Chess
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Aronian stuns So; keeps lead in 76th Tata Steel Tournament Masters
Round 6 Standings: Aronian 5pts, Giri, Karjakin 4pts, Dominguez, Caruana, So 3.5pts, Harikrishna, Nakamura 3pts, Van Wely, Rapport 2pts, Gelfand 1.5pts, Naiditsch 1pts Round 7 Pairings Sun 19th Jan: Caruana-Giri, Rapport-Harikrishna, Nakamura-Van…
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76th Tata Steel Chess: Wesley So stays at second place after a win over Gelfand; Faces top-seed Aronian today
Round 5 Standings: Aronian 4.0pts, Giri, So 3.5pts, Dominguez, Karjakin, Caruana 3.0pts, Harikrishna, Nakamura 2.5pts, Van Wely, Rapport 1.5pts, Naiditsch, Gelfand 1pt. Round 6 Pairings 12:30pm Sat 18th 2014: Giri-Gelfand, Aronian-So, Karjakin-Naiditsch,…
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Wesley So Takes on Boris Gelfand in Round 5
Round 5 pairings: Harikrishna, P. - Giri, A. Caruana, F. - Van Wely, L. Rapport, R. - Dominguez, L. Nakamura, H. - Karjakin, S. Naiditsch, A. - Aronian, L. So, W. -…
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76th Tata Steel Tournament Masters: Another draw for GM Wesley So
Round 4 standings: Aronian 3.0pts, Harikrishna, Karjakin, So, Giri 2.5pts, Dominguez, Caruana, Nakamura 2.0pts, Van Wely, Rapport 1.5pts, Naiditsch, Gelfand 1pt Round 5 Friday 17th Jan 2014 12:30pm: Harikrishna-Giri, Caruana-Van Wely, Rapport-Dominguez,…
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Tata Steel Chess: Wesley So seeks revenge vs Anish Giri
So. Round 3 Standings: Aronian, Wesley So, Harikrishna, Caruana, Nakamura and Giri 2pts/3, Karjakin, Rapport, 1.5pts, Van Wely, Dominguez, 1pt, Gelfand, Naiditsch 0.5pts Round 4 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Wed 15th Jan: Giri-So, Gelfand-Naiditsch,…
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Wesley So settles for another draw in round 3; remains tied on top
Round 4: at Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Wed 15th Jan: Giri-So, Gelfand-Naiditsch, Aronian-Nakamura, Karjakin-Rapport, Dominguez-Caruana, Van Wely-Harikrishna. MANILA, Philippines -- Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So (Elo 2656) settled for a draw with German GM Arkadij…
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TATA STEEL CHESS: SO DRAWS WITH NAKAMURA IN 2ND ROUND
MANILA, Philippines -- FILIPINO Grandmaster Wesley So (ELO 2719) found American GM Hikaru Nakamura (2789) tough to crack and settled for a draw in the second round of the super-tough Category A…
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Wesley So off to good start in the 76th Tata Steel Tournament Masters 2014
Wesley So. MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines? top chess player, Hydra Grandmaster (GM) Wesley Barbasa So, had a good start in the 76th Tata Steel Tournament Masters 2014 in Wijk aan Zee,…
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Wesley So at 28th Place in January 2014 Fide Rating; To Compete in the Elite Dutch Tata Steel Tournament
GM Wesley Barbasa So of the Philippines now climbed up to 28th rank in the January 2014 FIDE world ratings ladder. The 20 year-old Webster University sophomore student So, the top player…
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Paragua rules GOKAK blitz Chess for a Cause
Final Standings: 5.0 points---GM Mark Paragua, WNM Christy Lamiel Bernales, Rolly Parondo Jr., IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia 4.5 points---IM Barlo Nadera, Norvin Gravillo MANILA, Philippines---GRANDMASTER (GM) Mark Paragua added the ?Chess for…
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RAPID CHESS: PINOY GM JOHN PAUL GOMEZ BAGS BRONZE AT MYANMAR SEA GAMES
Manila---GRANDMASTER (GM) John Paul Gomez has won a bronze medal for Philippines in the 27th Southeast Asian Games-Myanmar 2013 International Chess Individual Rapid-Men. The Binan, Laguna native Gomez, one of the top…
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Nolte wins Malaysia chess tournament; Nouri, Rosaupan shine anew
Nolte. MANILA, Philippines ? International Master (IM) Rolando Nolte reinforced his position as one of the Philippines? top chess players when he won the 5th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2013…
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CYCLING ICON CORNELIO A. PADILLA JR., 67
Back-to-back Tour of Luzon cycling marathon champion Cornelio Agaid Padilla Jr. died of heart failure at St. Luke?s Global City Medical Center on Sunday (December 8). He was 67. Padilla carved a…
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15,000 ATTENDANCE AT SCUAA-NCR GAMES FOR 2013
?Moving ahead towards sports excellence ?in this year's theme, the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association-National Capital Region (SCUAA-NCR) made history as it opens its 26th season on Nov. 26 at Quirino…
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World Cup veterans Barbosa and Dableo lead Chess Fund-Raising at Meralco Chess Club
GM Oliver Barbosa and GM Ronald Dableo led the 8 masters who volunteered to help raise funds for the typhoon victims organized by Meralco Chess Club last Saturday at Meralco Center in…
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Round 7: Tagaytay chessers near Asian Cities Chess Team Championship Title
Standings after seven rounds: 13 points---Tagaytay (PHL) 11 points---Shanghai (CHN), Wuxi (CHN) 9 points--- Ulaanbaatar (MGL) 8 points---Manila-PSC (PHL), Pasay-PAF (PHL),Baghdad (IRQ) 7 points---Shah Alam (MAS),Sharjah (UAE) 6 points---Singapore (SIN),Erdenet (MGL), Colombo…
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Round 4: Tagaytay-PHL beats Shanghai-China in Asian Cities Chess Team Championship
Standings after four rounds: 8 points---Tagaytay (PHL) 6 points---Manila-PSC (PHL), Wuxi (CHN), Baghdad (IRQ), 5 points---Shah Alam (MAS), Ulaanbaatar (MGL), Shanghai (CHN) 4 points---Singapore (SIN), Sharjah (UAE), Colombo (SRI),Erdenet (MGL), Pasay-PAF (PHL)…
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INDONESIA OPEN CHESS: LAYLO DRAWS WITH VASQUEZ, GOMEZ, BARBOSA, NOLTE PREVAIL
FILIPINO GRANDMASTER (GM) Darwin Laylo settled for a truce with Spanish GM Renier Igarza Vazquez to create a 20-way tie for seventh place along with compatriot GMs Oliver Barbosa and John Paul…
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GM ‘Joey’ Antonio rules Battle of the Grandmasters ‘blitz’ chessfest
MANILA ? Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. finished with a seven-round total of 6.0 points on five wins and two draws to capture his first major title in local soil this year.…
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Battle of Grandmasters: Frayna virtual champ
Standings after 12 rounds: MEN: 28.5 points J.Gomez; 27.0 O. Barbosa; 25.0 D. Laylo; 24.0 R. Antonio; 21.0 R. Barcenilla; 20.0 M. Paragua; 16.5 J. Pimentel, E. Torre, E. Senador; 15.0 R.…
