Torre Tumbling Down in Round 8...

Torre face stronger opponent in PGMA Cup Round 8 who is GM Mikhail Mchedlishvili and lost in just 41 moves.

Anyway GM Mikhail Mchedlishvili is seeded 3rd in the tournament. However Torre had collected 6.5 points out of 8 games.

  GM Zhang Zhong won to keep pressure on Torre. Singapore vs Phillipines for the title. On paper Torre had better tie-break than Zhang Zhong with 1 round to play.

 

GM Li Chao also won his game against GM Konstantine Shanava hoping to keep up with Zhang Zhong & Torre.

 

Bo.		Name	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name
1	GM	MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil	5	1-0	6½	GM	TORRE Eugene
2	GM	ZHANG Zhong	5½	1-0	5	GM	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas
3		ZHOU Weiqi	5	½ - ½	5	GM	GHAEMMAGHAMI Ehsan
4	GM	SHANAVA Konstantine	5	0 - 1	5	GM	LI Chao
5	GM	WEN Yang	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son
6	GM	SO Wesley	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	SADORRA Julio Catalino
7	GM	NGUYEN Anh Dung	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	DZHUMAEV Marat
8	GM	PARAGUA Mark	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	DAO Thien Hai
9		WANG Li	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	IULDASHEV Saidali
10		NOLTE Rolando	4	½ - ½	4½	IM	NADERA Barlo
11		BALLECER Dino	4	½ - ½	4	GM	MEGARANTO Susanto
12	GM	LI Shilong	4	0 - 1	4		CAUSO Deniel
13	GM	LAYLO Darwin	4	0 - 1	4		XIU Deshun
14	IM	GOH Weiming	4	0 - 1	4	IM	GOMEZ John Paul
15		ZHANG Ziyang	4	½ - ½	4	FM	HOANG Canh Huan
16	FM	PACIS Adrian Ros	4	0 - 1	3½	IM	DIMAKILING Oliver
17	GM	GONZALES Jayson	3½	½ - ½	3½		SEGARRA Randy
18	GM	VILLAMAYOR Buenaventura	3½	1-0	3½		YU Lie
19		CASTELLANO Christopher	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	DABLEO Ronald
20	IM	BITOON Richard	3½	0 - 1	3½		YANG Kaiqi
21	IM	WOHL Aleksander	3½	0 - 1	3½		ELORTA David
22		BRANZUELA Ali	3½	½ - ½	3½	CM	NGUYEN Van Huy
23		LEGASPI Rhobel	3	1-0	3		WAN Yunguo
24	IM	MALLAHI Amir	3	1-0	3		DELA CRUZ Noel
25		JIA Haoxiang	3	1-0	3		SENADOR Emmanuel
26		NOURI Hamed	3	1-0	3		ATOTUBO Rodrigo
27		GARCIA Jan Emmanuel	2½	½ - ½	2½		OLAY Edgar Reggie
28	IM	BANCOD Ronald	2½	½ - ½	2½	WIM	SUKANDAR Irine Kharisma
29		PASCUA Haridas	2½	1-0	2½		ANDADOR Rolando
30		CARLOS Leonardo	2½	½ - ½	2½	WGM	GU Xiaobing
31		OCHOA Karl Victor	2½	0 - 1	2½		ZHANG Jing
32		GATUS Edmundo	2½	0 - 1	2½		XU Tong
33		WANG Xiaohui	2	1-0	2		BAGAMASBAD Efren
34		MAGA Mirabeau	2	½ - ½	1½	IM	GARMA Chito
35	FM	SIMANJUNTAK Sebastian	½	1-0	1½		PAEZ Alfredo
36		BARBOSA Oliver	½	0			not paired
37		SALUBRE Jayson	0	0			not paired