In round 2, I was Black against Vietnamese veteran GM Nguyen Anh Dung who fell to a superb piece of preparation in round 1 against the Uzbek prodigy Jahongir Vakhidov. I expected Anh Dung to be an angry animal after that and true enough, he started the game with 1.e4 which he hasn't been playing often recently. In turn, I replied with the Sicilian Dragon which I've never played before:
(Note: at the time of posting this, Oliver Barbosa has secured his final GM norm with a score of 6.5/8 and as such, is the Philippine's latest Grandmaster. My sincere congratulations!)
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