Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Sablayan is Hosting a Provincial Chess Festival



The most popular board game in the world that made many Filipinos famous has never been fully developed in Occidental Mindoro. While Oriental Mindoro is taking pride in the 12-time national champion Grandmaster (GM) Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. of Calapan, Occidental Mindoro is still on its way to discover such a GM-potential among our youth. By the way, GM Antonio a proud native of the other half of Tamarawlandia, is the second ranked player in the Philippines and number 391 in the world. We have so many young talents in the sports but never been fully developed, a determined chess program must be immediately put into flesh.

Responding to such challenge, the newly-formed Occidental Mindoro Chess Academy (OMCA) led by Mr. Renator G. Gatuz and Mayor Eduardo B. Gadiano are holding a Provincial Chess Festival scheduled on October 27, 2018, Saturday, at Sablayan Astrodome in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro. Along with GM Gatuz, OMCC’s other “pieces of rank” as I have told before are Frederick D. Isip, Branch Head of Social Security System (SSS) in San Jose, GM Renato G. Gatuz of San Jose Water District and Mr. Emmanuel “Noel” Asi, manager of United Coconut Planters Bank or UCPB also of San Jose.

The 7 rounds Swiss System Chess Tournament will be employed in an outing dubbed as First Mayor Eduardo B. Gadiano Chess Festival. In a Swiss-system tournament, players are never eliminated. Instead, players are paired in every round. The number of rounds is predetermined, and the winner is the player who earns the most points by the end of the tournament. Players typically earn a single point for a win and a half-point for a draw, though other scoring systems are possible. In every round, each player is paired against an opponent who has the same or a similar number of points in the tournament. 

There will be a Php 100.00 membership fee per participant to cover expenses such as the rental of clocks, tables and chairs, among others. The remaining amount will be utilized to purchase other training materials for the academy.

With regards to the rating of the participants, the OMCA issued this advisory: “This tournament shall be rated. The OMCA has its own rating system which will be used to measure player’s tournament performance and future progress. A provisional rating of 15000 shall be assigned to unrated players in Kiddies Division, while provisional rating of 1700 shall be assigned to unrated players in Open Division.”  They in the OMCA will also explain to the children participants, if need arises, how to use the chess clock.

For additional information, you may visit and join the Facebook Group of Occidental Mindoro Chess Academy or contact Mr. Elmer Dimafilis at CP No. 09075531545 for further details.

This chess festival falls part in Mayor Gadiano’s program for sports development for the youth in the widest possible reach. Since he considers Occidental Mindoro Chess Academy as a scholastic local chess club, they would provide a challenge for young participants while helping build confidence and self-esteem.

The chess festival in Sablayan offers a combination of educational and social activity so every enthusiast, young and old from all over Occidental Mindoro, are invited to join…



References:
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/the-swiss-system-611537


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