Monday, September 06, 2010

Another Pinoy Grandmaster

The Philippines is set to have another grandmaster, the country's thirteenth ever, after IM Rolando Salvador topped the inaugural International Chess Tournament Fermo-Porto San Giorgio, in Italy. Salvador actually finished equal first on 7 points from 9 games with GM Vladimir Epishin, of Russia, but was declared winner on tiebreak.

The fine performance there meant that Salvador earned his third and final grandmaster norm. Here's a win over the 2589-rated GM David Alberto.

1st Festival Internazionale del Fermano
Salvador, Roland
David, Alberto
A13

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Na3 Bxa3 6. bxa3 O-O 7. Qc2 b5 8. Ng5 c6 9. Bb2 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. f4 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 14. f5 f6 15. d3 Qe7 16. Rf4 Ba6 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Rg4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rf1 Kh7 21. Kg2 Rad8 22. Rff4 cxd3 23. exd3 c5 24. Qc1 Qe7 25. Rg6 Bb7 26. Rh4 Bxe4+ 27. dxe4 Qf8 28. Qf4 Rd7 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Qh5 Re5 31. Qe2 c4 32. Qe3 Rc7 33. g4 c3 34. g5 fxg5 35. Qd4 Rcc5 36. Rh3 c2 37. f6 c1=Q 38. fxg7+ Qxg7 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Rhxh6+ 1-0

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