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                    [Title] => Laylo grabs solo lead in chess elims
                    [Summary] => TAGAYTAY CITY–National Master Darwin Laylo gave up a pawn for tempo and space on his way a 56-move win over fellow NM Rolando Nolte yesterday in the 11th round of the National Chess Championships at the Tagaytay International Convention Center here.


The gambit allowed the former National Juniors champion to put his opponent on the defensive end in their Center-Counter game and maintain his half-point lead over his closest pursuers heading into the last six rounds.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265373 [Title] => Liderato sinolo ni Laylo [Summary] => Umiskor ng paniba-gong panalo si National Master Darwin Laylo upang ganap na solohin ang liderato patungo sa huling anim na round ng National Chess Cham-pionship sa Tagaytay International Convention center.

Tinalo ni Laylo ang kapwa niya NM na si Rolando Nolte matapos ang 56-move ng Center-Counter Game kahapon upang trangkuhan ang pangunguna matapos na makaipon ng kabuuang 8 puntos kung saan may-roon lang itong kalahating puntos na agwat sa dating co-leader na si Jayson Gonzales at International Master Chito Garma na kapwa nanaig sa kani-kanilang kalaban.
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But GM Joey Antonio and GM-candidate Mark Paragua both delivered a full point each and GM Bong Villamayor and IM Ronald Dableo two other draws as the Filipinos continued to show the way in team competition going into the last two rounds of the nine-round Swiss-system event.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 203687 [Title] => Bong caps chess romp, leads SEAG team [Summary] => Steady till the end, grandmaster Buenaventura "Bong" Villamayor topped the Shell National Open Rapid Chess Championship Grand Finals with plenty to spare at the Department of Interior and Local Government Multi-Purpose Hall.

Villamayor, the solo leader as early as the 11th round, scuttled international master Petronio Roca in the 21st round then settled for a draw with fellow grandmaster Eugene Torre in the 22nd and final round to complete a masterful showing in the event serving as the qualifying round for the rapid chess event in the Vietnam SEA Games this December. [DatePublished] => 2003-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 116333 [Title] => Barbosa, sinolo ang liderato sa 2nd edition ng Juniors Active Open [Summary] => Nagpamalas ang ASEAN Under-16 Champion Oliver Barbosa ng impresibong performance upang kunin ang solong pamumuno sa 2nd edition ng Juniors Active Open sa Grandmasters’ Cafe sa Quezon City noong nakaraang linggo.

Pinatumba ng batambatang Board 1 player mula sa Letran high school ang limang chess players samantalang nakipagkasundo naman para sa isang draw sa kanyang huling kalaban na si Arnel Aton. Samantalang patuloy ang paghahanda ni Barbosa sa darating na Juniors Active Finals sa Mayo 11.
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