NM CABRIDO MEMORIAL CUP

The first NM Vic Cabrido Memorial Cup is being planned for October, maybe on the 17th, if the sponsor we are talking will release the fund on time. But this will not be as big as the 1st MMLDC Cup in terms of budget, thus it will be limited to 50 players (kiddies) and will be by invitation only.

Vic Cabrido worked for MERALCO and was one of the pillars of MERALCO chess.

GM GONZALES SIMUL

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Lilet Bersamina, the father of RP 12 Under Champ Paulo Bersamina, has just gotten the big big YES of GM Jayson to share his God-given time and talents for the benefit of our handicapped brothers in the RP Paralympics Chess Team by doing a simul at MERALCO which is tentatively scheduled on OCTOBER 3 Saturday 9 am.

Entry Fee is P500 and proceeds will go to the PARA Chess Team.

This is the third of the series of simuls for the victorious PARA Team. GM Joey debuted last Aug 1 scoring 18W 6D 0L and GM Eugene seconded the motion last Sept 5 registering a 17W 2D 2L slate.

GM PARAGUA

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GM Mark Paragua rules Asian Indoor Games chess qualifying

GRAND MASTER Mark Paragua captured the Asian Indoor qualifying round chess title last Monday at the LWUA head office in Quezon City.

Paragua, the 2003 Southeast Asian Games’ most bemedalled athlete, finished 12.5 points en route to one of the four slots in this year’s Asian Indoor Games chess competition to be held in Vietnam.

GM Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. (11.0 points), IM Rolando Nolte (10.5 points) and GM Jayson Gonzales (10.0 points) placed second to fourth, respectively. Gonzales took the last spot after beating fellow 10-pointer GM Darwin Laylo in tie-break points.

Vietnam-bound

Paragua, Antonio, Nolte and Gonzales will represent the country in the forthcoming Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam.

Other players who saw action were GM-elect Ronald Dableo (9.5 points), GM Bong Villamayor (8.0 points), NM Julius Joseph de Ramos (7.5 points), NM Ali Branzuela (7.5 points), NM Haridas Pascua (7.5 points), IM Barlo Nadera (6.5 points), IM-elect Emmanuel Senador (6.0 points), FM Christopher Castellano (5.5 points), MJ Turqueza (5.0 points), NM Rhobel Legaspi (5.0 points) and NM Belsar Valencia (4.5 points). — Marlon Bernardino

ARONIAN WINS BILBAO MASTERS

The II Grand Slam Final Chess Masters 2009 is being held in Bilbao from September 6th to September 12th, in a sound-proof glass cube in the Bilbao Plaza Nueva (central square). The four players competing: Sergey Karjakin, the winner of Wijk ann Zee, Alexander Grischuk, winner of Ciudad de Linares, Alexei Shirov, winner in Sofia, and Levon Aronian, second-place winner of Nanking. The games start at 17:00h CEST (= 19:00h Moscow, 16:00h London, 11 a.m. New York), with a rate of play of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes to finish the game, with 10 extra seconds per move from move number 41. The “Sofia Rule” is enforced, which means that players are not allowed to agree a draw without arbiter's permission. The prize fund is 110,000 Euros.

This is one of Aronian's exciting victory; a Chebanenko Slav in which the Armenian GM uncorked a dramatic novelty - 10.Bxb5!?N. Log on to Chessbase.com for a detailed analysis; Bilbao Masters: Aronian Beats Grischuk.

Aronian,L (2773) - Grischuk,A (2733) [D11]
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Torre, Villamayor to hold chess simul
(The Philippine Star) Updated September 10, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - GMs Eugene Torre and Bong Villamayor will hold a chess simul to challenge students’ problem solving abilities, critical and strategic thinking in the “Buhawi and Hagibis Chess Challenge” on Sept. 18 starting at 10 a.m. at the SMX Convention Center at SM Mall of Asia.

The event is one of the highlights of Diwa Learning System’s participation in the 30th Manila International Bookfair, slated Sept. 16-20, also at SMX.

Earlier this year, the Department of Education issued a memorandum for the inclusion of chess in the curricula on Grades 3 to 6 and high school students in the subject “Edukasyon sa Pagpapalakas ng Katawan” or Physical Education.

