Top 10 of Philippine Open 2007

Hi there again!

We now have the result of the Philippine Open 2007:

Wang Yue (2656) at first place with 7 points from China, followed on 2nd and 3rd by Zhang Zhong (2544) and Ni Hua (2531) respectively with 7 points also. Wang Hao (2638) at 4th place and Zhao Jun (2554) 5th round up an all-Chinese GM first five.

At 6th, we have an Iranian GM, Ghaemmaghani Ehsan (2599) with 6 points and Indonesian veteran Megaranto Susanto (2530) on 7th with the same points of our Iranian visitor.

At 8th we have Li Shilong (2552) also with 6 points. Li Chao (2525) with 5.5 points at 9th and to round up the top ten, we have our very own, GM Torre (2532) at number 10.

We have seven Chinese out of ten in the top ten. Lucky for us we have a Filipino hanging in there. Also while we are in this topic, yesterday I asked about IM's Jayson Gonzalez and John Paul Gomez. Am wondering why there is/are no entry or entries coming from Vietnam? No Vietnam - China matches? I would like to see who performs better on a neutral (Philippines) ground. I thought about this since we Filipinos "used to" dominate Asia in sports (and other fields, my Dad says this to me often with Pride and Dignity). What would the result be if they go against each other? C'mon, we lost our SEA Games Chess dominance against the Viets and yes, Asia is now Super dominated by China. Interesting one!

Congratulations to all of you! Again, the Royal Game lives on!

After this International Open at Subic, we now head to one of Metro Manila's busy city, Caloocan for the 2007 Echiverri-Pichay National Rapid Chess Team Championship set April 21.

This time, we ought to get the updates easier, maybe, if time permits, I'll be able to post updates myself from the game hall itself.