Wesley So to play for Webster University! Updates

The Webster University today announced that chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar, World and Olympiad Champion, and her Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE), will relocate to Webster from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, on June 1, 2012.
Founded in 1915, Webster University’s campus network today includes metropolitan, military and corporate locations around the world, as well as traditional residential campuses in Asia, Europe and North America. The university is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.
Unlike athletes who play college activities governed by the NCAA, chess players can transfer without sitting out for a year.

Webster University chess team for the Fall 2012 (August)

Grandmaster Georg Meier – Germany – Sophomore
Grandmaster Wesley So – Philippines – Freshman
Grandmaster Ray Robson – USA – Freshman
Grandmaster Manuel Leon Hoyos – Mexico – Freshman
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi – Iran – Graduate student
Grandmaster Anatoly Bykhovsky – Israel – Junior
Grandmaster Andre Diamant – Brazil – Junior
Grandmaster Denes Boros – Hungary – Junior
International Master Vitaly Neimer – Israel – Sophomore
International Master Faik Aleskerov – Azerbaijan – Graduate student

[Event "World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Site "0:06.29-0:00.51"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 e6 10. g3 Ne7 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rd1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nc1 c6 15. Nb3
Nb6 16. Na5 d5 17. Be2 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. a3 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd4 Bxd4
22. Qxd4 Be6 23. Kf2 Qc7 24. Qc5 Qe5 25. Rc1 Nc8 26. Rhd1 Nb6 27. f4 Qg7 28.
Qd4 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Ra8 30. Ra1 dxe4 31. Nxe4 Bd5 32. Nc3 Be6 33. Ne4 Rfd8 34.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Nc5 Bd5 36. a4 Rb8 37. a5 Nc8 38. a6 Na7 39. Nb7 Nb5 40. Na5 Nd6
41. Bf3 Nc8 42. Nxc6 Bxc6 43. Bxc6 Rxb4 44. a7 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Nxa7 46. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Nd2 Rd8
15. Rc2 Rd4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe8+ Kh7 18. e3 Rd8 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Ne4 Qg6 21.
Nxc5 Bxg2 22. Bxg2 Qxg2 23. Qe4+ Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Nd7 25. Ke2 f5 26. Nd2 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event " National Championship"]

[Site "Tagaytay City"]
[Date "2010.05.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Garcia, Jan Emmanuel"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Be3 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qe8 21.
Qb3 c4 22. Qxb6 Rb8 23. Qc5 Rxb2 24. Bd4 Rxc2 25. Rfe1 Qa8 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Rd5 Rxf4 28. Re7+ Kh6 29. Rh5+ gxh5 30. Qd6+ 1-0

Grandmaster Georg Meier (GER) vs Grandmaster Wesley So (PHI)

The 28th North American Masters will be held at North Shore Chess Center located in Skokie, IL from Sunday March 11th through Thursday March 15, 2012

You can watch GM Georg Meier, who led the Germany national team to the European Team Championships take on the top player from the Philippines, the young phenom GM Wesley So. They will collide in a 4 game classical match followed by a 4 game rapid match.

Classical match time control: 40/90 SD/30 + 30/sec increments

Rapid match time control: Game-20 + 10/sec increments

Classical Match time: 10am each day Sunday - Wednesday

Rapid Match time: 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm