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Philippines 2nd Overall in 14th ASEAN+ Age-Grp Chess Championships

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Posted on June 17, 2013 by Joeyj

Philippines 2nd Overall in 14th ASEAN+ Age-Grp Chess Championships.

By Jose “joeyj” Jereos Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 16 Jun 2013

The 14^th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships held in the city of Chiang Mai, Thailand on 5-13 June 2013 with ImperialMaePingHotel as venue was won by Vietnam as the overall champion garnering a total of 141 medals ( 71 Gold, 31 Silver & 39 bronze).

Philippines came in 2^nd overall collecting 65 medals ( 24 Gold, 28 Silver & 13 Bronze). 3rd place was Singapore with 34 medals ( 10 Gold, 9 Silver & 15 bronze).

Philippines 2nd Overall in 14th ASEAN+ Age-Grp Chess Championships.

GM Wesley So a Triple Winner at 2013 Las Vegas International Chess Festival

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Posted on June 11, 2013 by Joeyj

GM Wesley So a Triple Winner at 2013 Las Vegas International Chess Festival.

By Jose “joeyj” Jereos Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 11 Jun 2013

The month of May 2013, GM Wesley So, delighted his fans and supporters with his back-to-back conquests of Calgary’s International Chess Classic, in Canada, winning two chess championships (Standard & Blitz) on the same day on 19 May 2013.

This month of June, was a big surprise, more delightful and incredible, since, instead of two as earlier reported, GM Wesley So delivered three titles, a TRIPLE CROWN, in a span of 4-days from June 6 to 9 at the 2013 Las Vegas International Chess Festival at the Riviera Casino & Hotel.

The Unpublished records of GM Wesley So

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Posted on June 2, 2013 by Joeyj

The Unpublished records of GM Wesley So.

By Jose “joeyj” Jereos Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 02 Jun 2013

A good deal of success stories have been published about the 19-year-old Philippines’ top ranked International Chess Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So who only last month had back-to-back conquests of Calgary’s International Chess Classic (CICC), in Canada, winning two chess championships on the same day on 19 May 2013.