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GM Mark Paragua, feeling the pressure of playing on the top board in the early rounds, finally settled down with his game and essayed an impressive 22-move victory over GM Hannes Stefansson in their Spanish game to spark the Filipinos’ romp over a squad ranked eight rungs higher than them.


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GM Mark Paragua, who rose to No. 99 in the world last April, debuts as the Philippine team’s board one player and he is expected to frolic against Roy Phillips, an untitled rival from the 107-ranked Mauritius squad.


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Thanks to Surigao Rep. Prospero "Butch" Pichay, the new president of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, the Olympiad-bound Filipinos are "armed to the teeth."


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GM Mark Paragua, feeling the pressure of playing on the top board in the early rounds, finally settled down with his game and essayed an impressive 22-move victory over GM Hannes Stefansson in their Spanish game to spark the Filipinos’ romp over a squad ranked eight rungs higher than them.


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RP faces all-GM Dutch in vital tiff

June 3, 2006 - 12:00am

The Philippines faces probably its toughest test in its quest for a Top 10 finish in this year’s World Chess Olympiad as it plays eighth-ranked the Netherlands in a crucial 11th round match that could make or...

Sports

RP humbles Iceland, rises to joint 14th

May 30, 2006 - 12:00am

The Philippines, showing the real stuff it is made of, stunned 27th-seed Iceland, 3.5-0.5, Sunday in a seventh round victory that revived the Filipinos’ hopes for a top 10 finish in the men’s division of...

Sports

RP chessers face lowly Mauritius

May 22, 2006 - 12:00am

The Philippines drew an easy first round assignment in lowly-ranked Mauritius, hoping to score a sweep and gain an early boost in its campaign in the 2006 Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy which got underway Sunday...

Sports

RP chessers brace for Turin Olympiad

By Abac Cordero | May 13, 2006 - 12:00am

Under a new president, Philippine chess is hoping to reach new heights. Members of the national chess team, in fact, have never had it so good as they prepare for the 37th World Chess Olympiad, which takes place...

Sports