The 1st Philippine Hybrid Chess Club Championship reeled off Friday 12th March on the Tornelo platform with 46 players participating in the 5-round weekend Swiss system tournament. Represented are 17 clubs from the Philippines and the Brainy Chess Academy from Malaysia. The event was a trial run for the organization of the Zonal Hybrid Chess Championships. Watch all games at https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/philippine-online-chess/events/1st-philippine-hybrid-chess-club-championship/summary
Brainy Chess Academy of Malaysia players (from left): Muhammad Haziq Muhammad Nasruddin, Muhammad Irfan Iman Mohd Khairul Anuar and Ibroh Nawwaarah Mohd Faris
Brainy Chess Academy of Malaysia players (from left): Saffiah Maisarah Mohd Fadzli, Hashsya Nawwaarah Mohd Faris and Farihah Nur Aisyah Mohd Azman
The full FIDE standard time control is used with all moves in 60 minutes plus 30 second increments for each move starting from move 1. A Local Arbiter in each club supervises their respective players. Zoom Arbiters watch over players who are required to share their screens. A fair play report is produced by Tornelo for each round.
Chief Arbiter is IA Reden Cruz, Deputy Chief Arbiter is Rudy Ibanez and Arbiters are FA Margie Narcilla, NA Michael Pagaran and NA Susan Grace Neri.
NA Edwin Cablao of Cebu
Many players spent time thinking on traditional chess boards before inputting the moves on their laptops. Games took between one hour to the full three hours to finish.
Twenty players hurdled their first round assignments. Results and pairings are published in chess-results.com.
At stake are certificates for the top three individuals plus P4,000 in cash prizes sponsored by W.J. Villadiego Customs Broker. Club awards shall be given to best combined scores of 2 players of each club.
Here are results of round 1:
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. |
| 1 | 1 | BATISLAONG Knarf Lawrence | 1890 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | ESCUSA Nicole | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | 25 | GOCELA Paul Emher | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | ELLOSO Michael | 1886 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | VELARDE Jerish John | 1870 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | HERNANDEZ Lexie Grace | 0 | 26 |
| 4 | 27 | IMPERIAL Alejandro | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | GARCIA Glenn H. | 1796 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | BUTO Rohanisah | 1761 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | INIGO Michael Jan Stephen | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | 29 | LEGASPI Jose Rafael | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | RUIZ Wayne D. | 1613 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 | PETEROS Jave Mareck | 1577 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | LICUP Nicholas Curvie | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | 31 | MANGUBAT Teodor Francis | 0 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | CRUZ Jeremiah Luis S. | 1576 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | MARANAN Junsen Audric | 1562 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Mohd Azman Farihah Nur Aisyah | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | 33 | Mohd Fadzli Saffiah Maisarah | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | BUTO Al-Basher | 1510 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 | CLAROS April Joy | 1459 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Mohd Faris Hashsya Nawwaarah | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | 35 | Mohd Faris Ibroh Nawwaarah | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IBANEZ Kishey | 1430 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 | PADILLA Heart | 1419 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Mohd Khairul Anuar Muhd Irfan Iman | 0 | 36 |
| 14 | 37 | Muhammad Nasruddin Muhammad Haziq | 0 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | OPRIASA Elijah Josh | 1398 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 | REYES Oshrie Jhames C. | 1136 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | NARZABAL Joemel | 0 | 38 |
| 16 | 39 | ORLINA Lance Nathaniel | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | VERA CRUZ Quarl Maverick | 1026 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 | ARADO Fletch Archer | 0 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | PADILLA Aries | 0 | 40 |
| 18 | 41 | PANSACULA Roniel | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | BORCE John Cyrus | 0 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 | BUTO Abdul Rahman | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | PAQUINOL Ashzley Aya Nicole | 0 | 42 |
| 20 | 43 | PASCUAL David Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | BUTO Alysah | 0 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 | BUTO Mickayla | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | PUTIAN Aaron | 0 | 44 |
| 22 | 45 | SANTOS Kim Kenneth | 0 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | CABLAO Edwin | 0 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 | CRUZ Daniella Bianca S. | 0 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | TUANDA James | 0 | 46 |