
Marlon Bernardino
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ORCOLLO WINS US OPEN 10-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP; POCKETS $15,000
FILIPINO Dennis ?Robocop? Orcollo added the 4th US Open 10-Ball Championship (formerly Billiards Congress of America) to his growing list of tournament achievements when he won on Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila)…
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GM WESLEY SO REMAINS BLITZ CHESS MAESTRO; GRABS GOLD IN ASIAN CHESS
FILIPINO Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So lived up to his billing as the Asia's No. 1 blitz chess player after winning the 11th Asian Continental Individual Chess Championships Blitz competition on Sunday at…
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ORCOLLO RULES HARD TIMES 10-BALL
FILIPINO Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo bagged the 3rd Annual Hard Times 10-Ball Open at the Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, California, USA yesterday (Sunday night USA time). Regarded as the best Filipino cue…
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GM WESLEY SO SECURES BACK TO BACK WIN IN LUNETA CHESS OPEN
THE COUNTRY's top rated Grandmaster Wesley So scored back-to-back win after beating Marc Co in the second round of the 2012 Luneta Open Rapid Chess Championship on Saturday at the Luneta Lapu-Lapu…
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Chiz pledges P5M to RP chess
SENATOR Francis ?Chiz? Escudero will donate P5 million to help sustain the grassroots program of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP). Escudero made the pledge during the opening ceremony of…
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PAGULAYAN BEATS LIU; TEAM PHILIPPINES SERIES TIED 4-4 AGAINST TEAM ASIA IN PBB
FILIPINO Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan clustered two straight racks to beat Liu Hai Tao of China, 9-6, to win the Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face-Off Series late Saturday (April 14) at the…
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BRUNEI CAMPOMANES CHESS: BITOON, DIMAKILING WIN, YAP DRAWS
FILIPINO Grandmaster (GM) Richard Bitoon defeated Fong Yit San of Malaysia to stay in contention after eight rounds of the Brunei Campomanes Memorial Grandmaster Open Chess Championships 2012 in Brunei on Thursday.…
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IM YAP SHARES LEAD IN BRUNEI CAMPOMANES MEMORIAL GRANDMASTER OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
FILIPINO International Master (IM) Kim Steven Yap defeated IM Dinesh K Sharma of India in the 5th round then split the point with GM Marat Dzhumaev of Uzbekistan in the 6th round…
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IM KIM STEVEN YAP SECURES BACK-TO-BACK WINS IN CAMPOMANES MEMORIAL CHESS CUP IN BRUNEI
FILIPINO International Master Kim Steven Yap scored back-to-back wins in the on-going Brunei Campomanes Memorial Grandmaster Open Chess Championships 2012 in Brunei. His latest win was against Zulkipli Zaidan of Malaysia yesterday.…
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TEAM ASIA TAKES 4-3 SERIES LEAD OVER TEAM PHILIPPINES AS CHANG BEATS ALCANO
TAIWANESE cue artist Chang Yu Long defeated Filipino Ronato "Volcano" Alcano bagging the top prize of the Philippine Bigtime Billiards Face-Off series on Saturday at the Airport Pagcor Casino in Paranaque City.…
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Chieh-Yu Chou is the 2012 Amway Cup World 9-Ball Open Champion; pockets $20,000
Manila, Philippines -- ONCE again, Chieh Yu Chou, has proven the Taiwanese expertise in billiard sports after winning the recently-concluded 2012 AMWAY eSpring Women?s World 9-Ball Open Championship Sunday at the Cue…
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SEVILLANO WINS WESTERN CLASS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS; POCKETS $1,963
Master section final standings: 1. IM Enrico Sevillano ? 4.5 ($1963.00) 2-3. IM Roman Yankovsky and IM Zhanibek Amanov ? 4.0 ($701.00 each) 4-6. GM Melikset Khachiyan, IM David Pruess ($140.00 each)…
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LOPEZ PUTS JAPANESE FOE ON THE FLOOR TWICE; WINS IN BAKBAKAN SA ELORDE
REIGNING WBC Silver Super flyweight kingpin Sylvester Lopez (19-3, 15 KOs) of the Philippines put Yuki Fukumoto (12-6, 3 KOs) of Japan on the floor twice, in the third and fourth rounds,…
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CEBUANO GM SANCHEZ PREVAILS IN CAPPELLE LA GRANDE OPEN CHESS IN FRANCE
GRANDMASTER (GM) Joseph Sanchez of the Philippines subdued Kevin Noiroux of France in the seventh round yesterday of the Cappelle la Grande International Open Chess Championships in Cappelle la Grande, France. The…
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GM GOMEZ SECURES 2ND DRAW IN VIETNAM CHESS TOURNEY
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) John Paul Gomez scored his 2nd straight draw against Vietnamese International Master (IM) Nguyen Van Huy in the fifth round of the 2nd HD Bank Cup International Open Chess…
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BATA, DJANGO FACE TOUGH COMPETITION IN INT’L 10-BALL CUP
MANILA, Philippines -- FILIPINO pool masters Efren ?Bata? Reyes and Francisco ?Django? Bustamante are expecting a rough sailing in the upcoming International 10-Ball Cup dubbed as Mayor Antonio Calixto 10-Ball Cup where…
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BIADO WINS BALI MEET AS ORCOLLO RESTS; POCKETS $6,500
Carlo Bidado. Manila, Philippines---WITH DENNIS "Robocop" Orcollo resting, Carlo "The Black Tiger" Biado kept the Philippine flag flying high in the international stage by winning the 2012 Green Garden 9 balls Open…
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DJANGO EXACTS REVENGE, WINS PBB FACE OFF SERIES
Bustamante. Manila, Philippines -- FILIPINO pool wizard Francisco "Django" Bustamante squeaked past Taiwanese Pin Yi-Ko to avenge the loss of his fellow Puyat Sports player Efren 'Bata' Reyes to win the Philippine…
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“BINGKAY” AMIT HEADS PHL WORLD POOL BETS IN TAIWAN
Rubilen Amit. MANILA, Philippines---Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit, Iris Ranola and Mary Ann Basas, the so-called Big 3 of Philippine women's billiards, will try to extend the country's domination of the sport when they…
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CEBUANO GM SANCHEZ FINISHES TIE FOR 11TH IN 26TH CANNES CHESS FESTIVAL
GRANDMASTER (GM) Joseph Sanchez (2518) of the Philippines finished in a tie for 11th to 18th places at the conclusion of the 26th Cannes Chess Festival at the Lerins Island in Cannes,…