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Surigao chessers take on Lapu Lapu, Mindoro tonight
The Mindanao bets take on Lapu Lapu and Mindoro teams on Wednesday night, September 22 when the two-round per team online matches resume on seven boards via lichess.org.
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Surigao Fianchetto takes on Iloilo Kisela tonight
Blitz showdown (three minutes with two-second increment) starts at 7 pm sharp, followed by the rapid contest (15 minutes without increment) at 7:30 pm.
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Busy airman Salcedo manages to win online chess
Salcedo joined the airforce through direct recruitment accorded to the country's top athletes after his senior varsity days are over with the Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws alongside Cagayan de Oro compatriots Antonio Chavez Jr., Lennon Hart Salgados, and Alfredo Rapanot who also became soldiers.
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Rep. Barbers supports Surigao Fianchetto chessers in PCAP 3rd war
“High morale kaayo atong mga players sa Mindanao with Barbers’ assurance of his financial support. This is a great help for us to do better in our quest to bring honors to Mindanao,” said team owner in newly-recognized Arena Grandmaster Rey Urbiztondo.
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FM Severino outscores rival GMs anew
The Silay, Negros Occidental-born Severino finished ahead of Grandmasters Darwin Laylo and Rogelio Antonio Jr. in the 500-man field to top the two-day Surigao Open Fiesta Online Chess Tournament 2021 concluded last Saturday.
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Newly-minted Arena Grandmaster Urbiztondo backs online chess tilt
“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.
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Mindanao chess masters, execs push for stiff penalty vs online cheating
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.
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‘Yanyan’ Nietes Lariba: Oro’s Olympian paddler remembered
The late Ian Nietes Lariba, fondly called Yanyan by her friends, was the Philippines’ first ever table tennis player to qualify in the Olympics.
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Rene Barrientos: Oro’s legendary world boxing champ was never KO'd
“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.
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PCAP’s Zambo is Surigao’s achilles heel in online chess
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.
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Davao City Execs shock Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates
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.
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After Olympics success: Paalam’s broken family sings together again
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.
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