by Malaya Business Insight | Oct 8, 2024 | Sports
FAR Eastern University standout John Jerish Velarde beat Ricardo Batcho in the seventh and final round to rule the Philippine Amateur Chess Championships at Robinson’s East in Pasig over the weekend. A native of Lapu-Lapu City, Velarde, 18, finished with 6.5 points to...
by Malaya Business Insight | Oct 1, 2024 | Sports
MARK Jay Bacojo and Mhage Gerriahlou Sebastian topped their divisions in the semifinals of the National Chess Championships at the PACE in Quezon City and earned a chance to bag a spot to the national team seeing action in the Bangkok Southeast Asian Games next year....
by Malaya Business Insight | Sep 25, 2024 | Sports
THE Philippine team returning today from its solid efforts 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 is bright. Two youngsters...
by Malaya Business Insight | Sep 23, 2024 | Olympics, Sports
BUDAPEST. — The Philippines remained on course in its bid to surpass its 39th place finish in the last edition after it got past Iceland 2.5-1.5 in the 10th and penultimate round of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad at the Bok Sports Hall here Saturday. Woman Grandmaster...
by Malaya Business Insight | Sep 21, 2024 | Olympics, Sports
BUDAPEST. — Grandmasters Julio Catalino Sadorra and John Paul Gomez delivered the victories in the Philippines’ 3-1 win over South Africa in the eighth round Thursday to get back into the thick of things in the 45th Chess Olympiad at the BOK Sports Hall here. Sadorra...
