| Darwin Laylo | |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Born | June 1, 1980 |
| Title | Grandmaster (2007) |
| FIDE rating | 2441 (December 2023) |
| Peak rating | 2556 (January 2010) |
Medal record | |
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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
References
- ↑ "Chess LAYLO Darwin - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Asian Continental Open and Women's Championships 2019". Chess-Results Server. 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ↑ "OlimpBase :: 15th Asian Games (Chess), Doha 2006, the Philippines".
- ↑ "OlimpBase :: 16th Asian Games (Chess), Guangzhou 2010, the Philippines".
- ↑ "OlimpBase :: 1st Asian Club Chess Cup, Al-Ain 2008, Tagaytay city".
- ↑ "1st HDBank cup open chess tournament 2011". Chess-Results Server. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ↑ "3rd HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2013". Chess-Results Server. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ↑ "5th HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2015". Chess-Results Server. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ↑ "7th HDBank Cup International Open Chess 2017 - Masters". Chess-Results Server. 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ↑ "9th HDBank International Chess Tournament 2019 - Masters". Chess-Results Server. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
External links
- Darwin Laylo rating card at FIDE
- Darwin Laylo player profile and games at Chessgames.com