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2nd Philippines Chess Open: Round 7 pairings

Tournament leader, Zhou Weiqi has been performing excellently. The last two rounds he has been the giant killer in beating tournament favourite Wesley So and Indonesian most promising - Susanto Megaranto. He faces his compatriot Li Chao next. Li Chao recovered from his Round 5 loss against Megaranto by beating Julio Catalino Saddora in Round […]

Another tournament clash!!

There are so many one day tournaments nowadays, there’s bound to be clashes.
The latest clash will be next week’s KSAS Open and the Pel Klang Open.
I would love to go to both tournaments but since they are both on the 17th of May, that would not be possible. The other problem is transportation to […]

2nd Philippines Open: Round 6 Pairing

 
Mas lost his 5th round game vs Dino Ballecer. He will be playing Yang Kaiqi (2307) of China next.

Round 6 on 2008/05/10

Bo.
 
Name
IRtg
FED
Pts
Res.
Pts
 
Name
IRtg
FED

1
 
Zhou, Weiqi
2560
CHN
4½
-
4½
GM
Megaranto, Susanto
2561
INA

2
 
Nolte, Rolando
2420
PHI
4
-
4
GM
Ghaemmagami, Ehsan
2604
IRI

3
GM
Li, Chao
2581
CHN
4
-
4
IM
Sadorra, Julio Catalino
2455
PHI

4
GM
Le, Quang Liem
2568
VIE
4
-
4
GM
Antonio, Rogelio
2529
PHI

5
IM
Wynn, Zaw Htun
2542
MYA
3½
-
3½
 
Ballecer, Dino
2406
PHI

6
 
Jia, Haoxiang
2249
CHN
3½
-
3½
GM
So, Wesley
2540
PHI

7
GM
Mahjoob, Morteza
2488
IRI
3½
-
3½
IM
Liu, Dede
2398
INA

8
GM
Nguyen, Anh Dung
2512
VIE
3
-
3½
WGM
Zhang, Jilin
2361
CHN

9
GM
Dao, Thien Hai
2502
VIE
3
-
3
IM
Nadera, Barlo
2397
PHI

10
IM
Purnama, Tirta Chandra
2398
INA
3
-
3
IM
Irwanto, Sadikin
2456
INA

11
 
Yu, Lie
2383
CHN
3
-
3
GM
Villamayor, Buenaventura
2425
PHI

12
IM
Tirto
2422
INA
3
-
3
 
Zhang, Ziyang
2384
CHN

13
 
Senador, Emmanuel
2383
PHI
3
-
3
IM
Bitoon, Richard
2420
PHI

14
 
Elorta, David
2409
PHI
3
-
3
WIM
Zhang, Xiaowen
2361
CHN

15
 
Villanueva, […]

Chess in the News

From Page 12 of The Star (Metro) - 10/05/2007

To sign up for the event, those interested can call Teh at 06-761 9188 or Karisma Tuition Centre at 06-764 8918. The closing date for registration is May 14.

Round 5: Zhou Weiqi downs Wesley So

Wonderboy GM Wesley So suffered his first defeat in the 2nd Philippines Open losing on the White side of a French Defence to Zhou Weiqi.
22 year old Zhou Weiqi was the 2nd place winner of the Aeroflot Open with a performance rating of 2703.

[Event “2nd Phil Open Int’l Chess”][Site “SBECC”][Date “2008.??.??”][Round “5″][White “GM […]

Dino Ballecer

Mas 5th round opponent, NM Dino Ballecer (2406) is a 23 year old who had a rise of 60 ELO points last year. Here’s a game annotated by Dino to see his style of play. Taken from Bobby Ang’s excellent chess column:
Source: http://pinoychess.informe.com/forum/dino-ballecer-dt489.html
 

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