Philippine Chess
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 [...]
4th Pichay cup to start tomorrow
Back to back tournaments! I wonder how these Grandmasters have the stamina to go on like this. Being young and fit is definitely and advantage. Torre did not have the former factor so his win is definitely amazing.
Probably another good incentive is the cash prize!
4th Pichay Cup prizes
1st US$ 5,000 2nd US$ [...]
Three way tie
Eugene Torre, Li Chao and Zhang Zhong (left to right from picture above) are joint winners of the 3rdPGMA tournament. Even though Eugene was declared the champion on tie break, cash prizes were shared equally and they each home USD 5,000.
Most of the players here will continue with the 2nd leg of the [...]
Top 3
Rank after Round 9
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
1
GM
TORRE Eugene
PHI
2524
7,0
2572
2590
2
GM
LI Chao
CHN
2590
7,0
2533
2544
3
GM
ZHANG Zhong
SIN
2632
7,0
2532
2551
Torre draws last round. Li Chao wins. Zhang Zhong draws.
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3rdPGMA : last picture report
Last day and everyone seems to be in a jovial mood.
Li Chao is late and the whole bus is waiting for him. Indonesian IM Sebastian jokes that for waiting we should keep 10% of Li Chao’s winnings.
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Li Chao missed chance
Li Chao (White) to move against Torre in Round 7. Can you spot the winning move?
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3rd PGMA: Final Round
Bo.
No.
Name
Pts.
Res
Pts.
Name
No.
1
3
GM
MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil
6
6½
GM
ZHANG Zhong
2
2
12
GM
TORRE Eugene
6½
5½
GM
GHAEMMAGHAMI Ehsan
4
3
5
GM
LI Chao
6
5½
ZHOU Weiqi
8
4
24
IM
SADORRA Julio Catalino
5½
5
GM
KAZHGALEYEV Murtas
1
5
6
GM
NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son
5
5
GM
DAO Thien Hai
20
6
9
GM
DZHUMAEV Marat
5
5
GM
SHANAVA Konstantine
14
7
33
XIU Deshun
5
5
GM
PARAGUA Mark
13
8
16
GM
IULDASHEV Saidali
5
5
GM
WEN Yang
21
9
32
CAUSO Deniel
5
5
GM
NGUYEN Anh Dung
19
Full 9th round pairings here.
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3rd PGMA : Round 8
GM Eugene Torre seemingly unstoppable form was finally checked yesterday when he lost to third seed GM MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil (picture below).
Even with the loss, Eugene’s previous momentum let’s him share top spot with Zhang Zhong.
Today is the last round and it’s going to be pretty interesting to see what will happen.
Chess-results [...]
3rd PGMA: Round 6 standings
GM Eugene Torre continues to lead but the draw vs GM Zhang Zhong allowed GM Li Chao to narrow the gap by half a point. Li Chao won his game vs Iranian GM Ghaemmaghami.
This is definitely turning out to be a tough tournament compared to the past PGMA series. As a testament to how [...]
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3rd PGMA : Torre maintains 100%
Eugene Torre shows that he is still a force to be reckoned with. He won 5 games in a row to be the sole leader of the 3rd PGMA at Manila. He is seen here looking at the other board while his opponent, GM Murtaz ponders his next move.
Official tournament site: ChessAsia.net
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3rd PGMA : Round 4 pictures
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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