2011 BULACAN RAPID CHESS FESTIVAL

BY: RICHARD DELA CRUZ
(Chesswindows Bulacan Correspondent)

All roads lead to Marilao, Bulacan with the staging of 2011 Bulacan Chess Festival on February 27, 2011 8am at the SM City Marilao, Bulacan.

The tournament is divided into three (3) sections-2050& below NCFP rapid rating, Kiddies (U-16) and Kiddies (U-12) with a guaranteed Cash Prizes of P35,000.00 ++.
The Open Section offers P6,000 to the Champion; P4,000 to second; P2,000 to third; P 1,000 to forth placer; P700 to fifth placer: P500 each to 6th -10th placer and P300 each to 11th -20th placer.

Top finisher in different categories, such as lady, junior, senior, executive, unrated and top Bulakeno will also get P500.

In the Kiddies (U-16 & U-12), the Champion will receive P2,000 , P1000 to second, P700 to third; P 500 to forth placer; P500 to fifth placer and P200 each to 6th -10th placer. Top girl will also get P 400. Additional prizes for the youngest Participant, most number of player from the school and top 3 winners in each section will receive books from Timelife/Filway Marketing Inc.

Also a separate Chess for kids Tutorials will be conducted during the festivities. The event will be open to kids as young as 3 yrs old and above to learn the rudiments of the game.

Participants are given 20 minutes to finish the game. Late entry will be accepted until 12:30pm before the start of round 2.

Registration fee for Open is P300, while in the Kiddies section registration fee is P250.

For Complete details, contact All Bulacan Chess Federation secretariat at 0912-4508786 or at 0929-5458825.