Archive for the ‘Chess’ Category

By Philstar

MANILA, Philippines – Two Milo Checkmate kids flew to Canada yesterday to join the 2010 Langley Open Labor Day Weekender chess tournament slated Sept. 4-6 at Brookswood Senior Centre in Vancouver, Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

By The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines – Grandmasters Wesley So and Darwin Laylo bounced back with resounding victories in the sixth round to move within a point of solo leader Chinese GM Zhao Jun in the first Florencio Campomanes Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »

By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN | NYTimes

The Filipino lawyer for a woman who filed a paternity lawsuit claiming that Bobby Fischer, the late chess champion, was the father of her daughter, has criticized how tissue samples were obtained to perform the DNA tests. The test, which reportedly came back negative on Tuesday, was ordered by the Supreme Court of Iceland as part of a dispute over Mr. Fischer’s estate. Read the rest of this entry »

By Olmin Leyba | The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino officials are upbeat about the country’s medal chances in the four chess events slated in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China in November, especially with a full complement led by top player GM Wesley So and veteran GM Joey Antonio. Read the rest of this entry »

By Philstar

MANILA, Philippines – US-based grandmaster Rogelio “Banjo” Barcenilla may finally gain his long-overdue GM title after 17 years when the International Chess Federation (FIDE) congress meets during the World Chess Olympiad next month in Russia. Read the rest of this entry »

By The Philippine Star

BIEL, Switzerland – Wesley So agreed to a draw with Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia in the sixth round to remain within striking distance in the 2010 Biel Young Grandmasters chess championship here Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

By Philstar

GM Wesley So failed to shake off winless GM Parimarjan Negi in a Queen’s Gambit Declined game and settled for a draw, keeping a half-point lead over three others after four rounds of the 2010 Biel Young Grandmasters Chess Championship in Biel, Switzerland Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Wesley So outwitted GM David Howell of England in their Caro-Kann game and pulled off a 32-move victory with the black in the Filipino GM’s big start in the 43rd Biel Young Grandmasters Chess Championship in Biel, Switzerland Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

source: Philstar

MANILA, Philippines – The World Chess Federation (FIDE) is putting up a whopping $1-million prize fund to bankroll the staging of the Florencio Campomanes Memorial Cup Chess Championships to be held in the Asean region over the next 10 years.

FIDE chief Kirsan Ilyumzhinov of Russia personally announced the upcoming Campo chess series during the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Chess Confederation hosted by National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) president Butch Pichay in Subic last week. Read the rest of this entry »

SUBIC , Philippines – Reigning national junior champion Paulo Bersamina topped the boys 12 years-and-under category, Jerad Docena triumphed in the boys 14-under and Prince Mark Aquino ruled the boys 16-under on a Philippine day of triumphs in the 11th ASEAN + age-group rapid chess championships at the Traveler’s Hotel here Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – GM Wesley So swept his last two matches, including a 20-move victory over Ronald Dableo in the final round to rule the Phoenix Petroleum Battle of GMs national chess championships for the third straight year at the Character Hotel in Tagaytay yesterday.

The 16-year-old So downed Oliver Dimakiling in the 10th round then finished off Dableo in only 20 moves of the Larsen opening to clinch the crown with an 8.5-point aggregate over 11 rounds. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Wesley So stamped his class over FM Haridas Pascua, essaying a 37-move win in a Gruenfeld to share the lead with fellow GM John Paul Gomez in the second round of the Phoenix Petroleum “Battle of GMs” Chess Championships at the Character Hotel in Tagaytay Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – GM Wesley So opens his bid for a third straight crown in the Phoenix Petroleum-Battle of GMs, which unwraps today at the Character Hotel in Tagaytay City.

So dominated the first two stagings of the event featuring the country’s leading and rising stars in Manila and Dapitan City and is again tipped as the player to beat for the top P200,000 purse Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Twelve-time national champion Grandmaster (GM) Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. will attempt to set a Guinness record by facing 600 chess opponents in the Pinoy Ironman: 1 vs 600 simultaneous chess exhibition in June.

The event will take place at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila on June 21. Read the rest of this entry »

GM Wesley So redeemed himself from a seventh round setback and whipped Yu Ruiyan of China to regain a share of the lead in the penultimate round of the ninth Asian Individual Chess Championships at the Subic Exhibiton and Convention Center in Subic last night. Read the rest of this entry »