Diwa’s Scholastic Enhancement Materials or SEMs entitled Buhawi (for high school) and Hagibis (for elementary) have been promoting the use of chess in classroom instructions through its regular column called “Chess Bits” and “Junior Chess.”

SEMs are a new genre of scholastic premium quality materials that enhance learning. It is a component of Diwa’s Superior Learning Experience strategy, which is a collaboration of the company’s wide range of educational resources that are designed to elevate a student from one who studies to a student who learns; a teacher who lectures to a teacher who educates and a school that instructs to a school that trains.

For information, log on to www.diwa.ph

HATAW: BERSAMINA

Bersamina kampeon sa 1st MMLDC Chess

MMLDC GAMES

BERSAMINA WINS 1st MMLDC CUP

Reigning RP 12 Under Champion Paulo Bersamina of MERALCO Chess Club fittingly won the 1st MERALCO Management Leadership Development Center Chess Cup by beating Clifford Cobsilen of Lores Chess Club of Antipolo in the knock-out Finals at MMLDC in Antipolo last Sunday to win the gold medal, P1500 National Book Store gift check, Tita Cory commemorative yellow umbrella, MMLDC Aviary Tour gift check, an overnight stay at the MMLDC and tokens from MERALCO, MERALCO Chess Club and MMLDC. Bersamina also won the St. Teresa of Avila (Patron Saint of chess players) medal and gift check for being the top player with a mother in tow.

Cobsilen won the silver and P1000 gift check and tokens. He also won the St. Charles of Borromeo medal for being the top player with a father in tow.

Renato Cruz, Jr. of Taytay and a prodigy of IM Barbosa won the bronze medal and P500 gift certificate and tokens by closing the doors to Nikka Cerrado who won P500 gift check for making the Final 4, a chess set for being the Top Female Player and the Best Player of Cainta medal and a P300 gift check from Cainta Business Center Head Ed Vargas.

World Youth-bound Karen Enriquez of Marikina Chess Federation won the Best Player from Marikina medal and gift check sponsored by MERALCO Marikina Business Center Head Tere Estrada.

Howard Viernes of DNSMS won the Best Player of Angono medal and gift check sponsored by MERALCO Angono Business Center Head Winston delos Reyes.

Chess sets were won by Felipe Magdalaga of National University for being the Top 12 Under Player, Daryl Samantila of Adamson University/MERALCO Chess Club won the Top 10 Under, and Arvin Serban of Sumulong Elementary School won the Top 8 Under.

Aljohn Serban won the GM Wesley So cash award for being the youngest player at 6 years old with the best score; 2.5 points in 7 games.

The top 4 finishers also won a sponsorship to the coming PSC Kiddies at RMC on Sept 13.

