1st Campomanes Memorial Cup Open - Round 6 HIGHLIGHTS

ROUND 6 HIGHLIGHTS:

- GM Zhao Jun beat GM Li Chao to grab the solo lead
- GM Wesley So beat IM OLiver Barbosa to recover from a loss against GM Le Quang Liem in Round 5
- IM Richard Bitoon lost to GM Zhou Jianchao, slimming his chance of nailing a GM norm
- GM John Paul Gomez lost to GM Zhang Zhong
- GM Darwin Laylo beat GM Sandipan Chanda with Black
- Senador Emmanuel defeated GM GELASHVILI Tamaz
- 12-year old Paulo Bersamina drew with WGM KIRAN Manisha Mohanty

RP's Best Performers in Round 6 (RUSTICBULL'S PICK):
- Emmanuel Senador
- GM Darwin Laylo

RANKINGS after ROUND 6

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Bdld	Pts.
1	GM	ZHAO Jun	CHN	2586		5,5
2	GM	DING Liren	CHN	2574		4,5
3	GM	GAGUNASHVILI Merab	GEO	2596		4,5
4	GM	SO Wesley	PHI	2674		4,5
5	GM	ZHOU Jianchao	CHN	2668		4,5
6	GM	GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan	IRI	2585		4,5
7	GM	LE Quang Liem	VIE	2681		4,5
8	GM	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	KAZ	2619		4,5
9	GM	LAYLO Darwin	PHI	2522		4,5
10	GM	ZHANG Zhong	SIN	2582		4,5
11	GM	NI Hua	CHN	2645		4,0
12	GM	LI Chao B	CHN	2629		4,0
13	GM	FILIPPOV Anton	UZB	2609		4,0
14		SENADOR Emmanuel	PHI	2393		4,0
15	GM	SHARAVDORJ Dashzegve	MGL	2448		4,0
16	GM	TORRE Eugenio	PHI	2489		4,0
17	GM	GONZALES Jayson	PHI	2435		4,0
18	IM	BITOON Richard	PHI	2447		3,5
19	IM	NADERA Barlo A	PHI	2419		3,5
20	IM	NOLTE Rolando	PHI	2425		3,5
21		LOU Yiping	CHN	2425		3,5
22	IM	SAPTARSHI Roy	IND	2387		3,5
23		LEGASPI Rhobel	PHI	2304		3,5
24		ANKIT R Rajpara	IND	2362		3,5
25	GM	GOMEZ John Paul	PHI	2527		3,5
26	IM	BARBOSA Oliver	PHI	2458		3,5
27	GM	KOTANJIAN Tigran	ARM	2551		3,5
28	FM	HABLA Jony	PHI	2325		3,5
29	IM	DIMAKILING Oliver	PHI	2418		3,5
30	FM	SEGARRA Randy	PHI	2308		3,0
31		FLORENDO Paulo James	PHI	2270		3,0
32	IM	TIRTO	INA	2360		3,0
33	IM	DABLEO Ronald	PHI	2448		3,0
34	GM	SANDIPAN Chanda	IND	2637		3,0
35		OLAY Edgar Reggie	PHI	2289		3,0
36		ELORTA David	PHI	2363		3,0
37	IM	BANCOD Ronald	PHI	2328		3,0
38	GM	GELASHVILI Tamaz	GEO	2605		3,0
39	IM	IRWANTO Sadikin	INA	2419		3,0
40	GM	HAZNEDAROGLU Kivanc	TUR	2501		3,0
41	FM	DE RAMOS Julius	PHI	2368		3,0
42	IM	HALAY Taufik	INA	2358		3,0
43	IM	ROCA Petronio	PHI	2372		3,0
44	IM	YU Lie	CHN	2447		3,0
45	WIM	PADMINI Rout	IND	2275		2,5
46	FM	CHAN Wei Xuan Timothy	SIN	2338		2,5
47		DATU Alcon John	PHI	2203		2,5
48		DELA CRUZ Noel	PHI	2392		2,5
49	IM	YAP Kim Steven	PHI	2394		2,5
50	IM	NGUYEN Huynh Minh Huy	VIE	2466		2,5
51		ROQUE Merben	PHI	2244		2,5
52		CATURLA Cesar	PHI	2250		2,5
53	IM	GARMA Chito	PHI	2341		2,5
54	IM	RANOLA Yves	PHI	2397		2,5
55		CAUSO Deniel	PHI	2289		2,0
56		TURQUEZA Mari Joseph	PHI	2140		2,0
57		BAGAMASBAD Efren	PHI	2259		2,0
58	WIM	PHAM Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2304		2,0
59		GATUS Edmundo	PHI	2265		2,0
60	FM	PASCUA Haridas	PHI	2368		2,0
61	WGM	KIRAN Manisha Mohanty	IND	2272		2,0
62		PHADKE Sohan	IND	2232		2,0
63	CM	BHAGWAT Vinod	IND	2175		2,0
64		BERSAMINA Paulo	PHI	1984		2,0
65		LABAY Rainer	PHI	2217		1,5
66		POLAO Ben	PHI	2063		1,5
67		KRAWCHENI Andrei	AUS	2056		1,5
68		NODADO Jerry	PHI	2287		1,5
69	IM	MANINANG Rafaelito	PHI	2261		1,5
70		LEGASPI Edmundo	PHI	2118		1,0
71		MILAGROSA Alexander	PHI	2248		1,0
72		EVANGELISTA Ritchie	PHI	2256		0,5

WFM Catherine Pereña

Pinay campaigner WFM Catherine Pereña (in photo) drew with ersthwhile leader WIM Hoang Thi Nhu Y of Vietnam to lead the Philippine women contingent's campaign in the 1st Campomanes Memorial Cup (Women).

Pereña has piled up 3.5 points with the draw with Hoang (4.5 points) who slid to No.2 spot and surrendered the lead to WGM Shen Yang (5.0 points) of China.

Pereña is now in 8th spot, followed by another Pinay campaigner WIM Cristine Rose Mariano who also has 3.5 points.

After six rounds of battle, the Pinay campaigners have yet to squeeze out a win against their foreign counterparts.

Belated happy birthday to Catherine by the way. She reached the draw with the ersthwhile leader of the tournament on her birthday. What's the feeling of playing in a tournament during your birthday?

ROUND 6 RESULTS
RANKINGS after Round 6
PAIRINGS for Round 7

1st Florencio Campomanes Cup Memorial Tournament (Challenger) Round 6

Fourteen-year old Angelo Vince Medina posted his fifth win to lead the 1st Florencio Campomanes Cup Memorial Tournament (Challenger) after six rounds with 5.5 points.

Just in case you overlooked his age, he's just 14. Impressively enough he defeated more senior players like Allan Sasot, Sherwin Tiu, and Gary Legaspi to jostle his way to the top of the ladderboard.

The Challengers section (based on my observation during the staging of the previous PGMA and Pichay Cups) used to be a homogenous field of Filipino players cutting each other's throats. It's now good to see that in this tournament, we see players from China, India, Russia, and USA.

Let's hope that more foreign players join the Challengers section in the future.

ROUND 6 RESULTS
RANKINGS after Round 6
PAIRINGS for Round 7

1st Campomanes Memorial Cup (OPEN) GAMES (Rounds 1 and 2)

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RANKINGS after Round 4
ROUND 5 PAIRINGS