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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.

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by Marlon Bernardino

13-times Philippine Open champion Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. downed National Master Rolando Andador in 32 moves of a Pirc defense, Austrian attack variation to gain a share of the lead in the third round of the 2018 National Chess Championship dubbed as Trip To Batumi Grand Finals being held at the Second Floor, Activity Hall, Alphaland Makati Place in Malugay Street, Makati City late Monday.

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INTERNATIONAL MASTER Jan Emmanuel Garcia and Jeth Romy Morado posted contrasting results in the second round to share the lead with two points each in the National Chess Championship dubbed as Trip To Batumi Grand Finals being held at the Second Floor, Activity Hall, Alphaland Makati Place in Malugay Street, Makati City late Sunday.

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by Marlon Bernardino
 
INTERNATIONAL MASTER Rico Yap Mascarinas and Jimson Valenzuela Bitoon downed their respective foes to lead the Philippines’ charge in the fourth round of the Singapore Chess Federation (SCF) Training Tournament (Standard time control) Saturday night (July 21, 2018) being held at the Singapore Intellectual Games Centre in Bishan Community Club in Singapore.
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by Marlon Bernardino

HANDA na si Angeles City chess champion Tiv F. Omangay sa pagkatawan sa bansa sa nalalapit na 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Age Group Chess Championship na gaganapin sa The Royal Mandaya Hotel sa Davao City mula Hunyo 18 hanggang 28, 2018 na gaganapin sa The Royal Mandaya Hotel sa Davao City.

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by Marlon Bernardino

NATIONAL MASTER lawyer Bob Jones Liwagon shocked rivals as he emerged champion in the sixth leg Alphaland National Executive Chess Championship held at the Activity Hall, Second Floor Alphaland Makati Place in Malugay Street, Makati City on Saturday.

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by Marlon Bernardino

CEBU---Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr., the 13-times Philippines Open champion, suffered a stinging defeat in Monday's second round to drop out of the lead in the 2018
Philippine National Games (PNG) Chess Tournament being held at the Robinson Galleria Cebu here.

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