Darwin Laylo

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Darwin Laylo
CountryPhilippines
Born1980 (age 41–42)
TitleGrandmaster
FIDE rating2428 (January 2022)
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

Darwin Laylo (born 1980) 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.[1]

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

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
Fourth 6/9 Bronze 4th
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[4]

Asian Games[]

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

Asian Club Chess Cup[]

Event Board Individual result Team result
Fourth 5.5/7 Bronze 4th [7]

HDBank International Chess Open[]

Event Starting Rank / ELO Score Result / TPR
9th / 2516 4.0/9 42nd / 2350 [8]
17th / 2496 5.5/9 25th / 2446 [9]
10th / 2499 5.5/9 14th / 2448 [10]
29th / 2445 4.5/9 52nd / 2302 [11]
36th / 2430 4.5/9 63rd / 2390 [12]

References[]

  1. ^ OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Darwin Laylo
  2. ^ "IGB 5th Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2008". FIDE. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Zone 3.3 Men Championship". FIDE. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. ^ http://chess-results.com/tnr442666.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&turdet=YES&flag=30&snr=48
  5. ^ https://www.olimpbase.org/2006ag/2006phi.html
  6. ^ https://www.olimpbase.org/2010ag/2010phi.html
  7. ^ https://www.olimpbase.org/2008ac/2008tgty.html
  8. ^ http://chess-results.com/tnr42195.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&flag=30&snr=9
  9. ^ http://chess-results.com/tnr95133.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&flag=30&snr=17
  10. ^ http://chess-results.com/tnr163253.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&flag=30&snr=10
  11. ^ http://chess-results.com/tnr259126.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&flag=30&snr=29
  12. ^ http://chess-results.com/tnr405049.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&flag=30&snr=36

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