BERSAMINA, SAMANTILA RULES NCFP AGE GROUP CHESS
BY: MARLON BERNARDINO
MANILA, PHILIPPINES---REIGNING 12 and under champion Paulo Bersamina and Adamson University stand out Daryl Unix Samantila shared the limelight in the just concluded grand finals of NCFP director Manuel Relorcasa age-group chess championship last Saturday at 4th Floor Perez Building , Dona Soledad cor. Australia Sts., Better Living, Parañaque City .
Bersamina, also the top bet of Pasay City in this year’s Palarong Pambansa NCR meet defeated erstwhile co-leader Michelle Yaon, a 1st year high school student of St. Simon Montessori School-Calamba to finish undefeated in the 14 and under with perfect 5 points.
La Salle Greenhills stalwart Giovanni Mejia stopped the winning run of another Pasay ace and former leader Jerad Docena to finish in a tie for 2nd to 10th placers.
Mejia, Docena and Yaon tallied 4.0 points each, the same output of Collins Javier, John Eric Margarito, Clifford Cobsilen, Rommel Romasanta, Homel Cunanan and Michael Manansala.
In the 10-and under category, Samantila from Malabon downed erstwhile co-leader Stephen Rome Pangilinan, the reigning Las Vegas kiddie champion, to bag the title with perfect 5 points. The Bulacan pride Pangilinan, meantime remains at 4 points in the company of Michella Felea, and Dennis Gutierrez III. Other top ten finishers were Alexis Anne Osena, Kianjo Macapagal, Joshua Navarro, Jesca Docena, Jan Cedric Gutierrez and Avel Louse Baldovia.
NAPCA boss Boyet Tardecilla supervised the said chess fest in close cooperation with Dr. Bong Perez.
