2011 National Age-Group Qualifying Tournament for Asean+

Congratulations to all the winners in the just concluded 2011 National Age-Group Qualifying Tournament for Asean+ that was held in Davao City from April 24 to 28.

Here are the Top 3 Finishers of each age-group:

BOYS 8

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Canino Ronald			Phi	0	0	0		4.5	0.0	1566
2			Robillos Vladimir James			Phi	0	0	0		4.0	0.0	1440
3			Sarchez Chrisus Joshua			phi	0	0	0		4.0	0.0	1440

BOYS 10

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Gonzales Julius			PHI	0	0	0		5.0	0.0	2000
2			Pepito Jeremy			phi	0	0	0		4.0	1.0	1542
3			Delada Edrian			phi	0	0	0		4.0	0.0	1542

BOYS 12

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Samantilla Daryl Unix			Phi	1637	0	1637		6.0	0.0	1637
2			Ibaoc Tristan Frech			Phi	1708	0	1708		6.0	0.0	1694
3			Marcellana Mark James			Phi	0	0	0		6.0	0.0	1564

BOYS 14

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Docena Jerad	U14		PHI	1941	1941	0		7.0	0.0	2425
2			Mejia Giovanni			PHI	1992	1992	0		5.5	0.0	1484
3			Literatus Austin Jacob			PHI	1997	1997	0		5.0	0.0	1708

BOYS 16

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Lagula Dominique	U8		PHI	1973	1973	0		6.0	0.0	1805
2			Surposa Jeazzir Kline			PHI	1733	0	1733		5.0	0.0	1675
3			Medina Vince Angelo	U16		PHI	1963	1963	0		5.0	0.0	1642

BOYS 20

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Turqueza Mari Joseph			Phi	2181	2181	0		6.0	1.0	2172
2			Salcedo Richilieu			PHI	2222	2222	0		6.0	0.0	1811
3			Mirano Kevin			PHI	2042	2042	0		5.0	0.0	1764

GIRLS 8

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Yngayo Irish			PHI	0	0	0		5.0	0.0	2000
2			Sandiego Jerlyn Mae			phi	0	0	0		4.0	0.0	1440
3			Quitong Mary Sol			Phi	0	0	0		3.0	0.0	1272

GIRLS 10

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Docena Jesca			PHI	0	0	0		4.5	0.0	1566
2			Magno Vanesa			phi	0	0	0		4.0	0.0	1440
3			Yngayo Lorraine			phi	0	0	0		4.0	0.0	1393

GIRLS 12

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			San Diego Marie Antoinette	U8		PHI	1744	0	1744		4.5	0.0	1722
2			Revita Samantha Glo	U8		PHI	1943	0	1943		4.0	0.0	1549
3			Nadera Laila Camel			phi	0	0	0		3.5	0.0	1458

GIRLS 14

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Mirano Mira	U14		PHI	1793	0	1793		6.0	0.0	1603
2			Moulic Ella Grace			phi	0	0	0		5.5	0.5	1609
3			Alcarz Crisselne			phi	0	0	0		5.5	0.5	1579

GIRLS 16

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Enriquez Jean Karen			phi	1768	0	1768		6.0	0.0	1786
2		WFM	Mejia Cherry Ann	U8		PHI	1912	1912	0		5.5	0.0	1738
3			Frayna Janelle Mae			PHI	1830	1830	0		5.0	0.0	1593

GIRLS 20

Rk.			Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgI	RtgN	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1			Docena Jedara			PHI	2035	2035	0		4.5	0.5	2083
2			Palero Mary Israel			PHI	1908	1908	0		4.5	0.5	2108
3			Balbona Jessa Marie			PHI	1757	0	1757		3.5	0.0	1562

Games from Aix-les-Bains

BY: BOBBY ANG

(An abridged version of Chess Piece, BusinessWorld, 28 April 2011)

