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PINAKAPETMALU NA GRAND CHESS TOUR, RARATSADAHIN NI GM SO

Eddie M. Paez, Jr
Feb 12, 2019
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MULING napabilang ang Pinoy Grandmaster na si Wesley So sa elite pawn­pushers na kuwalipikado para lumahok sa lalo pang pinalupit na Grand Chess Tour o GCT na ngayon ay gaganapin na sa iba’t-ibang parte ng daigdig.

Apat na kategorya ang pinagbasehan ng mga orga­nizers ng GCT para sa pag­buo ng mga kalahok sa 2019 na tour: 1) unang tatlong fi­nishers ng 2018 GCT, 2) top 4 sa Universal Rating Sys­tem (URS) list; 3) unang apat na woodpushers base sa average FIDE rating si­mula Pebrero 2018 hang­gang Enero 2019; at 4) no­minado ng GCT Advisory Board.

Sa pangatlong kategorya nakuha ng 25-anyos na si So at dating Philippine chess king ang kanyang upuan sa 2019 GCT kasama si dating world champion at Indian GM Vishwanathan Anand at GM Amish Giri ng Nether­lands.

Kasama rin sa mga nag-qualify sina GM Hikaru Na­kamura (USA), GM Maxime Vachier Lagrave (France) at GM Fabiano Caruana (USA) dahil sa pagpasok sa podium noong 2018 GCT; ang kasa­lukuyang pinakamalupit na chesser sa buong mundo (standard, rapid at blitz chess) na si Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Shakhriyar Ma­medyarov ng Azerbaijan, Chinese GM Ding Liren at FIDE World Cup king GM Levon Aro­nian ng Armenia na kabilang sa top 4 chessers sa URS roster; at si GCT Ad­visory Board choice na si Rus­sian GM Ian Nepom­niachtchi.

Ang mga bakbakan ay gaganapin sa Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz, Mayo 6-13); Zagreb, Croatia (Classical, Hunyo 24 - Hulyo 9); Paris, France (Ra­pid & Blitz, Hulyo 26-Agosto 2); Saint Louis, Mis­souri, USA (Rapid & Blitz, Agosto 8-15 at Classical, Agosto 15-30); Bucharest, Romania (Nobyembre 4-11) at Kolkata, India (Rapid & Blitz, Nobyembre 20- 27).

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