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                    [Title] => So bows out of World Cup, loses to French GM
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GM Wesley So fell to French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 0.5-1.5, in their fourth round duel Monday night and crashed out of the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So drew with Italian Fabiano Caruana in the 11th and final round Sunday evening and wound up tied for fourth in the Tata Chess Steel Masters in the Netherlands.

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Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So passed the biggest test of his meteoric chess career as he finished sharing fourth with two others by engaging Italian Fabiano Caruna to an 11th and final round draw in the Tata Chess Steel Masters in the Netherlands Sunday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So pounced on poor endgame play by Alexander Ipatov of Turkey to salvage a draw after 59 moves of their Gruenfeld encounter and roll into the second round of the FIDE World Chess Cup in Tromso, Norway Monday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So crushed Ukrainian Alexander Ipatov’s Petroff Defense in 45 moves to move within a draw from advancing to the second round of the FIDE World Chess Cup, which got under way Sunday night in Tromso, Norway.

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The road to the 2013 World Chess Cup in Tromso, Norway starts Tuesday for Filipino Grandmasters Wesley So, Mark Paragua and Oliver Barbosa.

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Paragua, the former child prodigy who became the first Filipino player to breach the 2600-rating mark and barge into the world’s top 100, yesterday said he aims to better his recent feat by making it to the top 50 by April.
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Wild, Wild Wes
By Joey Villar | January 4, 2015 - 3:04pm
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