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TWO of the country's young cue artists will face each other when the 1st PAGCOR-Kabayan Bilyar-aralan 9-Ball Challenge gets underway on June 19 at the Jaca Bar and Billiards (near Yes Billiards) in Recto, Manila. Jonas Magpantay, the 2008 Reno World Junior of Pool Championships  (for boy's) quarter-finalists and 2008 Reno World Junior of Pool Championships (for ... Full story

ALL is set for the staging of 1st Palmdale Import and Export Co. Rapid Chess Tournament on Sunday, June 28, 9:00 am at the Ramon Magsaysay High School in Cubao Campus. " It's all system's go."  this was bared yesterday by sportsman/ businessman Fernando "Kuya Nanding" Reyes, who bankrolled the three division event (Kiddies (14 and under), women's and non-master class). " We hope in this event ... Full story

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FILIPINO brightest hope Jeffrey "The Bull" de Luna joined compatriot Antonio Ga-Ga" Gabica, Marlon "Marvelous" Manalo and Demosthenes "Plong-Plong" Pulpul in the exit door in the on-going 2009 (JUS) World 9-Ball China Pudong Tang Cheng Open gets underway at the Pudong Yuanshen Gymnasium in Shanghai, China yesterday. De Luna, the last Filipino standing in the round-of-16 ... Full story

CHERRY Ann Mejia of Taguig City and Paulo Bersamina of Pasay City carry the fight for the 25 Filipino youth chessers in the 2009 Asean + Age Group Chess Championships in Hue, Vietnam by adding another country's medal yesterday. Mejia, who won the country's 1st gold on Friday in the Girl's Open 14 and under division of the standard play settled for a silver medal finish ... Full story

LAWYER Rolando Abo of OMA (Office of Muslim Affairs) Pasig City, Chief Legal Division hiked out a 55 moves wins over Baguio City bet Gerone Bas-Ong in the sixth and final round to rule the just-concluded 5th leg of the exciting 2009 Philweb Corporation- Human Plus – National Executive Active Chess Championships on Saturday at the Human Resources Development Conference Room of the Department of ... Full story

PAULO BERSAMINA, the pride of Pasay City making noise in the on-going 2009 Asean + Age Group Chess Championships in Hue, Vietnam securing country's 2nd Gold medal yesterday in the exciting rapid chess competition. The La Salle Greenhills student trounced local bet Le Huu Thai in the seventh and final round to bag the gold medal in the rapid competition, Boy's 12 and under class. It ... Full story

JEFFREY "The Bull" de Luna scored back-to-back wins on Friday to join WPA World No.1 Ralf "Kaiser" Souquet of Germany in the knock-out stage the  2009 (JUS) World 9-Ball China Pudong Tang Cheng Open gets underway at the Pudong Yuanshen Gymnasium in Shanghai, China. De Luna, the 2007 Manny Pacquiao International 9-ball Open champion ... Full story

JEFFREY "The Bull" de Luna scored back-to-back wins on Friday in the group stage of  2009 (JUS) World 9-Ball China Pudong Tang Cheng Open gets underway at the Pudong Yuanshen Gymnasium in Shanghai, China. De Luna, the 2007 Manny Pacquiao International 9-ball Open champion clobbered Mateusz Sniegocki of Poland, 11-7, then subdued He Wen Li ... Full story

MANILA, Philippines---ANTONIO "Ga-Ga" Gabica and buddy Jeffrey "The Bull" de Luna got off hot start in the 2009 (JUS) World 9-ball China Pudong Tang Cheng Open at the Pudong Yuanshen Gymnasium in Shanghai, China on Thursday. Gabica, the 2006 Doha Asian games 9-ball gold medallist was in awesome form against a local player and posted ... Full story