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                    [Title] => Team Philippines wagi kaagad sa 41st World Chess Olympiad
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Kagaya ng dapat asahan, pinayukod ng Phi­lip­pine men’s team ang Af­ghanistan, 3.5-0.5, sa­man­talang blinangko ng wo­men’s squad ang Palau, 4-0, sa pagsisimula ng mga aksyon sa 41st World Chess Olympiad sa Tromso, Norway noong Sa­bado ng gabi.

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Tulad ng inaasahan, tinalo ng mens team ng Philippines ang Afghanistan, 3.5-0.5 bagama’t humina ang line-up habang blinangko ng women’s squad ang Palau, 4-0 sa pagsisimula ng 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway nitong Sabado ng gabi.

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The Philippines scored an expected romp over Afghanistan, 3.5-0.5, despite its depleted men’s roster while its women’s squad blanked Palau, 4-0, at the start of the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway Saturday night.

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The Philippines smashed Afghanistan, 3.5-.5, in the men's division and Palau, 4-0, in the women's side to jumpstart its bid in the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway Saturday night.

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Pinaigting  ni Filipino GM Wesley So ang paghahabol sa top 10 sa world rankings nang talunin si US Grandmaster Samuel Shankland  sa 9th Edmonton Chess Festival sa Canada kahapon.

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Wesley So downed fellow GM Samuel Shankland of the US to notch his second straight win for an early share of the lead with former World Challenger Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the ninth Edmonton Chess Festival in Canada yesterday.

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Wesley So continued to live up to his top billing as he downed the American Grandmaster Samuel Shankland to share the lead with former World Challenger Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine with two points in as many rounds of the 9th Edmonton Chess Festival in Canada Monday.

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[DatePublished] => 2005-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1520373 [AuthorName] => Michelle Velete [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182847 [Title] => RP chessers trip Iraqis [Summary] => BLED — The Philippines crushed Iraq, 3-1, Monday as a gift to grandmaster Eugene Torre who turned 51 here at the 35th World Chess Olympiad.

The Filipinos showed little respect to the Iraqis, whose two key players were stopped by grandmaster Bong Villanueva and IM Nelson Mariano II.

Villamayor defeated Ali Gattea, a Fide master, in 39 moves of a Queen’s Gambit, Tarrasch variation. Mark Paragua drew against International Master Sarsam Saaed in 75 moves of a Sicilian Defense.
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