Downfall in 8th?

Hi guys!

We beat the number one seed, India in the 7th round with a score of 3-1!!! We were seeded at 22nd which is expected because three out of four players were unrated and untitled. That's how we Fiipinos are, underdogs!!!

Ironically,or should I say interestingly, an anonymous reader posted his comment and I'd like to share what it was:

"Don't brag about untitled and unrated players, if the Federation is not paying its dues, you dont get FIDE rated tournaments. I expect a downfall in the 8th"

Man oh man!

Bold prophesy from someone obviously against our young and powerful Philippine team. To Wesley, Karl, Hairdas and Franz, keep it up! You can't please everybody. The best weapon against your detractors is your best performance! Franz, we believe in you! Franz, your Kuya Bridson Castronuevo is so proud of you! He never misses to tell us about your chess greatness! I've met your sister, who's a very good friend of my Kumpare Bridson a couple of times in Imus Cavite!

Go go go!

And here's the post made by balweg214 in our NCFP Forum. Thank you so much!

Games from World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007 (Singapore) by the Pinoys:

Round 5: Iran – Philippines [1.5 – 2.5]

Khademi,Mohammad Miran - So,Wesley [B22]
World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007 (5), 08.08.2007

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nxc3 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.Rb1 Rc8 12.Be3 e6 13.Bxa7 Rxc3 14.Bd4 Rc2 15.Bd3 Rxa2 16.0–0 Be7 17.Be4 Bc6 18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Be3 Ra5 20.Rfc1 0–0 21.Bb6 Rd5 22.Nd4 c5 23.Bxd8 Bxd8 24.Nc6 h5 25.Rb5 c4 26.Rxd5 exd5 27.Rd1 Re8 28.Rxd5 Bb6 29.Kf1 c3 30.Ke2 c2 31.Kd2 c1Q+ 32.Kxc1 Rc8 33.Rd6 Kh7 34.e6 Bc5 35.Ne7 Rf8 36.Rd7 fxe6 37.Nc6 Rc8 0–1

Ochoa Karl Victor - Darini Pouria [C47]
World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007 (5), 07.08.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Re1 Bf6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Ba3 Re8 12.d4 Bg4 13.Qd3 exd4 14.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.Nxd4 Rd8 16.Rxb7 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Rxd4 18.Qe3 Rd1+ 19.Bf1 Qd8 20.Bb4 Bd4 21.Qe7 Bb6 22.Qxd8+ Rxd8 23.Be7 Re8 24.Bb5 Rc8 25.Bc6 Be6 26.a4 a5 27.Bg5 Bc4 28.Bd7 Ra8 29.Bc6 Rc8 30.Bd7 Rf8 31.Be7 Bd5 32.Rxb6 cxb6 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.f4 Ke7 35.Bb5 Kd6 36.Kf2 Bc6 37.Bc4 Bxa4 38.c3 f6 39.Ke3 Kc5 40.Bg8 h6 41.g4 Bb5 42.Ba2 a4 43.h4 0–1

Salehian Sina - Pascua Haridas [B23]
World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007 (5), 08.08.2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 d5 6.f4 Ba6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.e5 Nd7 9.0–0 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Na4 Bb5 12.Nb2 0–0 13.c4 Ba6 14.Na4 f6 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Rb1 Qf5 17.Be3 Rfe8 18.Nh4 Qf6 19.Qg4 Qe7 20.Rbe1 Bb5 21.Nf3 Bxa4 22.bxa4 Rab8 23.Rb1 Rb4 24.Rxb4 cxb4 25.Rc1 Nc5 26.cxd5 Nxd3 27.Rd1 Nb2 28.Re1 exd5 29.Bf2 Qf7 30.Ng5 Rxe1+ 31.Bxe1 Qf5 32.Qe2 Nd3 33.g4 Qxf4 34.Qe8+ Qf8 35.Qxc6 Qe7 36.Qc8+ Bf8 37.Bd2 Qe2 0–1

Grafil Franz Robert - Maleki Amir [A08]
World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007 (5), 08.08.2007

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0–0 Nge7 8.Re1 0–0 9.c3 b6 10.e5 Qc7 11.Qe2 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.c4 Nf5 14.Nb3 Qf7 15.Ng5 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 Nfd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qd2 Bb7 19.Be3 Nf3+ 20.Bxf3 Qxf3 21.Qe2 Qf5 22.Bh6 Rfe8 23.Qe5 Qxe5 24.Rxe5 Rad8 25.Rae1 Kf7 26.Be3 Rd6 27.Bf4 Rd7 28.Bg5 dxc4 29.dxc4 Rd3 30.R5e3 Rxe3 31.Rxe3 e5 32.Ra3 Ra8 33.Re3 Re8 34.Rd3 Ke6 35.Rd8 Rxd8 36.Bxd8 Kd7 37.Bg5 Be4 38.f4 exf4 39.Bxf4 Bd3 40.Kf2 Bxc4 41.a3 Kc6 42.Ke3 Kd5 43.Kd2 b5 44.Bb8 a5 45.Bc7 a4 46.Kc3 g5 47.h4 g4 48.Bf4 ½–½
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Round 6: Philippines – Uzbekistan [2.5 – 1.5]

IM So Wesley - Mustafaev Jamshid [B81]
World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007 (6), 08.08.2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Nc6 8.Rg1 h5 9.gxh5 Nxh5 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Rg3 a6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qf3 e5 14.Bc4 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.h5 Ra7 17.h6 Rf7 18.0–0–0 gxh6 19.Bh4 Be7 20.Qe2 Nh5 21.Qxh5 Bxh4 22.Rg6 Bg5+ 23.Kb1 Ke7 24.Qh3 Qc8 25.Na4 Bf6 26.f4 Rg7 27.Rxh6 Rxh6 28.Qxh6 exf4 29.Qxf4 Qb8 30.Rf1 Be5 31.Qf2 c5 32.b3 Rh7 33.Nb2 Qg8 34.Nc4 Rh5 35.b4 Bd4 36.Qf4 Be5 37.Qf3 Rg5 38.bxc5 Rg1 39.cxd6+ Bxd6 40.Qf6+ Kd7 41.Nxd6 Qb8+ 42.Kc1 Rxf1+ 43.Qxf1 Kxd6 44.Qf4+ e5 45.Qf6+ Kc5 46.Qxa6 Qb4 47.Qc8+ Kd4 48.Qd7+ Ke3 49.Qd3+ Kf4 50.Qd2+ 1–0

Mustafaev Khurshed - Ochoa Karl Victor [C90]
World Youth U 16 Olympiad 2007 (6) 8.08.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 Bf8 13.h3 g6 14.N3h2 Bg7 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Qd2 d5 17.Qc1 c4 18.dxc4 Nxc4 19.Ng3 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Bb7 21.Rac1 Rad8 22.Bb1 dxe4 23.Qe2 Nd5 24.c4 Nf4 25.Qe3 bxc4 26.b3 f5 27.Rxc4 Qd6 28.Nhf1 Nd3 29.Rd1 f4 30.Nxe4 fxe3 31.Nxd6 e2 32.Rxd3 e1Q 33.Nxb7 Rxd3 34.Bxd3 e4 35.Bc2 Rf8 0–1

Pascua Haridas - Pak Evgeniy [A57]
World Youth U 16 Olympiad 2007 (6) 8.08.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 bxc4 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 Ba6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Nd2 Qa5 9.Qc2 Bg7 10.Bxc4 Bxc4 11.Nxc4 Qb4 12.Nd2 0–0 13.0–0 Na6 14.Ra3 Qb7 15.Nc4 Nb4 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.f4 Qa6 18.Nb5 Nb6 19.b3 Nxc4 20.bxc4 Qa5 21.e5 a6 22.exd6 exd6 23.Nxd6 Qd8 24.Ne4 Re8 25.Qf3 Nc2 26.Ra2 Nd4 27.Qd3 Qe7 28.Nc3 Rab8 29.Bd2 Rb3 30.Kh1 Qh4 31.Qg3 Qd8 32.Qf2 Nf5 33.Ne2 Nd6 34.Rc2 Rd3 35.Rd1 Ne4 36.Qf1 Qh4 37.Kg1 Qg4 38.g3 Rf3 39.Qe1 Nxg3 40.Nxg3 Rxe1+ 41.Rxe1 Bd4+ 0–1

Tillyaev Ulugbek - Grafil Franz Robert [B76]
World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007 (6), 08.08.2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0–0–0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1 Rb8 12.g4 b5 13.Nd5 b4 14.g5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf5 16.Bxg7 b3 17.axb3 Kxg7 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qa5 20.h4 Rb6 21.Qc3+ Qxc3 22.bxc3 Rc8 23.Kb2 f6 24.Rd4 h6 25.f4 Rh8 26.Ra1 Rb7 27.Rda4 hxg5 28.hxg5 fxg5 29.fxg5 Rh5 30.Rxa7 Rxa7 31.Rxa7 Kf7 32.c4 Rxg5 33.b4 Rh5 34.b5 Rh8 35.c5 dxc5 36.d6 Ke6 37.dxe7 g5 38.Kc3 g4 39.e8Q+ Rxe8 40.Rg7 Kd5 41.Rxg4 Re3+ 42.Kd2 Rh3 43.c4+ Ke5 44.Kc2 Rf3 45.Kb2 Rh3 46.Ka2 Rf3 47.Rh4 Rg3 48.Rh2 Kd4 49.Rc2 Rh3 50.b6 Rh6 51.Rb2 Rh8 52.Kb3 Rb8 53.Rd2+ Ke5 54.Rd5+ Ke6 55.Rxc5 Rxb6+ 56.Kc3 Kd6 57.Rh5 Rb1 58.Rh6+ Kc5 59.Rh5+ Kc6 60.Kc2 Re1 61.Kd3 Rd1+ 62.Kc2 Ra1 63.Re5 ½–½