1st MMLDC CHESS CUP RESULTS

Organizer : Meralco Chess Club
Chief Arbiter : NM Marlon Bernardino
Arbiter : FM Christopher Castellano, NA Gatz V. Luz, NM Andrew Vasquez
Town : Antipolo City
Final Ranking (Top 4 Finishers face each other in a 2 game knock out match)
Rank	Name	Rtg	Club	age	Pts	Res.	BH.	SB.	Fide	vict
1	BERSAMINA, Paolo	1900	Meralco Chess Club	11	6	0	30½	26.00	22	6
2	COBSILEN, Clifford	1666	Lores Chess Club	13	6	0	27½	22.00	25	6
3	CRUZ, JR., Renato	1696	Taytay Chess Club	13	6	0	32½	27.00	24	6
4	CERRADO, Jo Nikka	1801	Teresa, Rizal	14	6	0	32½	28.25	23	5
5	MAGDALAGA, Felipe	0	National University	12	5½	0	38½	29.75	26	5
6	ENRIQUEZ, Jean Karen	0	Marikina Chess Fed.	12	5½	0	33½	25.75	26	5
7	VILLA, Enrica	0	Marikina Chess Fed.	13	5½	0	30½	17.75	21	5
8	SOLER, Nico	1932	National University	14	5½	0	28	21.25	24	5
9	BONIFACIO, Jorie	0	National University	13	5	0	32½	23.25	24	4
10	NICART, Joshua	0	San Isidro Nat'l HS	12	5	0	32	21.00	20	5
11	MARCOS, Jet	0	Ateneo	11	5	0	30½	18.50	20	5
12	RUAYA, Virgengil	0	Lores Chess Club	14	5	0	30	19.50	24	4
13	SOLER, Quinna	1879	National University	14	5	0	30	19.50	17	5
14	GODOY, Janfred	0	St. John's Worth Mont.	12	5	0	30	19.00	20	5
15	ROSCO, Jerome	0		14	5	0	27½	17.00	23	5
16	MARCOS, JV	0	Ateneo	13	5	0	27½	17.00	16	5
17	COSTA, Kenny Ray	0		12	5	0	27	17.00	18	5
18	MENDOZA, Shnia Mae	0	San Isidro Nat'l HS	11	5	0	26½	16.00	15	5
19	VIERNES, Tucker Howard	0	Angono Chess Club	11	5	0	25	11.50	16	4
20	OMPAD, Kelly Jay	0	Ramon Magsaysay HS	13	5	0	24½	15.00	20	5
21	LIM, Emmanuel	0	San Isidro Nat'l HS	14	4½	0	29	17.75	17	4
22	SAMANTILA, Darryl	0	Meralco Chess Club	10	4½	0	28½	12.00	22	4
23	GALASI, Ephraim	0		14	4½	0	28	12.75	23	4
24	LAYUGAN, Nhyl	0	Pagasa Elem. School	14	4½	0	27	16.25	16	4
25	SOL CRUZ, Rhal	0	Meralco Chess Club	11	4½	0	24	14.25	18	4
26	GRAVILLO, Narciso	0	Ramon Magsaysay HS	12	4	0	30	15.00	17	4
27	MARCELLANA, Mark James	0		9	4	0	29½	14.00	14	4
28	GERONIMO, Kenneth	0		13	4	0	29	10.00	19	4
29	ENDE, John Kenneth	0	Ramon Magsaysay HS	14	4	0	28½	10.00	19	4
30	FANTASTICO, Sean Jeremy	0	Marikina Chess Fed.	10	4	0	27	15.00	16	4
31	CABUGAO, Earl	1664	Meralco Chess Club	14	4	0	27	12.00	17	4
32	DEL ROSARIO, Philip Ruiz	0	Meralco Chess Club	11	4	0	26½	9.50	18	4
33	RAAGAS, Nostradamus	0	Sumulong Elem. School	11	4	0	26	12.00	20	4
34	VALDEROSO, John	0		12	4	0	26	8.00	13	4
35	PERIT, Sharmaine	0	San Isidro Nat'l HS	14	4	0	25½	11.00	18	4
36	ROMERO, Gerome	0	Sumulong Elem. School	11	4	0	24½	11.50	19	4
37	NALLA, Harold Ian	0	Ramon Magsaysay HS	14	4	0	24	10.50	17	4
38	VALERIO, Haydielyn	0	San Isidro Nat'l HS	10	4	0	24	8.00	14	3
39	SALTORIO, Jefferson	0		12	4	0	23½	8.50	17	4
40	SALTORIO, Jolina	0	National University	13	4	0	23½	8.50	17	4
41	SOLA, Clark Dave	0		13	4	0	22½	10.75	16	3
42	SERBAN, Arvin John	0		8	4	0	22	11.00	18	4
43	RAMOS, Noah	0		10	4	0	19½	9.50	13	4
44	ROBLES, Samantha	0	Prinza Elem. School	10	4	0	18½	9.00	14	4
