Slow start for Tagaytay
- Published : Sunday, April 24, 2011 00:00
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JAKARTA, Indonesia– Win some, lose some for Tagaytay.
Led by GM Wesley So and Rogelio Antonio Jr., second seed Tagaytay whipped Tarakan (Indonesia), 4-0, in the first round but dropped a shocking 1.5-2.5 decision to Palembang (Indonesia) the following round at the start of the 17th Asian Cities chess team championship at the Kartika Chandra Hotel here Saturday.
So typified the Filipinos’ rollercoaster start in the prestigious, week-long competition which attracted 24 teams from 15 countries. winning over WGM Irine Kharisma Sukandar of Tarakan in the first round Friday but losing to little-known FM Rudin Hamdani of Palembang in the second round Saturday.
So, the highest-rated player here with an ELO of 2667, had an easy win over Sukandar (ELO 2354) but surprisingly struggled against Hamdani (ELO 2368) in the second round.
Antonio swept his first two assignments over WFM Aulia Medina of Tarakan and IM Taufik Halay of Palembang to lead the Filipinos’ bid to win the title which they last won during the 14th edition in Manila in 2002.
GM John Paul Gomez and Darwin Laylo also failed to get going in the second round despite winning their opening-day assignments against the all-female team from Tarakan.
Gomez demolished WFM Monica Sihite of Tarakan in the first round but was held to a draw by IM Tirto of Palembang, while Laylo crushed WFM Citra Dewi of Tarakan but lost to untitled Hakiki Kaisar of Palembang.
Full article here.
So will come back.