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Executive Director. Jayson Gonzales [1] President. Prospero Pichay. The National Chess Federation of the Philippines ( NCFP) is the governing chess organization in the Philippines. [2] It is a non-profit organization and a member of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and part of the Philippine Olympic Committee. [3] [4]
A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named.
0–9. 2021 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines season. 2022 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines season.
The Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) was formed by Filipino lawyer Paul Elauria who also became the league's first commissioner. [1] The league was launched in 2020, although plans relating to the establishment of the first professional chess league in the Philippines has already been made years ago. [2]
At the 36th Chess Olympiad, Paragua scored 6 wins, 3 draws, and 4 losses with a TPR of 2556 as compared to his ELO rating then of 2534 playing Board 3. Paragua played the top Board for Team Philippines for the first time in his career in the 37th Chess Olympiad. He scored 2 wins, 5 draws, and 4 losses.
2437 (January 2001) Rico Mascariñas (born 2 March 1953) is a Philippine (Filipino) chess player with the title of International Master. He was one of the premiere chess players of the Philippines during the 1980s and the 1990s and for a long period of time he was the No. 2 ranked player of the Philippines behind Grandmaster Eugenio Torre .
Contents. Geography of chess. Chess, a strategy board game, is played all over the world. The international governing body of chess is FIDE, established in 1924. Most national chess federations are now members of FIDE; several supranational chess organizations are also affiliated with FIDE.
The first tournament of the 2021 PCAP season was the All-Filipino Conference which began on January 16, 2021. [7] The conference finals was held on April 3, 2021 which was contested by the Laguna Heroes of the Northern Division and the Camarines Soaring Eagles of the Southern Division. The Laguna Heroes clinched the title of PCAP's inaugural ...