MERALCO vs TRANSCO 2008

Here's another news from our friends in MERALCO Chess Club, courtesy of Rolly Sol Cruz:

"As part of their preparation for their coming TRANSCO Sports Olympics,
Monching de Robles of TRANSCO invited the MERALCO Chess Club to a 1-day
7-board team match, Schevenigen Format at 15-15 time control with NM Efren
Bagamasbad as Arbiter, last August 23 at their Quezon City HQ. It was
actually the 7th of the series between these industry partners, with
MERALCO enjoying a 4.5-1.5 advantage. However, TRANSCO, who played with
2007 Shell Finalist Mark Dimaliwat, has fully prepared and delivered "at
full capacity" at their homecourt winning all 6 rounds with a 4-3 advantage
highlighted by an electrifying 6-1 win on Round 2; 10 year old Paulo
Bersamina, the 2008 Age Group Champion and La Salle Green Hills top grade
school player, prevented a system black-out for MERALCO."

Got in all the pictures sent but couldn't post them here for now... sorry!

Busy Chess Life

Hello everyone!

After almost a week of non-blog life simply to earn a living, I found my email full of news, comments (more of rantings and ravings) from our readers.

With all honesty, I haven't got a clue as to what has happened to our GM Wesley So led 2008 Under 16 Chess Olympiad tourney until I checked the official website of the tournament.

Let us do a rundown of our boys performance so far:

