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M Paragua 
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Mark Paragua
Number of games in database: 354
Years covered: 1993 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2533
Highest rating achieved in database: 2618
Overall record: +118 -68 =97 (58.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      71 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (47) 
    B90 B22 B30 B33 B40
 King's Indian Attack (19) 
    A07
 Sicilian Najdorf (14) 
    B90 B92 B91 B96 B99
 Slav (13) 
    D11 D12 D15 D13 D14
 French Defense (11) 
    C00 C03 C18 C11 C16
 Caro-Kann (9) 
    B10 B12 B11
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (62) 
    B51 B90 B50 B92 B22
 King's Indian (40) 
    E67 E92 E97 E94 E61
 Sicilian Najdorf (22) 
    B90 B92 B98 B95 B93
 Slav (18) 
    D11 D17 D15 D12 D13
 English (7) 
    A10 A15 A18
 Queen's Pawn Game (7) 
    A45 D02 D00 E00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Paragua vs Movsesian, 2005 1-0
   M Paragua vs D Debashis, 2012 1-0
   M Paragua vs J Goh, 2004 1-0
   M Paragua vs Aronian, 2000 1-0
   M Paragua vs Dreev, 2005 1-0
   Adams vs M Paragua, 2011 1/2-1/2
   H Asabri vs M Paragua, 2012 0-1
   P Kostenko vs M Paragua, 2012 0-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   41st World Junior Championships (2002)
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   36th Olympiad (2004)
   Asian Individual Championship (2007)
   Foxwoods Open (2008)
   38th World Open (2010)
   10th Asian Individual Championships (2011)
   2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship (2012)
   Asian Continental Chess Championship (2012)
   Kolkata Open (2012)
   Chess Olympiad (2012)
   3rd HD Bank Cup (2013)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   40th World Chess Olympiad (Philippines Team) by francis2012
   Pinoy Masters by Naja
   Philippines Team at 40th World Chess Olympiad - by I Love You

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MARK PARAGUA
(born Mar-29-1984) Philippines

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Mark Paragua became the youngest Filipino master ever when he was 9 years old. He became the Philippines' youngest IM when he was 14 years and 8 months old, although this record has now been superceded by Wesley So who became an IM at the age of 12 years and 10 months. In August 2005, at the age of 20, he became the youngest ever Filipino Grand Master until Wesley So broke his record by achieving the GM title a couple of months after his 14th birthday.

He qualified for the World Cup (2011) via Asian Zonal 3.3, but lost to English super-GM Michael Adams in the first round. He came =3rd (4th on tiebreak) with 6.5/9 at the HD Bank Open held in Ho Chi Minh City in March 2013.

Wikipedia article: Mark Paragua


 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 354  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Akobian vs M Paragua ½-½35 1993 Wch U10E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
2. M Paragua vs Navara 1-037 1996 Wch U12B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
3. M Paragua vs P Mach 1-022 1998 Wch U14A07 King's Indian Attack
4. Wojtkiewicz vs M Paragua ½-½36 1999 U.S. OpenB27 Sicilian
5. Zhe Quan vs M Paragua  1-069 1999 World Junior Ch.E81 King's Indian, Samisch
6. M Paragua vs Mulyar  0-140 1999 U.S. Open (5)B03 Alekhine's Defense
7. R Chalker vs M Paragua 0-129 1999 U.S. OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
8. M Paragua vs A Prasetyo 1-011 2000 World OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
9. M Turov vs M Paragua  ½-½67 2000 Linares Anibal op 7thB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
10. Yermolinsky vs M Paragua  1-049 2000 World OpenE97 King's Indian
11. M Paragua vs G Timoshchenko  ½-½38 2000 Padova opA04 Reti Opening
12. M Paragua vs J M Hodgson 1-046 2000 World OpenB06 Robatsch
13. I A Nataf vs M Paragua 1-017 2000 New York OpenB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
14. M Paragua vs Aronian 1-041 2000 Linares Anibal op 7thA07 King's Indian Attack
15. M Paragua vs M Feinstein  1-025 2000 World OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
16. J Stocek vs M Paragua  1-043 2000 Ubeda op 5thB95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
17. G Laketic vs M Paragua  1-057 2001 Open AE92 King's Indian
18. Dao Thien Hai vs M Paragua  1-036 2001 Zone 3.2aE73 King's Indian
19. E Vladimirov vs M Paragua  ½-½44 2001 Asian ChampionshipsE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
20. S Himanshu vs M Paragua  0-160 2001 WYB18B98 Sicilian, Najdorf
21. M Gagunashvili vs M Paragua  1-033 2001 WYB18E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
22. M Paragua vs I Naumkin  ½-½52 2001 Open AC00 French Defense
23. Nguyen Thanh Son vs M Paragua 0-133 2001 Zone 3.2aB23 Sicilian, Closed
24. A H Wohl vs M Paragua  1-033 2001 Asian ChampionshipsA48 King's Indian
25. G Timoshchenko vs M Paragua  ½-½43 2001 Valle d'Aosta op 9thE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 354  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Dec-07-07  StevenUS: It's great to see this webpage alive again!!! The quest goes on.
Dec-07-07  rainbowxpress: Congrats to chess players like GM Paragua, newly-polished GM So, GM Torre, GM Antonio, IM Sadorra, et.al. for playing well in 3rd Pichay Cup. We expect a resurgence of Chess in the country after your collective exploits. Thanks also to Mr. Pichay, a no-nonesense leader, for patiently nurturing our chess talents to become where they are now. With his leadership, we expect more new talents from the ranks of untitled players, to emerge from our midst.
Dec-09-07  reginjanice: yep. i think GM Paragua is recovering his footing. trashing PGMA Cup champ Li Chao in 20 moves or so was simply amazing!

