Filipino teen sensations IM Michael Concio Jr. (left) and FM Christian Gian Karlo Arca (right) lead the Philippine delegation to the Asian Juniors Chess Championship scheduled 11-20 October 2024 at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines.
Arca showed he’s the next big thing in Philippine chess as he topped a Grandmaster tournament in Quang Ninh in Vietnam last May. The prodigious 15-year-old FIDE Master finished undefeated by scoring six points in nine rounds on three victories and six fighting draws in claiming the crown in the second of the two-bracket tournament.
Other Filipino boys are Andrei Ainsley Dolorosa, Davin Sean Romualdez, Phil Martin Casiguran, Andrew James Toledo, Danry Seth Romualdez, Zeyus Kyle Del Mundo and Marius Constante.
Jemaicah Yapo Mendoza leads Filipinas in the girls division together with Apple Rubin and Arleah Cassandra Sapuan.
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The host of the Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championships, Vice Gov. Athena Bryana Tolentino (above right) is now Governor of Cavite. Tolentino took her oath before a judge in Tagaytay City yesterday. She won the vice gubernatorial race during the 2022 general elections and assumed office on June 30 of the same year. She was councilor of Tagaytay from 2019 to 2022.
She is a daughter of Philippine Olympic Committee chairman and Tagaytay Mayor Abraham Tolentino, former FIDE General Secretary, and niece of Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino.