Alcala, Alvin (PHL) [FICGS member # 7481]
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Alvin Alcala
1: 3rd Place, CWT Grand Prix 2015 (Infinity Chess)
2: 2nd Place, 8th Centaur Weekend Tour 2015 (Infinity Chess)
3: 3rd Place, 7th Centaur Weekend Tour 2015 (Infinity Chess)
4: Champion, 1st Ultimate Chess Championship 2015 (ICC)
5: Champion, 1st Centaur Weekend Tour 2015 (Infinity Chess)
6: Champion, 10th Engine Master Tour 2015 (Infinity Chess)
7: Co-champion, 6th Engine Master Tour 2015 (Infinity Chess)
8: 2nd Winner, Infinity Chess Team Cup 2015 (Infinity Chess)
9: 1st Runner-up, Infinity Chess Freestyle Battle 2014 (Infinity Chess)
10: Champion, 5th Freestyle Chess Cup 2013 (FICGS)
11: Champion, 4th Freestyle Chess Cup 2011 (FICGS)
12: Champion, Kosmodrom's Freestyle Swiss 2010 (Playchess.com)
Alvin Alcala has currently 0 running correspondence chess game(s), won 40, lost 19 and drawn 127 other games against an average elo of 2187, played advanced chess at fast time controls, now 0 running, 119 won, 64 lost, 261 drawn, does not play big chess, does not play Go (wei-ch'i, baduk), and does not play poker, finally Alvin finished a total of 630 games and is not playing any game right now.
Correspondence chess statistics :
vs. Garvin Gray (2291) : 50% (10 games, 1 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Dmitri Mamrukov (2260) : 56% (8 games, 1 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Nelson Bernal Varela (2447) : 50% (7 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Scott Nichols (2183) : 42% (7 games, 0 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Steve Lim (2370) : 42% (7 games, 0 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Sergey Kokoryukin (1948) : 78% (7 games, 4 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Miroslav Gazi (2416) : 58% (6 games, 1 wins, 0 losses)
vs. George Clement (2162) : 50% (5 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Lubos Fric (2334) : 40% (5 games, 0 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Stephane Legrand (2473) : 30% (5 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
Advanced chess statistics :
vs. Scott Nichols (2295) : 55% (177 games, 47 wins, 26 losses)
vs. John Schutte (2408) : 49% (72 games, 12 wins, 13 losses)
vs. Garvin Gray (2343) : 56% (41 games, 12 wins, 7 losses)
vs. Jimmy Huggins (2273) : 57% (26 games, 9 wins, 5 losses)
vs. Yuriy Perikov (2379) : 53% (16 games, 2 wins, 1 losses)
vs. David Evans (2364) : 53% (16 games, 3 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Thibault de Vassal (2305) : 53% (15 games, 4 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Eros Riccio (2443) : 61% (13 games, 4 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Pablo Schmid (2409) : 63% (11 games, 3 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Ruben Comes (2368) : 45% (10 games, 2 wins, 3 losses)
Alvin's favorite game is : Chess
Why Alvin likes Chess : Keep my mind active
Style of play : Resourceful
Is Alvin addicted : Definitely
Uses engines : A lot
Favorite engines : Komodo and Stockfish
Favorite chess opening : Open Games
Favorite chess player : Magnus Carlsen
Favorite player at FICGS : Eros Riccio, Scott Nichols and John Schutte
Languages spoken : English, Spanish, Arabic
Mission : FICGS World Chess Champion
Interests : Freestyle & Computer Chess
Occupation : QHSE Manager/QMR
Favorite website : http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=5218020
Favorite quote : "You need to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances." -- Bobby Fischer
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Last messages by Alvin Alcala in the forum :
Ultimate Challenge Tour 2017, USD 20k (2017-04-14 23:18:29)
Some updates from the sponsors:
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Ultimate Challenge Tour 2017, USD 20k (2017-04-02 14:23:20)
If you finish the tour fair and square then your eligible to get $100 as fair play prize. (...)
Ultimate Challenge Tour 2017, USD 20k (2017-03-31 18:27:51)
Details:
http://infinitychess.com/Page/Public/Article/DefaultArticle.aspx?id=298 (...)
5th Centaur Weekend Tourney (CWT) (2015-10-29 16:55:49)
Announcement
5th Centaur Weekend Tourney (CWT) November 6-8 at Infinity Chess Server
Grand Prix Series (8 tours)
Swis (...)
Alvin Alcala wins Ultimate Chess Champ. (2015-10-08 18:16:29)
Thanks Thib! (...)
Wch Match Tie Break Rules (2015-10-02 18:37:50)
In case of a tie let them play a tie-breaker game with accelerated time control. (...)
Improving netiquette rules (2015-08-03 04:08:40)
I'm in favor of suspension like what other servers do. (...)
Alvin Alcala again in 10th Engine Master (2015-07-17 14:40:31)
Thanks Thib! :) (...)
E. Riccio on his win in the 10th CC WCH (2015-07-11 09:43:19)
Congratulations! long live the king. (...)
Wch Match Tie Break Rules (2015-07-10 14:46:26)
Hi everyone. GM Arno wants to post in this thread as he has trouble logging in.
Introducing a 3/4-1/4 score for stalemate does not mean c (...)