Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yulin 2008, ya lashe gasar zakarun Philippines Chess; wannan ba kawai ya cancanci shi ga tawagar Philippines da ke fafatawa a gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 38 ba
daga baya a wannan shekarar a watan Nuwamba, amma kuma ya sami lambar farko ta GM. A gasar Olympics, wasan da Gomez ya yi da GM na Czech Viktor Láznička a zagaye na 9 ya isa ya sami matsayin GM na karshe da taken GM, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama dan Filipino na goma da ya yi hakan. Gomez ya gama gasar Olympics a matsayin dan wasan da ya fi kowa zura kwallo a kungiyar Philippines. Gomez kuma ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar Filipino don 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd da 43rd Chess Olympiads.