2nd GMA Cup Update(1)

Hi there!

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Am here at the Secretariat room of the 2nd GMA Chess Cup and man oh man, the tournament staging is great! Really great!

For one, NCFP prepared two playing rooms for the event, one for the Open Category and the other for the Challenge Category. Enough space provided, good lighting condition and the necessary quietness is there. To add, enough number of arbitrators are present. Our friend NA Boyet Tardecillas of NAPCA is part of the officiating team for the Challenge category.

And to add to this, the NCFP website is back! Hahahahahah! When it rains, it pours!

Familiar chess fans are there... some famous while some, a face in the crowd. IM's Chito Garma is back, together with Ronald Dableo. IM's Dimakiling and WEsley So were there. A lot of hopefuls are there too for the challenge category. Our age grouper, Mark Christian Nazario is playing in the Open Category. His first round assignment is a Chinese, not sure if the guy had the GM initials before his name. Hahahahah!

I've got pictures from a professional freelance photographer, Mr. Rey Nillama. Irritatingly, my USB caught an electronic virus which does not allow the files to be brought out! Ouch!