THE COUNTRY’S top players, led by super Grandmaster Wesley So, will join the $100,000 Manny Pacquiao Cup Asian Continental Open and Women’s Chess Championships set May 18 to 26 at Midas Hotel in Pasay City.
In-form Fide Master Haridas Pascua subdued Grandmaster Richard Bitoon in the eighth round Friday night to keep top spot with GM Mark Paragua in the PSC Cup International Chess Championship at Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
FIDE Master Haridas Pascua settled for a draw with fourth seed GM elect Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa of Mongolia in the seventh round yesterday to remain on top along with GM Mark Paragua in the Philippine Sports Commission Cup International Chess at Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
The Philippines found Southeast Asian rival Vietnam hard to crack Friday and settled for a 2-2 standoff in the 40th Chess Olympiad here.
The Philippines’ bubble of hope at the 40th Chess Olympiad got pricked by China in an instant Thursday. Unable to match the Chinese juggernaut in Round 9, the Filipinos yielded a lopsided 0.5-3.5 decision in the Open Division at Istanbul Expo Center.
The Philippine wrecking machine went full throttle Thursday as it crushed Kazakhstan, 4-0, and stayed on top of the heap along with 12 other squads at the 40th Chess Olympiad here.
A SEASONED, well-rounded Philippine team out to stop its skid in the Chess Olympiad will be leaving tonight to compete in the 40th edition of the biennial event in Istanbul, Turkey.
IT’S on to the Istanbul Chess Olympiad for Grandmasters Mark Paragua, Julio Catalino Sadorra and International Master Oliver Dimakiling.
GRANDMASTER Mark Paragua downed Fide Master Roderick Nava in the 13th round yesterday to gain the solo lead and virtually assure himself of an Olympic berth in the fifth Battle of Grandmasters at the Cabagnot Training Center in Kalibo, Aklan.
Filipino Grandmasters Oliver Barbosa and John Paul Gomez wore down their respective foes in the 10th and penultimate round Sunday and looked all set to claim the championship of the 10th Parsvnath International Grandmasters Chess Tournament at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex in New Delhi.
Filipino Grandmasters Mark Paragua and Richard Bitoon bested their Indian opponents in the seventh round of the SDAT-RMK 4th Chennai Open Grand Master Chess Tournament on Monday in Chennai, India.
Add Oliver Barbosa to the Philippines’ stable of Grandmasters.
International master Oliver Barbosa captured the 2011 AFPI National Rapid chess championship Sunday despite losing his final-round match against Grandmaster Mark Paragua.
