2012 World Chess Olympiad Round 8: Philippines stun 11th seed England behind Torre and Barbosa

Istanbul, Turkey – Another one bites the dust! The Philippines continued its surprising run in the 2012 World Chess Olympiad after beating a much higher ranked England chess team. GM Wesley So (2652) and GM Mark Paragua (2508) drew their matches against GM Michael Adams (2722) and GM Nicolas Pert (2555) respectively. It was in the middle boards that the Philippines gained advantage over England.  Asia’s first chess Grandmaster Eugene Torre won his second straight match as he surprised Nigel Short while playing black to give the Philippines a 2-1 lead. GM Oliver Barbosa redeemed himself after losing his match in the previous round by winning over 2012 British Champion Gawain Jones to complete the 3-1 romp.

The Philippines jumped to 6th in the overall rankings.  They will face China in the next round. England dropped to 17th and they will face another Southeast Asian chess power in Vietnam in Round 9.

Other Results:

Russia 2.5 -1.5 Ukraine

China 2.0-2.0 Azerbaijan

Armenia 3.0-1.0 Uzbekistan

USA 3.0-1.0 FYROM

Germany 2.5-1.5 Hungary

India 2.0-2.0 Serbia

Israel 3.5-0.5 Spain

Netherlands 3.0-1.0 Latvia

Argentina 3.0-1.0 Romania

NOTES: The win as the 6th for the Philippines in 8 rounds while the loss was the first for England in the 2012 Olympiad.  The Philippines upped their record to 6 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss while England fell to 4 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss. It was also the first time in this year’s edition for Nigel Short to lose after winning 5 of his first 7 matches. He is England’s top scorer so far with 6 points and he was the pacesetter for the Gold medal in Board No. 3 after Round 7.  Eugene Torre (2469) had the lowest ELO rating among the 7 GMs that Short faced in the 2012 Chess Olympiad. So and Paragua have never lost after playing in all 8 rounds for the Philippines.

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Ranking after Round 8:

