Darwin Laylo

Darwin Laylo
Full name	Darwin Laylo
Country	Philippines
Born	1980
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2516 (March 2011)
Peak rating	2556 (January 2010)

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 Chess Olympiad teams in the 2004 Calvià Olympiad and in 2006 at Turin.^[1]

In 2006 he picked up two GM norms, the first from the 2006 Malaysian Open, and the second at the 2006 Bad Wiesse tournament in Germany. His third and final norm came in the 2007 Asian Chess Championship in Cebu, Philippines.

As of October 2007, Darwin's Elo rating achieved its peak by posting 2508 which placed him as the fourth strongest chess player in the Philippines.

Laylo placed in the top ten of the 2007 Asian Chess Championship held in Cebu, Philippines, earning a place 2007 World Chess Cup, November, 2007, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Seeded 113th out of 128 participants, Laylo was eliminated in the first round match 1½–½ by Étienne Bacrot (France, rated 2696).

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]

References

1. ^ OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Darwin Laylo
2. ^ "IGB 5th Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2008". FIDE. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=14917. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
3. ^ "Zone 3.3 Men Championship". FIDE. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=44503. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 

External links

• FIDE rating card for Darwin Laylo
• Darwin Laylo player profile at ChessGames.com

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Name	Laylo, Darwin
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Short description	Filipino chess grandmaster
Date of birth	1980
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