THE PHILIPPINES’ Michael Concio, Jr. and Paulo Bersamina hurdled their respective assignments in the eighth and penultimate round to remain in title contention in the Bangkok Chess Club Open in Thailand on Sunday night.
Both the Filipino International Masters (IMs) relied on their superb endgame technique to eke wins — one by Mr. Concio over Australian IM James Morris in 66 moves of a Bogo Indian encounter and the other by Mr. Bersamina in a marathon 83-move triumph over Latvian Arsens Batashevs of an English clash.
Their wins catapulted them straight to a three-player logjam at third with 6.5 points each that included Indian Grandmaster (GM) Babu Lalit.
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