45	SOLOMON, Matthew	0		12	4	0	18½	8.00	13	4
46	SABALILAG, Arvex	0	Angono Chess Club		4	0	17	6.00	12	4
47	NAVARRO, Christian Michael	0	Caritas Don Bosco	10	3½	0	30½	12.00	15	3
48	OTSUKA, Tetsuo	0	Caritas Don Bosco	11	3½	0	28	10.75	16½	3
49	ESPIRITU, Jonash	0	Caritas Don Bosco	12	3½	0	25½	11.75	16	3
50	RAMOS, Lucas	0		12	3½	0	23½	8.25	17	3
51	NICART, Ephraim	0	Angono Chess Club	8	3½	0	21½	10.25	12½	3
52	ADRIANO, Jennyrose	0	Angono Chess Club		3½	0	20	9.25	12½	2
53	CORDERO, Elijah	0	Meralco Chess Club	9	3½	0	18	5.75	9½	3
54	DELA CRUZ, Alexis	0	Ramon Magsaysay HS	12	3	0	30½	12.50	18	3
55	ABAD, Garrett	0		14	3	0	30	11.50	18	3
56	DEL ROSARIO, Elmer Joseph	0	Meralco Chess Club	14	3	0	28	11.00	16	3
57	AGUYLO, Sangie Ahlen	0	Angono Chess Club	14	3	0	26	9.50	9	3
58	BUHAT, Philip	0	Ramon Magsaysay HS	12	3	0	26	7.00	11	3
59	ADRIANO, John Paul	0	Angono Chess Club	14	3	0	25½	8.50	14	3
60	FERNANDEZ, Anton Jose	0		9	3	0	24½	6.00	13	3
61	ADRIANO, John Clifford	0	Lores Chess Club	7	3	0	23	7.50	11	3
62	ABAJON, Jonalyn	0	Ramon Magsaysay HS	14	3	0	22½	8.75	12½	2
63	DELA CRUZ, Dazelle Mariz	0	Meralco Chess Club	10	3	0	22½	7.00	9	3
64	VILLAFLOR, Ralph	0	La Salle	11	3	0	22	5.50	15	3
65	ULANDAY, Kevin	1565	San Isidro Nat'l HS	13	3	0	21½	4.50	9	3
66	CORDERO, Josiah	0	Meralco Chess Club	11	3	0	21	5.50	13	3
67	OLIVETE, Allan John	0	Marikina Chess Fed.	9	3	0	20	6.50	12	3
68	CASAPANGRA, Cezar	0	Tanay Chess Club	9	3	0	20	6.00	10	3
69	SIERRA, Jonna Mae	0		9	3	0	19	7.00	12	3
70	REVADULLA, Monica	0	Caritas Don Bosco	14	3	0	17½	6.50	10	3
71	NAVARRO, Daniel Vincent	0	Caritas Don Bosco	8	3	0	17½	6.00	10	3
72	SUNIEGA, Resty Mae	0		10	3	0	17	2.50	10	3
73	FANTASTICO, Joric Justine	0	Marikina Chess Fed.	7	2½	0	27½	9.00	15	2
74	MORTE, Joshua	0	Meralco Chess Club	12	2½	0	23½	5.00	11½	2
75	CHUA, Jessica	0	Sumulong Elem. School	11	2½	0	22½	5.75	9½	2
76	ESPIRITU, Emman	0	Caritas Don Bosco	13	2½	0	21½	5.75	11½	2
77	MARARAC, Marivic	0		14	2½	0	20½	6.25	7½	2
78	ROMERO, Georgie	0		10	2½	0	20	3.75	11	1
79	PANTOJA, Kevin Brian	0		9	2½	0	18½	3.25	6½	2
80	SERBAN, Aljohn	0		6	2½	0	15	4.75	6	2
81	FERRER, Nerissa	0	Ramon Magsaysay HS	14	2	0	25½	7.00	11	2
82	EVANGELISTA, Jenalyn	0	Tanay Chess Club	11	2	0	24	4.00	11	2
83	JAVATE, Jiselle	0	Ramon Magsaysay HS	14	2	0	24	3.00	10	2
84	CRUZ, Lance Gerad	0	Marikina Chess Fed.	6	2	0	23½	5.00	11	2
85	CRUZ, Edmund	0	Caritas Don Bosco	10	2	0	23	4.50	7	2
86	DELA CRUZ, Danielle Marie	0	Meralco Chess Club	11	2	0	21½	2.00	9	2
87	ESPIRITU, Paolo	0	Caritas Don Bosco	8	2	0	21	5.00	8	2
88	PANTOJA, Kenneth	0		8	2	0	21	2.50	8	2
89	SANTIAGO, Joshua Carlos	0	Marikina Chess Fed.	9	2	0	18½	2.50	9	2
90	MORTE, Vince	0	Meralco Chess Club	9	2	0	17	1.00	5	2
91	PANTOJA, Kenny	0		11	2	0	14½	0.50	4	2
92	CRUZ, Mark Bryan	0		10	1½	0	20	3.75	7	1
93	DELA CRUZ, Ron Jonas	0			1	0	21½	0.00	7	1
94	DELA ROSA, Lorie Anne	0	Tanay Chess Club	10	½	0	19	1.25	2	0