Malibay Chess Club's 1st Mini-Chess Tournament

The Malibay Chess Club (MCC) will be holding its 1st Mini-Chess Tournament on July 27, 2008 at the Malibay Recreation Center in Pasay City.

Since this is just a buena mano tournament, it will be exclusive to MCC members and select invitees only.

The main purpose of the event is to assess the members’ will and cooperation in holding such an event, in preparation for something big and grand in the future, hopefully.

Of course, the event is also our way of raising funds. But take note that the funds we are going to raise will come from our own pockets. No solicitations (yet, hehe).

Just like other formal and big tournaments, our humble event will offer cash prizes and a trophy. The cash prize will simply come from the pooled entry fees. The agreement is that half of the total amount of collected entry fees will go to the winner and the rest to the club’s coffer.

And where will the collected funds go? Well, the first priority is to purchase chess sets and chess clocks, for the club members themselves to use.

To simply put it, our first mini-chess tournament is a ‘bayanihan’ act. It’s a way of each member chipping in his resources for a good cause – that is, to produce chess equipment for the club. As an icing on the cake, two of our members volunteered to provide for the trophy (thank you, brothers!).

Optimism is in the air. We are hoping that everything goes well, and this small starting point leads to something grand in the future.