With only three rounds left, the 17-year-old Philippine team mainstay has positioned herself for a better sight of the championship and the outright Grandmaster and International Master titles at stake in this first ever Gov ... a rook for a bishop ... ....
A draw with countryman IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia in the fifth round put the Grandmaster title-seeking Yap in third place, via tiebreaker, behind co-leaders IM Munkhdalai Amilal of Mongolia and IM V S Raahul of India who scores 4 points apiece ... ....
... . The Cebu City standout Yap trounced IM Kamotra Soham of India to face Garcia, winner over fellow Filipino IM Michael Concio Jr, on board 2 match as they now shared the spot with 3 points apiece. ... ... ... ... ... .
IT took a wonder boy from the landlocked province of Bukidnon to put Baguio City in the golden map of the just-concluded 2025 BatangPinoy national chess finals in General Santos City... The rest, as pundits say, is history ... ....
First to lay the upset axe was Angele Tenshi Biete of Las Piñas City who brought down FilipinoGrandmasterDarwin Laylo... He even followed it with a weird h3 some moves later in an unfamiliar setup of the opening phase ... ....
NATIONAL MasterAlexander Lupian, regarded as the first ever chess Olympian from Davao Region and one of the greatest chess players from Mindanao, passed away on Oct. 4, 2025 after suffering from his second stroke. He was 65 ... on his Facebook wall ... ....
Starring your preteen crush, PaulLynde...Next year will mark 50 years since the Paul Lynde HalloweenSpecial aired ... He sang it during the Paul Lynde special, too, but this time, it touched much more poignantly.