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GM Laylo and IM Sevillano in LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL

Kabayans,
Let's try to follow the live games of our very own Enrico Sevillano's quest for the GM title and Darwin Laylo's Super GM Title from the website below:

[http://www.monroi.com/]

Live Games:

[http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1069]

Here is the official website of the tournament:

[http://www.vegaschessfestival.com/

Cheers!
Ferdinand Supsup
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada[/url]

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GMs Mark Paragua and Darwin Laylo trounced their respective opponents in Round 1 at the Las Vegas International Chess Festival.
GM Mark Paragua will face Darko Sertic while GM Darwin Laylo will be up against Dale Haessel in the second round @ 6:00 PM. IM Enrico Sevillano will start his quest on Saturday @ 10:00 AM.

Follow their lives games @


[http://www.monroi.com/]

Cheers!
Ferdinand DS[/url]

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Laylo and Paragau have a strong start as they remain unbeaten after 2 rounds. GM Paragua who placed fourth in the blitz version of the tournament would be facing top seed and World Championship candidate Gata Kamsky on round 3 as GM Laylo would try his luck against CHicago Open tormentor Tigran Petrosian. Jan Vincent, Paraguas younger brother tied for 2nd place on the BlitzA category and also remain unscathed in the 1800 category.

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Please check the link below to see the latest results of the Las Vegas International Chess Festival.

[url]http://www.vegaschessfestival.com/results/

Round 3:

GM. Mark Paragua vs. Gata Kamsky
GM. Darwin Laylo vs. Tigran Petrosian

FYI, Ferdinand DS[/url]

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GM Darwin Laylo (3 points) will try his luck for the third successive time against Super GMs in the 5th round. He will face Super GM Atanas Kolev of Bulgaria. He previously drew with Super GMs Tigran Petrosian of Armenia and Hikaru Nakamura of New York, USA in the 3rd and 4th round respectively. GM Mark Paragua (3.0 points) will be gain ground against FIDE Master Daniel Rensch. IM Enrico Sevillano stood at 38th with 2.0 points. World Championship candidate Gata Kamsky remained unscathed after 4 rounds.

Results:
http://www.vegaschessfestival.com/results/

Live Games:
http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1069

Cheers!
Ferdinand DS
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

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GMs Mark Paragua and Darwin Laylo tied for third place among other players with 4 points out of 6 games and finished 12th and 17th overall respectively in the conclusion of Las Vegas International Chess Festival.
IM Enrico Sevillano withdrew after the fourth round with 2 points. It was another successful and satisfactory tournament after their success a month ago at the Chicago Open 2008. Both our players definitely gained points in their USCF and FIDE rating.
We hope too see them again in the World Open 2008 in Philadelphia.

Results:
http://www.vegaschessfestival.com/results/

Replay Games:
http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1069

Cheers!
Ferdinand DS
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada