Tata Steel Chess 2011

For sure, the global Filipino chess community will converge once again in online space to watch and talk about the campaign of their chess hero GM Wesley So in Tata Steel Tournament 2011 (formerly Corus).

The Pinoys will get together somewhere in cyberspace (wherever that is!!) to feel the thrill and excitement in every move - yes, every move - of Wesley.

For Wesley fans - and that includes me - his first move already essays one thousand and one stories. Multiply that until the endgame and just imagine the volume of stories that could be produced!

But the real essence, let me say, is that every game of Wesley is a beautiful story written and lived by his legion of supporters.

No other Filipino chess player has ever captured the heart of the global Filipino chess community. Only GM Wesley So has done that. He's a real wonder. A magic. An enigma. A phenomenon.

Yeap, I want to term it as the "Wesley phenomenon." Whenever Wesley plays in international competition, the voice of the Filipino chess community becomes the loudest and the most felt in cyberspace.

International chess organizers could have already discovered the winning formula: get Wesley and expect record-high hits on their websites.

Wherever Wesley goes, the global Filipino chess community goes with him, too, for sure.

So, see you in De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

(Complete information about the tournament can be sourced HERE.)