Round 1: 0 - 4

TURKIYE-GIRLS-A - PHILIPPINES

1 KAYA Emel 1889 TUR 0 : 1 GM SO Wesley 2577 PHI

2 TULAY Seray 1788 TUR 0 : 1 PASCUA Haridas 2171 PHI

3 SOP Selen 1870 TUR 0 : 1 DATU Alcon John 2138 PHI

4 SOYLEMEZ Cansu 1849 TUR 0 : 1 GARCIA Jan Emmanuel 2232 PHI

Round 2: 3 - 1

PHILIPPINES - SLOVAKIA

1 GM SO Wesley 2577 PHI 1 : 0 PETENYI Tamas 2289 SVK

2 PASCUA Haridas 2171 PHI ½ : ½ MAZUR Stefan 2237 SVK

3 DATU Alcon John 2138 PHI ½ : ½ CSIBA Dominik 2157 SVK

4 GARCIA Jan Emmanuel 2232 PHI 1 : 0 STRAKA Josef Jr 2121 SVK

Round 3: 2 - 4

GEORGIA - PHILIPPINES

1 FM BREGADZE Levan 2399 GEO 0 : 1 GM SO Wesley 2577 PHI

2 JANIASHVILI Irakli 2192 GEO ½ : ½ PASCUA Haridas 2171 PHI

3 DAVARASHVILI Nodar 2220 GEO ½ : ½ DATU Alcon John 2138 PHI

4 NIKOLASHVILI Giorgi 2197 GEO 1 : 0 GARCIA Jan Emmanuel 2232 PHI


Round 4: 3.5 - .5

PHILIPPINES - TURKIYE-A

1 GM SO Wesley 2577 PHI 1 : 0 FM YILMAZ Mustafa 2362 TUR

2 PASCUA Haridas 2171 PHI 1 : 0 FIRAT Burak 2219 TUR

3 DATU Alcon John 2138 PHI ½ : ½ KANMAZALP Ogulcan 2281 TUR

4 GARCIA Jan Emmanuel 2232 PHI 1 : 0 SIPAHIOGLU Irmak 2006 TUR


Round 5: 2 - 2

ARMENIA - PHILIPPINES

1 FM TER-SAHAKYAN Samvel 2480 ARM ½ : ½ GM SO Wesley 2577 PHI

2 BAGHDASARYAN Vahe 2193 ARM ½ : ½ PASCUA Haridas 2171 PHI

3 VARDANIAN Haik G 2177 ARM 1 : 0 DATU Alcon John 2138 PHI

4 TAMAZYAN Haik 2139 ARM 0 : 1 GARCIA Jan Emmanuel 2232 PHI

Round 6: 1.5 - 2.5

PHILIPPINES - INDIA

1 GM SO Wesley 2577 PHI 1 : 0 IM ADHIBAN B 2422 IND

2 PASCUA Haridas 2171 PHI 0 : 1 IM SETHURAMAN S P 2425 IND

3 DATU Alcon John 2138 PHI 0 : 1 IM SHYAM Sundar M 2312 IND

4 GARCIA Jan Emmanuel 2232 PHI ½ : ½ FM PRASANNA Rao 2233 IND


Round 7: 3 - 1

PHILIPPINES - RUSSIA

1 GM SO Wesley 2577 PHI 1 : 0 IM SHIMANOV Aleksandr 2480 RUS

2 PASCUA Haridas 2171 PHI 1 : 0 YAKSIN Oleg 2307 RUS

3 DATU Alcon John 2138 PHI 1 : 0 WFM BODNARUK Anastasia 2394 RUS

4 GARCIA Jan Emmanuel 2232 PHI 0 : 1 ILJIUSHENOK Ilia 2315 RUS


As of the moment, we are round 8 is being played and our boys are up against the English, my headmaster's bet who is from UK who only has good words for us Filipinos!!!

So far, so good with our individual board scores:

Board 1: GM Wesley So 6.5 points.

Board 2: NM Haridas Pascua 4.5 points.

Board 3: Alcon John Datu 3.5 points.

Board 4: Jem Garcia 4.5 points.

Let's all join hands and pray for our boys, most especially those who need it most!

We're on the third spot with 19 points. On number one is India with 19.5 points and on second spot is Aremenia with 19.5 points too. Our chess hero, GM Wesley So will need a lot of support from his team mates. He can't win all his games and the rest draw or lose theirs.

On to NCAA Chess, the fight for the top four spots continu in the 9th round today. Here's the schedule for today and tomorrow's games:

Round 9 Saturday

Mapua Institute of Technology vs Jose Rizal University
San Sebastian College-Recoletos vs Mapua Institute of Technology
Colegio San Juan de Letran vs University of Perpetual Help System Dalta
College of St. Benilde BYE

Round 10 Sunday

Jose Rizal University vs College of St. Benilde
University of Help System Dalta vs San Sebastian College-Recoletos
San Beda College vs Mapua Institute of Technology
Colegio San Juan de Letan BYE

And news from MERACLO Chess Club:

MERALCO Jrs.'s TWIN SIMUL

"MERALCO Chess Club has planted the seeds in 2005 when it launched the NM
Cabellon Simul for employees and children of employees. It was the first
and was followed with more simuls by our country's leading masters such as
now-GM Wesley So in 2006 and 2007, GM Eugene Torre in 2007, NM Rolly
Andador in 2007, NM Marlon Bernardino in 2007 & 2008 and IM Husari of Syria
also in 2008. In these simuls, children of MERALCO employees were always
present to develop their games. But last weekend, it was the turn of the
developing seeds to share its fruit as two of their junior players
conducted separate simul matches.

Paulo Bersamina, the 2008 10 & Under National Champion and La Salle Green
Hills leading grade school player, did an 8-board simul at Malibay, Pasay
City scoring 6W, 1L & 1 D.

Junior Sol Cruz, 2008 San Benildo Integrated School Grade IV Champion and a
new member of the La Salle Green Hills Grade School Chess Team, did a
4-board simul at Tahanan Walang Hagdanan, Cainta scoring a 4-0 slate."

And in the 5th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship 2008, we have our very own, GM Darwin Laylo on 7th spot while IM Ronald Dableo is on the 9th spot after round 8.

Here's the standings:

Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts BH.
1 5 GM Dzhumaev Marat 2549 UZB 6 39½
2 6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2532 INA 6 36½
3 2 GM Li Chao b 2590 CHN 5½ 39
4 1 GM Zhang Zhong 2632 SIN 5½ 38
5 7 GM Iuldachev Saidali 2520 UZB 5 38½
6 8 GM Li Shilong 2511 CHN 5 37½
7 10 GM Laylo Darwin 2504 PHI 5 37½
8 4 Zhou Weiqi 2556 CHN 5 35
9 15 IM Dableo Ronald 2444 PHI 5 34½
10 9 GM Sermek Drazen 2509 CRO 5 34
11 35 Yap Kim Steven 2321 PHI 5 34
12 11 IM Dimakiling Oliver 2479 PHI 5 33½
13 23 Senador Emmanuel 2390 PHI 5 33½
14 21 Xiu Deshun 2410 CHN 5 33
15 17 IM Bitoon Richard 2439 PHI 5 32½
16 24 FM Wahono Awam 2387 INA 5 32½
17 31 Yang Kaiqi 2366 CHN 5 31½
18 30 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2367 MAS 5 30½
19 20 Causo Deniel 2410 PHI 5 30½
20 12 Wan Yunguo 2471 CHN 5 29½
21 40 WGM Karavade Eesha 2297 IND 5 28
22 19 WGM Li Ruofan 2425 SIN 4½ 36½
23 14 IM Irwanto Sadikin 2453 INA 4½ 34½
24 60 Nanjo Ryosuke 2184 JPN 4½ 31½
25 33 IM Garma Chito 2346 PHI 4½ 31
26 26 FM Goldenberg Igor 2386 AUS 4½ 31
27 46 WIM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2262 INA 4½ 30½
28 28 Yu Lie 2377 CHN 4½ 28
29 51 Xu Tong 2249 CHN 4½ 27½
30 16 Zhang Ziyang 2441 CHN 4 36
31 25 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2386 MAS 4 34½
32 29 IM Bancod Ronald 2375 PHI 4 33½
33 18 IM Nadanian Ashot 2436 ARM 4 33½
34 22 Wang Li 2392 CHN 4 33
35 39 Jia Haoxiang 2303 CHN 4 32½
36 34 FM Minhazuddin Ahmed 2339 BAN 4 32½
37 49 Kojima Shinya 2253 JPN 4 31
38 50 Castellano Christopher 2249 PHI 4 31
39 54 Baba Masahiro 2225 JPN 4 30½
40 45 FM Hasan Mehdi 2264 BAN 4 30½
41 52 WIM Nadig Kruttika 2241 IND 4 30
42 37 Legaspi Rhobel 2315 PHI 4 30
43 32 FM Novita Anjas 2358 INA 4 29½
44 48 Panggabean Hasian 2254 INA 4 28
45 47 FM Simanjuntak Sebastian 2256 INA 4 27½
46 56 Sagar Shah 2218 IND 4 27
47 68 Sano Tomu 2102 JPN 4 27
48 36 Shen Siyuan 2316 CHN 4 26
49 13 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 2470 PHI 3½ 35
50 42 Phadke Sohan 2284 IND 3½ 33
51 53 Wallis Christopher 2235 AUS 3½ 32
52 61 Stojic Dusan 2168 AUS 3½ 31½
53 38 FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 MAS 3½ 30
54 64 Sabri Mohd Saprin 2153 MAS 3½ 29
55 109 Udani Ian 0 PHI 3½ 28½
56 27 WIM Zhang Xiaowen 2382 CHN 3½ 28
57 107 Nardi Chairil 0 INA 3½ 28
58 41 WGM Gu Xiaobing 2286 CHN 3½ 27½
59 59 WIM Priya P. 2190 IND 3½ 27
60 62 Liong Ing Kiat Anthony 2159 MAS 3½ 26
61 63 Abdullah Mohd Kamal 2153 MAS 3½ 26
62 83 Foo Benjamin 1997 SIN 3½ 23½
63 77 Erowan Masrin 2020 MAS 3½ 21½
64 3 GM Rahman Ziaur 2564 BAN 3 32
65 78 Ong Way Justin 2008 MAS 3 30
66 79 Andin Faizal 2005 MAS 3 29
67 43 FM Yee Soon Wei 2278 BRU 3 28½
68 111 Yu Jeffery Hong Cheang 0 HKG 3 28
69 55 Zakaria Fairin 2220 MAS 3 28
70 81 Eng Andre-Jerome 2003 SIN 3 28
71 85 Spiller Paul 1982 NZL 3 27
72 58 Cantonjos Allan 2205 PHI 3 26½
73 71 Gibbons Robert 2080 NZL 3 26½
74 70 FM Jones Brian 2087 AUS 3 26
75 66 Tan Khai Boon 2133 MAS 3 26
76 65 Haessler Carl 2147 USA 3 26
77 73 Bennet Hilton 2043 NZL 3 26
78 106 Loo Swee Leong 0 MAS 3 25½
79 102 F. Sayani M. Hendrik 0 INA 3 25½
80 82 Ferdiman Tersiman 2000 INA 3 25
81 57 Leong Mun Wan 2214 MAS 3 25
82 80 Capel Evan Timothy 2005 MAS 3 24
83 75 Ilic Ilija 2040 AUS 3 24
84 76 Amru Muhd Tariq 2022 MAS 3 23
85 74 Schon Eugene 2042 AUS 3 22½
86 100 Chua Aaron 0 MAS 3 21½
87 67 Ismail Ahmad 2111 MAS 2½ 30½
88 72 Yeap Eng Chiam 2055 MAS 2½ 26
89 84 Lim Kian Hwa 1990 MAS 2½ 25½
90 110 Wong Hao 0 MAS 2½ 22½
91 96 Tan Justin 1836 AUS 2½ 21
92 87 Low Jun Jian 1967 MAS 2½ 19½
93 90 Pereira Johnharry 1942 SIN 2 24½
94 86 WFM Milligan Helen 1976 NZL 2 24½
95 98 Au Hubert David 0 HKG 2 22½
96 91 Bakri Alia Anin Azwa 1934 MAS 2 21½
97 94 WIM Szuveges Narelle 1841 AUS 2 21½
98 95 Kadek Iin Dwijayanti 1838 INA 2 21
99 103 Hutapea Juniel 0 INA 2 21
100 93 Masters Christopher 1842 HKG 2 20½
101 105 Lee Hai Wen 0 MAS 2 19
102 92 S. Balendran 1906 MAS 2 19
103 69 Ruston Mark R 2091 ENG 2 17
104 108 Ruslan Haslindah 0 MAS 1½ 21½
105 97 Draup Hj. Abang Azman 1708 MAS 1½ 20
106 104 Law Mark 0 HKG 1½ 19½
107 101 Draup Abang Zain Azreen 0 MAS 1½ 19
108 89 Balasupramaniam Mohan Raj 1942 MAS 1½ 16½
109 88 Wahiduddin Khairunnisa 1964 MAS 1 20½
110 112 Zamahari Abang Draup 0 MAS 1 20
111 99 Chan Yin Yok Linus 0 HKG 1 15½
112 44 IM Tan Lian-Ann 2273 SIN 1 5

