Wesley So in Hamburg
6/26/2015 – While travelling from Prague to Hamburg, GM Wesley So took the opportunity to visit the ChessBase headquarters in Hamburg. There he met the ChessBase family, was able to see the offices and studio, and enjoyed some one-on-one instruction with resident experts to finetune his understanding of the indispensable program. He also popped in the studio and kibitzed on the Norway games.
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Visiting ChessBase in Hamburg on the way from Prague to Hamburg...
Wow, you can really do that? Learning advanced functions from resident expert Pascal Simon.
Watch Wesley pick up some rating points after these advanced lessons with ChessBase.
Joined by GMs Erwin l'Ami, who is currently recording two new Fritztrainers, and Karsten
Müller, whose DVDs Wesley has studied keenly ("since I was fifteen!")
Karsten and Erwin were doing live commentary on the games in Stavanger...
... and were glad when Wesley "barged in". It made for some very interesting analysis.
A video excerpt of Wesley So analyzing Norway 2015 with GMs Karsten Mueller and Erwin L'Ami as seen
by the Playchess viewers
About Wesley So
Wesley Barbasa So (born October 9, 1993 in Bacoor, Philippines) is a Filipino chess grandmaster representing the United States. In October 2008, he became the youngest player to pass 2600 Elo rating, breaking the record held by Magnus Carlsen.
At the age of sixteen, So became one of the stories of the 2009 Chess World Cup held in Khanty-Mansiysk after progressing to the fourth round before being knocked out by Vladimir Malakhov after rapid tiebreaks. He defeated Gadir Guseinov after rapid tiebreaks then defeated the experienced Vassily Ivanchuk and Gata Kamsky.
In early 2013, So passed the "elite" 2700 rating, which heralded a superb year in 2014 starting with first place at the winning the ACP Golden Classic tournament in Bergamo, Italy and then the 49th Capablanca Memorial tournament, held in Havana, a point clear of Lazaro Bruzon. After another win in the Millionaire Chess Open and tying for second place at the 2015 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, he made his first appearance in the Top Ten. (source: Wikipedia)
Here is a delightful win in 2006, when he was just 13 over Michael Prusikin, rated 2560 FIDE:
