(UPDATE) UNITED States-based Grandmaster (GM) Julio Catalino Sadorra will make a return as the country's top board player in the 44th World Chess Olympiad set September 10 to 23 in Budapest, Hungary.
UNITED States-based Grandmaster Julio Catalino Sadorra will make a return as the country's top board player in the 44th World Chess Olympiad set September 10 to 23 in Budapest, Hungary.The 37-year-old Sadorra was recently named by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines into the Budapest-bound national team that also has reigning national champion International Master Daniel Quizon, GM John Paul Gomez and IMs Paolo Bersamina and Jan Emmanuel Garcia with GM Eugene Torre as coach.
He skipped the 2022 edition in Chennai, India as well as two online staging of the same meet in 2020 and 2021 due to his commitments with family as well as with UT Dallas chess team where he is the coach.'We're thrilled to have him back,' said NCFP Chief Executive Officer GM Jayson Gonzales.The women's team, for its part, will have WGM Janelle Frayna, WIM Jan Jodilyn Fronda and Woman FIDE Master Ruelle Canino — the reigning national women's champion.
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