Chess Olympiad 2012 Round 4 Results for Team Philippines

Team Philippines incurred its first team loss (and even its first player loss) in the fourth round in the ongoing Istanbul 2012 World Chess Cup, against one of the toughest teams -- the 3rd seed, in fact -- Armenia.

Team Armenia is of course headed by the current second highest ELO rated player in the person of Levon Aronian.

The final tally: Philippines is 1.5 as against Armenia's 2.5, as Oliver Dimakiling bowed to Gabriel Sargissian in Board 4, while the rest of the boards were draws:

Bo.	Team Philippines	Rating	Result	Team Armenia	Rating
1	Wesley So	2652	1/2-1/2	Levon Aronian	2816
2	Oliver Barbosa	2554	1/2-1/2	Sergei Movsesian	2698
3	Mark Paragua	2508	1/2-1/2	Vladimir Akopian	2687
4	Oliver Dimakiling	2428	0-1	Gabriel Sargissian	2693

Although a loss, I'd say it was a decent loss, and the team did really fought a good game. After all, they came clearly as the underdog, a 35th seed up against the 3rd seed, before the start of the round.

You can replay the games from these pages:

• Wesley So vs. Levon Aronian [Chess Olympiad 2012] [R4]


• Sergei Movsesian vs. Oliver Barbosa [Chess Olympiad 2012] [R4]


• Mark Paragua vs. Vladimir Akopian [Chess Olympiad 2012] [R4]


• Gabriel Sargissian vs. Oliver Dimakiling [Chess Olympiad 2012] [R4]

Download the PGN: Philippines vs. Armenia Round 4 Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad.

Updates

After four rounds, Team Philippines is ranked no. 20.

In the fifth round, Team Philippines will be up against the 51st seed Iceland, who shares the same standings with 3 wins and 1 loss (0 draws).

Check out Team Iceland Profile.