Two Filipino compatriot GM Richard Bitoon and IM Oliver Dimakiling finished with 8.5/11 in the Florencio Campomanes Memorial Rapid Tourament held in Melaka, Malaysia.
The huge prize fund of USD 20,000 for a two-day rapid event attracted 14 Grandmasters to participate in this event.
Top 30 finishers
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | GM | Bitoon Richard | PHI | 2455 | 8.5 | 75.0 | 62.0 | 57.25 |
2 | IM | Dimakiling Oliver | PHI | 2447 | 8.5 | 69.0 | 56.5 | 52.75 |
3 | GM | Iuldachev Saidali | UZB | 2459 | 8.0 | 72.0 | 60.0 | 51.50 |
4 | GM | Laxman R R | IND | 2415 | 8.0 | 69.0 | 56.5 | 49.00 |
5 | GM | Megaranto Susanto | INA | 2528 | 7.5 | 77.0 | 63.0 | 50.75 |
6 | GM | Horvath Adam | HUN | 2487 | 7.5 | 74.0 | 60.5 | 47.25 |
7 | GM | Czebe Attila | HUN | 2477 | 7.5 | 72.0 | 58.5 | 46.25 |
8 | GM | Fominyh Alexander | RUS | 2488 | 7.5 | 70.0 | 57.0 | 47.25 |
9 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J | IND | 2461 | 7.5 | 69.0 | 56.0 | 46.25 |
10 | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | UZB | 2494 | 7.5 | 66.5 | 54.0 | 45.00 |
11 | IM | Karthikeyan P | IND | 2414 | 7.0 | 75.0 | 61.0 | 43.50 |
12 | GM | Arun Prasad S | IND | 2517 | 7.0 | 68.0 | 55.5 | 42.25 |
13 | GM | Romero Holmes Alfonso | ESP | 2501 | 7.0 | 68.0 | 54.5 | 38.50 |
14 | IM | Mok Tze-Meng | MAS | 2354 | 7.0 | 65.5 | 56.0 | 36.50 |
15 | FM | Novita Anjas | INA | 2304 | 7.0 | 65.5 | 55.5 | 37.00 |
16 | WIM | Gong Qianyun | CHN | 2302 | 7.0 | 62.0 | 50.5 | 34.50 |
17 | GM | Vakhidov Tahir | UZB | 2481 | 6.5 | 78.0 | 64.5 | 45.00 |
18 | IM | Rathnakaran K | IND | 2410 | 6.5 | 76.5 | 63.0 | 42.75 |
19 | IM | Wahono Awam | INA | 2405 | 6.5 | 67.5 | 56.0 | 37.00 |
20 | IM | Nolte Rolando | PHI | 2456 | 6.5 | 67.0 | 54.5 | 38.00 |
21 | FM | Pitra Andika | INA | 2305 | 6.5 | 63.5 | 53.5 | 32.75 |
22 | GM | Filippov Anton | UZB | 2637 | 6.0 | 76.0 | 62.0 | 39.50 |
23 | FM | Sonjaya Deni | INA | 2321 | 6.0 | 71.0 | 60.5 | 34.50 |
24 | FM | Hamdani Rudin | INA | 2322 | 6.0 | 70.5 | 58.0 | 36.50 |
25 | FM | Lim Chuin Hoong Ronnie | MAS | 2317 | 6.0 | 70.0 | 58.0 | 34.00 |
26 | CM | Farid Firman Syah | INA | 2251 | 6.0 | 68.5 | 57.5 | 34.00 |
27 | IM | Praveen Kumar C | IND | 2343 | 6.0 | 68.0 | 56.0 | 33.75 |
28 | IM | Mas Hafizulhelmi | MAS | 2377 | 6.0 | 67.0 | 54.5 | 30.00 |
29 | GM | Kazhgaleyev Murtas | KAZ | 2595 | 6.0 | 67.0 | 54.0 | 31.00 |
30 | IM | Vakhidov Jahongir | UZB | 2396 | 6.0 | 63.5 | 51.5 | 30.50 |
Full results: http://chess-results.com/tnr71226.aspx
More here http://melakachess.blogspot.com/2012/04/pinoys-finish-1-2-in-florencio.html
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Great job.