International Master Daniel Quizon downed IM Yeoh Li Tian to keep his title and Grandmaster norm bids alive with two rounds left in the AQ Prime ASEAN Chess Championship at the Great Eastern Hotel in Quezon City Thursday, Feb. 16. A title win for IM Daniel Quizon would earn him the second of the...
Filipino International Master Paulo Bersamina continued to carry the fight for the host country as he drew with top seed Grandmaster Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia to remain tied at the helm after eight rounds of the AQ Prime ASEAN Chess Championship at the Great Eastern Hotel in Quezon City...
Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna downed Russian-born Leya Garifullina of FIDE in the final round to finish decently in the 2022 FIDE World Blitz Women’s Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan Friday, Dec. 30. Frayna, 25, actually finished in a seven-player tie for 19th place with 10 points...
Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna drew with Woman FIDE Master Umida Omonova of Uzbekistan to remain in striking distance with the big guns after nine rounds of the 17-round Women's World Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan Thursday, Dec. 29. The split sent the country’s top female...
International Master Rolando Nolte shocked third seed Grandmaster Vitaly Sivuk of Sweden to finish third behind eventual champion Konstantin Sek of FIDE at the close of the MCPL’s Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival in General Santos City Saturday, Dec. 17. Rolando Nolte finishes...
International Master Daniel Quizon brought down third seed Vitaly Sivuk of Sweden to move half a point off the pace after five rounds of the MCPL’s Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival in General Santos City Thursday, Dec. 15. IM Daniel Quizon jumps to a six-player logjam at third...
Olympiad veteran Filipino Grandmasters John Paul Gomez and Darwin Laylo hope to make the country proud as they lead the local charge against a group of strong internationalists in the Maharlika Pilipinas Chess League’s Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival unfolding Tuesday, Dec. 13,...
Welsey So waltzed past former world rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan, 14.5-12.5, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Speed Chess Championship 2022 on Thursday, Dec. 8. Wesley So's victory arranges him a quarters meeting with old nemesis Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. (MB...
The Senate has adopted a resolution commending the Philippine chess delegates for their outstanding performance during the recent games held in Bangkok, Thailand. It was Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid who filed Senate Resolution No. 304 commending the entire delegation for dominating the 6th Eastern...
Ruelle Canino Ruelle Canino pulled off the biggest shocker at the start of the National Women’s Chess Championship after pulling the rug from under top seed Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna Saturday at the PACE building in Quezon City. Canino, a 13-year-old sensation from Cagayan de Oro,...
(Photo from Janelle Mae Frayna's Facebook account) A slot to the Philippine team bound for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam next year is up for grabs in the ongoing National Women’s Chess Championships at the PACE building in Quezon City. The tournament, which also dangles...
Wesley So and Nihal Sarin Grandmaster Wesley So squeaked past teen prodigy Nihal Sarin, 15-14, to barge into the finals of the Speed Chess Championships 2021 Tuesday. The third-seeded So banked on championship experience to outplay the 14-year-old Indian Grandmaster in the crucial blitz 3+1 segment...
