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 255  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 255

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 18 OF 49 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-12-11    pinoymaster77: Good AM, I can say at least 2nd GM norm this year (and can bet in chessbookie too he he), and there's at least the ASEAN Zonals, Pichay Cup here. For BOGM, can earn GM norm here(?), kasi puro Pinoys... and maybe send him also to Campo Cup in Myanmar... May-15-11    pinoymaster77: Next week na ASEAN Zonals, next stop of GM Candidate Olie Barbosa... May-19-11    pinoymaster77: Makikibalita kami sa '2nd leg' ng LWUA tune-ups, get revved up. Mukhang madami ring Philippine masters balak maglaro sa Zonals! May-20-11    RuyLupit: IM Barbosa aims for 2nd GM norm in Asian Zonals. Ayos, pinoy masters back in action! May-22-11    pinoymaster77: Yup, bukas na opening and rd1... and malamang entry sa chess-results.com Jun-07-11    geniokov: Hope IM Barbosa will get another GM Norm here,as well as our future generations like Datu and Garcia. Jun-07-11    pinoymaster77: Naka-gain sa latest rounds, and reviewing it only 1 loss to Indon IM Taufik. Pero mababa TPR < 2500 and below his ELO. Not sure kung aabot based on other criteria, per FIDE handbook? Saka only 2 GMs faced, Mark pa sa final rd... http://www.chess-results.com/tnr508... Jun-09-11    pinoymaster77: IM Barb, Ganyan talaga chess, ups and downs. Even though sa last tourneys na eto dito eh di naka norm and malamang ELO loss pa, eh nakarating ka na sa 2500 level. You just need the 2 more GM norms and matic na! Hope mapadala ka sa Campo Cup, and look forward to your playing in BOGM...pati si IM Garma may asim pa rin... Jul-04-11    pinoymaster77: Congratulations to IM Oliver Barbosa for winning the AFPI rapid event and as per NCFP article clinching a slot in the SEA Games rapid team : http://www.ncfphilippines.org/ncfp/... Jul-05-11    RuyLupit: Congrats IM Barbosa, another feather in your cap. Jul-07-11    pinoymaster77: Indeed nasa Campo Memorial nga, pero isa lang GM from Myanmar and si IM Barbosa pa top seeded... http://pinoychess.informe.com/forum... Need to be on top of this tourney in order not to lose on ELO... Sana sa BOGM kung matuloy ay makakuha ng 2nd GM norm... Jul-08-11    pinoymaster77: Here's the Inquirer article. Also got sms yesterday that IMs Barbosa & Bitoon drew their rd3 games for 3.5/4, while FM Turqueza won for 3/4. IMs Bitoon, Barbosa share lead in Campomanes chess By Marlon Bernardino Cebu Daily News 9:43 am | Saturday, July 9th, 2011 1share1 0Cebuano International Master Richard Bitoon beat Fide Master San Thit Lwin of Myanmar yesterday while IM Oliver Barbosa toppled IM Myo Naing also of Myanmar in a pair of exciting Philippines vs. Myanmar matches in the third round of the Campomanes Memorial Yangon International Open Chess Championship 2011 at the Central Hotel Bogyoke Aung San Road in Yangon, Myanmar. IMs Bitoon and Barbosa tallied perfect scores of 3.0 points to share the overall lead in the tough nine-round competition organized by the Myanmar Chess Federation and the Myanmar Sports and Physical Education Department. The tournament is being held to honor the late FIDE Emeritus Florencio Campomanes. The chess competition, participated by 47 Myanmar players and 26 international wood pushers from China, the U.S.A, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and host Myanmar will run until next Monday. Earlier, the Medellin, Cebu native Bitoon crushed Khore Bean Hwa of Malaysia and Myint Han of Myanmar while the Taytay, Rizal native Barbosa defeated Zaw Win and Nyi Nyi Lwin of Myanmar. Also with three points each are IM Nguyen Van Huy of Vietnam, IM Atanhu Lahiri of India and IM Shen Siyuan of China. The