105 views | January 5th, 2011 By Chan Boon Siang. Contributed by Jovan Petronic Stansfield Residence, Singapore, December 31 – Jan 1, 2011 — Singapore beat Malaysia at the 7th Singapore International Chess Festival, with only a single point separating the two sides. New ‘Singaporean’ GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili took the inaugural ASEAN Championship on a [...]

By U.S. News Agency / Asian Former national junior champion IM Oliver Barbosa kept the Philippine flag flying by drawing with top seed GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili of Singapore in the seventh round of the 2010 ASEAN Open Chess championships at the Stanfield Residences along Vernon Road here Wednesday. Barbosa, who rose to prominence by winning [...]

Standings after seven rounds: 5.5 points -– Z. Azmaiparashvili (Singapore) 5.0 –- O. Barbosa (Philippines) 4.5 — NV. Huy (Vietnam), R. Bitoon (Philippines), D. T. Hai (Vietnam), J. Gomez (Philippines), S. Megaranto (Indonesia), S. Yap (Philippines) SINGAPORE, Dec. 30 (PNA) — Former national junior champion IM Oliver Barbosa kept the Philippine flag flying by drawing [...]

Filipino International Masters (IM) Richard Bitoon and Oliver Barbosa recorded a win and a draw, respectively, to fortify their respective title bids in the 1st ASEAN Open Chess Championship in Singapore. Bitoon defeated FIDE Master (FM) Nguyen Duc Hoa of Vietnam while Barbosa battled Grandmaster (GM) and tournament third seed Susanto Mergaranto of Indonesia to [...]

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Grandmaster (GM) John Paul Gomez  brought down countryman and International Master (IM) Kim Steven Yap to forge a 5-way tie for the lead with 4 others in the third round of the 1st ASEAN Chess Championship in Singapore Sunday. Gomez, a De La Salle University mechanical engineering graduate student, is tied [...]