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by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Registration is now open for the 4th annual Chooks-to-Go National Rapid Chess Championships in partnership with Rotary Club of Nuvali to be held on July 9 to 11, 2021 at Tornelo platform.

The event aims to develop good thinkers through the understanding of chess strategies and tactics, improving the logical abilities and rational thinking and reasoning of the participants, and instilling a sense of self-confidence, self-worth and camaraderie, according to BAVI President and General Manager Ronald Daniel Ricaforte Mascariñas.

Further, the tournament is also a fund raising activity to help the Rotary Club of Nuvali in its charitable activities.

A top purse of P100,000 goes to the Open champion. The second to fifth placers will receive P75,000, P50,000, P30,000 and P25,000 respectively. Sixth to 10th placer will pocket P10,000 each.

Cash prizes worth P10,000 each awaits for the category winners for the Top Under 2100 and below, Top Under 2000 and below, Top Under 1900 and below, Top Under 1800 and Top Under 1700 and below.

Also on tap are Womens, Executive, Junior Boys, Junior Girls, Kiddies Boys and Kiddies Girls division with the winner pocketing P10,000, P10,000, P7,000, P7,000, P5,000 and P5,000 in that order.

Registration will end on July 5, 2021. For further inquiries, kindly contact any of the following: Mr. Sam Balboa – 09985530477, Engr. Troy Coria – 09234687524, Mr. Noel Balderas – 09171370430, Mr. Jalbert Vilan – 09097159245 and AGM Dr. Fred Paez – 09212728172.

Photo shows BAVI President and General Manager Ronald Daniel Ricaforte Mascariñas (seated 1st row, left) making the traditional ceremonial moves to usher in the start of the previous 3rd annual Chooks-to-Go National Rapid Chess Championships held last January 2020. Looking on are NCFP Chairman/President Rep. Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr. and Dr. Fred Paez.

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Defending Champion Laguna posted back-to-back victories over Rizal and Pasig in the ongoing 2021 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) dubbed as Grandmaster Wesley So Cup late Saturday, June 5, 2021 at chess.com.

The Heroes opened the day with an easy 18.5-2.5 win over the Rizal Batch Towers and followed it up with an 12.5-8.5 victory over the Kings Pirates to improve their 8-3 win-loss record in the Northern Division.

Vince Angelo Medina (in photo) was the top scorer for the Heroes with perfect six points — three against Marlon Constantino of Rizal and three against Francis Talaboc of Pasig.

“Vince Angelo Medina stood tall by winning both his matches against Marlon Constantino of Rizal and Francis Talaboc of Pasig.” said Arena Grandmaster Dr. Alfredo “Fred” Paez, one of the four co-team owners of the Laguna Heroes including Mr. David Nithyananthan of KALARO, Engr. Benjamin Dy of SDC Global Choice and Engr. Jonathan Mamaril of Oregon, USA.

Import Ukranian Grandmaster Kirill Shevchenko, Grandmaster Rogelio “Banjo” Barcenilla Jr., Grandmaster John Paul Gomez, FIDE Master Austin Jacob Literatus, FIDE Master Jose Efren Bagamasbad, Woman National Master Jean Karen Enriquez and Kimuel Aaron Lorenzo also contributed to Laguna’s impressive performance in the 24-team professional chess tournament organized by PCAP and sanctioned by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB).

The 18-years-old Shevchenko won by default against International Master Rolando Nolte of Rizal (3-0) and routed Kevin Arquero of Pasig (2.5-0.5). The two-time Asian Junior Champion Barcenilla, on the other hand split the point with Singaporean Grandmaster Kevin Goi Weiming of Pasig (1.5-1.5), Gomez beat National Master Robert Arellano of Rizal (2-1) then drew with GM Darwin Laylo of Pasig (1.5-1.5). Literatus defeated National Master Noel dela Cruz of Rizal (2-1). Bagamasbad blasted National Master Elias Lao Jr. of Rizal (3-0) but yielded to Arena Grandmaster Rudy Ibanez of Pasig (1-2), Enriquez trounced Kris Angelique Melicano of Rizal (3-0) but lost to Woman FIDE Master Sherily Cua of Pasig (1-2) and Lorenzo crushed Arena Grandmaster Herman Vallente of Rizal (2.5-0.5), bowed to Phillip Simon Din of Pasig in the blitz portion but bounced back by beating Carl Espallardo of Pasig in the rapid game.

