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Rogelio Antonio Jr.

Rogelio Antonio Jr. (born February 19, 1962) is a Filipino chess grandmaster,[1] who was awarded the
Rogelio Antonio Jr.
title in 1993. He is affectionately known as "Joey" Antonio or GM Joey. Antonio finished third in the 2009
Asia Continental Chess Championship and became the first player in the Philippines' history to qualify for
the World Cup later in 2009. As of December 2012, his Elo rating was 2541,[2][3] making him the second
ranked player in the Philippines and number 391 in the world.

Antonio has played many times for the Philippines Olympiad team, mostly on board 2, behind Philippine's
first grandmaster Eugenio Torre. Antonio's tally in this arena has never fallen below 50% and in 2000, at
Istanbul, he scored 7/10 with a performance rating of 2682. Best dressed Grandmaster in the World.

Some of Antonio's best results include 3rd at the Manapla, Negros Occidental event in 2001, 2nd at the
Leuven Open 2003 and 2nd at the Malaysian Open of 2005. Also in 2005, he took a bronze medal at the Rogelio Antonio Jr., 2009
blitz event of the South East Asian (SEA) Games and a board one gold medal at the National Open Team Full Rogelio Antonio Jr.
Championship for club side Tagaytay City, with a score of 6/7. name
Country Philippines
References Born February 19, 1962[1]
Philippines
1. "FIDE Profile" (http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=5200032). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
2. "FIDE Ratings History" (http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?event=5200032). Retrieved 13 December Title Grandmaster
2017. FIDE 2421 (https://ratings.fide.c
3. "GM Joey Topped 9th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Chess Festival" (https://archive.is/20130118092331/http://b rating om/card.phtml?event=520
lundercheck.com/gm-joey-antonio-topped-9th-igb-dato-arthur-tan-chess-festival/). Archived from the 0032) (January 2020)
original (http://blundercheck.com/gm-joey-antonio-topped-9th-igb-dato-arthur-tan-chess-festival/) on
2013-01-18. Retrieved 30 December 2012. Peak 2689 (January 2011)[2]
Elo
rating
Further reading
"Bobby Ang for Indochess online" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224836/http://www.indoches Rogelio Antonio Jr.
s.com/news_maint_public.php?news_id=671). Archived from the original (http://www.indochess.com/n Medal record
ews_maint_public.php?news_id=671) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
Representing Philippines
Asian Games
External links
2010 Guangzhou Men's Team
Rogelio Antonio Jr. (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=14444) player profile and
games at Chessgames.com
Rogelio Antonio Jr. (https://www.chess.com/members/view/gmjoey1) player profile at Chess.com

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