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                    [Title] => Garma won’t testify in chess game-fix
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The investigation conducted by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines concerning allegations of game-fixing and networking hit a snag after International Master Chito Garma recently said he would not testify against the accused.


Sources said players who participated in the Sinulog Chess Cup in Cebu City last week overheard Garma as saying that he never implicated Grandmaster Mark Paragua and IMs Ronald Dableo and Darwin Laylo in game-fixing allegations in a tournament in Tanauan, Batangas last year.


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                    [Title] => IM laughs off NCFP’s dubious move
                    [Summary] => International Master Chito Garma yesterday said he’d push through with his plan to boycott the National Open chess finals, muddled and chaotic as it seems, when it resumes on June 23 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.


The round-robin tournament, featuring the country’s top 16 players, is being held to determine the composition of the Philippine standard chess team to the 23rd SEA Games this November.


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                    [Title] => Liderato sinolo ni Laylo
                    [Summary] => Umiskor ng paniba-gong panalo si National Master Darwin Laylo upang ganap na solohin ang liderato patungo sa huling anim na round ng National Chess Cham-pionship sa Tagaytay International Convention center.


Tinalo ni Laylo ang kapwa niya NM na si Rolando Nolte matapos ang 56-move ng Center-Counter Game kahapon upang trangkuhan ang pangunguna matapos na makaipon ng kabuuang 8 puntos kung saan may-roon lang itong kalahating puntos na agwat sa dating co-leader na si Jayson Gonzales at International Master Chito Garma na kapwa nanaig sa kani-kanilang kalaban.


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                    [Title] => New chess association sets meeting
                    [Summary] => The newly-formed Philippine Chess Masters Association is holding an officers’ meeting tomorrow to map out plans for its forthcoming chess tournaments starting in December.


Venue is the Aspire Solutions office of Noel Garcia on the 24th floor of Pacific Star Bldg. in Ermita, Manila. The meeting starts at 4 p.m.


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                    [Title] => Young Paragua regains lead; Torre joint second
                    [Summary] => Mark Paragua dealt fellow International Master  Chito Garma a stunning defeat yesterday to regain the solo lead going into the last four rounds of the  National Chess Championship at the 17th floor (Penthouse) of the All Asia Center in Makati.


The 18-year-old GM candidate who admits to have a winning record over Garma in the last few years again essayed the classical lines of the Alekhine to earn his eighth point and move closer to the title and the P150,000 cash prize that goes with it.


Paragua‘s next opponent is no less than Grandmaster Bong Villamayor.


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                    [Title] => Garma wrests solo chess lead
                    [Summary] => On a day of changing fortunes, it was International Master Chito Garma who emerged as solo leader after getting the full point against NM Alex Milagrosa in the ninth round of the Grand Finals of the National Chess Championship at the 17th floor (Penthouse) of the All Asia Capital Center in Paseo de Roxas, Makati City.


Garma, who disposed of Milagrosa in 34 moves of a French Defense game, was one of only three winners in the men’s hostilities in the ninth round, as Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Joey Antonio failed to make any headway and settled for fighting draws.


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                    [Title] => Pacis, Balico shine in chess semis
                    [Summary] => National Masters Adriano Pacis and Jerome Balico provided the fireworks in an otherwise uneventful ninth round in the semifinals of the National Chess Championship yesterday, as they turned back higher seeded opponents to stay on track for a place in the championship round.


On a quiet Sunday morning at the Centermall of the Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan, Pacis exploded with a 38-move victory over top seed NM Ronald Dableo, even as the 27-year old Balico toppled FIDE Master Fernie Donguines after 51 moves of an Alekhine.


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                    [Title] => Bitoon shares lead with Torre
                    [Summary] => Standings after Round 6: (Men’s) Torre, Bitoon, 4.5; Antonio, Sayson, Garma, 4.0; Villamayor, Senador, Datu, 3.0; Gonzales, 2.5; Laylo, 2.0; Olay, 1.0; Sales, 0.5.


(Women’s) Mendoza, 5.0; Mariano, 4.5; Toledo, Lomibao, 4.0; Torres, 3.5; Flores, 3.0; Joya, 2.5; Rivera, Cruz, 2.0; Caños, Castillo, Itaas, 1.5.


