April 2009 FIDE rating list ( GM Wesley So in 89th place )

Top 100 Players April 2009
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2812 17 1975
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2783 14 1969
3 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2770 27 1990
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 0 1975
5 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 27 1987
6 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2754 37 1982
7 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2753 5 1983
8 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2751 13 1977
9 Leko, Peter g HUN 2751 0 1979
10 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2748 14 1983
11 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2747 23 1978
12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 37 1969
13 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 0 1972
14 Wang, Yue g CHN 2738 38 1987
15 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 0 1968
16 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2730 10 1986
17 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2728 9 1983
18 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2726 25 1976
19 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2726 0 1983
20 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2725 6 1985
21 Ni, Hua g CHN 2724 16 1983
22 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2721 27 1983
23 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2721 19 1990
24 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 20 1974
25 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2716 5 1985
26 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2709 26 1980
27 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2704 18 1985
28 Adams, Michael g ENG 2703 13 1971
29 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2702 0 1974
30 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2701 10 1987
31 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2700 21 1985
32 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2697 38 1973
33 Wang, Hao g CHN 2696 29 1989
34 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2696 11 1971
35 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2695 14 1979
36 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2693 0 1983
37 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2693 0 1976
38 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2690 15 1980
39 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2690 11 1971
40 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2688 31 1982
41 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2688 20 1987
42 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2687 16 1983
43 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2686 30 1986
44 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2685 9 1976
45 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2684 28 1975
46 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2684 24 1987
47 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2684 10 1990
48 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2682 20 1981
49 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2682 19 1985
50 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2680 17 1978
51 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2678 11 1986
52 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2677 29 1979
53 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2677 20 1985
54 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2676 27 1985
55 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2675 11 1976
56 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2674 13 1965
57 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2671 23 1986
58 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2669 23 1968
59 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2669 0 1977
60 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2668 38 1969
61 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2668 3 1973
62 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2664 11 1981
63 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2660 23 1983
64 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2660 0 1977
65 Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2659 20 1986
66 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2659 18 1972
67 Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2658 38 1985
68 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2657 39 1986
69 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2657 0 1973
70 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2656 25 1981
71 Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2655 43 1987
72 Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2655 29 1986
73 Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2655 13 1985
74 Navara, David g CZE 2654 24 1985
75 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2652 29 1986
76 Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2652 20 1987
77 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2650 9 1976
78 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2649 31 1992
79 Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2648 18 1978
80 Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2648 11 1981
81 Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2648 7 1971
82 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2647 10 1978
83 Fridman, Daniel g GER 2646 9 1976
84 Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2645 26 1978
85 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2645 20 1988
86 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2644 0 1951
87 Li, Chao b g CHN 2643 46 1989
88 Meier, Georg g GER 2641 37 1987
89 So, Wesley g PHI 2641 29 1993
90 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2641 9 1968
91 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2640 21 1953
92 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2638 21 1985
93 Zhang, Pengxiang g CHN 2638 6 1980
94 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2637 11 1965
95 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2637 10 1978
96 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2636 9 1966
97 Zhou, Jianchao g CHN 2635 35 1988
98 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2635 28 1985
99 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2635 22 1976
100 Roiz, Michael g ISR 2635 17 1983

Battle of GM round 11, GM So wins the title

Wesley So wins Battle of GMs

Overwhelms opposition from start to finish
By Roy Luarca
Philippine Daily Inquirer




Final standings:
MEN: 18.0—W. So; 14.0—R. Antonio; 13.0—E. Torre; 12.0—M. Paragua, J. Gomez; 11.5—D. Laylo; 11.0—J. Sadorra, R. Bitoon; 9.0—R. Nolte; 8.0—J. Gonzales; 6.5—B. Villamayor; 6.0—R. Dableo

WOMEN: 17.0—Shercila Cua; 16.5—B. Mendoza; 15.0—Sherily Cua; 14.0—J. Fronda, C. Bernales; 12.0—D. Rivera; 11.0—L. Cuison; 9.0—K. Cunanan; 8.0—C. Perena; 5.0—J. Docena; 4.0—R. Young

DAPITAN CITY—A big gap exists between Wesley So and the rest of the field in the Battle of Grandmasters here.

Already beyond reach, So capped his successful title-retention campaign with a victory over fellow GM Darwin Laylo in the 11th and final round Tuesday night at the Dapitan City Resort Hotel.

His seventh win against four draws gave So a runaway total of 18 points, four up on second placer GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio, who drew with GM Eugene Torre after 31 moves of a Bogo Indian.

So, an incoming high school senior at St. Francis-Cavite, led from start to finish to win the P200,000 champion’s purse.

Starting hot, So hurdled GM Buenaventura Villamayor, GM John Paul Gomez, Torre, IM Rolando Nolte and GM Jayson Gonzales before being held to a draw by Antonio in the sixth round.

The 15-year-old So, Group C champion of this year’s Corus Chess Tournament in the Netherlands, then coasted along with successive draws against GM Mark Paragua, IM Julio Catalino Sadorra and IM Richard Bitoon.

Antonio bagged the runner-up purse of P100,000, with Torre pocketing P80,000 for finishing third with 13 points.

Other final-round matches saw Paragua subdue Sadorra in 41 moves of a French Defense and Gomez and Nolte agreeing to a truce after 37 of a Sicilian.

With 12 points each, Paragua and Gomez tied for fourth and won P50,000 each in the tournament organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines and supported by Phoenix Petroleum and the Dapitan City council through Mayor Dominador Jalosjos Jr.

In women’s play, FIDE Master Shercila Cua pounced on an endgame blunder by WNM Rulp Ylem Jose to prevail in 79 moves of an English Opening to snatch the title from WIM Beverly Mendoza, who temporarily held the reign when she bested WNM Jedara Docena in 28 moves of a Vienna Opening.

Shercila, an economics graduate from University of Santo Tomas, won P60,000.