TAGAYTAY CITY---National Master Eric Labog Jr. settled for a truce with compatriot International Master Daniel Quizon using the disadvantageous black pieces creating a 3-way tie for fifth place in the…
TAGAYTAY CITY---National Master Eric Labog Jr. of the Philippines bested International Master Raahul V S of India Tuesday, November 22 to bounce back into contention in the Asian Juniors and Girls Che…
TAGAYTAY CITY---International Master Saha Neelash of India beat Filipino Eric Labog, Jr. on Monday (Nov. 21) in their fourth round match to figure in a 3-way for the lead in the Asian Juniors and Girl…
TAGAYTAY CITY--National Master Eric Labog Jr. forged a seven-way tie for the lead after scoring a crucial third-round victory in the Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championship 2022 held at the Knights…
MANILA---RUSSIA'S Super Grandmaster Vitaliy Bernadskiy (Elo 2615) will lead foreign-based grandmasters (GM) in the Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival on December 13 to 17 at the Family C…
MANILA---Filipino Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. (Elo 2397) settled for a truce with Chilean Grandmaster Ivan Morovic Fernandez (Elo 2480) in 45 moves of Nimzo Indian Defense using the black p…
TAGAYTAY CITY---Filipino International Master (IM) Michael "Jako" Concio Jr. pocketed the top honors in the Asian Juniors Chess Championship 2022 - Rapid held Friday at the Knights Templar Ridge Hotel…
MANILA---Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. (Elo 2397) defeated Ali Hussein Al-Ali (Elo 2231) to keep the share of lead with ten two others in Open 50+ division in the on-going 30th FIDE World Sen…
MANILA---Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. (Elo 2397) retained his share of the lead in the Open 50+ even as International Master elect and Fide Master Jose Efren Bagamasbad (Elo 2051) remained o…
MANILA---21-year-old Toche Quijano, who is taking Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Marinduque State College from Buenavista, Marinduque defeated Mark Daniel Perilla of Sta. Cruz town i…
MANILA--The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced today appointments to FIDE Commissions including three Filipinos, GM Eugene Torre, IA James Infiesto and IA Casto Abundo. FIDE Commissions a…
MANILA---Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. (Elo 2397) dumped Igor Tsyn (Elo 2014) of Israel to jumpstart his campaign after the first round of the 30th FIDE World Senior Individual Chess Champion…
MANILA---Cavite based National Master Eric Idio Labog Jr. will head to Tagaytay with hopes of improving his world ranking aside from getting GM/IM norm and bringing more honors for the country. Accomp…
MANILA---A 10-year-old chess genius girl was proclaimed champion of the 6th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship held in Asia Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand from Nov. 4 to 12. Jemaicah Yap Mendoza, a Gra…
MANILA---FILIPINO Grandmaster (GM) Rogelio “Joey” Madrigal Antonio Jr. is set to compete in the 30th FIDE World Senior Chess Championship which begins on Tuesday at the conference center of the Cenaco…
MANILA---Dasmarinas City, Cavite's Christian Gian Karlo Arca made a whirlwind record in chess competition of the Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship 2022 - U14 class that ended Saturday, November 12…
MANILA--Much has been written about veteran chess players who have won awards for their prowess. However, there is no record of a chess player who has been trained for only a year and is reaping medal…
MANILA---INTERNATIONAL Master (IM) Rolando Nolte reinforced his position as one of the Philippines’ top chess players when he ruled the Institute Of Integrated Electrical Engineers Of The Philippines …