Nika Juris Nicolas came up with an impressive showing at the 2025 Prague Open International Chess Festival after finishing second in the Group B Open of the tournament last Friday, Jan. 17, in Czech Republic. Nicolas, a Grade 7 student at Victory Christian International School in Pasig City, agreed...
Fast-rising chess player Nika Juris Nicolas went undefeated in all her matches to emerge as champion in the 35 th International Chess Festival at the Galaxy Hotel in Krakow, Poland over the weekend. Nicolas, a Grade 7 student at Victory Christian International School in Pasig City,...
International Master Michael Concio, Jr. topped the Philippine National Juniors Chess Championships Monday night, Dec. 16, at the PACE to earn the right to represent the country in next year's Worlds in Petrovac, Montenegro. Concio, 19, ousted erstwhile solo leader Gabriel Ryan Paradero in 55...
Lexie Grace Hernandez trounced Jersey Marticio in the seventh and last round and then edged Daren dela Cruz via tiebreaker to claim her breakthrough title in the Philippine National Juniors Chess Championships at the PACE on Monday, Dec. 16. Hernandez, a 19-year-old student from Ateneo,...
FIDE Master Christian Gian Karlo Arca collected his third gold medal by topping the rapid section of the 18th Asian Schools Chess Championships in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday, Dec. 11. FIDE Master Christian Gian Karlo Arca poses with his trophy. Arca drew with Turkmenistan’s Serdar...
FIDE Master Christian Gian Karlo Arca drew with Oscar Joseph Cantela in the ninth and final round and then edged Turkmenistan’s Serdar Bayramov via tiebreak to snare the blitz gold in the 18th Asian Schools Chess Championships in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday night, Dec. 10. Arca wound up tied...
Grandmaster John Paul Gomez ended a decade-long wait as he ruled the Philippine National Open Chess Championship Grand Finals that concluded Tuesday night, Oct. 29, in Alicia, Isabela. Gomez, 38, drew with local bet International Master Joel Banawa in 21 moves of a Caro-kann duel to...
Grandmaster John Paul Gomez drew with International Master Jem Garcia in 30 moves of a Ruy Lopez to remain unshakeable at the helm after nine rounds of the Philippine National Open Chess Championship Grand Finals in Alicia, Isabela on Monday night, Oct. 28. It was the second straight...
Grandmaster John Paul Gomez racked up five straight victories including a marathon 71-move victory over teenage sensation Phil Martin Casiguran of a Sicilian duel to seize the solo lead after seven rounds of the Philippine National Open Chess Championship Grand Finals in Alicia, Isabela Sunday...
International Master Paulo Bersamina stunned newly minted Grandmaster Daniel Quizon in just 23 moves of a Center-Counter duel to seize the early share of the lead at the start of the Philippine National Open Chess Championship Grand Finals in Alicia Community Center in Alicia, Isabela Thursday...
The Philippine team arriving Wednesday, Sept. 25, from its solid effort in the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary will bring home something bigger than the gold medal it captured in Category B of the women’s section—a hope that the future will be bright. And it was rightfully so...
The Philippines’ Kaye Lalaine Regidor and Apple Rubin each delivered a golden performance in the 22nd ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships in Vientiane, Laos over the weekend. Kaye Lalaine Regidor, left, and Apple Rubin. Regidor, a World Under-15 silver medalist in Greece last year, slew top...
