Nat'l Inter-Province chessfest set April 1-5 in Aklan

Nat'l Inter-Province chessfest set April 1-5 in Aklan
THE National Inter-Province chess team championship, an annual event n the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) calendar, will be held on April 1-5 at the Cabagnot Training Center in Kalibo, Aklan.

This was announced by NCFP president/chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay and Aklan Gov. Carlito Marquez, who finalized the agreement for the staging of the prestigious five-day competition pitting top players from different provinces in the country.

A guaranteed cash prize of P100,000 and trophy await the winning team in this annual competition open to all titled and untitled players.

The runner-up and the third placer will receive P70,000 and P50,000, respectively.

NCFP executive director Willie Abalos said the participating team can field field four regular players and one alternate. Teams, however, can only field one titled player – GM, IM, FM or NM -- who will play on top board.

The other cash prizes are: P30,000 to the fourth placer, P20,000 to the fifth placer; P10,000 to the sixth placer; P9,000 to the seventh placer; P8,000 to the eighth placer; P7,000 to the ninth placer; and P6,000 to the 10th placer.

The top individual performers from boards one to five will also get P2,000 each and medals.

For details and request for formal invitation, call the NCFP secretariat at tel. 02-3817224, or cell 0949-1760889 and 0929-2266210, or email at NCFPsecretariat@yahoo.com/ hambalosin@yahoo.com,

Interested participants can also get in touch to NCFP regional director and Aklan sports coordinator Willie Neri at 0920-5636732.

Meanwhile, the NCFP also announces the staging pof the National age-group on April 15-18, National Juniors on April 20-26, Asian Youth on May 14-22 in Subic, ASEAN Zonals on May 24-30 in Tagaytay City and the Pichay Cup on June 1-9 in Subic.