The IIEE Singapore team won another level championship in the penultimate 9th round of the IIEE National Chess Olympiad. They lead the remaining 16-teams going into the last round scheduled October 3, 2025 via Lichess.
Mark Gerald Reyes led all scorers with 16 points and other Singaporean players with more than 10 points each include his brothers FM Narquingden, Chester Neil and Narquingel along with FM Alekhine Nouri, CM Jayson Visca, Adrian Esteva and Andres Bautista.
Singapore was tied with FCPL-Qatar at 114 each and Mapua at 111 but the Singapore team was able to score 14 points more and left both Mapua and FCPL-Qatar with 120 points apiece to both remain with 6 level championship.
These top 3 teams are already assured qualification intp the 10-team play-off battle Royale together with IIEE Saudi, Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineer (PSME) and International Chess Friends Federation (ICFF) who all have 3 level championships.
IIEE Metro Manila and IIEE Iloilo have 2 level championships. IIEE Mindanao has also 2 level championship but may drop out due to tie break in total points.
Teams with single level championship GMG Laguna, Faeldonia, Metro Central, Northern Luzon or Bicol need to notch it’s 2nd level championship on the 10th round.
Eastern Central Visayas and Bayanihan Chess Club could get the last slot if they could win the last round with total score of 59 points provided that those teams with single championship lose in their respective group level.