By: Anthony Navarro
Newcomer Don Bosco Pampanga scored a huge upset ruling the Grade School Division of the Don Bosco Athletic Association (DBAA) BoscOlympics 2009
chess event held recently at the sprawling Don Bosco Makati campus last Nov 28 & 29. Perennial contenders Don Bosco Tarlac, Makati and Mandaluyong were stunned with this development.
The tournament format this year was different with 4 regular boards per team compared to 2 players per school last year. This somehow disrupted the complexion and balance of power in the chess event, it has become more exciting with ALL 5 schools having a good shot at the title in the coming years.
Caritas Don Bosco School (CDBS) Greywolves team actually had a good start upending the eventual champs DB Pampanga 2.5-1.5. The team got waylaid in the 2nd round by DB Makati 1-3 as only top board Christian Michael Navarro managed a win. The team recovered with a 4-0 shellacking of DB Mandaluyong in the 3rd round to finish the supposed Day 1 (Nov 28) schedule. At this juncture, CDBS was running 2nd with 7.5 points to DB Makati in the standings. Having a pulled- in 4th round match vs DB Tarlac resulted in a heartbreaking 1-3 match loss for a final score of 8.5 points. CDBS actually had winning games at Boards 1 and 3 but faltered in the end.
At the end of day 1, CDBS had no choice but watch from the sidelines for the final round match-ups, at that point DB Makati had 9.5pts, CDBS had 8.5pts,DB Pampanga had 8.5 pts and DB Tarlac had 5.5 pts. Final round match-ups were Makati vs Pampanga and Tarlac vs Mandaluyong wherein it was expected Tarlac will score 4-0. As it turned out Pampanga stunned Makati 3-1 to snatch the crown and Tarlac expectedly scored 4-0.
FINAL GRADE SCHOOL CHESS STANDINGS:
SCHOOL Win/ Draw/ Loss/ Game Points
Don Bosco Pampanga 3/ 0/ 1/ 11.5
Don Bosco Makati 3/ 0/ 1/ 10.5
Don Bosco Tarlac 2/ 0/ 2/ 9.5
Caritas Don Bosco 2/ 0/ 2/ 8.5
Don Bosco Mandaluyong 0/ 0/ 4/ 0
CDBS Players’ Contributions :
Board 1 Christian Michael Navarro 3/4
Board 2 Paolo Espiritu 1.5/4
Board 3 Daniel Vincent Navarro 1/3
Board 4 Tetsuo Otsuka 2/4
Board 5 Edmund Cruz 1/1
Here are the photos for DBAA Chess at Don Bosco Makati's Joy Center.
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