Santo Tomas City, Batangas - Asia's first chess grandmaster and hall-of-famer Eugene Torre has been invited as guest of honor during the opening ceremony of the Rotary International District (RID) 3820 open rapid chess tournament on Saturday, June 8, here at SM City.
Santo Tomas City, Batangas - Asia's first chess grandmaster and hall-of-famer Eugene Torre has been invited as guest of honor during the opening ceremony of the Rotary International District 3820 open rapid chess tournament on Saturday, June 8, here at SM City.RID 3820 district governor William Pastor Delloro Jr.
Torre, who earned his GM title in 1974, has played for the Philippine Olympiad team for a record 23 times and won three individual medals on board one: a silver at Nice in 1974 and bronze medals at Malta in 1980 and Dubai in 1986).This one-day Fide-rated chess competition will employ a time control of 15 minutes plus five seconds delay.It offers a P15,000 cash prize and trophy to the champion.
Torre To Grace Opening Of Chess Tournament In Batangas
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