OLIVER BARBOSA (born Sep-29-1986, 38 years old) Philippines [what is this?] IM (2008); GM (2011). Oliver Barbosa was born in Pasig City, Manila. He was the 1997 Shell Philippines National Youth Grand Finals Champion. In 2004 he reached the Philippines National semi-finals. The same year he was both the Philippines national under-18 Champion, and the Philippines National Junior Champion. In 2006, he came equal third behind Wesley So and Ronald Dableo at the 2nd Prospero Pichay Cup in Manila. Later that year he was a member of the successful Philippines team that defeated Myanmar in a team contest, his personal contribution being to score 8/12 to assist a clean sweep of all boards. Towards the end of 2010, he competed in the Penang Heritage City Open International Chess Tournament where he came equal first alongside Oliver Dimakiling with 7.5/9. He continued his good form immediately afterwards in the Asean Open Championships 2010 in Singapore, where he again came equal first, this time with Georgian GM Zurab Alekseyevich Azmaiparashvili, with a score of 6.5/9, drawing his individual game with the co-leader. 2011 started off with a successful result in the Moscow Open 2011 E, where he came equal second with 7.5/9, half a point behind the winner Vladimir Belous, losing only to Alexander Beliavsky, but defeating his other two GM opponents, namely Pavel Mikhailovich Kotsur from Kazakhstan and Russia's Sergey Volkov. In March he came =2nd at the Brunei 2011 IM Tournament 1 behind Dzhurabek Khamrakulov and then came equal first in the Brunei 2011 IM Tournament 2, also played in March. He scored 5/9 - and his first GM norm - at the 10th Asian Individual Championship (2011) in May, and in July he took outright first at the Campomanes Memorial Yangon International Open 2011 in Myanmar, with 7.5/9. Also in July he scored 8/13 to place =2nd with veteran GM Eugenio Torre, half a point behind prodigy GM Wesley So in the National Championships played in Manila, securing his second GM norm. His 3rd GM norm came at the Raja Nazrin Shah Invitational Masters in Kuala Lumpur in September. As his rating is already over 2500, his GM title was ratified by FIDE at its Congress in later October 2011. 2012 has seen him place a splendid 5th with 6/9 at the Asian Continental Chess Championship (2012), qualifying him for participation in the 2013 World Cup and win the Orissa GM Open held in Bhuvaneshwar in India with 8.5/10. He also played on board 2 for the Philippines at the Chess Olympiad (2012) held in Istanbul, scoring 7/10 with a TPR of 2668 and placed =1st at the Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013, scoring 7/9. He also placed 2nd at the 2013 Asian Continental Championship with 6.5/9. He won the 2013 Battle of Grandmasters with 10/13 and won the silver medal representing Tagatay on board 2 at the Asian Cities Championship 2013, helping his city team to the gold medal. In March 2014, he won the 19th International Grandmaster Open in Kolkata with 7.5/10 and in April was =1st alongside Francisco Vallejo Pons. In the first round of the World Cup (2013), he lost in the first round to Le Quang Liem, the loss eliminating him from the contest. Barbosa was a silver medalist of the 2005 SEA games. In 2003 he coached the Taytay team. chessgames.com userids: User: barbwire and User: jhayver. References: (1) http://uschessleague.com/results.ph... Wikipedia article: Oliver Barbosa Last updated: 2020-09-29 06:34:22

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page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 264  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. O Barbosa vs S Megaranto   1-0 59 2000 Asia-ch U16 B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 2. Y Ranola vs O Barbosa   1-0 60 2002 PHI-ch A00 Uncommon Opening 3. O Barbosa vs G Grigorov   1-0 20 2004 World Junior Championship B25 Sicilian, Closed 4. M Paragua vs O Barbosa   ½-½ 15 2004 World Junior Championship C42 Petrov Defense 5. O Barbosa vs Y Drozdovskij   0-1 42 2004 World Junior Championship C00 French Defense 6. M R Venkatesh vs O Barbosa   ½-½ 65 2004 World Junior Championship B01 Scandinavian 7. O Barbosa vs L D'Costa   1-0 34 2004 World Junior Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 8. CV Raghuram Balaji vs O Barbosa   0-1 43 2004 World Junior Championship A46 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Y Quesada Perez vs O Barbosa   ½-½ 58 2004 World Junior Championship B01 Scandinavian 10. O Barbosa vs L'Ami   0-1 53 2004 World Junior Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 11. A Das vs O Barbosa   0-1 36 2004 World Junior Championship C10 French 12. O Barbosa vs S Poobesh Anand   0-1 60 2004 World Junior Championship B25 Sicilian, Closed 13. O Patwardhan vs O Barbosa   0-1 23 2004 World Junior Championship E81 King's Indian, Samisch 14. O Barbosa vs G Tallaksen Ostmoe   1-0 58 2004 World Junior Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 15. Le Quang Liem vs O Barbosa   1-0 75 2007 zt 3.3 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 16. A Milagrosa vs O Barbosa   0-1 54 2007 PGMA Cup International Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 17. Y Wang vs O Barbosa   1-0 76 2007 PGMA Cup International Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. O Barbosa vs F Donguines   1-0 32 2007 PGMA Cup International Open B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 19. O Barbosa vs R Andador   0-1 34 2007 PGMA Cup International Open C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 20. O Barbosa vs R Nolte   ½-½ 12 2007 PGMA Cup International Open B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 21. E Bagamasbad vs O Barbosa   0-1 47 2007 PGMA Cup International Open A72 Benoni, Classical without 9.O-O 22. W Surya vs O Barbosa   0-1 43 2007 PGMA Cup International Open E10 Queen's Pawn Game 23. O Barbosa vs D Ballecer   0-1 54 2007 PGMA Cup International Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. Q Huang vs O Barbosa   ½-½ 25 2007 PGMA Cup International Open D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 25. M Paragua vs O Barbosa   ½-½ 16 2008 ASEAN Masters Circuit GMB C11 French  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 264

