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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Top 100 Players March 2013: Wesley So of the Philippines ratings of 2701 now rank # 50 in the world. Number 2 behind Giri in the Juniors ranking

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2872  0  1990
2  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2810  0  1975
3  Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2809  0  1982
4  Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2793  0  1987
5  Karjakin, Sergey  g  RUS  2786  0  1990
6  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2784  10  1969
7  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2771  0  1975
8  Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2767  0  1987
9  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2766  0  1985
10  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2764  0  1983
11  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2760  10  1992
12  Morozevich, Alexander  g  RUS  2758  0  1977
13  Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2757  10  1969
14  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2747  0  1976
15  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2744  0  1979
16  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2743  0  1989
17  Kamsky, Gata  g  USA  2741  10  1974
18  Gelfand, Boris  g  ISR  2740  0  1968
19  Gashimov, Vugar  g  AZE  2737  0  1986
20  Jakovenko, Dmitry  g  RUS  2734  0  1983
21  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2733  0  1983
22  Giri, Anish  g  NED  2729  11  1994
23  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2727  20  1971
24  Andreikin, Dmitry  g  RUS  2727  0  1990
25  Volokitin, Andrei  g  UKR  2725  3  1986
26  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  g  CUB  2723  0  1983
27  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2722  20  1990
28  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  g  RUS  2722  0  1987
29  Areshchenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2720  0  1986
30  Vitiugov, Nikita  g  RUS  2712  10  1987
31  Le, Quang Liem  g  VIE  2709  10  1991
32  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  g  UZB  2709  0  1979
33  Malakhov, Vladimir  g  RUS  2709  0  1980
34  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2708  9  1990
35  Ding, Liren  g  CHN  2707  10  1992
36  Bruzon Batista, Lazaro  g  CUB  2707  0  1982
37  Navara, David  g  CZE  2706  20  1985
38  Cheparinov, Ivan  g  BUL  2706  19  1986
39  Naiditsch, Arkadij  g  GER  2706  10  1985
40  Fressinet, Laurent  g  FRA  2706  0  1981
41  Wang, Yue  g  CHN  2706  0  1987
42  Bacrot, Etienne  g  FRA  2705  9  1983
43  Harikrishna, P.  g  IND  2705  0  1986
44  Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS  2705  0  1985
45  Akopian, Vladimir  g  ARM  2704  0  1971
46  Moiseenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2703  0  1980
47  Berkes, Ferenc  g  HUN  2702  0  1985
48  Jobava, Baadur  g  GEO  2702  0  1983
49  Korobov, Anton  g  UKR  2702  0  1985
50  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2701  19  1993
51  Shirov, Alexei  g  LAT  2700  10  1972
52  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  g  POL  2700  10  1987
53  McShane, Luke J  g  ENG  2698  0  1984
54  Eljanov, Pavel  g  UKR  2697  10  1983
55  Short, Nigel D  g  ENG  2697  10  1965
56  Yu, Yangyi  g  CHN  2696  20  1994
57  Efimenko, Zahar  g  UKR  2696  0  1985
58  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2696  0  1976
59  Alekseev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2695  0  1985
60  Movsesian, Sergei  g  ARM  2695  0  1978
61  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g  ESP  2694  0  1982
62  Grachev, Boris  g  RUS  2693  0  1986
63  Almasi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2689  0  1976
64  Inarkiev, Ernesto  g  RUS  2688  0  1985
65  Rublevsky, Sergei  g  RUS  2688  0  1974
66  Li, Chao b  g  CHN  2686  0  1989
67  Van Wely, Loek  g  NED  2684  0  1972
68  Bologan, Viktor  g  MDA  2681  0  1971
69  Edouard, Romain  g  FRA  2680  0  1990
70  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  g  ROU  2677  0  1976
71  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g  IND  2677  0  1981
72  Motylev, Alexander  g  RUS  2676  0  1979
73  Gareev, Timur  g  USA  2674  3  1988
74  Gyimesi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2674  0  1977
75  Laznicka, Viktor  g  CZE  2674  0  1988
76  Sutovsky, Emil  g  ISR  2671  19  1977
77  Kryvoruchko, Yuriy  g  UKR  2666  0  1986
78  Sargissian, Gabriel  g  ARM  2666  0  1983
79  Potkin, Vladimir  g  RUS  2665  0  1982
80  Onischuk, Alexander  g  USA  2663  0  1975
81  Petrosian, Tigran L.  g  ARM  2663  0  1984
82  Bu, Xiangzhi  g  CHN  2662  10  1985
83  Mamedov, Rauf  g  AZE  2662  9  1988
84  Gharamian, Tigran  g  FRA  2660  2  1984
85  Smirin, Ilia  g  ISR  2659  9  1968
86  Fridman, Daniel  g  GER  2658  21  1976
87  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  g  RUS  2658  0  1976
88  Georgiev, Kiril  g  BUL  2657  10  1965
89  Khairullin, Ildar  g  RUS  2657  9  1990
90  Nielsen, Peter Heine  g  DEN  2656  0  1973
91  Zhigalko, Sergei  g  BLR  2656  0  1989
92  Ragger, Markus  g  AUT  2655  0  1988
93  Dreev, Aleksey  g  RUS  2654  0  1969
94  Jones, Gawain C B  g  ENG  2653  20  1987
95  Matlakov, Maxim  g  RUS  2653  0  1991
96  Meier, Georg  g  GER  2652  10  1987
97  Filippov, Anton  g  UZB  2652  0  1986
98  Kobalia, Mikhail  g  RUS  2652  0  1978
99  Istratescu, Andrei  g  FRA  2651  9  1975
100  Iturrizaga, Eduardo  g  VEN  2650  19  1989
101  Gajewski, Grzegorz  g  POL  2650  10  1985
102  Tiviakov, Sergei  g  NED  2650  0  1973
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Friday, March 1, 2013

