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PH faces Norway in Chess Olympiad

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INO Sadorra, the Philippines’ US-based top player, faces world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in Thursday night’s sixth round of the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijian.

“We will give our best,” said men’s captain James Infiesto in his Facebook account. The team spent a part of Wednesday on a tour of a city before meeting in the afternoon with delegation head Manuel Canovas.

Norway’s players have a higher Elo rating than the Philippines on every board as the Filipinos face their first strong opponent in the Olympiad. 

Sadorra has a rating of 2560 to Carlsen’s 2857. Carlsen has scored two points and two draws from four games.

The 19th-placed Norway, who like 23rd ranked Philippines has eight match points, lost to Romania, 1.5-2.5 in the third round as Carlsen was held to a draw. Carlsen also drew against David Smerdon as Norway eked out a 2.5-1.5 win in the fourth round.

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On second board John Paul Gomez (2492) is pitted against Jon Ludwig Hammer (2641), Eugene Torre (2447), the highest scorer of the team with 4.5 points out of five rounds, meets Aryan Tari (2570) and Rogelio Barcenilla Jr (2455)  faces Frode Urkedal (2537).

The Filipinas face Mexico with captain Jayson Gonzales keeping the same lineup which produced wins in their last two games. Grandmaster candidate Janelle Mae Frayna plays top board followed by Jan Jodilyn Fronda, Catherine Secopito and rookie Shania Mae Mendoza.

The Filipinas are in 27th place while Mexico is in 21st place.

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