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                    [ArticleID] => 1548473
                    [Title] => So draws with Carlsen, stays at joint fourth
                    [Summary] => 

Wesley So agreed to a quick 28-move draw with reigning world champion Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen of Norway in a quiet English duel to stay stranded at No. 4 in the 12th and penultimate round of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Saturday night.

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Wesley So agreed to a quick 28-move draw with reigning world champion Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen of Norway in a quiet English duel to stay stranded at No. 4 in the 12th and penultimate round of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Saturday night.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-30 23:31:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20150114/GM-Wesley-So.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1432343 [Title] => Torre halves point vs Mongolian GM [Summary] =>

Grandmaster Eugene Torre drew with Mongolian GM Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa in 48 moves of a Sicilian Defense to remain half a point behind solo leader Burmese International Master Wynn Zaw Htun after three rounds of the Asian Zone 3.3 Zonal Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam last Monday.

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Tumabla uli si Filipino GM Wesley So kay dating world challenger Vassily Ivanchuk ng Ukraine para hawakan na ang titulo sa Capablanca Memorial 2014 sa Habana Riviera sa La Havana, Cuba kahapon.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1324764 [Title] => So virtual champion [Summary] =>

Wesley So drew with former world challenger Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine via perpetual check in 27 moves of a Sicilian Defense to virtually clinch the crown with a round to go in the Capablanca Memorial 2014 at the Habana Riviera in La Havana, Cuba yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 577168 [Title] => The Sicilian Defense [Summary] =>

The Sicilian Defense was first mentioned in a manuscript by Giulio Polerio in 1594. In chess, it involves using a black pawn to aggressively respond to the first move of an advancing white center pawn.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135995 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1307023 [AuthorName] => Enrique Y. Gonzalez [SectionName] => Gadgets [SectionUrl] => gadgets [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 39530 [Title] => Paragua lider pa rin [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 328083 [Title] => Top seeds start hot in Ouano chess tilt [Summary] => The 1st Mayor Ouano National Chess Championship started yesterday with top seeds taking different routes in their respective matches at the Mandaue City Cultural and Sports Complex.

The three-day event, from March 24-26, 2006, is in preparation of the 37th Chess Olympiad that will be held on May 19 to June 05 in Turin, Italy.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 216095 [Title] => Liderato kuha ni Sanchez [Summary] => Tinalo ni Pinoy International Master Joseph Catiwalaan Sanchez (ELO 2410) si Grandmaster Igor Miladinovic (ELO 2609) ng Greece makaraan ang 41 sulungan ng Sicilian Defense sa top board encounter at umiskor ng 6.5 puntos matapos ang 8th at penultimate round ng XV Open Cannes International Chess Championships sa Cannes, France nang daigin nito.

"Inulit naman ni GM Miladinovic ang laro sa pagitan nina Short at Gurevich buti na lang pumatak ako," anang 32-year-old Cebuano player.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182847 [Title] => RP chessers trip Iraqis [Summary] => BLED — The Philippines crushed Iraq, 3-1, Monday as a gift to grandmaster Eugene Torre who turned 51 here at the 35th World Chess Olympiad.

The Filipinos showed little respect to the Iraqis, whose two key players were stopped by grandmaster Bong Villanueva and IM Nelson Mariano II.

Villamayor defeated Ali Gattea, a Fide master, in 39 moves of a Queen’s Gambit, Tarrasch variation. Mark Paragua drew against International Master Sarsam Saaed in 75 moves of a Sicilian Defense.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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