Handuraw chess festival 2008

The 2008 Handuraw Festival National Chess Team kicks runs from Dec. 17 up to Dec.21 at the Dapitan Cultural Center in Dapitan City.

It will be a five-day team tournament which entitles a participating team to field a minimum of four players and a maximum of five players.

Each team is allowed to field only one titled player (GM, IM, FM or NM).

The tournament is a nine-round event using the match point system wherein a team gets a maximum of two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero for a loss.

Prizes:
Champion -- P100,000
Runner-up -- P60,000
3rd placer -- P40,000
4th placer -- P30,000
5th placer -- P20,000
6th placer -- P10,000
7th placer -- P8,000
8th placer -- P7,000
9th placer -- P5,000
10th placer -- P5,000
Medals and cash prizes will also be given to the top individual performers from board one to board five. Each player will bring home P3,000 each.

Early team participants include Tagaytay City, Cebu, Bacolod, Misamis Oriental, Caraga Region, Surigao, Aklan and five teams from Davao.