PH's Barbosa finishes 2nd in Brunei chess tourney
03/08/2011
MANILA, Philippines – Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) silver medalist and Filipino International Master (IM) Oliver Barbosa finished in a tie for 2nd to 5th places in the Brunei 2011 International Master Chess Tournament held in Brunei Darussalem.
The 24-year-old Barbosa, whose stint was backed by National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) President Prospero "Butch" Pichay Jr., joined Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Nguyen Anh Dung, Jahongir Vakhidovm and Brunei's promising player FIDE Master (FM) Yee Soon Wei, with 6 points each.
The tournament ran from February 27 to March 3.
Pichay hailed Barbosa’s triumph.
"Naniniwala po tayo na makukuha ni Oliver (Barbosa) ang kanyang pinaka mimithing GM title. Full support ang NCFP sa kanyang pangarap na maging pinakabagong grandmaster ng bansa," he said.
Barbosa, the multi-titled campaigner from Rizal, finished strongly by winning his last four matches, including his penultimate round encounter against highly-rated GM Pavel Kotsur of Kazakhstan.
Uzbek IM Khamrakulov Dzhurabek won the tournament with 6.5 points despite losing his 1st round match against Barbosa.
Another Pinoy IM, Kim Steven Yap from Cebu City, finished 7th with 5 points here in the tournament. Viet IM Nguyen Van Huy with 5.5 points finished 6th.
Last December, Barbosa, next in line in the long list of talented Filipino IMs hoping to become a GM this year, shared first place with Georgian GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili in the ASEAN Championship held in Singapore. – By Marlon Bernardino
The 24-year-old Barbosa, whose stint was backed by National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) President Prospero "Butch" Pichay Jr., joined Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Nguyen Anh Dung, Jahongir Vakhidovm and Brunei's promising player FIDE Master (FM) Yee Soon Wei, with 6 points each.
The tournament ran from February 27 to March 3.
Pichay hailed Barbosa’s triumph.
"Naniniwala po tayo na makukuha ni Oliver (Barbosa) ang kanyang pinaka mimithing GM title. Full support ang NCFP sa kanyang pangarap na maging pinakabagong grandmaster ng bansa," he said.
Barbosa, the multi-titled campaigner from Rizal, finished strongly by winning his last four matches, including his penultimate round encounter against highly-rated GM Pavel Kotsur of Kazakhstan.
Uzbek IM Khamrakulov Dzhurabek won the tournament with 6.5 points despite losing his 1st round match against Barbosa.
Another Pinoy IM, Kim Steven Yap from Cebu City, finished 7th with 5 points here in the tournament. Viet IM Nguyen Van Huy with 5.5 points finished 6th.
Last December, Barbosa, next in line in the long list of talented Filipino IMs hoping to become a GM this year, shared first place with Georgian GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili in the ASEAN Championship held in Singapore. – By Marlon Bernardino
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