MANILA, Philippines - Second seed Jose Madriaga halved the point with No. 11 Steven Dacanay after 46 moves of a King’s Indian Defense in the fifth and final round and ruled the MCC 1850 below standard chess tourney held over the weekend at St. Francis Square in Mandaluyong City.
Madriaga, who works as an engineer at Emerson Electic Corp. for Asia, posted a total output of 4.5 points with four wins and one draw and claimed his second MCC title. He went home richer by P3,000.
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MCC holds monthly chess
MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Chess Club announces the holding of an 1850 below standard chess tourney on Aug. 15 at the lower 2F of St. Francis Square located behind SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City.
This monthly tourney is open to beginners,unrated and rated players with NCFP standard ratings not over 1850. Two schedules are available, namely: the two-day event with 90 minutes time control and the one-day affair with shorter time control in the first three games. The two-day chessfest will start at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday Aug. 15 while the one-day tourney is set at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16.
This monthly tourney is open to beginners,unrated and rated players with NCFP standard ratings not over 1850. Two schedules are available, namely: the two-day event with 90 minutes time control and the one-day affair with shorter time control in the first three games. The two-day chessfest will start at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday Aug. 15 while the one-day tourney is set at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16.
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