1st HD Bank Cup Open- Round 7: Yu Yangyi caught up with Gomez!

Yu Yangyi stopped giant-killer Cm Tran Thanh Tu to caught up with John Paul Gomez who drew his second straight games for the share of the lead after 7 rounds of the 1st HD Bank Cup Open Chess Championship held in Vietnam. Both players now shares the top of the score table with 6 points.They are follow at one point distance by top seed Le Quang Liem,Zhou Weiqi;Wen Yang;Richard Bitoon;Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son;Oliver Barbosa;Cao Sang;Nguyen Duc Hoa and Xie Deshun.The last name won his fourth games in succession.Le Quang Liem draw with Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son while Nguyen Duc Hoa won against Darwin Laylo of the Philippines.IM Oliver Barbosa held Gm Zhou Weiqi(2599) into a draw and now scores 3.5 out of his last 4 games.In today's top pairings Yu Yangyi meets Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son on Board 1. John Paul Gomez battles Zhao Weiqi on board 2.Richard Bitoon against Wen Yang and Oliver Barbosa vs Le Quang Liem.

Standings after Round 7

6.0 points- John Paul Gomez(PHI);Yu Yangyi(CHN)
5.0 points- Le Quang Liem(VIE);Zhou Weiqi(CHN);Wen Yang(CHN);Richard Bitoon(PHI);Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son(VIE);Oliver Barbosa(PHI);Cao Sang(VIE); Nguyen Duc Hoa(VIE);Xie Deshun
4.5 points- Tran Thanh Tu(VIE);Wang Chen(CHN);Oliver Dimakiling(PHI);Dao Thien Hai(VIE);Tu Hoang Thong(VIE)
4.0 POINTS- Zhao Jun(CHN);Darwin Laylo(PHI);Bao Khoa(VIE);Wang Li(CHN);Roland Salvador(PHI);Merben Roque(PHI);Lu Shanglei(CHN);Lu Yijie(CHN);Nguyen Van Huy(VIE);Lou Yiping(CHN);Tu Hoang Thai(VIE)and Sukanda Irene(INA).
3.5 points- Goh Wei Ming Kevin(SIN);Pham Le Thao Nguyen(VIE);Kim Yap(PHI);Pham Chuong(VIE);VoThanh Ninh(VIE);Nguyen Thi Thanh An(VIE);Wang Jue(CHN);Nguyen Anh Dung(VIE);Li Hanbin(CHN);Nguyen Thanh Son(VIE);Shen Siyuan; and Emmanuel Senador(PHI).

How does one become a master?

There are no instant master or grandmasters.It will take about 10 years of intense preoccupation with the game for a person to reach grandmasters level.In a research the master would perhaps spent 10,000 to 50,000 hours staring at chess positions which are comparable to that of a highly literate people that have a reading vocabularies of 50,000 words or more. The master and grandmasters not only select good moves but they often than weak players notice these moves in the first few seconds after they look at a new positions.Having notice such a move,the master may continue to analyze the position before he is satisfied that it is the best moved and sometimes his analysis will show that his first impulse was wrong.But this ability to notice moves at a glance is always astonishing to lesser players. A master or grandmasters can beat player of inferior skills while taking only few seconds per move and playing simultaneously against many player.The question is how does one become a master in the first place? The answer is practice - thousands of hours of practice. Early in practice,these move sequence are arrived at slowly - "If i take that piecen then he take this piece......" but with practice,the initial condition is seen as a pattern,quickly and unconsciously and the plausible moves comes almost automatically. Practice also interacts with talents.

Who invented chess?

Chess is a very special game because of its very long history and its wide diffusion throughout the peoples of the earth,and its long association with many different cultures has enriched it and made it an intimate part of mans culture and heritage to a degree that no other game can claim.Whether the origins of chess go back only as far as 500-600 D when it was popular in India,or even much earlier as some claim back to 1000BD, when an Indian sage ZIGA BEN DAHER is said to have invented the game.

