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| Jan-09-15 | | pinoymaster77: Nice of Iskuba to drop in, and looking forward to the online (?) kuwentuhan soon |
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| Jan-09-15 | | pinoymaster77: Patalastas muna, the 'Mighty Mouse' has retired, but he's lucky guy getting multiple posts as TNT Mgr and Gilas Asst Coach, aside from helping pal Coach Jarin with San Beda. Search for the new 'puso' of Gilas is on. Meantime there was recent article that Coach Tab's team will have Junemar, Greg and Castro as part of the core to build on... http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015... |
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| Jan-11-15 | | lakers4sho: I have a question/suggestion for those who are active in the local chess scene there in the Philippines. Why aren't alot of our local tournaments FIDE-rated? Is the fee simply too expensive? Our kids play a lot of chess and it would benefit their (potential) international careers to have them rated. I think that should be one of the first things NCFP should prioritize if it wants an overhaul of the chess system. |
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| Jan-12-15 | | pinoymaster77: Mukhang it was a matter of cost before, ang mga usual lang na creditted sa FIDE eh yung BOGM, plus of course yung intl events kung meron. Dapat sana maisama yung National Juniors and National Age Group, now na priority sport na chess, which I think translates to an additional (approx) budget of 5M per year. Depende na sa NCFP paano allocate. |
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| Jan-21-15 | | Nf3em: hmmmm bihira sila sumilip todits ... |
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| Jan-21-15 | | spawn2: Musta bro Danny:) |
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| Jan-21-15 | | torrefan: Today is your birthday!
Happy Birthday! |
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| Jan-21-15 | | Nf3em: OK lang ako bro <Alex> ... musta na rin? :-) |
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| Jan-22-15 | | spawn2: Ok naman bro. Waiting for GM Torre's next tournament. |
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| Jan-22-15 | | pinoymaster77: Medyo pahinga nga muna Phil chess community with NCFP calendar for Jan, yung Natl Youth lang listed event for 3nd Jan. Nag rest muna sa sunod sunod na chess events nung Dec. We may see may gradual buildup, specially towards the summer. |
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| Jan-26-15 | | spawn2: <pm77>
Yup, medyo slow first two (2) months of 2015 for our local GMs. Checking NCFP calendar, am guessing they will play in the Asian Zonal 3.3 and HD Bank to be held one after the other in Vietnam this March. |
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| Jan-28-15 | | pinoymaster77: spawn2,
Malamang nga ganun na nga, may time sana for prepa, at least 3 months pero may iba ding life activities mga players natin |
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| Jan-28-15 | | pinoymaster77: Have been reading warnings of 'massive snowstorm' hitting USA's East Coast. Seems CNN is pooh poohing it?
Also saw Dari's posted pics in FB of the snow. Dun din yata GM Mac's family/clan. Si bubuli55 sa Texas area naman, and saan ba state ni Iskuba ? http://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/20... |
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| Jan-29-15 | | pinoymaster77: Nahihirapan recently to access this forum, before I just have to search 'the chess games of...(name of player). Anyway, in trying to find alternative links eh chanced upon this previous article back in 2013. Since then, for the 6 key people, RIP na si Sir Cesar. And some chess-in-schools / outreach has been done... "The Chess Center will be given the task of identifying new and fresh talents while the Foundation will be given the job of polishing them and raising the needed funds for the purpose. “We will be assisting the NCFP in organizing tournaments in the countryside, hold clinics and seminars with FIDE (International Chess Federation) instructors as resource persons,” Torre, who learned the rudiments of the sport from his namesake grandfather at age five, said by way of spelling out the program. “I would just like to emphasize that not all of our energy will be spent on producing world-beaters,” the many-time Philippine and Asian champion clarified. “One other area we would like our attention to focus on is to develop players who will be good on the chess boards and, likewise, in leading productive lives. “Besides producing a Filipino world champion, my other obsession really is to produce players na ang magagaling nilang kaalaman sa paglalaro ay, mai-apply nila sa kani-kanilang buhay towards becoming productive assets to Philippine society,” said Torre, who earned his first and second GM noms in a short but successful one year campaign in 1974." http://www.interaksyon.com/interakt... |
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| Feb-05-15 | | metrolirot: I will be in Manila on Feb. 26 - March 2.. Hope to touch base again with you guys, maybe play some blitz games and talk about Philippine chess up close and personal.. |
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| Feb-05-15 | | spawn2: good evening bro <metrolirot>. will get in touch with the group. Looking forward to meeting you again. |
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| Feb-17-15 | | spawn2: Good evening to GETS,
Metrolirot Cup 2 has been set on Feb 28, 2014 in Laguna from 2 pm onwards. See you guys! |
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| Feb-17-15 | | pinoymaster77: Sorry to miss out this time.
Dun sa PSA Awards Night nung Mon, aside from chess awardees WIM Mikee Suede and IM Paulo Bersamina, eh congratulations to Jawo and the 1973 ABC Champion team. PBA Commish post would be vacated, and heard prominent among the 'prospects' are Jawo and Chito Loyzaga. http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015... |
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| Feb-17-15 | | pinoymaster77: Talking about ratings inflation, getting to 2800 is not assurance of getting to TOP 5 na, maybe 2820 will. Mas magandang gauge ang labanan ng mga titans for playng strength. |
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| Feb-19-15 | | metrolirot: Part I of my feature of the 2012 Metrolirot Cup as posted in my Chessblog Caissa's Father. http://metrolirot.blogspot.com/2012... |
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| Feb-19-15 | | metrolirot: Part II of my feature of the 2012 Metrolirot Cup as posted in my Chessblog Caissa's Father.
http://metrolirot.blogspot.com/2012... |
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| Feb-20-15 | | spawn2: Some interesting excepts from an interview of GM Viktor Korchnoi conducted by Mr. Evgeny Surov (Chessbase) V. Korchnoi: Once, an American player played 6...Ne7 against me... G. Sosonko: Which American? Wasn't his first name Bobby...? V. Korchnoi: An American. I liked the idea, so I played it now. E. Surov: Who among modern players has the best understanding of chess? V. Korchnoi: Hard to say. I think everyone understands chess. E. Surov: What about the World Champion, then? Is his understanding better compared to others as his rating superiority suggests? V. Korchnoi: My opinion about the World Champion is not that high. E. Surov: Well, then let's talk about Kasparov and Karpov. Who do you appreciate more as a chess player? V. Korchnoi: Kasparov's chess is much better than Karpov's. G. Sosonko: Better even than Fischer's?
V. Korchnoi: (smiling, with a characteristic smooth hand gesture) Fischer... Fischer is in a class by himself. GM Eugene Torre was able to play with these 4 legends (Korchnoi, Kasparov, Karpov and Fischer). Although the Torre vs Fischer is a training game. |
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| Feb-20-15 | | pinoymaster77: Did GM Korchnoi mean the current WC Magnus that he doesn't have high regard? I wonder why, did he elaborate? Maybe not that kind of deep chess thinker like the LEGENDs mentioned ? |
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| Feb-20-15 | | spawn2: Finally, the Pacquiao vs Mayweather is On!
http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015... On hindsight, Mayweather postponing the inevitable for 5 long years was a genius move. From a $100 million fight purse, it is now estimated to generate $250 million. |
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| Feb-20-15 | | pinoymaster77: Let's get ready to RRUUUMMMBBLLEEEE!
Is it the RICHEST fight in history?!
If the finances are handled right, Manny should be able to wipe the slate clean on his BIR and other woes, won't need to sell the Forbes property anymore, finance his Senate run, and have some balato for more intl chess events ! http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015... |
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