International Master Chito Garma stalled tourney helmsman Richard Bitoon even as NM Reggie Olay stole the thunder from GM Bong Villamayor yesterday afternoon in Round 6 of the National Open Chess Championships finals series.
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                    [Title] => Garma draws 1st blood, rips Olay
                    [Summary] => International Master Chito Garma bucked the loss of his queen to beat National Master Reggie Olay yesterday to emerge the lone winner in the first round of the round-robin final of the National Open Chess championships at the SSS building in Quezon City.


Handling the white pieces, Garma, who earned his IM title only last year, sacrificed his queen on the 16th move for three pieces — a rook, a bishop and a knight — on his way to victory in 46 moves of a Sicilian Defense (Alapin Variation).


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INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHITO GARMA

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Sources said players who participated in the Sinulog Chess Cup in Cebu City last week overheard Garma as saying that he never implicated Grandmaster Mark Paragua and IMs Ronald Dableo and Darwin Laylo in game-fixing allegations in a tournament in Tanauan, Batangas last year.


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                    [Title] => Liderato sinolo ni Laylo
                    [Summary] => Umiskor ng paniba-gong panalo si National Master Darwin Laylo upang ganap na solohin ang liderato patungo sa huling anim na round ng National Chess Cham-pionship sa Tagaytay International Convention center.


Tinalo ni Laylo ang kapwa niya NM na si Rolando Nolte matapos ang 56-move ng Center-Counter Game kahapon upang trangkuhan ang pangunguna matapos na makaipon ng kabuuang 8 puntos kung saan may-roon lang itong kalahating puntos na agwat sa dating co-leader na si Jayson Gonzales at International Master Chito Garma na kapwa nanaig sa kani-kanilang kalaban.


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                    [Title] => New chess association sets meeting
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                    [Title] => Young Paragua regains lead; Torre joint second
                    [Summary] => Mark Paragua dealt fellow International Master  Chito Garma a stunning defeat yesterday to regain the solo lead going into the last four rounds of the  National Chess Championship at the 17th floor (Penthouse) of the All Asia Center in Makati.


The 18-year-old GM candidate who admits to have a winning record over Garma in the last few years again essayed the classical lines of the Alekhine to earn his eighth point and move closer to the title and the P150,000 cash prize that goes with it.


Paragua‘s next opponent is no less than Grandmaster Bong Villamayor.


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Garma, who disposed of Milagrosa in 34 moves of a French Defense game, was one of only three winners in the men’s hostilities in the ninth round, as Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Joey Antonio failed to make any headway and settled for fighting draws.


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                    [Title] => Pacis, Balico shine in chess semis
                    [Summary] => National Masters Adriano Pacis and Jerome Balico provided the fireworks in an otherwise uneventful ninth round in the semifinals of the National Chess Championship yesterday, as they turned back higher seeded opponents to stay on track for a place in the championship round.


On a quiet Sunday morning at the Centermall of the Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan, Pacis exploded with a 38-move victory over top seed NM Ronald Dableo, even as the 27-year old Balico toppled FIDE Master Fernie Donguines after 51 moves of an Alekhine.


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                    [Title] => Bitoon shares lead with Torre
                    [Summary] => Standings after Round 6: (Men’s) Torre, Bitoon, 4.5; Antonio, Sayson, Garma, 4.0; Villamayor, Senador, Datu, 3.0; Gonzales, 2.5; Laylo, 2.0; Olay, 1.0; Sales, 0.5.


(Women’s) Mendoza, 5.0; Mariano, 4.5; Toledo, Lomibao, 4.0; Torres, 3.5; Flores, 3.0; Joya, 2.5; Rivera, Cruz, 2.0; Caños, Castillo, Itaas, 1.5.


International Master Chito Garma stalled tourney helmsman Richard Bitoon even as NM Reggie Olay stole the thunder from GM Bong Villamayor yesterday afternoon in Round 6 of the National Open Chess Championships finals series.
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                    [Title] => Garma draws 1st blood, rips Olay
                    [Summary] => International Master Chito Garma bucked the loss of his queen to beat National Master Reggie Olay yesterday to emerge the lone winner in the first round of the round-robin final of the National Open Chess championships at the SSS building in Quezon City.


Handling the white pieces, Garma, who earned his IM title only last year, sacrificed his queen on the 16th move for three pieces — a rook, a bishop and a knight — on his way to victory in 46 moves of a Sicilian Defense (Alapin Variation).


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