The Filipino woodpushers went berserk in the last round of Parsvnath International Grandmasters Tournament at the Ludlow Castle Sports complex in New Delhi, India as they copped the 1st, 2nd and 4th places.
Fast-rising Filipino Grandmaster Oliver Barbosa edged out IM Shyam Nikil to capture the elusive crown by piling up 9.5 points and became $4,000 dollars richer.
On the other hand, Filipino GM John Paul Gomez extracted a hard-earned draw over Chinese Ma Qun to tie Indian IM M.R. Lalith Babu for 2nd to 3rd place. Gomez grabbed the second spot when the tiebreak was applied.
GM Mark Paragua outclassed Russian GM Evgeny Gleizerov to claim fourth place.
The fourth Filipino campaigner in the 11 round Swiss system that attracted more than 700 players, GM Richard Bitoon was not successful as he yielded to Kulkarni Chinmay of India to finished tied for 66th place with just 6.5 points.
The Filipinos strong performance in India is indeed marvelous and this is evident that chess in the country is on a rise.
The Philippines so far has 13 Grandmasters and two are Super Grandmasters. Barbosa now has a live rating of 2610 and Wesley So who totes a rating of 2658 is still in the Top 100 Players in the world.
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In an attempt to bolster its lineup the Washington Nationals gets what it wished for as they acquire All-Star lefty pitcher Gio Gonzales in a 6-player trade with the Oakland Athletics.
The 26 year-old Gonzales copped his first All-Star selection this year after winding up among the American leaders in wins, strikeouts (197), ERA (3.12) with a 16-12 record in 32 starts.
Washington Nationals Executive Vice President for Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo said, “Gio is a frontline starter with glooming credentials. The vast majority of which were achieved before his 26th birthday… Gio’s presence reinforces the top position of our rotation with yet another power arm to compete in the rugged National League East.”
Gonzales amassed a career record of 38-32 in 95 games and an impressive 3.93 ERA.
The Nationals also obtained minor league right-handed pitcher Robert Gilliam, while Athletics get right handed pitchers A.J. Cole and Brad Peacock, left-handed pitcher Tom Milone and catcher Derek Norris.
Tags: A.J. Cole, Brad Peacock, career record, catcher Derek Norris, ERA, General Manager Mike Rizzo, Gio Gonzales, pitcher, Robert Gilliam, strikeouts, Tom Milone, Washington Nationals Executive Vice President for Baseball Operations, wins
Baseball | howitzer | 
December 29, 2011 4:05 pm | 
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The Filipino ring hero, Manny Pacquiao may face the IBF light welterweight champion, Lamont Peterson. Peterson is willing to mix it up with the fancied Filipino pugilist who holds the distinction of winning 8 world titles in as many world weight categories.
Peterson who hails from, Washington, District of Columbia was been added into the short list of probable opponents for Pacquiao in the year 2012. The much anticipated fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather was stalled anew Floyd Mayweather Jr. was handed with a 90 day jail sentence on account of misdemeanor domestic violence charges. Mayweather doesn’t have enough time to prepare for his fight against Pacquiao on May, 2012.
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