The Mapua University will be celebrating its 100th Year Founding Anniversary on January 25, 2025. To kick off the weeklong celebration, a Don Tomas B. Mapua Centennial chess cup dubbed as GM Eugene Torre rapid and blitz chess tournaments will be organized by Mapua Fil-Chi Alumni Association headed by its president Engr. Rudy Niu in cooperation with the Mapua PE Department and Museo on January 18, 2025.
The two division (rapid and blitz) free registration tournament is open to all Alumni, students, professors and employees.
Tournament director is Almario Marlon Quiroz Bernardino Jr.
The rapid champion will grab the lion’s share of P10,000. The second to third placers will receive P7,000, and P5,000, respectively. The fourth to tenth will receive P1,000 each.
The blitz champion will earn P5,000 while the second and third placers wil went home P3,000 and P2,000, in order. The fourth to tenth will receive P500 each.-Marlon Bernardino-