Seasoned chess campaigner Jhulo Goloran emerged champion in the Pozorrubio Invitational Chess Tournament held on Saturday in Pozorrubio, Pangasinan.
Goloran , who plays for the Manila Indios Bravos in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines , pocketed the P7,000 purse and the trophy for topping the tournament which drew 75 participants from all over Luzon.The one-day rapid chess tournament was jointly organized by the Sangguniang Bayan and the Sangguniang Kabataan as part of the town's grassroots chess development program. Goloran scored 6.
'I am very excited to see our young children beginning their life with chess,' said tournament director Engr. Ernesto Salcedo III, adding that the sport 'provides people with logic.' 'It provides people with a great order of process. It provides people the strategically meaningful processes of life,' he added.Salcedo is also the Vice Mayor of this first class municipality.
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