Young Pangasinan woopushers make waves
LINGAYEN—Nine young Pangasinan chess champions who were regular participants in the Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. chess clinic series and tournaments since 2009 made waves in various chess tournaments here and abroad in 2011.
Gov. Amado Espino Jr. congratulated the young chess champs for continuously bringing honors to the province and vowed to continue promoting and supporting the mind-sport.
“Playing chess develops self-discipline among the youth and develops their intellectual and thinking skills,” Espino said.
The young Pangasinan chess champions are: FIDE Master Haridas Pascua and FIDE Master Cherry Ann Mejia, Samantha Glo Revita, Giovanni Mejia, brothers Dennis Gutierrez III and Dennis Gutierrez Jr., Jodilyn Fronda, Prince Mark Aquino and Rowene Wyse Palaming.
Pascua won the Asian Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2011while playing second in the National Age Group competition.
Mejia notched the AFPI National Rapid Chess Championship, ranked 2nd in the Asian Youth Blitz Chess Championship, 2nd in the 2011 Palarong Pambansa Chess Tournament, 3rd in the 12th ASEAN Age Group Chess Championship (Individual category) and 2nd in the Team category.
Revita was the top player in the 12th ASEAN Age Group Chess Championship (Individual Girls category), 2nd in the Asian Youth Chess Championship – Standard Girls Division and also a leading player in the Asian Youth Blitz Championship, ASEAN vs. China and National Age Group Championship.
Mejia garnered the 3rd position in the 12th ASEAN Age Group Chess Championship (Team-Boys Category), 9th place in the Asian Youth Blitz Chess Championship and 3rd in the AFPI National Rapid Chess Championship (Kiddies Division).
Dennis III bagged the 1st place in the ASEAN –BLITZ Category, 2nd in the ASEAN Age Group Chess Championship (Individual), 3rd in the ASEAN Age Group Chess Championship, 12thin the AFPI National Rapid Chess Championship (Kiddies Division) 5thin the ASEAN vs. China and 4th and 2nd in the Asian Youth Chess Championship/Individual Silver Medalist.
His older brother Dennis Jr. was 3rd in the 12th ASEAN Age Group Chess Championship, 4th in the AFPI National Rapid Chess Championship, rank 13 in the Asian Youth Chess Championship and 11th in the Asian Youth Blitz Chess Championship.
Aquino and Palaming are also placers in the Asian Youth Chess Championship and the National Age Group Chess Championship.
Juan Vicente Sison, president of the Pangasinan Chess Federation, said the improved performance of the chess players can be attributed to the series of chess clinics the province has been conducting as a training ground for Pangasinan players. (PIO)
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