Thirteen year-old Jerad Docena outclassed Vince Angelo Medina in the final round to clinch the 1st Philippine Academy for Chess Excellence (PACE) Kiddies chess championship held recently at the PACE headquarters, 56 Mindanao Avenue, Project 6 in Quezon City.
Daryl Unix Samantila, a mainstay of Adamson University high school chess team, (correction please, Daryl is only 11-year old Grade 6 student of Adamson Universitry and not yet eligible to join ADU Junior UAAP team) also scored 7.5 points with a victory over erstwhile co-leader Aldous Roy Coronel in the other featured final round match to finish in a tie with Docena, but the latter won the title with a higher tie-break points. They, however, split the top cash prizes at stake and received P12,500 each.
Pre-tournament favorite McDominique Lagula and WFM Cherry Ann Mejia, tied for third and fourth spots with seven points apiece and went home with P5,500 each. Lagula was adjudged as the third placer after the tie-break.
Coronel, tied with Kristian Paulo Cristobal with 6.5 points, settled for fifth and sixth places, respectively and received P2,000 each.
Rounding up the top ten finishers with six points each were Avhix Alfonso, Medina, Virgen Gil Ruaya and John Eric Margarito, who were awarded with P750 each.
Asia’s first grandmaster and also a member of the RP chess team that won a silver medal in the recently concluded Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Eugene Torre and PACE founding president GM Gonzales handed out the prizes and awards to the winners in a fitting closing ceremony last Sunday, November 28.
The following age-category winners were also given P1,000 cash prize and medal each: Giovanni Mejia (14 & below-Boys); Janelle Mae Frayna (14 & below-Girls); Fernando Mendoza (12 & below-Boys); Shania Mae Mendoza (12 & below-Girls); Stephen Rome Pangilinan (10 & below-Boys); and Alexis Anne Osena (10 & below-Girls). By I.A. Gene J. Poliarco
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