Handuraw chess 2008

Here is the latest news I monitored about the Handuraw Chess Festival 2008 . . .


Cebu Chess moves to 3rd spot
Sunday, December 21, 2008
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A WIN yesterday morning and a draw in late afternoon pushed the Team Cebu City Chess in third place in National Chess Federation of the Philippines’ (NCFP) 2008 Handuraw Festival National Chess Team Championship held at the Dapitan City Cultural Centrum in Zamboanga del Norte.

TCC Chess defeated Gingoog City, 4-0, yesterday, a day after suffering a frustrating defeat at the hands of tournament leader Tagaytay City team.

IM Richard Bitoon manned Board 1 with ease, Voltaire Sevillano also dominated his opponent in Board 2, Merben Roque was all pumped up in Board 3 and Richard Natividad came up with brilliant moves in Board 4 to give Team Cebu City 6.5 points.

But the Cebu City chess players failed to sustain the momentum later in the afternoon against Team Stolich, which ended in a draw. Bitoon drew his match against Roderick Nava in Board 1, Sevillano lost to Geomel Balquin in Board 2, while Roque won his game against Mark Apalla in Board 3 and Natividad drew his game with Lennon Salgados in Board 4.

The fourth day of action gave TCC 8.0 points, which was good enough for the third place. TCC is currently tied with Surigao del Norte team, who also had 8.0 points. Bitoon, however, is confident of their chances to move up to the second place with their final game today.

Tagaytay led the tournament with 10.0 points, while Stolich is second place with 9.0 points. (RCM)