12th European Championship 2011
Aix-les-Bains, France
March 21-April 3, 2011

Final Standings
(according to tie-breaks)
1-4. GM Vladimir Potkin RUS 2653, GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek POL 2711, GM Judit Polgar HUN 2686, GM Alexander Moiseenko UKR 2673, 8.5/11
5-15. GM Francisco Vallejo Pons ESP 2707, GM Markus Ragger AUT 2614, GM Sebastien Feller FRA 2657, GM Peter Svidler RUS 2730, GM Rauf mamedov AZE 2667, GM Nikita Vitiugov RUS 2720, GM Sergei Zhigalko BLR 2680, GM Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 2718, GM Anton Korobov UKR 2647, GM Ernesto Inarkiev RUS 2674, GM Evgeny Postny ISR 2585, 8.0/11

Total Participants 409 players

Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves after which another 30 minutes is added for the rest of the game. A 30-second increment is added after every move

The European Championship marked the spectacular return of Judit Polgar (in photo, courtesy of the tournament's official website).

Judit (born July 23, 1976) is the youngest of the Polgar sisters and the strongest female chessplayer ever. She reached as high as 8th in the list of the world’s top players (this was in 2005). Getting married and motherhood severely affected her chess. She still made sporadic appearances, but lack of practice showed, for example, in November 2008 she had a terrible result in the World Chess Blitz Championship in Almaty where, despite her reputation as among the top blitzers in the world, she finished last out of 16 players.

Anyway, in this tournament Judit started a bit slow, and after her round six loss to Ragger dropped to 38th place. She gathered her strength though and came back with four straight wins (against Pantsulaia, Guseinov, Lupulescu and Iordachescu) which not only was good enough for the bronze medal (first time a female had won a medal in the European Championship), but also gained her enough ELO points to once again attain the 2700+ roster of elite chessplayers.
Her form was sharp and efficient. There was the usual display of tactical wizardry:

Pantsulaia, Levan (2595) -- Polgar, Judit (2686) [A13]
12th ch-EUR Aix-les-Bains FRA (7), 28.03.2011
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In a post-tournament interview Judit indicated the following as her favorite game from the event -- a brilliantly played ending.

Polgar, Judit (2686) -- Guseinov, Gadir (2584) [B36]
12th ch-EUR Aix-les-Bains FRA (8), 30.03.2011
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WATCH GAMES: Tagaytay vs Tehran (ROUND 9) 17th Asian Inter-Cities

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Round 9 on 2011/04/28 at 10.00
Bo.	4	Tehran	Rtg	-	2	Tagaytay	Rtg	2 : 2
3.1	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2606	-	GM	So Wesley	2667	½ - ½
3.2	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2537	-	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	2589	½ - ½
3.3	GM	Mahjoob Morteza	2487	-	GM	Gomez John Paul	2538	½ - ½
3.4	IM	Golizadeh Asghar	2492	-	GM	Laylo Darwin	2516	½ - ½

WATCH GAMES: Tagaytay vs Baghdad (ROUND 8) 17th Asian Inter-Cities

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Round 8 on 2011/04/27 at 18.00
Bo.	2	Tagaytay	Rtg	-	8	Baghdad	Rtg	4 : 0
4.1	GM	So Wesley	2667	-	FM	Al-Ali Hussein Ali Hussein	2377	1 - 0
4.2	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	2589	-	IM	Ahmad Azizjawad Obada	2348	1 - 0
4.3	GM	Gomez John Paul	2538	-		Ismael Namir Mohammed	2188	1 - 0
4.4	GM	Laylo Darwin	2516	-	FM	Ali Ghassan M	2152	1 - 0

WATCH GAMES: Tagaytay vs Shi Jiazhuang (ROUND 7) 17th Asian Inter-Cities

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Round 7 on 2011/04/27 at 10.00
Bo.	1	Shi Jiazhuang	Rtg	-	2	Tagaytay	Rtg	2½:1½
1.1	GM	Yu Yangyi	2652	-	GM	So Wesley	2667	½ - ½
1.2	GM	Li Chao B	2646	-	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	2589	½ - ½
1.3		Wan Yunguo	2458	-	GM	Gomez John Paul	2538	1 - 0
1.4	GM	Wang Rui	2437	-	GM	Laylo Darwin	2516	½ - ½

Perfect

Here are the names of our young players who have essayed a perfect performance - that is, all wins, no draws, no losses - halfway through the 2011 National Age-Group Qualifying Tournament for Asean+.