WHAT A COINCIDENT!! at the 2013 Palarong NCR "Nagkataon lang "!! 2013

WHAT A COINCIDENCE!!

1. Both Daryl Samantila and Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar of team Manila got four blacks and three white in seven games!
2. Both Robert Paul Evangelista and Vince Medina of the champion team Quezon City both handle four white pieces and three blacks in seven games!
3.Both Daryl Samantila and Kenneth Baltazar of Manila plays Black against Robert Paul Evangelista and Vince Medina of Quezon City!
4. Daryl Samantila and Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar are both gold medallist in Palarong Pambansa and both of them are out for the 2013 Palarong Pambansa!
5. And lastly  Robert Paul Evangelista and Vince Angelo Medina are both from the Far Eastern University. Goodluck to both of you !! Bring home the gold both the team and the individual come April 21-27 at Dumaguete City.

Coaches complains to the tournament officials the pairings for round 2 as it looks like a team event as the pairings looks.    " Nagkataon lang ", said a tournament official

Round 2
Name Club Pts Pts Name Club
Evangelista Robert Quezon City ½ ½ Dasmarinas Andrei Caloocan
Felipe Joemari Caloocan ½ ½ Medina Vince Angelo Quezon City
Ornido Jimson Valenzuela 1 1 Baltazar Melwyn Kenneth Manila
Resurreccion Kenneth Valenzuela 0 0 Samantila Daryl Unix Manila
Villanueva Jerilyn Pasig 1 1 De Jesus Eder Navotas
Pangan Vince Bernard Navotas 0 0 Valdellon Karl Pasig
Docena Jerad Pasay 1 1 Epe Mark Anthony Muntinlupa
Pangilinan Miko Muntinlupa 0 0 Caparas John Pasay
De Leon Luke Matthew Mandaluyong 1 1 Lomio Marc Kenneth Marikina
Tanyag Aaron Mandaluyong 0 0 Verano Dante Marikina
Imperial Kyle Makati 0 0 Penaflor Emmanuel Las Pinas
Tabligan John Gabriel Las Pinas 1 1 Magpily John Michael Makati
Berdadero Joshua Malabon 1 1 Lozano Marx Ta-Pat
Santos Edwin Ray Malabon 0 0 Caquilala Christian Ta-Pat
Aguit Joel San Juan 0 0 Jimenez Alvin Paranaque
Cabual Gino Divino Paranaque 1 1 Ong Gavin SanJuan
Round 1
Name Club Pts Pts Name Club
Samantila Daryl Unix Manila 0 0 Baltazar Melwyn Kenneth Manila
Caparas John Pasay 0 0 Docena Jerad Pasay
Jimenez Alvin Paranaque 0 0 Cabual Gino Divino Paranaque
Medina Vince Angelo QuezonCity 0 0 Evangelista Robert QuezonCity
Imperial Kyle Makati 0 0 Magpily John Michael Makati
Verano Dante Marikina 0 0 Lomio Marc Kenneth Marikina
Penaflor Emmanuel Las Pinas 0 0 Tabligan John Gabriel Las Pinas
Valdellon Karl Pasig 0 0 Villanueva Jerilyn Pasig
De Jesus Eder Navotas 0 0 Pangan Vince Bernard Navotas
Tanyag Aaron Mandaluyong 0 0 De Leon Luke Matthew Mandaluyong
Epe Mark Anthony Muntinlupa 0 0 Pangilinan Miko Muntinlupa
Dasmarinas Andrei Caloocan 0 0 Felipe Joemari Caloocan
Resurreccion Kenneth Valenzuela 0 0 Ornido Jimson Valenzuela
Caquilala Christian Malabon 0 0 Lozano Marx Malabon
Santos Edwin Ray Malabon 0 0 Berdadero Joshua Malabon
Ong Gavin Ta-Pat 0 0 Aguit Joel Ta-Pat


