Sacar captures 1st Mayors Cup Open Chess Tournament

1st Mayor’s Cup Open Chess Tournament-Comval

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Final Ranking

Rank	Name	Rtg	Club	Pts
1	SACAR Mohamad	1912	HCDC	5
2	BULICATIN Jay	1905	JMC	4½
3	GARCES Cyril	0	PANTUKAN	4
4	ANDOY Jerwell	1987	JMC	4
5	LAGURA Mark	0	NABUNTURAN	4
6	IRADEL JR. Arnold	0	TOWNSITE	4
7	NATOR Luis	1937	NABUNTURAN	3½
8	FERNANDEZ Rey	0	PANTUKAN	3½
9	TABADA Constancio	0	NABUNTURAN	3½
10	TABADA Kenneth John	2035	NABUNTURAN	3½
11	DIMAKILING Adrian	1989	UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO	3
12	ZULITA Jesserey	0	CCCC	3
13	RODIS Gil	1792	MONTEVISTA	3
14	CAPATAN Joe Art	1883	JMC	3
15	RONTALO Arnel	0	PANTUKAN	3
16	BLANCO Alnico	0	PANTUKAN	3
17	LONZAGA Alex	0	PANTUKAN	3
18	MATUCO JR. Antonio	0	MACO	2½
19	TABADAN Cesar	0	MONTEVISTA	2½
	YABUT Jerwen	0	MONTEVISTA	2½
21	TAGUINOPAN Rey	0	PANTUKAN	2½
22	MODINA Rex	0	JMC	2
23	ZANORIA SR. Ernesto	0	PANTUKAN	2
24	ZANORIA JR. Ernesto	0	PANTUKAN	2
25	TAKASAN Alanore	0	PANTUKAN	2
26	CABALLERO Andy	0	TOWNSITE	2
27	DELA CRUZ Jennefer	0	JMC	2
28	RONTALO Derick John	0	PANTUKAN	2
29	DIONATA Jeferson	0	MONTEVISTA	2
30	HILAMON Renato	0	PANTUKAN	1½
31	ALCORDO Erianne Mabelle	1853	JMC	1½
32	TAKASAN Donnie	0	PANTUKAN	1
33	SALIZER Jonard	0	PANTUKAN	1
34	PARIUM Saddam	0	PANTUKAN	1
35	HORNIDO Jessline	0	PANTUKAN	1
36	SALARDA Lino	0	CCCC	1
37	DELA CRUZ Raymond	0	PANTUKAN	1
38	DAVID Romeo	0	CCCC	½
39	CAMPOREDONDO Mervin	0	PANTUKAN	0

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Garces leads ComVal chess tournament

 

 

HOMETOWN bet Cyril Garces shared the lead with Davao City player Mohamad Sacar in the 1st Mayor’s Cup Open Chess Open Tournament at the Pantukan Training Center in Compostela Valley Province. Garces had superior tiebreak of 10 against Sacar’s 8.5, thus the latter landed at the second spot. 

 Jose Maria College (JMC) woodpushers Jay Bulicatin and Jerwell Andoy are occupying third and fourth places, respectively. Bulicatin earned 3.5 points as of Round 4, while Andoy led five other three-pointers Adrian Dimakiling of the University of Mindanao (UM), Gil Rodis of Montevista, Mark Lagura of Nabunturan, Joe Art Capatan of JMC and Alanore Takasan of Nabunturan. Sharing the 10th to 15th places were Nabunturan’s Luis Nator, Maco’s Antonio Matuco Jr., Pantukan’s Rey Fernandez, Nabunturan’s Kenneth John and Constancio Tabada and Montevista’s Cesar Tabadan.

 Some 40 players joined the event that opened last Saturday, November 7, and will close on Friday. The five-round Swiss System format competition is sponsored by organized by the Pantukan Chess Club Cooperative headed by Boy Malone CEO Manager and the Municipality of Pantukan. The top 15 are assured of cash prizes, according to co-chief arbiter NA Ronnie Tabudlong, director of the Blue Knight Chess Club (BKCC). (MLSA)

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57th BKCC-DCSC Under 12 Monthly Age Group Club Rapid Chess Tournament

The 57th BKCC-DCSC Edition Under 12 years old and below will resume again on December. 12, 2009, Saturday,10:00 am at the Blue Knight Chess Club located 86-1 Bonifacio St. Davao City. The tournament format is a 5 round Swiss system and time control of 30 minutes per player . Registration will start 9:30 am to 10:00 am. Prizes offers trophy to the champion and Instructional Chess Training DVD’s 1st and 2nd runner-up. Registration fee is Php 35.00 -Member / Php 50.00 Non Member. The tournament is supported by the Davao City Sports Council head by DCSC President Councilor Peter Laviña.

