Wednesday, April 7, 2010

IM Dimakaling co-leader with GMs Mchedlishvili and Yifan

IM Dimakiling (Black) against Eng Andre Jerome of Singapore in Round 1 . Photo courtesy of FIDE Instructor Norlito Bersamina who is now in Malaysia.

IM Oliver Dimakiling (2441) continued his winning form to remain as the only unbeaten Filipino campaigner in the ongoing 3rd Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship 2010, now tied from 1st to 20th place with other 19 perfect scorers after two rounds.

Dimakiling co-leads the 111-strong playing field with top seed GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil (2634) of Georgia and the Chinese woman sensation GM Hou Yifan (2570).

Round 1 star performer 12-year old Paulon Bersamina (1966) lost to IM Tirto (2402) of Indonesia - but only after five hours of intense play lasting up to 60 moves. In the game, Bersamina was enjoying an advantageous middlegame position which led to a drawish opposite-colored Bishop endgame. However, the more exprerienced Tirto extracted the full point in the end.

Faced with another woman opponent for the second time, IM Kim Steven Yap (2416) erected a full point at the expense of WFM Dewi Aa Citra (1945) from Indonesia.

Notably, Julius Joseph de Ramos (234) drew his game against No.8 seed GM Iuldashev Saidali (2511) of Uzbekistan.

Ian Udani, the winner of the KL Rapid Grand Prix 2010 3rd Leg Open, has remained without a point.

Rankings after Round 2 HERE
Pairings for Round 3 HERE

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