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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY native Randolph Dalauta beat Michael Delos Santos of Carmona in the last round  to rules the just concluded 2008 1st San Mateo Non-Master Rapid Chess Tournament at the Brgy. San Mateo Basketball Covered Court, Dasmariñas, Cavite. Dalauta, top veteran player of RTU, scored perfect 6.5 points in seven round swiss system. Shared in second to fourth places were Renie ... Full story

Standings after 11 and final rounds: Men 19 points – Armenia 18 –Israel... Full story

ELEVEN year-old Jett Cadawas-Marcos of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) finished nine out of possible ten points to rule the just concluded 2008 Private Schools Athletic Development Association (PRADA) Chess Tournament was held recently at the Don Bosco Makati Campus in Makati City. Jett Cadawas-Marcos, son of Jun and Jean Cadawas-Marcos, who bagged the gold ... Full story

NATIONAL champion John Paul Gomez cemented his position as ninth Filipino Grandmaster after spearheading team Philippines to beat Tunisia, 3.5-0.5 by demolishing Anis Meddeb in the 10th and penultimate round of 38th World Chess Olympiad yesterday at the International Congress Center in Dresden Germany. GMs Wesley So (2610) and Jayson Gonzales (2469) beat Kamel Njili (2350) and Mehdi Bouaziz (2203) while GM Bong Villamayor (2468) settled ... Full story

THE bad news is the 38th ranked Philippine Team suffered a heart-breaking loss to 18th ranked Czech Republic, 1.5-2.5, but the good news is reigning national champion IM John Paul Gomez has earned a 20-game GM norm going to the last two round of the 38th World Chess Olympiad being held yesterday at the International Congress Center in Dresden, Germany. The result left the Filipinos backed ... Full story

FILIPINO Grandmaster Wesley So (2610) settled for a truce with Super GM Alexei Shirov (2726) even national champion IM John Paul Gomez (2519) held Super GM Miguel Cordoba Illescas (2604) into a draw but not good enough to power the 38th ranked Philippine Team who bowed to all-Super GM 12th ranked Spain, 1-3, in the sixth round of 38th World Chess Olympiad yesterday at the ... Full story

"This is the biggest fight in my boxing career," this was stressed yesterday by WBC lightweight world champion and Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao referring his forthcoming12-round, non-title fight contested at the 147-pound welterweight limit against 10-times world champion and Mexican legend Oscar De La Hoya. Dubbed as the "Dream Match" scheduled on December 6 (December, Manila ... Full story

The RP chess team dropped a humiliating 0.5-3.5 loss to the Netherlands in the eight round of the 38th World Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany yesterday despite Wesley So's (2610) draw against fellow super GM Jan Smeets (2604). The result left the Filipinos backed up by NCFP president Prospero "Butch" Pichay Jr., and the Philippine Sports Commission with only nine (9) match point after eight outings, ... Full story

RP team put up a good fight to beat Belgium, 3.5-0.5, in the seventh round of 38th World Chess Olympiad yesterday at the International Congress Center in Dresden, Germany. GM Wesley So (2601) beat IM Ekrem Cekro (2419) after 20 moves of a Modern Defense on board 2 GM Jayson Gonzales (2469) toppled IM ... Full story