Battle of GMs: Wesley So in the lead

Posted by GilaChess

April 30, 2008

Wesley So at solo lead after six rounds in ‘Battle of GMs’

Popular Filipino chess Grandmaster Wesley So maintained hold on his solo lead by beating Moscow Olympiad veteran FIDE Master Fernie Donguines at the sixth round of the 2008 “Battle of GMs” chess championship City State Hotel, Padre Faura, Manila.
According to Sportsnews.ph, So’s win over Donguines followed his draws against Asia’s first GM Eugene Torre and International Master Hamed Nouri.
So subdued Donguines in 48 moves of the Sicilian.

Here’s the latest resuts from http://ncfphilippines.org/

Rank after round 6


MEN

Rank		Name	Rtg	Pts
1	GM	So, Wesley	2540	5
2	GM	Torre, Eugene	2519	4½
3	IM	Gomez, John Paul	2464	4½
4	IM	Bitoon, Richard	2420	4
5	FM	Donguines, Fernie	2362	3½
6	GM	Antonio, Rogelio Jr.	2529	3½
7		Nolte, Rolando	2420	3
8		Nouri, Hamed	2392	2
9		Barbosa, Oliver	2403	2
10	GM	Villamayor, Buenaventura	2425	1½
11	IM	Sadorra, Julio Catalino	2455	1½
12	GM	Gonzales, Jayson	2468	1

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Remis Aman : I think is WGM Zhang Jilin's leg
Guest_2788 : when is mssm?
kwanpin : haha
Guest_1024 : Who's legs are those in Liem's blog? I can only deduce that it's some chubby lady watching some chess...
Guest_3588 : Ok. Li Panru is cute then.
GilaChess : The picture on Liem's blog is Li Panru!
Guest_3588 : Yang kaiqi is pretty cute !
GilaChess : yeah Aeroflot got 2700 rating performance
hairulov : i think Zhou triumph over Megaranto and Wesley is not unexpected because he have strong rating..although no title yet
GilaChess : wait I will post up the entry form at MCF official website
Edward : where to register for national closed arh ?
kwanpin : timing to reach is not problem , i can wait you there,most important is can pick me up there lol at stesen pelabuhan klang right ? I'm going to pre- register the tournament now
GilaChess : 7pm is IA Lim Tse Pin wediding dinner !!
GilaChess : Ok. I'll ask them. Should be no problem la.. maybe the problem will be the timing only.. when I reach and when you reach..
kwanpin : hi andrew ooi, I'm interested to join pelabuhan klang open too,can the organiser pick me up at the train station too ? thanks in advance
Guest_4522 : OK I vote Sumant!
Guest_1499 : andrew , the next prestigous tournament should definitely be mssm . could u like start a voting pool or something for people to vote players that CAN win mssm . for example suggesting 10 players from u-18 category and let the people start voting from there . would be interisting to see the outcome
Guest_4009 : Oops looking at the present game looks like balecer can play e4 too
Guest_4009 : Mas taking Black and Dino is a d4 player
Guest_4009 : Mas next opponent is Dino Ballecer
Kaushal : hey i just checked fide.com.. i think got problem.. there isnt any myanmar players rated der.. no myanmar in the country top section also
Kaushal : some of the myanmar players are jokes:P.. look at board 31 and 32.. 1/4.. 2491... almost 2500 :S
GilaChess : he is heading there
Kaushal : i'm suprised.. li chao is not yet 2650+ :S..
Gila Chess : he is just an FM
Gila Chess : Mistake in the tournament table. Simanjuntak is not IM ...
Gila Chess : Hmmm.. the 'live game' section is no longer updated
GilaChess : Mas Won !!!
Gila Chess : Oops forgot about the time difference between here and Philippines. It's only 1:39pm there .. Round 4 has not started yet.
GilaChess : Philippine webmaster must be getting swamped.. I know the feeling
GilaChess : Only one round of live games
GilaChess : If Mas plays his normal e4 game he should be playing against the French against Li Panru
kwanpin : woow i wonder who invite him to join malaysia chess group, thanks papyn chase, by the way, who are you ? :oops:
kwanpin : woow i

Recent Comments

Malaysian:

Very commendable, but certainly it is not against all-comers

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Malaysian:

ZW is certainly no underdog and could hardly be described as having creating upsets with his wins. His rating is actually above that of Wesley So and on par with Megaranto. Currently he is holding Li Chao cormfortably in his

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Sumant:

OMG, all the games seem to be wrong. Look at Ghaem Maghami's game...all the games seem to feature queens hanging?? LOL!

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Remis Aman:

Congrats Tse Pin!!

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Remis Aman:

There's also plans to break the Malaysian Book of record with 101 players at a Penang hotel. Simuls details to be advised.

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Malaysian:

It is not so much about how many points eg LYW's national rating is compared to Fide's. It is about how many national rating points he is above eg Ismail Ahmad, an unbelievable 408!!!!! With that difference LYW is expected

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GilaChess:

I've heard Tse Pin say before that the National rating list is 200-300 points below the actual ELO rating.

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Malaysian:

A national rating list which makes no attempt to reconcile the obvious existing rating discrepancies is of doubtful value to the promotion of healthy chess development.

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Malaysian:

This is a perfect example of unconstructive posting on the net. You should address the rating discrepancy instead of narrow minded personal verbal attack on me for not crossing the t's and dotting the i's. Don't you realise that makes the

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GilaChess:

I've been to so many tournaments and I don't even know that!!

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