And yes, IM Rolando Nolte wins the Pichay Sr. Memorial Chess Tourney last August 18.

Final standings:

7 points -- R. Nolte, R. Antonio, R. Olay, M. Paragua;

6.5 -- H. Nouri, A. Lupian, B. Nadera, J, Dano;

6 – H. Lopez, B. Polao, J. Bulicatin, M. Maga, S. Lumancas

Whew! Newsful post! Need to rest now!

Demolition Mode:ON

Last weekend, we saw the top three teams in the juniors section of the NCAA chess tourney demolish their opponents and run away with clean and clear 4-0 scores on each matches. San Sebastian College, Colegio San Juan de Letran and La Salle Greenhills-CSB won all their matches Saturday and Sunday.

San Beda College, University of Perpetual Help System Dalta, Jose Rizal University and Mapua Institute I guess will really be battling for the fourth spot at the end of the double round elims.

Good luck to all the teams!

World Youth U16 Olympiad

We now move to Mersin for the World Youth Under 16 Olympiad after spending two weeks in Gaziantep for the World Junior Chess Championship.

GM Wesley So and NM Haridas Pascua will be teaming up with FM Emmanuel Garcia and untitled Alcon John Datu.

Please visit the thread in Pinoychess Forum.

Guys, let's take this one home!

Indian Forces

First it was GM Vishy Anand and now, we have the three Indian juniors doing the wreck in the recently concluded World Junior Chess Championships in Gaziantep, Turkey.

Seeded at number 19, GM Abjiheet Gupta took home the world crown after beating GM David Howell of United Kingdom in the final round to score 10 points out of 13 rounds. On second place is 15 year old Parimerjan Negi who scored 9.5 points in the event after finishing the tourney with a draw with IM Arik Braun of Germany.

In the girls division, IM Dronavali Harika takes the crown and completes the Indian domination in this year's edition of the World Junior Chess Championship.

Going into the second half of the year, the Indians must be so delighted in the feats achieved by their fellow countymen. Remember last week's gold in the shooting event of the Olympics? An Indian shooter provided them their very first Olympic gold!

Chess today, information technology yesterday... What's for tomorrow?

Magnolia Chess Fest

Here's another email for everyone from NAPCA:

"Non-Master 1950 Below NCFP Rapid Rating unfolds the 1ST SATURDAY MAGNOLIA CHESS TOURNAMENT on September 6, 2008 9:00am at 4th Floor Doña Soledad cor. Australia Sts, Better Living, Parañaque City. Sponsors of the activity is the Magnolia Health Tea Drinks and the Rotary Club of Muntinlupa Filinvest.

