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THE registration for the Pichay and Davis Cup Chess Festival is now underway, the event is set on March 28, 2010 in Blue Wave Mall, Macapagal Ave. Pasay City.  A cash pot of more than one hundred thousand and trophies are a stake in four groups, among the groups are all-master invitational for (group A), ... Full story

SUPER grandmaster Wesley So and Asia’s first grandmaster Eugene Torre will be the guests of honor in the first “Atty. Edgardo “EdPam” Pamintuan Chess Cup on April 3 at the Marquee Mall in Angeles City, Pampanga. “We have invited them to grace our chess tournament to inspire our chess players here in ... Full story

Ilocos Norte representative and senatorial candidate Bongbong Marcos thinks will be effective in heading the Senate committee on sports if elected in the coming national elections. “I love sports. I always believe that Filipinos can be competitive in world sports competitions,” said the youthful solon, who is hosting annual shooting competition in his province. “We’re not lacking in ... Full story

FILIPINO Jovie Merca has lost in his quest for vacant Philippine Boxing Federation junior lightweight title against Congo’s Jesus Muzaka via ten round unanimous decision over the weekend at the Integrated Transport Terminal, Hotel Conference and Business Center Grounds in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. It was a dominant performance by Muzaka, whose birth name is Kibunde Kakonge, is from the Congo, ... Full story

VETERAN campaigners Brian Jose and Johnnel Balquin share the top honor in the 2010 Kaamulan Open chess tournament in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. Jose and Balquin, one of the finest woodpushers from Cagayan de Oro City tallied indentical 6.5 points apiece after seven games of play to equally divide among themselves the combined purses of P9,000 for first and second places. Fellow Kagay-anon National ... Full story

JUSTIN DAVID CORPIN and Daryl Samantila shared the limelight in the just concluded 1st edition of National Book Store-First Move Chess Tournament Series was held at the Robinson’s Galleria Mall in Ortigas over the weekend. Corpin tallied 5 points to capture the title in the Under-15 division. Jerome Saltorio and John Eric Margarito came second and ... Full story

THE Gaisano South Citimall in Illustre St.,will be the venue for the Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte-Vice Mayor Sara Duterte Araw ng Dabaw Age-Group/ Open chess tournament which gets underway on March 14 and 21 in Davao City. National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) regional director James Infiesto, who is sanctioning ... Full story

INTERNATIONAL MASTER (IM) Enrique Paciencia of the Philippines stamped his class on the opposition to rule the “Ang Mo Kio Community Centre Hong Bao Rapid Chess Challenge 2010” Open tournament recently in Singapore. The Tacloban City native Paciencia, the 2009 Singapore International Chess Festival champion outduelled Aussie Steve O’Reily in the seventh and final round ... Full story

Filipino champion Vinvin Rufino suffered a heart-breaking loss to Japanese counterpart Naoki Matsuda in a hard-fought split decision (114-111, 114-112 and 111-114) over twelve see-saw rounds on Saturday to failed to win the vacant Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation featherweight title  at the fabled Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The two judges, a Japanese and a Thai scored 114-111, 114-112 for Matsuda while Filipino Rey Danseco ... Full story

RP and US chess master Almario Marlon Bernardino Jr. edged Meralco Chess Club woodpushers, 3.5-2.5, in a rare six board simultaneous chess exhibition on Friday at the Lopez Building in Meralco head office in Pasig City. The former Virginia, USA Open champion Bernardino defeated Rhal Sol Cruz (LSGH student), Jonathan Rivera (Security) ... Full story