# Darwin Laylo

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{{short description|Filipino chess grandmaster (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Darwin Laylo
| image = Darwin Laylo 2013 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Laylo in 2013 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|6|1}}
| birth_place = 
| height = 1.75 m
| country = [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
| title = [Grandmaster](/source/Grandmaster_(chess)) (2007)
| peakrating = 2556 (January 2010)
| FideID = 5201330
}}

'''Darwin Laylo''' (born June 1, 1980<ref>{{cite web |title=Chess LAYLO Darwin - The 19th Asian Games |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/chess/athlete-profile-n2023911-laylo-darwin.htm |website=info.hangzhou2022.cn |access-date=24 September 2023}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>) is a [Filipino](/source/Philippines) [chess](/source/chess) [grandmaster](/source/Grandmaster_(chess)).

Laylo won the [Philippine national championship](/source/Philippine_Chess_Championship) in 2004 and 2006. These wins earned him a place on the Philippine teams in the [2004 Calvià Olympiad](/source/36th_Chess_Olympiad) and in [2006 at Turin](/source/37th_Chess_Olympiad).<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/em0sw4md.html OlimpBase  Men's Chess Olympiads  Darwin Laylo]</ref>

In 2006 he gained two [GM norms](/source/Grandmaster_norm), the first from the 2006 Malaysian Open, and the second at the 2006 Bad Wiessee tournament in Germany. His third and final norm came in the 2007 Asian Chess Championship in [Cebu](/source/Cebu), Philippines.

Laylo placed in the top ten of the 2007 [Asian Chess Championship](/source/Asian_Chess_Championship), earning a place in the [2007 World Chess Cup](/source/Chess_World_Cup_2007), November, 2007, in [Khanty-Mansiysk](/source/Khanty-Mansiysk), Russia. Seeded 113th out of 128 participants, Laylo was eliminated in the first round, 1½–½, by the French grandmaster [Étienne Bacrot](/source/%C3%89tienne_Bacrot).

In 2008, he tied for 3rd-7th with [Ashot Nadanian](/source/Ashot_Nadanian), [Marat Dzhumaev](/source/Marat_Dzhumaev), [Dražen Sermek](/source/Dra%C5%BEen_Sermek) and [Susanto Megaranto](/source/Susanto_Megaranto) in the 5th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Championship in [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=14917 |title=IGB 5th Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2008 |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=20 March 2011}}</ref> In 2009, he came first in the Zonal tournament in [Ho Chi Minh City](/source/Ho_Chi_Minh_City).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=44503 |title=Zone 3.3 Men Championship |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=20 March 2011}}</ref>

==Chess career==
===Chess Olympiad===
:{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Event
! Board
! Individual result
! Team result
|-
|[Olympiad, Calvia 2004](/source/36th_Chess_Olympiad) || Second Reserve || 4.5/8 (26th) || 19th
|-
|[Olympiad, Turin 2006](/source/37th_Chess_Olympiad) || Fourth || 3.5/7 || 44th
|-
|[Olympiad, Dresden 2008](/source/38th_Chess_Olympiad) || Reserve || 3.5/8 (20th) || 46th
|-
|[Olympiad, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010](/source/39th_Chess_Olympiad)|| Third || 4/8 (39th) || 50th
|}

===Asian Cities Chess Championship===
:{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Event
! Board
! Individual result
! Team result
|-
|[Asian Cities, Jakarta 2011](/source/17th_Asian_Cities_Chess_Championship) || Fourth || 6/9 Bronze || 4th
|-
|[Asian Cities, Tagaytay 2013](/source/18th_Asian_Cities_Chess_Championship) || Fourth || 6.5/9 Bronze || Gold
|}

