Tagaytay to represent country in Asian Cities Chess bash
04/20/2011
GMANews.tv
Former champion Tagaytay will be one the teams to watch when the 17th Asian Cities chess team championship comes off the wraps on Good Friday, April 22 at the Kartika Chandra Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Led by grandmasters Wesley So and Rogelio Antonio. Jr. , the Filipinos will seek the prestigious title which they first won during the 14th edition held in Manila in 2002.
Joining the multi-titled Tagaytay team are GMs John Paul Gomez and Darwin Laylo.
So, Antonio, Gomez and Laylo formed the Philippine team, which bagged the silver medal in the last Asian games in Guangzhou, China behind host China and ahead of such powerhouse Asian teams as India, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Uzbekistan.
The NCFP is supposed to send a second team composed of GM Mark Paragua, and IMs Richard Bitoon, Oliver Barbosa and Ronald Dableo, but backed out due to problems with the players’ travel documents.
In Jakarta, Tagaytay expects to figure prominently against defending champion Tehran, three-time winner Pavlodar and two-time titlist and host Jakarta.
Tehran, which will be bannered by Iran’s top GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami, bagged the title in the 16th edition held in Beirut two years ago.
Three other Indonesian teams seeing action and they are Tarakan, Palembang and Pekanbaru.
The event is organized by Asian Chess Federation in cooperation with the Indonesia Youth and Sports Ministry, headed by Minister Andi Mallarangeng and Indonesia Chess Federation, led by president Hashim Djojohadikusumo. - RCJ, GMA News
Led by grandmasters Wesley So and Rogelio Antonio. Jr. , the Filipinos will seek the prestigious title which they first won during the 14th edition held in Manila in 2002.
Joining the multi-titled Tagaytay team are GMs John Paul Gomez and Darwin Laylo.
So, Antonio, Gomez and Laylo formed the Philippine team, which bagged the silver medal in the last Asian games in Guangzhou, China behind host China and ahead of such powerhouse Asian teams as India, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Uzbekistan.
The NCFP is supposed to send a second team composed of GM Mark Paragua, and IMs Richard Bitoon, Oliver Barbosa and Ronald Dableo, but backed out due to problems with the players’ travel documents.
In Jakarta, Tagaytay expects to figure prominently against defending champion Tehran, three-time winner Pavlodar and two-time titlist and host Jakarta.
Tehran, which will be bannered by Iran’s top GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami, bagged the title in the 16th edition held in Beirut two years ago.
Three other Indonesian teams seeing action and they are Tarakan, Palembang and Pekanbaru.
The event is organized by Asian Chess Federation in cooperation with the Indonesia Youth and Sports Ministry, headed by Minister Andi Mallarangeng and Indonesia Chess Federation, led by president Hashim Djojohadikusumo. - RCJ, GMA News
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