Daryl Unix - Top 8 year old under category - 16th SNYACC - Manila NCR Leg

I got the Top 8 year old category special award. I scored 5 point and 30 bukholz.

The Manila leg of the 16th SNYACC that took place at the SM Manila ended June 28, 2008. Last Sunday, the scheduled last day was suspended due to typhoon 'Frank'. My friend and teammate from 9th Asean Age Group Championship, Paulo Bersamina won the Top Kiddie division. Christian Nanola, is the first runner up. He is also my buddy in Vietnam who played in the 12-U Boy category. I got a special award, the Top 8 year old category. I scored 5 point and 30 bukholz. I actually got 4 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss to my friend Vince Angelo Medina, who also played in Vietnam. Hope next time to qualify on the semis. Until next year!

My first international tournament experience

Did you know that in our category (B-10), we got 3 medals each plus 1 bronze for Paulo (individual medal), and only 2 of the boys from Vietnam got 2 medals each and rest got 1 medal only for team competition. Plus to their medals were that of individual medals. If only prior to the game teammates were already identified, we should have gotten all the golds. But the points were taken from the top three players of each country. So imagine we are only 3 and there are 17 vietnamese kids. What do you expect? Elijah and Paulo and Me got paired in some game, so that is already minus 1 or 2 points from our team. In our category, we got the most number of participants, so landing on no. 5 during the Rapid game is not bad. You must see who were paired during that last round. Board 1 and 2, Viet vs Viet and me on Board 3 vs. Viet. Though I won the game my mom already told me to just wish and pray. She told me that their game will be fixed already, they wont give me a place. And so it happened, all the four boys got individual medal. 1 gold and 3 silvers...they tied and I just bumped off to the fifth place with no medal even the bronze one. I was so unhappy but I can't do nothing. Even Paulo suffered the same faith during the standard game. But we did our best, our very very best. It was so tiring but a very momorable experience. My first international tournament!
see more pictures on my flicker photos .............

9th Asean Age Group Chess Championship B-10 Team Medal Standing

Standard Chess
Team ranking

Gold VIE 23 pts
Nguyen Ngoc Minh Tri
Nguyen Van Toan Thanh
Dang Vu Khoa

Silver MAS 15 pts
Muhammad Aziz Farhan B. Noor A
Mohd Faizal B. Roslan
William Lee Kah Howe

Bronze PHI 14.5 pts
Paulo Bersamina
Daryl Unix Samantila
Elijah Maliam


Rapid
Team ranking

Gold VIE 17 pts
Nguyen Huynh Tuan Hai
Nguyen Tan Hoang Nam
Nguyen Tri Thien

Silver PHI 11.5 pts
Daryl Unix Samantila
Paulo Bersamina
Elija Maliam

Bronze KOR 8.5 pts
Lim Seunghwan
Yoon Youngmin
Bae Jisoo


Blitz
Team result
Gold VIE 23pts / Tie 214
Nguyen Huynh Tuan Hai
Pham Quang Hung
Dang Vu Khoa

Silver PHI 23pts/ Tie 206.5
Paulo Bersamina
Daryl Unix Samantila
Elijah Maliam

Bronze BRU 14pts"/ Tie 167
See Jun Wei
Sabli Mohd Nabil
Pokk Huan (INA tie 126)

Philippines Entries at 9th ASEAN Age Group Championships

Official list of participants from the Philippines:

For the full official list of participants, please go to http://chess-results.com/Tnr13407.aspx?tnr=13407&art=27&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1
For official list of participants from the Philippines, please go to:
http://chess-results.com/tnr13407.aspx?art=25&fedb=PHI&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1

An afternoon at the OFFICE OF MALABON CITY MAYOR TITO ORETA

Me and our dearest Mayor Tito Oreta

I am very lucky to be at the office of our City Mayor Tito Oreta yesterday. We are welcomed by our young and dynamic councilor LenLen Oreta. It is a our first time to have a face to face talk with the Mayor and councilor LenLen and with the other officers of our city that include City Admin Engr Benjie Villacorta and CUPAO Chief Mr.Abbi Balatbat. They are all very accomodating and are very supportive. We did not expect such an overwhelming courtesy call with our Mayor Tito Oreta. I pray that God will continue to bless him, guide him and give him good health. From our family, thank you very for the support that we very much needed!

