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Unheralded April Joy Claros saw her fairytale run end after yielding to Indonesian Laysa Latifah, 2-0, in the quarterfinals of the girls 14-under of the FIDE World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships Monday. The 13-year-old Claros had a chance to level the score after dropping the first of...

April Joy Claros stunned third seed Martyna Starosta of Poland in their “Armageddon” tiebreak game to gatecrash into the quarterfinals of the girls’ Under-14 FIDE World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships Sunday. Seeded only 14th out of the 16 who made it to the knockout phase, the...

Unrated King Whisley Puso downed Batsukh Anand of Mongolia in the seventh and final round to rule the open Under-12 division of the Asian qualifying stage of the FIDE World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championship Sunday. Puso finished tied with Chinese Xiao Tong (QD) with six points apiece on...

April Joy Claros and Michael Concio Jr. pulled off impressive victories to lead their respective divisions after five rounds in the Asian qualifier of the FIDE World Youth Rapid Championship Saturday. Claros, who made it in the tournament via wildcard entry, downed United Arab Emirates’ Mohamed...

News of ‘90s OPM pop icon April Boy Regino ’s death came as somewhat a surprise for many. Indeed, it has made Pinoys reminisce on the unique music the late April Boy has produced all throughout his career as the hat-wearing, longhaired singer. Whether you admit it or not, you have listened to...