LINGAYEN– 307 young chess enthusiasts completed the four-day 4th Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. (GATE) Chess Clinic held at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center (PTDC) here last month.

The governor said the province expects to discover more great woodpushers like Managatarem town’s Haridas Pascua through the provincial government’s regular clinics and tournaments.

The future grandmasters showing their certificates of completion

Pangasinan Chess League (PCL) president Juan Vicente Sison credited the GATE chess activities for producing chess players who are now varsity players of top universities in the country and for enabling Pangsinan team grab all medals in the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) last year.

Eugene Torre, Asia’s first Grandmaster, said Pangasinan’s sports development program on chess should be replicated in other provinces in the country. ”Chess is one of the best sports for the youth where they can apply the principles of the game in real life such as sportsmanship, focus, calculation, harmony,” he said. (Johanne R. Macob)

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