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                    [Title] => Antonio leads Final 4 bets
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Grandmaster Joey Antonio clinched a place in the Final Four, disposing of what looked like his biggest opposition to a P1-million payoff by playing International Master Luis Chiong to a draw in the quarterfinals of the Chess Pambansa Millennium Grand Prix at the PNB Finance Center yesterday.

not_entAntonio steered clear of possible complications in an endgame to force Chiong to a draw, which was all he needed to enter the semifinal round where he battles the winner in the playoff between I [DatePublished] => 2000-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108396 [Title] => Torre falls in marathon duel [Summary] =>

If ever there was a changing of the guard in Philippine chess, it was graphically demonstrated last night when teener Oliver Dimakiling pushed GM Eugene Torre to the limit and ousted the top seeded player right in the first round of the Chess Pambansa Millennium Grand Prix at the PNB Financial Center in Pasay.

The 18-year-old Dimakiling, needing to win in six minutes with the white pieces, relentlessly attacked Torre's queenside with his Two Knights Opening and clinched the 49-move win when the 48-year-old Torre squirmed in time trouble and lost via time forfeit. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

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