Filipino IM Oliver Dimakiling logs back-to-back wins, grabs share of lead in Grand Copthorne Professor Lim Kok Ann Invitational GM Tournament 2022 in Singapore
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
MANILA---Filipino International Master Oliver Dimakiling won back-to-back games to gain a share of the lead with Singaporean International Master Tin Jingyao in the Grand Copthorne Professor Lim Kok Ann Invitational GM Tournament 2022 at Grand Copthorne Waterfront, Singapore.
Dimakiling bested Vietnamese Grandmaster Nguyen Anh Dung in the first round Monday and Singaporean Woman Grandmaster Gong Qianyun in the second round Tuesday to boost his total to 2.0 points points and catch up with IM Jingyao, who brought down Indian Grandmaster Adhiban B. and Indonesian International Master Irine Kharisma Sukandar, respectively.
IM Dimakiling will be playing against Australian International Master IM James Morris in the third round while IM Jingyao goes up against countryman Singaporean International Master Jagadeesh Siddharth.
The Dubai based Dimakiling only needed one norm to earn a GM title that he has been chasing for several years now.
He got his first GM norm when he tied for first place in the Malaysian Open in 2006 while the second norm was when he finished runner-up in the Battle of the GMs in Boracay in 2012.
Dimakiling has already reach the 2500 elo barrier.
The Davao City native Dimakiling is fresh from a runner-up finish in the recently concluded Jardin del Roca All Masters Invitational Rapid Chess championships won by National Master Henry Roger Lopez held in Toril, Davao Del Sur and another runner-up plce finish in the Singapore Chess Festival Rapid with the Stars won by IM Jagadeesh.-Marlon Bernardino-
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