HALL of Famer Eugene Torre and other grandmasters take the spotlight in the 1st Governor Henry S. Oaminal 7-in-1 Chess Festival set Nov. 10-12 at the Ozamis City Auditorium in Misamis Occidental.
Torre, Asia’s first Grandmaster, will be featured in the first of the seven events in the three-day event as he plays simultaneous exhibition matches with 13-time Philippine Open champion Grandmaster Joey Antonio and other stars.
The country’s top and aspiring players will take center stage in the individual, team rapid and blitz tournaments where a total pot of P500,000 will be up for grabs in four categories.
The rapid tournament, a 9-round Swiss system, also dangles a spot to the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) national championship for the winner, who will also bag P30,000 top prize.