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UM’s Amar wins title

UNIVERSITY of Mindanao (UM) woodpusher Denzyl John Amar bagged the 3rd Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Under-14 Rapid Chess Tournament title at the YMCA Building over the weekend.

Amar, who recently qualified to compete in the 2009 Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship set on October 10 and 11 at the SM Megamall, garnered perfect five points to win the champion’s trophy, while UM teammate Alvin Acas earned 4.5 points for the runner-up honors.

Jose Maria College’s Rowelyn Joy Acedo, meanwhile, had superior tiebreak over three other four-pointers to grab the third spot in the chessfest that attracted some 40 players.

Finishing in the top 10 were Emmanuel Galang, Holy Cross of Davao College’s Starjen Candia, Sta. Ana Central Elementary School’s Zsuzsa Grace Tabudlong, Dona Pilar Learning Center’s Michael John Varquez and Hannah Joyce Amoncio, Ateneo de Davao University’s John Marvin Miciano and DPlC’s Rhodalyn Hernandez.

YMCA is organizing regular chess competitions to help develop the sports in the grassroots level.

Blue Knight Chess Club (BKCC) and Department of Education (DepEd)-recognized trainer Ronnie Tabudlong was tournament director of the event. ( MLSA )

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AMAR ruled 6th FILWAY-DIWA Under 16 Monthly Rapid Chess Tournament

University of Mindanao High School Varsity rule in the 6th FILWAY-DIWA Under 16 Monthly Rapid Chess Tournament held Saturday at  Blue Knight Chess Club in Davao City.

Amar scored 4.0 pts in the last round beating his last assignment over Ademar Toleran Jr. of Sped-Bangkal to capture the title. Both Amar and Toleran has 4.0 pts but  Ademar Toleran Jr lose on tie break which landed him 1st Runner up.

The tournament was sponsored by Filway Marketing and Diwa Learning .

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The Role of a Coach and Parents during Tournament

A  Code of Conduct

Spectators and coaches are governed by the ground rules of the tournament organizer. These rules supercede the suggested guidelines that follow. In this discussion, ‘COACH’ also refers to ‘PARENTS’ acting as supervisors and observers at a scholastic chess tournament and other ‘SPECTATORS’ (other than tournament officials).

Here are some of the “dos” and “don’ts” of coaches and parents on the floor:

1. Once a game is in progress, a coach can never interrupt it for any reason. Only tournament directors and their assistants may intervene.

2. If a coach notices a player playing the wrong opponent, he or she should immediately notify the tournament director (TD).

3. If a coach observes an illegal move, he or she is to say or do absolutely nothing, as it is the responsibility of the players to bring violations to the attention of the TD.

4. If a coach sees a player’s hand raised, he or she should immediately summon a TD. He should NEVER try to directly assist any player.

5. If a coach observes that a player has over-stepped his or her time limit, the coach should not say or do anything, as only the players can make time-violation claims.

6. Once a tournament game has started, a coach should talk to his or her players only in the presence of the TD.

7. In general, the coach should avoid eye contact with both his or her players and their opponents, keeping a sufficient distance from the board to avoid distracting the players.

8. Players may leave their boards for short periods. They should inform the TD if they will be gone for an extended time. While absent from his game, a player must not consult any chess books, diagrams or analysis. He or she should not discuss their game (while in progress) with anyone else.

9. Players, coaches, spectators, and TDs may be prohibited from bringing food or drink into the tournament rooms. All scholastic tournaments are non-smoking.

10. After the conclusion of a tournament, if a coach notices that a prize was incorrectly awarded, he or she should bring this to the attention of the TD ONLY.

11. WALLCHARTS show the pre-tournament ranking of the players, their ratings, their round-by-round results and other pertinent information. Only tournament officials can record information on these charts. Coaches or players should NEVER write on them.

12. Coaches should make sure their player’s results are reported. In most individual tournaments, results are posted on pairing sheets. These sheets show each player’s pairing and board number for a particular round, and have a space by each player’s name for posting results. At the nationals, players are required to report their results to designated officials.

In TEAM tournaments, results should be recorded on the “Team Card” at the playing table.

13. PAIRING CARDS contain tournament results used for pairing purposes. Only TDs have access to these cards.

14. OTHER coaching duties include:

a.providing instruction for their players before and after rounds
b.helping their players find their pairings and boards
c.offering moral support to their players
d.making sure their players stay out of trouble
e.making sure their players exhibit good sportsmanship
f. helping maintain proper order throughout the tournament site

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For business purposes, especially in computer gaming, invest your money to high speed, high tech, maximum capability computers. Computers with low specs will not support the speed requirements which is very much needed in computer games.