88th NCAA Chess Champion Colegio de San Juan de Letran

1st HD BANK Cup Open Chess Championship - 4TH Round: GM Gomez, solo leader

GM John Paul Gomez of the Philippines is the solo leader after 4 rounds of the 1st HD Bank Cup Open Chess Championship held in Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam.Gomez,who successfully passed the board examination for Mechanical Engineer last year, defeated the 4th ranked GM Zhao Jun(2599) of China for his fourth straight victory and half a point ahead of GM Zhou Weiqi,GM Le Quang Liem,GM Yu Yangyi and IM Richard Bitoon.Bitoon held top seed Le Quang Liem into a draw while GM Yu Yangyi won against IM Oliver Barbosa.

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 4

1. 4.0 POINTS-- John Paul Gomez(PHI)
2-5. 3.5 POINTS-- Zhou Weiqi(CHN);Le Quang Liem(VIE);Yu Yangyi(CHN);Richard Bitoon(PHI)
6-13. 3.0 POINTS-- Zhao Jun(CHN);Cao Sang(VIE);Wen Yang(CHN);Tran Than Tu(VIE);Darwin Laylo(PHI);Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son(VIE);Lu Shanglei(CHN);Lu Yijie(CHN);
14-27 2.5 POINTS-- Wang Chen(CHN);Oliver Dimakiling(PHI)Goh Wei Ming Kevin(SIN);Nguyen Duc Hua(VIE);Roland Salvador(PHI);Kim Yap(PHI);Dao Thien Hai(VIE);Oliver Barbosa(PHI);Pham Chuong(VIE);Lou Yiping(CHN);Nguyen Thi Thanh An(VIE);Nguyen Van Huy(VIE);Haridas Pascua(PHI);Pitirotjirathon Jirapak(THA).

28-39. 2.0 POINTS-- Merben Roque(PHI);Rodolfo Panopio Jr(PHI);Tan Weiliang(SIN);Fernandez,Daniel Howard(SIN);.........

Wesley So, Roller coaster ride for the year 2010

Wesley So started 2010 with a 2656 Fide rating and increased to 2674 in the first half of the year 2010.Wesley gained 9 rating points in the Corus "B" and Aeroflot. And another 9 points in the Philippine National Championship and the Asian Continental,both held in the Philippines for an increased of 18 points. Two strong tournament in Europe the NH Chess(Ave. 2674) and the Biel (Ave. 2656) dropped Wesley's rating by 6 points. Wesey gained only 1 point at the end of the Campomanes Memorial Cup and the 2010 Chess Olympiad. So improved his rating to an all time high of 2678 after the elimination phase of the 2010 Asian Games Team Competition, but a loss to P.Harikrishna of India in the semi-final and a draw with Wang Yue in the finals of the Asian Games again dropped his rating to 2674.And again loss 1 point in the Spice Cup heldin the U.S.A. for his current rating of 2073.

2010 Wesley So Tournament Results
................................WIN ... DRAW .... LOSS ... +/_
2010 SPICE Cup..... .... 3 .... 5 ... 2 ... -O.8
CAMPOMANES MEMORIAL .... 4 .... 4 ... 1 ... -0.8
BIEL GM ........... .... 2 .... 5 ... 2 ... -2.0
NH CHESS........... .... 0 .... 9 ... 1 ... -3.6
39TH Olympiad ..... .... 3 .... 7 ... 0 ... +2.0
Asian Games - ELIM .... 3 .... 3 ... 0 ... +9.1
Asian Games Semi & Final ....0 ..... 1 ... 1 ... -4.0
Asian Continental.. .... 5 .... 3 ... 1 ... +4.0
National Championship .... 6 .... 3 ... 0 ... +4.9
CORUS.............. .... 3 .... 9 ... 1 ... +4.7
AEROFLOT........... .... 3 .... 5 ... 1 ... +4.6

