Posts Tagged ‘Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr.’

EUGENE Torre, Asia's First Grandmaster had one thing in his mind, to follow the foot step of his buddy GM Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr., the lone Filipino player who make it to this year's World Chess Cup (World Chess Championships) in Khantiy, Mansiyk, Russia. Antonio, who hails from Calapan, Oriental Mindoro made it to the top five in the Asia Continental Individual Chess Championships in ... Full story

Final Standings: 8.0 points---1st GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India), 2nd GM Zhou Weiqi (China) 7.5 points---3rd Yu Yangyi (China), 4th GM Yu Shaoteng (China), 5th GM Le Quang Liem (Vietnam), 6th GM ROGELIO ANTONIO (PHILIPPINES),  7th GM Hou Yifan (China), 8th GM Zhou Jianchao (China) 7.0 points---9th GM Chanda Sandipan (India), 10th GM Krishnan Sasikiran (India), 11th GM Abhijit Kunte (India), 12th GM Abhijeet Gupta (India), 13th GM ... Full story

FILIPINO GM Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. winning ways was halted yesterday by Indian GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly in the 10th round of 2009 Asian Continental Individual Chess Championship in Subic Freeport. Antonio's loss stuck at 7.0 points and was dropped into 3rd to 7th placers that include 11th round opponent Chinese GM Zhou Weiqi, who brought downed Indian GM Chanda Sandipan. Ganguly and Weiqi, both tallied 7.5 ... Full story

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA---FILIPINO Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. joined compatriot and reigning US Open champion IM Enrico "Ikong" Sevillano, US masters Bart Navarro and Ruben Ondangan to lead the Philippine charge at the start of 18th Annual North American Open Chess Championship set to open on December 27 at the Bally's Casino Resort Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The North American Open features a $150,000 projected ... Full story

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA---THERE'S no stopping Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. The Many-Time RP Open champion garnered 8.5 out of ten games to emerged over-all champion in this year's Super Blitz Open Chess Championships was held recently at the famous Chess Palace here. Antonio, the pride of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, whose stint here is being supported by ... Full story