CEBUANO International Master Enrique "Ikong" Sevillano finished in second place to US Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky in the American Open Chess Tournament held in Los Angeles Califronia, USA last weekend.
Southern California state champion Sevillano, prodigy of NM Bombi Aznar seized the second spot on tiebreak over four others led by another American GM, Melikset Khachiyan who, like the former Asian junior champion from Cebu, is based in California.
Yermolinsky, the US Open champion in 1993 and 1996, captured the plum with 6.0 points with five wins and two draws.
Sevillano, Khachiyan, former world junior champion IM Vinay Bhat, John Daniel Bryant and Eugene Yanayt came next under the tournament's tiebreaking formula.
In a tie for seventh to eighth were FM Alexander Kretchetiv, FM Eobby Adamson and Eric Hansen. They had 5.5 each.
FM Harutyun Akopyan and and Malcolm Tredennick tied for 10th and 11 half a point behind.
The Cebuano native left the Philippines in 1993, one year after playing at the Manila OIlympiad. He won the Asian junior crown in 1986.
Yermolinsky crushed IM Bhat but was held to a draw by IM Sevillano.
Report from MARLON BERNARDINO
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