Seen at one of the tables at PGMA. At least 2 Chinese players have it on their table while playing. I guess it’s used to ‘enhance’ alertness.
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It’s easy to know when Li Chao is winning a game. He’ll put his hands in his pocket and walk around the tournament hall. The less time he spends on the board, the better the indication that the game is in his favour
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The Whole Nine Yards trailer GM Eugene Torre beat GM Zhou Weiqi of China in the 4th round to take the lead in the 3rd PGMA tournament in Manila.
Here’s the game.
[Event "3rd Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arr"]
[Site "Duty Free Fiesta Mall, Philipp"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
Dreamland dvdrip [White "TORRE, Eugene"]
[Black "ZHOU, Weiqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.09.07"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. c4 Qb6 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Nc3 Qxb3 9. Bxb3 h6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Bd3 15. Rh4 Rd8 16. Rd4 Rxd4 17. exd4 h5 18. Kd2 Bf5 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Kxc2 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Rh1 Kf7 23. Kd3 Be7 24. Ne2 Bd6 25. Ng1 f5 26. Nf3 Kf6 27. Ke2 Kg6 28. Nh4+ Kf6 29. Nf3 Kg6 30. Nh4+ Kg7 31. f4 Be7 32. Nf3 Bf6 33. Kd3 Kg6 34. Kc4 Rg8 35. b4 Kh6 36. Rh3 Rg7 37. a4 b6 38. a5 Rg8 39. axb6 axb6 40. b5 Rc8 41. Rh1 cxb5+ 42. Kxb5 Rc2 43. Re1 Rxg2 44. Rxe6 Kg7 45. Nh4 Rb2+ 46. Kc6 b5 47. Nxf5+ Kg6 48. Nd6 b4 49. Kd5 Ra2 50. f5+ Kg5 51. Ne4+ Kxf5 52. Rxf6+ Kg4 53. Kc4 Rb2 54. d5 b3 55. d6 Re2 56. Rf4+ 1-0
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After his round 3 loss to John Paul Gomez, GM Wesley So bounces back to beat CM Nguyen Van Huy (2386) in round 4.
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Remember her? Only last year she played in the Malaysian Open and Merdeka Rapid Team as an unrated player! Now she is playing in the Philippines PGMA tourney. Her rating is still low at ELO 2033 Black Dynamite movie but she had a good start with 2/3. She lost to compatriot Xiu Deshum (ELO 2410) in the first round but scored big against Salubre Jayson (ELO 2322) and Ronald Bancod (ELO 2375).
Here’s her game vs Jason Salubre.
[Event "3rd Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arr"] [Site "Duty Free Fiesta Mall, Philipp"] [Date "2008.09.08"] [Round "2.35"] [White "SALUBRE, Jayson"] [Black "ZHANG, Jing"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2322"] [BlackElo "2033"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2008.09.07"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8.
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Nb5 d6 9. Qg3 e5 10. Qa3 Bf8 11. Qb3 Nh6 12. d3 a6 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Bxf7+ Kf8
15. Na3 Qg5 16. Kf1 Kg7 17. Be6 Rf8 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Qxb7+ Kh8 20. g3 Qe3 21.
Kg2 Rxf2+ 22. Kh3 Bf8 0-1
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