Tagaytay finished 4th

Tagaytay ends up 4th in Asian Cities Chess

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Posted at 04/29/2011 5:51 PM | Updated as of 04/29/2011 5:51 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Tagaytay (Philippines) settled a 2-2 draw against Tehran (Iran) in the 9th and final round to finish in a tie for 4th to 7th place in the conclusion of the Asian Cities Chess Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday.

Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So drew with GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami on Board 1; GM Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. split the point with GM Elshan Moradiabadi on Board 2; GM John Paul Gomez halved the point with GM Morteza Mahjoob on Board 3; and GM Darwin Laylo also drew with International Master (IM) Asghar Golizadeh on Board 4.

The Tagaytay team sent by National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) President Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr. and secretary-general Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino Jr. notched a total of 11 match points.

The team eventually took 4th place after winning the tie break points against Palembang (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Mashhad (Iran).

Former champion Tehran took solo 3rd with 13 match points.

Top seed Shi Jiazhuang (China) won the overall title with 18 match points while Astana (Kazakhstan) nabbed 2nd place with 15 match points. – By Marlon Bernardino

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Shi Jiazhuang, Astana, Tehran Top Asian Cities

Shi Jiazhuang, Astana, Tehran Top Asian Cities
Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:53

The Chinese city of Shi Jiazhuang won all their matches to win the Asian Cities Team Championship for the Dubai Cup held 21-28 April 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Visit chess-results.comfor round by round results and standings. Download games at the Asian Chess Federation site. Visit the official site.

The team of GM Yu Yangyi, GM Li Chao, Wan Yunguo, GM Wang Rui and GM Zhang Pengxiang, scored a perfect 18 match points on the basis of 2-1-0 points per match.

Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan (left) awards the Dubai Cup to the Chinese city of Shi Jiazhuang with the check for $10,000. At right is Senator GM Utut Adianto, Chairman of the Jakarta Asian Cities Organizing Committee.

FinalRanking
Rk.	Team	Win	Draw	Loss	MP	GP	TB
1	Shi Jiazhuang	9	0	0	18	27.5	192
2	Astana	7	1	1	15	25.5	159.75
3	Tehran	6	1	2	13	24	132.5
4	Tagaytay	5	1	3	11	26	96.5
5	Palembang	5	1	3	11	22.5	105.25
6	Jakarta	5	1	3	11	22.5	97.75
7	Mashhad	5	1	3	11	15.5	98.75
8	Bangalore	5	0	4	10	23	71
9	Abu Dhabi	5	0	4	10	19	56
10	Sydney	4	2	3	10	18.5	79
11	Dubai	3	3	3	9	21	55.5
12	Yangon	4	1	4	9	18	76
13	Erdenet	4	1	4	9	17	78.5
14	Penang	4	1	4	9	17	60.25
15	Pekanbaru	4	1	4	9	16.5	48
16	Sharjah	2	4	3	8	18	52.75
17	Baghdad	4	0	5	8	17	51.5
18	Tarakan	4	0	5	8	15	69.5
19	Kathmandu	3	2	4	8	15	63
20	Singapore	2	2	5	6	14.5	28.75
21	Hongkong	2	1	6	5	12.5	24.75
22	Bandar Seri Begawan	2	0	7	4	9	17.5
23	Seoul	1	1	7	3	13	16.75
24	Putrajaya	0	1	8	1	4.5	6.5
Annotation
MP: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)
GP: points (game-points)
Tie Break: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (with real points)

Armenia to play at WTC

Armenian national team to participate in World Team Championship

The Armenian national chess team will participate in the World Team Championship to be held in Ningbo, China from July 15 to 26, 2011.

Levon Aronian, Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Robert Hovhannisyan are included in the Armenian team. The captain is Arshak Petrosian.

The championship will host the ten strongest national teams of the world - Armenia, China, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Hungary, Azerbaijan, India, U.S. and Egypt, armchess.am said.

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