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Georgian GM umangat sa International chessfest

Pilipino Star Ngayon

MANILA, Philippines - Pinatumba ni Georgian Grand Master Levan Pan­tsulaia si Filipino GM Ju­lio Catalino Sadorra para kunin ang liderato sa Philippine International Chess Championship sa Celebrity Sports Plaza sa Quezon City.

Tangan ang puting piye­sa, binigo ni Pantsulaia si Sadorra sa 57 moves ng ka­nilang Gruenfeld encounter para ilista ang 3.0 points sa Open division ng nasabing nine-round $30,000 tournament.

Umangat si Pantsulaia, ang No. 3 seed sa kanyang  Elo rating na 2583, kina GMs Merab Gagunashvili ng Georgia, Anton Demchenko ng Russia, Mikhail Mozharov ng Russia at Oli­ver Barbosa at Fide Mas­ter Randy Segarra ng Pi­lipinas.

Tinalo ng No. 22 ranked na si Segarra, ang coach ng De La Salle University chess team, si Armenian GM Avetik Grigoryan sa 58 moves ng isang Ruy Lo­pez para makisalo sa ika­­lawang puwesto sa torneong suportado ng Philippine Sports Commission at Puregold.

Nagmula sa magandang kampanya sa United States, pinayukod naman ni Barbosa si Sheider Nebato sa 27 moves ng Slav.

Nag-draw naman sina Gagunashvili at Demchenko kagaya nina Mozharov at top seed Ivan Popov ng Russia.

Si Popov ay may 2.0 points katabla sina Sador­ra, Filipino GMs Darwin Lay­lo, Eugene Torre, Ro­gelio Antonio Jr. at John Paul Gomez, Filipino In­ter­­national Masters Kim Ste­­­ven Yap at Haridas Pas­­cua, Indian IM Nara­yanan Sunilduth Lyna, Fide Master Sander Severino at Merben Roque.

Ginulantang ni Roque si GM Richard Bitoon.

 

ANTON DEMCHENKO

ANTONIO JR.

AVETIK GRIGORYAN

BARBOSA

CATALINO SADORRA

CELEBRITY SPORTS PLAZA

DARWIN LAY

DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

EUGENE TORRE

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