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Grandmaster Wesley So punished Georgian GM Baadur Jobava’s middlegame misadventures to hack out the win that catapulted him from a share of fourth to a three-way logjam at second after six rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, the Netherlands Friday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So punished Georgian GM Baadur Jobava's middlegame misadventures to hack out the win that catapulted him from a share of fourth to a three-way logjam at second after six rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, the Netherlands Friday night.

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The long, hard road to a dream world title starts for Wesley So as he clashes with Polish Grandmaster Radoslav Wojtaszek in the opening round of the super strong 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands.

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The long, hard road to a dream world title starts for Wesley So as he clashes with Polish Grandmaster Radoslaw Wojtaszek in the opening round of the super strong 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands.

 
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Wesley So was hoping to use his blitz death match with top American Grandmaster Hiraku Nakamura to gain confidence heading into the ultra competitive 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.

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Wesley So hopes to start the year on the right foot as he faces off with top American Grandmaster Hiraku Nakamura today in a blitz death match between the United States top two chessers, who are also the world’s ninth and 10th highest-ranked players.

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Nabigo ang National Chess Federation of the Philippines na bayaran ang kanilang atraso na nagkakahalaga ng $8,000 kaya naman hindi binabago ang ratings ng kanilang top 10 players sa monthly list.

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The National Chess Federation of the Philippines failed to pay its arrears reportedly amounting to $8,000, striking its top 10 players off the updated list for December.

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Philippine chess starts its year by being delisted from the FIDE or International Chess Federation rating list due to failure by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines to pay its arrears amounting to $8,000.

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If not for his decision to change federations, Wesley So would have easily been the uncontested best Filipino athlete of the year.

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Grandmaster Wesley So punished Georgian GM Baadur Jobava's middlegame misadventures to hack out the win that catapulted him from a share of fourth to a three-way logjam at second after six rounds of the 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, the Netherlands Friday night.

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The long, hard road to a dream world title starts for Wesley So as he clashes with Polish Grandmaster Radoslav Wojtaszek in the opening round of the super strong 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands.

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The long, hard road to a dream world title starts for Wesley So as he clashes with Polish Grandmaster Radoslaw Wojtaszek in the opening round of the super strong 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk an Zee, The Netherlands.

 
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Wesley So was hoping to use his blitz death match with top American Grandmaster Hiraku Nakamura to gain confidence heading into the ultra competitive 77th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.

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Wesley So hopes to start the year on the right foot as he faces off with top American Grandmaster Hiraku Nakamura today in a blitz death match between the United States top two chessers, who are also the world’s ninth and 10th highest-ranked players.

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Nabigo ang National Chess Federation of the Philippines na bayaran ang kanilang atraso na nagkakahalaga ng $8,000 kaya naman hindi binabago ang ratings ng kanilang top 10 players sa monthly list.

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The National Chess Federation of the Philippines failed to pay its arrears reportedly amounting to $8,000, striking its top 10 players off the updated list for December.

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Philippine chess starts its year by being delisted from the FIDE or International Chess Federation rating list due to failure by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines to pay its arrears amounting to $8,000.

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If not for his decision to change federations, Wesley So would have easily been the uncontested best Filipino athlete of the year.

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