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President’s Cup 2008 FINAL REPORT

Khaled — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:29:07 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen, It’s all over! The final round for the Presidents cup 2008 finished last Friday. It has been almost 2 months since this tournament began. Now it comes to an end. Of course, Oscar Brillante came out ahead of the rest and won the tournament completely.

Here are the results from Round 09: round-9-result

Oscar Brillante squashed almost everybody. He claimed 8 wins and drawing once against Khaled Khan Anwar. Khaled Khan got third place in the tournament. He only got 2 loses and one draw. Ferdie Bugay got 2nd place and he won 7 rounds and lost only 2. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TOP 3 PLAYERS. Especially OSCAR BRILLANTE for his excelent performance.

Here are the FINAL STANDING FOR ALL THE PLAYERS –>>

OSCAR BRILLANTE <1ST PLACE>
FERDIE BUGAY <2ND PLACE>
KHALED LODHI KHAN <3RD PLACE>
Ringo Teves
Dennis Poliquit
Oliver Revidad
Jess Betguen
Fayaz Sheik
Emman Ygpuara
Egay Benitez
Fayek Kanaan
Gary Garanganao
Basir Cosain
Roger Sedante
Vincent Zanida
Samy AlNasrallah
Boomer Bocobo
Rick Penuelos
Daniel Salinas
Egay Agramon
Nizar Kanaan
Mustafa Rahman
Dante Sarsalejo
Liquat Alo
Mohamed Koya
Boyet Zacarias
Art Moquia
Numeriano Panganibian
Edwin Poblacion
Ramon Tortal

President’s Cup Round 08: “OSCAR WINS!!!”

Khaled — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:43:52 +0000

<<**(()) ^^!! CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR BRILLANTE !!^^ (())**>>

Oscar wins the President’s Cup 2008!!! He is pictured above. He truely is the Champion!

Ladies and gentlemen! Oscar Brillate Won his last game against Jess Betguen making him the automatic winner for the tourney. He has 7.5 points and is ahead by 1.5 whole points! Even if he loses in the last round, he still gets first place. An amazing achievement by Oscar. The only player in the tournament to not have lost a single game!

This week on Friday, the last round of the President’s Cup will take place. Trophies will be handed out and winners will be congratulated. Everybody is welcomed to join the festivities.

Click here for the RESULTS for round 08: round-8-result

Click here for the round 09 PAIRINGS: round-9-pairings

<<**(()) ^^!! CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR BRILLANTE !!^^ (())**>>

President’s Cup Round 04: FCAK

Khaled — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:42:07 +0000

On October 24th, The Filipino Chess Association of Kuwait held the fourth round of the President Cup Tourney. For those who don’t know, this tourney has 9 rounds total and each round is taken place once every Friday. Now they are done with four rounds… Meaning there is still 5 rounds for those who want to catch up.

DENNIS POLIQUIT is leading the tourney with a full FOUR POINTS! Until now, he remains the ONLY player in the tourney to be undefeated. However, Oscar Brillante is close behind with 3.5 points.

This Friday the game between Dennis and Oscar will take place on table 1. Will Dennis remain undefeated? Will Oscar beat his rival like Fisher beating Spassky? To find out, come to Salhiya Tower at 4 P.M. on Friday. Everybody is invited to watch

Click Here for the Round FOUR Results: round-4-result

Click Here to See Round FIVE Pairings: round-5-pairings1

Here are a few pictures from the tournament. Please Enjoy. (The pictures were taken by me.)

President’s Cup Round 3: Tourney Results

Khaled — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:59:20 +0000

Once a week on Friday, the Filipino Chess Association of Kuwait holds a tournament in Salhiya Tower located Kuwait city. 30 players from all over Kuwait battle it out to be the top champion. After 3 rounds, only three people have succeeded in getting the full 3 points. These strong individuals are, Basir Cosian, Dennis Poliquit, and Ferdie Bugay. Oscar Brillante is close behind with 2.5 points.

HERE IS A PDF OF THE RESULTS FROM ROUND THREE: round-3-result1

Here are the pairings for the round four:

Basir Cosain X Dennis Poliquit
Oscar Brillante X Ferdie Bugay
Oliver Revidad X Egay Agramon
Ringo Teves X Roger Sedante
Numeriano Panganiban X Emman Ygpuara
Fayaz Sheik X Vincent Zanida
Nizar Kanaan X Dante Sarsalejo
Khaled Khan X Jess Betguen
Boyet Zacarias X Daniel Salinas
Egay Benitez X Rick Panuelos
Samy AlNasrallah X Edwin Poblacion
Mohamed Koya X Boomer Bocobo
Gary Garanganao X Fayek Kanaan
Liquat Ali X Ramon Tortal
Mustafa Rahman X Art Moquia

Here are a few pictures from the tournament, please enjoy (Pictures were given to me by Emman Ygpuara)