INTERNATIONAL MASTER (IM) elect Jerad Docena of Pasay City emerged champion of the 2nd Gayang Chess Championship Open Chess Tournament was held recently at the Guinayangan, Quezon.
Docena, one of the country's top woodpushers, finished the seven-round Swiss system tournament with 6 points, the same output of Vince Angelo Medina of Cabuyao City, Laguna.
NAKOPO ni International Master (IM) elect Jerad Docena ng Pasay City ang titulo ng 2nd Gayang Chess Championship Open Chess Tournament na ginanap kamakailan sa Guinayangan, Quezon.
Si Docena, isa sa country's top woodpushers, ay tumapos sa seven-round Swiss system tournament ng 6 points, iskor din na naitala ni Vince Angelo Medina ng Cabuyao City, Laguna.
by Marlon Bernardino
SINGAPORE---LIKE wine, Lincoln "Linky" Yap gets better with age.
Relying on his experience and mastery of the complicated game, the 60-year-old Yap, the pride of Cebu saved the Philippines' Bulldogs/Psalms 23 chess team anew by beating Rodolfo Janely in their London System Opening skirmish in Board 4 to help seal a 3.5-0.5 win over Bulldog Chess Brotherhood and a place in the top 2 after eight rounds of the QCD SG Chess League at the Aqueen Hotel in Paya Lebar, Singapore late Friday, August 24, 2018 here.
by Marlon Bernardino
SINGAPORE---LIKE wine, Lincoln "Linky" Yap gets better with age.
Relying on his experience and mastery of the complicated game, the 60-year-old Yap, the pride of Cebu saved the Philippines' Bulldogs/Psalms 23 chess team anew by beating Rodolfo Janely in their London System Opening skirmish in Board 4 to help seal a 3.5-0.5 win over Bulldog Chess Brotherhood and a place in the top 2 after eight rounds of the QCD SG Chess League at the Aqueen Hotel in Paya Lebar, Singapore late Friday, August 24, 2018 here.
By Marlon Bernardino
THE 1stย leg Invitational Rapid Chess Tournamentย will be stagedย on August 31, 2018, Friday at the RJVA Building Crossing Palapala, Barangay Sampaloc I, along Aguinaldo Highway, City of Dasmarinas, Cavite.
by Marlon Bernardino
THE Marfori, Philippines chess team is hopeful of a successful stint when the ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Team Chess Championship 2018 dubbed as Malaysian Chess Festival gets underway on August 17 to 18, 2018 at the Cititel Midvalley Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Among members of the Marfori, Philippines chess team are Grandmaster elect Ronald Dableo (Fide Rapid rating 2405), Fide Master Leonardo Carlos (2263), Arena Grandmaster and Fide Master elect Roberto Suelo Jr. (2250) and Michael Angelo Palma (2057).
by Marlon Bernardino
THE first ever Margie C. Narcilla FIDE Rated Standard Round Robin Chess Championships will be staged on August 20-22, 2018 at the Jardin Del Roca, Bayabas in Toril, Davao City.
Organizer and Chief Arbiter FNA Margie C. Narcilla said the Standard Time control format with FIDE Laws of Chess governing will dangle a whopping P5,000 to the champion.
by Marlon Bernardino
INTERNATIONAL MASTER (IM) Angelo Young, newly-installed International Master (IM) elect Daniel Quizon, newly-installed Woman International Master (WIM) elect Kylen Joy Mordido and Fide Master (FM) elect Michael Concio Jr. of the Philippines are headed for Malaysia in their bids for Grandmaster norm in the 15th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championships dubbed as 15th Malaysian Chess Festival on August 20 to 26, 2018 at the Ballroom, 5th floor, Citi Tel Mid Valley Hotel, Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
by Marlon Bernardino
EVERYTHING is set for the staging of FIDE Seminar for International Organizers on November 6 to 10, 2018 at the Tagaytay International Convention Center in Tagaytay City, Philippines.
The lecturer will be International Arbiter (IA) and International Organizer (IO) Casto "Toti" Abundo.