Of course, a lot could still happen in the remaining rounds. But this early, it is simply inspiring to expect if we could have a perfect performer at the end of the tournament.

Nine players still have the chance to achieve that honor:

Boys8 (16 players)
Ronald Canino 4/4

Boys10 (23 players)
Julius Gonzales 4/4

Boys12 (57 players)
Daryk Unix Samantilla 5/5

Boys14 (41 players)
Jerad Docena 5/5

Boys20 (44 players)
Mari Joseph Turqueza 5/5

Girls8 (12 players)
Irish Yngayo 4/4

Girls10 (19 players)
Jesca Docena 4/4

Girls12 (17 players)
Marie Antoinette San Diego

Girls14 (30 players)
Mira Mirano 5/5

GO, GO, GO young Filipino chess heroes!!

MAYOR BENJAMIN S. LIM CUP

BY: GILBERT PASCUA

MAYOR BENJAMIN S. LIM CUP:

Dagupan City-Pangasinan Chess Federation Open Chess Championship

Date: June 18-19, 2011 @ Dagupan City People's Astrodome

Format: 7-round Swiss System

Time Control: 60:60

OPEN

Major Prizes :

1st place : P7000 plus trophy

2nd place : 5000 plus trophy

3rd place : 3000 plus trophy

4th place : 2000 plus medal

5th place : 1000 plus medal

6th to 15th place : 500 plus medal

KIDDIES

1st place : P5000 plus trophy

2nd place : 3000 plus trophy

3rd place : 2000 plus trophy

4th place : 1000 plus medal

5th place : 700 plus medal

6th to 15th place : 500 plus medal

CATEGORY PRIZES:

Top Junior : P1000 plus medal

Top Female : 1000 plus medal

Top Local (3) : 1000 plus medal

Top Senior : 1000 plus medal

Registration Fee:

OPEN : P250

Residents of Dagupan : 150

Kiddie : 100

Residents of Dagupan : 50

For more details please contact:

JUAN VICENTE R. SISON (PCF Pres.) 09205037104

RICARDO P. YUSON (Chief Arbiter) 09082530571

GERMAN FRANCISCO (Coordinator, PCF-Dagupan)09195658981

WATCH GAMES: Tagaytay vs Abu Dhabi (ROUND 6) 17th Asian Inter-Cities

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Round 6 on 2011/04/26 at 16.00
Bo.	2	Tagaytay	Rtg	-	9	Yangon	Rtg	4 : 0
4.1	GM	So Wesley	2667	-		Nyi Nyi Lwin	2219	1 - 0
4.2	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	2589	-	FM	Kyaw Lin Naing	2229	1 - 0
4.3	GM	Gomez John Paul	2538	-	IM	Wynn Zaw Htung	2382	1 - 0
4.4	GM	Laylo Darwin	2516	-		Sie Thu	2237	1 - 0

WATCH GAMES: Tagaytay vs Abu Dhabi (ROUND 5) 17th Asian Inter-Cities

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Round 5 on 2011/04/25 at 18.00
Bo.	11	Abu Dhabi	Rtg	-	2	Tagaytay	Rtg	½ :3½
5.1		Faisal Abdulla	2275	-	GM	So Wesley	2667	½ - ½
5.2		Ibrahim Ismail	2158	-	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	2589	0 - 1
5.3	FM	Khouri Ahmed Abbas	2013	-	GM	Gomez John Paul	2538	0 - 1
5.4		Zayed Ali Al-Hamed	1928	-	GM	Laylo Darwin	2516	0 - 1