Total .................. 32 .... 54 ... 9

4 na PINOY sosyo sa unahan sa 1st HD BANK Cup Open sa Vietnam

Agad nagparamdam ang mga Pinoy chessers sa pagsisimula ng 1st HD Bank Cup Open Chess Tournament na ginaganap Sa Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam nang dumalawang sunod na panalo kaagad sina GM John Paul Gomez,GM Darwin Laylo,IM Oliver Dimakiling at IM Richard Bitoon. Kasosyo ang lima(5) pang pambato ng Vietnam na kinabibilangan ng paboritong si Le Quang Liem(2664);FM Nguyen Duc Hoa;IM Nguyen Thanh Son at WIM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung.Kasama rin sa sampu (10) nangunguna sina Chinese Grandmaster Zhao Jun at Zhou Weiqi na tumalo kay Cebu City bet Kim Yap. Ang balikbayan na si GM Roland Salvador ng Bulacan nalaglag sa ika-11 hanggang ika 23 puwesto sa kartang isang panalo at isang tabla,kasama ang kababayang si IM Oliver Barbosa ng Rizal;kasama din sa grupo ang Vietnamese number 2 and 3 top players,GM Dao Thien Hai at Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son. Nagpasikat din ang pinagmamalaki ng Laguna province na si Rodolfo Panopio Jr nang gapiin niya ang sumisikat na IM ng Singapore na si Daniel Howard Fernandez.Minalas naman si Emmanuel Senador ng makalasap agad ng dalawang sunod na talo.Wagi naman si GM Darwin Laylo kay FM Haridas Pascua ng Pangasinan.Natablahan naman ni Merben Roque si GM Dao Thien Hai nuong unang round.

Vietnam,dominates 1st Singapore International Youth Chess Championship

Vietnam fielding only 11 players in 6 youth categories got 3 golds,1 silver and 2 bronze medals to dominate the 1st Singapore International Youth Chess Championship held in Stansfield Residence 1,Mt.Vernon Road,Singapore. Malaysia with 39 entries equal the six medals output of Vietnam with 2 gold,3 silvers and 1 bronze medals.Host Singapore,fielded 195 players in all seven age-group categories and got one (1) gold and two(2) silver medals.Powerhouse India mange only one(1) gold , 1 silver and 1 bronze from its 24 players in all 7 categories. The Philippines ranked number 1 among the Southeast Asian countries could only send five players,all members of the Far Eastern University high school team and finished with three (3) bronze medals courtesy of Jerad Docena (Open Under14),Janelle Frayna (Girls Under-14)and Mc Dominique Lagula(Open Under-17).Atotal of 304 players from 14 countries,Singapore;Malaysia;Indonesia;Thailand;Korea;Philippines;Kazakhstan;India;Vietnam;Kenya;China;Hongkong;Australia and U.S.A. participated in this Championship.

UNDER 8-GIRLS
GOLD- LE TRAN PHUONG UYEN (VIE) 7.0 POINTS 40
SILVER- SOH,KRYSTAL VALERIE (SIN) 7.0 38.5
BRONZE- NGUYEN VU THU HIEN (VIE) 6.5

UNDER 8-OPEN
GOLD- WONG YIN LONG (MAS) 8.5
SILVER- LOW ZHEN YU CYRUS (SIN) 7.5
BRONZE- WADWANI AUN (IND) 6.5

UNDER 11-GIRLS
GOLD- SAGAR,TEJASWINI (IND) 8.0
SILVER- AZHAR PUTERI MUNAJJAH (MAS) 7.0
BRONZE- HOANG MINH THU (VIE) 6.5

UNDER 11-OPEN
GOLD- TIN JING YAN (SIN) 8.5
SILVER- TEOH ERN SHENG (MAS) 7.0
BRONZE- TEH DE JUAN (MAS) 7.0


UNDER 14-GIRLS
GOLD- NUR NABILA AZMAN HISHAM (MAS) 7.5
SILVER- DAO THI LAN ANH (VIE) 6.5
BRONZE- FRAYNA,JANELLE (PHI) 6.0


UNDER 14-OPEN
GOLD- LE TUANH MINH (VIE) 8.5
SILVER GOENKA SAUMYA SANJAY (IND) 7.0
BRONZE- DOCENA,JERAD (PHI) 7.0

UNDER 17-OPEN
GOLD- NGUYEN VAN HAI (VIE) 8.5
SILVER- AZMAN HISHAM MOHD NABIL (MAS) 6.5
BRONZE- LAGULA,MC DOMINIQUE (PHI) 6.5