===Asian Individual Chess Championship===
:{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Event
! ELO Rating
! Result / # of Participants
! TPR
|-
|[Cebu City Asian Chess Championship](/source/Asian_Chess_Championship) (6th) 2007 || 2486 || 7.5/11 (7th/72) || 2631
|-
|[Subic Bay Freeport Zone Asian Chess Championship](/source/Asian_Chess_Championship) (7th) 2009 || 2509 || 6.0/11 (34th/86) || 2495
|-
|[Subic Bay Freeport Zone Asian Chess Championship](/source/Asian_Chess_Championship) (8th) 2010 || 2527 || 5.0/9 (37th/90) || 2474
|-
|[Mashhad Asian Chess Championship](/source/Asian_Chess_Championship) (9th) 2011 || 2516 || 4.5/9 (22nd/50) || 2465
|-
|[Ho Chi Minh City Asian Chess Championship](/source/Asian_Chess_Championship) (10th) 2012 || 2502 || 4.0/9 (46th/72) || 2384
|-
|[Subic Bay Freeport Zone Asian Chess Championship](/source/Asian_Chess_Championship) (11th) 2013 || 2504 || 5.0/9 (28th/77) || 2442
|- 
|[Xingtai Asian Chess Championship](/source/Asian_Chess_Championship) (17th) 2019 || 2433 || 5.0/9 (27th/74) || 2510<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr442666.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&turdet=YES&flag=30&snr=48 |title=Asian Continental Open and Women's Championships 2019 |website=Chess-Results Server |date=2019-06-15 |accessdate=2022-09-01}}</ref>
|}

===Asian Games===
:{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Event
! Board
! Individual Score
! Team result
|-
|[Asian Games, Doha 2006](/source/15th_Asian_Games) || First || 5/9 (55.6%) || 8th <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olimpbase.org/2006ag/2006phi.html |title=OlimpBase :: 15th Asian Games (Chess), Doha 2006, the Philippines}}</ref>
|-
|[Asian Games, Tagaytay 2013](/source/16th_Asian_Games) || Fourth || 1/4 (25.0%) || Silver <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olimpbase.org/2010ag/2010phi.html |title=OlimpBase :: 16th Asian Games (Chess), Guangzhou 2010, the Philippines}}</ref>
|}

===Asian Club Chess Cup===
:{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Event
! Board
! Individual result
! Team result
|-
|[Asian Club, Al-Ain 2008](/source/1st_Asian_Club_Chess_Cup) || Fourth || 5.5/7 Bronze || 4th <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olimpbase.org/2008ac/2008tgty.html |title=OlimpBase :: 1st Asian Club Chess Cup, Al-Ain 2008, Tagaytay city}}</ref>
|}

===HDBank International Chess Open===
:{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Event
! Starting Rank / ELO
! Score
! Result / TPR
|-
|[HDBank Open 2011](/source/1st_HDBank_Open) || 9th / 2516 || 4.0/9 || 42nd / 2350 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr42195.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&flag=30&snr=9 |title=1st HDBank cup open chess tournament 2011 |website=Chess-Results Server |date= |accessdate=2022-09-01}}</ref>
|-
|[HDBank Open 2013](/source/3nd_HD_Bank_Open) || 17th / 2496 || 5.5/9 || 25th / 2446 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr95133.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&flag=30&snr=17 |title=3rd HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2013 |website=Chess-Results Server |date=2013-03-25 |accessdate=2022-09-01}}</ref>
|-
|[HDBank Open 2015](/source/5th_HDBank_Open) || 10th / 2499 || 5.5/9 || 14th / 2448 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr163253.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&flag=30&snr=10 |title=5th HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2015 |website=Chess-Results Server |date=2015-03-22 |accessdate=2022-09-01}}</ref>
|-
|[HDBank Open 2017](/source/7th_HD_Bank_Open) || 29th / 2445 || 4.5/9 || 52nd / 2302 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr259126.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&flag=30&snr=29 |title=7th HDBank Cup International Open Chess 2017 - Masters |website=Chess-Results Server |date=2017-03-18 |accessdate=2022-09-01}}</ref>
|-
|[HDBank Open 2019](/source/9th_HD_Bank_Open) || 36th / 2430 || 4.5/9 || 63rd / 2390 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr405049.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=PHI&flag=30&snr=36 |title=9th HDBank International Chess Tournament 2019 - Masters |website=Chess-Results Server |date=2019-03-13 |accessdate=2022-09-01}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIDE}}
* {{USCF}}
* {{Chessgames player}}
* {{365Chess.com player}}
* {{ChessTempo.com player}}
* {{OlimpBase player}}
* {{2022 Asian Games profile|chess/athlete-profile-n2023911-laylo-darwin}}

{{Filipino GMs}}

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Category:1980 births
Category:Living people
Category:Filipino chess players
Category:Chess Grandmasters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:Chess players at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines
Category:Asian Games silver medalists in chess
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games
Category:Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
Category:SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
Category:SEA Games medalists in chess
Category:21st-century Filipino sportsmen

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