Other members of the winning Laguna Heroes chess team backed up by Greatech Philippines, Inc., SDC Global Choice, Jolly Smile Dental Clinic, KALARO and Rotary Club of Nuvali were Arena Grandmaster Fred Paez, Candidate Master Arjie Bayangat, Mr. David Nithyananthan of KALARO, Engr. Benjamin Dy of SDC Global Choice and Engr. Jonathan Mamaril of Oregon, USA.

The Laguna Heroes (Northern Division results)
1-2 Manila (10.5-10.5 force Armageddon)
16.5-4.5 Cagayan
17-4 Isabela
16.5-4.5 Quezon City
7.5-13.5 San Juan
10-11 Antipolo
20.5-0.5 Olongapo
13.5-7.5 Caloocan
17-4 Cavite
18.5-2.5 Rizal
12.5-8.5 Pasig

By: Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Oshrie Jhames “OJ” Constantino Reyes of Dila-Dila, Pampanga beat Bonjoure Fille Suyamin in the Grandmaster Rosendo Carreon Balinas Jr. Chess Challenge dubbed as Bayanihan Chess Club Match Up Series, Chessbeat  For A Cause Friday, June 4, 2021.

The 9-years-old Reyes, a grade 4 student of EZEE, Guagua, Pampanga asserted his dominance over 11-years-old Suyamin, a grade 6 student of Del Rosario Christian Institute in General Trias City, Cavite, winning, 7-2, in the race-to-7, 7 minutes plus 2 seconds increment time control format.

“Luck was on my side until the end,” said Reyes, who brought down Megan Althea Obrero Paragua of New York City, USA, 7-3, last May 29, 2021.

“I look forward to play again with OJ (Reyes) in the future.” said Suyamin.

This event was made possible by the undying support of Bayanihan Chess Club co-founding chairman US based frontliner Dr. Joe Balinas and Engr. Antonio “Uncle Paps” Balinas in close cooperation with Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based Mr. Jimmy Reyes and Coach Ederwin Estavillo.

Meanwhile, Melizah Ruth Carreon of the Philippines says she is ready for war when she goes up against Siew Kai Xin of Singapore on July 9, 2021, at nine am, Manila Time.

Carreon is the lady player of PCAP’s Cavite Spartans while Kai Xin is the import of Quezon City Simba’s Tribe.
Kai Xin, a 2-times olympiad member of the Singapore National Team.

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines–Mark Jay Bacojo won the 78th Birthday Chess Celebration of Ceferino “Kuya Jun” Isaac Jr. on online bullet (1 minute plus 1 second increment) tournament on Friday, June 4, 2021.

Bacojo finished with 99 arena points in 38 games for a win rate of 76 percent and performance rating of 2629 to win the event that drew 266 players worldwide.

The event was presented by Lichess Battle Arena, organized by Bayanihan Chess Club founding president Arena Grandmaster Marlon Bernardino being held to celebrate the78th birthday of Ceferino “Kuya Jun” Isaac Jr. , elder brother of ex-PBA Player Leo Isaac, member of PCAP’s Cavite Spartans.

The online tournament had time control of one minute with an increment of one second and players must win as many games in two hours of play.

The 15-year-old Bacojo, one of the top players of Dasmariñas Chess Academy under the guidance of Rep. Elpidio “Pidi” Barzaga Jr. and national coach Roel Abelgas, won 29 games, draw one and lost eight games for his aggregate score.

“The reason why he (Ceferino “Kuya Jun” Isaac) joins chess tourneys despite his age is to encourage senior chess players to come out and join the fun beating boredom at this time of global pandemic.” said Arena Grandmaster Marlon Bernardino, a close confidante of Isaac, who is also a board member of the organizing Bayanihan Chess Club  headed by it’s co- founding chairman US based frontliner Dr. Joe Balinas and Engr. Antonio “Uncle Paps” Balinas.

