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While completing in the 2016 Chess Olympiad, Fronda's endgame win against GM Bela Khotenashvili was pivotal to the Filipina team's upset of Georgia in the second round. [10] [11] Fronda, after teaching chess in Singapore at the Asean Chess Academy for two years, again won the women's national chess championship of the Philippines in 2019.
Daniel Quizon (born November 10, 2004) is a Filipino chess player and the current Philippine Chess Champion. [2] He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2024. [3] He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021, [4] where he was defeated 1.5-0.5 by Evgeny Bareev in the first round. [5]
Janelle Mae Frayna (born May 19, 1996) is a Filipina chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2017, becoming the first from the Philippines to achieve this. She is a 3-time and the current Philippine Women's Chess Champion. [1]
The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) is the governing chess organization in the Philippines. [2] It is a non-profit organization and a member of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and part of the Philippine Olympic Committee .
The champion arrived and left in a personalized car, decorated with the words: “The new king in the kingdom of chess!” The 18-year-old landed in Chennai having also completed a bungee jump in ...
The Philippine Chess Championship is organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP). Champions before 2008
The Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) was formed by Filipino lawyer Paul Elauria who also became the league's first commissioner. [1] The league was launched in 2020, although plans relating to the establishment of the first professional chess league in the Philippines has already been made years ago.
Team Philippines achieved its initial highest finish of 11th place at the 1974 Chess Olympiad which was improved on by the 1988 Philippine Team. Bronze Medal (Individual Standings, Board 1): 24th Chess Olympiad (1980 Valletta, Malta) where he scored 11 points in 14 games (nine wins, four draws, and one loss) for a winning percentage of 78.6% ...