Best Chess Quote

Make it for the record. I nominate the following chess quote as the "Best Chess Quote" ever said about Philippine chess:

"I think the Filipino chess fans must be the most passionate chess fans in the world."

The quote came from the very famous world chess personality GM Susan Polgar who has become the symbol of global scholastic chess in recent years.

"It's a great thing. I am amazed. I wish all countries would have chess fans like this," added GM Polgar who made the quote over Barangay Wesley's page at chessgames.com.

Reading that sweet quote from GM Polgar herself is a big boost to Philippine chess, a kind of kindhearted statement that will continue to reverberate in the four corners of the world of chess for years to come.

Of course, GM Polgar could not be wrong in her statement. But putting that statement into proper perspective, the resurgence of chess popularity in the Philippines in the recent years could be largely attributed to one young lad in the name of GM Wesley So.

No other name in Philippine chess can capture the hearts of Filipino chess fans the way GM Wesley So does.

This young man can simply move people, a mysterious power that belongs only to a charismatic leader.

Ah yes, leader. How I wish for the Philippine chess to have true leaders. Time for change.