PAULO BERSAMINA (born Feb-01-1998, 27 years old) Philippines [what is this?] FIDE Master (2010); International Master (2014). Bersamina won his FIDE master title when he won the 11th ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championship for the U12 division in Olongapo City in June 2010. He gained his International Master title in 2014 when he won the ASEAN Junior Championship in June 2014. In 2010, at the age of 12 years 3months 23 days, he became the youngest player ever to win the National Junior Championship. He went on to win the 2nd Singapore International Youth Championships 2011 - Open U14 with 8/9. The Philippines team came 2nd overall (behind hosts Vietnam) in the 13th ASEAN+ Age Group Championships held in June 2012 in Hue City in Vietnam, with Bersamina winning 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and a bronze medal in the U14 Team and Individual events. Bersamina started 2013 strongly: playing in the 1st Chairman's Cup International Chess Championship in Manila, he scored 5.5/9 and a few days later competed at the Zonal 3.3 Open where he scored 4/9. These two events netted him 60 ratings points. His strong 4.5/9 result at the Manny Pacquiao Cup Continental Championship earned him another 26 rating points. A substandard performance at the 14th ASEAN+ U16 Championship was made up by a strong showing at the Asian U16 Championship where he placed =1st. After a quiet start in the first half of 2014, he won the ASEAN Junior Championship held in Macau in June, scoring 7/9, a full point ahead of the field, netting his IM title in so doing. Just as impressive was shared 3rd at the 2014 National Championship in the Philippines, with 6.5/11, a point behind co-leaders Eugenio Torre and John Paul Gomez, a result that added over 30 ratings points to his card. He played board 4 for the Philippines at the Tromso Olympiad (2014), scoring 5/9 and won the most rating points in the team. He competed in the World Junior Championship 2014, scoring 7.5/13. In March 2015 he scored a strong 5.5/9 in the 5th HDBank International Open tournament that was staged in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, his result including an even score against his five GM opponents. The following month in April, he scored a reasonably strong result with 6/9 in the annual Bangkok Chess Club Open. Bersamina's highest rating to date was 2462 in 2020/2021. Last updated: 2021-02-01 04:27:50

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page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 227  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Golizadeh vs P Bersamina   1-0 64 2010 9th Asian Continental B27 Sicilian 2. P Bersamina vs N Ginting   ½-½ 30 2010 9th Asian Continental B23 Sicilian, Closed 3. C Wang vs P Bersamina 1-0 57 2010 9th Asian Continental B27 Sicilian 4. P Bersamina vs J De Ramos   0-1 33 2010 9th Asian Continental C00 French Defense 5. Li Hanbin vs P Bersamina 1-0 60 2010 9th Asian Continental B27 Sicilian 6. P Bersamina vs P Rout   0-1 53 2010 9th Asian Continental B23 Sicilian, Closed 7. N Mariano vs P Bersamina   1-0 70 2010 9th Asian Continental A07 King's Indian Attack 8. P Bersamina vs L M De Leon   1-0 37 2010 9th Asian Continental A37 English, Symmetrical 9. T Halay vs P Bersamina   0-1 44 2010 6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 10. P Bersamina vs J Gonzales   0-1 40 2010 6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup B02 Alekhine's Defense 11. D Elorta vs P Bersamina   1-0 56 2010 6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup D02 Queen's Pawn Game 12. E Gatus vs P Bersamina ½-½ 80 2010 6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 13. P Bersamina vs T Tirto   ½-½ 40 2010 6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup B23 Sicilian, Closed 14. R Segarra vs P Bersamina   ½-½ 35 2010 6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup B27 Sicilian 15. P Bersamina vs Peter Long   0-1 49 2010 6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 16. C Caturla vs P Bersamina   1-0 46 2010 6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 17. N Dela Cruz vs P Bersamina 1-0 57 2010 1st Campomanes Cup Open B27 Sicilian 18. P Bersamina vs L Pham   0-1 38 2010 1st Campomanes Cup Open B03 Alekhine's Defense 19. P Bersamina vs R Maninang 1-0 45 2010 1st Campomanes Cup Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 20. J Habla vs P Bersamina   1-0 40 2010 1st Campomanes Cup Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 21. M Kiran vs P Bersamina   ½-½ 30 2010 1st Campomanes Cup Open B27 Sicilian 22. P Bersamina vs R Panopio Jr   ½-½ 28 2011 Inter-Cities Chess Team Championship A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 23. C A Perez vs P Bersamina   0-1 19 2011 Inter-Cities Chess Team Championship B27 Sicilian 24. P Bersamina vs S Nebato   1-0 39 2011 Inter-Cities Chess Team Championship B06 Robatsch 25. J Litcher vs P Bersamina 0-1 46 2011 Inter-Cities Chess Team Championship B27 Sicilian  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 227