City Councilor LenLen Oreta
City Administrator Eng. Benjie Villacorta and Councilor LenLen
CUPAO Chief Mr. Abbi Balatbat

UPDATE: VIETNAM BOUND AGE GROUP FINALISTS

Well, texting does not work well this time because they give us no reply. Need to be at the NCFP in person to get information. Got this detail from the travel agency who will handle the trip. The delegations will leave Manila on June 8,2008 at 1:00pm with interconnecting flight from Saigon to Danang and vice versa. Expected arrival at Danang,Vietnam is around 7:00pm. Players will leave Danang, Vietnam on June 18,2008 at 9:40 am and will arrive at Manila at around 7:30 pm. Contact travel agency: Fiesta Tours and Travel with branch at Pedro Gil corner Mabini St, Malate Manila; telephone number 5217866 (local 1) and look for Ms. Penpen. Airfare is quoted at P31,500 per companion,,, whew!

Vice Arnold and Me

A courtesy call to our Vice Mayor of Malabon City, Honorable Arnold D. Vicencio. Thank you Vice for your time and inspiring thoughts.

ATTENTION: VIETNAM BOUND AGE GROUP FINALISTS

We received a text from NCFP getting information from the Vietnam bound national age group finalists.
Player`s name that appear on his/her the passport: FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME, LAST LAST NAME / BIRTHDAY / PASSPORT NUMBER / PASSPORT ISSUE DATE AND EXPIRATION DATE.
Send information to mobile number 09292390644. Will update you on any updates.

Shell National Youth Active Chess

My last year photos. Very neophyte, just finished barely a month of chess clinic.
Be ready for the big number of players.

SNYACC 2008 Registration Form >> Download Registration Form

--- The much awaited event! Hope every event is like this. And why? Well, we got free t-shirt and free meal.. i hope may spaghetti at pa cheeseburger ulit. cheeseburger! cheeseburger!...
Submit your form to the Leg Coordinators or at selected shell local offices. Here at Manila, you may also submit it at Shell Head Office, Shell House, 156 Valero St., Salcedo Village, Makati City c/o Receptionist (Shell House Lobby).
See you there!!! ---

2008 Shell Active Chess Tournament Schedule and Leg Coordinators’ Contact Details
Leg Coordinator for all event except for Mindanao Leg-Davao: Alexander Dinoy Mobile no.: 0922-8288510 Tel. no.: (02) 744-1664

June 21-22 - NCR Leg - Manila, SM City Manila (Event Center)

July 05-06 - Northern Luzon - Tuguegarao
Brickstone Mall (Activity Center), Tuguegarao City
Coordinator: Mariano Cabugos Tel. no.: (078) 844-0513

July 19-20 - Southern Luzon - Batangas
SM City Batangas (Event Center)
Coordinator: Joselito Castro Tel. no.: (043) 723-2568 (043) 723-4246

August 02-03 - Southern Luzon - Naga
LCC Central Mall (Activity Area), Naga City
Coordinators: NM Glenn Artuz Mobile no.: 0918-5051825 Tel. no.: (054) 4750623

August 23-24 - Central Visayas - Cebu
SM City Cebu (Entertainment Plaza)
Coordinator: Odilon Badilles Mobile nos. : 0928-3022899 / 0922-2385483

August 30-31 - Western Visayas - Iloilo
SM City Iloilo (Lower Ground Atrium)
Coordinator: NM Cesar Mariano Mobile no.: 0919-2833826 Tel no.:(033) 336-6205

September 13-14 - Mindanao - Davao
SM City Davao (Entertainment Plaza)
Coordinator: NA Ronnie Tabudlong Mobile no.: 0929-2407371

September 27-28 - Mindanao - ZamboangaWestern
Mindanao State University Gymnasium Zamboanga City
Coordinators: Engr. Carlos Florendo Mobile no.: 0920-6279784

November 8-9 - Grand Finals
SM Megamall (Event Center, Upper Ground Floor, Building A) Mandaluyong City

Looking for generous people with a great BIG Heart : )

Going Asean and eventually going World is every chess player dream. This opportunity actually did come to me unexpectedly this early. But this trip to Vietnam will definitely provide opportunities for me to gain exposure abroad and will help me become world-class caliber chess athlete in the future. I still cannot manage things all by myself and I wanted to travel with my training coach and my father. But they have to shoulder their expenses. Their total expenses will amount to more than a thousand dollars, which will include airfare plus taxes and approximately 10 days hotel accommodation and meals. It is really big big money and we cannot afford such a huge amount. We are seeking help from kind souls that will help us defray our expenses. Any amount that will be donated to help will be highly appreciated and acknowledged nationwide through press releases in print and in leading newspapers. Your name, company or products will be highlighted here, just one way of saying Thank You. If you’re interested please send me an email at daryl_unix@yahoo.com. I really hope that are generous and kind-hearted people out there who are willing to help us. God Bless!
You may send help to Account name - Dina R. Samantila on any of these account nos:
Allied Bank (West Triangle Branch) foreign currency Savings Accnt No. 0262007334
Bank of the Philippine Islands (West Triangle Branch) peso Savings Accnt No. 3056440378