Darwin Laylo

Darwin Laylo (born June 1, 1980[1]) is a Filipino chess grandmaster.

Darwin Laylo
CountryPhilippines
Born (1980-06-01) June 1, 1980
TitleGrandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating2433 (October 2023)
Peak rating2556 (January 2010)
Medal record
Men's chess
Representing  Philippines
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2010 GuangzhouMen's Team
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Jakarta/Palembang Men's Blindfold
Silver medal – second place 2021 Hanoi Team Rapid

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.[2]

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.[3] In 2009, he came first in the Zonal tournament in Ho Chi Minh City.[4]

Chess career

Chess Olympiad
Event Board Individual result Team result
Olympiad, Calvia 2004Second Reserve4.5/8 (26th)19th
Olympiad, Turin 2006Fourth3.5/744th
Olympiad, Dresden 2008Reserve3.5/8 (20th)46th
Olympiad, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010Third4/8 (39th)50th

Asian Cities Chess Championship
Event Board Individual result Team result
Asian Cities, Jakarta 2011Fourth6/9 Bronze4th
Asian Cities, Tagaytay 2013Fourth6.5/9 BronzeGold

Asian Individual Chess Championship
Event ELO Rating Result / # of Participants TPR
Cebu City Asian Chess Championship (6th) 200724867.5/11 (7th/72)2631
Subic Bay Freeport Zone Asian Chess Championship (7th) 200925096.0/11 (34th/86)2495
Subic Bay Freeport Zone Asian Chess Championship (8th) 201025275.0/9 (37th/90)2474
Mashhad Asian Chess Championship (9th) 201125164.5/9 (22nd/50)2465
Ho Chi Minh City Asian Chess Championship (10th) 201225024.0/9 (46th/72)2384
Subic Bay Freeport Zone Asian Chess Championship (11th) 201325045.0/9 (28th/77)2442
Xingtai Asian Chess Championship (17th) 201924335.0/9 (27th/74)2510[5]

Asian Games
Event Board Individual Score Team result
Asian Games, Doha 2006First5/9 (55.6%)8th [6]
Asian Games, Tagaytay 2013Fourth1/4 (25.0%)Silver [7]

Asian Club Chess Cup
Event Board Individual result Team result
Asian Club, Al-Ain 2008Fourth5.5/7 Bronze4th [8]

HDBank International Chess Open
Event Starting Rank / ELO Score Result / TPR
HDBank Open 20119th / 25164.0/942nd / 2350 [9]
HDBank Open 201317th / 24965.5/925th / 2446 [10]
HDBank Open 201510th / 24995.5/914th / 2448 [11]
HDBank Open 201729th / 24454.5/952nd / 2302 [12]
HDBank Open 201936th / 24304.5/963rd / 2390 [13]

References
  1. "Chess LAYLO Darwin - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Darwin Laylo
  3. "IGB 5th Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2008". FIDE. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. "Zone 3.3 Men Championship". FIDE. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  5. "Asian Continental Open and Women's Championships 2019". Chess-Results Server. 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  6. "OlimpBase :: 15th Asian Games (Chess), Doha 2006, the Philippines".
  7. "OlimpBase :: 16th Asian Games (Chess), Guangzhou 2010, the Philippines".
  8. "OlimpBase :: 1st Asian Club Chess Cup, Al-Ain 2008, Tagaytay city".
  9. "1st HDBank cup open chess tournament 2011". Chess-Results Server. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  10. "3rd HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2013". Chess-Results Server. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  11. "5th HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2015". Chess-Results Server. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  12. "7th HDBank Cup International Open Chess 2017 - Masters". Chess-Results Server. 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  13. "9th HDBank International Chess Tournament 2019 - Masters". Chess-Results Server. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
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