GM Zhao Jun of China made history by becoming the first-ever champion in the FIDE president Florencio Campomanes Memorial Cup chess championships even as GM Wesley So emerged as the top Filipino player at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila.
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Grandmaster Darwin Laylo scored an ego-boosting win in the 7th round to boost his title bid in the ongoing first FIDE president Florencio Campomanes Memorial Cup chess championships at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
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ASIA pays homage to its late great chess leader when the first-ever FIDE president Florencio Campomanes Memorial chess championships – the biggest and most prestigious chess competition in the region — reels off Saturday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Adriatico St., Manila ( infront of Harrison Plaza).
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TWO-time World Chess Olympiad veteran GM Anton Filippov of Uzbekistan lived up to his high billing by ruling the sixth Prospero Pichay Cup international chess tournament at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Adriatico St. Manila.
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DRESDEN Olympiad sensation GM John Paul Gomez carried the fight for host Philippines, pulling off an ego-boosting win over IM Yu Lie of China in the seventh round of the sixth Prospero Pichay Cup International Chess Championship at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
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GM Darwin Laylo outduelled IM Barlo Nadera in a tense, all-Filipino battle to stay within striking distance in the fifth round of the sixth Prospero Pichay Cup international chess championship at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Adriatico St., Manila.
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MANILA, Aug. 24 (PNA) — Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Rogelio “Joey” Antonio settled for a draw with American GM Jesse Kraai and countryman International Master (IM) Enrico Sevillano in the last two rounds to rule the Second Central California Open Chess Championships in Fresno, California over the weekend.
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