Rk. SNo Team Team Games   +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 1 1 Russia RUS 8 7 1 0 15 207.5 21.5 81.00 2 6 China CHN 8 6 1 1 13 206.5 22.5 80.00 3 3 Armenia ARM 8 6 1 1 13 206.0 21.0 83.00 4 5 United States Of America USA 8 5 3 0 13 201.5 23.5 73.00 5 14 Germany GER 8 5 3 0 13 183.5 21.0 74.00 6 35 Philippines PHI 8 6 1 1 13 179.0 22.5 70.00 7 7 Azerbaijan AZE 8 5 2 1 12 192.0 23.0 75.00 8 2 Ukraine UKR 8 6 0 2 12 187.0 21.0 80.00 9 9 Netherlands NED 8 6 0 2 12 168.5 22.0 67.00 10 8 France FRA 8 5 2 1 12 165.0 20.5 71.00 11 12 Israel ISR 8 5 2 1 12 163.5 20.0 68.00 12 29 Argentina ARG 8 5 2 1 12 158.5 20.0 67.00 13 16 Poland POL 8 6 0 2 12 153.0 21.0 68.00 14 4 Hungary HUN 8 5 1 2 11 185.5 19.5 82.00 15 13 India IND 8 3 5 0 11 178.0 20.0 79.00 16 26 Georgia GEO 8 5 1 2 11 171.5 21.5 72.00 17 11 England ENG 8 4 3 1 11 166.0 18.5 79.00 18 33 Uzbekistan UZB 8 5 1 2 11 163.0 21.0 70.00 19 17 Czech Republic CZE 8 4 3 1 11 163.0 20.0 70.00 20 20 Serbia SRB 8 4 3 1 11 160.5 21.5 66.00 21 32 Belarus BLR 8 5 1 2 11 154.5 21.0 64.00 22 49 FYROM MKD 8 5 1 2 11 153.5 19.5 73.00 23 27 Vietnam VIE 8 4 3 1 11 152.0 21.0 62.00 24 22 Italy ITA 8 5 1 2 11 151.0 21.0 68.00 25 28 Slovenia SLO 8 5 1 2 11 146.0 18.0 67.00 26 39 Denmark DEN 8 5 1 2 11 144.0 21.5 52.00 27 24 Brazil BRA 8 5 1 2 11 141.0 18.5 70.00 28 36 Austria AUT 8 5 1 2 11 130.5 21.5 53.00 29 15 Cuba CUB 8 5 0 3 10 185.5 22.5 72.00 30 10 Bulgaria BUL 8 5 0 3 10 166.0 20.0 74.00 31 21 Greece GRE 8 4 2 2 10 161.0 22.0 68.00 32 18 Spain ESP 8 5 0 3 10 158.0 19.5 75.00 33 25 Romania ROU 8 5 0 3 10 157.5 20.5 71.00 34 30 Latvia LAT 8 5 0 3 10 157.0 19.0 72.00 35 19 Croatia CRO 8 4 2 2 10 147.0 17.5 75.00 36 37 Egypt EGY 8 4 2 2 10 142.5 20.0 63.00 37 87 IBCA IBCA 8 4 2 2 10 130.5 19.5 56.00 38 73 South Africa RSA 8 4 2 2 10 130.0 18.0 62.00 39 58 Venezuela VEN 8 5 0 3 10 127.0 16.5 64.00 40 60 Tajikistan TJK 8 4 2 2 10 123.0 20.0 59.00 41 61 Australia AUS 8 4 2 2 10 121.0 17.5 60.00 42 66 Qatar QAT 8 5 0 3 10 113.0 19.0 60.00 43 45 Iran IRI 8 4 2 2 10 111.5 17.0 69.00 44 41 Belgium BEL 8 4 2 2 10 107.0 18.0 56.00 45 23 Moldova MDA 8 4 1 3 9 194.0 21.5 74.00 46 34 Sweden SWE 8 4 1 3 9 141.0 19.5 64.00 47 42 Slovakia SVK 8 4 1 3 9 137.0 19.0 68.00 48 38 Mexico MEX 8 4 1 3 9 137.0 18.5 69.00 49 46 Chile CHI 8 3 3 2 9 137.0 18.5 68.00 50 50 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 8 3 3 2 9 137.0 17.0 76.00 51 31 Turkey TUR 8 4 1 3 9 136.5 17.5 73.00 52 43 Switzerland SUI 8 4 1 3 9 135.0 19.0 66.00 53 52 Finland FIN 8 3 3 2 9 132.5 18.5 66.00 54 40 Kazakhstan KAZ 8 3 3 2 9 132.0 17.0 68.00 55 53 Canada CAN 8 4 1 3 9 129.0 18.5 68.00 56 70 Uruguay URU 8 4 1 3 9 123.0 18.5 59.00 57 54 Norway NOR 8 4 1 3 9 119.0 18.0 65.00 58 71 Peru PER 8 4 1 3 9 118.0 17.0 68.00 59 68 Indonesia INA 8 4 1 3 9 117.0 17.5 63.00 60 56 Mongolia MGL 8 4 1 3 9 116.5 18.0 62.00 61 63 Paraguay PAR 8 4 1 3 9 115.5 18.5 63.00 62 75 ICSC ICSC 8 3 3 2 9 114.5 17.5 61.00 63 72 Turkey 2016 TUR16 8 4 1 3 9 114.0 17.5 63.00 64 76 United Arab Emirates UAE 8 4 1 3 9 113.5 17.0 63.00 65 78 Dominican Republic DOM 8 4 1 3 9 99.0 16.0 58.00 66 48 Bangladesh BAN 8 4 1 3 9 98.5 18.0 60.00 67 59 Ecuador ECU 8 4 1 3 9 98.5 17.5 57.00 68 112 Estonia EST 8 4 1 3 9 85.5 15.5 54.00 69 102 Syria SYR 8 4 1 3 9 83.0 14.5 51.00 70 44 Montenegro MNE 8 3 2 3 8 138.0 16.5 76.00 71 80 Bolivia BOL 8 3 2 3 8 132.0 17.0 63.00 72 69 Ireland IRL 8 4 0 4 8 130.0 18.0 68.00 73 57 Turkmenistan TKM 8 3 2 3 8 129.0 16.0 66.00 74 55 Singapore SIN 8 4 0 4 8 119.0 19.0 58.00 75 64 Portugal POR 8 4 0 4 