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Xu Tong lost to IM Ronald Dableo. Zhang Jing lost to IM Goh Weiming One of the upset of the tournament was GM DZHUMAEV Marat losing to IM Ronald Bancod. More: continued here

It’s draw between joint winner GM Zhang Zhong vs congressman ‘Butch’ Pichay. Opening ceremony is completed and the pairings are out. This time it’s 18 GMs taking part and a total of 34 titled players. In total there are 67 participants. More: continued here

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Wesley So looking to live up to his coming 2600 rating. He performed  poorly (by his standards) in last week PGMA cup to finish in 25th place. He won his first round game vs IM Alex Wohl of Australia. More: continued here

Today is sort of a rest day for players taking part in the two tournaments. Some stay the hotel and rest and some players went shopping in the nearby huge malls that are just across the street. Xu Tong and Zhang Jing (above) are taking the day of ...

3rd PGMA champion GM Eugene Torre is not playing in the Pichay Cup starting today. With joint winners Li Chao and Torre out of the picture will the going be any easier for the rest of the players? It’s now 19 GMs and I think it’s still going to ...

Rank after Round 9 Rk.   Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 1 GM TORRE Eugene PHI 2524 7,0 2572 2590 2 GM LI Chao CHN 2590 7,0 2533 2544 3 GM ZHANG Zhong SIN 2632 7,0 2532 2551 Torre draws last round. Li Chao wins. Zhang Zhong draws. More: continued here

Back to back tournaments! I wonder how these Grandmasters have the stamina to go on like this. Being young and fit is definitely and advantage. Torre did not have the former factor so his win is definitely amazing. Probably another good incentive is the cash prize! 4th Pichay Cup prizes 1st US$ ...

While attention was directed to in the beginning to Wesley SO and then Eugene Torre, this relatively unknown player, Wang Li, went unnoticed. What’s impressive is not that he is untitled and has 5 points but that he obtained those points playing opponents listed below. ...

Congratulation to Eugene Torre for winning the 3rd PGMA. Li Chao also won to make it a 3-ways tie but lost on tie-break. Zhang Zhong 3rd. 39 others tied with 5 points including Wesley and Susanto. Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 1 GM TORRE Eugene 2524 PHI 7,0 2572 2590 2 GM LI Chao 2590 CHN 7,0 2533 2544 3 GM ZHANG Zhong 2632 SIN 7,0 2532 2551 4 GM MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil 2604 GEO 6,5 2497 2512 5 GM KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 2641 KAZ 6,0 2520 2527 6 GM GHAEMMAGHAMI Ehsan 2597 IRI 6,0 2487 2501 7 GM PARAGUA Mark 2523 PHI 6,0 2450 2457 8 GM DZHUMAEV Marat 2549 UZB 6,0 2428 2456 9 WANG Li 2392 CHN 5,5 2544 2551 10 IM GOMEZ John Paul 2457 PHI 5,5 2523 2542 11 IM SADORRA Julio ...

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Eugene Torre, Li Chao and Zhang Zhong (left to right from picture above) are joint winners of the 3rdPGMA tournament. Eugene was declared the champion on tie break and took home USD 6,000. Li Chao won USD 5,000 for second place and Zhang Zhong won USD 4,000. Most of the ...

Last day and everyone seems to be in a jovial mood. Li Chao is late and the whole bus is waiting for him. Indonesian IM Sebastian jokes that for waiting we should keep 10% of Li Chao’s winnings. Jeepney - equivalent to Malaysia’s mini busses (when they were still around). Very common ...

Li Chao lost to Torre. More: continued here

GM Eugene Torre seemingly unstoppable form was finally checked yesterday when he lost to third seed GM MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil (picture below).   Even with the loss, Eugene’s previous momentum let’s him share top spot with Zhang Zhong.   Today is the last round and it’s going to be pretty interesting ...

