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                    [Title] => Garcia, Mendoza pace JAPFA Jakarta chess tiff
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Woman Fide Master Shania Mendoza and International Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia pulled off a victory and a draw to get a share of the lead in their respective divisions after five rounds in the third Asean JAPFA Chess Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-26 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1358111 [Title] => Phl finishes 46th in Chess Olympiad [Summary] =>

GM Eugene Torre pulled off a win over IM Leonid Gerzhov while GM John Paul Gomez salvaged a draw from a losing position as the Philippines escaped with a 2-2 draw with Canada but still ended up at 46th in one of its worst finishes in the Chess Olympiad.

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Grandmaster Eugene Torre came through with a victory and GM John Paul Gomez eked out a draw out of a losing position as the Phl escaped with a 2-2 draw with Canada and finished in a share of 35th place at the end of the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway Thursday.

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The Philippine women’s team pulled off a shock 2-2 draw with No. 8 Poland to barge into the top 15 but the men’s squad bowed to second seed Ukraine, 1-3, in the third round of the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway Monday night.

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The Philippine women's team continued to make heads turn as it pulled off a shock 2-2 draw with eighth seed Poland to barge into the top 15 even as the men's squad fell to second seed Ukraine, 3-1, in the third round of the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway Monday night.

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Grandmaster Wesley So lost his way in Canadian FIDE Master Vladimir Pechenkin’s French Defense but found a way to escape with a marathon 109-move standoff, allowing Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk to catch up on him on top in the ninth Edmonton Chess Festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada yesterday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So lost his way in Canadian FIDE Master Vladimir Pechenkin's French Defense but found a way to escape with a marathon 109-move standoff, allowing Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk to catch up on him on top in the 9th Edmonton Chess Festival on Saturday in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-28 18:14:53 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1339530 [Title] => So giniba ang Canadian, sosyo pa sa liderato [Summary] =>

Hindi pa rin naaawat ang pagpapasikat ni Filipino GM Wesley So sa 9th Edmonton Chess Festival nang kunin ang panalo kay Canadian FIDE Master Alex Yam kahapon sa Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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GM Wesley So outplayed FIDE Master Alex Yam of Canada in a Caro Kann encounter to remain tied for the lead with Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk with 4.5 points after five rounds in the ninth Edmonton Chess Festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada yesterday.

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Grandmaster Wesley So slammed Canadian FIDE Master Alex Yam in 43 moves of a Caro-kann encounter to remain tied with Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk with 4.5 points after five rounds of the ninth Edmonton Chess Festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-26 16:09:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20140626/wesley-so.jpg ) ) )
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