Lets talk about chess here...

[ceedee]

an older article
http://news.inq7.net/archive_article...&story_id=7820
Poor form sends Paragua tumbling out of Top 100

that article didnt included the ELO rating of our whiz kid FM Wesley So... its already at 2330 up by 75 ELO points.

other prominent RP players in the list are:

GM Bong Villamayor 2430 (12th ranked)
NM Darwin Laylo 2428 (13th ranked)
IM Jayson Gonzales 2426 (14th ranked)

btw, the results of san marino open was not included in the July's calculation so definitely Paragua is already out of the Super GM status as of this moment.

meantime, NM Shercila Cua is now our country's top women chessplayer. her ELO rating stands at 2229, two points ahead of our Olympiad heroine NM Catherine Perena. rounding out the top 10 are Enerose Magno (2192), WFM Sheerie Joy Lomibao (2188), WIM Beverly Mendoza (2147), WIM Christine Rose Mariano (2083), NM Lorizel Quizon (2077), Olympiad NM Sherily Cua (2061), NM Kimberly Jane Cunanan (1975), NM Geneline Ramos (1867).

[adonis827]

hi ceedee! tapos na ang boxing dito ka na uli

[ceedee]

^^ hi adonis, pwede naman ako kahit saan sports e.

[aklan_archer]

Nakakafrustrate talaga minsan ang chess pag tumigal ka. Modesty aside my ranking before was 1850 but it was not official. Sa province lang namin kasi lagi may tournaments at inaaply namin ang pagadd like ratings like sa computer game. Chess kasi dapat araw-araw at presko lagi. Nakakafrustrate. :P Favorite ko alekhine sa black and King's Indian Attack sa white. Hindi na ako kasing galing kasi basketball na ako ngayon. Hope to play with you guys sa net one of these days.

[ceedee]

Nakakafrustrate talaga minsan ang chess pag tumigal ka. Modesty aside my ranking before was 1850 but it was not official. Sa province lang namin kasi lagi may tournaments at inaaply namin ang pagadd like ratings like sa computer game. Chess kasi dapat araw-araw at presko lagi. Nakakafrustrate. :P Favorite ko alekhine sa black and King's Indian Attack sa white. Hindi na ako kasing galing kasi basketball na ako ngayon. Hope to play with you guys sa net one of these days.

alekhine is one of my favorite openings kasi patayan kaagad sa centerboard ang labanan. pag black pieces naman ang hawak ko, i usually countered sicilian pag e4 ang first move ng white. pero depende rin kung ano ang first move ng white. like you, medyo matagal na rin ako d naglalaro ng chess dahil sa daming work. but once in a while, nagbabasa din ako ng chess books or nanood ng games sa internet like what i did sa kakatapos lang na Olympiad.

[one_of_the_endless]

Any recommended sites for internet chess?

[Big Ticket]

question lang: pano kino-compute ang ELO rating?

[ceedee]

Any recommended sites for internet chess?

try yahoo games. mayroon internet chess dun. may ranking ka matatanggap dun if you play regularly there.

[ceedee]

question lang: pano kino-compute ang ELO rating?

sa totoo lang, may pagka-complicated ang pag-compute ng ELO ratings. pero there are two important basis on how to compute. the strength of the tournament a player is participating, and the strength of his opponent he will meet in a certain round of the tournament. pag tinalo ng isang player ang mas mataas na rated player, mas malaki ang matatanggap mong ELO points. pag natalo siya sa mababang rated player, babawasan yun sa ELO points nya.

[one_of_the_endless]

try yahoo games. mayroon internet chess dun. may ranking ka matatanggap dun if you play regularly there.

Thanks! I'll try the site.

Any favorites of the recent chess programs in the market?

[one_of_the_endless]

try yahoo games. mayroon internet chess dun. may ranking ka matatanggap dun if you play regularly there.

I've tried the site. The interface is user-friendly. Anybody who are online regularly?

[lacquer_head]

sa totoo lang, may pagka-complicated ang pag-compute ng ELO ratings. pero there are two important basis on how to compute. the strength of the tournament a player is participating, and the strength of his opponent he will meet in a certain round of the tournament. pag tinalo ng isang player ang mas mataas na rated player, mas malaki ang matatanggap mong ELO points. pag natalo siya sa mababang rated player, babawasan yun sa ELO points nya.

Yes, I agree with cedee. It is complicated to compute the ELO rating. But the basic idea is that if you have a rating of 1800 you are expected to beat one at 1600 by the same margin with a ratio of 3:1 like someone who is rated 2600 beating a 2400 player.

