Wednesday, January 20, 2010

8th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament

Filipino IMs Richard Bitoon (6.5 points) and Oliver Dimakiling (6.0) occupy 19th and 35h place, respectively, after 9 rounds of the 8th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament in New Delhi, India.

Tournament leader is GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran with 8.0 points. This international event, scheduled from January 13 to 22, drew a total of 378 players from 16 countries.

My the two Pinoy campaigners win their game in the remaining two rounds.

IM Bitoon in action in India (could not find photo of IM Dimakiling in the official website)


The venue for the huge number of participants. India is the second most populated country in the world anyway

Here are some of their games in the tournament:
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