4th PGMA Cup Open Final Round

Notable notes going into the final round of the 4th PGMA Cup Open:

Of the 41 Filipino campaigners, not one is in sight to win the championship title

Of the 15 foreign participants, eight of them occupy the top spots

Players from eight chess federations occupy the top 10 spots

GM Filippov Anton (2595) of Uzbekistan (in photo) leads the tournament (photo sourced from mateoftheking.com)

Regardless of Round 9 game result, IM Richard Bitoon won't have the chance to nail his 3rd and final GM norm


Round 9 Pairings:

Name Pts. Result Pts. Name
gm GAGUNASHVILI Merab 6 6 gm NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son
gm MCHEDLISHVILI Mikhael 5½ 6 gm FILIPPOV Anton
gm KOTANJIAN Tigran 5½ 5½ gm GHAEMMAGHAMI Ehsan
gm LAYLO Darwin 5 5½ gm NAYANAN Getha Gopal
im DABLEO Ronald 5 5 gm ANTONIO Rogelio Jr.
gm ISMAGAMBETOV Anuar 5 5 gm VILLAMAYOR Buenaventura
im DIMAKILING Oliver 5 5 gm KOSTENKO Pyotr
im BITOON Richard 5 5 SENADOR Emmanuel
gm GONZALES Jayson 5 5 gm WONG Meng Kong
im NOLTE Rolando 4½ 4½ gm LI Shilong
gm GOMEZ John Paul 4½ 4½ im GARMA Chito
gm DAS Neelotpal 4½ 4½ fm PASCUA Haridas
gm DAO Thien Hai 4 4 BAGAMASBAD Efren
SEVILLANO Voltaire 4 4 ANDADOR Rolando
SEGARRA Randy 4 4 fm CARLOS Leonardo
MACALA Allan 4 4 CAUSO Deniel
OLAY Edgar Reggie 4 4 MORAZO John Ranel
gm PARAGUA Mark 3½ 3½ ELORTA David
im TIRTO 3½ 3½ ABELGAS Roel
DELA CRUZ Richard 3 3 BRANZUELA Ali
wgm NADIG Krutika 3 3 CORDERO Angel
JORDA Danilo 3 3 LABAY Rainier
LUMANCAS Lyndon 3 3 RIVERA Albert
ALISANGCO Nicomedes 2½ 3 POLAO Ben
GARMA Edgardo 2½ 1½ YULO Gerardo
GEPIGA Glicel 1 2½ PORTUGALERA Ric
gm TORRE Eugenio 2½ 0 not paired
im NADERA Barlo 2 0 not paired
DIAZ Conrado 1 0 not paired
LEGASPI Edmundo 1½ 0 not paired