INDIA CHESS: BARBOSA WINS, GOMEZ CEASEFIRES IN ROUND 10
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 11 Jan 2012
GRANDMASTER (GM) Oliver Barbosa beat IM Jahongir Vakhidov of Uzbekistan after 35 moves of King's Indian defense to stay in contention in the tenth round of the SDAT-RMK 4th Chennai Open Grand Master Chess Tournament in Chennai, India on Wednesday.
Thus, the Taytay, Rizal native Barbosa raised his total 7.5 points, the same output of countryman GM John Paul Gomez. The Binan, Laguna bet Gomez, meantime split the point with GM Hoang Thanh Trang of Hungrary after 29 moves of French defense.
GM Mark Paragua split the point with IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy of India after 40 moves of Sicilian defense for 7 points. However, GM Richard Bitoon lost to IM Nitin S of India after 33 moves of Sicilian defense and was stuck at 6.5 points.
Yu Ruiyuan of China defeated countryman Zeng Chongsheng after 51 moves of Caro-Kann defense to grabs the solo leadership board with 8.5 points. Top seed GM Aleksej Aleksandrov of Belarus drew with IM Akshayraj Kore of India after 36 moves of Queen's Gambit declined. Both, Aleksandrov and Kore tallied 8 points apiece.
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