Young local chess players harvest 10 medals
13th ASEAN CHESS TILT
LINGAYEN—Three young woodpushers have made Pangasinan proud by winning 10 medals in the 13th ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championship held in Vietnam June 10 to 19.
In the Under-16 Open Section, Romy Fagon, 15 and a resident of Urdaneta City, took home a gold medal in the Standard Play team category, a bronze in the individual category, and two silver medals in the Rapid and Blitz Play team categories.
Ten-year old Regyne Palaming, also of Urdaneta City, took three silver medals in all the three team categories in the Under-10 section.
Rosales town chesser Samantha Glo Revita, meanwhile, earned a gold medal in the team categories in Under-14 Rapid and two silver medals in the Standard and Blitz.
Fagon, a second year student from the Urdaneta City National High School, earned a bronze medal in the Palarong Pambansa last year, while Revita dominated the elementary girls’ competition in the same event hosted by the province last month.
Palaming, on the other hand, gained prominence in the chess community by winning the ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championship in 2010 and 2011.
The Philippine team hauled in a total of 57 (12 gold, 36 silver and 9 bronze) medals, taking the overall second place, behind the host country, which tallied 121 (73 gold, 31 silver and 17 bronze) medals.
Notable young players who led the delegation included FIDE (International Chess Federation) Master Paulo Bersamina, FM Jacob Literatus and Joel Pimentel, who took two gold medals each.
Chess is one of the sports in the priority list of the provincial administration’s sports development program, with regular chess clinics and tournaments being conducted here, notably the National Age-Group Chess Championship last year. (PIA-Pangasinan/ARF with report from PIO)
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