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AGM Robert Suelo Jr. wins Singapore Open Rapid chess
SINGAPORE---ARENA GRANDMASTER (AGM) and Fide Master elect Robert Suelo Jr. of the Philippines stamped his class on the opposition to bag the Asean Chess Academy (ACA) Rapid Open Chess Championships held Sunday,…
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2nd Dr. Marlonsky Youth Chess Cup Tournament gets underway in Davao City
THE 2nd Dr. Marlonsky Youth Chess Cup Tournament gets underway on October 7, 2018 at Dr. Marlonsky Chess Center, Catalya Compound, Prk 5A, in front of Orchard Lane Homes (about minute walk…
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Team Nouri’s Ticketing Service top Dalawahan chess tournament in Jasmeen Foodville
THE Team Nouri's Ticketing Service stole the limelight by winning the Dalawahan Rapid chess tournament 2000 and below that was held recently at the Jasmeen Foodville in Caloocan City. With Fide Master…
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IM elect Jerad Docena secures 2nd Gayang Chess Championship Open Chess Tournament
INTERNATIONAL MASTER (IM) elect Jerad Docena of Pasay City emerged champion of the 2nd Gayang Chess Championship Open Chess Tournament was held recently at the Guinayangan, Quezon. Docena, one of the country's…
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Cebu’s Lincoln Yap leads PH woodpushers in Singapore Chess League
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…
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Filipino Fide Master Jony Habla wins 4th Thailand Rapid Chess Championships 2018 to add to growing trophy collection
FILIPINO Fide Master Johny Habla added the 4th Thailand Rapid Chess Championships 2018 Open to the growing collection of trophies under its belt. Habla, a former top player of Novelty Novaliches Chess…
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Laylo, Senador, Antonio, Mordido shine in Malaysian Chess Festival 2018
SINGAPORE---Grandmaster Darwin Laylo, International Master Emmanuel Senador, Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. and Woman International Master elect Kylen Joy Mordido shared the limelight in the just concluded Malaysian Chess Festival 2018 on…
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CEBU’S YAP GETS 1ST GM NORM
SINGAPORE---LINCOLN "Linky" Yap, a certified International Arbiter and a World Chess Federation (FIDE) chess instructor and trainer here was so very happy when he learned that his son Kim Steven (Yap) got…
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CAVITE EXECUTIVE CHESS CLUB TO HOLD RAPID CHESS ON AUGUST 31
THE 1st leg Invitational Rapid Chess Tournament will be staged on August 31, 2018, Friday at the RJVA Building Crossing Palapala, Barangay Sampaloc I, along Aguinaldo Highway, City of Dasmarinas, Cavite. Candidate…
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FILIPINO IM GARCIA BEATS INDON GM MEGARANTO TO LEAD KL CHESS KIDS TEAM ALPHA TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS TROPHY
KUALA Lumpur, Malaysia---International Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia proved unstoppable at the top board as he led the KL Chess Kids Team Alpha to the championship in the ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Team…
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Filipino chess wizard Jayson Jacobo Tiburcio bags silver medal in 2018 CAP International Youth Chess Open Championships in Chinese-Taipei
Final Standings: (Nine-Round Swiss System, Standard Time Control Format) 8.5 points---Qin Xinzhe (China) 7.5 points---Jayson Jacobo Tiburcio (Philippines) 7.0 points---Yu Jian Sia (Chinese-Taipei) 6.0 points---Chow Samach (Hongkong) 5.5 points---Lin Wun Jie (Chinese-Taipei),…
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YOUNG, QUIZON, MORDIDO AND CONCIO HOPE TO EARN GM NORM IN MALAYSIAN CHESSFEST
INTERNATIONAL MASTER (IM) Angelo Young, newly-installed International Master (IM) elect Daniel Quizon, newly-installed Woman International Master (WIM) elect Kylen Joy Mordido and Fide Master (FM) elect Michael Concio Jr. of the Philippines…
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Filipino Edgar Reggie Olay wins 4th Singapore chess title; tops Rapid Chess Championships
SINGAPORE---Filipino International Master (IM) elect Edgar Reggie Olay continued his winning streak after beating Malaysian Lim Chin Lee in the ninth and final round to rule the 30th (Singapore) National Rapid Chess…
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Filipino Edgar Reggie Olay wins gold in Singapore Blitz Chess
SINGAPORE---Filipino International Master (IM) elect Edgar Reggie Olay bagged the gold medal in the National Blitz Chess Championships 2018 Open Division held at the Bukit Merah Community Club in Jalan Bukit Merah,…
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FIDE Seminar for International Organizers goes to Tagaytay City, Philippines on November
EVERYTHING is set for the staging of FIDE Seminar for International Organizers on November 6 to 10, 2018 at the Tagaytay International Convention Center in Tagaytay City, Philippines. The lecturer will be…
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Quizon, Mordido earn GM and WGM norm, rule Eastern Asia Juniors Open Chess Championships
DANIEL Quizon and Kylen Joy Mordido, both member of the star-studded Dasmarinas, Cavite, Philippines Chess Team lived up to their top billing as they dominated to claim their coveted gold medals plus…
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PH’s Alekhine and Hamed shine anew in Borneo International Chess Championship 2018
Final Standings: (Open section) 7.5 points---IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar (Indonesia), IM Hamed Nouri (Philippines) 7.0 points---IM Haridas Pascua (Philippines), IM Sean Winshand Cuhendi (Indonesia) 6.5 poins---IM Oliver Dimakiling (Philippines), Mohd Aizan Ernando…
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AGM Suelo powers Team Ph in Nanyang Racial Harmony Team Chess Challenge 2018
SINGAPORE---Roberto Ramos Suelo Jr., an Arena Grandmaster (AGM) and Fide Master (FM) elect, helped the Philippine team (Isaiah 40) win the Nanyang Racial Harmony Team Chess Challenge 2018 Open division held at…
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Polistico lifts Team PH; Cebu’s Yap and Mascarinas salvage draws
SINGAPORE---ELIODORO "Louie" Polistico saved the Philippines' Bulldogs/Psalms 23 chess team anew by securing a win in a slambang position to help seal a 2-2 draw over Pawnstars that put the team in…
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PH’s Jelvis Arandela Calvelo finishes in a tie for 4th in Rockville, Maryland International Chess
Filipino Jelvis Arandela Calvelo finished in a tie for 4th to 8th places in the 8th annual Potomac International chess tournament held in Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in…