Pichay-Davis Cup chess listup on

MANILA, Philippines - Registration for the first Pichay and Davis Cup chess festival is ongoing with the event slated March 28 at the Blue Wave Mall along Macapagal Ave. in Pasay City.

The country’s top GMs, headed by Joey Antonio and Bong Villamayor, are expected to see action in the event, which will have four categories offering a total prize pot of P100,000. Group A will be an all Master Invitational, Group B an Open category, Group C under-20 tournament while Group D will be for players 12 years old and below. Deadline for listup is on Thursday (March 25). For details, contact Alex Dinoy at 0922-8288510 or or 0916-6882682.

No entry fee will be charged for Group A participants while fees for Groups B and C are pegged at P300 each and Group D P250. The first 100 early registrants will receive a laptop bag while the next 50 early registrants will receive a cellular phone case.

The tournament, organized and sponsored by Davis de Leon and National Chess Federation of the Philippines chairman and president Butch Pichay, will be limited to 300 participants on a first come, first served basis.