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In buying a power supply, it must be supplied with a high voltage continuity. Instead of buying lower wattage, choose a 350w power supply. If you will use a lower wattage, there is a tendency that the CPU will shut down without any cause and some small parts of the motherboard will be damaged. Using the 350w power supply will help you save from buying parts that might be destroyed from using a lower wattage power supplies.

The newest CPU, Centrino Sonoma 1.7ghz is almost same speed with Pentium IV-3.0ghz. Consider an AMD instead of an Intel. You will save more if you will buy an AMD because it is much much cheaper compared to Intel.

Laptop are much preferred nowadays. When buying a laptop, always consider the CPU and the video card. Most of the parts are not upgradable so you must really consider the parts of the unit.

If you need a laptop for storing your documents and internet surfing only, you need not buy a very expensive laptop. Choose a laptop with lower specs but with good performance. It will be a lot waste of money if you will buy a high specs laptop which you will use for typing your documents only. What’s more. Buy a laptop which is light weight. Do not buy a laptop which is very heavy because it’s not very convenient to carry around especially when you are always on the road and you need to carry the documents together with you from time to time.

Secondhand laptops are as good as the brand new ones but lesser the price. Why buy expensive brand new laptops if you can buy a used with same quality and performance. Then compute how much you are going to save. That’s whole lot savings for your pocket!

Hope these computer buying tips can help you on choosing computers which is sure to fit your needs. Start investing your money with the right items and buy computers that are not heavy on your pockets.

Monserrat Camp School of Davao and Davao Central Colleges dominate 2009 PRISAAD GAMES.

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Alfonso, Salgados dominate Shell Active Chess NCR circuit

Jeremiah Alfonso of Far Eastern University dominated the Kiddies Division with seven (7) points and bucholz of 35.5 points, while Lennon Hart Salgados of the Corpus Christi School of Cagayan de Oro won the Juniors Division with 6.5 points and a bucholz of 34.5 points in the National Capital Region (NCR) leg of the 17th Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship (Shell Active Chess).

