Friday, February 20, 2009

In case some Filipino chess fans are not yet aware of

Just a piece of trivia. Aside from Viswanathan Anand, who is the only other Asian player to defeat Vaselin Topalov and the first Asian to defeat Gata Kamsky?

Answer: Eugenio Torre, Topalov at 32nd ol, in Yerevan Armenia, 1996 and Kamsky, Manila Interzonal, Philippines 1990

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