Barbosa captures rapid chess crownJuly 4, 2011, 10:57pm MANILA, Philippines — International master Oliver Barbosa captured the 2011 AFPI National Rapid chess championship Sunday despite losing his final round match against Grandmaster Mark Paragua. Barbosa clinched the title as...
Good start for Torre and Barbosa
Torre, Barbosa head opening day winners of 2nd Pichay chess By Marlon BernardinoCebu Daily News 7:24 am | Friday, June 3rd, 2011 SUBIC, Zambales — ASIA’S first grandmaster Eugene Torre and International Master Oliver Barbosa got off to blazing...
1st GM norm for Barbosa
Barbosa claims first GM norm in Asian chess tilt Cebu Daily News FirstPosted 08:49:00 05/11/2011 FILIPINO International Master (IM) Oliver Barbosa drew his 9th and final round match against former Asian Junior Champion Indian GM Abhijit Kunte yesterday to...
Barbosa near GM norm
Barbosa beats Iranian, nears GM normabs-cbnNEWS.comPosted at 05/08/2011 5:57 PM | Updated as of 05/08/2011 5:57 PM MANILA, Philippines – Filipino International Master (IM) Oliver Barbosa defeated Iranian IM Alavi Sayed Javad in the 6th round to boost his...
Barbosa’s chess career back on track
Chess Piece — By Bobby AngPinoy chess The March 2011 rating list of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) is out. Here is the new top 10 of the Philippines: 1. GM Wesley So 26672. GM Rogelio Antonio Jr 25893....
Barbosa ties for 2nd at Moscow Open
Pinoy chesser Barbosa finishes tied for 2nd in Moscow Open02/07/2011 08:27 PMFinal standings:(Russians unless stated) 8 points — V. Belous 7.5 — W. Zhou (Chna), Y. Yu (China), F. Amonatov (Tajikistan), I. Kovalenko (Ukraine), M. Matlakov, S. Voitsekhovsky, S....
Barbosa shocks Kazakh GM
Barbosa shocks Kazakh GM in Moscow Openby Ed AndayaSunday, 06 February 2011 19:38 Standings after eight rounds: (Russians unless stated) 7 points — N. Kabanov, W. Zhou (China), I. Kovalenko (Ukraine), F. Amonatov (Tajikistan), V. Belous. 6.5 — O....
Barbosa wins, Gomez draws
Moscow Open: Barbosa wins, Gomez draws matchSaturday, 05 February 2011 20:12 Standings after seven rounds: (Russians unless stated) 6.5 points — W. Zhou (China), N. Kabanov, I. Kobalenko (Ukraine)6 — Y. ,Yu (China), M., Turov, F. Amonatov (Tajikistan), D....
Keeping hopes alive in Moscow
Moscow Open: Barbosa keeps hopes aliveby Ed AndayaWednesday, 02 February 2011 20:19 MOSCOW, Russia – Former national junior champion IM Oliver Barbosa made his presence felt by winning over Valery Ponomarencko and FM Grigoriy Morozov of Russia to keep...
Barbosa shined at ASEAN
Pinoy IM Barbosa shares top honors in Asean chess tiltCebu Daily NewsFirst Posted 09:15:00 12/31/2010 FILIPINO International Master (IM) Oliver Barbosa defeated Singaporean Fide Master (FM) Timothy Chan in the final round yesterday to finish in a two-way tie...