The National Chess Federation of the Philippines teams up with Negros Oriental as they host the FIDE-rated National Age Group Championship Eliminations slated May 31 to June 6 at the Oriental Convention Center in Dumaguete City. The weeklong event, presented by Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel...
The best local government units in the country converge in the 1 st Masskara Festival National Inter-Province Cities and Municipalities Chess Team Championships from Oct. 12 to 16 at the Forest Park Resort in Bacolod City. The five-day event will stake more than P600,000 in cash prizes courtesy...
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...
Jersey Marticio Chess wunderkind Jersey Marticio swept all her seven matches to capture the elite girls 18-under division of the 2021 Mayor Atty. Rolen C Paulino National Age Group Online Chess Championships North Luzon Leg held online over the weekend. The 13-year-old Marticio, a Grade 8...
Chess never stops with or without lockdown. The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) will give Filipino chess players something to look forward to amid the pandemic as it lined up a series of online tournaments this year. The first one launched was the Southern Luzon Leg of the...
The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) has fielded in Al-basher Buto, Christian Gian Arca, April Joy Claros and Oshrie Jhames Reyes to the national team it is sending to the World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships on Nov. 27 to Dec. 23. The four placed second in their...
Mark Paragua. (File Photo) United States-based Grandmasters Mark Paragua and Banjo Barcenilla showed why they are two of the top Filipino chessers at present after a 1-2 finish in the online GM Rosendo Balinas Cup over the weekend. Fresh from playing the top two boards for the Philippine team that...
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...
