Above, National Chess Federation of the Philippines Chairman/President Prospero A. Pichay, Jr. makes the ceremonial opening moves with GM Murtas Kazghaleyev of Kazakhstan. Looking on are, from left, NCFP directors Valentino Rosabal, Red Dumuk, Judge Gonzalo Mapili, Brother Rolly...
Georgian, Iranian GMs share Pichay honors
Georgian, Iranian GMs share Pichay honorsBy Marlon BernardinoCebu Daily NewsFirst Posted 10:35:00 10/08/2009 TOP SEED Georgian GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili and Iranian GM Esham Ghaem Maghami beat their respective rivals in the ninth and final round yesterday to share top...
Georgian GM captures crown; RP’s Antonio finishes 3rd
Georgian GM captures crown; RP’s Antonio finishes 3rd10/07/2009 04:39 PM Top seed GM Mikhail Mchedlishvili of Georgia edged fellow GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami of Iran in the tiebreak to capture the title even as GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr. finished a...
Vintage Torre goes to work in Pichay chessfest
Vintage Torre goes to work in Pichay chessfest10/05/2009 11:45 AMAsia’s first GM Eugene Torre displayed vintage form to topple fifth seed GM Abhijeet Gupta of India in a keenly-watched battle to forge a seven-way tie for the lead in...
Fifth Prospero Pichay Cup
Causo upsets highly-rated Kazakh for share of chess lead10/04/2009 02:45 PM Little-known Deniel Causo provided the biggest surprise in the fifth Prospero Pichay Cup international chess championship, pulling the rug from under No. 14 seed GM Anuar Ismagambetov of...
Li Chao wins PCC, So third
So, Villamayor third in Pichay Chess Cup09/19/2008 07:08 PM MANILA, Philippines – Grandmasters Wesley So and Buenaventura “Bong” Villamayor became the highest-ranked Filipino chess players in the 4th Prospero Pichay International Open Chess tournament to finish tied at fourth...
Tight race at Pichay Cup
Pichay chess: Paragua, Bitoon in logjam at secondBy Roy LuarcaPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 02:28:00 09/17/2008 MANILA, Philippines—Grandmaster Mark Paragua carried the fight for the Filipinos on Monday in the fourth Prospero Pichay Cup international chess championship at the Duty...
RP players within striking distance
RP chessers in Pichay Cup within striking distanceabs-cbnNEWS.com 09/16/2008 7:27 PM Scores after Round 4: (RP unless stated) 3.5 points – M. Kazhgaleyev (Kazakhstan), S. Li (China) 3 points – R. Bitoon, S. Luldachev (Uzbekistan), Z. Zhong (Singapore), M....