Darwin Laylo (born 1980) is a Filipino chess grandmaster. Laylo won the Philippine national championship in 2004 and 2006. These wins earned him a place on the Philippine teams in the 2004 Calvià Olympiad and in 2006 at Turin. In 2006 he gained two GM norms, 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, Philippines. Laylo placed in the top ten of the 2007 Asian Chess Championship, earning a place in the 2007 World Chess Cup, November, 2007, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Seeded 113th out of 128 participants, Laylo was eliminated in the first round, 1½–½, by the French grandmaster Étienne Bacrot. In 2008, he tied for 3rd-7th with

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, Marat Dzhumaev,

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and Susanto Megaranto in the 5th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Championship in Kuala Lumpur. In 2009, he came first in the Zonal tournament in

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Chess career

Chess Olympiad

Asian Cities Chess Championship

Asian Individual Chess Championship

Asian Games

Asian Club Chess Cup

HDBank International Chess Open

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laylo, Darwin 1980 births Living people Filipino chess players Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Asian Games medalists in chess Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Southeast Asian Games medalists in chess Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games 20th-century Filipino people 21st-century Filipino people