GMs So, Laylo lead RP’s bid in World Blitz C’ship
Cebu Daily News First
Posted 07:29:00 02/22/2010
FILIPINO GMs Wesley So and Darwin Laylo of the Philippines displayed their chess blitz skills in the World Blitz Championship-Preliminaries held in Moscow, Russia right after the Aeroflot Open 2010 and finished in 62nd and 114th places in the 156-player field.
GM So scored 9.5 points while GM Darwin piled up 7.5 points out of possible 18.0 points.
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2730) topped the event with 13.5 points and qualified for the World Blitz Championship to be held in Moscow on November 2010. The tournament will consist of 20 players (10 participants from Mikhail Tal Memorial 2010, 6 winners from the Qualification Tournament and four to six wild cards named by the organizers.
Correspondent
MARLON BERNARDINO
That’s too bad.