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Joel Cholo B Banawa
J Banawa 
 

Number of games in database: 231
Years covered: 2005 to 2021
Last FIDE rating: 2414 (2367 rapid)
Overall record: +92 -71 =56 (54.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 12 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (16) 
    A45 D02 A40 D04
 King's Indian (10) 
    E61 E90 E77 E71 E73
 English (8) 
    A10 A15 A11 A14 A13
 Nimzo Indian (7) 
    E20 E25 E32 E38
 English, 1 c4 e5 (7) 
    A20 A21
 Semi-Slav (7) 
    D45 D46 D43
With the Black pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (12) 
    D02 A45 E10 A40 A46
 Nimzo Indian (12) 
    E30 E21 E29 E48 E33
 Ruy Lopez (12) 
    C78 C77 C96 C90 C86
 Sicilian (11) 
    B45 B22 B43 B32 B28
 English (8) 
    A13 A14 A18 A16
 King's Indian (6) 
    E94 E80 E73 E60
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Banawa vs D Lucky, 2005 1-0
   Anthony Quan Nguyen vs J Banawa, 2015 0-1
   J Banawa vs A Hernandez-Camen, 2015 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   116th US Open (2015)
   World Open (2007)
   Pro Chess League (2018)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 CCCSA Summer GMA
   J D Ruiz Castillo vs J Banawa (Aug-01-21) 1/2-1/2
   J Banawa vs L C Torres Rosas (Aug-01-21) 1/2-1/2
   S Gauri vs J Banawa (Jul-31-21) 1/2-1/2
   J Banawa vs E Cordova (Jul-31-21) 1/2-1/2
   J Banawa vs J Sheng (Jul-30-21) 1/2-1/2

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JOEL CHOLO B BANAWA
(born Dec-16-1989, 35 years old) Philippines (federation/nationality United States of America)

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FIDE Master

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 page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 231  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Banawa vs D Lucky 1-0402005IBAR InvD02 Queen's Pawn Game
2. J Banawa vs A Kretchetov  1-0342005IBAR InvD94 Grunfeld
3. R Hough vs J Banawa  0-1332006Memorial Day ClassicD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. A Matikozian vs J Banawa  1-0492006Pacific Southwest opC77 Ruy Lopez
5. J Banawa vs M Casella  ½-½402006Pacific Southwest opE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
6. D Ludwig vs J Banawa  1-0572006USA-ch U18C45 Scotch Game
7. J Banawa vs S Bercys  ½-½212006USA-ch U18A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
8. I Schneider vs J Banawa  ½-½352006USA-ch U18C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
9. J Banawa vs A Maltese  ½-½332006USA-ch U18A10 English
10. R Hess vs J Banawa  1-0312006USA-ch U18C28 Vienna Game
11. J Banawa vs M Molner  0-1382006USA-ch U18A38 English, Symmetrical
12. J Banawa vs K Gulamali  ½-½502006USA-ch U18A55 Old Indian, Main line
13. J Kleiman vs J Banawa  ½-½452006USA-ch U18C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. J Banawa vs B Coraretti  1-0372006USA-ch U18D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
15. J Banawa vs Joshua Bakker  1-0282006US op 107thA51 Budapest Gambit
16. D Gurevich vs J Banawa  ½-½402006US op 107thE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
17. J Fedorowicz vs J Banawa  1-0432006US op 107thE60 King's Indian Defense
18. J Banawa vs A E Kahn  1-0462006US op 107thA68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack
19. J Banawa vs E Sevillano  ½-½172006Temecula op 27thD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
20. J Banawa vs V Akobian  ½-½392006Temecula op 27thE25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
21. V Iotov vs J Banawa  ½-½82006Temecula op 27thE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
22. J Banawa vs M Yee  1-0182006Los Angeles opA45 Queen's Pawn Game
23. J Banawa vs V Iotov  0-1452006Los Angeles opE20 Nimzo-Indian
24. E Sakurai vs J Banawa  0-1372006Los Angeles opA61 Benoni
25. Jon Albert Maloney vs J Banawa  1-0332006Wch U18C55 Two Knights Defense
 page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 231  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-31-09  timhortons: http://www.youtube.com/user/Chessvi...

US trained pinoy chess player.Check out his Youtube account.

As what Anand said "If you dont become a GM at age 12 forget it"

Jul-07-09  myschkin: . . .

FM Joel Cholo B. Banawa (born 1989) from the USA.

Pic: http://www.uschessschool.com/JoelBa...

Fide card: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

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The Boris Kreiman Chess Academy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_...

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His older brother Jouaquin Banawa aka "Jake" (born 1987) is playing for the Philippines.

Jul-07-09  whiteshark: <timhortons> Here is the game mentioned in the three videos <Why The Center is Important>:

[Event "WYB18"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2006.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Banawa, Joe"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2437"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 O-O 7. e4 Re8 8. Nge2 b5 9. Ng3 a6 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Ba5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Nh7 14. a4 Qf6 15. Bc1 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Qd4+ 17. Qxd4 cxd4 18. Rxa5 dxc3 19. bxc3 Nf6 20. Bf4 Rd8 21. Rfa1 Ne8 22. h4 Ra7 23. Be3 Rb7 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Rxa6 Nc7 26. Rb6 1-0

*uploaded

Jul-07-09  timhortons: <whiteshark>

ok, thanks...

Aug-06-11  wordfunph: the largest page pic ever :)
Aug-06-11  pulsar: < the largest page pic ever :)> An obvious case of favoritism. :D

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