Philippines vs. Paraguay Round 2 Results – Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad

Asia’s first Grandmaster, GM Eugene Torre, never failed to deliver so far in two rounds of Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad. He won his game anew, this time in Round 2 against GM Jose Fernando Cubas of Paraguay in Board 3 of their match.

Sadly, that was the only win for Philippine team in Round 2 of Open Section. Julio Catalino Sadorra drew his game in Board 1. The rest lost their games.[replay]

PHI vs. PAR - R2 Results

Bo.53Philippines (PHI)Rtg-39Paraguay (PAR)Rtg1½:2½
35/1GMSadorra, Julio Catalino (w)2560-GMDelgado Ramirez, Neuris (b)2618½ - ½
35/2GMGomez, John Paul (b)2492-GMBachmann, Axel (w)26410 - 1
35/3GMTorre, Eugenio (w)2447-GMCubas, Jose Fernando (b)24701 - 0
35/4GMBarcenilla, Rogelio (b)2455-GMFranco Ocampos, Zenon (w)24960 - 1

Check out Eugene Torre’s interview with Susan Polgar after the Round 1 games below:

Philippines Women Team Pulls an Upset Against the 4th Seed Georgia in Round 2 of Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad

The Philippines Women Team in Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad pulled an upset against the 4th seed, Georgia, in Round 2.

The Philippines had an average rating of 2148 vs. Georgia that had an average rating of 2470. That’s 321 average rating difference. See the match-up and the individual games results below.

GEO vs. PHI - Round 2 Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad (Women)

Bo.4Georgia (GEO)Rtg-46Philippines (PHI)Rtg1½:2½
5/1GMDzagnidze, Nana (w)2522-WIMFrayna, Janelle Mae (b)2281½ - ½
5/2GMKhotenashvili, Bela (b)2463-WIMFronda, Jan Jodilyn (w)21280 - 1
5/3IMBatsiashvili, Nino (w)2474-Bernales, Christy Lamiel (b)20651 - 0
5/4IMMelia, Salome (b)2419-WIMSecopito, Catherine (w)21190 - 1

This win boosted the team’s ranking to No. 29 after 2 rounds. (See here)

Replay the games below: [replay]

In Round 3, the Philippines’ Women team will be up against the 5th seed, India. Can they pull another upset this time?

Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad (Women) Round 2 Results

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Baku 2016 Women Round 2 Results

No.SNoTeamRes.:Res.TeamSNo
142Montenegro0:4China1
22Ukraine:½Moldova44
345Ecuador0:4Russia3
416Azerbaijan 1:Mexico57
54Georgia:Philippines46
647Brazil1:3India5
76United States of America:Norway48
849Bosnia & Herzegovina½:Poland7
98Hungary:½Venezuela50
1051Denmark2:2Bulgaria9
1110Germany:½Turkmenistan52
1253Egypt1:3Romania11
1312Lithuania4:0Australia54
1455Singapore1:3Iran13
1514Spain2:2Estonia56
1658Azerbaijan 3:Turkey17
1718Israel3:1Bolivia59
1860Bangladesh1:3Vietnam19
1920Italy4:0Iceland61
2022Uzbekistan3:1Belgium62
2163Chile0:4France23
2224Cuba3:1Algeria64
2326Argentina3:1Jordan65
2466Malaysia½:Serbia27
2528Azerbaijan 2:Mongolia15
2632England:Netherlands21
2725Czech Republic1:3Colombia33
2834Croatia:Kazakhstan31
2936Belarus:½Austria35
3038Slovenia1:3Slovakia37
3143Sweden3:1Switzerland39
3240Canada1:3Latvia29
3330Greece:½Peru41
3479Costa Rica0:4Sri Lanka98
3597South Korea3:1Trinidad & Tobago94
3682Finland:Japan96
3788South Africa1:3United Arab Emirates100
3892Monaco:New Zealand101
3999Honduras:Thailand102
40104Botswana:Angola103
41106Malta:Aruba105
42112Indonesia4:0Surinam107
4367Luxembourg:Hong Kong108
44109Nepal1:3Portugal68
4569Scotland4:0Zimbabwe110
46111Tunisia:ICCD70
4771FYROM2:2Qatar114
48116Palestine0:4Tajikistan72
4973Kyrgyzstan4:0Netherlands Antilles117
50118Malawi0:4Albania74
5175Jamaica4:0Barbados119
5277Dominican Republic4:0Ghana121
53122Fiji0:4Puerto Rico78
5480Guatemala:Mozambique123
55124Pakistan½:Ireland81
56125Chinese Taipei1:3Nicaragua83
5784Wales:½Guyana126
5885Morocco4:0Swaziland127
59128Guam0:4Panama86
60129Lesotho1:3Iraq87
61130Kuwait0:4Paraguay89
6290Zambia2:2Sudan131
63134Maldives0:4El Salvador91
64140Tanzania0:4Uruguay93
65120Namibia0:4IPCA76
66137Ethiopia2:0bye-1
6795Syria:not paired-2
68113Uganda:not paired-2
69115Kenya:not paired-2
70132Seychelles:not paired-2
71133Rwanda:not paired-2
72135Central African Republic:not paired-2
73136Djibouti:not paired-2
74138Liberia:not paired-2
75139Sierra Leone:not paired-2

Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad Updates after Round 2

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Baku 2016 Open Round 2 Results

No.SNoTeamRes.:Res.TeamSNo
11Russia4:0Turkmenistan62
263Scotland½:United States of America2
33China:½Belgium64
465FYROM0:4Azerbaijan 14
566Albania½:Ukraine5
667Indonesia:England6
77Poland4:0United Arab Emirates68
869Ireland½:France8
99India4:0Costa Rica70
1011Netherlands4:0ICCD72
1173Uruguay½:Israel16
1223Belarus:½Azerbaijan 376
1325Canada4:0Tajikistan77
1429Slovenia:½Kyrgyzstan78
1579South Africa½:Romania30
1631Uzbekistan4:0Dominican Republic80
1733Brazil:Algeria81
1882Ecuador½:Peru34
1935Moldova:½Zambia83
2085Luxembourg1:3Italy36
2137Kazakhstan4:0New Zealand86
22164Ivory Coast0:4Sweden38
2310Hungary:½Austria40
2441Bosnia & Herzegovina:Germany13
2542Denmark:Spain14
2643Egypt½:Cuba15
2717Czech Republic3:1Iceland44
2845Australia1:3Croatia18
2920Georgia2:2Iran46
3047Chile1:3Latvia21
3126Argentina3:1Switzerland48
3249Slovakia2:2Greece27
3351Lithuania½:Azerbaijan 228
3432Vietnam:½Colombia52
3553Philippines:Paraguay39
3657Mongolia2:2Finland54
3755Qatar2:2Estonia61
3871Monaco:Venezuela56
3912Norway:Bangladesh58
4059Singapore1:3Serbia24
4150Montenegro:Portugal60
4284Faroe Isles1:3Bulgaria22
43110Sudan½:Wales99
44113Trinidad & Tobago:Brunei120
45140Netherlands Antilles2:2Tunisia122
46123South Korea3:1South Sudan176
4797Japan:Sri Lanka124
48125Namibia½:Thailand100
49101Syria:½Mauritius126
50127Nepal1:3Nicaragua102
51129Palestine½:Malaysia104
52105Lebanon3:1Surinam130
53107Myanmar3:1Hong Kong132
54133Ethiopia:Pakistan109
55115Jamaica:½Oman134
56135Botswana½:Panama116
57117Mozambique:½Liechtenstein136
58121Cyprus2:2Chinese Taipei137
59138Saudi Arabia:Kuwait128
60142Guernsey:Macau149
61143Ghana2:2Afghanistan148
62162Tanzania:Jersey144
6374Mexico:Bahrain146
64147Mauritania0:4Nigeria87
6588Andorra:San Marino150
66151Guam0:4Kosovo89
6791Jordan4:0Fiji153
6892Zimbabwe:½Aruba155
69156Sao Tome & Principe1:3Iraq93
7094Guatemala:Guyana157
71154Maldives½:Bolivia95
7296Angola4:0US Virgin Isles158
73159Bermuda0:4Morocco98
74103Barbados4:0Palau163
75141Haiti½:El Salvador106
76108Madagascar4:0Lesotho165
77166Togo0:4Puerto Rico111
78112Uganda0:4Papua New Guinea167
79170Swaziland0:4Honduras114
80174Somalia1:3Libya118
81119Malta4:0Congo178
8290IBCA3:1Bahamas152
8319Turkey4:0IPCA75
84131Malawi:not paired-2
85139Kenya:not paired-2
86145Cameroon:not paired-2
87160Mali:not paired-2
88161Rwanda:not paired-2
89168Sierra Leone:not paired-2
90169Liberia:not paired-2
91171Seychelles:not paired-2
92172Burundi:not paired-2
93173Senegal:not paired-2
94175Gambia:not paired-2
95177Eritrea:not paired-2
96179Central African Republic:not paired-2
97180Djibouti:not paired-2

Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad Rankings after Round 1

Except for the unlikely turnout of 2-2 in the Bulgaria (headed by no other than Veselin Topalov) against the 110th seed, Sudan, every other results seems to be according to their rankings.

Replay all the Round 1 games: Open | Women.

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Thus the rankings after Round follow:

Tough Matches for Philippines in Round 2 of Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad

After winning all their 8 games in Round 1 for both Open and Women Section, the Philippine team are up against much tougher opponents in Round 2.[replay]

The Open Section team will be up against the 39th seed, Paraguay. The match up follows:

Philippines vs. Paraguay - Round 2 Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad Open

Bo.53Philippines (PHI)Rtg39Paraguay (PAR)Rtg
35/1GMSadorra, Julio Catalino (w)2560GMDelgado Ramirez, Neuris (b)2618
35/2GMGomez, John Paul (b)2492GMBachmann, Axel (w)2641
35/3GMTorre, Eugenio (w)2447GMCubas, Jose Fernando (b)2470
35/4GMBarcenilla, Rogelio (b)2455GMFranco Ocampos, Zenon (w)2496

Meanwhile, the Women team will be facing the 4th seed, Georgia:

Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad Round 1 Pairings

[section_title title=”Introduction”]

Round 1 is scheduled to start today.

As is the usual case with the Swiss system, in Round 1 the top seed gets to face the middle seeded player/team. Thus, the higher half of the tournament participants in terms of their seed number are usually pitted against the much lower rated/seeded player/team in the first round.

We expect not much tension yet in Round 1.

The Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad playing hall. Photo courtesy of Chess Daily News.

The Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad playing hall. Photo courtesy of Chess Daily News.

As such, let’s check out the team pairings in the pages that follow.

GM Joey Antonio is out of Philippines’ roster for Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad Open

Philstar reported last Monday:

Grandmaster Joey Antonio, the reigning national champion, will not be joining the Philippine team bound for the 42nd World Chess Olympiad set Sept. 1-14 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The explanation offered by the NCFP: that GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio, Jr. will be playing in the 2016 World Seniors Championship in November.

Ed Andaya writes in Journal Online:

Conspicuously absent is Battle of GMs national champion Rogelio Antonio, Jr., who reportedly begged off from taking his place in the national team to Baku.

Infiesto said Antonio decided to represent the country in the 2016 World Seniors Championsips in the Czech Republic in November, along with Torre.

If you don’t smell something fishy about these developments, let me point out to you what Antonio posted on his Facebook account just last month: