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Pichay cup over 19 September 2008 at 9:46 pm by GilaChess

It was a great experience to witness a chess event outside of Malaysia for once. It was very similiar to Malaysian Open but with some obvious differences. The large amount of prize money for the back to back PGMA-Pichay Cup tournament obviously attracted more GMs compared to DATMO. DATMO on the other hand with lesser GMs was on a bigger scale with 111 participants compared to the 60-70 in the Philippines. My responsibilities too was the same but since I did not do the bulletins this time, I could spend more effort on the tournament website (chessasia.net). The experience setting up and updating the site with links, pictures and results was invaluable.

I guess I’ve been blogging for too long. Just like a chess player, as a programmer and webmaster, my web skills were rusty as I had not practiced them. Doing the website was just what I needed to be up to speed again.

7.5 points — Li Shilong (China)

6.5 — S. Iuldachev (Uzbekistan), Z. Zhang (Singapore), E. Ghaemmaghami (Iran)

6 — W. So, M. Mchedlishvili (Georgia), B. Villamayor

Links:-

Chess-results

pairings and standings

Lost City Raiders trailer

Planet of the Apes dvdrip Pictures from the event

Collateral Damage psp

Cruel Intentions divx Tournament website: ChessAsia.NET

Under : Philippine Chess

+ 4th Pichay Cup: GM Li Shilong champion By GilaChess 19 September 2008 at 1:25 pm and have No Comments

Bo.	No.		Name	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	No.
1	16	GM	LI Shilong	7	½ – ½	6	GM	GHAEMMAGHAMI Ehsan Moby Dick dvdrip	4
2	6	GM	SO Wesley	5½	½ – ½	6	GM	ZHANG Zhong	2
3	3	GM	MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil	5½	½ – ½	5½	GM	VILLAMAYOR Buenaventura	23
4	13		NOLTE Rolando	5½		5½	GM	IULDASHEV Saidali	14
5	5	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	5	½ – ½	5	GM	SHANAVA Konstantine	12
6	30		XIU Deshun Until the End of the World hd	5	½ – ½	5		ZHOU Weiqi	7
7	9	GM	MEGARANTO Susanto Blind Date hd	5	½ – ½	5	GM	DAO Thien Hai	18
8	17	GM	NGUYEN Anh Dung	5	½ – ½	5	GM	GONZALES Jayson Montana Sky dvdrip	10
9	11	GM	PARAGUA Mark	5	½ – ½	5	GM	LAYLO Darwin	15
10	19	GM	WEN Yang	4½	½ – ½	5	IM	DIMAKILING Oliver	20

Almost all the top 10 boards (at the time of this post) are drawn except for Nolte vs Iuldashev on board 4 which is still on going.

Kramer vs. Kramer dvd

Lost City Raiders dvd It’s official. GM Li Shilong of China is champion for the 4th Prospero Pichay Cup with 1 point clear from his rival.

Pictures from ChessAsia.net Witchboard film

Aladdin movie download

+ 4th Pichay Cup: Picture of the day By GilaChess 19 September 2008 at 1:18 pm and have No Comments

Chess is a tough game

+ Carabou By GilaChess 19 September 2008 at 1:09 pm and have No Comments

That’s the Philippine’s National animal – the Carabao. It’s the water buffalo. Notice the pronounciation of Carabao is similiar to the Malay equivalent – Kerbau

? The Philippines language has roots in Spanish, Malay, Indian language and a host of other languages.

Kiri

, Kanan has the same meaning in Tagalog as it is in Malay. Useful when you are in a taxi giving directions. But then again, English is spoken here too.

Transamerica dvd

+ 4th Pichay Cup: Final day By GilaChess 19 September 2008 at 10:48 am and have No Comments

It’s the final day of the back to back tournament.

GM Li Shilong is assured to be the champion with a one point lead in front of his nearest rival. Even if he lost the last round he would win on tie break. However, I’m sure he would get at least a draw today as then he would be guaranteed the USD $5,000 cash prize.

Witchboard dvd

RoboCop 3 hd