Pinoy rules Singapore chess meet
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 08:19:00 03/09/2010
Correspondent Marlon Bernardino

INTERNATIONAL MASTER (IM) Enrique Paciencia of the Philippines stamped his class to rule the “Ang Mo Kio Community Centre Hong Bao Rapid Chess Challenge 2010” Open tournament held recently in Singapore.

The Tacloban City-native Paciencia, the 2009 Singapore International Chess Festival champion out-dueled Aussie Steve O’Reily in the seventh and final round to finish with 6.0 points on five wins and two draws, the same output of compatriot IM Yves Ranola and Singaporean Mark Chan.

Paciencia, a former mainstay of Adamson University clinched the title with a higher tie break points. Rañola settled for second while Chan wound up in third place.

Rañola split the point with fellow RP Junior champion NM Roberto Suelo Jr. in the final round while Chan beat countryman Linson Lim.

Suelo finished in 4th over-all with 5.5 points, half a point ahead of another Filipino entry NM Arlan Cabe who settled for 5th over-all with a superior quotient in the group of 5.0 pointers.

Source: http://globalnation.inquirer.net

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