8 115.5 17.0 63.00 76 47 Colombia COL 8 3 2 3 8 106.5 18.0 62.00 77 86 Malaysia MAS 8 3 2 3 8 106.0 16.5 59.00 78 108 Uganda UGA 8 3 2 3 8 95.0 15.5 57.00 79 97 Myanmar MYA 8 4 0 4 8 92.5 17.0 53.00 80 92 Japan JPN 8 3 2 3 8 91.5 15.0 62.00 81 74 Faroe Islands FAI 8 4 0 4 8 91.0 18.0 55.00 82 82 Jordan JOR 8 3 2 3 8 89.0 16.5 59.00 83 100 Pakistan PAK 8 3 2 3 8 86.5 14.5 55.00 84 99 Guatemala GUA 8 4 0 4 8 85.5 16.0 55.00 85 109 Thailand THA 8 4 0 4 8 79.5 14.5 57.00 86 117 Sri Lanka SRI 8 4 0 4 8 78.5 13.5 60.00 87 90 Wales WLS 8 4 0 4 8 69.5 15.5 50.00 88 51 Iceland ISL 8 3 1 4 7 117.0 16.0 72.00 89 77 Costa Rica CRC 8 3 1 4 7 110.0 14.5 69.00 90 101 Algeria ALG 8 3 1 4 7 109.0 14.0 59.00 91 89 IPCA IPCA 8 3 1 4 7 107.0 16.0 62.00 92 67 Lithuania LTU 8 3 1 4 7 101.0 16.5 60.00 93 94 Tunisia TUN 8 2 3 3 7 98.5 16.5 61.00 94 105 Jamaica JAM 8 3 1 4 7 98.0 16.5 53.00 95 62 Albania ALB 8 2 3 3 7 95.5 15.0 60.00 96 85 Zimbabwe ZIM 8 3 1 4 7 95.5 14.5 67.00 97 65 Scotland SCO 8 3 1 4 7 93.0 14.5 63.00 98 91 New Zealand NZL 8 3 1 4 7 90.0 14.0 63.00 99 81 Kyrgyzstan KGZ 8 3 1 4 7 89.0 14.0 62.00 100 83 Zambia ZAM 8 3 1 4 7 88.5 17.0 58.00 101 107 Botswana BOT 8 3 1 4 7 84.0 15.0 60.00 102 95 Lebanon LIB 8 3 1 4 7 81.5 15.5 54.00 103 146 Nigeria NGR 8 3 1 4 7 77.5 15.0 58.00 104 96 Puerto Rico PUR 8 3 1 4 7 76.5 15.0 53.00 105 84 Luxembourg LUX 8 3 1 4 7 75.5 15.5 57.00 106 88 Andorra AND 8 3 1 4 7 73.5 14.0 52.00 107 135 Mauritius MRI 8 3 1 4 7 70.5 15.5 46.00 108 106 Angola ANG 6 3 1 2 7 69.5 15.5 49.00 109 79 Iraq IRQ 8 3 1 4 7 64.0 13.5 59.00 110 121 Kenya KEN 8 3 1 4 7 62.0 14.5 44.00 111 103 Yemen YEM 8 3 1 4 7 60.0 11.0 59.00 112 136 Maldives MDV 8 3 1 4 7 59.0 13.5 49.00 113 123 Liechtenstein LIE 8 3 1 4 7 58.0 13.5 50.00 114 116 Netherlands Antilles AHO 8 3 1 4 7 56.0 12.5 43.00 115 152 Sudan SUD 8 2 2 4 6 76.0 16.0 49.00 116 119 Cyprus CYP 8 2 2 4 6 64.0 13.5 51.00 117 125 Malawi MAW 8 3 0 5 6 63.5 11.5 53.00 118 93 Monaco MNC 8 3 0 5 6 61.5 14.5 57.00 119 155 Afghanistan AFG 7 2 2 3 6 60.0 10.5 49.00 120 147 Ethiopia ETH 8 2 2 4 6 59.5 12.0 50.00 121 110 Panama PAN 8 2 2 4 6 56.5 13.5 48.00 122 129 Hong Kong HKG 8 3 0 5 6 56.0 15.0 42.00 123 114 Trinidad & Tobago TRI 8 2 2 4 6 56.0 13.5 55.00 124 113 Libya LBA 8 3 0 5 6 56.0 12.5 56.00 125 139 Honduras HON 8 3 0 5 6 56.0 12.0 52.00 126 140 Chinese Taipei TPE 8 3 0 5 6 55.5 13.0 40.00 127 154 Kuwait KUW 8 3 0 5 6 51.5 13.0 41.00 128 127 Macau MAC 8 3 0 5 6 48.5 12.5 45.00 129 111 El Salvador ESA 8 3 0 5 6 46.0 12.5 51.00 130 131 Haiti HAI 8 2 1 5 5 74.0 14.0 49.00 131 98 Barbados BAR 8 2 1 5 5 71.5 13.0 56.00 132 120 Suriname SUR 8 2 1 5 5 70.0 11.5 58.00 133 124 Nepal NEP 8 2 1 5 5 61.0 14.0 46.00 134 104 Nicaragua NCA 8 2 1 5 5 60.5 10.0 62.00 135 133 South Korea KOR 8 2 1 5 5 58.0 12.0 48.00 136 130 Mauritania MTN 8 1 3 4 5 54.5 11.5 48.00 137 142 Aruba ARU 8 2 1 5 5 50.5 11.0 47.00 138 115 Malta MLT 8 2 1 5 5 50.0 11.5 52.00 139 134 Fiji FIJ 8 2 1 5 5 47.0 10.5 45.00 140 149 Mozambique MOZ 8 2 1 5 5 41.5 10.0 54.00 141 148 Sierra Leone SLE 8 2 1 5 5 23.5 8.5 38.00 142 143 Ghana GHA 8 2 0 6 4 41.0 11.5 43.00 143 137 Sao Tome And Principe STP 8 2 0 6 4 39.0 11.5 42.00 144 141 San Marino SMR 8 2 0 6 4 36.0 10.5 41.00 145 122 Jersey JCI 8 1 2 5 4 32.0 10.0 46.00 146 118 Palestine PLE 8 2 0 6 4 30.0 7.5 50.00 147 126 Papua New Guinea PNG 8 2 0 6 4 24.0 9.0 45.00 148 157 Togo TOG 8 1 2 5 4 22.0 7.0 42.00 149 150 Turkey 2023 TUR23 8 2 0 6 4 17.5 7.0 41.00 150 138 Namibia NAM 8 1 1 6 3 64.5 11.5 50.00

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