Busy Schedule for Metropolitan Chess Club

Seeded 11-year old Malcolm Kwok will banner the Milo Checkmate team's campaign in the United States and Asia this coming May and June.

Joining Kwok are Roy Aldous Coronel, Lev Abug, Adrian Co, Vincent Joseph Fuerte, Marie Antoinette San Diego, Steven Teves, Tristan Dandan, Jose Marti Caniones, Mary Joyce Fuerte and Carlo Caranyagan.

Coronel of Immaculate Mother School downed Kenneth Co of Xavier School in 25 moves of a Ruy Lopez game in the fifth and last round to rule the 12-under section and gained the first of the eleven contested slots during the finals for the selection of the members of the US- and Asia-bound team that concluded Sunday at St. Francis Square in Mandaluyong City.

Abug of Cainta Catholic College and Adrian Co of Xavier School shared top honors in the junior division to secure the other two slots while Vincent Joseph Fuerte of Bagong Tanyag Elem. School and San Diego of Dasmariñas Academy topped the 10-under and 8-under groups respectively to earn another two slots.

Gaining five of the remaining six slots were Teves of Don Bosco Technical Institute and Dandan of Cavite who finished second and third respectively in the 12-under bracket; Caniones of Ateneo and younger Fuerte, Mary Joyce, who wound up second and third spot in the 10-under division and Caranyagan of San Mateo Elem. School who followed San Diego in the 8-under section.

The last slot will still be contested between Co and Claudio Olar Jr. of Quirino High School who ended up in a tie for fourth place in the 12-under with 1.5 points apiece.

The round-robin event is organized by Metropolitan Chess Club to give promising and deserving Milo Checkmate kids the chance to gain exposure abroad at an early age.

Meanwhile...

The MCC Executive 2000 below active chess tourney reels off at 12:00noon on Saturday, January 13, at the lower second floor of St. Francis Square behind SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City .

This one-day event is exclusively only for executives holding managerial or supervisory positions in private and government firms, businessmen, professionals with at least two years of practice, military officers whose rank is not lower than a major and executive retirees.

The tourney will also serve as the first of the two elimination series in which the top five winners will advance to the finals to play in a nine-round robin format along with the other next month winners. The finals is also set in February and the top two finalists will earn the right to join the Milo Checkmate team's campaign to US this coming May.

Interested parties are advised to register at least thirty minutes before the games start and are required to bring their proper documents upon registration. Entry fee is P600 with free MCC TS. For other details, call 826-8560 and 0916-852-1069.