Example would be the match between Fischer and Spassky in the 1972 championships, they had ratings of 2785 and 2675 respectively which suggested Fischer would win 13:7. But the actual result was 12.5:7.5 excluding the defaulted game and so Fischer won the championship but made his rating went down slightly.

[ceedee]

got this news from tempo.....

3 GMs up in arms over Asiad chess elims format
By NOLI CRUZ

Grandmasters Mark Paragua, Joey Antonio and Eugene Torre, who played the top boards in the recent World Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy, said they will not take part in the 11-round Swiss System tournament that begins Sept. 1 at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.




Only three slots, including one for a female player, will be disputed in the elimination event to be held barely three months before the Asiad set in Doha, Qatar.

Torre and Paragua are batting for a round-robin event while Antonio questioned the wisdom of using one event to choose the country’s representatives.

"We’re not asking to be seeded in the team. All we want is to make it a round-robin affair," said Torre, noting that the format does not determine the best players.

"Hindi ako maglalaro ng pag hindi nila babaguhin ang format," Torre said.

He pointed out that Indonesia and host country Qatar have seeded their best players in the team.

Indonesia will be represented by GMs Utut Adianto and Susanto Megaranto while Qatar even tapped Armenian GM Vladimir Akopian to combine forces with GM Al Modiakhi.

Paragua, the only Filipino to have breached the 2600 ELO barrier, echoed Torre’s sentiments.

"S’yempre gusto natin na ‘yung best players ang mag-represent sa bansa natin," Paragua said. "Sa Swiss kasi kahit untitled player p’wedeng umangat kapag maganda ang simula at sinuwerte sa pairing."

Antonio, on the other hand, contended that the NCFP should not make one tournament as basis for the selection of national players.

"Tama sila (Torre/ Paragua) pero para sa akin one-year performance ang tignan nila. That way sure tayo na malakas ang representative natin sa Asian Games, SEA Games at Olympiad," said Antonio, the country’s top scorer in the last Olympiad.

Due to his failing health, Antonio said he may skip the event.

"I am taking medication right now so I don’t think I am ready to play," he said.

Contacted for comment, NCFP executive director lawyer Samuel Estimo promised to raise the issue brought up by the three GMs in the next board meeting.

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same old issue again.... with three and a half months to go before Doha Asiad Games, ngayon lang nila naisipan magkaroon ng elimination tournament? akala ko ba nagbago na ang chess federation under pichay?

[shock_and_awe]

Nakakafrustrate talaga minsan ang chess pag tumigal ka. Modesty aside my ranking before was 1850 but it was not official. Sa province lang namin kasi lagi may tournaments at inaaply namin ang pagadd like ratings like sa computer game. Chess kasi dapat araw-araw at presko lagi. Nakakafrustrate. :P Favorite ko alekhine sa black and King's Indian Attack sa white. Hindi na ako kasing galing kasi basketball na ako ngayon. Hope to play with you guys sa net one of these days.

Ako naman, I used to play competitive chess nung college pa ko but when i started working, madalang na. However, when i took my MBA, bumalik yung interest ko. We won a gold medal in one of the annual inter-MBA chess tournament.... King pawn player (parang si Vishy Anand) ako kaya laging e4 ang opening move pag White. Pag black naman, pag e4 ang kalaban, usually Sicilian (minsan tawag ko Civilian dahil maraming sibilyan ang gumagamit. hehehe). Paborito ko Dragon Variation (narefute na to dati ni GM Nigel Short pero bumabalik na ngayon sa mainstream chess). Minsan, Najdorf. Pag d4 ang kalaban, usually King's Indian Defense ako (pero narefute na rin ito using the Bayonet Attack). King's Indian si Kasparov dati. Minsan, Slav Defense ang ginagamit ko ala Vlad Kramnik.

Mahirap gawing career ang chess. Kelangan todo ang praktis at maraming kinakain na oras. Kaya ngayon, past-time na lang ang chess para sa kin (d kagaya nung high school na hindi na halos ako kumakain ng tanghalian dahil sa kache-chess).