2013 PALARONG NCR Chess Tournament High School Boys Division
Player information
Title: Name: Baltazar Melwyn Kenneth
No.: RatNat: 2047 Sex:
Pts.: RatInt: 0 FED: MNL
Rank: DOB:
IdentNo.: Fide-No.: 0
Club/Site: Manila
Buchholz Tie-Break:  32 
middle Tie-Breaks:  22 
Sonneborn-Berger[19]:  19.50
Rd. Name NRtg IRtg FED Pts Res. C
1 Samantila Daryl Unix 2020 0 MNL 4½ 1 b
2 Ornido Jimson 0 0 VAL 3½ 1 b
3 De Leon Luke Matthew 1888 0 MND 4 1 w
4 Evangelista Robert 1931 0 QC 6½ 0 b
5 Verano Dante 1769 0 MKN 3½ 1 w
6 De Jesus Eder 1900 0 NAV 4 1 w
7 Medina Vince Angelo 1975 0 QC 6 0 b
1898 1600 5/7
2013 PALARONG NCR Chess Tournament High School Boys Division
Player information
Title: Name: Evangelista Robert
No.: RatNat: 1931 Sex:
Pts.: RatInt: 0 FED: QC
Rank: DOB:
IdentNo.: Fide-No.: 0
Club/Site: Quezon City
Buchholz Tie-Break:  32½
middle Tie-Breaks:  23 
Sonneborn-Berger[19]:  29.50
Rd. Name NRtg IRtg FED Pts Res. C
1 Medina Vince Angelo 1975 0 QC 6 ½ b
2 Dasmarinas Andrei 1800 0 CAL 3½ 1 w
3 Lozano Marx 0 0 TAP 3½ 1 b
4 Baltazar Melwyn Kenneth 2047 0 MNL 5 1 w
5 Docena Jerad 2046 0 PSY 5 1 w
6 Tabligan John Gabriel 1917 0 LP 5 1 b
7 Samantila Daryl Unix 2020 0 MNL 4½ 1 w
1944 1600 6½/7
2013 PALARONG NCR Chess Tournament High School Boys Division
Player information
Title: Name: Samantila Daryl Unix
No.: RatNat: 2020 Sex:
Pts.: RatInt: 0 FED: MNL
Rank: DOB:
IdentNo.: Fide-No.: 0
Club/Site: Manila
Buchholz Tie-Break:  31½
middle Tie-Breaks:  22½
Sonneborn-Berger[19]:  17.00
Rd. Name NRtg IRtg FED Pts Res. C
1 Baltazar Melwyn Kenneth 2047 0 MNL 5 0 w
2 Resurreccion Kenneth 0 0 VAL 4 1 b
3 Medina Vince Angelo 1975 0 QC 6 ½ b
4 Penaflor Emmanuel 0 0 LP 3½ 1 w
5 Epe Mark Anthony 1600 0 MNT 2½ 1 b
6 Cabual Gino Divino 1987 0 PNQ 4 1 w
7 Evangelista Robert 1931 0 QC 6½ 0 b
1877 1600 4½/7
