World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad round 8 and 9: Philippines defeated England 3-1 and drew with Azerbaijan 2-2

The two GM facing each other in round 9

Filipino wood pushers trounced the English lads 3-1 in the eight round but drew their 9th round assignment to 3rd seed Azerbaijan to remain in the third spot of the World U-16 Chess Olympiad in Mersin Turkey. Against England, GM Wesley So beat Zhou Yang-Fan, Alcon John Datu subdue Sen Subin, and Jan Emmanuel Garcia humbled Auckland Elliott. The only casualty of the match is Haridas Pascua who lost to Kilpatrick Callum. And on their matches against Azerbaijan in round 9, saw the match up of the two Grandmaster, Wesley So (2577) routed GM Safarli Eltaj (2527) and Jan Emmanuel Garcia crushed Talishzada Orkhan Rovshan Oglu. However two young Pinoy lost to their young Azerbaijan counterpart as Haridas Pascua lost anew this time against IM Durarbeyli Vasif (2413) and Alcon John Datu bowed to Mammadov Ayaz. So, who is seeking his second straight individual gold medal, now has eight wins and one draw on the top board. Team Philippines has racked up six wins, three draws and only one loss so far.




You can replay the 8th round matches HERE.
- Photo courtesy of the official website

Rank after round 9
Rank	Team	Pts.	BH.	MP	SB.	BH.
1	RUSSIA	26	187	14	138,00	145
2	INDIA	25	191	14	148,50	148½
3	PHILIPPINES	24	195	13	136,25	152
4	AZERBAIJAN	23	188½	14	140,25	146½
5	GEORGIA	22½	189½	12	115,00	149½
6	ARMENIA	22	197	11	113,50	154
7	TURKIYE-A	20½	188½	10	93,50	146
8	ENGLAND	20	170	9	69,00	138½
9	SLOVAKIA	19	185	9	79,50	142½
10	ISEK AQUAMATCH	19	130	10	62,00	100½
11	TURKIYE-C	18½	164	9	68,00	128
12	SRI LANKA	18½	163	9	67,00	125½
13	TURKIYE-B	18	151	11	80,25	118½
14	SOUTH AFRICA-B	18	128½	9	52,50	102
15	GREECE	17	165	9	70,75	127½
16	TURKIYE-MERSIN	17	155	9	67,50	120½
17	TURKIYE-GIRLS-A	17	150	9	66,50	118½
18	SWITZERLAND-A	16½	167	8	61,50	132
19	SWITZERLAND-B	16½	154	8	68,25	120
20	BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA	16½	148	7	50,00	117½
21	SOUTH AFRICA-A	15½	145	8	57,25	118½
22	SYRIA	15	146	5	36,25	117
23	TURKIYE-GIRLS-B	14	138½	8	46,75	108½
24	AUSTRALIA	11½	136	5	32,00	109½
25	KENYA	10	136½	3	15,25	110
26	ALBANIA	7½	143	1	5,00	113