Louie Salvador of the Philippines (second from left) won the Rooky Mini -Open 2025 Standard Open Chess Championship (FIDE rated) held last April 4th to 7th 2025 at the Forum Park Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.
Salvador finished the 7-round Swiss system competition with 6 points on account of 5 wins and 2 draws to clinch the title and the Thai Baht 10,000 cash prizes.
He defeated Muhammad Wildan of Indonesia in the first round, Yuta Abe of Japan in the second round, Zhengcheng Liu of China in the third round, FIDE Master Alexander Chernyavsky of Russia in the fourth round, and Arsens Batashevs of Latvia in the fifth round.
He split the points with FIDE Master Arif Rahman Saragih of Indonesia in the sixth round and countryman Remark Bartolome in the seventh and final round.
Actually, Salvador and Batashevs, both tallied 6 points apiece, however, Salvador took the title with superior tie break points.
Salvador is currently based in Bangkok working as a chess teacher.
Salvador is a former San Sebastian College standout under the wing of multi-titled coach National Master Homer Cunanan.-Marlon Bernardino-