Tagaytay City Hosts Zonals

Zone 3.3 President Hon. Abraham N. Tolentino, who is also Mayor of Tagaytay City and Secretary General of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, shall host the Zonal Open and Women's Tournament from 23 to 31 May 2011 in his city.


Partial list of participants


  Open Zonal:

No.		Name	IRtg	FED
1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2635	VIE
2	GM	Zhang Zhong	2592	SIN
3	GM	Cao Sang	2557	VIE
4	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2533	INA
5	GM	Dao Thien Hai	2507	VIE
6	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2479	VIE
7	FM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2466	VIE
8	IM	Nguyen Van Huy	2459	VIE
9	IM	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	2451	VIE
10	GM	Barus Cerdas	2443	INA
11	IM	Lioe Dede	2418	INA
12	IM	Purnama Tirta Chandra	2404	INA
13	IM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin	2382	SIN
14	FM	Hamdani Rudin	2368	INA
15	IM	Halay Taufik	2346	INA
16	FM	Kasmiran	2346	INA
17	FM	Novita Anjas	2344	INA
18	IM	Tirto	2337	INA
19	FM	Khairul Anam	2319	INA
20	IM	Bao Khoa	2262	VIE
21		Kaisar Jenius Hakiki	2251	INA
22		Surya Wahyudi	2234	INA
23		Tong Thai Hung	2103	VIE

 Women's Zonal

No.		Name	IRtg	FED
1	IM	Li Ruofan	2423	SIN
2	WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2354	INA
3	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	2349	VIE
4	WIM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	2349	VIE
5	WGM	Le Thanh Tu	2328	VIE
6	WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	2320	VIE
7	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	2311	VIE
8	WIM	Le Kieu Thien Kim	2252	VIE
9	WIM	Yanjindulam Dulamsuren	2218	MGL
10	WCM	Enkhtuul Altanulzii	2167	MGL
11	WCM	Lindiawati Evi	2106	INA
12		Pham Thi Thu Hien	2055	VIE
13	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	2040	PHI
14	WFM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	2039	INA
15	WFM	Medina Warda Aulia	2035	INA
16	WFM	Dewi Aa Citra	1994	INA
17		Febriana Nita Nurmala	1955	INA
18	WFM	Chan Wei Yi Victoria	1955	SIN
19	WCM	Kadek Iin Dwijayanti	1919	INA
20		Verdiana Norasya	1915	INA
21	WFM	Lo Yin Ling Melissa	1874	SIN
22		Neo Xiuwen Christabel	1869	SIN
23		Qibtiyah Meriatul	0	INA
24		Rahayu Wita	0	INA
25		Trenseno Felica	0	INA

NCFP Executive Director Willy Abalos Passes Away

We are sad to report that Willy Abalos, Executive Director of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, passed away in Manila Sunday, 8 May 2011, after a fight with cancer. He was 49.

Willy was diagnosed after his return from the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China in November last year, where he captained the Philippine team to a Silver Medal finish. With chemotherapy he was in remission and was back at work this year, travelling far to Subic and Tagaytay City in preparation for the Asian Youth Championship, Zone 3.3 Zonal and Pichay Cup International Open.After he helped raise funds for the travel of the Tagaytay City team to the Asian Cities in Jakarta last month, Willy worked for the tickets of Filipino Grandmasters to the ongoing Asian Championship in Iran.

Credit: http://asia-chess.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=1

FIDE Candidates Rd1 Tiebreak: Aronian out

Gelfand and Kamsky are in semi-final, Kramnik won the second blitz match

Round 1 – Tiebreaks

Scoreboard

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Tot.

Perf

Levon Aronian

ARM

2808

½

½

½

½

0

1

½

0

3.5

Alexander Grischuk

RUS

2747

½

½

½

½

1

0

½

1

4.5

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Tot.

Perf

Vladimir Kramnik

RUS

2785

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

8.0

Teimour Radjabov

AZE

2744

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

5.0

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Tot.

Perf

Veselin Topalov

BUL

2775

½

0

½

½

1.5

Gata Kamsky

USA

2732

½

1

½

½

2.5

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Tot.

Perf

Boris Gelfand

ISR

2733

½

½

1

½

2.5

Shak. Mamedyarov

AZE

2772

½

½

0

½

1.5

Kamsky Defeats Topalov in Match; To Face Gelfand Next

US Champion Gata Kamsky advanced through his first candidate match in Kazan, Russia (May 3-27) against Veselin Topalov2.5-1.5. Gata now advances to face World Cup Champ Boris Gelfand in the semifinals starting on May 12. Gelfand and Kamsky are the only two players to win a game so far!


Kamsky's game today was a nail-biter. After 39. Qd6, internet spectators and silicion beasts were predicting a decisive invasion for Topalov. Things turned around when Gata played ...Bxd5 and became clear that his e5 knight was able to defend key squares around his king while his d4 knight wreaked havoc.


Topalov had no choice but to force perpetual, even though this ended in the match in his rival's favor.






Round 1 – Game 4


Credit: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/11195/630

Scoreboard

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Tot.

Perf

Levon Aronian

ARM

2808

½

½

½

½

2.0

Alexander Grischuk

RUS

2747

½

½

½

½

2.0

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Tot.

Perf

Vladimir Kramnik

RUS

2785

½

½

½

½

2.0

Teimour Radjabov

AZE

2744

½

½

½

½

2.0

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Tot.

Perf

Veselin Topalov

BUL

2775

½

0

½

½

1.5

Gata Kamsky

USA

2732

½

1

½

½

2.5

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Tot.

Perf

Boris Gelfand

ISR

2733

½

½

1

½

2.5

Shak. Mamedyarov

AZE

2772

½

½

0

½

1.5

Round 6 Report: 10th Asian Individual 2011 (Philippine Delegates)