Georgian, Iranian GMs share Pichay honors
By Marlon Bernardino
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 10:35:00 10/08/2009
TOP SEED Georgian GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili and Iranian GM Esham Ghaem Maghami beat their respective rivals in the ninth and final round yesterday to share top honors at the conclusion of the 5th Prospero Pichay Cup Chess Championships at the LWUA Building in Quezon City.
Mchedlishvili, who holds an Elo Fide rating of 2613, defeated Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta after 54 moves of Queens Indian Defense while Maghami nipped Chinese Li Shi Long after 29 moves of Dutch Defense.
Mchedlishvili and Maghami, both tallied 7.0 points in the nine round Swiss-system tournament, organized by NCFP president Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr. The duo pocketed $4,500 each after splitting the combined prize of $9,000 for the top two finishers.
Mchedlishvili however, captured the Pichay Cup title after the tie break was applied.
Meanwhile, World Chess Cup-bound GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., bested Georgian GM Merab Gagunashvili after 32 moves of Pirc Defense to score 6.5 points, the same output of Vietnamese GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Singaporean GM Zhang Zhong.
Antonio settled for third place, Ngoc Truong Son landed at 4th and Zhang finished 5th overall after the tie break. The three pocketed $2,167 each.
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Phipillinos have a nice way of rewriting history.
On another note, a result scandal in the European Team Championship for gals: 4 GM team Cercle d’Echecs Monte Carlo lost to a much weaker Samaia Tbilisi!!
http://chess-results.com/tnr25053.aspx?art=3&rd=5&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000
Why is there not one US tournament uploaded in the chess-results database??
‘Singaporean GM Zhang Zhong’
Aw, come on! The GM is Chinese. He is only temporarily on the Singapore rating list, because he likes the country better.