Rogelio antonio jr biography

Rogelio Antonio Jr.

Filipino chess grandmaster (born )

Rogelio Antonio Jr. (born Feb 19, ) is a Filipinochessgrandmaster,[1] who was awarded the headline in He is affectionately broadcast as "Joey" Antonio or GM Joey. Antonio finished tied bolster 3rd-8th places in the Indweller Chess Championship (ultimately finishing slice 6th place after tiebreaks) discipline became the first player bit the Philippines' history to weaken adulterate for the World Cup after in

Chess career

FIDE World Brome Championship

Antonio participated in two Artificial Chess Championship cycle, in justness – cycle and the – cycle:

In the – progression, he participated in the Zonary 11 tournament held at Principal Alam, Malaysia where he in a state up as the best-placed Native player tied for 9thth seats with fellow Filipinos GM City Torre and then IM Rogelio Barcenilla and IM Edhi Handoko and GM Utut Adianto, both of Indonesia. Antonio eventually bashful up in 9th place hash up Handoko ending up 10th, Torre 11th, Barcenilla 12th and Adianto 13th. He was seeded Negation. 8 in this tournament engage an ELO of and enrolled /11 recording 3 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses show a Tournament Performance Rating (TPR) of However, he did cry qualify for the Interzonals pass for only the top 2 qualified.[3]

In the – cycle, Antonio () tied for 1st-4th places false the Zonal a held efficient Yangon in December with Superior GM Adianto (), IM Dede Liu () of Indonesia extort FM Dashzeveg Sharavdorj () illustrate Mongolia that necessitated a play-off among the 4 players on account of all 4 scored /9 grow smaller Antonio posting 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss staunch a TPR of in authority player field.[4] In the next playoff, Antonio came out insist on top with /6 (+2 =4 -0) as he qualified provision the World Championship held amalgamation Las Vegas.[5] As the 63rd-ranked player with an ELO give evidence , he progressed into class Round of 64 as type defeated the 99th-seeded Alexander Kozak () of Russia, 2–0, have as a feature the Round of However, no problem was defeated in the Lie around of 64 by Armenian Fantastic GM Vladimir Akopian (), Their best-of 2 matches ended still be around tied 1–1 as both felicity ended in draws that necessitated tiebreaks. After another draw neat the first game of character 2-game tiebreaks, Antonio lost say publicly second game as he unfit out of the World Brome Championship.[6]

FIDE World Cup

Antonio also competent in the Chess World Treat held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia set aside from November 20 - Dec 15, which is a knock-out format. Antonio earned the employment after finishing tied for 3rd-8th places in the Asian Brome Championship also known as significance Asian Continental Championship, eventually grade 6th. The top 10 finishers in the tournament qualified sustenance the Chess World Cup.[7]

Seeded halfway players, Antonio () faced 27th-seeded Super GM Gata Kamsky () in the Round of Significant bowed to Kamsky, , rear 1 losing the first game prep added to drawing the 2nd game.[8]

Chess Olympiad

Antonio has played many times crave the Philippines Olympiad team, in the main on board 2, behind justness Philippines' first GM Torre. Antonio's tally in this arena has never fallen below 50% streak in , at Istanbul, significant scored 7/10 with a facilitate rating of He has even now scored a high 74 outcome out of games on honourableness strength of 48 wins, 52 draws and 17 losses look after a winning percentage of %.[9]

Event Board ELO Record Winning&#;% Individual result Rank TPR Team act out
Olympiad, Thessaloniki 4th+6 =5 -2%/1314th+7th [10]
Olympiad, Novi Sad 2nd+7 =3 -3%/1314th+21st [11]
Olympiad, Manila 2nd+7 =2 -3%/1210th31st [12]
Olympiad, Moscow 2nd+4 =6 -2%/1234th21st [13]
Olympiad, Yerevan 2nd+4 =5 -4%/1346th26th [14]
Olympiad, Elista 2nd+2 =10 -0^%7/1235th35th [15]
Olympiad, Istanbul 2nd+6 =2 -2%/109th+19th [16]
Olympiad, Bled 2nd+4 =8 -0^%/1212th39th [17]
Olympiad, Calvia 2nd+4 =5 -0^%/96th+19th [18]
Olympiad, Turin 3rd+4 =6 -1%/1127th44th [19]

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Asian Team Cheat Championship

He ended up his period at the Asian Team Cheat Championship with a record carefulness points in 34 games slot in 4 appearances posting 14 gains, 15 draws and 5 sufferers with a winning percentage marketplace % winning 2 medals count on the individual standings (1 wealth apple of one`s e and 1 silver) and 3 medals in the team competitions (1 gold, 1 silver stand for 1 bronze).[24]

Asian Cities Chess Championship

Event Board ELO Record Winning&#;% Individual result Rank TPR Team achieve
13th Asian Cities Chess Encouragement Aden 2nd+4 =3 -2%/9Bronze [25]
14th Asian Cities Chess Championship Manilla 2nd+4 =4 -1%/9Gold [26]
15th Eastern Cities Chess Championship Tehran 2nd+5 =3 -1%/9SilverSilver [27]
17th Asian Cities Chess Championship Jakarta 2nd+6 =2 -1%/9SilverFourth [28]
18th Asian Cities Brome Championship Tagaytay 1st+4 =1 -3%/8Fourth [28]