This event's 9th edition will give the prizes of P 3,000 for the champion, 2nd P 2,000 and 3rd 1,000, all of them will receive trophies. Category winners are the Top kiddie, lady, senior to receive trophies and gift items. Tournament format shall apply the seven round swiss system and the rate of play is twenty five minutes per player to finish the game.

The tournament is organized by Barangay Don Bosco Chess Club and will be supervised by the National Association of Philippine Chess Arbiters, Inc. (NAPCA) and supported by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP). Registration Standard fee is Php 250 and Kiddies is only Php 150.00. For details pls. contact Club’s President Roland Roselada at 09178916190 or VP Cecil Padua 09229638274 or Dr. Bong Perez 5463714 or 09197227552.

Meanwhile, All is ready for the battle of 1ST PARANAQUE CITY CHESS CLUB (PCCC) NON-MASTER TOURNAMENT on August 30 at 4th Floor of Perez Building, Dona Soledad cor Australia Sts., Better Living Subdivision, Paranaque City. Tournament is open only to participants which has an NCFP Rapid Rating of 1950 below.

Prizes are Champion P 4,000, 2nd Place P 2,500, 3rd Place P 1,500 with trophies. Top Categories of Senior, Kiddie and Unrated will receive P500 each.

Officiating committee are Arbiters Rolly Suarez and Anthony Sun of NAPCA.

For registration and details please contact Ray Marras at 3815016 or 09194327442, VP Ronnie Depano 09196356778 and Lito Aguilar 09104963652 or the Club Secretary Romeo Mateo 09193421619."

Good luck!

Kung Fu Chess

From GM Rolly Sol Cruz of MERALCO Chess Club:

"The MERALCO Chess Club invited National Master Marlon "Kung Fu Panda"
Bernardino to a 20-board simul exhibition at the Lopez Bldg., MERALCO
Center in Pasig City. Also in attendance were players of the La Salle
Greenhills. Joel Bilado of the MERALCO Jrs and Gio "Pichay" Mejia of LSGH
won their respective games over the heavyweight NM."

GM Wesley So Wins

GM Wesley So beats GM Howell David of England to pull within the 3rd spot in the standings of the World Junior Chess Championship at Gaziantep, Turkey.

With the win, he is paired against IM Braun Arik of Germany who has a rating of 2533 and is currently on the second spot going into the 11th round.

One of our readers emailed me and said the winner between Gm David and GM So has a chance of taking the crown in this year's event. We'll see if our very own takes this one.

GM Wesley peaking at the right time!

Torre vs So

Asia's first grandmaster and the worlds' current youngest grandmaster is set to play for a PhP 1 Million purse in Davao...

Interesting eh? We'll see if it pushes thru then. It will be a good preparation for Wesley prior to his board one stint in the coming Dresden Olympiad.

(Coach Teddy) Aguila Memorial Cup '08

Here's an email from our friends in MERALCO Chess Club:

In the 1980's and 1990's MERALCO used to dominate the now defunct ESAP Chess Tournament over the likes of Shell, PLDT, PAL, Asia Brewery, Philec,& Concrete Agregates among others. The man behind their 5-consecutive year slam was Teodoro Aguila, who mentored the team that was led by now-National Master Gerardo Cabellon. Thus,when the remnants of that Champion Team learned, from this wonderful site,that Mang Teddy has already passed away, the MERALCO Chess Club immediately thought of something to honor him. And the result was the holding of the AGUILA MEMORIAL CUP last July 2 right at the famous Lopez Building that houses a very conducive playing atmosphere.

And the winners of the half-day blitz event were:

Justin Lim - Best High School Player

Best Senior Player - Jonathan Santiago of SCADA

Best Retiree - Norlito Bersamina

Junior Sol Cruz (LSGH-GS Chess Team) - Best Grade School Player

Some photos from the tourney:






Congratulations!

UAAP Chess:2 Rounds After

In the UAAP Chess, we now have the team standings after two rounds:

Men's

1-2 University of Santo Tomas, University of the Philippines 3 points

3-4 Far Eastern University, National University 2.5

5-6 University of the East, Adamson University 1.5

7-8 De La Salle University, Ateneo de Manila University 1

Women's

1 University of the Philippines 4 points

2 De La Salle University 3

3 Far Eastern University 2.5

4 University of the East 1.5

5 Ateneo de Manila University 1

6 National University

7 University of Santo Tomas BYE

Junior's:

1-2 Ateneo de Manila University, National University 4 points

3 University of the East 3

4 Far Eastern University 1

5-6 University of the East, De La Salle-Zobel 0

7 University of Santo Tomas BYE

We'll find out in the next in the next 8 weeks who'll rule this year's chess in the UAAP!

