So, Pascua to World Junior Chess Championships

Two extremely confident Pinoy teenagers GM Wesley So and NM Haridas Pascua will lead the RP team along with Jan Garcia and Alcon John Datu in their campaign for this years edition of World Youth U-16 Olympiad in Ankara Turkey. Haridas Pascua, to many updated chess afficionados in the country will remember as the boy who shocked former super GM and long time RP's numero uno woodpusher Mark Paragua in the just concluded Final Qualifying round for the rights to represent the counry in 2008 Dresden Olympiad. GM So, 14, is rank no. 18 among juniors in the world today with FIDE rating of 2577 and RP's no.1