slowly but surely Mark i wish you all the best on your climb back to super-GM status.

bdw, thanks for the photo op with now GM So and Im Bitoon in Round 6 of the Pichay Cup. i'm showing it to my friends like crazy hehe

Jan-13-08  kramrich: mark is off to a rousing start...4/4 in a round robin tourney in indonesia...cmon mark, pick up those precious elo pints towards 2600 again!
Jan-17-08  Cmaster: grabeh...no one can beat Paragua sa ASEAN MASTERS CIRCUITS...pagpatuloy mo lng yan pre,at tiyak babangon na naman ang pangalan mo sa dyaryo..
Jan-21-08  Dindo: Congrats Mark sa pagkakapanalo mo. Sana may picture ka rin, katulad ni GM SO sa profile mo.
Jan-22-08  rainbowxpress: hey! with the achievements of our chess players, surely Team Philippines is gaining grounds to become the no. 1 chess team in south east asia and in the process inching in closer to the super powers like China and India. Common guys! Keep up the good works and ignore the antics of Estimo, et.al.
Jan-22-08  gebeck: Congratulations to Mark. Keep it up!!.In time, you and Wesley So will carry the banner for our beloved
country.
Feb-04-08  Pinoychess: GM Paragua and GM-candidate Sadorra confirmed their participation in the coming Aeroflot Open...

http://pinoychess.informe.com/forum...

Feb-13-08  rainbowxpress: I learned that GM Paragua did not show up on time hence was replaced by IM Gomez. Anyone knows the reason for GM Paragua's no show?
Feb-13-08  kramrich: yes i saw it too...too bad, mark had the momentum after the indonesian open NCFP should concentrate also on developing our top talents to become world class players (2600+ rating at least) and not just making them GM's...it would be a waste if we have 10GM';s for instance but none is in the top 200 in the world at least...i think the highest rated player we have now, GM antonio (around 2539 i guess), would not be even ranked in the top 350...
Feb-21-08  Achilles: whatz zuppp bro....pa member kayo sa www.chess.com cno may account na dito add nyo ko <blitzkriegc5> kita kita nalang dun gandang site yon mga tol...
Mar-05-08  kazza83: How i wish that chessgames can post some pix of Mark Paragua here. Thanks..
Mar-20-08  rainbowxpress: GM Paragua is currently competing vs tough fields in www.foxwoodsopen.com. After round 2, he has earned already two points.
Mar-20-08
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  Shams: wow, top seed Shabalov lost with white to a player 440 rating points below him.
Mar-22-08  rainbowxpress: GM Paragua tied for first place going to 7th round in the ongoing fox woods open in U.S.
Mar-22-08  unsound: Mark Paragua lost a nice game to the aforementioned Shabalov in round 7.
Mar-29-08  timhortons: happy birthday mark!!
Apr-01-08  gebeck: any idea about the April 1, 2008 FIDE
rankings. The Philippines is not
included. I tried to access it several
times.
Apr-01-08  StevenUS: They probably have not paid their dues again. What a pity.
Apr-03-08  gebeck: The FIDE ratings as of April 1, 2008 for the chess players from the Philippines can now be accessed. Mark Paragua's rating is 2537; which is second to Wesley So's 2540.
Apr-04-08  rainbowxpress: to access FIDE ratings of Philippine chess players, go to Ratings, Top Players and Country Top. Click "select Country" and select Philippines and "go". You can notice from the list that names of IM Barcenilla, GMs Villamayor and Mariano were already delisted.
Apr-14-08  chessamateur: He will be picking up some easy cash, playing in the Maryland Open from Apr. 26-27.
May-12-08  ceedee: <rainbowxpress: to access FIDE ratings of Philippine chess players, go to Ratings, Top Players and Country Top. Click "select Country" and select Philippines and "go". You can notice from the list that names of IM Barcenilla, GMs Villamayor and Mariano were already delisted>

its because they were not active playing chess for a long time. good thing GM Villamayor is back.

May-19-08  SEMENELIN: wazzupp?
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