The Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineer (IIEE) Metro South Chapter (MSC) regained the championship in the annual tournament held 26th October 2024 at the IIEE National Building in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines. In photo with 2024 MMR Champion IIEE MSC are from left Evaristo Tizon, Allan Alvarez, Dion Urbina, Philipp Salvador, Patrick Earl Florendo, Ely Ang, MSC team captain Raul Ochavez, IM Jose Efren Bagamasbad, Renante Junto, Christopher Balbuena, Art Maurera, Ervin Fernandez and and NM Marlon Bernardino.
IIEE Metro South won with a slim margin of 7 to 6.5 match points and 59 to 58 game points. The tournament saw participation of five chapters in the region for the 5-on-5 board battle double round robin and 10+5 Rapid Tournament.
The very last game of the event would have been a turnaround result if IIEE Metro East (MEC) Michael Suacillo had beaten IIEE MSC Patrick Earl Florendo that would have propelled IIEE MCC to a back-to-back championship. However, Florendo won and forged a tie break for Top board 1 against Suacillo via Armageddon. Suacillo won the Top Board 1 and led IIEE MEC to a 2nd runner up finish.
IIEE MCC was led by Julian Paul Querubin and Randy Turreda, the boards 2 and 3, respectively while IIEE MSC was led by Christopher Balbuena and 70 yrs. old Ely Ang on boards 4 and 5.
For the IIEE Golden chess, the IIEE MCC will represent MMR as their top 3 boards scored 36 points against MEC 34 and MSC 32. Dion Urbina, Querubin and Turreda advanced to the IIEE inter-island Luzon Qualifier vs Southern Luzon (SLR), Central Luzon (CLR), Northern Luzon (NLR) and Bicol region. SLR elimination will be on December 7, 2024 in Calamba and NLR on February 2, 2025 in Bulacan. The top two teams in Inter-island will advance to the IIEE National Championship on 13 September 2025 against the top 2 of the visayas-mindanao leg and a team from foreign region.
In the online IIEE National Chess Olympiad Golden Season 6, the 2023 champion IIEE Western Visayas def. 3-time champion IIEE Mindanao 51-32 led by Ervin Villa. Other results are IIEE Iloilo def. IIEE Eastern Central Visayas, IIEE Saudi def. IIEE UAE, IIEE Singapore de. IIEE SQC (Qatar), IIEE Northern Luzon def. IIEE Bicol, IIEE Quezon def. IIEE Southern Laguna, IIEE MSC def. IIEE MEC and IIEE Metro Central def. IIEE Metro West for its 4th straight win with NM Marlon Bernardino and Andres Bautista leading the team with 10 points each.
The IIEE-PSME Quezon City Simba’s Tribe won its 4th straight game in the 2nd Conference Season 4 of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines against Isabela Knights of Alexander after bowing to San Juan Predator.
The “Road to Pakil” is the 8th SIKAT or Speed-chess IIEE-Bayanihan Knockout Armageddon Tournament which will be held on 9th November 2024 at Liceo de Pakil Estaca St., Pakil, Laguna. The champion and runner up of this event will advance to Armageddon Battle Championship on November 30, 2024 at 8am in SMX MOA Pasay City.-Marlon Bernardino-