Torre versus So match

So vs Torre chess match Feb ‘09

Cebu Daily News
First Posted 08:12:00 09/06/2008

THE much-anticipated chess duel between Asia’s first grandmaster Eugene Torre and the world’s youngest GM Wesley So, was finally sealed at the Sulo Hotel last Thursday night.

GMs So and Torre are currently ranked the country’s top 2 chess players.

Project director lawyer Sammy Estimo announced yesterday that the details of the match had been firmed up in the presence of Quezon City Rep. Matias Defensor who agreed to bankroll the P1million prize, Torre and So’s father, William.

The 14-year-old So and the 56-year-old Torre will slug it out over 12 games starting February 10, 2009 at the Sulo Hotel in Quezon City.

Two games each will be played in Quezon City, Davao and Iloilo, and if the match remains undecided, the protagonists will return to Quezon City to finish the series. A knockout game will be played if the duel ends up 6-6.

The winner will take home P600,000 while the loser will earn P400,000. Another P100,000 goes to the winner of each provincial leg while the loser will get P50,000.

The odds are about even in this dream encounter since the two GMs had split their three previous games with Torre nearly winning their recent match-up in Jakarta.

International arbiter Gene Poliarco will referee the series which will be rated as agreed upon by the players.

Correspondent MARLON BERNARDINO
Source: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/