2009 National Inter-Club Rapid Team Chess Championships

BY: MARLON BERNARDINO

(Match point format/seven round Swiss-system/ 35 teams: win= 2 points; draw = 1 point and loss = zero)

Champion: Makati Chess Club Team “B” 13.0 match points
2nd place: g4 chess club Team “A” 11.0 match points
3rd to 7th placers: Luneta Chess Club, Mandaluyong City, Makati Chess Club Team “C”, Quezon City Memorial Circle and Laguna Chess Association (LCA)-Calamba 10.0 points each

(Individual gold medalist)

Board 1 GM Darwin Laylo (Tagaytay)
Board 2 Ivan Gil Biag (Quezon Memorial Circle)
Board 3 Melvin Salutan (Valenzuela)
Board 4 Vic Neil Villanueva (St. Louis Chess Club)
Board 5 Ronald Ganzon (Boracay Chess Club)

MANILA, PHILIPPINES---THE Makati Chess Club Team “B” turned back Pasig Chess Club (3-1) in the seventh and final round to capture the 1st National Inter- Chess Club Rapid Team Championship title on Sunday at the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) Bldg, Katipunan Rd., Balara, in Quezon City.

Makati Chess Club Team “B” is composed of Fide Master David Elorta, Merben Roque, Richelliu Salcedo and Sherwin Tiu garnered a total of 13 match points to receive the top prize of P40,000 plus trophy in the two-day (Saturday and Sunday) event, hosted and supported by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) headed by its president/ chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr., and secretary-general Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino Jr.

Elorta and Roque carry the good fight for the Makati Chess Club Team “B” by beating NM Ali Branzuela and Dandel Fernandez on board 1 and 2 while Salcedo and Tiu settled for a truce with Dennis San Juan and Stephen Manzanero on board 3 and 4.

g4 chess club Team “A” which bankrolled by NCFP director lawyer and NM Edmundo Legaspi and China-based Joel Pineda, meantime edged LWUA Team “A” (2.5-1.5) earned 11.0 points to bring home P20,000 runner-up purse plus trophy.

The Luneta Chess Club, Mandaluyong City, Makati Chess Club Team “C”, Quezon City Memorial Circle and Laguna Chess Association (LCA)-Calamba, which scored identical 10.0 points each, occupied 3rd to 7th placers to receive P7,400 each. The Luneta Chess Club backed up by sportsman Boy Pobre took the third place trophy with a superior tie break.

Adjudged Individual gold medalist are Board 1 GM Darwin Laylo (Tagaytay); Board 2 Ivan Gil Biag (Quezon Memorial Circle); Board 3 Melvin Salutan (Valenzuela); Board 4Vic Neil Villanueva (St. Louis Chess Club) and Board 5 Ronald Ganzon (Boracay Chess Club).

Call or text NCFP event manager and executive director IA Wilfredo “Willie” Abalos at mobile no. (0929) 239-0644 or Email at ncfpsecretariat@yahoo.com for future NCFP event.

FINAL RANKINGS

Rk. Team + = - TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Makati Chess Club B 6 1 0 13 20.5 112.5
2 G4 Chess Club - A 5 1 1 11 17.5 109.5
3 Luneta Chess Club 4 2 1 10 18 114
4 Mandaluyong City 4 2 1 10 17 111
5 Makati Chess Club C 5 0 2 10 17 103
6 Quezon Memorial Circle 4 2 1 10 16.5 116
7 "LCA" Calamba 4 2 1 10 16.5 112
8 Antipolo Chess Club 4 1 2 9 18 96.5
9 Pasig Chess Club 4 1 2 9 17 105
10 FEU - B 4 0 3 8 18 116
11 Tagaytay City 4 0 3 8 18 104.5
12 St. Louis Chess Club 3 2 2 8 15.5 103
13 Don Galo 3 2 2 8 15.5 100.5
14 Makati Chess Club A 4 0 3 8 15.5 90
15 Boracay Chess Club 4 0 3 8 15 107.5
16 LWUA - A 3 2 2 8 14 112.5
17 G4 Chess Club - B 2 3 2 7 15 114
18 Palawan 3 1 3 7 14.5 95
19 Chess Q. C. 3 1 3 7 14 96
20 SM - Cayetano, Valenzuela 3 1 3 7 14 93
21 Aklan Student Chess Club 3 1 3 7 13 107.5
22 "LCA" Los Banos 3 0 4 6 15.5 86
23 Bureau of Customs - NAPCA 3 0 4 6 14 85.5
24 LWUA - C 3 0 4 6 13.5 92.5
25 Bago Bantay Chess Club 3 0 4 6 13 86.5
26 FEU - A 2 2 3 6 12.5 103
27 LWUA - B 3 0 4 6 11.5 78.5
28 Balanga City 3 0 4 6 11 72.5
29 DepEd - A 2 1 4 5 10 86
30 United Players of Calapan 2 0 5 4 10 77
31 Blue Eagle's Chess Club - C 2 0 5 4 9 69
32 Aparri Chess Team 2 0 5 4 8.5 93.5
33 Blue Eagle's Chess Club - B 2 0 5 4 8.5 78
34 Blue Eagle's Chess Club - A 1 1 5 3 7 68.5
35 DepEd - B 1 1 5 3 6 73