The Philippines retained its No.33 position in the world's chess rankings based on the April 1, 2009 FIDE Ratings List.
Only behind China (No.3) and India (No.10) in Asia, the country is still the strongest chess nation in Southeast Asia.
Alarmingly, however, the Philippines is just slightly ahead of Vietnam (No.35) which threatens to grab the lead in the ASEAN region in the near future.
Oh yes, Vietnam can likely overtake the Philippines owing to Vietnam's active chess programs lately.
If all the NCFP could do is to order the replay of a rated chess game in an official tournament to show its "seriousness" in improving the quality of chess in the Philippines, we can kiss the country's No.1 status in the ASEAN region goodbye.
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Geographically, Philippines is no.6 behind China (3), Israel (4), India (10), Uzbekistan (26) and Kazakhstan (31). Per International Olympic Com. category, Philippines is no.5 behind China, India, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan...
We're no. 3 in Asia =)but we're inching closer to that number =)
I mean we're NOT no. 3 in Asia yet=)
give RP 5 more years... Garcia, Lacesta, Bersamina, Samantilla, and oother players in the junior and kiddies categ, we'll be on 3RD or probably 2nd behind China... consistently, slowly....- kiko
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