2013 PALARONG NCR Chess Tournament High School Boys Division
Player information
Title: Name: Docena Jerad
No.: RatNat: 2046 Sex:
Pts.: RatInt: 0 FED: PSY
Rank: DOB:
IdentNo.: Fide-No.: 0
Club/Site: Pasay
Buchholz Tie-Break:  31 
middle Tie-Breaks:  22 
Sonneborn-Berger[19]:  18.50
Rd. Name NRtg IRtg FED Pts Res. C
1 Caparas John 1650 0 PSY 3 1 b
2 Epe Mark Anthony 1600 0 MNT 2½ 1 w
3 De Jesus Eder 1900 0 NAV 4 1 b
4 Tabligan John Gabriel 1917 0 LP 5 1 w
5 Evangelista Robert 1931 0 QC 6½ 0 b
6 Medina Vince Angelo 1975 0 QC 6 0 w
7 Lomio Marc Kenneth 1917 0 MKN 4 1 w
1841 1600 5/7
2013 PALARONG NCR Chess Tournament High School Boys Division
Player information
Title: Name: Medina Vince Angelo
No.: RatNat: 1975 Sex:
Pts.: RatInt: 0 FED: QC
Rank: DOB:
IdentNo.: Fide-No.: 0
Club/Site: Quezon City
Buchholz Tie-Break:  32 
middle Tie-Breaks:  23 
Sonneborn-Berger[19]:  26.50
Rd. Name NRtg IRtg FED Pts Res. C
1 Evangelista Robert 1931 0 QC 6½ ½ w
2 Felipe Joemari 1750 0 CAL 4½ 1 b
3 Samantila Daryl Unix 2020 0 MNL 4½ ½ w
4 Berdadero Joshua 0 0 MAL 2½ 1 b
5 De Leon Luke Matthew 1888 0 MND 4 1 w
6 Docena Jerad 2046 0 PSY 5 1 b
7 Baltazar Melwyn Kenneth 2047 0 MNL 5 1 w
1926 1600 6/7
2013 PALARONG NCR Chess Tournament High School Boys Division
Player information
Title: Name: De Leon Luke Matthew
No.: RatNat: 1888 Sex:
Pts.: RatInt: 0 FED: MND
Rank: DOB:
IdentNo.: Fide-No.: 0
Club/Site: Mandaluyong
Buchholz Tie-Break:  27 
middle Tie-Breaks:  20 
Sonneborn-Berger[19]:  11.00
Rd. Name NRtg IRtg FED Pts Res. C
1 Tanyag Aaron 0 0 MND 1 1 b
2 Lomio Marc Kenneth 1917 0 MKN 4 1 w
3 Baltazar Melwyn Kenneth 2047 0 MNL 5 0 b
4 Ong Gavin 0 0 SJ 2½ 1 w
5 Medina Vince Angelo 1975 0 QC 6 0 b
6 Verano Dante 1769 0 MKN 3½ 1 b
7 Magpily John Michael 1972 0 MKT 5 0 w






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