Monday, July 27, 2009

GM Antonio to hold simul chess in MERALCO

Play against a Grandmaster and help the Philippine PARA Team (composed of blind and handicapped chess players) at the same time.

You can do that noble act by participating in a simul exhibition to be given by GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Simul Chess Exhibition with GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr.
WHERE: Basement Canteen, Lopez Bldg, MERALCO, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
WHEN: August 1, 2009
TIME: 9:00am
FEE: P500.00 per participant
ORGANIZER: Meralco Chess Club
Contact Person: Mr. Raul Sol Cruz, MCC President (Contact No.: 09228903136)

Proceeds from this activity will all go to the training needs of the Philippine PARA Team.

Your participation will mean so much to our PARA Team which has already brought honors to our country.

This one is for a good cause. Let’s join hands for this.

The Philippine PARA Team with GM Antonio and GM Eugene Torre


Francis Ching (totally blind player) has won gold medals for the country in international events.



Another blind player



And a handicapped player

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Is NM Sander Severino playing for RP team?

Batilsky

rjsolcruz said...

the another blind player is rudy sarmiento and the handicapped player is alexis.

yes, nm sander is para's bd 1 and henry lopez is bd 2.

they are now housed in ultra's deped cpd for a 1 week training under gm joey.