RP performance in Zone 3.3

The Men and Women groupings of the 10-player RP Contingent in Zone 3.3 FIDE World Chess Championships in Vietnam produced different results.

It was mission accomplished for the Men’s group, with two of their players getting the two World Chess Cup slots and three of them landing in Top 5 overall.

On the Women’s side, however, our heroic Filipina woodpushers fell short of getting a WCC slot despite putting up a highly gallant stand. They showed a decent performance, though.

Notably, three of our four Filipina players finished the event with identical output and ranked in succession in the final rankings, as if they held each other’s hand up to the end of the battle.

Final Rankings after Round 9

MEN (54 players)

No.1 GM Darwin Laylo (World Chess Cup qualifier) 8.0
No.2 GM Wesley So (World Chess Cup qualifier) 6.5
No.4 GM Mark Paragua 6.0
No.17 IM Richard Bitoon 5.0
No.23 IM Rolando Nolte 5.0
No.27 GM Eugene Torre 4.5

WOMEN (31 players)

No.15 WFM Sherily Cua 4.5
No.16 WFM Shercila Cua 4.5
No.17 WFM Catherine Pereña 4.5
No.23 Daisy Rivera 4.0

Congratulations to all!!