MANILA – Grandmasters Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. of Quezon City, John Paul Gomez of Binan, Laguna, and Darwin Laylo of Pasig City all confirmed their participation in the Philippine National Chess Championships 2021 to be held Dec. 9 to 15 at the Solea Mactan Resort, Cordova, Mactan Islands, Cebu.
“I hope to do well in this event,” Antonio, who is also scheduled to conduct a 10 board chess simultaneous exhibition on Saturday, Dec. 4 at Barangay Kamuning Barangay Hall in Quezon City, said.
According to Chess Movement, Inc. chairman (CPA) Dr. Ariel Potot, the round-robin FIDE-rated tournament will be held face-to-face with the winner earning the right to represent the country in the Asian Indoor Martial Arts Games set in 2023 in Thailand.
Also seeing action are country’s lone Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna of Legaspi City, Albay, International Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia and International Master Paulo Bersamina of Caloocan City, International Master Haridas Pascua of Mangatarem, Pangasinan, International Master Ronald Dableo of Manila, International Master Daniel Quizon and International Master Michael Concio Jr. of Dasmarinas City, Cavite and International Master Ricardo de Guzman of San Juan City.
RiChessMasters, the organizing team behind this major over-the-board woodpushing tournament is also set to stage simultaneously the 1st Mactan Open: Barkadahan Para sa Bansa Championship.
The tournament is expected to draw some of the country’s best woodpushers that will vie for the P50,000 champion’s purse.
They will compete against Cebu’s best woodpushers.
The top 10 woodpushers won’t go home empty-handed. They will all receive cash prizes after the tournament.
Also, the best lady performer, under-16, under-14, under-12, under-10, and under-8 top woodpushers will be awarded cash prizes after the tournament. (PR) -bny
