Samantila rules chess
By CLYDE MARIANO
Fourteen-year-old Daryl Unix Samantila ruled the 2014 National Youth Chess boys under 15 division yesterday at the Rizal Memorial Sports building.
A former UAAP MVP and veteran of numerous ASEAN Age Group competitions, Samantila collected four points to clinch the title plus cash prize.
National Chess Federation of the Philippines executive director Jayson Gonzales awarded the prizes to Samantila.
Samantila, Haince Patrick de Leon, John Merill Jacutina, and Marie Antoinette San Diego finished with four points each, but the Malabon City native took the title by virtue of higher quotient.
“Maganda ang pasok sa akin ng taon sa panalo ko. Sana masundan pa ito,” said Samantila.
Kylen Joy Mordido dominated her rivals in the distaff side with 4.5 points.
Top seed Jesca Docena, Paula Mae Lim, Rizalyn Jasmine Tejada, and Jessiel Marino finished with identical four points.
Docena, however, took runnerup honors by virtue of a higher quotient.
Daniel Quizon and Daryl Villanueva topped the boys and girls 11-under, respectively, with similar 4.5 points.
Michael Concio, Justine Diego Mordido, and James Robert Perez checked in behind Quizon with similar four points.
“They are our future stars in chess. We initiated this grassroots competition to discover young promising talents who will someday represent the country in various international tournaments,” said Gonzales.
“This is the start of a long term, sustainable, and ambitious program of NCFP aimed at achieving success not only in the SEA Games, Asian Games, but also in Chess Olympiad,” noted Gonzales.
Source: http://sports.tempo.com.ph
Nice.