WATCH GAMES: Tagaytay vs Astana (ROUND 4) 17th Asian Inter-Cities

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Round 4 on 2011/04/25 at 10.00
Bo.	2	Tagaytay	Rtg	-	3	Astana	Rtg	1½:2½
2.1	GM	So Wesley	2667	-	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	2618	1 - 0
2.2	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	2589	-	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	2562	0 - 1
2.3	GM	Gomez John Paul	2538	-	GM	Kotsur Pavel	2562	½ - ½
2.4	GM	Laylo Darwin	2516	-	GM	Ismagambetov Anuar	2496	0 - 1

DAVAO AGE-GROUP CHESS BEGINS TODAY

BY: MARLON BERNARDINO

THE much awaited Mayor Inday Sarah Duterte 2011 National Age-Group chess championships gets underway today, Monday, 1pm at the Gaisano Mall in Davao City.

Mayor Inday Sarah Duterte will make the ceremonial moves with Department of Education Asst. Secretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Tonisito Umali during the colorful opening ceremony.

An annual undertaking of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), headed by president/chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay, the national age-group championship will serve as the first of the twin tournaments being hosted by the Davao City government.

The other is the national junior championships scheduled April 29-May 3 at the NCCC Mall.

The twin competitions offers trophies and cash prizes to the top finishers, as well as the right to represent the country in the ASEAN + age-group tournament inTarakan, Indonesia on June 11-20, and the World Juniors in New Delhi, India on Aug. 1-16.

“We’re pleased to hold the two prestigious events in the NCFP calendar in Davao City under the auspices of Mayor Duterte,” said Pichay, who will attend the awarding ceremony next week.

“With slots to the ASEAN + age-group championships in Tarakan and the World Juniors in New Delhi, I expect the players to give their best and earn the chance to represent the country,” added Pichay, who tapped NCFP executive/events director Willie Abalos as the tournament director.

Trophies and cash prizes are at stake in both tournaments, the biggest to be held this year in the progressive Mindanao city known as the business, investment and tourism hub for the entire southern Philippines.

In the age-group categories, the tournament is divided into the following categories:

20 years and below (boys)– born on or after January 1, 1991

20 years and below (girls) – born on or after January 1, 1991

16 years and below (boys) – born on or after January 1, 1995

16 years and below (girls) – born on or after January 1, 1995

14 years and below (boys) – born on or after January 1, 1997

14 years and below (girls) – born on or after January 1, 1997

12 years and below (boys) – born on or after January 1, 1999

12 years and below (girls) – born on or after January 1, 1999

10 years and below (boys)– born on or after January 1, 2001

10 years and below (girls) – born on or after January 1, 2001

8 years and below (boys) – born on or after January 1, 2003

8 years and below (girls) – born on or after January 1, 2003



The cash prizes are P5,000 to the champion, P2,500 to the runner-up, P1,500 to the third placer, P1,000 to the fourth placer and P500 to the fifth placer.

In the national juniors boys and grils divisions, the eligible players are those born on or after January 1, 1991.

Prizes at stake in the boys category are P15,000 (champion), P10,000 (runner-up), P7,000 (third placer), P4,000 (fourth), P2,000 (fifth) and P1,000 ( sixth up to the 10th placers).

Girls winners will receive P10,000 (champion), P7,000 (runner-up), P5,000 (third placer), P3,000 (fourth), P1,500 (fifth) and P1,000 ( sixth to 10th).

For inquiries, call or text James Infiesto at cell 0910-2041199, Willie Abalos at cell 0929-2266210 or Ilann Perez at cell 0949-1760889 or email ncfpsecretariat@yahoo.com.

Meanwhile, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., the fastest growing independent oil company today, is supporting the Mayor Inday Sara Cup 2011 National Age-Group Chess Championships.

