Li Chao is 2nd Philippines Open champ!!
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 the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Cup, won by 8 points despite scoring a draw with Iranian GM Ehsan Ghaem Magami.
“I’m very happy. I was very lucky with the last game,” said Chao through his interpreter WGM Zhang Ji Lin.He will be going home to China with the $6,000 top prize and the tournament’s biggest trophy.
Chao won through a tie breaker as five of them garnered 8 points. Also among the five-way tie were Weiqi Zhou of China, GM Le Quang Liem of Vietnam, and Filipino GMs Julio Catalino Sadorra and returning Bong Villamayor.
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