Dr. Jose P. Leviste Sr. Chess Festival

FINAL RANKINGS

Grade School Division

1st - Carlo Caranyagan 6.0
2nd - Stephen Rome Pangilinan 5.0
3rd - Haince Patrick De Leon 5.0
4th - Kenneth Baltazar 5.0

More than 90 players participated. Nine players with 5.0 points were tied from second to tenth place.

Kiddie chess tournaments are having a high turn out of participants these days, a good sign that promises a ray of hope in Philippine chess - all despite a financially challenged national chess federation.