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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“For me, tsamba lang kini nga achievement so, i-share nato ang blessings to our fellow chess players around the country,” said Urbiztondo, who was first conferred of the AIM title in 2020 by Fédération Internationale des Échecs (Fide) President Arkady Dvorkovich.
“Manny should better off retire both in boxing and politics. Boxing is a young man’s game and politics is the dirtiest game in the world. Why not enjoy the wealth and fortune after years of sacrifice at the expense of your own life and limb because of extreme poverty. If not of poverty just like Manny, I will never risk my face to be punched atop the ring,” said the now 80-year-old Barrientos in an interview at his house in Mahogany St., Barangay Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City.
This, after the Philippine Team got disqualified from the ongoing World Olympiad online tournament after one of its players, a minor aged 13 years old, was allegedly caught cheating by using engine assistance.
“We already buried the hatchet as I always visited bai (Elorde) in Manila at the time when he was seriously ill with lung cancer. When he was still in good shape, he made an effort to come here to Cagayan de Oro for a week-long vacation. They (Elordes) are my extended family in Manila. I don’t know I have no vices then, but after forging intimate relations with bai I’ve also learned to smoke cigarettes. Maybe I’m quite sentimental for old time’s sake," Barrientos shared.
The late Ian Nietes Lariba, fondly called Yanyan by her friends, was the Philippines’ first ever table tennis player to qualify in the Olympics.
Regarded as the “Prince” of Philippine boxing, Pagara was arrested on Wednesday evening in Cebu on child molestation charges.
“Politics is the dirtiest game in the world. It’s not the right place for us (boxers) that better off relax and enjoy what is left for us financially after a tedious struggle for years, sacrificing our lives and limbs due to poverty,” Barrientos emphatically said.
The six-point difference was salt to the wound for the Checkmaters who also yielded to Zambo Sultans by a close two points (9.5-11.5) during the All-Mindanao match-up in the imports-flavored 2nd Conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) tournament.
The Surigao Checkmaters, who earlier crushed the Caraga selection, 44-12, and nipped Northern Mindanao, 30.5-29.5, will wrap up their series of chess matches today against the Zamboanga Sultans of Western Mindanao.
City sports chief Jaymar Rivera said that Paalam’s newfound fortune estimated to be over P20 million from cash rewards and pledges was significant in repairing the strained relationship of his parents and solidifying the poverty-stricken family.
“I’D rather have an abusive press than no press at all.”
