POCKETS US$ 7,500
NEW YORK based Jan Vincent Paragua, younger brother of GM Mark Paragua defeated California ace Edimero Grefiel in the ninth and final round to settle tied for 2nd to 3rd placers along with Washington's Drayton Harrison, winner over Michigan's Loyd Gentry in the just concluded 36th annual World Open Chess Championships at the Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennyslvania, USA.
The former Marilao, Bulacan resident Jan Vincent finish undefeated in the Under 1800 section with 7 wins, 2 draws in nine outings to raise his total of 8.0 points, the same output of Grefiel. The Duo (Jan Vincent and Grefiel) split the combined US$15,000 for the 2nd and 3rd placers.
Illinois bet Michael Granata took the title and champion's purse of US$20,000 after beating Puerto Rico's Omar Aneses in the last round to notch 8.5 points.
Another Filipino entry and Florida resident Eddie Briones beat New Jersey star Srinivasan Ramanujam to join 7th placers along with six others with 7.0 points.
Other Filipinos who participated in this event includes father and son Hercules (2.5 pts) and Carlo del Mundo (6.0 pts) of Virginia, Rito Ilao (5.5 pts) of New York for the Under 1800 section; Allan Salgado of Maryland (4.0 pts), Jerry Salazar (4.0 pts) and Isaias Soriano (3.5 pts) of New York and Dexter Pacheco of Illinois (4.5 pts) for the Under 2000 section; William Marcelino of Virginia (6 pts), Allan Montalbo of Ontario, Canada (3.5 pts), Rene Glenn Ancheta of Illinois (3.5 pts), Marc Christian Nazario of Quezon City (3.0 pts) for the Under 2200 section and Florencio Zoleta of Philadephia (4.5 pts) for the Under 1600.
Meanwhile, four players---GMs Evgeny Najer of New York, Parmijaran Negi of India, Lubomir Ftacnik of Slovakia and Alexander Moiseenko of Ukraine shared top honors in the Open section after tallying identical 7.0 points apiece.
contributed by MARLON BERNARDINO edited by jovie sison.
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