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as published by the Bohol Chronicle (April 7, 2013)

Venue: Island City Mall, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Time: 9 A.M.
You may register at the Tournament Venue on April 11, 2013
For more info: Please text or call 0920-630-1130

tan-aw diablo ani.

lami ning soltadaha

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Vallestero (batang laki) gikan sa Bacolod City batok ni Jayneil Yabo taga Dimiao, Bohol.

kinsa man ning win aning match? si toto o si inday?

Nicandro Micabalo Pagaran added 10 new photos.
December 22 at 6:07am · Edited ·
CONGRATULATIONS for the "JESUS ANQUILERO OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT" winners sponsored by LGU Maribojoc and UMANG Foundation, Inc.
Champion: Michael Joseph Pagaran – P 3,000.00 cash with trophy
First Runner-Up : Richard Gohetia – P 2,000.00 Cash with trophy
Second Runner- Up: Jenesis Apog – P 1,000.00 Cash with trophy
Best Kiddie Player: Reishi Boy Polan (Holy Name University) P 500.00 Cash
Best Lady Player: Nelissa Lopecillo (University of Bohol) P 500.00 Cash|
Best Junior Pplayer: Josua Viva (Cristal- E College) P 500.00 Cash
Best Senior Player: Jose Macute P 500.00 Cash
LGU Maribojoc and UMANG Foundation would like to thanks the following persons for their donations of the above-mentioned tournament: 1) Rene “Balong “Econg, P 8,900.00 ( Florida, U.S.A. ) for the prizes and trophies of the winners .2) Miss Francis Villas P 3,000.00 (Alberta, Canada) for the chess Clocks and chess Mats rentals, 3) Ben Clemencio, P 1,900.00 ( Vaughan Ontario) for round trip ticket for Arbiter and company from Cebu and meals of the officials) 4) Fe Paderog Frolik P 1,000.00 (Zurich, Switzerland and 5) Antonio M. Micabalo P 1,000.00 (Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental) for Arbiters fee of the hired officials from Cebu and the t-shirts of the officials.
— with Ben Clemencio and 9 others.

karong hunyo pohon, inyo nang makita sa personal ang gi bantog nga balonglong tikongkong, the wonder boy, mr. incredible oil of maribojoc. makita usab ninjo ang basketbol-chess double program.

Hotel EMPUERTO bgy. champion of mandaue, cebu vs. bgy. champion of maribojoc CHRISTmas bbol league.

you will see for the 1st time manglupad ang mga erplano ni balong nga soksokan ug $1, kong may swerte mo $100. P100, P1000. premyo sa chess 5mil 2mil 1 libo, daku daku-on gamay ang prizes para mas daghan mo apil.

coming attractions......chess  P30000  1st  P20000 2nd P10000 3rd prize pakapinan pa gyud ug basketbol
RABANZO FARMS of Digos, Davao del sur  vs. EMPUERTO ENTERPRISES of mandaue cebu commercial bbol team

niining panahona, mang lopad na tanang erplano ni balong. more than 1000 little plastic planes nga nag karga ug $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 20 pesos 100 pesos 1000 pesos. more than 1 milyon pesos in prizes for the audience

martin airways operates chartered flights new york florida

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

What's Next for Wesley So?



Philippines' #1 chess player Wesley So crushed the competition in the recent Annual Capablanca Memorial Tournament last week. Immdediately right after his victory, the 20-year-old Caviteño was shrouded with praises from thousands of fellow Filipino chess fans all over the world.


So's remarkable triumph in Havana boosted Philippine chess morale; with a lot of young aspiring players worshipping him, making him their idol...
Which really isn't that bad if we ain't talking about religion

Just after that monumental but very quick draw So made with Hungarian GM(Grand-Master) Zoltan Almasi, it was clear who would bring home the filthy bacon.

It is fantastically fortunate that the extremely hard work of Wesley So and his US-based coach, GM Susan Polgar has beard fruit, and that such training had not been in vain:)



Perhaps one of the key factors that lead to Wesley's triumph in Havana was his 8th round win against Cuban Grandmaster Leinier Dominguez. Their imbalanced game seemed OK for both sides(black and white), only until Dominguez first faltered. NOTE: at that time, a lot of Hispanic chess blogs were tackling about So especially when he faced Dominguez and the Spanish GM Vallejo Pons. I guess they were intrigued by So's "DOUBLE DEAD" performance when he beat both Dominguez and Pons! Only GM Lazaro Batista Bruzon(who is not related in any way to Batista the WWE wrestler by the way), was able to hold So flawlessly in two games.

So the million dollar question right now is...
What's next for So?


Lazaro Batista Bruzon who drew with Wesley So
in both of their games took 2nd place in the
tournament...
By now, So is currently rated #15 in the FIDE live ratings, which means that So might get even more elite tournament invites. While this is obviously good for the Filipino #1, this also means that the challenges will be tougher. One big challenge for So that I could easily  pinpoint is his arch-nemesis, GM Anish Giri:). It is very well-known that So has a recognizably bad performance against the Dutch-Bangladeshi hybrid which I will not dicuss because I've got a feeling that the majority of Filipino chess fans will crucify me for even mentioning the name Giri:)

Anyways...

A lot of Filipino chess players from the homeland are prasing So right now and are making noise that Wesley So should be given 100% support its national government. And hopefully, So will get the support he needs which will fuel his passion even more to climb to the top of the chess elite.