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TEEN SENSATION WESLEY SO and fellow Grandmasters Rogelio Antonio Jr. and Darwin Laylo left Thursday to compete in the World Chess Cup starting tomorrow in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
THE RP rapid chess team composed of GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., GM Mark Paragua, WFM Shercila Cua and WFM Catherine Perena yesterday settled for 6th overall at the end of the preliminary round of the rapid team competition in the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.
GRANDMASTERS Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., and GM Mark Paragua of the Philippines, won their seventh round assignment yesterday in the on-going 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Grandmaster Wesley So will face lower-ranked GM Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan, but fellow Filipino bets GMs Rogelio “Joey” Antonio and Darwin Laylo will have to contend with touted foes in the first round of the World Chess Cup starting Nov. 20 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
FILIPINO chess players made their presence felt in the third round of the rapid chess event in the 3rd Asian Indoor Games yesterday, with GM Mark Paragua and GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. leading the charge with crucial victories over lowly-rated rivals in Hanoi, Vietnam.
