Eagerness to learn

It’s fascinating to see a group of people huddling with each other to learn a new thing. And that’s just one of the beauties of chess. Young and old, men and women, boy and girls – they all come together to discuss something about chess. Subjects could vary from pure gossips to analyzing the games of their favorite chess players.

The members of the Malibay Chess Club (MCC) are simply among those who love to talk about almost anything related to chess. And the good thing is that – together – they really love to analyze the games of their favorite players. Once they got hold of a chess notation of a certain game of the players they admire, they will dissect it like a frog being experimented by a curious kid.

It is for this reason why, starting from now, this blog will publish select games of notable players – for MCC players (and others) to learn from and enjoy.

As a buena mano, select games of GM Wesly So in the recent national finals for the Dresden Olympiad will be featured here. The following games (in PGN text files) are copied from the website of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).

Gomez,John Paul (2464) - So,Wesley (2577) [B30]
NATIONAL FINALS - men (16.6), 12.07.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 Ne7 6.Ba3 Ng6 7.0-0 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qxd4 0-0 11.c4 c5 12.Qd3 Bb7 13.Re1 f5 14.e5 Nf4 15.Qe3 g5 16.Nbd2 Kh8 17.Red1 Nxg2 18.Kxg2 g4 19.Qf4 gxf3+ 20.Kf1 Rg8 21.Nxf3 Rg4 22.Qe3 Rag8 23.Nd2 f4 24.Qc3 Qg7 25.Ke2 f3+ 26.Nxf3 Re4+ 27.Kd2 Rf8 0-1


Paragua,Mark (2523) - So,Wesley (2577) [E15]
NATIONAL FINALS - men (3.8), 03.07.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.Nc3 0-0 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.e4 d6 16.Qxc8 Rxc8 17.Nb5 Bc6 18.Nxd6 Rc7 19.e5 Be7 20.b4 cxb4 21.Rac1 Rd7 22.Rd4 a5 23.Rdc4 Bxd6 24.exd6 Rxd6 25.Ne5 Bxg2 26.Rc8+ Kh7 27.Kxg2 f6 28.Nf7 Rd7 29.Rf8 a4 30.h4 g6 31.Nd8 Na6 32.Ne6 Rda7 33.Rxf6 Nc5 34.Nxc5 bxc5 35.Rxc5 Rb8 36.Rc1 0-1


So,Wesley (2577) - Bitoon,Richard (2439) [B82]
NATIONAL FINALS - men (11.7), 09.07.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 d6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Qf3 Be7 9.0-0-0 a6 10.Rg1 0-0 11.g4 Nd7 12.g5 b5 13.f5 Nde5 14.Qf2 Re8 15.Bh3 Bf8 16.Nce2 Bd7 17.Nf4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Rac8 19.g6 hxg6 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Kb1 g5 22.Rxg5 Nf3 23.Rg6 d5 24.Nh5 Kh7 25.Rg2 Nxd4 26.Qh4 Kg8 27.Nxg7 Kf7 28.Rf1+ 1-0