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Sept 1 2012
Armenians stop PH run
By Roy Luarca
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Round 4 Standings
Open
8 points - Ukraine Hungary, Armenia, Russia: 7 points - Germany, France,
Czech Republic, Azerbaijan, Argentina, United States, India, Canada,
England, Croatia, Montenegro; 6 points - China, Spain, Bulgaria, Israel,
Philippines, Poland, Brazil, Georgia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina,
FYROM, Serbia, Vietnam, Italy, Ireland, Kyrgyztan, Paraguay, Qatar,
Iceland, Peru, Iran
Women
8 points - Russia, France; 7 points - Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Poland,
Georgia, Ukraine, Latvia, Slovakia, China, India; 6 points - Moldova,
Hungary, Vietnam, United States, Slovenia, Israel, Ecuador, Czech
Republic, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Spain, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, South
Africa, Philippines, Montenegro, Switzerland, Estonia, Costa Rica,
Argentina
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Grandmaster Wesley So forged a draw with world No. 2
GM Levon Aronian in their board 1 tussle, but the Philippines fell
short of holding mighty Armenia to a standoff and lost, 1.5-2.5,
Friday in Round 4 of the 40th Chess Olympiad.
Pitted against the highest rated player here with an Elo of 2816, So
(2652) showed his talent, splitting the point with the white pieces
after 51 moves of a Ruy Lopez-Rio Gambit Accepted.
GMs Oliver Barbosa (2554) and Mark Paragua (2508) likewise drew with
touted opponents Sergei Movsesian (2698) and Vladimir Akopian (2687),
respectively, on boards 2 and 3, at the Istanbul Expo Center.
But International Master Oliver Dimakiling, treading an unfamiliar
line with black, saw his three-game winning run in board 4 broken in
just 25 moves of a Blumenfeld Variation by GM Gabriel Sargissian
(2693).
Despite their first loss in the 11-round tournament, however, the
Filipinos remained track for a top 20 finish in the Open division that
lured a record 158 countries to this historic metropolis.
The Filipinos, sharing 16th to 36th spots with 6.0 match points, will
try to bounce back when they tackle the Icelanders in Round 5 starting
at 3 p.m. (8 p.m. in Manila) Saturday.
Asia's first GM Eugene Torre (Elo 2649), whose mother was buried in
Manila Saturday morning, will finally suit up, facing GM Throstur
Thorhallsson (2426) as he takes over board 3 from Paragua.
So will tangle with GM Hannes Stefansson (Elo 2515), Barbosa will
tackle GM Henrik Danielsen (2506), while Paragua will battle IM Dagur
Arngrimsson (2375) when he slides to board 4.
The Filipino women, with streaking Janelle Mae Frayna (1991) at the
helm, notched their second straight 3-1 victory at the expense of the
Mexicans and also wheeled back into contention in the Women's division
with 6.0 points.
Frayna, a Far Eastern University BS Psychology freshman, who posted
the Philippines' highest finish of 22nd in the girls' World Juniors in
India last year, bids for win No. 5 when she faces WIM Cecile Van der
Merve in board 2.
WIM Catherine Perena meets WGM Melissa Greeff on board 1; Jedara
Docena clashes with WIM Denise Frick on board 3 while De La Salle
mainstay Jan Jodilyn Fronda eyes her third consecutive triumph against
Woman Fide Master Tshepang Tlale on board 4.
Against Mexico, the 16-year-old Frayna won over WIM Lorena Alejandra
Mendoza Velasquez; Perena beat WFM Carime Real Pereyra, and Fronda
bested Janet Sarai Vasquez Flores.
So, who stretched his unblemished record against 2700+ opponents to 34
matches, merited praise from Aronian, one of only six players ever to
breach the 2800 barrier, in an interview after the fifth round.
http://sports.inquirer.net/60472/armenians-stop-ph-run
Sept 1 2012
Armenians stop PH run
By Roy Luarca
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Round 4 Standings
Open
8 points - Ukraine Hungary, Armenia, Russia: 7 points - Germany, France,
Czech Republic, Azerbaijan, Argentina, United States, India, Canada,
England, Croatia, Montenegro; 6 points - China, Spain, Bulgaria, Israel,
Philippines, Poland, Brazil, Georgia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina,
FYROM, Serbia, Vietnam, Italy, Ireland, Kyrgyztan, Paraguay, Qatar,
Iceland, Peru, Iran
Women
8 points - Russia, France; 7 points - Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Poland,
Georgia, Ukraine, Latvia, Slovakia, China, India; 6 points - Moldova,
Hungary, Vietnam, United States, Slovenia, Israel, Ecuador, Czech
Republic, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Spain, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, South
Africa, Philippines, Montenegro, Switzerland, Estonia, Costa Rica,
Argentina
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Grandmaster Wesley So forged a draw with world No. 2
GM Levon Aronian in their board 1 tussle, but the Philippines fell
short of holding mighty Armenia to a standoff and lost, 1.5-2.5,
Friday in Round 4 of the 40th Chess Olympiad.
Pitted against the highest rated player here with an Elo of 2816, So
(2652) showed his talent, splitting the point with the white pieces
after 51 moves of a Ruy Lopez-Rio Gambit Accepted.
GMs Oliver Barbosa (2554) and Mark Paragua (2508) likewise drew with
touted opponents Sergei Movsesian (2698) and Vladimir Akopian (2687),
respectively, on boards 2 and 3, at the Istanbul Expo Center.
But International Master Oliver Dimakiling, treading an unfamiliar
line with black, saw his three-game winning run in board 4 broken in
just 25 moves of a Blumenfeld Variation by GM Gabriel Sargissian
(2693).
Despite their first loss in the 11-round tournament, however, the
Filipinos remained track for a top 20 finish in the Open division that
lured a record 158 countries to this historic metropolis.
The Filipinos, sharing 16th to 36th spots with 6.0 match points, will
try to bounce back when they tackle the Icelanders in Round 5 starting
at 3 p.m. (8 p.m. in Manila) Saturday.
Asia's first GM Eugene Torre (Elo 2649), whose mother was buried in
Manila Saturday morning, will finally suit up, facing GM Throstur
Thorhallsson (2426) as he takes over board 3 from Paragua.
So will tangle with GM Hannes Stefansson (Elo 2515), Barbosa will
tackle GM Henrik Danielsen (2506), while Paragua will battle IM Dagur
Arngrimsson (2375) when he slides to board 4.
The Filipino women, with streaking Janelle Mae Frayna (1991) at the
helm, notched their second straight 3-1 victory at the expense of the
Mexicans and also wheeled back into contention in the Women's division
with 6.0 points.
Frayna, a Far Eastern University BS Psychology freshman, who posted
the Philippines' highest finish of 22nd in the girls' World Juniors in
India last year, bids for win No. 5 when she faces WIM Cecile Van der
Merve in board 2.
WIM Catherine Perena meets WGM Melissa Greeff on board 1; Jedara
Docena clashes with WIM Denise Frick on board 3 while De La Salle
mainstay Jan Jodilyn Fronda eyes her third consecutive triumph against
Woman Fide Master Tshepang Tlale on board 4.
Against Mexico, the 16-year-old Frayna won over WIM Lorena Alejandra
Mendoza Velasquez; Perena beat WFM Carime Real Pereyra, and Fronda
bested Janet Sarai Vasquez Flores.
So, who stretched his unblemished record against 2700+ opponents to 34
matches, merited praise from Aronian, one of only six players ever to
breach the 2800 barrier, in an interview after the fifth round.
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