Philippines vs. Romania Results in Round 11 Istanbul 2012

Team [country]Philippines[/country] certainly has run out of luck in the last three rounds of the [event]Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad[/event]. It started with a devastating loss to China in Round 9, a draw to Vietnam in Round 10, and now a loss to Romania in Round 11.

[player]Wesley So[/player] in Board 1 is the top player we expected to deliver the upsets against the opposing teams, even against the higher-rated players as he used to do in the past, has settled with 2 wins and 9 draws in the course of the tournament.

The final tally for the final Round 11 is: Philippines (1) vs. Romania (3):

Bo.	Philippines	Score	Romania
1	Wesley So	1/2-1/2	Constantin Lupulescu
2	Oliver Barbosa	1/2-1/2	Mircea-Emilian Parligras
3	Eugene Torre	0-1	Levente Vajda
4	Mark Paragua	0-1	Vladislav Nevednichy

Check out the games in the following pages:

• Constantin Lupulescu vs. Wesley So


• Oliver Barbosa vs. Mircea-Emilian Parligras


• Levente Vajda vs. Eugene Torre


• Mark Paragua vs. Vladislav Nevednichy

At the conclusion of the tournament, [country]Philippines[/country] (Open) finished No. 21, even behind Bulgaria, Moldova and England which it defeated in the earlier rounds.

For more info: see: How Team Philippines Fared in Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad.