Blind player is gold medalist in inter-cities

Just received an info that a blind player won the gold medal for Board 4 in the recently concluded 2009 National Inter-cities in Tarlac.

Wow! Very inspirational.

Francis Ching, the blind player, scored seven wins in eight games (7/8) -- or a winning percentage of 87.5% -- to provide a colorufl finish for the all-blind Team National Council on Disability Affairs-Quezon City.

You see? In chess, the blind can clearly see!!

Here are the individual board winners:

Board 1: Emmaneul Senador Senador of Calamba 7.5 points (7 wins, 1 draw)

Board 2: Jose Aquino of LWUA-QC-A, 8.5 points (8 wins, 1 draw).
Board 3: Sherily Cua of LQUA-QC-C, 7 points ( 6wins, 2draws).
Board 4: Francis Ching of NCDA-QC, 7 points (7 wins, 1 loss).
Board 5: Peterson Sia of Cebu, 5.5 points ( 5wins, 1 draw, 1loss).

Final TEAM standings:
14 points – PNP-NHQ-QC, Mandaluyong

13 – LWUA-QC-B, Tagaytay

12 – Valenzuela, FEU-FERN-QC-Inton

11 – LQUA-QC-A, Calamba

10 – LWUA-QC-F, LWUA-QC-D, Mntinlupa, Antipolo, Makati, Virac, Lanao del Sur

9 – Pasig-Marfori, La Union, Gerona-B, Nueva Ecija

8 – Passi, LWUA-QC-C,LWUA-QC-E, Lingayen, DepEd-Pasig-1, Tarlac-A

7 – Gerona-A, Cebu, Tarlac-B

6 -- Aparri, Zambales,NCDA-QC

5 – Paniqui, Tarlac-C

4 – Calapan, DepEd-Pasig-2 (final team standings courtesy of PCC)