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3 Pinoy chess players umaasam sa karangalan

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Tatlong Pinoy chess players sa pamumuno ni Grandmaster Mark Paragua ang naghahangad sa  kara-ngalan tungo sa eight round ng  inaugural ASEAN Masters Chess Circuit sa Indonesian city ng Tarakan sa East Kalimantan.

Hawak ang puting piye-sa, nakipag-draw ang 23-anyos GM na si Paragua kay Fide Master Rolando Nolte sa 15 moves ng Gruenfeld Defense  habang nagwagi na-man si  International Master Jayson Gonzales kay Malaysian FM Tze Meng Mok  sa 42 moves ng French Defense tangan ang Black pieces sa seventh round encounter para manguna sa 12-player pack sa Grandmaster (GM) B category.

Kailangan na lamang ni Gonzales ng one point sa nine-game GM norm tungo sa full-pledge GM status habang si Nolte, ay nanga-ngailan naman ng one point at half ( 1.5 points) para sa first GM norm.

Sa iba pang kaganapan, hiniya ni FM Oliver Barbosa si Armenian IM Ashot Nada-nian sa 21 moves ng Ruy Lopez Opening para sa 3.5 points at solong ikapitong puwesto.

Sa Group A (GM cate-gory), malaki ang posibilidad na maangkin ang top prize ni top seed Singaporean GM Zhang Zhong .

Ang nakabuntot na may 4.5 ay ang 14 anyos na si GM Wesley So, panalo sa kababayang si IM Barlo Nadera sa 29 moves ng French Defense.

ASHOT NADA

BARLO NADERA

EAST KALIMANTAN

FIDE MASTER ROLANDO NOLTE

FRENCH DEFENSE

GRANDMASTER MARK PARAGUA

GROUP A

GRUENFELD DEFENSE

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