by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—The country’s wood pushers have something to look forward to next month as the famous Brotherhood of the Knights Square Table will host the 2021 All Executives, Arbiters and Women’s Open online chess championship on July 4, 2021, Sunday, 7pm at lichess.org.
The tournament will be a nine-round Swiss system format with 3 minutes playing time and one-second increment for each player, open to all executives, arbiters and women’s with a January 2021 NCFP blitz rating of not more than 2200 according to Brotherhood of The Knights of Square Table Founder/CEO Capt. Ronaldo Banaag.
The champion will pocket P2,000 while the runner-up will receive P1,500 and P1,000 for the third placer. The fourth placer will get P700, and P500 for the fifth placer. The sixth to 12th placers of the tournament will not go home empty handed as each will get P400, P300, P200 and P100, respectively.
The event is organized by Knights 1st Viceroy Arena Grandmaster Henry Roger Lopez and National Arbiter Ely Acas, backed up by Capt. Ronaldo Banaag and Capt. Jhun Whigan.
A file photo shows Brotherhood of The Knights of Square Table Founder/CEO Capt. Ronaldo Banaag and former world champion challenger British Grandmaster Nigel Short during the Negros International Open Chess Championships 2017.