Darwin Laylo

Filipino chess grandmaster
Darwin Laylo
CountryPhilippines
Born (1980-06-01) June 1, 1980 (age 43)
TitleGrandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating2400 (April 2024)
Peak rating2556 (January 2010)
Medal record
Men's chess
Representing  Philippines
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Men's Team
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Jakarta/Palembang Men's Blindfold
Silver medal – second place 2021 Hanoi Team Rapid

Darwin Laylo (born June 1, 1980[1]) 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.[2]

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.[3] In 2009, he came first in the Zonal tournament in Ho Chi Minh City.[4]

Chess career

Chess Olympiad

Event Board Individual result Team result
Olympiad, Calvia 2004 Second Reserve 4.5/8 (26th) 19th
Olympiad, Turin 2006 Fourth 3.5/7 44th
Olympiad, Dresden 2008 Reserve 3.5/8 (20th) 46th
Olympiad, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Third 4/8 (39th) 50th

Asian Cities Chess Championship

Event Board Individual result Team result
Asian Cities, Jakarta 2011 Fourth 6/9 Bronze 4th
Asian Cities, Tagaytay 2013 Fourth 6.5/9 Bronze Gold

Asian Individual Chess Championship

Event ELO Rating Result / # of Participants TPR
Cebu City Asian Chess Championship (6th) 2007 2486 7.5/11 (7th/72) 2631
Subic Bay Freeport Zone Asian Chess Championship (7th) 2009 2509 6.0/11 (34th/86) 2495
Subic Bay Freeport Zone Asian Chess Championship (8th) 2010 2527 5.0/9 (37th/90) 2474
Mashhad Asian Chess Championship (9th) 2011 2516 4.5/9 (22nd/50) 2465
Ho Chi Minh City Asian Chess Championship (10th) 2012 2502 4.0/9 (46th/72) 2384
Subic Bay Freeport Zone Asian Chess Championship (11th) 2013 2504 5.0/9 (28th/77) 2442
Xingtai Asian Chess Championship (17th) 2019 2433 5.0/9 (27th/74) 2510[5]

Asian Games

Event Board Individual Score Team result
Asian Games, Doha 2006 First 5/9 (55.6%) 8th [6]
Asian Games, Tagaytay 2013 Fourth 1/4 (25.0%) Silver [7]

Asian Club Chess Cup

Event Board Individual result Team result
Asian Club, Al-Ain 2008 Fourth 5.5/7 Bronze 4th [8]

HDBank International Chess Open

Event Starting Rank / ELO Score Result / TPR
HDBank Open 2011 9th / 2516 4.0/9 42nd / 2350 [9]
HDBank Open 2013 17th / 2496 5.5/9 25th / 2446 [10]
HDBank Open 2015 10th / 2499 5.5/9 14th / 2448 [11]
HDBank Open 2017 29th / 2445 4.5/9 52nd / 2302 [12]
HDBank Open 2019 36th / 2430 4.5/9 63rd / 2390 [13]

References

  1. ^ "Chess LAYLO Darwin - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Darwin Laylo
  3. ^ "IGB 5th Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2008". FIDE. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Zone 3.3 Men Championship". FIDE. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Asian Continental Open and Women's Championships 2019". Chess-Results Server. 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  6. ^ "OlimpBase :: 15th Asian Games (Chess), Doha 2006, the Philippines".
  7. ^ "OlimpBase :: 16th Asian Games (Chess), Guangzhou 2010, the Philippines".
  8. ^ "OlimpBase :: 1st Asian Club Chess Cup, Al-Ain 2008, Tagaytay city".
  9. ^ "1st HDBank cup open chess tournament 2011". Chess-Results Server. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  10. ^ "3rd HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2013". Chess-Results Server. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  11. ^ "5th HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2015". Chess-Results Server. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  12. ^ "7th HDBank Cup International Open Chess 2017 - Masters". Chess-Results Server. 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  13. ^ "9th HDBank International Chess Tournament 2019 - Masters". Chess-Results Server. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

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