Both Torre & Wesley lost in round 8. Li Chao Won. The results make it an exciting (will there be grandmaster draw?) last round with chances for at least 4 players to take the crown. There seems to be a lot of discussion whether Torre should represent Philippines in the coming ...

From NCFP, seems that Li Chao Lost (by time?) to Torre. Li missed a combination on move 39th! in the follow position: He played 39. Qf6+ ? Winning would be 39. Qxe8+ Rxe8 40. Rxe8+ Kg7 41. g5! cutting off the King! In another Game, Wesley drew again. More: continued here

Li Chao (White) to move against Torre in Round 7. Can you spot the winning move? More: continued here

Bo. No.   Name Pts. Res Pts.   Name No. 1 3 GM MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil 6   6½ GM ZHANG Zhong 2 2 12 GM TORRE Eugene 6½   5½ GM GHAEMMAGHAMI Ehsan 4 3 5 GM LI Chao 6   5½   ZHOU Weiqi 8 4 24 IM SADORRA Julio Catalino 5½   5 GM KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 1 5 6 GM NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son 5   5 GM DAO Thien Hai 20 6 9 GM DZHUMAEV Marat 5   5 GM SHANAVA Konstantine 14 7 33   XIU Deshun 5   5 GM PARAGUA Mark 13 8 16 GM IULDASHEV Saidali 5   5 GM WEN Yang 21 9 32   CAUSO Deniel 5   5 GM NGUYEN Anh Dung 19   Full 9th round pairings here. More: continued here

Rainy morning. View of window in the bus. Bus arrives early despite the rain and the players have 30 minutes to burn. The Vietnamese chit chat outside the hall on confortable sofas. The Chinese prefer to be in their seats getting ready. Philippino newspapers have daily updates. So different from media coverage in ...

From the looks of it, Li Chao has an active attacking position. It’s white to move and Li Chao plays Qf4. Let’s see what Fritz has to say about this position. +3 normally means White is winning. Then again, that’s just a 2 minute evaluation from Fritz. Will Li Chao finally end Torre’s ...

Noticed that they serve chips during the PGMA tournament.   Close up. Yep. Chips. It’s served to every board. Even yesterday’s top board between GM Eugene Torre vs GM Murtaz. More: continued here Powered by SmartRSS

  Official tournament hotel - Crown Regency Bus to tournament hall (journey is 20 minutes to an hour depending on the traffic) The bus leaves at 8am. Chinese players. Notice Xu Tong is covering her head? There’s a slight drizzle. IM Goh Wei Ming of Singapore Georgian GM Mchedlishvili   GM Anh ...

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Rainy morning. View of window in the bus. Bus arrives early despite the rain and the players have 30 minutes to burn. The Vietnamese chit chat outside the hall on confortable sofas. The Chinese prefer to be in their seats getting ready. Philippino newspapers have daily updates. So different ...

GM Eugene Torre continues to lead but the draw vs GM Zhang Zhong allowed GM Li Chao to narrow the gap by half a point. Li Chao won his game vs Iranian GM Ghaemmaghami. This is definitely turning out to be a tough tournament compared to the past PGMA series. ...

Yet another Chinese GM (ELO 2487) in the PGMA who is kind of low key but currently in 5th place in the tournament. Relatively a late starter as he didn’t become active until he was 16. Here’s an interesting game where he defeated Uzbek GM ...

Seen at one of the tables at PGMA. At least 2 Chinese players have it on their table while playing. I guess it’s used to ‘enhance’ alertness. More: continued here

After his round 3 loss to John Paul Gomez, GM Wesley So bounces back to beat CM Nguyen Van Huy (2386) in round 4.     GM Li Chao vs GMZhang Zhong - draw More: continued here

GM Eugene Torre beat GM Zhou Weiqi of China in the 4th round to take the lead in the 3rd PGMA tournament in Manila. Here’s the game. [Event "3rd Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arr"] [Site "Duty Free Fiesta Mall, Philipp"] [Date "2008.09.09"] ...