Chess
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DAVAO CITY NATIVE DIMAKILING EYES OLYMPIC STINT
INTERNATIONAL MASTER Oliver Dimakiling had a golden vision: a return stint to the Olympic Games. This after the Davao City native buldozer top seed GM Olver Barbosa in the ninth round late…
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Laylo tops Antonio, gains share of lead
GRANDMASTER Darwin Laylo rebounded strong after absorbing his first loss in the 2012 National Open Chess Championships at the Paraw Club in Boracay. The former national junior champion defeated erstwhile solo leader…
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NATIONAL CHESS OPEN IN BORACAY: GM LAYLO SHARES LEAD
GRANDMASTER Darwin Laylo toppled International Master Oliver Dimakiling to grab a share of the lead after three rounds in the 2012 National Open Chess Championships at the Paraw Club in Boracay. The…
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GM Wesley So 3rd Place at World Open Chess Championships
FILIPINO Grandmaster Wesley So settled for third overall in the 40th Annual World Open Chess Championship took place at the Sheraton City Center Hotel in Philadelphia last July 2 to 8. The…
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PHL MEMORY TEAM BAGS 10 OUT OF 10 GOLDS, CASTANEDA, DIANQUINAY, LAMBUNAO, MENDOZA IS THAILAND INTERNATIONAL OPEN MEMORY CHAMPION
Filipino individual results: GM Mark Castaneda of Mandaluyong (Over-all Men's champion with 5 golds in Speed cards, 10 minute cards, Speed numbers, 15 minute number and spoken numbers.) Roberto Racasa (Over-all Men's…
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PHL MEMORY BETS READY FOR THAILAND OPEN; FILIPINA BETS WILL SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS
Manila, Philippines -- THE caliber of Philippine Memory Players will be put to a big test when they compete against the best in the world with first Filipino Grandmaster (GM) of Memory…
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PHL CUE MASTER BLANKED CROATIA IN WORLD TEAM; TOPS GROUP PLAY
FILIPINO billiards maestro Efren ?Bata? Reyes, Francisco ?Django? Bustamante, Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo and Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit came together as one solid unit Tuesday night to blanked Team Croatia made up by Ivica…
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WORLD TEAM IN CHINA: PHL CUE TEAM OFF TO HOT START, BEATS INDON
FRESH from a sorry lost to just ended World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA) World 9-Ball Championship in Doha, Qatar, Filipino cue masters headed by hall of famer Efren ?Bata? Reyes, Francisco ?Django? Bustamante,…
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Filipino woodpushers bag gold, silver, bronze medals at Asian Youth chess meet in Sri Lanka
U14G Gold medal: Shania Mae Mendoza (Philippines/6.0 points) Silver medal: Ashwini U (India/5.5 points) Bronze medal: WFM Vu Thi Dieu Ai (Vietnam/5.0 points) U10B Gold medal: FM Nguyen Anh Khoi (Vietnam/5.5 points)…
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ASIA’S FIRST GM TORRE TO GRACE MANILA OPEN CHESS IN ARAW NG MANILA
Eugene Torre. ASIA'S FIRST Grand Master (GM) Eugene Torre will make an appearance as the guest speaker during the formal opening of the 2012 Manila Open Chess Championship at on Sunday, June…
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PINOY WOODPUSHERS BAG 57 MEDALS, AWARDS IN VIETNAM
A VICTORIOUS Philippine delegation will bring home a total of 57 medals and awards which they won in the just ended 13th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships in Hue, Vietnam. Grandmaster Jayson Gonzales,…
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NATIONAL OPEN CHESS CHAMPIOMSHIPS SEMI FINALS (OLYMPIAD SELECTION) GETS UNDERWAY
THE search for the members of the Philippine Chess Team (men & women) for the 41st Chess Olympiad continues with the staging of the Semi Final round of the 2012 NATIONAL OPEN…
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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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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.…
