Antonio on a roll in US chess circuit
Updated January 04, 2009 12:00 AM

Grandmaster Joey Antonio continued his winning ways in the US chess circuit, topping the Los Angeles Chess Club Open with four wins and a draw at the Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles Wednesday.

Antonio swept his last four matches after halving the point with Jeremy Stein in the first round, beating Ronald Morris, IM Emory Tate and William Pennucci to finish with 4.5 points.

Tate took the runner-up honors with a final round win over US Master Julian Landaw with four points.

Other category winners were Pennucci (Top Under 2200) and Arnel Odero (Top Under 2000).

Antonio also won the 10th annual Joseph Lleto Memorial Open Chess Championship, the Motor City Open, the North American Fide Invitational, the Universal Annual Swiss Chess Open, and the G/19 tilt in Scottdale, Georgia.

The top Filipino GM is slated to play in the 16th annual Western Class Championships on Jan. 16-19 at the Southern California Renaissance Hotel in Agoura Hills.

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Antonio bags 7th US crown

LOS ANGELES, California — Grandmaster Rogelio ‘‘Joey’’ Antonio Jr. resumed his winning ways in the USA by ruling the Los Angeles Chess Club (LACC) Open Championships at the Santa Monica Boulevard here Wednesday.

Antonio piled up a total of 4.5 points in five outings win the one-day event organized by USCF Life Senior Master and Chess Instructor Mick Bighamian.

Antonio drew with Jeremy Stein in the first round before racking up four straight wins over Ronald Morris, IM Emory Tate, William Pennucci and Almario Marlon Bernardino Jr., respectively, to secure his seventh title on US soil.

Before winning the LACC title, the former University of Manila standout pocketed the titles in the 10th annual Joseph Lleto Memorial Open Chess Championship (Dec. 13-14), Motor City Open at the Universal Chess Club (Nov. 28 -30), 17th North American Fide Invitational (Nov. 15-21), Los Angeles Open (Oct. 31-Nov 2), 8th Universal Annual Swiss Chess Open (Sept. 28) and the G/19 (Oct. 19).

In the LACC, Tate placed second by beating US Master Julian Landaw in the final round for his fourth point.

Bernardino, meanwhile, settled for third by edging Robert Akopian in the tiebreak.

Adjudged category winner were William Pennucci (Top Under 2200) and Arnel Odero (Top Under 2000). Remigio Pampliega, another Filipino in the field, finished with 2.0 points.

Lagare si Antonio ah! 8 Straight tournament ba sa US or 9? Pwede natin syang bansagan na Joey "Walang Tulugan" Antonio. Pwede rin Joey ang Itawag mo sa Akin o kaya "Ang Lalaking Walang Pahinga" : )

Hope you've read Bobby Ang's column today. Medyo masakit ang dating but if you will read very carefully, he is one of the people who has not wavered in his belief in your talent. You are still young, you can still breach 2600. Nice job in the recent BoGM2. Tuloy tuloy mo na sa Subic tourney para you can improve your ratings.

GM Joey Antonio vs GM Moradiabadi Elshan

Possible Opening Encounter:

1. e4 c5

Antonio White Repertoire against c5,

White wins - 56.4 %
Draw - 41 %
Black wins - 3.6 %

Moradiabadi Black Repertoire against e4,

White wins - 20.7 %
Draw - 24.1 %
Black wins _ 55.2 %

Percentage of winning 56.4% vs 55.2%

But GM Antonio Percentage of losing against c5 is only 3.6% while GM Moradiabadi percentage of losing against e4 is 20.7%.( source Chessgames Database)

If so, thats a great gesture!! Mas ganahan kami magkibitz dito sir!

GMs Antonio, So beat separate foes
May 19, 2009, 5:02pm
Manila Bulletin

SUBIC — Grandmasters Rogelio Antonio Jr. and Wesley So continued to gain ground on their foreign rivals as the 2009 Asian Continental individual chess championship reached its halfway mark at the Subic Exhibition and Convention Center here late Monday.

Antonio crushed GM Abhijit Gupte of India in 42 moves of the Queens Indian while So shrugged off back-to-back draws to whip Rui Gao of China in 32 moves of the Sicilian Najdorf to boost their chances for one of 10 berths to the World Cup scheduled Nov. 20-Dec. 15 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

A day after his scintillating triumph over FM Jasem Alhuwar of the United Arab Emirates in the fifth round late Sunday, the 28th-seeded Antonio pounced on a middle game blunder by Gupte to clinch his third win against three draws.

The Philippine Army mainstay, who won 10 of 11 tournaments during a successful campaign in the United States last year, has won three of his last four matches. His only draw during the stretch was against compatriot GM Jayson Gonzales in the fourth round.

"The position was complicated but he (Gupta) made a mistake by offering a pawn," said Antonio, an 11-time national champion."I was able to force a queen exchange and was two pawns up in the end."

The win enabled Antonio to forge a four-ay tie for third to sixth places with 4.5 points, only half a point behind GMs Chanda Sanfipan of India and Le Quang Liem of Vietnam.

Sandipan toppled fellow Indian and top seed Krishnan Sasikiran in 33 moves of the Slav, while Le humbled Gm Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh in 37 moves of the Queen’s Gambit to gain the lead with five points out of a possible six.

Equally impressive was So, who is threatening to checkmate his talented and upset-conscious Chinese opponent in two moves with his rook and two powerful bishops.