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PH team to compete in 44th World Chess Olympiad

The 12-member Philippine team left the country Wednesday to participate in the 44th World Chess Olympiad that begins Friday and ends Aug. 10 in Chennai, India.

Photo from National Chess Federation of the Philippines Facebook account
The members of the team are Grandmasters Mark Paragua, Banjo

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Northern Philippines, Jem Garcia shine in 1st Professional Chess All Star Game

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Northern Philippines, Jem Garcia shine in 1st Professional Chess All Star Game
The PCAP wrapped up its first conference with an All-Star Game won by the Northern Division team. PCAP Screengrab.
The Northern Philippines All-Star Team won as International Master (IM) Jem Garcia was declared MVP of the first Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Star Game.
The Northern All-Star won the close match against the Southern All-Star, 3-2 in Armageddon, decided by 1/5th of a second in the last game of the first PCAP All-Star held on the chess.com virtual platform on May 2, 2021.
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Laguna wins inaugural PCAP title | Philippine Canadian Inquirer

The match completely swung on Literatus’ favor as Asuela countered his Kf4 by Kf2, seemingly looking to trap him to the side, which like f3 was analyzed as a mistake. (Pixabay photo)
MANILA – The Laguna Heroes made history on Saturday night as they became the first ever champions of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP).
In a rare Philippine sporting event happening during the Holy Week holidays, Laguna clinched the All-Filipino Conference title after beating Camarines in the grand finals.
The Heroes, led by their grandmaster (GM) duo of Board 1 player Banjo Barcenilla and homegrown talent John Paul Gomez, was on pace for a cruise control after taking Set 1, 14.5-6.5.

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Laguna Heroes rout Isabela Knight Raiders in PCAP chess tilt

Published January 31, 2021, 3:44 PM
Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla
The Laguna Heroes squeaked past the Isabela Knight Raiders, 11-10, in the Northern Division of the All Filipino Conference Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) online tournament Saturday night.
The Heroes banked on their 5-2 victory in the blitz after yielding in the rapid, 8-6, to secure their seventh victory against two losses.
Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla steered the Heroes by winning all his matches with Woman National Master Karen Enriquez and Kimuel Aaron Lorenzo providing reinforcements.
Barcenilla, now based in the United States, bested Alvin Aguinaldo in both blitz and rapid in the top board while Enriquez routed Genlaiza Baguorio in blitz and Sheryll Andres in Bordon in rapid on board three.

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National chess champion to get outright spot in World Cup

Published January 7, 2021, 3:05 PM
The Philippines was granted one outright berth to the FIDE World Cup 2021 where the top two finishers will qualify directly to the World Candidates matches leading to the 2022 World Championship.
National Chess Federation of the Philippines executive director Cliburn Orbe said they would give that slot to the eventual winner of the national championship it is planning to hold before the deadline for submission of entry on June 5 this year.
“Good news, FIDE has given the Philippines an automatic seed to the World Cup. Our national champion is automatically entered,” said Orbe in a post in the NCFP’s official Facebook page.

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Philippines assured of slot in FIDE World Cup '21

Philippines assured of slot in FIDE World Cup ’21
Joey Villar
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Philippines assured of slot in FIDE World Cup ’21
MANILA, Philippines — At least one Filipino will get to play in the FIDE World Cup 2021 set late this year in Minsk, Belarus.
This after the Philippines received one of the 100 seats allotted by FIDE, which recently increased the number of participants from 128 to 206. The biennial event awards a couple of berths in the Candidates Tournament, an eight-player double round-robin event to decide the challenger for the World Championship.
“The top 100 countries all over the world were given wild card seats and we will give that one spot to our national champion this year,” said National Chess Federation of the Philippines executive director Cliburn Orbe.

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