Dale Bernardo of Angeles City, Pampanga took the second spot with 97 arena points on 35 games and a win rate of 80 percent on 27 wins for a performance rating of 2652.

In third place was Rafael Caneda of Dasmariñas City, Cavite who had 93 arena points on 34 games and a win rate of 76 percent on 26 wins for a performance rating of 2616.

New York, USA based Grandmaster Mark Paragua and Antipolo City based Sherwin Tiu finished fourth and fith with 93 and 74 points, respectively.

13-time Philippine Open Champion Grandmaster Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. placed sixth over-all with 72 points followed by seventh place 8-time Illinois, USA Champion International Master Angelo Abundo Young who totes 71 points.

Rounding up to the top 10 are 8th place International Master Michael Concio Jr. ( 70 points), 9th place NJ Delos Reyes ( 62 points) and 10th place National Master Jasper Rom ( 56 points).

Antonio was named  the Top Senior 50 years old and above while 15th place Jayson San Jose Visca of Dasmariñas City, Cavite (53 points) was the Top Cavite Spartans

FIDE Master Akar Ali Salih of Iraq won his 4th round assignment to share the lead with Malek Koniahli of Syria with 3.5 points each at the halfway mark of the Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship on Tornelo. The champion qualifies into the FIDE World Cup next month in Sochi, Russia.

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Salih used the Sicilian Defense to turn back Malek Saif of Jordan in 67 moves. Faced with advancing kingside pawns, Saif gave his Queen on the 47th move for a Rook and Bishop. Salih returned a Bishop on the 53rd move to bring his Queen into play. He promoted his pawn to a Knight on the 66th move (see position below before 66… f1=N!) to force resignation a move later.

Koniahli drew in 70 moves against the King’s Indian Defense of IM Sameer Mansour of Jordan. Mansour follows with 3 points together with three others, namely GMs Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and Aryan Gholami of Iran and Sedrani Ammar of the UAE.

Maghami drew with compatriot GM Idani Pouya (photo below). Gholami turned back the English Opening of Mahmoud Dawod of Palestine in only 37 moves. Sedrani used the Queen’s Bishop game to beat Chekh Adm Khedr Aram of Syria in 37 moves of a Rook and pawn endgame.

Here are rd 4 results:

Zone 3.1 Chess Championships 2021
Pairings/Results
Round 4 on 2021/06/04 at 3:00pm
Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	FM	KONIAHLI Malek.	2255	3	½ – ½	2½	IM	MANSOUR Sameer	2308	5
2	11	CM	SAIF Malek	2168	2½	0 – 1	2½	FM	SALIH Akar Ali Salih	2274	7
3	2	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2547	2½	½ – ½	2	GM	IDANI Pouya	2614	1
4	20		DAWOD Mahmoud.W	1610	2	0 – 1	2	GM	GHOLAMI Aryan	2513	3
5	6	FM	Ammar Sedrani	2274	2	1 – 0	2		Chekh Adm Khedr Aram	2147	12
6	10	IM	AL HOSANI Omran	2197	2	0 – 1	1½	IM	EITI Bashir	2340	4
7	16		AL MAASHANI Abdullah	1831	1½	0 – 1	1½	FM	AHMED Ali Layth Ahmed	2253	9
8	19		ALHEJAB Meshal	1681	1	0 – 1	1	CM	ISMAEL Namir Mohammed Ismael	2122	13
9	14	IM	Sultan Ibrahim	2076	1	1 – 0	1		AL-ZAATARI Fares Thamer	0	22
10	18		Seder Mohamad	1722	1	1 – 0	1		Radwan Mahmoud J	0	23
11	17		MOHAMMED Ahmed Said Al Amri	1772	0	1 – 0	½		ALOTHMAN Salem	1558	21
12	15	FM	Salim Mohammed Salim Al Amri	1926	0	1			bye

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Rd 1: Asian Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship

Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage of Sri Lanka beat Anata Choudhury to barge into a  5-way tie for the lead with four Bangladeshi players after four rounds of the Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship sponsored by SAIF POWERTEC Limited at Asia Hotel & Resorts and online chess platform Tornelo.

