GM Torre and GM So set to face for a P1 million peso match up next year

Though it may lack the true competitiveness of a decisive one on one chess match up, the proposed duel between two of the most influential icon of Philippine chess, Eugenio Torre, Asia's first GM and Wesley So, one of history's youngest ever GM might actually happen next year, perhaps sometime in February, according to recent reports that is circulating around the web and local newspapers. According to Marlon Bernardino :

"...the undisputed Chess Legend takes on the Chess Boy Wonder in a P1 Million showdown to be held in Quezon City, Davao, Iloilo and Cebu.

Two games each will be played in Quezon City, Davao, Iloilo and Cebu and if the match remains unresolved, another two games will be played in Quezon City. A knockout game will ensue if the duel is tied at 5-5.

The first to score 5 1/2 (5.5) points will win the match and the P600,000 winner's prize while the loser will earn P400,000. Another P100,000.00 will go to the winner of each leg while the loser will take home P50,000.

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Well, this may be the Philippines own version of Manny Pacquiao vs Oscar De la Hoya the "Dream Match". Fight for the crowd and cash. Chess purist might smirk at the proposed match up but this was without a question, a Filipinos chess enthusiast dream match and if the showdown push through, this could be one of the most colorful and interesting one on one chess event that will happen in the country since Karpov-Korchnoi world championship match in Baguio City three decades ago.