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Mas drew vs John Paul Gomez in 7th round

Posted by GilaChess

May 21, 2008

Mas drew his 7th round game vs IM John Paul Gomez and is now 4.5/7. He will meet IM Tirto in the next round.

Rd
White
ELO
Black
ELO
Result

1
IM Mas
2396
Kimberly Jane Cunanan
1939
1-0

2
IM Nay OO Kyaw Tun
2485
IM Mas
2396
draw

3
IM Mas
2396
GM Rogelio Antonio Jr.
2529
1-0

4
GM Megaranto, Susanto
2569
IM Mas
2396
1-0

5
IM Mas
2396
Jonathan Tan
2220
1-0

6
IM Irwanto Sadikin

IM Mas
2396
draw

7
IM John Paul Gomez
2464
IM Mas
2396
draw

8
IM Mas
2396
IM Titro
2422
??

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Mas goes 4/6 in Subic

Posted by GilaChess

May 21, 2008

Mas is doing well with 4/6 and meets IM John Paul Gomez in Round 7.
GM Susanto Megaranto delivered Mas only loss in Round 4 but Mas was not without chances in that game.

Rd
White
ELO
Black
ELO
Result

1
IM Mas
2396
Kimberly Jane Cunanan
1939
1-0

2
IM Nay OO Kyaw Tun
2485
IM Mas
2396
draw

3
IM Mas
2396
GM Rogelio Antonio Jr.
2529
1-0

4
GM Megaranto, Susanto
2569
IM Mas
2396
1-0

5
IM Mas
2396
Jonathan Tan
2220
1-0

6
IM Irwanto Sadikin

IM Mas
2396
draw

7
IM John [...]

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Mas doing well in 1st Subic International Open

Posted by GilaChess

May 19, 2008

Mas drew vs IM Nay OO Kyaw Tun (round 2). Picture from Kristenius Liem

Rd
White
ELO
Black
ELO
Result

1
IM Mas
2396
Kimberly Jane Cunanan
1939
1-0

2
IM Nay OO Kyaw Tun
2485
IM Mas
2396
draw

3
IM Mas
2396
GM Rogelio Antonio Jr.
2529
1-0

4
GM Megaranto, Susanto
2569
IM Mas
2396
??

With 2.5/3 he now faces GM Susanto Megaranto in the fourth round. Beating GM Antonio Rogelio was the best result for Mas so far [...]

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Should have taken more pictures of Li Chao when he was in Malaysia. He is doing well in the Asian circuit - recently emerging champ in the 2nd Philippines Open. Anyway, someone asked for permission to include the above picture of Li Chao with Dato Tan from last year’s DATMO for Wikipedia inclusion. Of [...]

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3rd Philippines International Chess Open: Mas won his first round

Posted by GilaChess

May 18, 2008

I can’t find the official site for the tournament but luckily Kristenius Liem is still posting the results actively on his blog http://potretcatur.blogspot.com
Here is the results (only Malaysians and Indonesians)
GM Susanto Megaranto-Yang Kaiqi (CHN) 1-0
GM Wesley So (PHI)-Deni Sonjaya [...]

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2nd Philippines International Chess Open: Final Results

Posted by GilaChess

May 15, 2008

Ok, the mistakes from the official website has been corrected and this is the final standings of the 2nd Philippines International Chess Open :-

FINAL STANDING

Rank

Name
Rtg
FED
Pts

1
GM
Li, Chao
2581
CHN
8

Zhou, Weiqi
2560
CHN
8

3
GM
Le, Quang Liem
2568
VIE
8

4
IM
Sadorra, Julio Catalino
2455
PHI
8

5
GM
Villamayor, Buenaventura
2425
PHI
8

6
GM
Ghaemmaghami, Ehsan
2604
IRI
7½

7
GM
Mahjoob, Morteza
2488
IRI
7½

8
IM
Purnama, Tirta Chandra
2398
INA
7½

9
IM
Liu, Dede
2398
INA
7½

10
GM
So, Wesley
2540
PHI
7½

11
GM
Antonio, Rogelio
2529
PHI
6½

12
WIM
Zhang, Xiaowen
2361
CHN
6½

Nolte, Rolando
2420
PHI
6½

14
GM
Nguyen, Anh Dung
2512
VIE
6½

Tolentino, Rustum
2304
PHI
6½

16
GM
Dao, Thien Hai
2502
VIE
6½

17
IM
Bitoon, Richard
2420
PHI
6½

18
IM
Wynn, Zaw Htun
2542
MYA
6½

19
IM
Gomez, John Paul
2464
PHI
6½

20
IM
Irwanto, Sadikin
2456
INA
6½

Wang, Li
2406
CHN
6½

22
GM
Megaranto, Susanto
2561
INA
6

Jia, [...]

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Mistake in the NCFP website

Posted by GilaChess

May 14, 2008

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 [...]

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2nd Philippines Open: Final Round 11 results

Posted by GilaChess

May 14, 2008

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 [...]

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Li Chao is 2nd Philippines Open champ!!

Posted by GilaChess

May 14, 2008

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 [...]

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