GM Sanchez finishes 11th in Cannes
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Joseph Sanchez settled for a share of the 11th place in the 26th Cannes Chess Festival held at the Lerins Island in France.
Sanchez scored 5.5 points to join GM Sebastian Feller, FIDE Master Lucas Di Nicolantonio and Said Brih of France, GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian of Brazil, GM Nenad Sulava of Croatia, and GM Michele Godena and International Master (IM) Giulio Borgo of Italy.
GM Evgeny Romanov of Russia grabbed the top spot with 7 points followed by top seed GM Etienne Bacrot, GM Tigran Gharamian and GM Fabien Libiszewski of France, GM Alexander Fier of Brazil and IM Axel Rombaldoni of Italy with 6.5 points each.
Sharing the seventh to 10th were GM Yannick Pelletier of Switzerland, GM Valeriy Neverov of Ukraine, GM Ruben Felgaer of Argentina and IM Igor Blechzin of Russia with 6 points....
GM Joseph Sanchez 11th in Cannes chess
Grandmaster Joseph Sanchez of the Philippines wound up tied for 11th to 18th places in the 26th Cannes Chess Festival at the Lerins Island in Cannes, France, Monday.
Sanchez, Cannes winner in 2009 and 2011 who totes an Elo of 2518, finished with 5.5 points in nine outings, the same output of GM Sebastian Feller (2658), Fide Master Lucas Di Nicolantonio (2311) and Said Brih (2407) of France, GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (2487) of Brazil, GM Nenad Sulava (2514) of Croatia, GM Michele Godena (2533) and International Master Giulio Borgo (2403) of Italy.
GM Evgeny Romanov (2628) of Russia beat Feller to finish first with 7.0 points, half a point ahead of top seed GM Etienne Bacrot (2704), GM Tigran Gharamian (2676) and GM Fabien Libiszewski (2509) of France, GM Alexander Fier (2603) of Brazil and IM Axel Rombaldoni (2441) of Italy....
Pinoy GMs tied in Moscow chess meet
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Grand Master (GM) John Paul Gomez and International Master (IM) Jan Emmanuel Garcia settled for a tie for 77th to 83rd places in Group B of the 11th Aeroflot Open Chess Championships 2012 at the Hotel Cosmos in Moscow, Russia last Tuesday.
Gomez and Garcia both tallied four points apiece in the nine-round Swiss-system tournament, which was dominated by GM Emre Can of Turkmenistan.
Can finished with 7.5 points to top the field of 130 players....
GM Gomez starts title defense in France
FILIPINO Grandmaster (GM) Joseph Sanchez will begin his title retention bid today in the 26th Cannes Chess Festival at the Lerins Island in Cannes, France.
Sanchez, who ruled the 2009 and 2011 editions of the tournament, will be up against 60 masters from different parts of the world including top seed Grandmaster Etienne Bacrot of France.
A total cash prize of 10,000 Euro is up for grabs in the nine-round event with the champion getting 2,200 Euro.
Meanwhile, International Master (IM) Jan Emmanuel Garcia lost to GM Alexey Kislinsky of Czech Republic in the eighth round to formally bow out of contention in the 11th Aeroflot Open Chess Championships 2012 Group B division being held at the Hotel Cosmos in Moscow, Russia....
Pinoy GMs falter in Moscow
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino International Master (IM) Jan Emmanuel Garcia suffered a costly defeat in the 11th Aeroflot Open Chess Championship in Moscow, Russia on Tuesday.
Garcia lost to Grand Master (GM) Alexey Kinslinsy of the Czech Republic, diminishing his chances of getting a GM norm.
The former Ateneo standout was stuck at four points, good for a share of the 55th to 76th places in the field of 130 players....
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