<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - NgoJulayi 2008, wanqoba iPhilippine Chess Championship; lokhu akugcinanga ngokumenza afaneleke eqenjini lasePhilippine elincintisana kwi-38th Chess Olympiad kamuva ngalowo nyaka ngoNovemba, kodwa futhi kwamzuzela nomthetho wakhe wokuqala we-GM. Emidlalweni yama-Olympic, ukufana kukaGomez noGM waseCzech uViktor Láznička emzuliswaneni we-9 kwakwanele ukuthola inqubo yakhe yokugcina ye-GM kanye nesihloko se-GM, okwamenza waba ngumFilipino weshumi ukwenza kanjalo. UGomez waqeda i-Olympiad njengomshayi wamagoli oyinhloko weqembu lasePhilippines. UGomez futhi wayeyilungu leqembu lasePhilippines lama-39, 40, 41, 42  <response>: kanye nama-Olympics angama-43. 