International Master Paulo Bersamina settled for a draw with Grandmaster John Paul Gomez after 21 moves of Catalan Opening to create a three-way tie going to the last two rounds of the 2019 GM Rosendo Balinas Memorial Cup chess championship (Grand Finals) being held at the Activity Hall, Second Floor Alphaland Makati Place in Malugay Street, Makati City.
Bersamina, 13-time Philippine Open champion Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. and Grandmaster Darwin Laylo tied for the lead after Round 13 with 10.0 points each in this Single Round-Robin Standard time control tournament jointly organized by National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) director Atty. Cliburn Anthony Orbe and Philippine Executive Chess Association (PECA) president Dr. Jenny Mayor and backed up by engineer Antonio "Tony" Carreon Balinas, US based Joe Balinas, Singapore based Nur Rose Balinas and Alphaland Corporation.
Antonio, our country's bet in this year's 2019 Bucharest, Romania World Seniors Chess Championship, defeated Kevin Mirano after 21 moves of French defense while Laylo outclassed National Master Carlo Magno Rosaupan after 30 moves of Kings Indian defense.
Rolly Parondo Jr. continued his impressive performance beating Michael Concio Jr. after 28 moves of Trompovsky Opening. Parondo now has 7.5 points, the same output of International Master Angelo Young and Sherwin Tiu. Young defeated Tiu after 35 movers of Pirc defense.
In other matches saw, International Master Ricardo De Guzman crushed Alfredo Rapanot after 36 moves of Kings Indian defense while International Master Chris Ramayrat halving the point with International Master Daniel Quizon after 53 moves of English Opening.-Marlon Bernardino-
by Marlon Bernardino
Nauwi sa tabla ang laban ni International Master Paulo Bersamina kontra kay Grandmaster John Paul Gomez sa 21 moves ng Catalan Opening para mapuwersa sa three-way sa leadership board patrungo sa last two rounds ng 2019 GM Rosendo Balinas Memorial Cup chess championship (Grand Finals) na ginaganap sa Activity Hall, Second Floor Alphaland Makati Place sa Malugay Street, Makati City.
Si Bersamina ay kasama sina 13-time Philippine Open champion Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. at Grandmaster Darwin Laylo sa liderato matapos ang Round 13 sa paglikom ng tig 10.0 points sa Single Round-Robin Standard time control tournament na magkatuwang na inorganisa nina National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) director Atty. Cliburn Anthony Orbe at Philippine Executive Chess Association (PECA) president Dr. Jenny Mayor na suportado nina engineer Antonio "Tony" Carreon Balinas, US based Joe Balinas and Singapore based Nur Rose Balinas at ng Alphaland Corporation.
Si Antonio, ang country's bet sa taong ito sa 2019 Bucharest, Romania World Seniors Chess Championship, ay kinaldag si Kevin Mirano sa 21 moves ng French defense habang angat si Laylo kay National Master Carlo Magno Rosaupan sa 30 moves ng Kings Indian defense.
Tuloy naman ang pagpapakitang gilas ni Rolly Parondo Jr. matapos talunin si Michael Concio Jr. sa 28 moves ng Trompovsky Opening. Nakaipon na si Parondo ng 7.5 points, gaya ng naitala nina International Master Angelo Young at Sherwin Tiu. Panalo si Young kay Tiu sa 35 movers ng Pirc defense.
Sa iba pang kaganapan ay namayani si International Master Ricardo De Guzman kay Alfredo Rapanot sa 36 moves ng Kings Indian defense habang tabla sina International Master Chris Ramayrat at International Master Daniel Quizon sa 53 moves ng English Opening.-Marlon Bernardino-
