IN PHOTO: FM JAN EMMANUEL GARCIABelow is the spectacular Round 2 win of "Jem" over GM Zhang Zhong of Singapore, the game which I think highlighted his participation in the just concluded Asian Continental 2010 OPEN.
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BY: MARLON BERNARDINO
A day after getting his outright two (2) International Master norm, RP whiz kid Fide Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia (2315) defeated GM Saleh Salem (2483) in the ninth and final round at the conclusion of 9th Asian Individual Chess Championships at the Subic Exhibiton and Convention Center in Subic, Olongapo City yesterday.
Garcia prevailed with the advantageous white pieces after 40 moves of English Opening.
“Masayang-masaya po ako kasi nagbunga na din y’ung full support ng pamilya ko at ni cong. (Butch) Pichay sa chess career ko.” said the young Garcia, son of lawyer Florand and Elizabeth Garcia.
The 14-year-old incoming third year high school student of Ateneo de Manila University Garcia, dubbed as the next Wesley So in the Philippine chess tallied a total 5.5 points on account of 3 wins, 5 draws and a loss in nine outings of the week-long event, organized by National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) president/ chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr.
“Maraming tayong magagaling na mga batang chess player, kailangan lamang nilang mabigyan ng break kaya nga marami tayong International chess tournament na i ioorganize,” said NCFP president/ chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr.
Actually, Jan Emmanuel fell short for his GM title norm aspiration but needed one IM norm to complete his IM title requirement.
“Kung naka 6 points si Jem (Jan Emmanuel) GM norm pa sana.” Said Jan Emmanuel’s father lawyer Florand Garcia.
“Counted sa 2 IM norm nakuha ni Jem kasi Asian Continental event ito,” he added.
Fondly called Jem in a local chess circuit, he opened his bid a draw against Asia’s First GM Eugene Torre in the 1st round then upset Singaporean GM Zhang Zhong in the second round. A back-to-back draw against Vietnamese GM Tu Hoang Thong and Mongolian Bayarsaikhan in the 3rd and 4th round before yielding to Vietnamese IM Nguyen Huyn Minh Huy in the 5th round.
But he came back after salvaging a draw over 1996 Asian junior champion Vietnamese GM Nguyen Anh Dung in the 6th round then toppled compatriot IM Oliver Barbosa in the 7th round.
A draw with countryman GM John Paul Gomez in the 8th and penultimate round to clinch his outright two (2) IM norm before suprising GM Saleh Salem in the 9th and final round yesterday.
3 Comments:
With the exception of Wesley So (and Jem Garcia's performance is very laudable) I believe the performance of our representatives to the 2010 ASIAN CONTINENTAL is below par.
I suppose this should be an eye opener (it is been happening for a long time...) that the federation should rethink and review its developmental program for our elite, youth prodigy players and WOMEN! (pls, huwag natin pabayaan and mga babae natin!).
It is not enough that we provide them with good and strong events, we should prepare them both technically and psychologically. A scientific and systematic training program for our representatives to important events should be in place.
And please, can we have a general review of the performances of our players in at least quarterly/6 months basis so that the list in the National Pool of the PSC that enjoys government funding/support as athletes can be changed.
Sayang naman ang binibigay ng gobyerno sa mga players na hindi naman nag hahanda ng mabuti bilang representatives ng bansa. Sana mabigay ito sa mga deserving players na willing mag train!
Being a "GRANDMASTER" does not automatically give you a right to be in the National Pool if your performance for the country is really below par...
Tapos seeding-seeding pa sa Olympiad ang gusto natin...lalo na hindi magtrain itong mga ito...of course with the exception of Wesley...sya lang ang talagang nagaaral ng husto dahil kitang kita naman sa resulta...
Hindi nila kaya si Wesley!
iam not a chess master but i know how to play chess, getting international, grandmaster norms and titles is isn't that simple, they have sacrifice a lot, they have proven themselvesas among the elites players in the country..they learned and experieneced playing against the world best..what else i can say..yup jealousy is always there it's everywhere..every one should prove his/her worth,,earned aGM titles, improving ELO ratings, maybe..theirs a big chance to be included in the national tam!
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