CHESS | MANILA- 12th Asian Seniors Chess Championships open in Tagaytay

The 12th Asian Seniors Chess Championships get underway on Sunday, October 15, with Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president and Tagaytay City Mayor Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, Cavite Vice Governor Athena Bryana Tolentino and Asian Chess Federation Executive Director Casto “Toti” Abundo gracing the opening ceremony at 10 a.m. at the Knights Templar Ridge Hotel in Tagaytay City.

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Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino (right) and Cavite Vice Governor Athena Bryana Tolentino are the special guests at the opening ceremony of the 12th Asian Seniors Chess Championships on Sunday, October 15, at the Knights Templar Ridge Hotel in Tagaytay City. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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The three guests of honor are expected to deliver inspirational messages to the participants in this weeklong tournament which ends on Saturday, October 21.

Ten countries have so far been represented in the 50 years old and above and the 65 years old and above categories.

A guaranteed cash prize of $3,000 awaits the winners.

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International Master Chito Garma who topped the Asian Seniors in Tagaytay City in 2018; Grandmaster Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. who finished second in the World Seniors in Italy in 2017; and International Master Angelo Abundo Young, who finished eighth in the World Seniors in Bucharest, Romania in 2019, head the list of Filipino participants in the nine-round tournament.

Leading the foreign cast are Galymzhan Ibrahev, Yelena Gaichenya and Irina Bulonova of Kazakhstan; Helen Milligan of New Zealand; Hamdani Rudin of Indonesia; Ahmad Ismail of Malaysia; Joseph Ebenezer of India; and Badrakh Bat-Erdene of Mongolia in the 50-above category.

The favorites in 65-above are Miles Paterson of Australia; Aitkazy Baimurzin, Inna Matveyeva, Tuleurek Demezhanov and Biket Zharokov of Kazakhstan; Pricha Srivatanakul of Thailand; and Kia Mwa Lim of Malaysia.

The other Filipinos in the tournament are Barlo Nadera, Enrique Paciencia, Carlos Edgardo Garma, Rodolfo “Jun” Panopio, Danilo Reyes, Ferdinand Olivares, George Ulsano and Arnel Penero in the 50-above and Adrian Ros Pacis, Antonio Molina, Mario Mangubat, Quirino Sagario, Rodolfo Enrique “Rudy” Rivera, Joselito Dormitorio and defending champion Jose Efren Bagamasbad in the 65-above division.

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