PHNO-SP: PARALYMPICS: PH WOMEN CHESSERS TRIM MEXICO; MEN SQUADS BOW TO ARMENIA

PARALYMPICS: PH WOMEN CHESSERS TRIM MEXICO; MEN SQUADS BOW TO
ARMENIA


[PHOTO -The Philippines in the 2012 London Paralympics.
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MANILA, SEPTEMBER 2, 2012 (PHILSTAR) (The Philippine Star)
Updated September 02, 2012 12:00 AMComments (0)

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines women's team downed Mexico, 3-1, to
make up for its men's counterparts' heartbreaking 1.5-2.5 defeat to third seed
Armenia after four rounds of the World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey Friday
night.
Woman International Master Catherine Perena, Janelle Mae Frayna and Jan
Jodilyn Fronda delivered the wins on boards one, three and four that sent the
Filipina chessers to a share of 13th place with 18 others with six points
each.


The lone Phl casualty was Rulp Ylem Jose, whose Slav defense was totally
destroyed by Ivette Ale Garcia Morales in 56 moves on Board Three.
It somehow soothed the pain felt by the men's side following a narrow defeat
at the hands of the Armenians.
Grandmaster Gabriel Sargissian's clinical 25-move victory over IM Oliver
Dimakiling in their Benoni encounter on Board Four clinched the Armenians' win.
GMs Wesley So, Oliver Barbosa and Mark Paragua drew their games with high-rated
opponents.
So halved the point with GM Levon Aronian, ranked second in the world with an
impressive elo rating of 2816, in 51 moves of a Ruy Lopez duel.
So borrowed an old line from teammate and Olympiad veteran Eugene Torre in
stalling the massive attack by Aronian, who couldn't get anything out of their
rook-against-knight-and-pawns endgame and settled for the draw.
Barbosa split the point with GM Sergei Movsesian in 37 moves of another Slav
battle while Paragua had a dangerous pair of knights and a rook against GM
Vladimir Akopian's two rooks but the two still agreed to halve the point in 45
moves of yet another Slav game.
It was the first defeat by the Filipinos following impressive victories over
Libya, Moldova and Kazakhstan in the first three rounds.
The Phl skidded to a share of 16th place along with 20 others including sixth
seed China, which lost to top seed Russia, 1-3.
The Phl, ranked 35th, is scheduled to face Iceland next.
Iceland, a perennial contender, has sent a team here that is only seeded
61st.
The women's side, ranked 57th, will take on 61st pick South Africa.
The 60-year-old Torre is expected to play his first game against Iceland,
making him the chesser with the most Olympiad appearance with 21, surpassing the
20 by Hungarian GM Lajos Portisch.

[PHOTO -MEANWHILE AT CANOE FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIP IN MILAN: THE Philippines validated the title as the newest
sensation in world dragon boat racing after claiming two gold medals at the
expense of Russia on Friday in the International Canoe Federation-organized
World Championships at the Idroscalo water sports club in Milan. Aside the two
golds, the Filipino paddlers also claimed a silver as they went 2-1 in their
head-to-head duel with the mighty Russians.]

[PHOTO -Members of the Philippine Dragon Boat Team proudly
wave mini-Philippine flags during the athletes' parade before the World Dragon
Boat Championship in Milan.]




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