Ricardo de Guzman
Ricardo de Guzman (born September 12, 1961) is a Filipino chess player. He was one of the premiere players of the Philippines in the 1980s and was awarded the title of International Master in 1982. He is nationally ranked 39th in the Philippines, 22nd among active players. He reached a peak rating of 2439 but currently has a classical ELO rating of 2344, rapid rating of 2261 (peak rating was 2376 in January 2019) and blitz rating of 2363 (peak rating was 2405 in July 2014December 2018) per FIDE. Chess career. Asian Junior Chess Championship. De Guzman  won the prestigious Asian Junior Chess Championship in 1981 held at Dhaka, Bangladesh where he was awarded an outright IM title. He actually finished in a tie with GM Niaz Murshed of Bangladesh but won the title based on a superior tiebreak as he had more wins than Murshed. Chess Olympiad. De Guzman participated in three (3) Olympiads: He ended his Olympiad career with a 8½ points in 21 games, recording 4 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses for a winning rate of 40.5%. World Chess Championship. He participated in the World Chess Championship cycle 1998-1999 through the Zonal  3.2a held in Yangon, Myanmar in 1998 where he tied for 21st-25th places eventually copping 21st place after tiebreaks. He scored 3½ points in 9 games posting 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses where he had a 2162 TPR as against his ELO rating of 2400 at that time. It was not enough to qualify for the Interzonals held in 1999 at Las Vegas. Asian Team Chess Championship. De Guzman was a 4-time participant in the Asian Team Chess Championship: He finished his stint in the Asian Team Chess Championship with an outstanding total of 22 points in  30 games posting 19 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses for a winning rate of 73.3% garnering 6 medals in total: 1 gold and 2 silvers in Individual Play and 2 golds and 1 silver in Team Competitions. Philippine Chess Championship. De Guzman participated in the Filipino Chess Championship various times: Other significant tournaments. Bob Burger Open. In January 2002, de Guzman won the Bob Burger Open held on January 5, beating SM David Pruess and NM Michael Aigner. On January 17, 2004, de Guzman won the Bob Burger Open with a perfect score of 5/5. On January 9, 2010 , de Guzman won the 10th Bob Burger Open conducted at the Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, California, USA where he scored 4.5/5. Other US tournaments. De Guzman won the 2004 Sacramento Chess Championship over the 4th of July weekend going undefeated and scoring 5.0/6 (4 wins and 2 draws). De Guzman won the 2010 Dolan Memorial International Chess tournament held in San Francisco, California on October 9, 2010. In 2014, de Guzman won the 5th Central California Open held from August 15–17, 2014 in Fresno, California after he scored 4.5/5. That year, De Guzman took part also in the US Class  Championship, which took place from October 31st to November 2 in Santa Clara, California. He ended up in a tie for 2nd place with IM Sevillano both ending up with 4.5/6 and each earned US$803.00 in the tournament won by GM Cristian Chirila. De Guzman participated also in the 2014 North American Open won by SGM So with 8.0/9 (+7 =2 -0) held from December 26–30, 2014. He wound up in a tie for 37-47th places all with 4.5 points although he only played 8 games recording 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. In 2015, de  Guzman joined the 2nd Millionaire Chess Open held from October 8–12, 2015 and won by Super GM Wesley So of the US. He had a starting rank of 69 but placed 108 overall after scoring 3.5 points in 9 games recording 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses with a TPR of 2285 as against his 2374 ELO. Asian Seniors 50+ Division. In the finals of the Asian Seniors 50+ division, de Guzman placed 4th overall in the tournament.