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AFTER a big start, the Cagayan de Oro bets dropped from the top-two standing with the top-seeded Johnnel Balquin yielding to Woman International Master Bernadette Galas in the fourth round of the 2021 Philippine National Mactan Open Chess Championships today.
“Ang problema kay unay d’retso ang Cagayan de Oro boys kay pulos man daug,” said Frias who will face Balquin with white in the second round.
Donaire will be risking his World Boxing Council bantamweight belt on the same day but in a different time zone that the other Filipino, Johnriel ‘Quadro Alas’ Casimero will be staking his World Boxing Organization 118-pound belt against Briton Paul Butler in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The pride of Xavier University Yulo, on the other hand, yielded early to eventual national juniors champion in Fide Master Alekhine Youri (seven pts) in the 4th round but managed to bounce back with his 6.5 point-total worth for second place.
With the reinforcement of grizzled International Master Rolando Nolte, the San Juan Predators swept the Iloilo Knights, 19-two, 11.5-9.6 in the two-leg finale to clinch the 3rd Conference title of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) virtually held on Saturday night via chess.com platform.
The Iloilo Knights defeated the San Juan Predators in the 2nd Conference finals, but the country’s winningest National Open champion had readily embraced the underdog billings in their 7 pm face-off with the stacked Predators now further solidified by the addition of veteran International Master Rolando Nolte.
The GM Antonio-led Kisela Iloilo Knights, the 2nd Conference Champion, survived a thriller with the superbly tough side of the Penang Blue Panthers from Malaysia, 9.5-11.5, 14.5-6.5, and two-one on Wednesday night to arrange another title-showdown with the vast-improved San Juan Predators.
San Juan will face Caloocan for the North division title and Penang, Malaysia clashing with Iloilo for the South division crown starting at 7:30 pm tonight via Chess.com online format.
Torres forced the resignation of Gerald Faustino in the final sixth round in a hopeless pinned Bishop position to remain spotless in ruling the B1-Men’s category. While the 1691 Evangelista bested a 16-man field that included the higher-rated Abraham Peligro (1750), playing undefeated in five rounds to top the B2-Men’s class of the nationwide competition for people with disabilities.
After reviewing and updating the final results with the organizing Fide’s Fair Play Panel in time of the November 17 awards rites, another cheating incident was unveiled that resulted in the disqualification of one player from Vietnam in favor of Cuba.
A review on the top board matches between Penang and Camarines has been promptly undertaken, as of press time, with the decision out to be known tonight at 6 pm.