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LEGENDARY Filipino cue artist Jose “Amang" Parica defeated American Shaun Wilkie to bag NCS 10-Ball National Championship finals at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, over the weekend. Parica pocket $3,000 in cash, a #308 model cue designed by Danny Janes exclusively for NCS sponsor OB Cues, a custom engraved DELTA-13 Elite ... Full story

FILIPINO Santos “The Saint” Sambajon captured the NCS 9-ball National Championship Finals in United States, over the weekend. The Quezon province native edged American Sal Butera, 15-14, in the finals to receive the top prize of $3,800 while Butera didn’t go home empty-handed with a runner-up prize of $2,500. The duo also got a free entry fee to the 2010 US Open 10-ball championships. Adam Kielar and John ... Full story

JONAS MAGPANTAY and Mario Tolentino led billiards winners in Qualifier 1 of the 2nd ABC Pool Tour late Monday at the famous Star Billiards Center in Grace Village, Quezon City. The 14-year-old Magpantay, a native of Bansud, Oriental Mindoro is the youngest qualifier in this year’s Philippine Pool Championships and a quarter-finalist in the 2008 ... Full story

Expect another stellar field when the 2009 Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship (Shell Active Chess) winds up its seven-leg nationwide eliminations in Davao on September 19-20 at the SM City Davao Event Center. Past years have seen over 500 players in the Davao leg clashing for top honors and berths in the national finals for both the Kiddies and Juniors divisions. Because of the expected ... Full story

All is set for the launching of the 2009 Bicol Regional Chess Team Championships gets underway tomorrow, September 12 & 13, 2009 at the LCC Activity Center, LCC Mall, Naga City. This prestigious event is organized by Bicol Chess Association headed by its President Engr. Augustus Portem in coordination with National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), DILG Region V, and DepEd Region V.  Engr. ... Full story

THE first Alex S. Belena Non-Master Rapid Chess Tournament will reel offs on Saturday, October 3, 9 am at the PAG-ASA Sports Complex in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija. Organized by San Jose City Chess Club and backed up by Office of the City Mayor and Eng'r. Larry Dumadag San Jose City Chess ClubThe seven (7) round Swiss-System, 25 minutes per player to finish the game ... Full story

JOURNEYMAN Emil Chua captured the 1st Saturday Magnolia Non-Master Chess Tournament over the weekend at the 4th Floor Perez Building, Dona Soledad cor. Australia St., Better Living, Paranaque City. Chua scored 6.5 points in seven games of play to add another feather on his capped. Chua also coming a back to back 2009 Philweb–Human Plus National Executive Grand Prix Active Chess Championships title being held at ... Full story

THE first Pineda-Santos-Camer kiddies 14 year old and below rapid chess tournament gets underway on Sunday, September 13 at the Ramon Magsaysay Cubao High School (RMCHS) at Edsa, Cubao, opposite Nepa Q-Mart. Registration start at 9 am in the three division event (kiddies, womens and non-master), backed up by Sydney-based Angelito “Anji” Camer, Texas- based former two-time Olympian member WNM Cristina Santos and China-based Joel Pineda, ... Full story

Yang Ching-shun came up with a flawless game and took advantage of Dennis Orcollo’s string of miscues midway to take a 25-19 lead in the first half of their one-on-one match dubbed as Face Off Series 2-One More Time Tuesday night at the newly-opened ... Full story

A challenge was made. It was immediately accepted. One aims validation. The other seeks redemption. So today, Dennis Orcollo and Yang Ching-shun ... Full story