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                    [Title] => Stellar field vies in Subic Open pool
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The first Subic-Olongapo Open Pool Championship gets going April 21 with a banner field vying for the top $10,000 prize at the Olongapo City Convention Center on April 21-23.

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"Your achievements just goes to show that we remain very competitive in chess internationally and have made our countrymen proud," ani Buhain sa dalawang GMs nang dumalaw ito sa kanyang opisina kamakailan.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253506 [Title] => Mariano becomes RP’s 5th GM [Summary] => Ten years after he ruled the Asian Juniors in Malaysia and nine after he obtained his first GM norm in Singapore, Nelson Mariano II became the fifth Filipino grandmaster when he clinched the third and last part of the elusive GM title yesterday in the first ASEAN Chess Confederation GM Circuit in Bangkok.

Needing two points in the last two rounds to complete the required number of points for a GM norm, Mariano did just that, halving the point with eventual winner GM Nguyen Anh Dung of Vietnam in the morning match and then drawing with Myanmar GM Zaw Win Lay in the afternoon.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253248 [Title] => Mariano moves 2 points closer to GM title [Summary] => Former Asian Junior champion Nelson Mariano II inched closer to a dream grandmaster title by beating GM Zaw Win Lay of Myanmar in the morning match Tuesday then trounced IM Aung Thant Zin later in the First ASEAN GM chess tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.

Those victories hiked Mariano’s output to 4.5 points, half-a-point behind Vietnam GM Nguyen Anh Dung in the tough double-round robin event featuring six players. But more importantly, it moved the 29-year-old Mariano to within two points of obtaining the third and final GM norm with four rounds to go.
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Stronger than the 1992 Olympiad teams, tougher than the winning 1995 Asian Team Championships squad, and definitely a lot better than the crew which lost to Kazakhstan in their duel for the World Team Championship berth in 1997.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 228843 [Title] => Chess, wushu aim for 6 golds [Summary] => The Philippines can expect a combined six-gold medal haul, at least, from a sport debuting in the Southeast Asian Games and a consistent gold medal source when the country bids for a fourth-place finish in next month’s SEA Games in Vietnam.

Grandmaster Eugene Torre, skipper of a crack 11-player chess squad, predicted yesterday that the team is capable of bringing home no less than two gold medals in the sport, which will be played for the very first time in the biennial regional meet.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226149 [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.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224469 [Title] => Cantada rues lack of PNSA support [Summary] => The Philippine National Shooting Association is under fire.

And firing the opening salvo yesterday was Therese Cantada, a member of the RP shooting team since 1992, who denounced the way PNSA affairs are being run, managed and controlled by its president, Art Macapagal.

Cantada, whose younger brother Gerard was a former member of the RP golf team, rued the lack of support the 22 members of the national shooting team are getting from the association, particularly on the training aspect.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223459 [Title] => Nat’l shooters aim to improve KL Games feat [Summary] => Former Olympian and incumbent shooting president Art Macapagal yesterday predicted that "(Filipino) shooters will do better in the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games than in the (Kuala Lumpur) competitions two years ago."
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                    [Title] => Stellar field vies in Subic Open pool
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The first Subic-Olongapo Open Pool Championship gets going April 21 with a banner field vying for the top $10,000 prize at the Olongapo City Convention Center on April 21-23.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259909 [Title] => Mariano,Antonio pinuri ni Buhain [Summary] => Pinapurihan ni Philippine Sports Commission chairman sina Grandfmasters Nelson Mariano II at Rogelio ‘Joey’ Antonio dahil sa kanilang mata-gumpay na kampanyang pang-international kama-kailan na nagpatotoong ang mga Pinoy chess players ay pawang world class.

"Your achievements just goes to show that we remain very competitive in chess internationally and have made our countrymen proud," ani Buhain sa dalawang GMs nang dumalaw ito sa kanyang opisina kamakailan.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253506 [Title] => Mariano becomes RP’s 5th GM [Summary] => Ten years after he ruled the Asian Juniors in Malaysia and nine after he obtained his first GM norm in Singapore, Nelson Mariano II became the fifth Filipino grandmaster when he clinched the third and last part of the elusive GM title yesterday in the first ASEAN Chess Confederation GM Circuit in Bangkok.

Needing two points in the last two rounds to complete the required number of points for a GM norm, Mariano did just that, halving the point with eventual winner GM Nguyen Anh Dung of Vietnam in the morning match and then drawing with Myanmar GM Zaw Win Lay in the afternoon.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253248 [Title] => Mariano moves 2 points closer to GM title [Summary] => Former Asian Junior champion Nelson Mariano II inched closer to a dream grandmaster title by beating GM Zaw Win Lay of Myanmar in the morning match Tuesday then trounced IM Aung Thant Zin later in the First ASEAN GM chess tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.

Those victories hiked Mariano’s output to 4.5 points, half-a-point behind Vietnam GM Nguyen Anh Dung in the tough double-round robin event featuring six players. But more importantly, it moved the 29-year-old Mariano to within two points of obtaining the third and final GM norm with four rounds to go.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230043 [Title] => Chess to make strongest move for honors [Summary] => It may not be the best but it sure is the strongest chess team ever assembled in recent years.

Stronger than the 1992 Olympiad teams, tougher than the winning 1995 Asian Team Championships squad, and definitely a lot better than the crew which lost to Kazakhstan in their duel for the World Team Championship berth in 1997.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 228843 [Title] => Chess, wushu aim for 6 golds [Summary] => The Philippines can expect a combined six-gold medal haul, at least, from a sport debuting in the Southeast Asian Games and a consistent gold medal source when the country bids for a fourth-place finish in next month’s SEA Games in Vietnam.

Grandmaster Eugene Torre, skipper of a crack 11-player chess squad, predicted yesterday that the team is capable of bringing home no less than two gold medals in the sport, which will be played for the very first time in the biennial regional meet.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226149 [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.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224469 [Title] => Cantada rues lack of PNSA support [Summary] => The Philippine National Shooting Association is under fire.

And firing the opening salvo yesterday was Therese Cantada, a member of the RP shooting team since 1992, who denounced the way PNSA affairs are being run, managed and controlled by its president, Art Macapagal.

Cantada, whose younger brother Gerard was a former member of the RP golf team, rued the lack of support the 22 members of the national shooting team are getting from the association, particularly on the training aspect.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223459 [Title] => Nat’l shooters aim to improve KL Games feat [Summary] => Former Olympian and incumbent shooting president Art Macapagal yesterday predicted that "(Filipino) shooters will do better in the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games than in the (Kuala Lumpur) competitions two years ago."
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223495 [Title] => National shooters kumpiyansa sa Vietnam SEA Games [Summary] => Sinabi ni dating Olympian at shooting president Art Macapagal na mas maganda ang magiging performance ng RP shooter sa nalalapit na Vietnam Southeast Asian Games para higitan ang kanilang pagtatapos sa Kuala Lumpur SEAG noong nakaraang dalawang taon.
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