GM Antonio rules blitz section of Chinese Taipei Chess Association International Open – BusinessWorld Online
WHEN it rains, it pours.
Such was the case for Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Joey Antonio after claiming his fourth straight tournament all coming this month with the most recent one coming in the blitz section of the Chinese Taipei Chess Association International Open in Taoyuan City on Saturday.
The 63-year-old many-time Olympiad veteran was scintillating on this one after scoring 8.5 points out of the possible nine including a seventh-round win over fellow GM Gergely Aczel of Hungary.
The feat came off the heels of Mr. Antonio’s four-gold haul in the 50-and-above class of the ASEAN Age Group Championships in Penang, Malaysia and the Battle of the Champions and Open Rapid conquests in Ozamiz City back home.
Mr. Antonio hopes to add another one in the standard section in this Taoyuan tilt.
Mr. Aczel ended up second with eight points while Filipinos Sander Severino and Carl Zirex Sato and Darry Bernardo were third to fifth, respectively.
Three other Filipinos, Kylen Joy Mordido, James Infiesto and Roel Abelgas, likewise finished in the top 10. — Joey Villar