Darwin Laylo
| Darwin Laylo | |
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| Full name | Darwin Laylo |
| Country | Philippines |
| Born | 1980 (age 43–44) |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| Peak rating | 2556 (January 2010) |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Philippines
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| Asian Games | ||
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2010 Guangzhou | Men's Team |
Darwin Laylo (born 1980) is a Filipino chess grandmaster.
Laylo won the Philippine national championship in 2004 and 2006. These wins earned him a place on the Philippine teams in the 2004 Calvià Olympiad and in 2006 at Turin.[1]
In 2006 he gained two GM norms, the first from the 2006 Malaysian Open, and the second at the 2006 Bad Wiessee tournament in Germany. His third and final norm came in the 2007 Asian Chess Championship in Cebu, Philippines.
Laylo placed in the top ten of the 2007 Asian Chess Championship, earning a place in the 2007 World Chess Cup, November, 2007, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Seeded 113th out of 128 participants, Laylo was eliminated in the first round, 1½–½, by the French grandmaster Étienne Bacrot.
In 2008, he tied for 3rd-7th with Ashot Nadanian, Marat Dzhumaev, Dražen Sermek and Susanto Megaranto in the 5th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Championship in Kuala Lumpur.[2] In 2009, he came first in the Zonal tournament in Ho Chi Minh.[3]
References
- ^ OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Darwin Laylo
- ^ "IGB 5th Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2008". FIDE. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Zone 3.3 Men Championship". FIDE. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
External links
- Darwin Laylo player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Chess grandmasters
- Chess Olympiad competitors
- Filipino chess players
- Asian Games medalists in chess
- Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Asian chess biography stubs
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- Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in chess
- Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games