Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:57:21 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippines got off to a rousing start as the men’s and women’s squads blanked their respective rivals Friday night in the 44th World Chess Olympiad campaign in Chennai, India. The PH men’s squad toppled Oman while the women’s crew crushed Guam in similar 4-0 scores to make their presence felt in the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 04:41:18 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The 12-member Philippine team left the country Wednesday to participate in the 44th World Chess Olympiad that begins Friday and ends Aug. 10 in Chennai, India. Members of the men’s team are Grandmasters Mark Paragua, Banjo Barcenilla, Darwin Laylo and John Paul Gomez and International Master Paulo Bersamina while comprising the women’s […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 05:30:26 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Wesley So scored 5.5 points in the first part of the two-day blitz Sunday to stay second and within striking distance of pacesetter Magnus Carlsen in the Grand Chess Tour’s Super United Rapid and Blitz in Zagreb, Croatia. The Cavite-born American has a current total of 16.5 points, just 1.5 points behind […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 04:28:49 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Grandmaster Joey Antonio and Grandmaster-candidate Ronald Dableo lead a big cast vying in the Woman Fide Master Sheerie Joy Lomibao-Beltran Rapid Open Chess Championship set Sunday at the Open Kitchen in Rockwell Mandaluyong City. Antonio and Dableo, who would become a GM if he reaches 2500 in rating, are among the favorites […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 04:36:46 +0000
The Philippine chess team captured 3 gold medals in the just-concluded ASEAN Age Group Chess Championship Zone 3.3 virtually held via Tornelo Platform Thursday.National Master John Dalde Velarde of Lapu-Lapu City stood out among the PH team members, topping the Under-16 Open category aside from helping his team win the team gold. Other members of […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:08:05 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) will hold a qualifying tournament on Thursday as part of its selection process for the national team that will compete in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. The four-day meet will be held at the PACE building on Mindanao Avenue, Quezon City where […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:43:40 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Wesley So outplayed fellow American Leinier Dominguez Perez and seized the solo lead in Pool D of the FIDE Chess Grand Prix 1 2022 in Berlin, Germany on Monday. Playing in black, So equalized early before taking control of the match that lasted in 39 moves of a Giuoco Piano. It was […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:01:00 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Wesley So outlasted Alexei Shirov and seized a share of the lead with fellow American Leinier Dominguez-Perez in Pool D after three rounds of the FIDE Grand Prix Series in Berlin, Germany on Sunday. The Cavite-native American needed 50 moves of an English duel to survive the Latvian-born former World Challenger who […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 08:02:59 +0000
SHANGHAI (AFP) – Two of the sharpest minds in women’s chess are doing battle this week in Shanghai with a world champion title on the line and a record prize fund as the game seeks to close the gender gap. The 500,000 euros ($557,712.50) on the table in the showdown between holder Ju Wenjun and […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 08:36:06 +0000
Cavite-born Grandmaster Wesley So has crowned himself the first Fischer Random world chess champion after overpowering GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway, 13.5-2.5, at the Henie Onstad Art Center in Hovikodden, Norway. The 26-year-old Filipino, now playing for the United States, closed out the reigning world classical champion in the fast-rapid games, 3-1, Saturday to win […]
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