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PSN Palaro

RP isinalba ni Gomez, Laylo silat

- Ni Manuel Cinco -

MANILA, Philippines - Tinalo ni Dresden Olympiad sensation GM John Paul Gomez si IM Yu Lie ng China sa seventh round ng 6th Prospero Pichay Cup international chess championship sa Ninoy Aquino Stadium kahapon.

Sa kabiguan ni national team mainstay GM Darwin Lay­lo, dinala naman ni Go­­mez ang kampanya ng ban­sa mula sa kanyang 5.0 points mula sa 4 wins, 2 draws at 1 loss.

Ang sixth-seeded na may ELO of 2527 ay nakatabla kina GM Merab Ga­gunashvili at David Elorta para sa fourth hanggang sixth places.

Nasa itaas naman si­na GM Anton Filippov ng Uzbekistan, GM Murtas Ka­zhgaleyev ng Kazakhstan at GM Tamaz Gelashvili ng Georgia san asabing US$30,000-tournament na inorganisa ng National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) katulong ang Philippine Sports Commission, Local Water Utilities Administration, PCSO at PAGCOR.

Nauna nang humugot ng draw si Gomez kay Lay­lo sa sixth round.

Tinalo naman ni Elorta si IM Oliver Dimakiling sa isang all-Filipino battle para sa kanyang tsansa sa US$6,000 top prize.

Nakipag-draw si Filip­pov kina Gelashvili at Ga­gunashvili sa sixth at se­­venth round para sa li­derato.

ANTON FILIPPOV

DARWIN LAY

DAVID ELORTA

DRESDEN OLYMPIAD

JOHN PAUL GOMEZ

LOCAL WATER UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION

MERAB GA

MURTAS KA

NATIONAL CHESS FEDERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

NINOY AQUINO STADIUM

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