International Master Daniel Quizon stunned 10 th seed Grandmaster Sunilduth Lyna Narayana of India in the ninth and final round to finish tied for first in the 30 th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, Aug. 24. The 20-year-old Quizon brought...
National age group champion Franchesca Largo bested Indonesian Adeeba Izzah Ulayya to seize a share of the second round lead in the girls’ standard event of the Eastern Asia Juniors Chess Championships in Karawaci-Tangerang, Indonesia on Friday, July 5. That sent the 18-year-old Largo into a...
National Master titles, norms and FIDE rating points will be staked when the National Chess Federation of the Philippines teams up with Cavite Vice Gov. Athena Tolentino and NM Srihaan Poddar in staging the Philippine National Amateur Championships from Oct. 6 to 8 in Tagaytay City. Around 200 of...
Filipino Danry Seth Romualdez made heads turn at the 7 th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship after winning the bronze medal in the standard under-8 event in Hainan, China on Thursday, Aug. 10. Danry Seth Romualdez finishes with five wins and four draws in his age group in the tournament. ...
IM Daniel Quizon The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) will hold a qualifying tournament on Thursday as part of their 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...
WGM Janelle Mae Frayna (left) and IM Paulo Bersamina (Screenshot from PSA Forum) Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna and the other Filipino representatives will have their hands full against big names and higher-rated foes right in the first round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021. Frayna, the...
The 2019 Tempo Inter-schools Rapid Chess Championships. (MB Photo) The Endgame Sports Multi-Events, Inc. and National Chess Federation of the Philippines are teaming up in staging the 2020 National Youth Online Chess Championships and Masters Challenge set Sept. 29 to Oct. 10. A guaranteed cash pot...
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...
