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IM Roderick Nava yielded to 11 players in Simul; Kevin Arquero is King in the 1st Armageddon Battle of Champions
By Marlon Bernardino PhilBoxing.com Tue, 03 Dec 2024
Nineteen players, mostly members of the Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers (IIEE), participated in the simultaneous games against International Master Roderick Nava with a time odds of 7 minutes for each player who had 20mins. This was held last November 30, 2024 at SMX Pasay City during the 49th IIEE Annual National Conventions.
The IIEE players who won mostly on time included IIEE Metro Central Randy Turreda (with 2030 Local Rapid rating) and Evaristo Tizon Jr. (1831), IIEE Metro South Eric Frigillana (1919) and Christopher Balbuena, IIEE Metro East John Eric Menor (1932), IIEE Metro East Michael Suacillo (1942), IIEE Eastern Central Visayas’ Danilo Centino and IIEE Southern Laguna Rafael De Guzman. Others who posted victories are IIEE Imports, AIM Jason Rojo (1986), Rodel Hose Juadinez (1962) and Mark Jerome Prudencio.
Kevin Arquero (2340) needed to beat Sherwin Tiu (2313) to capture the 1st Armageddon Battle of Champions among the 8 edition champions and runner ups. Arquero beat Keiffer Pelias (2016) and Suacillo before being relegated in the loser’s bracket with a loss versus Tiu. He bested National Master Romeo Alcodia (2083) to move to the Finals. Tiu had to beat all opponents which included Tizon, CM Genghis Imperial (2073) and Arquero.
In the other mini-tournaments supervised by International Arbiter Ricky Navalta assisted by CM Genghis Imperial, the Champions include Neil Siongco (2150), IIEE Western Visayas’ Ronald Donasco (1924), IIEE Eastern Central Visayas’ AFM Anthony Cataros, IIEE Metro South Raul Ochavez (1887) and NM Alcodia.
The 3-day IIEE Golden Sports event was graced by special guests which include PBA Legend Ramon Fernandez, GM Joey Antonio and actor Jao Mapa. Other sports highlights includes Drone Soccer by the Philippine Drone Soccer Association led by Crissa May Busano and PDSA President Nastaran Reza Nazar Zadeh.-Marlon Bernardino-
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