Anyone who loved chess would know who Wesley So was, especially if they were from Asia. This was a one-in-a-million genius who emerged out of nowhere in the early 2010s, taking the chess world by storm. In his prime, he was even on par with Magnus Carlsen, going toe to toe against the best chess player of the generation.
More than that, the man was always a proud Filipino, wanting more than anything else to make the Philippine flag fly high in the sky. He had already said so on so many occasions in the past, and only his haters would not believe this.
He was the pride of the Philippines and the entire Southeast Asia, as it was so rare for this barren land to produce such a top-notch talent with the scarce resources there.
