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Dableo, Paragua boost title drive.

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(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)

ASIAN Zonal champion Ronald Dableo and IM Joseph Sanchez won their fifth round matches yesterday to catch up with fellow Filipino Marc Paragua and bolster their title drive in the XV Open Cannes International Open Chess Championships in Cannes, France.

Dableo beat Pierre Lafaure of France while Sanchez trounced another French, Marc Karila, to boost their total to four points, the same score posted by Paragua. They were just half-a-point behind pacesetter GM Lexy Ortega of Italy.

Paragua couldn't extract a win with the white pieces and settled for a draw with GM Milko Pochev of Bulgaria in the top board encounter of ...

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