Archive for May 14th, 2008
Mistake in the NCFP website
They listed the round 10 standings as the “FINAL STANDINGS” but this tournament has 11 rounds.
Update:
Still have yet to get the full results from the official site. Five players tied with 8 points:
Le Quang Lim,
Julio Catalino Sadora,
Li Chao and
Zhou Weiqi.
Villamayor, Buenaventura
Li Chao declared champion on tie-break. Still waiting for the full results to [...]
2nd Philippines Open: Final Round 11 results
Mas wins his final round game against pinoy Fernandito Pialan (2282) and ends up with 6/11. He performed according to his rating. No norms here but hopefully he will do better in the 3rd Philippines Open which starts immediately tomorrow!
Li Chao was declared champion based on tie-break.
2nd Philippine Open International
Organizer(s) : National Chess Federation of [...]
Li Chao is 2nd Philippines Open champ!!
Looks like my assumptions were wrong. It’s not Le Quang Liem who took the championship title.
Hot off the press from ABC-CBN News:-
After 11 grueling rounds, Chinese GM Li Chao emerged as the winner of the Philippine International Open Chess tournament at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center Wednesday.
Chao, also the reining champion of [...]
Le Quang Liem is the champ?
So far from the web cam pictures it seems only Le Quang Liem is carrying around a trophy. Is he the champ?
After prize giving
That’s a screenshot taken from the live cam after the prize giving. I still don’t know the full results. It’s at times like this I wish there was a blogger there that used twitter
Last round win catapults Sadora to winners list
Take a look at this nice attacking game by Sadora (Black):-
This last round win puts Julio Catalina Saddora into the winners list of 8 pointers in the 2nd Philippines Open 2008. Of course it all depends on the tie breaks as there are 4 players sharing top spot with 8 points. They are:
Le Quang Lim,
Julio [...]
2nd Philippines Chess Open: Going into the last round
Latest result is that GM Mahjoob Morteza (2488) drew with Zhou Weiqi(2560) on board three. It was a peaceful 10 move draw.
Picture above shows Le Quang Liem (White) vs Saddora (not at board) battling it out on board 1.
Sadora seems to have the better attacking position.
Picture courtesy of ncfp live cam at the official website.
New Zealander fund donation
NZCF Olympiad Funds Appeal In November 2008 the prestigious FIDE (World Chess Federation) Olympiad will take place in Dresden, Germany. The massive chess Olympiads are staged at two year intervals. For this coming event, New Zealand has an historic opportunity to send what may well be our strongest ever men’s and women’s teams. The New [...]
