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Go Teng Kok, the NCFP president, made the decision to call off the tournament, which would select the composition of the RP team to this year’s SEA Games. The third round was supposed to be played yesterday.


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"I have decided not to join the National Championships because of unjust and unfair policies," Mariano told The STAR, three days before the start of the Olympiad qualifier in Tagaytay. "There is no use of playing when there is no level playing field."


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Torre, six others pull out; NCFP option stays

By Abac Cordero | June 10, 2005 - 12:00am

Instead of a solution, the National Chess Federation of the Philippines yesterday faced more problems when seven players led by Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Bong Villamayor pulled out of the National Open chess...

Sports

Chess finals up in air as Torre mulls move

By Abac Cordero | June 7, 2005 - 12:00am

It’s Eugene Torre’s move. Torre, Asia’s first Grandmaster, was given three days to decide whether or not to join the National Open chess finals which will help select the members of the Philippine...

Sports

Boycott forces cancellation of chess tiff

By Abac Cordero | June 6, 2005 - 12:00am

There’s trouble brewing in Philippine chess. Faced with a boycott by a big group of players, the National Chess Federation of the Philippines yesterday decided to cancel the men’s tournament altogether...

Sports

Mariano backs out of chess finals

September 16, 2004 - 12:00am

Saying there is no reason to play in a tournament without a level playing field, Grandmaster Nelson Mariano II yesterday backed out of the National Chess Championships, leaving one talented player out of the national...

Sports