[shock_and_awe]

same old issue again.... with three and a half months to go before Doha Asiad Games, ngayon lang nila naisipan magkaroon ng elimination tournament? akala ko ba nagbago na ang chess federation under pichay?

at least kay pichay, medyo united na yung mga players. maraming tournaments na ang ino-open....tama naman talaga ang players. dapat talaga round robin. dahil pag swiss system, pag sinuwerte ka sa pairings, mananalo ka. pag round-robin, kakalabanin mo yung mga magaling. d ka makakaiwas. sa tingin ko dapat, i-seed na lang si GM Paragua, GM Torre and GM Antonio. Tapos, sa last slot (plus two reserves), yun na lang ang pag-aawayan.

Here's a good line-up

B1 GM Mark Paragua
B2 GM Eugene Torre
B3 GM Rogelio Antonio
B4 IM Oliver Dimakiling
R1 FM Wesley So
R2 IM Ronald Dableo (IM ba sya or NM?)

ok lang na board 1 si Paragua dahil may experience na sya. pero nung sa olympiad, dapat talaga board 2 lang sya.

[one_of_the_endless]

at least kay pichay, medyo united na yung mga players. maraming tournaments na ang ino-open....tama naman talaga ang players. dapat talaga round robin. dahil pag swiss system, pag sinuwerte ka sa pairings, mananalo ka. pag round-robin, kakalabanin mo yung mga magaling. d ka makakaiwas. sa tingin ko dapat, i-seed na lang si GM Paragua, GM Torre and GM Antonio. Tapos, sa last slot (plus two reserves), yun na lang ang pag-aawayan.

Here's a good line-up

B1 GM Mark Paragua
B2 GM Eugene Torre
B3 GM Rogelio Antonio
B4 IM Oliver Dimakiling
R1 FM Wesley So
R2 IM Ronald Dableo (IM ba sya or NM?)

ok lang na board 1 si Paragua dahil may experience na sya. pero nung sa olympiad, dapat talaga board 2 lang sya.

A round-robin is always good. How about mixing it up with 2 rapid games after the initial match? This will prevent, somehow, draws.

[one_of_the_endless]

Ako naman, I used to play competitive chess nung college pa ko but when i started working, madalang na. However, when i took my MBA, bumalik yung interest ko. We won a gold medal in one of the annual inter-MBA chess tournament.... King pawn player (parang si Vishy Anand) ako kaya laging e4 ang opening move pag White. Pag black naman, pag e4 ang kalaban, usually Sicilian (minsan tawag ko Civilian dahil maraming sibilyan ang gumagamit. hehehe). Paborito ko Dragon Variation (narefute na to dati ni GM Nigel Short pero bumabalik na ngayon sa mainstream chess). Minsan, Najdorf. Pag d4 ang kalaban, usually King's Indian Defense ako (pero narefute na rin ito using the Bayonet Attack). King's Indian si Kasparov dati. Minsan, Slav Defense ang ginagamit ko ala Vlad Kramnik.

Mahirap gawing career ang chess. Kelangan todo ang praktis at maraming kinakain na oras. Kaya ngayon, past-time na lang ang chess para sa kin (d kagaya nung high school na hindi na halos ako kumakain ng tanghalian dahil sa kache-chess).

Hey shock_and_awe, what school did you play for?

[shock_and_awe]

dlsu gsb. were you a player?

[ceedee]

at least kay pichay, medyo united na yung mga players. maraming tournaments na ang ino-open....tama naman talaga ang players. dapat talaga round robin. dahil pag swiss system, pag sinuwerte ka sa pairings, mananalo ka. pag round-robin, kakalabanin mo yung mga magaling. d ka makakaiwas. sa tingin ko dapat, i-seed na lang si GM Paragua, GM Torre and GM Antonio. Tapos, sa last slot (plus two reserves), yun na lang ang pag-aawayan.

Here's a good line-up

B1 GM Mark Paragua
B2 GM Eugene Torre
B3 GM Rogelio Antonio
B4 IM Oliver Dimakiling
R1 FM Wesley So
R2 IM Ronald Dableo (IM ba sya or NM?)

ok lang na board 1 si Paragua dahil may experience na sya. pero nung sa olympiad, dapat talaga board 2 lang sya.

the chess competition in Doha Asiad games will be a mixed team competition. each country will be represented by 2 males and one female player.it will be a nine round swiss system tournament in two different events, the classical and rapid chess.

with that development, dapat round-robin tournament ang kailangan sa elimination. but with time running out, its better to send GM Mark Paragua, GM Eugene Torre and Turin Olympiad top scorer FM Catherine Perena to Doha.

[shock_and_awe]

^what? does it mean that there are only three players (two males, one female) in the match play? ba't d na lang ginawang apat, which is the convention?