Kim Steven Yap

Kim Steven Yap (2386) made the best performance (in my opinion) among Filipino winners in the first round of the 5th Singapore International Chess Festival 2008 after beating No.2-seed GM Jun Zhao (2568) of China.

Let's see how our Filipino mind warriors fared in Round 1:

Winners (Round 1):
Kim Steven Yap (1.0)
GM Mark Paragua (1.0)
IM Oliver Dimakiling (1.0)
IM Richard Bitoon (1.0)
Dino Ballecer (1.0)

Draw (Round 1)
IM Luis Chiong (0.5)

Losers (Round 1):
IM Julio Catalino Sadorra (0.0)
Levi Mercado (0.0)

A good start overall by our Filipino campaigners.

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