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The 26-year-old Zamboangueño boxing hero Marcial, who won a windfall of fortune after his bronze conquest in the Tokyo Olympics, will marry his girlfriend of nine years, Princess Jenniel Cabradilla Galarpe in October 28 in a grand wedding to be held in a paradise-like resort somewhere in Batangas.
Best remembered by Mindanao woodpushers for organizing the biggest chess tournament in Mindanao in terms of cash prizes, the Surigao native Caturla was more than that: he was back in the chess spotlight in 2019 as a senior citizen, winning the first gold for the Philippines in the 20th Asean+ Age Group Chess Championships at the Golden Mandalay Hotel and Hotel Hazel in Mandalay City, Myanmar.
The team’s scoring machine Lennon Hart Salgados from Cagayan de Oro, who missed Wednesday’s double-header, might resume his productive duty on board 2.
Powered by Jerlyn Mae San Diego, Fide Master Roel Abelgas, and reigning IPCA world champion Sander Severino of Silay City in Negros province, the Para woodpushers will take on heavyweights Pasig and Laguna when PCAP’s double-header resumes tonight at 7:30 pm.
Quick for a response, fellow chess senior citizen International Master Domingo Ramos of Manila has sponsored an online chess tourney on Saturday, October 16 of which proceeds will go to Caturla’s medication. The “Event for a Cause” is open to all Filipino chess players via lichess.org with National Arbiter Dioniver Medrano (09213201752) as the contact person.
Played over the chess.com platform yesterday, the online team tourney saw the Checkmaters going down against the National Juniors representing Pampanga, 9-12 despite the perfect showing off their youthful vanguards on the top boards.
The Checkmaters, Mindanao’s lone official entry this conference in the country’s first-ever professional chess league, clash with 1st Conference champion Laguna at 7:30 pm, tonight followed by another uphill bout with Northern division top notcher San Juan.
But their resiliency was not enough as the Checkmaters ― Mindanao’s lone official team entry in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) 3rd Conference ― fell short against tournament heavyweights Manila and Pasig on Wednesday’s opening of the foreign-laced second round skirmishes via online chess.com platform.
Victorious in their last three outings, Mindanao’s Surigao Fianchetto Checkmaters will be oozing with confidence and in fighting form, entering the second phase rivalry of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) 3rd Conference starting tonight (7:30 pm) via chess.com.
National Masters Jonathan Tan of Davao and Joey Florendo of Zamboanga will try to push Mindanao’s cause in tonight’s resumption of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) Tag Team Online Tournament at 6 pm via chess.com.
The Netflix movie shown during the pandemic, The Queen’s Gambit, with 62 million household viewers on its first month alone, plus several awards it received, contributed much to the growth of online chess comparable to the 1972 world championship match won by American Bobby Fischer over Russian rival Boris Spassky during the West and East’s cold war.
“We’re actually discouraged after losing to Cagayan earlier (10-11) maskin kulang wala ilang senior player sa board 4. But we chose to give it another try and focus in our last round fight,” said Mercado, who was undefeated against Cagayan in both the blitz and rapid duels and yielded just a draw opposite Cavite’s team skipper NM Almario Marlon Bernardino Jr.