ni Ronalyn Seminiano Reonico | March 5, 2021
Ganap nang American citizen ang Pinoy chess champion at super grandmaster na si Wesley So, ayon sa US Chess Federation.
Pahayag ng dating Filipino citizen na si So, “If you work hard, you have a better chance of making it here than anywhere else in the world. I came here ready to work hard, and it turned out just as I dreamed.
“That does not mean I don’t love the Philippines. I have good memories from there. But I did not have the connections needed to succeed in that culture. I was from the province, not a city boy. Had no money etc. I wanted to go further, and there was only one country a nobody can make it.”
Noong 2019, natalo ni So si Norwegian Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen kung saan nasungkit niya ang World Fischer Random Chess Championship.
Bago pumunta sa United States noong 2014 ay naging pambato na rin si So ng Pilipinas sa mga international competitions.