Jenny Mayor halved the point with top seed Philippine Airforce bet National Master Ronald Llavanes in the sixth and final round to emerged over-all champion in the 6th leg of 2009 Philweb Corporation- Human Plus – National Executive Active Chess Championships on Saturday at the Human Resources Development Conference Room of the Department of Agrarian Reform, Elliptical Road, Quezon City.
Mayor, a RP sixth-time Philippine executive Grand-Prix champion, a dentist by profession finished unbeaten with a total 5.0 points on four wins and two draws in six outings to received the top prize of P5,000 in the Group A division, which attracted a total of 17 players on account of 13 National Master and 4 non-master.
The one day event is hosted by Department of Agrarian Reform head Nasser Pangandaman, DARIE director Nelia Manahan, DAREA president Nanette Pascual and DAR top chess player Lito Dormitorio.
The first two legs in Group A were won by Dr. Jenny Mayor while Fide Master Randy Segarra captured the 3rd leg, 4th leg and 5th leg. Emil Chua, meanwhile, took the Group B division title with 5.5 points to went home the top prize of P5,000.
Tied for 2nd to 6th placers with 4.5 points each are Lawyer Cliburn Orbe, businessman Albert Rivera, UE pride Stephen Manzanero, veteran campaigner Ervil Villa and TIP ace Ramel Ramilla.
Chua joint the list winners of Group B that includes lawyer Cliburn Orbe who annexed the first leg, engineer Joseph Galindo, an OFW from Saudi, grabbed the second and third legs, for a back-to back victory.
Anda, Pangasinan pride Verth Alora captured the 4h leg while lawyer Rolando Abo dominates the 5th leg.Philweb Corporation, a Makati-based IT company located at The Enterprise Center in Ayala, is the main sponsor of this event.
There are two divisions: Group A, (Executive Masters and those who have current Standard rating of 2000 and above and Group B (those who have current NCFP Standard rating of 1999 and below or those who are still unrated.)
Qualified to join are professionals with PRC IDs, businessmen, entrepreneur, military officers, government employees and OFWs.There will be 10 legs with the cash-rich 16-man Grand Finals scheduled this year.
The Top 8 from Group A and Group B in Grand Prix standings will advance to the finals. More participation means more Grand Prix points. Free lunch and merienda are served to all participants. For more info please contact the following: Jun Balgan 0926-7650650, Atty. Quirino Sagario 09293143740, Dr. Mayor 7049775 / 0919-478-2209 and Boyet Tardecilla 09166169586.
Final Standings: (17 players on account of 13 National Master, 4 non-master)
Group A:
5.0 points
Dr. Jenny Mayor
4.5 points
NM Ronald Llavanes
4.0 points
NM Ali Branzuela,
NM Jony Habla,
NM Edmundo Gatus,
NM Raymond Salcedo
3.5 points
NM Mirabeau Maga, NM Stewart Manaog
3.0 points
NM Allan Macala
Conrado Diaz
NM Almario Marlon Bernardino Jr.
NM Ric Portagalera, Chito Nepomuceno
2.5 points
NM Efren Bagamasbad
2.0 points
NM Eduardo Agagon
1.5 points
NM Allan Sasot
Fred Sadongdong
(Photo courtesy of philippinechesschronicles)
BY: NM Marlon Bernardino
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