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Tied at 3.5 points each are GMs Ziaur Rahman and Enamul Hossain Razib (photo above), IMs Mohammad Fahad Rahman (photo below left) and Abu Sufian Shakil of Bangladesh and CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka.

Liyanage crushed the Sicilian Defense Najdorf variation of Anata Choudhury of Bangladesh in 36 moves. Choudhury gave a Rook for Knight on the 30th move. The Sri Lankan threatened mate with Queen Rook to force resignation on the 36^th move.

Three players trail at 3 points each in the race for the qualification slot to the World Cup next month in Sochi, Russia, namely IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin (above left), FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed (below left) and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Bangladesh (below right).

Seven players follow with 2½ points each in the fight for $3,000 in cash prizes, namely FM Khandaker Aminul Islam, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, Anata Choudhury, CM Manon Reja Neer, CM Sohel Chowdhury and CM Nayem Haque of Bangladesh and FM L M S T De Silva of Sri Lanka.

5th round games will start tomorrow (Saturday) from3:30 PM at same venue.

Here are rd 4 results:

SAIF POWERTEC Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021
Pairings/Results
Round 4 on 2021/06/04 at 3:30 PM (Dhaka
Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Hossain Enamul	2402	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2434	1
2	3	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman	2314	2½	1 – 0	2½	CM	Manon Reja Neer	2130	14
3	6	IM	Abu Sufian Shakil	2242	2½	1 – 0	2½	FM	De Silva L M S T	2085	17
4	8	CM	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan	2203	2½	1 – 0	2½		Anata Choudhury	2202	9
5	4	IM	Mohammad Minhaz Uddin	2278	2	1 – 0	2	CM	Zia Tahsin Tajwar	2178	13
6	12	FM	Ahmed Sheikh Nasir	2178	2	1 – 0	2	FM	Subrota Biswas	2268	5
7	18	CM	Nayem Haque	2080	2	½ – ½	2	FM	Rahman Syed Mahfuzur	2213	7
8	10	FM	Mehdi Hasan Parag	2187	2	1 – 0	2	CM	Md. Sharif Hossain	2122	15
9	16	CM	Chowdhury Sohel	2106	2	½ – ½	2	FM	Islam Khandaker Aminul	2182	11
10	23		Swarnavo Choudhury	1966	1½	½ – ½	1½	CM	Ahmed Mahtabuddin	2035	19
11	20		Mihir Lal Das	2013	1	1 – 0	1		Prajapati Raj	1749	30
12	28		Musawir Khan	1773	1	0 – 1	1		Kusatha Niken	1984	21
13	34		Wadifa Ahmed	1629	1	0 – 1	1	WFM	Noshin Anjum	1948	24
14	36		Anis Ur Rehman Zaidi	0	1	0 – 1	1	FM	Muhammed Shuaau	1925	25
15	26	CM	Amarasinghe A A C B	1873	1	1 – 0	1		Muneeb Yaqoob	0	38
16	37		Muhammad Faisal Mughal	0	1	½ – ½	1		Ahmad Awais	1838	27
17	33		Muhammad Haris Rizwan	1633	0	– – +	1		Prajapati Anshu Dil	0	39
18	35		Afzal Shahwani	1443	0	0 – 1	0		Farooq Noor	1706	31

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Rd. 1: Asian Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship 2021

FM Malek Koniahli of Syria (photo above) upset GM Aryan Gholami of Iran to grab solo lead with 3 points in as many rounds of the Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship on Tornelo.

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Gholami essayed the Closed Catalan against Koniahli and won his opponent’s Queen on the 27^th move in exchange for a Rook and Knight. However, the Syrian’s doubled Rooks controlled the center file and Gholami’s king was exposed. Koniahli repeated moves, indicating readiness to draw, but the Iranian declined. With his three pieces on the attack, Koniahli weaved a mating net and Gholami resigned on the 55^th move (see diagram below).

