GM Mark Paragua is the lone Filipino entry in the 3rd Asian Indoor Games - Men Rapid Preliminary category for chess which is set to take place from November 1 to 3 in Vietnam.
He will be in the company of a very stong field which includes GM Bu Xiangzhi (2702) and GM Ni Hua (2692) of China, GM Haririshna (2673) and GM Krishnan Sasikiran (2661) of India, GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas (2643) of Kazakhstan and GM Le Quang Liem (2602).
Notably, Paragua is seeded No.24 out of 27 entries and is one of the four UNRATED players in the Men's Rapid event.
It's not so funny. All of the six-player RP Team are all UNRATED in this international event!!
Why? The Philippine chess federation was simply delisted from FIDE's country rating list.
The RP Team is composed of GMs Paragua, Rogelio Antonio, Jayson Gonzales, WIM Mariano Christine Rose, and WFMs Shercila Cua and Catherine Pereña.
WIM Beverly Mendoza and IM Rolando Nolte were supposed to be in the team after qualifying in the eliminations staged by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines.
GMs Antonio and Gonzales will not play in the Men's Rapid but only in Team Rapid and Team Blitz.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Paragua lone RP entry in Men's Rapid in 3rd Asian Indoors
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I think something wrong with the listings in Vietnam as GM Jayson Gonzales is here in the Manila right now and we spoke to him last night! Maybe he will follow??
Thanks, but it would be much better if we have more players/reserves so that the team can make adjustments. Good luck and bring home the bacon!
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