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 7 OF 49 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-13-10    barbwire: katapos lang po ng PACE tugegarao eh,3rd place po ako dun..wla pa pong nka line up na next tourney sir eh.. Oct-13-10    spawn2: copy barbwire..continue lang with your practice. Good perf sa Tugue..Congrats! Oct-13-10    wordfunph: <barwire> nice performance, solo third ka nga with scintillating 7.5/9! Grats! sana tuloy-tuloy na IM Oliver.. Oct-14-10    barbwire: thanks po sirs.. Dec-28-10    wordfunph: IM Oliver with 4.5/6 and TPR of 2580. He will face GM Azmai in the 7th round, all the best to <barbwire>! http://www.chess-results.com/tnr414... go nail that GM norm! Dec-29-10    wordfunph: nakupo tabla against monster GM Azmai! malaking chance magka GM norm.. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr414... pag igihan mo <barbwire> against GM JP Gomez sa 8th round.. konting tiyaga at masusungkit na yang madulas na GM norm, payt! Dec-29-10    pulsar: Sana madali ang GM norm. Go, <barbwire>! Dec-29-10    pinoymaster77: All the best, go for the win in the last round! Hurdle that 2600 TPR! http://www.philstar.com/Article.asp... Andito na rin pala wordfun and pulsar, good am! Dec-29-10    pinoymaster77: Here's Ed Andaya's piece, covering all the Divisions where Filipinos are playing.... http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php... Dec-29-10    spawn2: Its just a matter of time before this young man becomes a Grand Master. Tiyaga, Aral at higit sa lahat Panalangin ang kailangan. Dec-30-10    pinoymaster77: Congrats for the win, but TPR still at 2593, hope it can still be considered. He also finished (undefeated) with 6.5pts but ended up 2nd to GM Zurab.His campaign must continue... on to Vietnam... http://www.chess-results.com/tnr414... Dec-30-10    wordfunph: big win in the last round by <barbwire> against tough-to-beat FM Chan but not enough to secure the elusive GM norm hay sayang! though a huge +17.5 elo for IM Barbosa.. <barbwire> madami pang pagkakataon, kaya mo yan, payt! Dec-30-10    wordfunph: IM Barbosa's live rating at 2478.2, congrats! a hefty +27.2 after two tourneys (Penang Open and Asean Open) whewww! sana tuloy-tuloy na.. Dec-30-10    wordfunph: <PM77> confirmed to me by <barbwire> sa FB na di nga nakuha norm.. try uli next year, go <barbwire>! Dec-30-10    pinoymaster77: Ok wordfun, pero patikim na iyan and will motivate him more, and am sure Prez Pichay will support, that is one of his key index - # of GMs produced! On to Vietnam in Jan, uwi muna makipag New Year with family... Dec-30-10    barbwire: hi po sirs..namiss ko po yung gm norm sir eh..last round opponent ko po kasi dapat 20 points higher para nakuha ko norm..ang kinocompoute ko po kasi si nelson mariano gagwin 2250,un pala gagawing 2200 lang kasi new rule po pala na gang 2200 lang un..after awarding ko napo nalaman na wla po pala gm norm. :( pero ok lang po,yup plus 10 po ako sa malaysia and plus 18 ako dito sa singapore .konting tiyaga pa po.i will be staying here in singapore for the new year together with john paul and will go to vietnam on january 1st..sna po mganda ulit performance ko dun sa vietnam.maraming salamat po sainyo :) happy new year po Dec-30-10    wordfunph: IM Barbosa aka <barbwire> in the haus wahhhh! <barb> strike while the iron is hot! our prayers for you.. happy new year! Dec-30-10    pinoymaster77: Hello barbwire, As we chatted in FB : NCFP support + hard work + discipline/physical conditioning = good result / GM norms!! Happy New Year sainyo ng kabayan kong si GM JP, mabait na bata iyan! Dec-30-10    RuyLupit: IM Barbosa climbs to the top ten RP player list. What a way to start the new year! Dec-30-10    pinoymaster77: Good am, Ed Andaya's article in Journal titled 'Barbosa is the Guy' : http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php... Happy New Year! Pahinga and konting practice, next is Jan3 tourney in Vietnam Dec-30-10    pinoymaster77: Mas mabigat nga etong Viet field, Chinese GMs Yu Yangyi and Zhou will be there. Laro din pala Calamba's Panops and adopted son Senador... http://www.chess-results.com/tnr421... Dec-31-10    pinoymaster77: Ino Sadorra was also +10 and now at 2483. A little more results to get that #9 slot. All the best in the Viet tourney! Overall, this is good for our top players to improve their ELO, it also elevates our overall rankings where I think the average of the top ten players are taken... Jan-03-11    pinoymaster77: All the best to 'Asean Open Co-champion' IM Barbosa, I think 2 rounds today : http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php... Jan-10-11    geniokov: Hi<barbwire>...Congratz sa performance mo nitong nagdaang last tournament.Sige lang,ipagpatuloy mo yan,eto ha,If you maintain your quality and attitude of play,with 3D's on your mind<Discipline..Determination..Dedication>...I can bet na magiging GM ka this year! Jan-11-11    pinoymaster77: After applying the Asean Open (Spore) gain, I think his ELO would be 2478. Reviewing again in chess-results for the HD Open, if I understand the table (w-we) right, he gains another 16pts? So probably when the Feb ratings is out, his ELO would be around 2494 already? http://www.chess-results.com/tnr421... Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 49) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 7 OF 49 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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