1st Campomanes Memorial Cup (Open) ROUND 7

ROUND 7 HIGHLIGHTS:

- GM Zhao Jun drew with GM Wesley So to remain solo leader
- GM Le Quang Liem defeated GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan to put himself within the striking distance to grab the lead; Le Quang will face the solo leader Zhao in the next round
- GM Zhou Jianchao defeated GM Zhang Zhong to tie himself with Le Quang (5.5 points)
- GM Darwin Laylo (2522) defeated No.7 seed GM Kazhgaleyev (2619) with Black, putting himself in a good position for the title with 5.5 points (tied with Le Quang and Jianchao
- GM Eugene Torre (2489) defeated GM Ni Hua (2645), proving his slot in the World Olympiad-bound RP Team
- Emmanuel Senador (2393) defeated GM Kotanjian Tigran (2551) of Armenia, solidifying his chance to earn at least an IM norm and still possibly a GM norm
- Edgar Reggie Olay (2289) defeated GM Haznedaroglu Kivanc (2501) of Turkey, a good chance to duplicate his awesome performance in the 6th Pichay Cup of gaining another IM norm

RP'S best performers in Round 7 (RUSTICBULL's PICK):
- GM Darwin Laylo
- GM Eugene Torre
- Emmanuel Senador
- Edgar Reggie Olay

RANKINGS after Round 7

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

ROUND 8 PAIRINGS