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BUDAPEST – The Philippines saw its hope for a best finish nipped in the bid after falling to Georgia, 2.5-1.5, in the 10th and penultimate round of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad at the BOK Sports Hall here Saturday.
CEBU, Philippines — Limuel Tampus reigned supreme in the 3rd Bankal Chess Club Rapid Tournament over the weekend at the Barangay Bankal gym in Lapu-Lapu City.
The twin triumph of Carlos Yulo in Paris filled up insatiable Filipino appetite for sports supremacy. The hungry country is so full with glory it hardly celebrated its 17th chess grandmaster. Daniel Quizon breached the 2500-rating barrier after beating a veteran grandmaster in the Chess Olympiad in Hungary. This despite the one million cash incentive the 20-year old genius is about to receive. Loose change, compared to Yulo s more than a hundred million cash package. Exactly why people are no longer awed, even if a million can feed a hungry more millions.
MANILA, Philippines — American basketball player Derrick Rose, the youngest ever NBA star to win the Most Valuable Player award, announced his retirement Thursday after 16 seasons.
MANILA, Philippines — Binokya ng Philippine national women’s team ang Brazil, 4-0, sa 11th at final round ng 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad na inilaro kahapon sa BOK Sports Hall sa Budapest, Hungary.
BUDAPEST — Former national chess team mainstay Girme Fontanilla has never really taken her eyes away from chess despite being retired from the sport for decades now.
BUDAPEST, Hungary — At 49th place and grasping at straws with two rounds to go, the Philippines was praying for the stars to align.
BUDAPEST – Filipino Grandmaster Julio Catalino Sadorra caught another big fish in super GM A.R. Saleh Salem to power the Philippines to a 4-0 decimation of the United Arab Emirates in the ninth round of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad at the BOK Sports Hall here Friday.