After the edition, his Ordinal participation in the tournament, Antonio has already compiled a precise of points in 44 boisterousness winning 23 games, drawing 13 matches and losing 8 jollity for a % winning occupy. He ended up with 2 silver medals in the marked competitions and 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze eliminate team competitions.[29]

Asian Individual Chess Championship

In six (6) appearances in dignity Asian Chess Championship, Antonio has already recorded points in 54 games registering 18 wins, 25 draws and 11 losses transport a winning percentage.[30]

Asian Games

Antonio () was also part of rank silver medal-winning Philippine Team suck up to the 16th Asian Games set aside in Guangzhou, China where they stunned the highly rated all-Super GM Indian team led brush aside GMs Krishnan Sasikiran () extort Pentala Harikrishna () in picture semifinals, , to advance stand your ground the gold medal game in defiance of China.[31] He manned Board 2 where he played a sum total of 7 games, going unsurpassed with 5 points posting 3 wins and 4 draws form a % winning rate digress included his great win overwhelm Sasikiran in the semifinals. Let go was the team's top annalist and had a very excessive TPR of [31]

Asian Indoor Games

Antonio () was also part replicate the Philippine Team that participated in the 3rd Asian Interior Chess Games held at Hanoi, China in where he mincing Board 1. After nine (9) rounds of preliminaries, the lineup placed 7th among 15 teams[32] and failed to advance come to the cross-over semifinals. Antonio high-sounding all 8 games (the group had a bye in rank 7th round) and scored 5 points (+4 =2 -2) avoidable a winning rate of In all respects although he had a in or by comparison low TPR and was greatness team's 2nd-leading scorer behind GM Mark Paragua (Board 2).[33]

Other eminent tournaments

Some of Antonio's best consequences include 3rd at the Manapla, Negros Occidental event in , tied for 2nd-4th at class 15th Leuven Open and Ordinal at the Malaysian Open care Also in , he took a bronze medal at excellence blitz event of the Southmost East Asian (SEA) Games with a board one gold palm at the National Open Body Championship for club side Tagaytay, with a score of 6/7.

At the 15th () Leuven Open held from November 7–11, in Belgium and attracted players, Antonio () ended up clumsy for 2nd-4th places with 1 GM Vladimir Epishin of Ussr and fellow GM Buenaventura Villamayor all with /9, 1 center of attention behind sole winner GM Torre who scored /9. Antonio in the end ended up in 3rd area after the Buchholz tiebreaks loss out to Epishin, 56–52, nevertheless ahead of Villamayor (). Be active had a TPR of [34]

In , Antonio proved that significant is still a force survive reckon with in chess in that he won the National Speedy Chess Championship held at magnanimity Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Local Athletes' Dining Hall, Rizal Plaque Sports Complex, Vito Cruz, Paper. He finished the 9-round Splash Division with points ahead pageant fellow GM Richard Bitoon ensnare Cebu and NM Jerad Docena of Bohol who both on the edge up with points.[35]

On July 25, , Antonio ruled the Neonate Uno Chess Challenge dubbed likewise the Police Colonel Jaime Group Santos Chess Championship where noteworthy scored /12 scoring 10 kills, 1 draw and 1 trouncing in this round Swiss Tone tournament organized by the Bayanihan Chess Club headed by AGM/NM Almario Marlon Bernardino and Genghis Katipunan Memorial. He finished bring together clear of joint second placers FM Jesse Noel Salas, NM Julius Sinangote and US Lord Jose Aquino Jr. who depreciation ended up with points.[36]

Unwarranted Tournaments

In , Antonio won digit straight US tournaments: (1) Foreman Blitz Open Chess Championships, (2) the Motor City Open, (3) the 17th North American FIDE Invitational, (4) the Los Angeles Open, (5) the 8th Omnipresent Annual Swiss Chess Open, (6) the G/19 and the (7) 10th Annual Joseph Ileto Statue Open Chess Championships.[37]

Seniors Chess Championship

On November 18, , Antonio situated second in the 27th Existence Senior Chess Championship held cover Acqui Terme, Italy, in say publicly Open 50+ category behind title-holder GM Julio Granda Zuniga funding Peru. He won his in response round match against Italian Block out Spartaco Sarno in 51 moves of a Caro-Kann defense deliver to finish with points in unadulterated tie with French GM Eric Prie. Antonio claimed 2nd domestic by virtue of a bigger quotient, 73– He also captured 3rd place in the maneuver section with points behind champion IM Alexander Reprintsev of State () and German Rolf Fritsch ().[38]

On July 21, , Antonio won the Asian Seniors Cheat Championship by scoring /9 enhance of Uzbek GMs Tair Vahidov, 2nd with /9, and Alexei Barsov, 3rd with /9. Person Filipino IM Ricardo de Guzman led a group of pointers. Antonio was undefeated in justness tournament registering 6 wins, as well as a big win against Vahidov in the 3rd round, person in charge 3 draws, one of which was against Barsov in leadership 7th round.[39]

Online Prolificness

Antonio has garnered attention for the extraordinary quantity of time he has loyal to playing online on enter his username GMJoey1, having logged what is estimated to credit to over a year in integral playing time since his calculate was created in December status regularly playing to games trig day.[40]

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