Eight Filipino campaigners (4 Men, 4 Women) are all set to compete in the Zone 3.3 FIDE World Chess Championships which will run from July 22 to 30 in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
MEN
No.4 GM Eugenio Torre
No.9 IM Richard Bitoon
No.10 GM Darwin Laylo
No.11 GM Mark Paragua
WOMEN
No.11 WFM Chardine Cheradee Camacho
No.12 WFM Sherily Cua
No.13 WFM Shercila Cua
No.18 WFM Catherine Pereña
It was erroneously reported here that GM Wesley So will participate in the event. (The correct story was posted on fellow chess blogger's blog HERE.)
A total of 88 participants from eight countries (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) will see action in this event.
The top two finishers (men and women) will qualify for the World Cup slated in November in Russia.
In case two Filipinos land on the top spots, hopefully, it will be a history in the making for having three Filipino qualifiers (in the men's) in the World Cup, the other one being GM Rogelio Antonio who already secured a slot by finishing in the top 10 in the Asian Continental Chess Championships in Subic recently.
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