San Sebastian Jrs Lead

Hey there!

After beating Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) in round 6 in the NCAA Juniors with a score of 3-1, the San Sebastian College-Recoletos (SSC-R)lead the team tourney with a score of 16.5points.

SSC-R's Valenzuela and Kristian Cristobal drew with Cherry Ann Mejia and Jan Jodylin Fronda on boards 4 and 2 respectively while Arvie Jongko won over Ranilo Gil Biag on board 3. The match between Loren Laceste and MJ Turqueza was the game of the day (for me!) and it was MJ winning over his opponent while handling the black pieces. Tough match and was a nice game to see.

Here are the team results:

Jose Rizal University vs University of Perpetual Help 0-4
College of St. BenildeLSGH - Mapua Institute of Technology 3-1

And for those wishing to follow the standings and other numerical infos for the juniors section, please read on:

School---------------------------- Match Points ----------- Accumulated Points

San Sebastian College -------- 8 ------------------- 16.5
Colegio de San Juan de Letran ---- 6 ------------------- 15.5
CSB-La Salle Greenhills -------- 8 ------------------- 11.5


University of Perpetual Help ---- 4 ------------------- 8
Mapua Institute of Technology --- 2 ------------------- 8
San Beda College ------------- 2 ------------------- 7.5
Jose Rizal University ----------- 2 ------------------- 5

Lovely day!

World Juniors'08

Going into round 8, GM Wesley So is paired against IM SANIKIDZE Tornike who has a rating of 2486 while NM Haridas Pascua is paired against a higher rated opponent, IM ARUN Prasad Subramanian with 2492 rating.

Wesley is ranked on 10th spot after 7 rounds while Haridas is on 51st. The 13 round tournament takes break today and tomorrow and resumes round 8 games on August 10 at 3in the afternoon.

This will provide all our junior players to rest and enjoy watching the 2008 Beijing Olympics which opened yesterday. The four hour opening ceremony was one of the best the quadrennial games ever had! Beautiful!

In the girls division, IM Harika Dronavali leads with a score of 6 points followed on second spot by MUZYCHUK Mariya of Ukraine and NIKOLOVA Adriana of Bulgaria both with 5.5 points.

I was surprised to see a female player in the boys division, WGM HOU Yifan of China... why is that? Something is wrong here. Gender equality issues? Then boys can also join in their division right? It shouldn't be a one way street. Hay hay hay!

NCAA Chess: Rounds 5 and 6

Here's the pairing for today and tomorrow's NCAA Chess Tourney:

Saturday, August 9

Colegio de San Juan de Letran vs Jose Rizal University
San Sebastian College - Recoletos vs College of St. Benilde
San Beda College vs University of Perpetual Help
Mapua Institute of Technology BYE

Sunday, August 10

Jose Rizal University vs University of Perpetual Help
College of St. Benilde vs Mapua Institute of Technology
Colegio de San Juan de Letran vs San Sebastian College-Recoletos
San Beda College BYE

GM Wesley on 12th Spot

After 5 rounds of the World Junior Chess Championship, our very own GM Wesley So is on the 12th spot with a score of 3.5 points while NM Haridas Pascua 87th with a score of 2 points.

Here's our boys' round by round results:

1st round:

GM Wesley So(2577) - FM DJURAEV Sokhib (2324) 1-0
IM MELKUMYAN Hrant (2507) - HARIDAS Pascua(2174) 1-0

2nd round:

IM SENGUPTA Deep(2454)- GM SO Wesley(2577) 1/2 - 1/2
HARIDAS Pascua (2174) - GM ANDREIKIN Dmitry (2604) 0-1

3rd round:

GM SO Wesley(2577) - IM BOROS Denes (2472) 1-0
VURAL Ozge (1853) - HARIDAS Pascua (2174) 0-1

4th round:

GM LEON HOYOS Manuel (2543) - GM SO Wesley (2577) 1/2 - 1/2
HARIDAS Pascua (2174) - FM PACHER Milan (2361) 0 - 1

5th round:

GM SO Wesley (2577) - GM RAMIREZ Alejandro (2531) 1/2 - 1/2
ULUDOGAN Lutfullah - HARIDAS Pascua (2174) 0 - 1


Going into the 6th round, Wesley brings with him the win, draw, win, draw, draw game results while Haridas has lose, lose, win, lose, win.

