5th Pichay Cup Round 6

[IN PHOTO: Top-seed GM MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil (2613) of Georgia, shown here in black stripe sweatshirt huddling with other foreign GMs in a post-game analysis, is in solo lead with 5.0 points after six rounds.]






Notable notes in Round 6:

17 GMs occupy the top 17 spots

5 GMs from 5 federations occupy the top 5 spots

GM Rogelio Antonio tasted first defeat in 15 games (since Round 1 of the 4th PGMA Cup) in the hands of Georgian superGM MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil

GM Eugene Torre slowed his three-game winning streak after halving the point with GM John Paul Gomez

GM Mark Paragua beat GM DAS Neelotpal of India to solidify his chance for the championship title

GM-elect Ronald Dableo lost precious Elo points to junior world champion GM GUPTA Abhijeet

Untitled Merben Roque drew against GM Bong Villamayor

FM Haridas Pascua nailed his sixth straight draw against Deniel Causo


Rankings after Round 6

Rk. Name Pts.
1 gm MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil 5
2 gm LAYLO Darwin 4.5
3 gm GHAEMMAGHAMI Ehsan 4.5
4 gm NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son 4.5
5 gm ZHANG Zhong 4.5
6 gm PARAGUA Mark 4.5
7 gm GAGUNASHVILI Merab 4.5
8 gm TORRE Eugenio 4.5
9 gm ANTONIO Rogelio Jr 4
10 gm KOTANJIAN Tigran 4
11 gm GUPTA Abhijeet 4
12 gm LI Shilong 4
13 gm GOMEZ John Paul 4
14 gm KOSTENKO Pyotr 4
15 gm ISMAGAMBETOV Anuar 4
16 gm FILIPPOV Anton 3.5
17 gm DAO Thien Hai 3.5
18 TIRTO 3.5
19 ANDADOR Rolando 3.5
20 gm DAS Neelotpal 3.5
21 MAGA Mirabeau 3.5
22 ELORTA David 3.5
23 im NOLTE Rolando 3.5
24 BITOON Richard 3.5
25 gm GONZALES Jayson 3.5
26 fm CARLOS Leonardo 3.5
27 im DABLEO Ronald 3
28 fm PASCUA Haridas 3
29 im SENADOR Emmanuel 3
30 im DIMAKILING Oliver 3
31 ROQUE Merben 3
32 im GARMA Chito 3
33 MARIANO Nelson III 3
34 gm VILLAMAYOR Buenaventura 3
35 MACALA Allan 3
36 LEGASPI Rhobel 3
37 LUMANCAS Lyndon 3
38 CASTELLANO Christopher 3
39 LAO Elias 3
40 DATU Alcon John 2.5
41 CAUSO Deniel 2.5
42 fm DONGUINES Fernie 2.5
43 MORAZO John Ranel 2.5
44 MILAGROSA Alexander 2.5
45 BRANZUELA Ali 2
46 SEGARRA Randy 2
47 POLAO Ben 2
48 RIVERA Albert 2
49 OLAY Edgar Reggie 2
50 BERNALES Christy Lamiel 2
51 wgm NADIG Krutika 2
52 LEE Elgin 2
53 PORTUGALERA Ric 2
54 RICANA Leodegario 1.5
55 BAUTISTA Paolo Lorenzo 1.5
56 BAGAMASBAD Efren 1.5
57 LEE William 1
58 BAGAYNA Magellan 1
59 CAUMBAN Jose Piff 1
60 PINERO Arnel 0