Four players follow in second slot in the race to qualify to the World Cup next month in Sochi, Russia. Tied with 2.5 points each are GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami of Iran, IM Sameer Mansour of Jordan, FM Akar Ali Salih of Iraq and CM Malek Saif of Jordan.

Ehsan Ghaem Maghami won by time forfeit over FM Ali Layth Ahmed of Iraq, Salih beat IM Bashir Eiti of Syria while Mansour and Saif drew with each other.

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Zone 3.1 Chess Championships 2021
Pairings/Results
Round 3 on 2021/06/03 at 3:00pm
Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	GM	GHOLAMI Aryan	2513	2	0 – 1	2	FM	KONIAHLI Malek.	2255	8
2	5	IM	MANSOUR Sameer	2308	2	½ – ½	2	CM	SAIF Malek	2168	11
3	9	FM	AHMED Ali Layth Ahmed	2253	1½	0 – 1	1½	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2547	2
4	7	FM	SALIH Akar Ali Salih	2274	1½	1 – 0	1½	IM	EITI Bashir	2340	4
5	1	GM	IDANI Pouya	2614	1	1 – 0	1	IM	Sultan Ibrahim	2076	14
6	13	CM	ISMAEL Namir Mohammed Ismael	2122	1	0 – 1	1	FM	Ammar Sedrani	2274	6
7	22		AL-ZAATARI Fares Thamer	0	1	0 – 1	1	IM	AL HOSANI Omran	2197	10
8	12		Chekh Adm Khedr Aram	2147	1	1 – 0	1		Radwan Mahmoud J	0	23
9	21		ALOTHMAN Salem	1558	½	0 – 1	1		DAWOD Mahmoud.W	1610	20
10	15	FM	Salim Mohammed Salim Al Amri	1926	0	0 – 1	½		AL MAASHANI Abdullah	1831	16
11	17		MOHAMMED Ahmed Said Al Amri	1772	0	0 – 1	0		Seder Mohamad	1722	18
12	19		ALHEJAB Meshal	1681	0	1			bye

 

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by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Romblon Marble Chess Team bounced back in the last quarter of the friendly match, “ROMBLON VS. ORIENTAL MINDORO TEAM BATTLE” to win the championship crown with a final score of 112 – 97.
Oriental Mindoro led as much as 20 points from the early rounds up to the game’s last quarter. Going to the final minutes of the game, NAGCC Grand Finalist Jasper Faeldonia from Odiongan, Romblon who just recently won 2nd place in the SEA Games qualifying, NSYCC U17 semifinals Champion, stepped up to score 20 points and lead the RMCT team into the Championships.

Jasper Faeldonia, also a board 1 player of Arellano University in the NCAA under the tutelage of NM/AGM/FA Rudy Ibanez was supported by fellow Romblomanons; Jayson an Jose Visca, Bryan Blair Fallarme, Neph Bantang, AGM Joseph HajiYusuf Riano Villanueva Galindo, Carlito Faina Jr. Joel Forcadas, Christian Ygerr Servanez, John Paul Canulo & Jher Jr Morada.

Oriental Mindoro Chess Federation Inc. was bannered by Alfred Dillupac, who got support from fellow Mindoreneos Jemar Jem Latombo, Ronald Berdera, Leo Penaredondo, Joselito Asi, Oliver Daitol, Ivan Jerick Raymundo, Rainer Labay, Mark Del Rosario, & AGM Emmanuel Asi.

“Congratulations Romblon Marbles Chess Team and thanks to our RCC President James F. Fadrilan & Vice-President Dr. Jenny Mayor who always give support to the team. Mabuhay ang Romblomanon Chess Players. We are proud of you.” said Engr. Ernie Fetisan Faeldonia, RCC Secretary-General.

GM Ziaur Rahman (above left) and GM Enamul Hossain Razib (below right) of Bangladesh share the lead with 3 points from 3 rounds of the Asian Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship 2021. The qualification tournament for the FIDE World Cup 2021 is sponsored by SAIF POWERTEC Limited and is being held at the Asia Hotel & Resorts and online chess platform Tornelo.