Here's the pairing for tomorrow's games at 3 in the afternoon:

IM MELKUMYAN Hrant (2507) - GM SO Wesley (2577)
HARIDAS Pascua (2174) - PLENCA Julijan (2295)

GM Wesley So can exact revenge for fellow Filipino Harias Pascua who was beaten in the first roun by IM Melkumyan. Let's hope that Wesley wins ver this guy an further his standings upward.

Games from the boys:

UAAP Chess This Saturday

August 9 is the opening of the 2008 University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Chess Tournament.

From what we've gathered, here is the official eligible players for the season:

Men's Seniors:

Ateneo de Manila University

Buenavista, John Robin
Dimasuhid, Ace John F.
Macabulos, Eduardo Danilo F.
Plan, Emnmanuel Neil J.M.
Santos, Enrique Daniel C.
Yee, Marvin Jan T.

Adamson University

Baybay, Jerome Angelo B.
Casil Jr. Daniel P.
Guerra, Romie Lord A.
Reyes, Ferdinand Jr. R
Soraino, Tristan T.
Valeros, Junar

De La Salle University

Bautista, Paolo Lorenzo Y.
Gomez, John Paul S.
Kumar, Manoj
Legisma, Virgilio Jr. G.
Songcuya, Emmanuel Eumir F.
Vasallo, Revin Briam G.

Far Eastern University

Arroyo, Christian R.
Bulicatin, James V.
Chavez, Jr. Antonio L.
Morazo, John Raniel L.
Nebato, Sheider T.
Sobilon, Lyndon B.

National University

Cagadas, Chirstian G.
Fabian, Don Johnson A.
Javier, Niel Bryan F.
Nudalo, Gerry Paul
Santiago, Reggie Mel P.
Turda, Williard

University of the East

Colase, Jasper V.
Ibanez, Piokit S.
Mariano, Nelso III L.
Rivas, Aaron Khrisna F.
Rivas, Amram Ezra F.
Visca, Jayson S.

University of the Philippines

Abug, Lev Amiel H.
Barreto, Jeremiah
Daylo, Jr. Leo F.
Gabriel, Jerommel A.
Lababo, Ywhen Richard R.
Rovillos, Kenneth Martin D.

University of Santo Tomas

Bermas, Lemuel Lorenzo John
Ferriol, Gerald A.
Florendo, Patrick Erle V.
Fronda Jude Emil P.
Tamayo, Anthony M.
Villanueva, Vic Neil G.

Women's Seniors

Ateneo de Manila University

Caoile, Mira Corinne B.
Capinpin, Nikki P.
Edaniol, Ktrina B.
Fuerte, Claire Floreli P.
Mendoza, Sheila Mae R.
Olonan, Ianah Marie O.

De La Salle University

Advincula, Jennifer P.
Dimakiling, Marie Angeli B.
Layugan, Dominique R.
Neri, Susan Grace T.
Salvador, Aices P.

Far Eastern University

Decena, Jedara R.
Guiang, Cherrylyn C.
Jose, Rulp Ylem M.
Medina, Lovelyn O.
Palomo, Jenny Rose C.
Senora, Ronina Reigner C.

National University

Basbas, Chlarissa L.
Dulay, Angelique L.
Fajardo, Erika Annie S.
Medrano, Jasmine Crystal A.
Quiroz, Sonia
Saltorio, Joannah Marie M.

University of the East

Fronda, Jyveelyn P.
Mendoza, Kathleen R.
Peque, Mersky S.
Sales, Jacquilyn R.
Saquing, Janine Krishna A.
Yson, Chrizel D.

University of the Philippines

Abasolo, Krizza Lyn C.
Constantino, Jennifer Y.
Mendoza Cheyzer Crystal J.
Templonuevo, Ewygene R.
Templonuevo, Ezra Joy R.
Young, Rida Jane C.

University of Santo Tomas

De Ramos, Geneline Z.
Dizon, Rizza Mae D.
Guerra, Romelin A.
Lumacad, Carina Lauren M.
Silvestre, Camille Jol P.
Vergara, Rohini Dasi B.

Juniors

Ateneo de Manila University

Cordova, Marion Jyel R.
Esguerra, Tomothy John N.
Layugan, Gabriel R.
Recto, Vincent M.
Tabios, Anton Ben V.P.
Vallarta, Oliver Martin M.

