And a REAL Pinoy Superstar

In the "Pinoy Superstar" post below I was kidding a little bit. Rolando's extraordinary string of wins in last week's Allegro Tournament may well have given him a SwissPerfect performance rating of 2700+ for the night but FIDE will never wear it.

On the other hand everybody's sitting up and taking notice of young Wesley So, the new wunderkind from the Philippines.

There's a story about Wesley on the Rooty Hill web page http://www.rootyhillchess.org/so.html in response to a request from Leo Tenorio. Since it was posted I've had a couple of emails from Wesley's mother, Eleanor, with lots more information.

Her latest was a copy of Olimpiu G. Urcan's interview with Wesley which is now published there with permission of Intchess Magazine (published by ASEAN Chess Academy, one of only two FIDE-accredited chess academies in the world).

If you're interested in chess in the Philippines, or if you just want a glimpse of one of Caissa's rising new stars, go read the story.