Round 10 Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad Report: Philippines vs. Vietnam (2-2)

This must be the least exciting match for Team [country]Philippines[/country] so far in the [event]Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad[/event]. The Round 10 match against [country]Vietnam[/country] ended in all-way draw. Meaning from Board 1 to Board 4, the results were unexciting draws, regardless of the matchup being fairly even to start with.

We expected hoped GM [player]Wesley So[/player] to at least pull off a win for the team, but unfortunately he was forced by GM [player]Le Quang Liem[/player] into a draw after 39 moves. [player]Wesley So[/player] posted 2 wins and 8 draws after 10 rounds of play.

Check out the match up between: Philippines vs. Vietnam.

Check out how the draws happened from following pages:

• Wesley So vs. Le Quang Liem


• Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son vs. Oliver Barbosa


• Eugene Torre vs. Nguyen Van Huy


• Nguyen Doc Hoa vs. Mark Paragua

After the draw with Vietnam in Round 10, [country]Philippines[/country] is ranked No. 11 and will be up against [country]Romania[/country] in the final 11th round.

[country]Romania[/country] was seeded 25th at the start of the tournament and currently stands next to Philippines at 12th place. The players that compose Team Romania are as follows:

B		Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2614		1	0	0	1	1	1	0	½	½	5.0
2	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2618	1		1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	7.5
3	GM	Marin Mihail	2548	1	½	0		1	1	½	0			4.0
4	GM	Vajda Levente	2612	½	0		½	1	1	1	½	1	1	6.5
5	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2554	1	1	0	½					½	0	3.0

The final Round 11 resumes on Sunday 4pm (Philippine Time). See you then, and we can only hope for a 4-0 win by [country]Philippines[/country].