Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 04:58:51 +0000
Dasmarinas City relied on its one-two punch of International Masters Daniel Quizon and Michael Concio, Jr. as it ripped General Santos City in the finals to rule the 1st Masskara National Team Inter-Provinces, Cities and Municipalities Championships in Bacolod. Quizon swept Ellan Asuela on top board, 2-0, while Concio downed IM Joel Pimentel, 1.5-.5, on second […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 08:28:32 +0000
The best local government units in the country converge in the 1st Masskara Festival National Inter-Province, Cities and Municipalities Chess Team Championships which starts today at the Forest Park Resort in Bacolod City. The five-day event will stake more than P600,000 in cash prizes courtesy of the city of Bacolod headed by Mayor Alfredo Benitez and […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 06:00:57 +0000
The four-man Philippine team leaves for Sardinia, Italy on Monday with a promise of going all-out in the FIDE World Junior Under-20 Chess Championships. The team is composed of Alekhine Fabiosa Nouri, Mhage Gerriahlou Fernandez Sebastian and coaches Almario Marlon Quiroz Bernardino Jr. and Susan Grace Tana Neri. The event is set on Oct. 12 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:18:08 +0000
OSLO, Norway (AFP) – Chess superstar Magnus Carlsen for the first time openly accused American Hans Niemann of cheating Monday, saying the rising star had done so more recently and more often than he previously admitted. The chess world has been shaken for three weeks by the Carlsen-Niemann controversy, since the 31-year-old five-time world champion […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 06:53:06 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Grandmaster Joey Antonio lived up to his lofty billing as he ruled the open section of the MRSM Tun Mustapha Chess Championship undefeated in Sabah, Malaysia recently. Antonio waylaid International Master Chan Peng Kong in the ninth and final round to catch up with FIDE Master Nelson Villlanueva on top with 7.5 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 04:48:19 +0000
The best chess players in the country aged 17 years and below vie for supremacy in the National Youth and Schools Chess Championships unfolding Saturday at the Dapitan City Cultural Complex in Zamboanga del Norte. Jeremiah Cruz and Janmyl Dilan Tisado spearhead the premier open 17-and-under division while Rhea Jean Canino and Shaina Magne Romanillos […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 09:20:02 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Wesley So fought fellow American Levon Aronian to a 44-move draw of a Queen’s Gambit Accepted Tuesday to remain on top after five rounds of the Grand Chess Tour’s Sinquefield Cup 2022 in Saint Louis, Missouri. The Cavite-born American So now has three points on a win, which came at the expense […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:31:20 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Wesley So managed only a draw with Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi but it was enough to grab the solo lead after four rounds of the Grand Chess Tour’s Sinquefield Cup 2022 in Saint Louis, Missouri Monday, Sept. 5. So split the point after 25 moves of a Queen’s Gambit Accepted to hike his […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 08:15:21 +0000
Dapitan City will host the Grand Finals of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines’ (NCFP) National Youth and Schools Chess Championships from September 16 to 23 at the Dapitan Sports and Cultural Complex, Dapitan, Zamboanga Del Norte. The Grand Finals is the culmination of the three qualifying tournaments nationwide where about 120 participants aged […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:51:57 +0000
National Master Edgardo Garma performed a simultaneous clock exhibition matches against the Milo Checkmate enrollees held over the weekend at Starmall Edsa Shaw in Mandaluyong City. Garma swept all his matches and netted a score 16-0 in the one-day event that concluded the first offering of the Milo Checkmate face-to-face Saturday-only chess classes after the pandemic. […]
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