Reigning national champion International Master Daniel Quizon and Grandmaster Darwin Laylo banner a strong cast in the 2 nd Gov. Henry S. Oaminal Open Chess Tournament slated on July 9 to 10 at the AYA Hotel and Residences in Clarin, Misamis Occidental here. Also competing in the tournament...
Spots to the national team seeing action in the 45th World Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary this year and huge cash prizes will be at stake in the Philippine National Open Chess Championships that unfurled Wednesday, Dec. 27, at the Marikina Community Convention Center. Grandmaster Joey...
Grandmasters Joey Antonio and Darwin Laylo are expected to banner the strong field in the 1 st Governor Henry S. Oaminal 7-in-1 Chess Festival slated Nov. 10 to 12 at the Ozamis City Auditorium in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental. Grandmaster Joey Antonio banner the field in the 1 st Governor Henry...
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,...
The Philippine men’s and women’s teams overpowered Monaco and Angola with similar 3.5-0.5 scores in the fourth round of the 44th World Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India Monday night. Darwin Laylo Grandmasters John Paul Gomez and Darwin Laylo, and International Master Paulo Bersamina delivered...
Joey Antonio, left, and Darwin Laylo Grandmasters Joey Antonio and Darwin Laylo will be the players to watch out for in the 2021 Philippine Chess Championship that unfolded Thursday at the Solea Hotel and Resort in Mactan, Cebu. Antonio, 59, shoots for his 14th title in his 38th appearance in this...
Darwin Laylo The Philippines smashes Ireland, 5-1, in the sixth round to remain in the hunt for a spot into the next phase of Division 2’s Pool A of the 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad Friday, Sept. 3. International Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia, Grandmaster Darwin Laylo, Woman GM Janelle Mae Frayna, FIDE...
WGM Janelle Mae Frayna (Photo from Janelle Frayna's Facebook account) The Philippines absorbed stinging defeats to Belgium, 3.5-2.5, and Australia, 4-2, to slip to joint fifth after six rounds of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad Saturday. The Nationals were leading the Belgians in the fifth round,...
Darwin Laylo The National Chess Federation of the Philippines will hold a two-day tryout this weekend for the team it will field to the first FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 slated July 22 to August 30. NCFP executive director Cliburn Orbe announced in the group’s official Facebook page that...
