Lone Filipino bet Luffe Magdalaga (2050) dominated the recently concluded AmBank Chess Challenge 2010 which was held at Cititel Midvalley Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the sideline of the 7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open (DATMO) 2010.Magdalaga scored 7.5 points after nine rounds to tie with No.3 seed Rupesh Kant (2159) of India but clinched the title with higher tiebreak points. Notably, he defeated No.2 seed Kumar Ravi (2182) of India in the penultimate round to put himself on top entering the final round.
Congratulations, Luffe! Luffeettttt!!!
By the way, only four Filipino bets participated in DATMO 2010. The country's leading grandmasters and titled players used to frequent DATMO in the previous years. In this year's edition of DATMO, however, the names of Philippine chess big guns were out of sight.
DATMO 2010 coincided with the holding of the 1st Campomanes Memorial Cup where the country's key players opted to join. The term 'opted' might be misplaced. I heard an observation that the leading Filipino players were 'required' to play in the 1st Campo Cup.
The hand of politics could possibly be in the air, too. Re-electionist FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was the prime mover behind the Campomanes Cup. The National Chess Federation of the Philippines supports the candidacy of Ilyumzhinov. The Malaysian Chess Federation, on the other hand, I believe, supports Ilyumzhinov's opponent, GM Anatoly Karpov.
Here are the four Pinoys who participated in DATMO 2010, and their performance:
Castellano Christopher
Udani Ian
Carlos Leonardo
Aquino Jr. Jose
Sirs, would like to ask for ur help to promote the 1st RI 3830 sponsored Rapid Chess Youth Tournament on Sept 18, SM MOA
ReplyDelete1ST RAPID Youth Chess Tournament
Rotary Club Las Piñas East
Rotary International District 3830
VENUE: SM MALL OF ASIA
2ND FLR. ENTERTAINMENT MALL SOUTH WING
Tournament Mechanics:
This tournament is open to all children 16 years old and under.
You may deposit your payments to the account of Rotary Club of Las Piñas East, with account number 00-3141-00111-2 Pamplona Branch, in any Allied Bank . Fax deposit slip together with Emai address to (02) 872-9002 or text Jose "Boy" Rabe( 0928-506-93324) the SeqNo of Deposit Slip with your email address or call us at (02)872-7820.
After payment you may verify your participation via your email.
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1ST RAPID Chess Tournament
ReplyDeleteRotary club Las Piñas East
Rotary International District 3830
TOURNAMENT RULES AND GUIDELINES
VENUE: SM MALL OF ASIA
2ND FLR. ENTERTAINMENT MALL SOUTH WING
TOURNAMENT MECHANICS:
This tournament is open to all children 16 years old and under
Registration of Participant
Entry Fee is Php 100 each participant.
Tournament Format & Time Control
Tournament Format
The tournament shall be divided into four (4) divisions namely,
a. Under 10
b. Under 12
c. Under 14
d. Under 16
A maximum of 128 participants will only be accepted per division. Once the maximum number of participant is reached, registration for said division will be closed. This will be a first come first serve basis.
The FIDE Laws of Chess, particularly the Laws on Rapid Chess, shall govern the tournament. The competition shall be a SEVEN ROUND swiss system, Recording of moves is optional.
Time Control is 25 minutes per player.
Tie Breaks
The following tie break system shall be applied in descending order to determine the final ranking of players after the tournament:
a. Direct encounter
b. Buchholz System
c. Sonnenborne- Berger (S.B) System
d. Sum of Progressive Score
e. More number of games won/ Total number of wins.
This is an OPEN TOURNAMENT to all CHESS PLAYERS according to AGE GROUPS.
Assembly is at 7AM. Participants can already proceed to 2nd Floor of SM for groupings and briefing. Contest Proper starts at exactly 10AM.
Andun pala sila sa DATMO! Kaya pala I was looking out for Leonardo's name in Campo... Buti di sila na-sanction...
ReplyDeleteMainly coaches eto, Leonardo is UP Coach, Aquino is for NU, Castellano is UP Music grad and vonvon's buddy. Udani is a veteran of Malaysian tournaments, I think last year he and Paulo slugged it out at KL