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                    [Title] => Laylo, So draw match, keep 1-2 posts
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – GMs Darwin Laylo and Wesley So drew their All-Filipino showdown yesterday to keep their 1-2 positions after five rounds of the Asian Zone 3.3 chess Championships at the First Hotel here.

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MANILA, Philippines - GM Wesley So, unfazed by a controversial draw in the sixth round, posted 1.5 points in the next two rounds to move closer to his second straight crown in the Phoenix Petroleum Battle of GMs at the Dapitan City Resort Hotel in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte yesterday.

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MANILA, Philippines - Wesley So humbled fellow GM Eugene Torre in a duel of present and past chess stars to remain on top after three rounds of play in the Phoenix Petroleum-Dapitan City Battle of GMs in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte Wednesday.

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DRESDEN, Germany – IM John Paul Gomez moved within a win from obtaining an outright GM title with a victory over Bruno Laurent as the Philippines blasted an all-IM Belgium side, 3.

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DRESDEN, Germany – GM Wesley So pulled off a stunning win over GM Elshan Moradiabadi while IM John Paul Gomez sustained his impressive form as the Philippines...

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GMs ... [DatePublished] => 2008-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265465 [Title] => Laylo makes it to Olympiad team [Summary] => TAGAYTAY – National Master Darwin Laylo forced a quick 15-move draw with fancied IM Jayson Gonzales to virtually put a lock on one of the three berths in the national team competing in next month’s Chess Olympiad in Spain.

The draw gave Laylo 11 points heading into the last two rounds of the National Chess Championships, where the top three finishers after the round-robin series among 18 players will join seeded GMs Eugene Torre, Joey Antonio and Mark Paragua in the squad seeing action in the Olympiad set Oct. 14-31 in Majorca, Spain.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199740 [Title] => Donguines snaps Nadera’s streak [Summary] => FIDE Master Fernie Donguines outlasted erstwhile unbeaten International Master Barlo Nadera in marathon 73 moves of a Queen’s Pawn game to force a three-way tie for the lead after nine rounds in the 2003 Shell National Open Chess Championship at the Kaban ng Hiyas Bldg., Mandaluyong City Hall, Mandaluyong City yesterday.

Trailing by a full point going into the ninth round yesterday, Donguines refused the offer of a draw by Nadera after the opening salvo, and instead focused on probing weaknesses on Nadera’s game.
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It was a sweet victory for the 49-year-old Torre, who won his first title since topping the Philippine Open six years ago, after going through some anxious moments amidst the Philippine Chess Federation-National Chess Federation of the Philippines crisis.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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