Close to 500 participants joined the kick-off event of the seven-leg chess tournament held at the SM Mall of Asia Event Centre on June 20-21, 2009.   Photo shows Shell Active Chess NCR Leg winners with Grand Masters Jayson Gonzales (leftmost) and Eugene Torre (middle), and Shell Downstream Communications Manager Mylene Santos. With the theme “Maglaro at Matuto, Kasama ang Chess Barkada!” (Play and Learn with the Chess Gang), the two-day event tested the woodpushers’ mettle to earn top honours in the Juniors Division for 20-year-old and under, and the Kiddies Division for 14-and-under. This year’s Shell Active Chess kicked off with the first-ever chess workshop dubbed as “An Interaction with the Masters” or AIM, organised by Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation and the Department of Education (DepEd). In the Juniors Division, winners were Jan Emmanuel Garcia of the Ateneo de Manila University who won first runner-up with 6.5 points and bucholz of 34; Jayson Mercado of San Sebastian College won 2nd runner-up with 6 points and bucholz of 34.5; Richeliu Salcedo of Rizal Technological University was 3rd runner-up with six (6) points and bucholz of 34; and Jude Emil Fronda of the Unversity of Sto. Tomas won 4th runner-up with six (6) points and 32 bucholz. Winners in the Kiddies Division were Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar of the F.G. Calderon Integrated School who won 1st runner-up with 6.5 points and bucholz of 35.5 points; Kristian Paulo Cristobal of San Sebastian College bagged 2nd runner-up with 6.5 points and bucholz of 32.5 points; Christian Manola of Laguna College of Business Arts bagged 3rd runner-up with six (6) points and 35.5 bucholz. Vince Angelo Medina of Far Eastern University was 4th runner-up with six (6) points and bucholz of 34.5 points. Juniors Division top three winners were Salgados, Garcia and Mercado, while Kiddies Division top three winners were Alfonso, Baltazar and Cristobal, earning seats in the Shell Active Chess Finals slated in October 2009. Special awards In the Special Awards category, La Immaculada Concepcion School represented by Expedito Bolico, Jr., received the award for ‘School Most Represented’ in the Kiddies Division, while Far Eastern University (FEU) represented by Grand Master Jayson Gonzales bagged the award in the Juniors Division. La Immaculada and FEU had 47 and 18 participants in the NCR leg respectively. Mikee Charlene Suede of Colegio de San Juan de Letran bagged the ‘Overall Top Female Player’ Award with a score of 5.5 points, while the ‘Top 8-year old-and-under’ Award went to five (5) year-old Julius Gonzales of Parang Elementary School with five (5) points. Haince Patrick de Leon of Marist School received the ‘Sportsmanship Award’ for displaying the values of fair play and maturity during the two-day chess tournament. Meanwhile, the ‘Youngest Player Award’ went to three-year old Jose Cenon Presente of Caloocan City, a newbie who learned the sports only six months ago. (Left photo) La Immaculada Concepcion School and Far Eastern University (middle photo) bag the ‘School Most Represented’ Award in the Kiddies and Juniors divisions respectively.  (right photo) Special Awardees were Mikee Charlene Suede (3rd from left), Julius Gonzales (5th from left), Haince Patrick de Leon (5th from right), and Jose Cenon Presente (4th from right) together with (l-r) host DJ Dale of Magic 89.1, GMs Jayson Gonzales, Eugene Torre, Mylene Santos, Mr. Presente, and Jun Gonzales. Programme highlights Grand Master Eugene Torre, in his closing remarks, encouraged the chess players to continue to do good moves not only in the game of chess but also in life. He said that studying hard, eating nutritious food, being obedient to their parents, proper sleeping habits and exercise are good moves in life that the youth can practice in their daily living. “It is very important to have very consistent good moves to further excel in chess,” Torre said. He expressed appreciation to Shell for being consistent in supporting chess and propagating the sports in the country. Earlier, Department of Education Director for Physical Fitness, Wellness, and Recreation Rolando Brillantes and Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) Finance Manager Jeng Pascual led the ceremonial moves, witnessed by Shell Active Chess NCR leg Tournament Director Alex Dinoy, 2008 Shell Active Chess Juniors Division Champ Nelson ‘Elo’ Mariano III, Shell companies in the Philippines Sustainable Development Manager Chito Maniago, and International Arbiter Gene Poliarco (shown below).     (Left photo) Shell Active Chess NCR Leg ceremonial moves; (middle photo) Presentation of Shell token to Dir. Brillantes – In photo are Chito Maniago,Jeng Pascual, and B2B Pricing Analyst Laarni Madlangbyan (rightmost); (right photo) Chess participants take an oath of sportmanship before the start of the tournament. Director Brillantes expressed his gratitude to Shell for holding the nationwide chess tournament and supporting the DepEd’s objective of integrating chess in the school’s curricula. He stressed that chess not only builds character and sharpens the mind but also instils the values of sportsmanship, discipline, perseverance, maturity and sense of fair play among chess players. Downstream Communications Manager Mylene Santos commended the chess masters for inspiring the youths in the field of chess. Quoting world chess champ Robert ‘Bobby’ Fisher, Santos said that: “A strong memory, concentration, imagination and a strong will are all required to become a strong chess player.” She said that these qualities that a person learns from chess influence one’s journey towards becoming a good chess player. “The theme ’Maglaro at Matuto, Kasama ang Chess Barkada!’ reminds all of us that chess is not just a game and about learning, but also about having fun and enjoying the game with fellow players and making lifetime friends along the way,” said Santos. The second stage of the Shell Active Chess is set on July 4-5 for the Northern Luzon elims in Tuguegarao. Registration forms are available at selected schools, chess clubs and municipal/provincial government offices and at various Shellane Showrooms nationwide. You may also log on to www.shell.com.ph. This year’s Shell Active Chess, endorsed by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, is backed by Shell Fuels, Shellane, Shell Helix, and McDonald’s, in partnership with SM Supermalls and Paseo Reale Cagayan.

Tabada tops 2nd Edition YMCA U-16 Rapid Chess Tourney

KENNETH John Tabada of the Tagum National Trade School (TNTS) bagged the crown in the 2nd YMCA Under-16 Rapid Chess Tournament Saturday at the YMCA Multipurpose Gym.

Tabada outpointed a pair of international campaigners — John Ray Batucan of Rogationist Academy and Rowelyn Joy Acedo of Jose Maria College — in emerging on top of the event supported by YMCA Davao through the effort of YMCA president lawyer Martin Suelto and the organization’s board of directors.

Batucan finished second, while Acedo emerged third place.

In the under 14 category, the best performer was Denzyl Amar of the University of Mindanao and Josev Amar Aquino of Stella Maris Academy.

Hanna Joyce Amoncio of Doa Pilar Learning Foundation and Bhing Joel Ghimony of Jose Maria College topped the under 12 and under 10 categories, respectively. (CRAM)

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