Among the solid performers in the just concluded World Youth Chess Championship 2008 is Paulo Bersamina -- the 10-year old pride of Pasay City.
With all transparency, Paulo is a favorite in this blog not only because he is a Pasayeño (Malibay is in Pasay City just in case you still don't know), not only because he is a good son of a friend, but more especially because he is a REAL talent.
He's got a lot of fans -- adults and kids -- in Pasay, all the members of the Malibay Chess Club included.
What highlighted Pau's performance in WYCC 2008 was his solid performance starting Round 4. After back-to-back losses in rounds 2 and 3, Pau proved that he's got the talent to be in that competition by not dropping a single game starting Round 4.
Look at his performance: Win, Loss, Loss, Win, Win, Draw, Draw, Draw, Win, Draw, Draw.
In numbers, 4 wins, 2, losses, 5 draws.
That performance resulted in 6.5 points out of 11 rounds, a rating performance of 1711, and a final ranking of 27 out of 90 players in the Open 10 category.
At the start of the competition, Pau was seeded No.65 and UNRATED.
Notably, he defeated Bilel Bellahcene (rated 1836) of France in Round 9 and drew with Candidate Master Bharat Arjun (rated 1853) of India in Round 10 and with Bardia Sheykhhasani (rated 1898) of Iran in Round 11.
Well done, Pau!
Here are Pau's pictures taken during the WYCC 2008 in Vietnam:
Paulo Bersamina vs Vladimir Minko (Round 2)
Paulo Bersamina vs Maksim Vavulin of Russia (Round 3)
Paulo Bersamina vs Batkhishig Baatardorj of Mongolia (Round 8)
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