Sunday, December 5, 2010
Armenia,wins 2010 World Youth Chess Olympiad! No Philippine team
Armenia up by 4 points before the start of the final round and needing only 0.5 points drew with Turkey -White to win the 2010 World Youth Chess Olympiad. Armenia defeated defending champion Russia in the 2nd round and 2009 champion India in the 5th round both by 3:1 scores. India won the silver medals while the bronze medals went to Russia.India edges Russia in a tie-break 231.5-231 after both team finished with 27.5 points.The Philippines fails to send a team for the second straight year. Philippines finished 3rd in the 2008 World Youth Chess Olympiad held in Mersin,Turkey,where GM Wesley So was the Board 1 Gold medalist with 8 wins and 2 draws.The team is composed of GM Wesley So, FM Haridas Pascua, Alcon John Datu and Jan Emmanuel Garcia.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Featured Post
Marc"Ballen"Baltazar is 2018 Caloocan City Fiesta chess champ!
The champion Marc "Ballen" Baltazar Marc Baltazar defeated top seed Sammy Benitez and second seed Christian Del...
-
The $100,000 Manny Pacquiao Cup Asian Continental Open and Women's Chess Championships will be held May 18 to 26 at the Midas Ho...
-
GRANDMASTER MINDS Rapid Chess Team Tournament Board list after roun...
-
The 2012 National Capital Region Batang Pinoy Chess Championships is taking place from September17 - 21,2012 at the Marikina Convention Cent...
No comments:
Post a Comment