2nd NATIONAL AGE GROUP 2009

THE second National Age-Group chess championship will be held as scheduled on Aug. 28-31 at the Victory Centrall Mall in Caloocan City.

A project of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), headed by president/chairman Prospero Pichay Jr. , in cooperation with the Victory Central Mall, the four-day competition will be held to determine the countrys representatives to the World Youth Chess Championships to be held on Nov. 11-23 in Antalya, Turkey.

NCFP executive/events director Willie Abalos said the tournament will be divided into two divisions: boys and girls.

A total of six categories will be played:

8 under – for players born on or after January 2001

10 under – born on or after January 1999

12 under – born on or after January 1997

14 under – born on or after January 1995

16 under – born on or after January 1993

18 under – born on or after January 1991

Source:
http://www.ncfphilippines.org/news.php?item.72.1