Le Quang Liem stuns Kamsky!!; Gavrilov maintains Group "B" lead, Gomez,Laylo closes in.

Defending champion Le Quang Liem of Vietnam toppled top seed Gata Kamsky of USA in 27 moves of a Semi-Slav. Kamsky did not see or take for granted  the

AEROFLOT "B" Round 3: Gravilov grab solo lead, defeated Dimakiling. Pinoy chessers falls!

GM Alexei Gravilov of Russia defeated Oliver Dimakiling of the Philippines to grab the solo lead as the top four board all ended in  a draw in the 3rd

2011 Aeroflot Chess Round 2: Filipino chessers stays unbeaten!

Filipino players,led by GM's John Paul Gomez , Darwin Laylo and IM Oliver Dimakiling join seven others including five Russians with perfect scores of two points  after the first two rounds of the 2011 Aeroflot  Chess Tournament.John Paul Gomez defeated Russian's

Belous rules 2011 Moscow Open International Chess Festival; Barbosa finished 9th over-all

Untitled Vladimir Belous of Russia finished with 8.0 out of 9 to bag the top prize of 120,000 rubles in the nine round Swiss system Moscow Open International Chess Festival.  Belous

7th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2011 Round 7: Zhou Weiqi, Igor Kovalenko joins Nikolai Kavanov for the lead; Philippine's Gomez and Barbosa 1 point behind

China's Zhou Weiqi defeated 18th seed Pavel Kotsur in 40 moves of a French defense,New York system while IM Igor Kovalenko of Ukraine won against

7th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2011 Round 6: Nikolai Kabanov took solo lead, Gomez , Barbosa closes in!

Gm Nikolai Kabanov of Russia defeated 3rd rank Maksim Turov in 55 moves of a Caro Kann defense to take the solo lead in the 2011

7th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2011 Round 5: Yu Yangyi ; 5 others stays perfect.

Yu Yangyi of China 2607 FIDE rating but seeded a lowly 509  here,  defeated GM Aleksandr Lenderman of USA to share the lead  after 5 rounds of the Moscow 2011 International Open.

7th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2011 Round 4: 12 players leads, 38 players follows

Yu Yangyi (2594)of China beat John Paul Gomez of the Philippines in 50 moves of a French Defense,Classical to join 11 others for the lead after four

7th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2011: 34 players shares lead after Round 3

Opening ceremony of the 7th International Chess Festival Moscow Open was held Saturday in the ball room of the Russian State Social University (RSCU). The festival held from January 27-February 7,2011 see a new extended format with nine seperate tournaments. The new concept brings empahasis on promotion of students and school sports.
A.  Young Grandmasters (Men)
B.  Young Grandmasters (Women)
C.  Student Cup of Russia ( Men )
D.  Student Cup of Russia (Women)
E.  Open Tournament (MEN)
F.  Open Tournment (Women)
G.  Individual and Team Tournament of Chess Schools and Children Club.
H.  RSCU Olympiad
I.   Third World Cup of chess composition.

The Philippines sent GM John Paul Gomez and IM Oliver Barbosa to participate in the Open Tournament.

The first victory of the Moscow Open 2011 belongs to GM Alexander Rakhamov,a student of the Russian State Social University. The Russian beat Ivan Cheperinov of Bulgaria in 41 moves of a Slav Defense.

Thirty four (34) players shares lead after 3 rounds  of the Moscow 2011 Open Tournament.  A total of 570 participants are entered in the tournament.  Philippines John Paul Gomez are with the leaders with 3 points, he will face GM Yu Yangyi of China in the 4th round. IM Oliver Barbosa with 2.5 points faced FM Grigoriy Morozov seed no.126 in the 4th round.

Round 13: 73rd Tata Steel: McShane ,Group "B" Champion!! Nakamura tops Group "A" - Chess.com

Round 13: 73rd Tata Steel: McShane ,Group "B" Champion!! Nakamura tops Group "A" - Chess.com