Adamson University

Abucejo, Jesse O.
Aquino, Gregorio III M.
Canada, Vianca Camille P.
Dacanay, Steven James
Guya, Ali
Nodado, Cheska D.

Dela Salle University

Bulaong, Ramon Lorenzo M.
De Guia, Jon Robert H.
Estrada, Jose Lorenzo C.
Limgenco, Miguel V.
Ortega, Javier Maria Q.
Sena, Juan Raphael S.

Far Eastern University

Alfonso,Jeremiah
Co, Kingsley Louise L.
De Leon, Louise Judie C.
Lagula, Mc Dominique Q.
Octaviano, Roland Edward Dennis
Sanqui, Cesar Gerriko D.

National University

Fuerte, Vincent Joseph T.
Ogues, Kiven Costner P.
Sanchez, Daniel Elijah S.
Soler, Nico Ocinne B.
Soler, Quinna B.
Ulanday, Paul A.

University of the East

Barcelon, Brayn B.
Bernales, Christy P
Bersamina, Joseph S.
Datu, Alcon John Z.
Datu, Alcon Paul J.
Gabion, Mylen

University of Santo Tomas

Daylo, Maria Leonora F
Pagagan, Nico Adriel D.
Pantoja, Juneza Jan D.
Romero Agatha Lei M.
Tamayo, Christopher S.
Tamayo, Dorothy S.

I was surprised not to see IM Ino Sadorra in the DLSU Men's team but am glad to see Mc Dominiqu Lagula in the FEU juniors team. And sadly, Ateneo juniors team don't have FM Jem Garcia for this year.

Based on the list, FEU team is the team to beat for the men's division. We'll see in the next two months.

NCAA Chess: 4th Round Results

Juniors

Jose Rizal University vs San Beda College 2-2
University of Perpetual Help vs Mapua Institute of Technology 2.5-1.5
St. Benilde vs Letran 1.5 vs 2.5
San Sebastian College BYE

I was so excited to see the games between La Salle Greenhills and Letran in the 4th round but unfortunately, board four of LSGH had uniform violation and the board point had to be awarded automatically to Letran. I believe that rules and policies set during the coaches meeting are to be adhered to but I have to admit that I wanted to see the results of their match be fought over the board and not on these "psywar" tactics.

I don't really know what caused this lapse in uniform techicality but lately, it has become an avenue to get one over the other. Remember the Sam Ekwe uniform incident in the basketball tournament some weeks ago? Or the Franz Pumaren ID incident in UAAP?

Well, Art of War...at it again.

The tourney is getting hotter...I just have to wait for the next cycles match between these two NCAA powerhouse.

2 More Pinoy Chess Sites

Hi everyone, after my pressing the publish post button in my last write up, I recalled immediately the two new sites I've discovered (belated?) two weeks ago and yes, both has significance in our beloved Philippine Chess.

First is FM Paulo de Mundo's compilation of his assignments for his chess students. He is still in our roster as one of the listed contributors but I guess, that's all there is. His works at Paolo's Chess Homework.

Second one is the CHESSPHI Philippine Chess Vanguards, which is published in the Wordpress platform. I don't have any idea as to who the author is but the site has shown good contents, I like the header too if you will ask me.

Till then!

Before The War

I'd like to share one article I received thru my google alerts called Tournament Preparation For Amateurs.

The writer is Bryan Castro based in USA but got me asking myself if he has Filipino blood because the link of his site has the word "kidlat 121". Hmmm!

Today is the 3rd round of NCAA Chess Tournament to be held in Jose Rizal University, remember our post here?

The World Junior Chess Championship is scheduled to happen from August 2-16 in Gaziantep, Turkey. Our representatives GM Wesley So and NM Haridas Pascua will have their hands full as the field will definitely yield the world's best juniors.

Coinciding with the juniors is the Beijing Olympics which is less than a week from now. The perceived lucky 8-8-8 or August 8, 2008 is D'day. Months ago, I wrote in my Pulso ng Makabagong Cavitenyo Sports Column that there is a possibility that the games will not push thru because of the following reasons: earthquake that killed lives, the hollywood backing out of Steven Spielberg, the Tibetan Monks demonstrations, air pollution issues and athletes safety.

I guess the Chinese government has made sure everything has been done to provide the necessary band aids for these long term problems for the success of the two week spectacular show on earth.

Good luck!