Villanueva wins, Suelo 2nd in Singapore Open Rapid chessfest
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 05 Feb 2019
Final Standings: (Seven Round Swiss-System)
6.0 points---Vic Neil Villanueva (Philippines)
5.5 points---AGM Robert Suelo Jr.(Philippines)
5.0 points---Edgar Reggie Olay (Philippines)
4.5 points---Marcus Chen (Singapore), Lincoln Yap, (Philippines), WIM Jan Jodilyn Fronda, (Philippines), Ravind Ricnesh (Singapore)
4.0 points---Jayson Jacobo Tiburcio, Erwin Tabor, Joseph Navarro
3.5 points---Rohan Dash (Singapore), FM Nelson "Elo" Mariano III (Philippines), I-En Wong (Singapore)
3.0 points---Dixon Tang (Singapore), Sai Siddharth (Singapore), Schuyler Tan (Singapore), Alex Lee (Singapore)
2.5 points---Jayden Wong (Singapore), Ronald Castro (Philippines)
2.0 points---Matthias Chan (Singapore)
1.0 point---Morgan Chen (Singapore)
PLAYING true to his billing, Filipino Vic Neil Villanueva, a software engineer in Singapore bested Open field with 6 of 7 performance (on 6 wins and 1 loss) to bring home the champion's purse of 400 Singapore Dollar as he emerged the overall champion in the February edition of Asean Chess Academy (ACA) Open Rapid Chess Tournament held last Sunday (February 3, 2019) at the Bukit Timah Shopping Centre in Singapore.
Arena Grandmaster and Fide Master elect Robert Suelo Jr., the only player who beat eventual champion Villanueva, garnered 5.5 points to bag solo second place worth 300 Singapore Dollar while International Master elect Edgar Reggie Olay notch 5.0 points to secure the third-place finish and went home worth 200 Singapore Dollar.
Rounding up to the top-10 circle are 4th Marcus Chen of Singapore (4.5 pts.), 5th Lincoln Yap, of the Philippines (4.5 pts.), 6th Woman International Master Jan Jodilyn Fronda of the Philippines (4.5 pts.), 7th Ravind Ricnesh of Singapore (4.5 pts.), 8th Jayson Jacobo Tiburcio of the Philippines (4.0 pts.),9th Erwin Tabor of the Philippines (4.0 pts.) and Joseph Navarro of the Philippines (4.0 pts.).
Rohan Dash of Singapore had superior tiebreak results over Fide Master Nelson "Elo" Mariano III of the Philippines and I-En Wong of Singapore to took the 11th place finish. Another Filipino entry Ronald Castro at 19th place with 2.5 points.-Marlon Bernardino-
Photo: Arena Grandmaster and Fide Master elect Robert Suelo Jr.
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