WALA nang tsansa si Wesley So na muling makapaglaro para sa Pilipinas matapos ang Cavite-born player ay opisyal na naging United States citizen.
Inanunsyo ng US Chess federation kahapon, na ang 27-anyos So ay opisyal nang US citizen simula noong Feb,26 sa US Citizenship and Immigration Service offices sa St. Paul Minneapolis sa Minnesota.
“I love that anyone can strive to succeed,” Wika ni So sa interview ni Debbie Cannon ng US Citizenship and Immigration Services sa kanyang ceremony sa February.
“You are not held back by your color, lack of connections or the amount of money you have. If you work hard, you have a better chance of making it here than anywhere else in the world.”
Sinabi ni So na gusto nyang maging US citizen “to give back to a country that has been so good to me.”
“From the moment I landed here, I was encouraged and enabled to become better than I was. I like this attitude and the tremendous generosity of American culture,” Tugon ni So.
Sinabi ng three-time PH chess champion na ang Pilipinas ay nanateli pa rin sa kanyang puso.
Puwede pa rin nyang katawanin ang Pilipinas kapag ginusto nya dahil ang FIDE ay may special rule pinapayagan ang players na kinatawan ng ibang bansa kahit na anong citizenship.
“That doesn’t mean I don’t love the Philippines. I have good memories from there. But I did not have the connections needed to succeed in that culture. I was from the province, not a city boy. Had no money etc. I wanted to go further, and there was only one country a nobody can make it – the USA,” Sambit ni so.
Si So ay pumunta sa US noong 2012 as freshmen recruit ng Webster University. nagsimula siyang maging kinatawan ng US sa tournaments nong 2014, nagwagi ng maraming titulo kabilang ang inaugural FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship sa 2019 laban kay Magnus Carlsen.
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