Archive for September 14th, 2008
4th Pichay Cup: First round casualties
Xu Tong lost to IM Ronald Dableo.
Zhang Jing lost to IM Goh Weiming
One of the upset of the tournament was GM DZHUMAEV Marat losing to IM Ronald Bancod.
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4th Prospero Pichay Cup Chess Championshio - Opening Ceremony
Pictures used with permission from chessasia.net
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Pichay Cup - 1st game draw!
It’s draw between joint winner GM Zhang Zhong vs congressman ‘Butch’ Pichay.
Opening ceremony is completed and the pairings are out. This time it’s 18 GMs taking part and a total of 34 titled players. In total there are 67 participants.
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Eugene Torre skips Pichay Cup
3rd PGMA champion GM Eugene Torre is not playing in the Pichay Cup starting today.
With joint winners Li Chao and Torre out of the picture will the going be any easier for the rest of the players? It’s now 19 GMs and I think it’s still going to be tough tournament for all [...]
Rest day
Today is sort of a rest day for players taking part in the two tournaments. Some stay the hotel and rest and some players went shopping in the nearby huge malls that are just across the street. Xu Tong and Zhang Jing (above) are taking the day of to visit the famous intramural walls in [...]
