The Baby Falcons did it again! Ali Guya ,3rd place HS Division, Daryl Samantila (that is me!), 2nd place GS Division and Timothy So Kua, Champion in the HS Division.
Steven James Dacanay, Timothy So Kua, Ali Guya and me proudly displays our trophies.
Paulo Bersamina, Daryl Samantila, Stephen Rome Pangilinan (top grade 1 player) and Jerad Docena.
The top finishers in photo: Jerad Docena, Daryl Samantila, Kenneth Baltazar, Paulo Bersamina, Giovanni Mejia, and Jet Marcos
GRADE SCHOOL TOP FINISHERS
Champion Jerad Docena 5 Pts 18.5 (M-Buch)
2nd Daryl Samantila 5 16.5
3rd Kenneth Baltazar 5 15.0
4th Paolo Bersamina 5 14.5
5th Giovanni Mejia 5 14.0
6th Jett Marcos 5 12.0
7th Virgenie Ruaya 4.5
8th Jasper Marca 4.5
9th Carlo Caranyagan 4.0
10th Steven Pangilinan 4.0 TOP Grade 1
11th Haince De Leon 4.0
12th Nathan Gajo 4.0
13th Dennis Gutierrez Jr 4.0 TOP Grade 2
14th Ian JL Forcado 4.0
15th Andrew Sopungco 4.0 Grade 2
16th Christian Navarro 4.0
17th Miguel Guerrero 4.0
18th Irvin Embalsado 4.0
Timothy So Kua champion in the HS division.
HIGH SCHOOL TOP FINISHERS
Champion Timothy So Kua 5.5
2nd Marc Nazario 5.5
3rd Vince Angelo Medina 5.0
4th Ali Guya 5.0
5th Michael Manansala 4.5
6th Gil Ruaya 4.5
7th Jean Enriquez 4.0
8th Giovanni Romero 4.0
9th Steven Dacanay 4.0
10th Mark Lao 4.0
11th Felipe Magdalaga 4.0
12th John Mark Dimaliwat 4.0
13th Steaven Fulcher 4.0
14th Michelle Yaon 4.0
15th Brian Carlo Cruz 4.0
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TIMOTHY So Kua of Adamson University and Jerad Docena of Gotamco Elementary School shared top honors in the fifth Dr. Jose P. Leviste Sr. Inter-School Chess Festival at the Ateneo Grade School Cafeteria, Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan, Quezon City.
Kua finished in a two-way tie for first place with Marc Nazario with 5.5 points after six rounds, but earned the title by virtue of higher tiebreak score.
Kua, who drew with Nazario in the seventh and final round, pocketed the top prize of P5,000.
Nazario, a high school student of Peniel Christian School, settled for runner-up honors and P3,000 prize.
Vince Angelo Medina of Far Eastern University clinched third place with five points, the same score of Ali Guya of Adamson.
Medina, however, edged Guya for third place and P2,000 prize.
Medina defeated Giovanni Romero, while Guya subdued Jean Enriquez in the seventh and final round.
In the elementary division, Docena emerged as the overall champion with five points and pocketed the P5,000 top prize.
Actually, Docena finished in a six-way tie for the top spot with Daryl Samantila of Adamson, Kenneth Baltazar of F.G. Calderon Elementary School, Paulo Bersamina of Padre Zamora Elementary School , Giovanni Mejia of La Salle-Greenhills and Jett Marcos of Ateneo with five points.
Samantila clinched runner-up honor and P2,000 after the tiebreak scores were applied.
Baltazar wound up third, followed by Bersamina, Mejia and Marcos.
Las Vegas Open gold medallist Stephen Rome Pangilinan bagged the top Grade 1 award, while Dennis Gutierrez, Jr. clinched the Grade 2 award.
A total of 102 participants saw action in the prestigious tournament sponsored by Ateneo de Manila chess team alumni chairman Joey Leviste Jr., Constellation Energy Corp., Italpinas Euro Asian Eco-Design Corp., Grand Placement and Philippne Indonesian Business Council.
Jose P. Salvador Jr. , assistant headmaster of Ateneo Grade School Department, graced the opening ceremony, while Ramy L. Pleno, nephew of Leviste, and Patrick Caoile of Vulcan Materials Corp. attended the awarding ceremony.
Tournament director was IM Idelfonso Datu, IA Rudy Ibanez was the tournament director and Chiara Lim and Alvin Yen served as arbiters.
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Fourth round versus Paulo Bersamina ended in draw. Paulo is the champion in this event.
Final round with Stephen Rome Pangilinan also ended in a draw.
Shania Mae Mendoza and me.
Steven James Dacanay, Timothy So Kua, Ali Guya and me proudly displays our trophies.
Paulo Bersamina, Daryl Samantila, Stephen Rome Pangilinan (top grade 1 player) and Jerad Docena.
The top finishers in photo: Jerad Docena, Daryl Samantila, Kenneth Baltazar, Paulo Bersamina, Giovanni Mejia, and Jet Marcos
Timothy So Kua champion in the HS division.
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