Wesley So’s Rocky Road to the World Chess Championship

Wesley So’s Rocky Road to the World Chess Championship

Young Filipino chess wiz’s quest for the world championship is a rollercoaster ride.

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The Wacky 1978 Chess World Championship

The Wacky 1978 Chess World Championship

How the Conjugal Dictatorship’s international public relations baby, the 1978 World Championship in Baguio, turned into an opera bouffe—with a lot of logistical, pre-match posturing and chess rivals Korchnoi and Karpov trying to rattle each other.

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A Chess World Champ in the Making

A Chess World Champ in the Making

Chess so you know, the second youngest Top Ten chess player in the world is the Filipino phenom, Wesley So.

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