Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation's NM Randy Segarra, also the head coach of De La Salle University and Verth Alora, an engineer from Anda, Pangasinan captured the Group A and B pennants, respectively, in the 4th leg of the exciting 2009 Philweb Corporation-Human Plus National Executive Active Chess Championships held at the Human Re-sources Development Training Center of the Department of Agrarian Re-form, Elliptical Road, Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City under the supervision of the newly-formed Philippine Association of Chess Executives (PACE) inducted by Lanao del Sur Assemblyman Usman Sarangani..
The first two legs in Group A was won by Dr. Jenny Mayor while NM Randy Segarra captured the 3rd and 4th legs. The latter wins P5,000 and 20 Grand Prix points for his latest victory. In second place is NM Eduardo Estrella winning P2,000 plus 19 Grand Prix points followed by NM Allan Sasot and Dr. Alfredo Paez in a 12-man field. In the Grand Prix standings in Group A, Mayor takes a commanding lead with 71 pts. followed by Segarra, 40, Sasot, 32, Paez, 28, NM Ric Portogalera, 24, NM Ed Agagon, 22, NM Efren Bagamasbad, 20 and Estrella, 19, Philippine National Police's Esmael Abas, 17, Cotabato City's NM Roger Sarip, 16, BPI's NM Nick Nisperos, 15, former Olympian lawyer NM Samuel Estimo,15, and so on .
In Group B, lawyer Cliburn Orbe annexed the first leg while engineer Joseph Galindo, an OFW from Saudi, grabbed the second and third legs, for a back-to back victory. Alora became the third winner, with a score of 5 points in 6 rounds, besting 3 other bets with the same score in tie-break. They were Philippine Army's Primo Virtudazo, Mandaluyong City's Ricardo Jimenez and Dep Ed's Ramil Acosta. They all went home P2,125 richer. In the Grand Prix standings Orbe leads with 45 pts., followed by chess entrepreneur Joel Cocjin of Iloilo 42, Galindo 40, PACE treasurer and Manila businessman Jun Balgan, 40, Virtudazo, 33, Acosta, 32, Jess San-chez, 28, Joel Valdez, 28, Department of Agrarian Reform consultant Lito Dormitorio of Iloilo, 26, Alora, 20, Bicolandia's Dodoy Camposano,19, Jazer Tomas,19, commercial pilot Amando Labarda, Jr., 19, Noel Garcia, 18 and so on.
Philweb Corporation, a Makati-based IT company located at The Enterprise Center in Ayala, is the main sponsor of this event, Human Plus is the co-sponsor of this prestigious cash-rich chessfest played in two divisions: Group A, (Executive Masters and those who have current Standard rating of 2000 and above and Group B (those who have current NCFP Standard rating of 1999 and below or those who are still unrated.) Qualified to join are professionals with PRC IDs, businessmen, entre-preneur, military officers, government employees and OFWs.
There will be 10 legs with the cash-rich 16-man Grand Finals scheduled in September this year. The Top 8 from Group A and Group B in Grand Prix standings will advance to the finals. More participation means more Grand Prix points.
Next leg will be on June 13, 2009
| Here is the current Grand Prix standings: Grand Prix standings after 4 legs: Group A Grand Prix pts1. Mayor, Jenny 71 2. Segarra , Randy 40 3. Sasot, Allan 32 4. Paez, Alfredo 28 5. Portogalera, Ric 24 6. Agagon, Ed 22 7. Bagamasbad, Efren 20 8. Estrella, Eduardo 19 9. Abas, Esmael 17 10. Sarip, Roger 16 11. Nisperos , Nick 15 12. Estimo, Samuel 15 13. Zuniga, Dante 14 14. Lao, Elias 13 15. Ricana, Leodegario 13 16. Maga, Mirabeau 12 17. Trasfiero, Eugene 11 18. Dimarucut, Francis 10 19. Diligencia, Mel 9 20. Sagario, Quirino 5 21. Olmedo, Trine 2
Group B Grand Prix pts1. Orbe, Cliburn 45 2. Cocjin, Joel 42 3. Galindo, Joseph 40 4. Balgan, Jun 40 5. Virtudazo, Primo 33 6. Acosta, Ramil 32 7. Sanchez, Jess 28 8. Valdez, Joel Sr. 28 9. Dormitorio, Lito 26 10. Alora, Verth 20 11. Camposano, Agrifino 19 12. Tomas, Jazer 19 13. Labarda, Amando Jr. 19 14. Garcia, Noel 18 15. Cordero, Domingo 18 16. Jimenez, Ricardo 18 17. Marras, Rey 17 18. Corrales, Johnny 16 19. Divinagracia, Alvin 16 20. Chua, Emil 16 21. Pascual, Orlando 15 22. Orellana, Respy 14 23. Jularbal, Dean 14 24. Maulion, Leoncio Jr. 13 25. Panlilio, Francis 13 26. Perlas, Erven 12 27. Canta, Octavio 12 28. Carino, Raul 12 29. Dumlao, Niel 11 30. Cabagay, Emil 11 31. Domaycos, Rene 11 32. Laurente, Eugene 11 33. Guibao, Edwin 10 34. Abalos, Willie 9 35. Dabao, Roger 9 36. Andres, Carlito, Jr. 8 37. Rivera, Angel 8 38. Jacob, Mel 7 39. Delloro, Don 7 40. Laurio, Tino 5 41. Madriaga, Jose 4 42. Llagas delas, Eric 2 43. Chay, Alfredo 0 44. Estrella, Gilo 0 45. Jose, Ronell 0 46. Sorra, Jun 0 47. Barro, Jon 0 48. Ramos, Nash 0 49. Sarangani, Usman 0 50. Tongo, Jim 0 51. Valdez, Joanna Marie 0 |
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