tournament champion will win $3,000. Meanwhile, reigning Philippine Junior Champion FM Mari Joseph Turqueza lost his third-round match against IM Nguyen Van Huy of Vietnam. The pride of V. Luna Chess Club was stuck at 2.0 points. He earlier beat La Pyae Min and Than Min Hlaing of Myanmar. The three Filipinos’ Myanmar stint is bankrolled by NCFP chairman/president Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr. Jul-11-11    321ycnay: Kamusta mga kabarangay! Tagal akong nawala... since third week of May pa, nagbago kasi ang mundo kong ginagalaguran. Nawala ang lahat ng kinagawian ko na ang naging kapalit ay ang pagtugon sa pangangailangang mas makahulugan. Ni wala akong natiyempuhang makasilip man lang sa mga pahina natin sa buong panahon na nagdaan... pero hindi ito ang pakay ko.... nalungkot ako... nakakapanghihinayang... nawala na yata ang barangay na minahal nating lahat. Mga kabarangay, ano ba ang nangyari? ... Jul-11-11    pinoymaster77: 321ycnay, Yung remnants, o IDs ng 'real persons' ay nasa GM Wesley website, nag blog paminsan minsan. O nasa personal forum nila sa CG... Jul-11-11    321ycnay: <pinoymaster77> Kamusta? ...nag-check ako duon kanina, si sir <nanobrain> lang ang nandoon na kilala ko handle. Tapos ang mga pinaguusapan ay wala nang sense para sa akin. Ngayon lang kasi ako nakapag-log in eh! Mahabang panahon na talaga... dami nang napalampas. Jul-12-11    RuyLupit: Congrats IM Barbosa sa pagkapanalo mo sa Yangon Campo Memorial Cup. Sana tuloy-tuloy na ang tagumpay mo. Malaki din yung premyo, US $3K. Jul-12-11    joeyj: Barbosa captures Campomanes chess tourney Philippine Daily Inquirer 8:57 pm | Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 Filipino international Master Oliver Barbosa ruled the Florencio Campomanes Memorial Yangon International Open Chess 2011 at the Central Hotel Bogyoke in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday. Barbosa, the 2011 Moscow Open runner-up, finished with 7.5 points to pocket the top purse of $3,000 in the nine-round, 11-nation competition held in honor of the late Fide honorary president Florencio Campomanes. read more: http://sports.inquirer.net/7221/bar... Congratulations IM Oliver Barbosa !!! Jul-12-11    wordfunph: congrats IM Barbosa aka <barbwire>! <joeyj> rating change please, thanks. Jul-12-11    pinoymaster77: 321cynay, Dun na lang sa GM Wes website magusap-usap ng matino Jul-12-11    pinoymaster77: Congrats to IM Oliver Barbosa, back-to-back wins big local AFPI event then this international event in Myanmar! Going into BOGM in good form... Jul-12-11    joeyj: <pinoymaster77: 321cynay, Dun na lang sa GM Wes website magusap-usap ng matino> http://www.gmwesleyso.com/forum/wel... Jul-12-11    joeyj: <wordfunph: congrats IM Barbosa aka <barbwire>! <joeyj> rating change please, thanks.> Hehehe ... wala tayong ref bro word ... wala sa chess-results.com Jul-12-11    wordfunph: thanks <joeyj>, malamang at least +10 si <barbwire>.. Jul-13-11    pinoymaster77: 2 more GM norms for candidate Barbwire, puede ba maka earn sa BOGM4? Jul-13-11    pinoymaster77: It just goes to show IM Barbosa would continue to scale the heights of the Phils' top ten, but since he already reached 2500, the immediate goal would be getting those 2 more norms... Battle of the Grandmasters July 16 to 23, 2011 GM Wesley So 2658 GM Rogelio Antonio 2565 GM Mark Paragua 2545 GM Joseph Sanchez 2534 GM John Paul Gomez 2529 GM Darwin Laylo 2528 GM Roland Salvador 2527 GM Rogelio Barcenilla 2518 IM Oliver Barbosa 2514 GM Eugene Torre 2491 IM Richard Bitoon 2491 IM Emmanuel Garcia 2404 Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 49) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 18 OF 49 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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