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Problem Solved!!

October 8, 2006


It is hard to find the latest chess news. No TV coverage, no radio broadcast, we do not know even the champions and the tournaments in our neighborhood. Now, the PROBLEM IS SOLVED!!.
This is the solution, to bring the latest updates of Chess in Mindanao. Start viewing at this web site for the latest
updates!

If you have chess stories and tournaments to announce, start sending at this site thru mindanaochess@gmail.com.
This was originally established to complement the then biggest chess event in northern mindanao, the 2006 National Inter-Province Chess Championship and the Governor Oscar Moreno Cup at the Atrium Center, Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City last October 26-31, 2006. The event was very successful with the participation of most of the grandmasters and international masters . The venue is world class and been regarded as the best in this part of the world.
                                                
                                                       
 
                                                              


HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE CHESS

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1947 - 1st National Championship won by Horacio Tagle.
1956 - Philippine Chess Federation recognized by FIDE
1957 - Rodolfo Tan Cardoso awarded International Master - the first in Asia Cardoso became World Junior Champion
1966 - 1970 - Florencio Campomanes elected Zone President
1974 - 1982 - Campomanes appointed FIDE Deputy Pres. for ASIA
1974 - Eugene Torre at 22years old became Asia's first Grandmaster
1974 - Rosendo Balinas, Jr. awarded International Master's Title
1976 - IM Rosendo Balinas, Jr. achieved 10-4 win in Ukraine
1978 - World Championship Match bet Karpov and Korchnoi in Baguio City
1981 - ASEAN Games held in Manila
1982 - Florencio Campomanes elected FIDE President
1992 - Chess Olympiad held in Manila (Organized by Florencio Campomanes)
Aug 27, 2000 - National Chess Federation of the Philippines was recognized by FIDE
2004 - IM Mark Paragua outplayed Russian GM Veniamen Shtyrenkov in the penultimate round of the Alushta Tournament in Ukraine to complete his GM requirement and became the 6th and youngest Filipino GM (at age 20)
2005 - 24th ASEAN Games in Manila
2005 - 3rd ASEAN Paragames in Manila

2006 - 1st President GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO International Open and Chess Challenge heldNo Image

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