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So competes in Moscow

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February 15, 2009 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Grandmaster Wesley So, one of the world’s youngest grandmasters, paid a courtesy call recently on National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) president Prospero “Butch” Pichay at the LWUAA office in Diliman, Quezon City.

So, IM Richard Bitoon, Jan Emmanuel Garcia and Haridas Pascua will leave for Moscow today to compete in the 2009 Aeroflot Open chess championship.

AEROFLOT

AEROFLOT OPEN

BITOON

CHESS

DILIMAN

GRANDMASTER WESLEY SO

JAN EMMANUEL GARCIA AND HARIDAS PASCUA

NATIONAL CHESS FEDERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

PICHAY

QUEZON CITY

RICHARD BITOON
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