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Young grandmaster Mark Paragua, aching to regain a spot in the elite top 100 of FIDE rating list, lost eight precious points but remained the leading Filipino player in the prestigious ladder.


Already out of the elite group last July, Paragua, 22, saw his 2607 rating dip even further to 2599 this month.


Paragua barged into the top 100 early this year to become the first Filipino to do so since Eugene Torre accomplished the feat in the early 90s.


Torre, 55, for his part, gained nine points to improve from No. 3 with a 2543 rating to No. 2 with a 2552.

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                    [Title] => Paragua leads RP chessers romp
                    [Summary] => SINGAPORE — Filipino players, led by reigning co-champion grandmaster Mark Paragua, got off to an auspicious start in the 2005 Singapore Masters and Challengers International Open chess championships at the Hotel Royal here yesterday.


Paragua whipped Vietnamese women’s international master Nguyen Le Thao in 31 moves of a Queen’s Pawn Opening. 


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                    [Title] => Paragua RP’s No. 2 chesser; Antonio on top
                    [Summary] => Grandmaster-candidate Mark Paragua has moved up as the country’s second-ranked chess player based on the October ratings released by the International Chess Federation (FIDE).


The country was finally included in the list after the National Chess Federation of the Philippines paid its annual dues amounting to 6,000 Swiss franks to the FIDE.


The 19-year-old Paragua improved his ELO rating to 2511 from the original 2500.


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                    [Title] => Datu advances to next round
                    [Summary] => Fide Master Idelfonso Datu barged into the finals as he settled for a quick draw with National Master Darwin Laylo of Marikina City yesterday in the penultimate round of the National Open Chess Championship at the Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan.


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                    [Title] => Martinez, hari sa V. Lina Open Active Chessfest
                    [Summary] => Nakuntento sa pakikipagtabla  si National Master Rolly Martinez kontra International master Barlo Nadera sa final round upang pagharian ang katatapos na 1st V. Luna Invitational Open Active Chess tournament noong Linggo na ginanap sa #57 V. Luna road sa Diliman, Quezon City.


Hawak ang puting piyesa, nag-alok ng draw ang 11th seed na si Martinez, miyembro ng kasalukuyang AFP-PNP chess team titlist Philippine Navy kontra fourth seed Nadera sa 20 sulungan ng French Defense  upang ma-kalikom ng 6 puntos sa pitong sagupaan upang makopo ang titulo.


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                    [Title] => Antonio blasts NCFP official on five masters’ stint
                    [Summary] => Grandmaster Joey Antonio did not take part in last week’s RP Blitz event because he was not allowed to join at the last minute by National Chess Federation of the Philippines executive director Bobby Ang.


"Ang totoo, hindi ko alam kung bakit hindi na kami pinayagan ni Eugene (GM Torre) na sumali nung nagdesisyon na ulit kami na sumali."


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                    [Title] => PCF bets victims of politics
                    [Summary] => ISTANBUL, Turkey — "We are victims of politics."


These were the words of veteran chess player Petronio  Roca as organizers, acting on orders of officials close to former International Chess Federation (FIDE) president Florencio Campomanes, blocked Saturday the entry of the Philippine chess team sent by the Philippine Chess Federation.


The World Chess Olympics opened Saturday.


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                    [Title] => Chess RP team sa Olympiad kompleto na
                    [Summary] => Inihayag na ng Philippine Chess Federation (PCF) ang kanilang opisyal na delegasyon para sa 34th World Chess Olympiad at sa 71st FIDE Congress na nakatakda sa Oct. 27 hanggang Nov. 12 sa Istanbul, Turkey.


Ito’y sina GM Rogelio Barcenilla na lilipad mula sa San Francisco, CA, USA, IM Richard Bitoon na nakuha ang IM title sa 2000 Asian Zone, IM Enrique Paciencia na nakuha rin ang IM title sa Zonals, IM Petronio Roca, IM Jayson Gonzales at NM Rolly Martinez.


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                    [Title] => Rival groups to send own  Olympiad chess teams?
                    [Summary] => With the last attempt to unify the feuding Philippine Chess Federation and the National Chess Federation of the Philippines bogging down, the two groups have vowed to send their respective delegations to the World Chess Olympiad slated Oct. 27-Nov. 12 in Istanbul, Olympiad.


But while the PCF has its own set of backers which will help finance the participation of its five-player squad, the NCFP needed to seek the assistance of Malacañang after most of its perceived supporters backed out in the aftermath of the chess row.


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                    [Title] => Bong girds for tough grind ahead
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International Master Buenaventura "Bong" Villamayor is one of only two
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the world when he participates in the modern version of the world chess
championships this year in Hong Kong.

Villamayor earned that right Tuesday when he finished second to Vietnamese
Grandmaster Dao Thien Hai in the Zone 3.2A eliminations among 32 participants
from eight countries, including higher-rated Filipino GMs Eugene Torre and Joey
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Villamayor, who is always one of the top scorers in two Philippine Olympic
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Already out of the elite group last July, Paragua, 22, saw his 2607 rating dip even further to 2599 this month.


Paragua barged into the top 100 early this year to become the first Filipino to do so since Eugene Torre accomplished the feat in the early 90s.


Torre, 55, for his part, gained nine points to improve from No. 3 with a 2543 rating to No. 2 with a 2552.

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Paragua whipped Vietnamese women’s international master Nguyen Le Thao in 31 moves of a Queen’s Pawn Opening. 


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The country was finally included in the list after the National Chess Federation of the Philippines paid its annual dues amounting to 6,000 Swiss franks to the FIDE.


The 19-year-old Paragua improved his ELO rating to 2511 from the original 2500.


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Hawak ang puting piyesa, nag-alok ng draw ang 11th seed na si Martinez, miyembro ng kasalukuyang AFP-PNP chess team titlist Philippine Navy kontra fourth seed Nadera sa 20 sulungan ng French Defense  upang ma-kalikom ng 6 puntos sa pitong sagupaan upang makopo ang titulo.


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                    [Summary] => Grandmaster Joey Antonio did not take part in last week’s RP Blitz event because he was not allowed to join at the last minute by National Chess Federation of the Philippines executive director Bobby Ang.


"Ang totoo, hindi ko alam kung bakit hindi na kami pinayagan ni Eugene (GM Torre) na sumali nung nagdesisyon na ulit kami na sumali."


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The World Chess Olympics opened Saturday.


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Ito’y sina GM Rogelio Barcenilla na lilipad mula sa San Francisco, CA, USA, IM Richard Bitoon na nakuha ang IM title sa 2000 Asian Zone, IM Enrique Paciencia na nakuha rin ang IM title sa Zonals, IM Petronio Roca, IM Jayson Gonzales at NM Rolly Martinez.


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the world when he participates in the modern version of the world chess
championships this year in Hong Kong.

Villamayor earned that right Tuesday when he finished second to Vietnamese
Grandmaster Dao Thien Hai in the Zone 3.2A eliminations among 32 participants
from eight countries, including higher-rated Filipino GMs Eugene Torre and Joey
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Villamayor, who is always one of the top scorers in two Philippine Olympic
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