“This one of our advocacies is sports, which instills values such as teamwork, communication, and discipline, especially in the youth,” said PPPI president Dennis Uy, who hopes “that it will encourage more Filipinos to play chess and learn from it the sportsmanship, responsibility, and concentration.”

“Phoenix responded to the call of Mayor Sara Duterte's challenge of active private companies as partners of Davao City's continuous boom in economy and positioning as top sports destination,” said James Infiesto, NCFP XI director and deputy OIC of the City Mayor’s Office Sports Development Division.

WATCH GAMES: Tagaytay vs Mashhad (ROUND 3) 17th Asian-Inter Cities

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Round 3 on 2011/04/23 at 18.00
Bo.	12	Mashhad	Rtg	-	2	Tagaytay	Rtg	0 : 4
4.1	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	2371	-	GM	So Wesley	2667	0 - 1
4.2	WIM	Ghader Pour Shayesteh	2241	-	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	2589	0 - 1
4.3	WFM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2137	-	GM	Gomez John Paul	2538	0 - 1
4.4		Khalaji Hanieh	1967	-	GM	Laylo Darwin	2516	0 - 1

WATCH GAMES: Tagaytay vs Palembang (ROUND 2) 17th Asian Inter-Cities

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Round 2 on 2011/04/23 at 10.00
Bo.	2	Tagaytay	Rtg	-	7	Palembang	Rtg	1½:2½
2.1	GM	So Wesley	2667	-	FM	Hamdani Rudin	2368	0 - 1
2.2	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	2589	-	IM	Halay Taufik	2346	1 - 0
2.3	GM	Gomez John Paul	2538	-	IM	Tirto	2337	½ - ½
2.4	GM	Laylo Darwin	2516	-		Kaisar Jenius Hakiki	2251	0 - 1

WATCH GAMES: Tagaytay vs Tarakan (ROUND 1) 17th Asian Inter-Cities

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Round 1 on 2011/04/22 at 16.00
Bo.	13	Tarakan	Rtg	-	2	Tagaytay	Rtg	0 : 4
2.1	WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2354	-	GM	So Wesley	2667	0 - 1
2.2	WFM	Medina Warda Aulia	2035	-	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	2589	0 - 1
2.3	WFM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	2039	-	GM	Gomez John Paul	2538	0 - 1
2.4	WFM	Dewi Aa Citra	1994	-	GM	Laylo Darwin	2516	0 - 1

Chess briefs

BY: BOBBY ANG

(An abridged version of Chess Piece, BusinessWorld, 17 April 2011)

The French Winawer

Around 20 years ago Inside Chess published a series of chess articles on how White should play against the French Winawer and even Yasser Seirawan made the comment that this variation does not cut it anymore in top-level competition. Well, of course he has been proven wrong, but a lot of that analysis, if my memory does not fail me they were written by Cuban GM Amador Rodriguez, was quite good.

The following game is another example of a French line being refuted.

Grigorian, Avetik (2608) -- Apicella, Manuel (2531) [C19]
12th ch-EUR Aix-les-Bains FRA (11), 02.04.2011
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I forgot to mention last week, but if any of our readers wants to see the games of the just-concluded UAAP chess season, just e-mail me at the address below and I will send you a portable game notation (pgn) file with all the games from the senior, women’s and junior divisions.

Portable Game Notation is a text file with the extension *.pgn. The move are stored in algebraic notation in ordinary text, while the game data (names of players, tournament, date, etc etc) are also in plain txt but arranged in a particular way so that most chess playing software can read it, including the popular chessmaster and fritz programs.

In addition to that, you can also download a pgn reader for free from the Internet. My experience is that one of the best of these is chessbase lite. Just follow the link below in your browser. Just install in your PC, click "open file" and point it to the pgn file. Chessbase lite even comes with a free chess engine to help you analyze the game.

http://www.chessbase.com/download/download2.asp

Reader comments/suggestions are solicited. E-mail address is bangcpa@gmail.com