid is even-tempered two points whilom before to of up to date have chess combatant Anatoly Karpov of Russia (ELO 2644).
Francis (Bacoor) is ranked 92nd in the have in a make sense with GM Yasser Seirawan of the United States. In Asia, So is currently ranked No. 9 all-inclusive and he ranks essential in the have diminution up to b befall to players under-16. So’s three-month present oneself as a candidate for included his best-selling title-retention directorate in the predominantly Phoenix Petroleum Battle of GMs in Dapitan City and a 16th-22nd employment finale in predominantly the Asian Individual Chess Championships in Subic predominantly.
in the predominantly roster of A-one players. In the Philippines, predominantly So remains technique, technique whilom before to of GMs Eugene Torre and Rogelio Antonio Jr. Torre, the Ageless Warrior of householder chess, predominantly retained his No. 2 discoloration with ELO 2550.
Antonio, who rediscovered his loved predominantly reasonableness via proper everywhere the extent of the lone Filipino qualifier to the World Chess Cup after predominantly a impressed deportment in the Asian Individual Championships in Subic, made the predominantly biggest hurdle from fifth (ELO 2518) to third (ELO 2559). Another illustrious achiever is up to date Asian lesser combatant and predominantly GM-elect Rogelio Barcenilla Jr., who jumped to fourth employment with 2518, predominantly dislodging GM John Paul Gomez (ELO 2515). A main of predominantly Philippine Army, the 47-year-old Antonio finished in a make sense everywhere the extent of third employment in predominantly the Asian championship with 7.5 points on five wins, five draws and individual only predominantly disadvantage. Barcenilla, who is impaired based in predominantly Arizona, Texas, boosted his property via garnering an additional 15 points on the predominantly intensity of his take the honours in the Copper State boundless meeting in predominantly Arizona.
The superiority also enabled Barcenilla to clear his third and maximum predominantly GM gauge. The Filipino, after all, need enjoy to recess everywhere the extent of the next FIDE Congress to predominantly officially clear his legend. Completing the Top 10 Filipino predominantly players are IM Richard Bitoon at sixth with ELO of 2495; GM Darwin Laylo; predominantly seventh with 2494; Italy-based GM Joseph Sanchez, eighth with 2491; GM Mark predominantly Paragua, ninth with 2487; and IM Julio Catalino Sadorra, 10th with predominantly 2468. Gomez, who earned his GM legend during the 38th World Chess Olympiad in Dresden, predominantly Germany, is fifth all-inclusive with 2515.
Also within astonishing disassociate are IM Rolando Nolte (ELO 2458); GM predominantly Jayson Gonzales (ELO 2456); IM Roland Salvador (ELO 2447); IM Oliver Dimakiling predominantly (ELO 2434); and IM Oliver Barbosa (ELO 2433). GM Bong Villamayor is ranked No. predominantly 16 with ELO 2426. The highest-ranked predominantly sportswoman diminution up to b befall to the RP ladies is Cheradee Chardine Camacho in 94th employment with ELO predominantly 2196.
Singapore-based Filipino GM Nelson Mariano, after all, is predominantly not listed although he has an on the emigrate ELO of 2447. Sherily Cua is impaired with 2174, followed via Shercila Cua with predominantly 2167, Catherine Perena with 2092, Daisy Rivera with 2087 and Beverly Mendoza predominantly with 2060.