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 48 OF 49 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-28-14    pinoymaster77: joeyj, Do you have confirmation if GM Oli will proceed to play in this FIDE World Rapid & Blitz event ? In the light of recent events, may have to reconfirm. Patapos na May, halos June na. Jun-14-14    pinoymaster77: Wala na akong makitang PHI entry sa World Rapid & Blitz site, I guess that settles it. And also gives clue on what's possibly in store sa 'reply' sa PHI Olympiad seeding. Jun-30-14    geniokov: Where is GM Oliver Barbosa? What is his where about in chessworld? Barbwire,will still consider yourself as a part of Philippine Team in Tromso,Olympiad? Jul-08-14    pinoymaster77: Big decision until Thurs : http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014... Jul-11-14    pinoymaster77: May sent daw GM Oli na Letter of Participation to NCFP, will man Board 2 : http://sports.inquirer.net/158528/g... Sep-08-14    iking: alaws tao ditto Sep-08-14    geniokov: < mysql: As I've said previously, I'm not too concerned about So. Whether he waits 2 years, 3 years, 20 years or whatever, he already has a good future ahead of him in Canada or in the US. What I'm more concerned of is what will happen to Barbosa and Paragua when they come back after their temporary visas expire? Will they end up like Joey Antonio? Sep-08-14 Pulo y Gata: Ok letsgoto Oliver Barbosa's page. He posts answers there.> Oliver says: "This Forum is under construction!" LOL! Sep-08-14    geniokov: This is temporarily closed for renovation,"Watch out for falling debris!" Sep-08-14    geniokov: <What I'm more concerned of is what will happen to Barbosa and Paragua when they come back after their temporary visas expire?> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsA... This is what will happen to them when they report at the 1st day to Pichay´s office! LOL! Sep-08-14    mysql: Hi Barbosa, If you are reading, can you please give any update on your situation with Pichay? Is everything ok, or will you face sanctions when you come back? Thanks. Sep-08-14    geniokov: Pichay replied:"Hi mysql, Huwag mo munang abalahin si GM Barbossa at busy siya!"LOL! Sep-08-14    wordfunph: <...or will you face sanctions when you come back?> mysql, para mo namang tinatakot si GM Barbz :) Sep-29-14    wordfunph: GM Barbz, happy birthday! musta na, kibz naman dito pag may time. Sep-29-14    lakers4sho: Happy bday! Oct-12-14    jhayver: kamusta po kayo? Oct-24-14    prensdepens: I could smell that the next bright star of the Philippine chess would be GM Oliver Barbosa! It's about time for you to shine GM Oliver! Mar-01-15    asianwarrior: What happened? So steep decline in his ELO rating Apr-14-15    Penguincw: Congrats to Oliver Barbosa for remaining one of just 3 players still perfect at the Bangkok Chess Open through 4 rounds. In Round 5, he'll face top seed Wang Hao (3.5) with black. Apr-15-15    pinoymaster77: BIG win over GM Nigel Short in rd4, before ramming into the Chinese wall in GM Wang Hao in rd5 today http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015... Apr-16-15    zoren: <asianwarrior: What happened? So steep decline in his ELO rating> I'm curious as well, he had a meteoric rise to 2600. Good luck to him in Bangkok. Apr-19-15    Penguincw: Oliver Barbosa ends up finishing 8th overall at the Bangkok Chess Club Open (2015), with a score of 6.5/9 (+5,-1,=3) and gained 11 points (2489 -> 2500). Dec-31-15    gokusano: As early as October 19, 2011 Amulet speaks out his obscene mind (without factual basis) as if he is the manager of Oliver Barbosa. Why would he do this in the first place? Did he give a windfall to aid Barbosa's cause? All he can do is rah rah but not help in the real sense of the word help. Sipsip sa mga players para masabing nakakatulong sya. Mag iimbento ng mga kuwento at ikakalat para masabing mabait. Pakitang tao. Nakakatakot maging kaibigan ang taong ito, sa isang iglap pwede ka nyang siraan. Ang totoo, inagaw nya ang pinaghirapan ng iba para makakuha ng kredito. Paninira ang alam ng taong ito para sumikat. <Amulet: I would suggest to GM Oliver to not to kibitz here on his page. You know what happened in Wesley's page. They are just your fans. Do not interact with them. Before you know it, they will be asking too much of you, then if you won't be able to give in, they will post negative things on this page. Remember they are just you patzer fans. Do not pay too much attention to them, just like almost all the GM's here.> Feb-04-16    joeyj: Congratulations GM Oliver Barbosa !!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?... Oct-11-16    joeyj: Congratulations GM Oliver Barbosa PHI for the runner-up finish @ Millionaire chess 2016: 2400-2549 Category (2nd place – $6,000) !!! https://millionairechess.com/mc3-le... Oct-11-16    Amulet: Congrats GM Oliver! You're back on track, all the best! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 49) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 48 OF 49 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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