Round 6 Results - Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad (Philippines vs. Bulgaria)

The big news: a turnaround win by Oliver Barbosa vs. Kiril Georgiev on Board 2.

All analyses lead to Barbosa already losing the game beginning from his 50th move, when 7 moves later, on Georgiev's 57th move, he (Georgiev) made a big blunder, which cost him the game, and his team the match.

Just like in 2010, the Wesley So vs. Veselin Topalov matchup ended in a draw. The former world champion, GM Veselin Topalov, may have been aggressive going to the middle game, but the underdog, GM Wesley So, never lost his grounds. Eugene Torre and Mark Paragua halved their points as well with their respective opponents.

The final tally: 2.5 to 1.5 in favor of The Philippines!

Bo.	Philippines	Score	Bulgaria
1	Wesley So	1/2-1/2	Veselin Topalov
2	Oliver Barbosa	1-0	Kiril Georgiev
3	Eugene Torre	1/2-1/2	Ivan Cheparinov
4	Mark Paragua	1/2-1/2	Alexander Delchev

You may replay the games from the following pages:

• Wesley So vs. Veselin Topalov


• Kiril Georgiev vs. Oliver Barbosa


• Eugene Torre vs. Ivan Cheparinov


• Alexander Delchev vs. Mark Paragua

You may also download the (zipped) PGN file of the games.

Congratulations, Team Pilipinas!

UPDATE:

After winning the 6th round against Bulgaria, Team Philippines is now ranked 5th overall coming into Round 7. In the 7th round, they will be facing the team from Hungary, lead by Super GM's like Peter Leko and Judit Polgar.

Here's the composition of Team Hungary:

Bo.		Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1	GM	Leko Peter	2737		1	½	½	½	½	3.0
2	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2713	½		½	1	0	1	3.0
3	GM	Polgar Judit	2698	1	½	1	½	½	1	4.5
4	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2685	½	½	1	1		½	3.5
5	GM	Balogh Csaba	2668	1	½			½		2.0