Kelan po ba ang balik niyo sa Pilipinas? Pwede ko po pala mahingi ang email mo,<gmjoey>? chesspilipinas@gmail.com po ang email ko.

Ok, all the best in the Caloocan team event on Sept 5-6 kaya di ka makakasama sa simul kung Sept 5.

Kibitz ka rin sa Darwin page since you know him first hand. Interesting yung share ni sugardom that he doesnt read chessbooks.

many thanks sa greetings. sabi ng iba ay better late than never pero sabi ng lolo ko, never hurry especially in endgame.

maraming klase din ang lechon dun at maraming claimers na sila ang best but c n t is the best we sampled. young at hearts ang items nila, yung iba ay malasa nga pero matigas naman laman like the talisay. the best din longanisang maikli. pero mas may the best pa!!!

pinoymaster77,
nadulas pala dila ko! starstruck kc ako kay gmjoey, eh. it's not in my wildest chess dreams to jam with him.

gm joey, ms nanie and para team especially abe and gigi, congrats. you have made us proud na proud. im syre na masaya kaming lahat d2, meralco and bw, dahil once upon a time or minsan isang araw, ay nagkasama tayo. iba na ang may pinagsamahan.

ps about my son. he is progressing well and i do have high hopes for him in chess. in the 4-team para games last july 11, he won over newly minted gold medalist abe peligro and capitalized on a blunder by catolos to win best in board 5 on 2 wins and 1 loss to spawn2, while in the gm joey simul in meralco, he was able to convince gm joey to a draw on account of an equal middlegame with both their rooks already out of the playing court and 1 or 2 minor piece din yata.

and to date, he has already won over 16 adults (over 18 yrs old), including me.

he also got a draw in simuls with nm bagamasbad and nm villanueva, both reaching endgames, and another draw with nm vasquez, also in a simul in a game where he could have won but did not see the winning line with nm vasquez the one offering the draw. he has a lucky win vs nm vasquez in praktis and could have drawn with nm alisangco and nm gatus in another simul. madami kasi kaming simul sa meralco, eh.

As I occasionally visit some of the chess events, I see a number of doting fathers or mothers nakaalalay patiently sa kanilang kids.

Pabalik na ba gmjoey and our Para team heroes.

Saka based pala sa NCFP standard rating (di rapid) kaya nagtaka Jojo ala naman siya std rating kundi FIDE na 2241.

Ok, mapapasabak NM Segarra sa top board diyan if some of the teams are spearheaded by a GM or IM. Pero lumalaban naman siya sa GMA Cup level so hasa na rin against that level of competition.

Maganda naman kung ganun. Nakita ko yung team na yun nila Salcedo and Macala nung 3rd Chairman's Cup sa Filinvest Munti, sila nga ang nag champion and 2nd yun Laguna team (Calamba,Binan,Sta Rosa) nila Penero,Merano,Orozco.

Maganda nga kung ganun kasi for sometime yung team ni Salcedo ang nananalasa sa team events. Di ko masyado kilala yung Areque, dun lang sa top 3 nila na Salcedo,Macala and Abelgas solid na nga. May mga 'chess hustlers' din na nasa NCFP na eh, like sila Gatus so alam na rin... maganda yan have a more level playing field.

Saka sa tutoo lang, madami na ring bagong usbong na youth teams pards. Watchout also for the ex-Shell Active
players, yun nag champion sa SM Southmall na sila Mariano III, Jan Garcia and R.Salcedo, nalimutan ko name ng board 1 player nila for now. Pero ang pointmakers nila nasa Boards 3 and 4 with Garcia and Salcedo who won board honors.

I got news from Ms. Nanie that our PARA Chess Team won a total of 15 GOLD MEDALS.

Ok maganda kung gayon kung magkatime macheck nga mga ELO nila sa 'FIDE search'.

Another team pala sir yung Customs team, their team members I saw at SM Southmall were Ali Branzuela at Board 1, a varsity chess coach at Bd 2, Aquino at Bd3 (he beat Garcia in final rd) and Gary Legaspi (lanky with glasses) at Bd 4.

saw gm joey logged in sa ICC at 5:01 am this morning. Sabi ko sa sarili ko Wow! Sobrang aga yata but on second thought baka galing sa jogging or magjajogging para makundisyon ang katawan. ang sarap siguro maging part ng isang chess team who will be sent abroad to represent the Philippines. Tapos me suporta ng govt and private insitutions.

PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED TEAM:

SANDER SEVERINO : INDIVIDUAL - GOLD TEAM - GOLD HENRY ROGER LOPEZ : INDIVIDUAL - SILVER TEAM - GOLD ALEXIS ELINON : TEAM - GOLD

VISUALLY IMPAIRED:

BI TEAM (TOTALLY IMPAIRED)

FRANCIS CHING : TEAM - GOLD RODOLFO SARMIENTO : TEAM - GOLD CECILIO BILOG : TEAM - GOLD

B2/B3 TEAM (PARTIALLY BLIND)

ABRAHAM PELIGRO : INDIVIDUAL - GOLD TEAM - GOLD MELCHOR IRENEO PIZARRO INDIVIDUAL - GOLD TEAM - GOLD RODOLFO CANONIGO : TEAM - GOLD

B1/B2/B3 TEAM (COMBINED)