5th Pichay Cup Rounds 4 and 5

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Notable notes in Round 5

Seven players, all GMs, occupy the top spots with 4.0 points each after five rounds

14 GMs from eight chess federations occupy the Top 14 spots

GM Torre nailed his third straight wins by defeating GM GUPTA Abhijeet of India

IM Bitoon lost to GM GAGUNASHVILI Merab of Georgia, slimming his chance to get his third and final GM norm

GM Rogelio Antonio recorded his 3rd win in the tournament by beating KOTANJIAN Tigran of Armenia

FM Haridas Pascua nailed his fifth straight draw against IM Nolte, all against higher-rated opponents, gaining substantial Elo points in the making

Notable notes in Round 4

GM John Paul Gomez tasted first defeat against GM GHAEMMAGHAMI Ehsan

GM Paragua bowed to GM ZHANG Zhong of Singapore

GM Torre recorded his second straight wins by beating GM-elect Ronald Dableo

FM Haridas Pascua played for four straight draws

Rankings after Round 5

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