Upset rocks Round 1 of 2016 Philippine Sports Commission - Puregold International Open Chess

IM Oliver Dimakiling of the Philippines upset GM Boris Savchencko while compatriot Nouri Hamed   defeated GM Vladislav Kovalev at the start of the 2016 Philippine Sports Commission -Puregold International Open held at the Subic Peninsula Hotel at Subic Bay,Philippines. Raja Harshit score a stunning upset against GM Merab Gagunashvili even as Vietnam Tran Minh Thang score a win against GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil.

Open Division
Round 1 on 2016/12/13 at 3:00 pm
Bo.		Name	Pts	Res.	Pts		Name
1	GM	Wang Hao	0	½  -  ½	0	IM	Garcia Jan Emmanuel
2	IM	Bersamina Paulo	0	½  -  ½	0	GM	Demchenko Anton
3	GM	Savchenko Boris	0	0  -  1	0	IM	Dimakiling Oliver
4	IM	Pascua Haridas	0	½  -  ½	0	GM	Pantsulaia Levan
5	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	0	0  -  1	0	FM	Tran Minh Thang
6		Nouri Hamed	0	1  -  0	0	GM	Kovalev Vladislav
7	GM	Gagunashvili Merab	0	0  -  1	0		Raja Harshit
8	WIM	Frayna Janelle Mae	0	0  -  1	0	GM	Stupak Kirill
9	GM	Torre Eugenio	0	1  -  0	0		Abelgas Roel
10	WIM	Kurbonboeva Sarvinoz	0	0  -  1	0	GM	Paragua Mark
11	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	0	1  -  0	0		Andador Rolando
12		Branzuela Ali	0	0  -  1	0	IM	Tran Tuan Minh
13	IM	Puranik Abhimanyu	0	½  -  ½	0		Panopio Jr Rodolfo
14		Roma Alvin	0	0  -  1	0	WGM	Lei Tingjie
15	GM	Kotanjian Tigran	0	1  -  0	0		Miciano John Marvin
16	WIM	Fronda Jan Jodilyn	0	0  -  1	0	GM	Laylo Darwin
17	WIM	Secopito Catherine	0	½  -  ½	0	WFM	San Diego Marie Antoinette

Round 2 on 2016/12/14 at 10:00 am
Bo.		Name	Pts	Res.	Pts		Name
1	GM	Stupak Kirill	1	-	1	GM	Kotanjian Tigran
2	GM	Laylo Darwin	1	-	1	GM	Torre Eugenio
3	GM	Paragua Mark	1	-	1	IM	Dimakiling Oliver
4	FM	Tran Minh Thang	1	-	1	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr
5	IM	Tran Tuan Minh	1	-	1		Nouri Hamed
6	WGM	Lei Tingjie	1	-	1		Raja Harshit
7		Panopio Jr Rodolfo	½	-	½	GM	Wang Hao
8	GM	Demchenko Anton	½	-	½	IM	Pascua Haridas
9	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	½	-	½	IM	Bersamina Paulo
10	WFM	San Diego Marie Antoinette	½	-	½	IM	Puranik Abhimanyu
11	IM	Garcia Jan Emmanuel	½	-	½	WIM	Secopito Catherine
12	WIM	Kurbonboeva Sarvinoz	0	-	0	GM	Savchenko Boris
13		Andador Rolando	0	-	0	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil
14	GM	Kovalev Vladislav	0	-	0		Branzuela Ali
15		Roma Alvin	0	-	0	GM	Gagunashvili Merab
16		Miciano John Marvin	0	-	0	WIM	Frayna Janelle Mae
17		Abelgas Roel	0	-	0	WIM	Fronda Jan Jodilyn