Magic Mandaluyong Tigers team handa na sa PCAP

Magic Mandaluyong Tigers team handa na sa PCAP

Magic Mandaluyong Tigers team handa na sa PCAP

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by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA---READY and confident. Ito makikita sa Magic Mandaluyong Tiger's team sa gabay nina Grandmaster Darwin Laylo at National Master Michael Gotel na lalahok sa nalalapit na Professional Chess Association of the Philippines team tournament sa Pebrero 18.


“The experience of GM Darwin Laylo will be a big help,” sambit ni Magic Mandaluyong Tigers team owner lawyer Nikki De Vega.
“I like our chances now at PCAP,” saad naman ni Magic Mandaluyong Tigers co-team owner Atty.Krisanto Karlo Nicolas na nagsasabing maganda ang magiging performance ng Magic Mandaluyong Tiger's team.


Si Laylo na sariwa pa sa kampeonato ng Philippine National Chess Championship Grand Finals nitong Lunes, Pebrero 6 sa Malolos City Hall sa Bulacan ang aaktong top board, kasunod si Gotel sa board two, si Woman National Master Cherry Ann Mejia sa board three (lady player), si Rolando Yutuc sa board four (senior player), si Marco Jay Mabasa sa board five, si John Michael Magpily sa board six at si Paul Sanchez sa board seven para sa kanilang homegrown players.


"I'm happy for winning the Philippine National Chess Championship Grand Finals. I wish that my luck would remain the same with my upcoming stint in PCAP for Magic Mandaluyong Tigers," sabi ng 42-year-old Laylo kung saan unang nakamit ang national open title noong 2006.
Tampok din ang paglahok nina Christine Muli, Raul Damuy, Ricardo Jimenez, Philip Simon Din at National Master Giovanni Mejia.
“The other members of the Magic Mandaluyong Tiger's team are also ready to do battle", sabi ni Team Manager Von Carlson Francisco.
"It will be tough but with our present lineup and with the current form of our top board player GM Darwin Laylo, fresh from topping the National championship, our chances remains bright!" dagdag ni Team Coach Lourecel Hernandez Ecot.-Marlon Bernardino-