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 101 OF 102 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-25-18    bubuli55: Congratulations, IM Paulo ! Jun-25-18    wordfunph: IM Pau, cheerssss!!! Jun-29-18    Penguincw: < "Paulo Bersamina closed out his final age group tournament by ruling the under-20 standard, rapid and tying for first in blitz chess. Bersamina could have won the blitz tournament outright had he not lost to John Marvin Miciano, who finally won against the National University bet after 4 games. Bersamina ended up sharing first with Pham Minh Hien and Rhenzi Kyle Sevillano, who faltered in the last round against Sarri Subajani, the tournament sensation from Sulu. But Bersamina got his second grandmaster result with his Davao achievements and needs to get a 3rd result to become a grandmaster." > https://www.rappler.com/sports/by-s... Sep-11-18    pinoymaster77: Good am All the best to IM Pau and NU team, tough to make it 4 straight this time as only Pau left as main scorer. Expected magka spirited challenge from FEU (akyat na Miciano & Morado) and other schools In NCAA, after 8 rounds, Lyceum under Coach Chris Cunanan / IM Nava still hold slim lead Sep-11-18    pinoymaster77: Ingat sa US East Coast, particularly Carolinas then Virginia na dadaanan Category 4 (can grow bigger to 5) hurricane Florence Satin, "supertyphoon" Ompong enters PAR this pm, 600km ang diameter nito, mas matumbok Northern Luzon, aabot din ulan to NCR Dec-03-18    bubuli55: Paulo. Pareho parin ang gamit mong email? Dec-10-18    pinoymaster77: IM Paulo Bersamina ROCKs the Asian Continental with BIGGEST win to-date vs Viet ace GM Le Quang Liem!! Sa wakas, may Pinoy na nakatalo kay GM Le!! Sacrifice queen pa, ubosh! Le-Bersamina: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 h6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. c3 d6 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Re1 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nh5 Bxh3 17. Nxf4 Bg4 18. d4 Qd6 19. Nd3 f6 20. Re4 h5 21. Qe2 Bf5 22. Re3 Bg4 23. Re4 Bf5 24. Re3 Bg4 25. Qf1 Ne7 26. Nd2 c6 27. Nc4 Qc7 28. Nc5 Nd5 29. Re4 Kb8 30. Rae1 Ka8 31. Ne3 Nf4 32. Qc4 Bb8 33. Nf1 h4 34. Re7 h3 35. Rxc7 hxg2 36. Nh2 Bf3 0-1 Dec-10-18    SugarDom: Lol. Incredible. Dec-10-18    pinoymaster77: Finally the Tiger is coming out Dec-10-18    pinoymaster77: Next na makakaharap ni IM Pau with white pieces this time eh ang Uzbek prodigy 13 35 IM BERSAMINA Paulo 2444 1 1 GM ABDUSATTOROV Nodirbek 2546 17 Dec-10-18    gokusano: Go Paulo, the better prodigy! Dec-10-18    pinoymaster77: Bravo, I termed it swashbuckling, napa incredible Kap Sugar Shocking, stupendous, fantastic and all other superlatives! First time a Pinoy beat GM Le ata eversince Vietnam unleashed him and GM Ngoc in the 2005 SEAG, nangyari "Disaster in Tagaytay" when PHI was shutout of gold in homesoil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess... Dec-11-18    ambongtumbong: another shocker from tourney as posted by GM Vidit on his FB re:I am at the Asian championship in Makati, Philippines. It's a part of the World Championship cycle by FIDE. I had to pay 150 USD for a room which actually costs 35-50 dollars as per the hotel and other websites (photos attached).After paying 150 dollars, there is no internet in the room. Food provided is awful. There is even no drinking water in the room(!!) . Me& my colleagues Abhijit Kunte and Lalith Babu went outside to buy water, but then the most unexpected incident happened. We were attacked by local goons who possesed weapons. We were cornered and then attacked. We tried to flee but we were chased and finally marginally escaped. We are still trying to recover from this horrible incident. The saddest part is that upon informing this to organizers they remained aloof and ignored the seriousness of the issue. What kind of an event is this? Players are charged 5 times more & forced to stay in this place, where basic necessities like cleanliness, proper food and water are not provided. This is sheer exploitation of players. I am writing this post so that fide and the authorities will take the rightful action. Dec-11-18    pinoymaster77: Na fake news na yung k Vidit, why post here. Andun sa Official NCFP FB page Dec-11-18    pinoymaster77: "The 20-year-old Bersamina, a two-time Olympiad veteran whose FIDE rating of 2444 pales in comparison to his foe’s astronomical 2714, unleashed a brilliant queen sacrifice to force Le, a former world blitz champion who peaked as high as the top 20 in the world last year, into submission to avert a Philippine shutout. “I just saw an opportunity and I took advantage of it. I feel good about this big win, I hope it’s a start of something big for me,” said Bersamina. The win sent Bersamina in an early 28-chesser gridlock at the helm and will battle Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who turned back reigning ASEAN seniors champion IM Chito Garma, in the second round as of posting time." https://www.philstar.com/sports/201... Dec-11-18    gokusano: Any update sir noypi? Dec-11-18    jaccas: Olats sa R2. Dec-12-18    epistle: A tournament is always forgettable, but a brilliancy is immortal. Dec-12-18    pinoymaster77: Talo k Uzbek GM Abdusattorov, ongoing rd3 vs Iranian GM Tabatatabaei 2547 With the winning start, 3rd GM na etong nakaharap https://journal.com.ph/sports/other... Dec-12-18    gokusano: Sayang. I still believe he can put up a decent performance. Grab that GM Norm! Dec-12-18    jaccas: Olats uli sa R3. Dec-12-18    gokusano: Sad news. exposure against foreign players is telling the truth about our countrymen's struggle. Dec-13-18    pinoymaster77: Pau will still campaign in next years Nag start pa lang na have more chess studies At least na prick na aura of Vietnamese invincibility Dec-13-18    gokusano: Pau is teeming with talent. He needs to develop it. I think he is better than Wesley So. Dec-17-18    pinoymaster77: IM Pau postponing a bit yung graduation, mag leave for a sem to catchup somewhat on chess studies. May still not be in time for the PICC which I think is in sometime in Q1? Sana maisama sa 2019 SEAG team And more looking out for intl events masalihan in later part of next year, baka may na tweak na Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 102) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 101 OF 102 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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