Pascua, Mejia, Rilloraza are top woodpushers
3RD PANGASINAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
TWO FIDE Masters dominated the 3rd Pangasinan Chess Championship organized by the provincial government in partnership with the Pangasinan Chess League exclusively for Pangasinan players.
FIDE Master Haridas Pascua topped the open category, followed by Dick Gicain, and Narquingden Reyes.
In the junior category (18 years old and under), woman FIDE Master Cherry Ann Mejia was champion while Romy Fagon and Paul Evangelista, came in second and third, respectively.
For the kiddie category (12 years old and under), the top three were Istraelito Rilloraza, Dennis Gutierrez III, and Dennis Gutierrez Jr.
Special awards were given to Fide Master Samantha Glo Revita as top female player, 56-year-old Josefino Cachin as top senior player, and three-year old Archeon Mer Bautista from Lingayen as youngest player.
A total of 203 Pangasinenses joined the competition held November 9-10 at the Provincial Training and Development Center.
Participants came from Bugallon, Mangatarem, Alaminos City, San Fabian, Lingayen, San Carlos City, Manaoag, Laoac, Urdaneta City, Bolinao, Sto. Tomas, San Nicolas, Balungao, Tayug, Rosales, Malasiqui, Mangaldan, Urbiztondo, Sta. Barbara, Pozzorubio, Anda, Dagupan City.
The championship was part of the Pangasinan Chess Festival activities, alongside the chess clinic held last September, age group championship in October, and the 5th Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. open chess cup next month.
CHESS ACADEMY
Meanwhile, provincial information officer Orpheus Velasco announced that the planned chess academy to be housed at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center will be open by the summer season next year.
Velasco said the academy will sustain the development of chess players citing how the chess clinics and tournaments regularly held in the province for the last five years had sharpened the skills of local players as evidenced by their victories in national and international events.
To boost the claim, provincial sports director Modesto Operania said the province has two representatives — Revita and Fernando Mendoza – in the chess event of the 2013 Batang Pinoy National Games.–Johanne R. Macob
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