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Womem’s FIDE Master Shania Mendoza pounced on Olympiad veteran Thi Nhu Y Hoang’s endgame blunder to hack out a victory in the second round then split the point with Nur Hisham Azman of Malaysia in the next to tie Viet GM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung in the lead in the third ASEAN JAPFA Chess Championships in Jakarta Thursday.

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GM Wesley So went for draws against GM-candidates Julio Catalino Sadorra and Richard Bitoon then halved the point with fellow GM Joey Antonio to clinch the Phoenix Petroleum-Dapitan City “Battle of GMs” chess championship for the second straight year at the Dapitan City Resort Hotel in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.

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The win was a followup to Torre’s victory over 37th seed Voltaire Sevillano of Cebu after 35 moves of another Owens Defense in Round 1 and 20th seed Carlo Magno Rosaupan of Zamboanga City after 54 moves of the King’s Indian Defense in Round 2.
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Bagamat pinaghatian ng De La Salle ang kanilang asignatura noong nakaraang linggo, nananatiling hawak pa rin ng men’s ang pangunguna kasabay ng pagdomina ng University of the Philippines sa women’s side ng chess event ng 66th UAAP season.

Sa kabila ng back-to-back na panalo ni John Paul Gomez, nabigo pa rin ang Green Archers sa UP Maroons noong Sabado, 1-3, ngunit nagawa nilang bumangon sa pamamagitan ng 4-0 tagumpay kontra naman sa NU noong Linggo upang manatiling nasa unahan sanhi ng 14.5 puntos matapos ang ikalimang rounds.
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Sa isang matagalang laban, naubusan ng bala si Roca kontra sa IM na si Nicolai Vesterbaek Pedersen sa ika-93 sulong ng Schmid Benoni.

Ang pagkatalo ni Roca ay isa lamang sa dalawang kabiguan ng Filipino chessers.
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Antonio gained a material advantage early as the 20-year-old Laylo gambled on a kingside attack that fizzled out at endgame. The victory was Antonio’s fifth against a loss as he joined fellow GM Eugene Torre, International Master Richard Bitoon and NM Allan Sayson at the helm.
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Maagang nakuha ni Antonio ang material advantage makaraang magblundered ang 20-anyos na si Laylo sa kanyang kingside attack na nagbigay sa una ng ikalimang panalo at ikaanim na puntos sa overall para makasama sina Grandmaster Eugene Torre, International Master Richard Bitoon at NM Allan Sayson.
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                    [Title] => Mendoza shares Asean chess lead
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Womem’s FIDE Master Shania Mendoza pounced on Olympiad veteran Thi Nhu Y Hoang’s endgame blunder to hack out a victory in the second round then split the point with Nur Hisham Azman of Malaysia in the next to tie Viet GM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung in the lead in the third ASEAN JAPFA Chess Championships in Jakarta Thursday.

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GM Wesley So went for draws against GM-candidates Julio Catalino Sadorra and Richard Bitoon then halved the point with fellow GM Joey Antonio to clinch the Phoenix Petroleum-Dapitan City “Battle of GMs” chess championship for the second straight year at the Dapitan City Resort Hotel in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.

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The win was a followup to Torre’s victory over 37th seed Voltaire Sevillano of Cebu after 35 moves of another Owens Defense in Round 1 and 20th seed Carlo Magno Rosaupan of Zamboanga City after 54 moves of the King’s Indian Defense in Round 2.
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Bagamat pinaghatian ng De La Salle ang kanilang asignatura noong nakaraang linggo, nananatiling hawak pa rin ng men’s ang pangunguna kasabay ng pagdomina ng University of the Philippines sa women’s side ng chess event ng 66th UAAP season.

Sa kabila ng back-to-back na panalo ni John Paul Gomez, nabigo pa rin ang Green Archers sa UP Maroons noong Sabado, 1-3, ngunit nagawa nilang bumangon sa pamamagitan ng 4-0 tagumpay kontra naman sa NU noong Linggo upang manatiling nasa unahan sanhi ng 14.5 puntos matapos ang ikalimang rounds.
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Sa isang matagalang laban, naubusan ng bala si Roca kontra sa IM na si Nicolai Vesterbaek Pedersen sa ika-93 sulong ng Schmid Benoni.

Ang pagkatalo ni Roca ay isa lamang sa dalawang kabiguan ng Filipino chessers.
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Antonio gained a material advantage early as the 20-year-old Laylo gambled on a kingside attack that fizzled out at endgame. The victory was Antonio’s fifth against a loss as he joined fellow GM Eugene Torre, International Master Richard Bitoon and NM Allan Sayson at the helm.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 116257 [Title] => Chess Grandmaster Antonio nakisosyo sa liderato [Summary] => Pinayukod ni Grandmaster Rogelio Antonio Jr., si National Master Darwin Laylo ng Marikina City sa 55 moves ng Center Counter game kahapon upang makisosyo sa liderato sa 9th round ng National Open Chess Championship sa SSS Building sa Quezon City.

Maagang nakuha ni Antonio ang material advantage makaraang magblundered ang 20-anyos na si Laylo sa kanyang kingside attack na nagbigay sa una ng ikalimang panalo at ikaanim na puntos sa overall para makasama sina Grandmaster Eugene Torre, International Master Richard Bitoon at NM Allan Sayson.
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