Nueva Ecija’s chess expert Pherry James Baloc shows his strength in the latest Arab Day 7 Chess Festival which was held on lichess platform. Baloc scores 213 points to lead the 470 chess players worldwide and a total of 84 teams who joined the tournament. Baloc garnered a performance rating of 2146, a win rate of 60%, and a berserk rate of 30%.
Baloc was supported by the following teammates in this 12-hr marathon team battle: Leo Rufin, Ricardo Jimenez, Kal Elair, Clement Valledor, Vincent Brimbuela, Romil Bantang, Louise Manuel Macalintal, Miguel Vicente, Joel Forcadas, Jonathan Tagayona, Ticky Harare, Pravaresh Muthamsetty, Sazal3, Everyone knows, Tyson Nguyen, Chesspro82, Noe Ramon, Gary Faeldonia, and Rey Fajarito.-Marlon Bernardino-
The top 5 participating teams are: 1st – Faeldonia Chess Team Philippines 2nd – Colegas de Kike – Spain 3rd – Arab World Team – Saudi Arabia 4th – Lions of Gj5 Kutch Kathiyawad – India 5th – New KCI Bersatu – Indonesia
