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                    [Title] => PSC comes to the rescue of Filipino chessers, okays  trip to Bled Olympiad
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Sports Commission has granted a P1-million assistance to the grandmaster Eugene Torre-captained national team of six men and four women to the 35th Bled (Slovenia) Chess Olympiad.


The PSC, in its weekly board meeting Tuesday, agreed to fund the team’s campaign to the biennial tournament that is considered the Olympics of chess. The tournament is slated Oct. 25 to Nov. 11.
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GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr. underscored the team’s big rebound by outclassing IM Antonio Fernandez in 32 moves of a Sicilian encounter while the three other Filipinos drew their respective matches to preserve the win.
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                    [Title] => PSC comes to the rescue of Filipino chessers, okays  trip to Bled Olympiad
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Sports Commission has granted a P1-million assistance to the grandmaster Eugene Torre-captained national team of six men and four women to the 35th Bled (Slovenia) Chess Olympiad.


The PSC, in its weekly board meeting Tuesday, agreed to fund the team’s campaign to the biennial tournament that is considered the Olympics of chess. The tournament is slated Oct. 25 to Nov. 11.
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GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr. underscored the team’s big rebound by outclassing IM Antonio Fernandez in 32 moves of a Sicilian encounter while the three other Filipinos drew their respective matches to preserve the win.
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