Lynde Salgados is the veteran Sports Writer for the Mindanao Gold Star Daily. With a career spanning decades, Lynde has become one of the most respected voices in Southern Philippines sports journalism, known specifically for his deep expertise in the Philippine chess circuit and regional basketball leagues. Based in Cagayan de Oro, his reporting goes beyond the final score, focusing on the development of homegrown athletes and the grassroots growth of Mindanaoan sports. Whether analyzing a grandmaster's gambit or covering high-stakes local tournaments, Lynde’s work is defined by technical precision and a commitment to elevating the sporting narrative of Northern Mindanao.
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In a dominant endgame position where the gifted lass enjoyed a quality-up advantage that would leave her an unmolested two pawns-queening, the top-seeded 24-year-old Frayna resigned after a marathon 96 moves of the London System-Barry Attack variation.
With the prolific leadership of Anton Pabillore, Janjan Hengania, and Owen Ubay-Ubay off the backcourts, the troika of Stev Panaz, Allan Enteria, and Charome Marte each scored twin-digit numbers in their respective quarters.
“She may be the youngest but she can pull off a surprise. Our training was meant to deal with older rivals,” said Canino’s coach and trainer Jaime Joshua Frias II.
Abucejo told Gold Star Daily that even in a foreign land, he will always be a Filipino and a true-blue Kagay-anon at heart.
“Balik na sab nga trabaho-onon dakong kalangan kay mag-montar na sab kami sa agi-anan sa trailer truck nga gipapag sa maong bagyo,” one construction worker told Gold Star Daily.
“Sa una taman bagtak lang ang pagtaas sa ilang Mama nga area, apan mas paspas karon silang i-rescue karon,” added Pagalan, who is both a musician and an experienced fisherman.
Reigning champ Team Orange, backed by Suyao Trucking Services and reinforced by Erwin Raagas, Christopher Carretas, Anthony Pabillore, Allan Enteria, and Charome Marte, takes on the youth-laden Team Gray in the Saturday morning opener. While the Black team of club president Wingmark Mercado will have the solid frontcourts of Jojo Mahistrado and Janjan Arcaya in their preliminary match with Team Red.
“Advise to bakwit na gyod kay gadako ang tubig sa dalan lisod na ang pag biyahe. Aduna nay gapanglutaw nga appliances sa low-lying areas. Dili kini ka kumpyansaan nga sitwasyon,” Bonbon Kagawad Lelet Baal-Molina told Gold Star Daily.
The newly-wed Chavez from Barangay Bonbon, Cagayan de Oro City, and an alumnus of the Far Eastern University senior varsity team, defeated fellow Army man Carlo Magno Rosaupan to hike his total to 6.5 points and receive P10,000 for the fourth-place honor.
The 17-year-old Quizon played through undefeated to become the youngest and the smallest participant to rule the 2021 Philippine National Chess Championship concluded on Tuesday night, December 14 at the plush Solea Hotel and Resort in Mactan, Cebu.
The Dasmariñas City, Cavite pride Quizon annihilated the three Grandmasters in the field ― Darwin Laylo, Janelle May Frayna, Rogelio Antonio Jr ― midway of the 2021 Philippine National Chess Championship Grandfinals at the Solea Hotel and Resort in Mactan, Cebu.
The Mindanao pride Reymart Gaballo from Polomolok, South Cotabato lost for the first time in a stinging way but gained valuable experience on how to deal with a high-caliber tormentor who happens to be his ring idol.