1st Korea Open, 5th Singapore Masters International Open

Chinese chess domination of the region continues. It was not really a big surprise though, seeing another untitled, unknown Chinese player came out of nowhere and bag the first ever major chess tournament to be held in Korea like it was just another day of chess festivals for the Chinese. His name is Yang Kaiqi (2429) and that's all we know of him. There are two Filipino chess campaigners in this event. GM candidate Julio Catalino Sadorra and IM Oliver Dimakiling. Sadorra garnered a total of 6 points with 5 wins, 2 draws and two defeats to finished the tournament tied for sixth to eight place while IM Oliver Dimakiling had garnered a total of 5.5 points with 5 wins, a draw and 3 defeats good for eleven to thirteenth place finished. Next stop for some of our chessers is in Singapore to compete in the tough 5th Singapore Masters International Open to be held on December 9 to 15. Seven Filipino masters have already confirmed their participation in this week long event namely GM Mark Paragua (2526), IM Richard Bitoon (2439), IM Julio Catalino Sadorra (2431), Dino Ballecer (2410), Kim Steven Yap (2386), IM Chiong Luis (2361), Levi Mercado (2257). Please visit the -5th Singapore Masters International website for more details.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds of the 1st Korea Open

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1		Yang Kaiqi	CHN	2429	6,5	51,0	36,25	35,5
2	IM	Sitanggang Salor	INA	2375	6,5	49,5	34,00	32,0
3	GM	Ehlvest Jaan	USA	2581	6,5	49,5	33,75	32,0
4	GM	Adianto Utut	INA	2554	6,5	48,5	33,50	30,5
5	IM	Li Wenliang	CHN	2443	6,5	48,0	32,50	32,0
6	GM	Filippov Anton	UZB	2543	6,0	55,5	37,00	35,0
7	IM	Nadanian Ashot	ARM	2445	6,0	52,5	33,75	33,0
8	IM	Sadorra Julio Catillo	PHI	2431	6,0	50,5	31,25	35,5
9		Pak Evgeniy	KAZ	2243	6,0	50,0	31,75	30,5
10	FM	Altanoch Genden	MGL	2216	6,0	44,5	27,00	27,0
11	IM	Wang Rui	CHN	2420	5,5	48,0	27,75	28,5
12	IM	Diu Viacheslav	RUS	2453	5,5	47,5	26,25	28,5
13	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2448	5,5	42,0	22,50	24,5
14		Arauz Samuel	TPE	0	5,0	44,0	21,00	26,0
15		Qu Yanqiao	CHN	2144	5,0	44,0	20,50	23,0
16		Chogdov Monkhbat	KOR	0	5,0	42,0	20,25	26,0
17		Tan Weiliang	SIN	2040	5,0	41,5	18,50	26,0
18	WIM	Tuvshinyugs Batchimeg	USA	2293	5,0	41,0	21,50	23,0
19		Muniz Pardino Alberto	ESP	2113	5,0	39,5	19,00	24,0
20	GM	Kim Alexey	KOR	2481	4,5	46,5	20,25	26,5
21	IM	Petronic Jovan	SRB	2405	4,5	45,5	20,00	24,0
22		Kojima Shinya	JPN	2272	4,5	42,0	16,75	24,5
23	CM	Lee Sanghoon	KOR	2109	4,5	38,5	14,75	23,5
24		Cho Sungho	KOR	1575	4,5	36,5	15,75	17,5
25		Iwasaki Yudai	JPN	2110	4,0	44,5	17,50	22,0
26		Lee Kiyul	KOR	1952	4,0	40,0	16,50	18,5
27		Chung Sunghoon	KOR	1828	4,0	38,0	13,50	20,0
28		Kim Yongtae	KOR	1853	4,0	38,0	12,00	21,0
29		Yang Wen Chin	TPE	1761	4,0	36,0	12,50	19,0
30		Kang Hyoseok	KOR	0	4,0	34,5	11,50	15,5
31		Han Moonduk	KOR	0	4,0	31,0	13,75	15,0
32		Mun Ikchan	KOR	0	4,0	30,0	10,00	15,0
33	WFM	Zinmar Min Than	MYA	2091	3,5	39,0	11,75	21,0
34		Kim Sungmin	KOR	1539	3,5	33,5	11,50	12,5
35		Son Romon	KOR	1570	3,5	33,5	9,75	17,5
36		Batsaikhan Tserendori	USA	2057	3,0	45,0	12,00	20,0
37		Lim Hakyung	KOR	1566	3,0	34,0	9,75	16,5
38		Lee Sung Geun	KOR	0	3,0	33,5	8,00	15,0
39		Wolfaardt Francois	RSA	1858	3,0	31,0	8,00	16,0
40		Baek Wongi	KOR	1681	2,5	37,5	8,25	15,5
41		Byun Seongwon	KOR	0	2,5	35,5	9,25	11,5
42	FM	Song Jinwoo	KOR	1993	2,0	41,5	5,50	12,0
43		Kim Minhee	KOR	0	2,0	34,5	5,00	13,0
44		Kang Jinsu	KOR	1589	2,0	30,5	4,00	6,0
45		Lee Youngmi	KOR	1612	1,5	30,5	3,00	3,5
46		You Garam	KOR	1511	1,5	29,5	4,00	6,5
47		Im Sunghae	KOR	1528	0,0	24,5	0,00	0,0