Watch games live in chessbomb,  chess.com,  followchess,  chess24 and chessbase. Visit chess-results.com to download games and for round by round results and standings. Follow Asian Chess Federation on facebook and twitter @Asianchess. Games are scheduled 3:30 pm daily (Dhaka time).

Six players trail with 2½ points each, namely IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, IM Abu Sufian Shakil, Anata Choudhury and CM Manon Reja Neer of Bangladesh, FM L M S T De Silva and CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka.

4^th round games will start Friday from 3:30 PM (Dhaka time) at same venue and online.

Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (above left) of Ananda College, the National Chess Champion beat Ahamad Mahatabuddin of Bangladesh with a rating of 2035 while LMST De Silva (above right) of Nalanda College beat Swarnavo Choudhry of Bangladesh in the 3^rd round to reach 2 ½ points each out of possible three. They are now in the 2^nd bunch of 6 players who just behind the two leaders having 3 points each.

SAIF POWERTEC Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021
Pairings/Results
Round 3 on 2021/06/03 at 3:30 PM (Dhaka
Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2434	1 – 0	FM	Mehdi Hasan Parag	2187	10
2	7	FM	Rahman Syed Mahfuzur	2213	0 – 1	GM	Hossain Enamul	2402	2
3	9		Anata Choudhury	2202	½ – ½	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman	2314	3
4	14	CM	Manon Reja Neer	2130	½ – ½	IM	Abu Sufian Shakil	2242	6
5	19	CM	Ahmed Mahtabuddin	2035	0 – 1	CM	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan	2203	8
6	17	FM	De Silva L M S T	2085	1 – 0		Swarnavo Choudhury	1966	23
7	24	WFM	Noshin Anjum	1948	0 – 1	IM	Mohammad Minhaz Uddin	2278	4
8	5	FM	Subrota Biswas	2268	1 – 0	CM	Amarasinghe A A C B	1873	26
9	11	FM	Islam Khandaker Aminul	2182	1 – 0		Musawir Khan	1773	28
10	30		Prajapati Raj	1749	0 – 1	FM	Ahmed Sheikh Nasir	2178	12
11	13	CM	Zia Tahsin Tajwar	2178	1 – 0		Wadifa Ahmed	1629	34
12	15	CM	Md. Sharif Hossain	2122	1 – 0		Muhammad Faisal Mughal	0	37
13	38		Muneeb Yaqoob	0	0 – 1	CM	Chowdhury Sohel	2106	16
14	39		Prajapati Anshu Dil	0	0 – 1	CM	Nayem Haque	2080	18
15	21		Kusatha Niken	1984	1 – 0		Anis Ur Rehman Zaidi	0	36
16	31		Farooq Noor	1706	0 – 1		Mihir Lal Das	2013	20
17	25	FM	Muhammed Shuaau	1925	1 – 0		Muhammad Haris Rizwan	1633	33
18	27		Ahmad Awais	1838	1 – 0		Afzal Shahwani	1443	35

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by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Arena Grand Master Joseph Galindo of Cajidiocan, Romblon continues to bring honor to Romblon Chess Club Team after leading once again the latest Colegas Friday mini-marathon which was held at lichess. comclast May 28, 2021.

Galindo scored 182 points to lead the 472 players worldwide who joined the tournament. He was supported by RCC Teammates Joel Forcadas, Jasper Faeldonia, Dr. Jenny Mayor, Engr. Gerald Sarito Gas and DILG-MLGOO Carlito Faina Jr.

“Congrats once again to Romblon Chess Club, most especially to all players who supported the team. ” said Engr. Ernie Fetisan Faeldonia.

The top 10 participating teams are:
1st- Romblon Chess Club – Romblon, Philippines
2nd- Keluarga Pecinta Catur- Indonesia
3rd- Elite Chess Players Union- Worldwide Team
4th- World Chess Lover – West Bengal, India
5th- Allepey Team – Allepey, India
6th- Dream Team – Russia
7th- Colegas de Kike- Madrid Spain
8th- Arab World Team – Saudi Arabia
9th- Afghanistan Chess Network – Afghanistan
10th- Indian Global Chess Club- India.