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So grabs solo lead in Tagaytay Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship tilt; Ngoc Truong Son in 2nd spot
GM Wesley So beats IM Nguyen Duc Hoa during Sunday's pairings. Round 8 pairings, Monday Board 1: GM Rogelio Antonio Jr. (Philippines) vs GM Wesley So (Philippines) Board 2: GM Nguyen Ngoc…
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Antonio settles for draw in Tagaytay Zonal chess
Tagaytay City -- GRANDMASTER Rogelio 'Joey' Antonio Jr. settled for a truce with Vietnamese GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son in the 7th round of the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship here at…
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Tagaytay Zonal Chess: Wesley So draws with Indon GM, stays in front, Antonio, Galas share limelight
Individual Standings after round 6: (Open Division, Nine Round Swiss-System/ 42 player's field) 5.0 points---GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Vietnam), GM Wesley So (Philippines) 4.5 points---GM Rogelio Antonio Jr. (Philippines) 4.0 points---GM…
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Round 5: Wesley So grabs solo lead in Asian Chess
Wesley So. Individual Standings after round 5: (Open Division, Nine Round Swiss-System/ 42 player's field) 4.5 points---GM Wesley So (Philippines) 4.0 points---GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Vietnam) 3.5 points---GM Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia),…
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Wesley So settles for draw with Vietnamese Super GM in Tagaytay Zonal chess
Tagaytay City---Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So settled for a draw with second seed Vietnamese GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Elo 2631) in the fourth round of the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship here…
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Wesley So remains undefeated in Tagaytay Zonal Chess
TAGAYTAY CITY -- TOP-seeded grandmaster (GM) Wesley So (ELO 2682) remained unbeaten after three rounds in the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship here at the Tagaytay International Convention Center. So defeated GM…
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Tagaytay Zonal Chess: Wesley So beats Eugene Torre
Tagaytay City -- THE COUNTRY's top rated Grandmaster Wesley So scored back-to-back win after beating GM Eugene Torre in the second round of the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship late Wednesday here…
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Wesley So off to good start in Tagaytay Zonal Chess
TAGAYTAY CITY, Philippines -- The Philippines? top chess player, Super Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So, had a good start in the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship here at the Tagaytay International Convention Center.…
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Mark Paragua Wins PSC Chess, Pockets $6,000; Wesley So spearheads Philippine campaign in Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship in Tagaytay City
GRANDMASTER Mark Paragua, the 6th Philippines International Grandmaster (2605), the former Philippines? no.1 chess player, and the first Filipino to breached the super GM status at 2600+ mark, won the Philippine Sports…
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PSC Open Chess: Paragua, Pascua keep lead going into the final round
Standings after Round 8: (Nine Round Swiss-System tournament / 70 player's field) 7.0 points---GM Mark Paragua (PHI), FM Haridas Pascua (PHI) 6.0 points---GM Rogelio Antonio Jr.(PHI), GM John Paul Gomez (PHI) 5.5…
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Haridas Pascua keeps top spot in PSC Chess
FRESH from beating 6th seed GM Mark Paragua (ELO 2519), 14th seed Fide Master Haridas Pascua (ELO 2386) settled for a draw with 4th seed GM elect Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa of Mongolia (ELO…
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Mark Paragua secures back-to-back win in PSC Chess
MARK PARAGUA scored back-to-back win after beating fellow Grandmaster (GM) Darwin Laylo in Thursday's fifth round of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Cup International Chess Championships at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Rizal…
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La Salle-Taft Chess Coach shocks IM Nadera in PSC Chess
La Salle-Taft Chess Coach Fide Master Randy Segarra (ELO 2311) turned back former Olympian and No. 13 seed International Master Barlo Nadera (ELO 2392) in the third round of the Philippine Sports…
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Paragua, Gomez, Legaspi off to good start in PSC Chess
Grandmasters Mark Paragua, John Paul Gomez and Rhobel Legaspi got off to a blazing start by posting victories in the opening round of PSC Cup International Chess Championships on Monday at the…
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Oliver Barbosa top seed in PSC Cup International Chess Championship
GM Oliver Barbosa, Jr., the lone Filipino qualifier to the World Chess Cup, will enter the Philippine Sports Commission Cup International Chess Championship as top seed when the tournament begins tomorrow, Monday…
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National chess age-group elims kicks off in Cadiz city
YOUNG chess wizards battle it out for top honors when the 2013 National age-group chess championship kicks off in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental recently. Woodpushers from Cadiz city and various places like…
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Barbosa leads PHL campaign in PSC Cup International Chess Championship
MANILA, Philippines ? GM Oliver Barbosa, Jr., the lone Filipino qualifier to the World Chess Cup, spearheads the local campaign in the Philippine Sports Commission Cup International Chess Championship that gets underway…
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PSC CUP INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY ON
THE National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) will stage its first international chess tournament this year dubbed as the Philippine Sports Commission Cup International Chess Championship to be held on January…
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ROLANDO NOLTE SCORES BACK-TO-BACK WIN IN INDIA CHESS MEET
FILIPINO International Master (IM) Rolando Nolte scored back-to-back win in the Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai, India. His latest victory was against Fide Master Rajesh…
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NATIONAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS SLATED IN PANGASINAN
The 2012 National Primary and Secondary Chess Championships gets underway on November 27 ? December 2 in Lingayen, Pangasinan. A joint project of the Department of Education (DEPED) through the initiative of…