Friday, August 21, 2009

1st CAISSA'S FATHER TEAM TOURNAMENT- " RENEWING FRIENDSHIP THROUGH CHESS "



The 1st CAISSA'S FATHER 1 day Team Tournament was held yesterday August 21, 2009 at my rest house in Eden, Bayabas, Toril, Davao City. 15 players were divided into five teams of three players each, namely:

a.) TEAM ANAND

1. Vincent Umayan
2. A.J Literatus
3. May Micayabs

b.) TEAM TOPALOV

1. Atty. Jong Guevarra Jr.
2. John Ray Batucan
3. Christopher Yap

c.) TEAM ALEKHINE

1. Henry Fajardo
2. Alexander Jover
3. Adrian Llanos

d.) TEAM CAPABLANCA

1. Gary Rojo
2. Neptali Batucan
3. Lito Laput

e.) TEAM FISCHER

1. Zaldy Tabanao
2. Engr. Jun Atmosfera
3. Nofre Reyes

The players were composed of Toril players and former UM varsity players Nofre Reyes, Vincent Umayan and Lito Laput. Another guest player was Zaldy Tabanao who was a former varsity player of Southwestern University of Cebu.

After the smoke of battle, Team Anand and Team Fischer tied for first with Team Anand declared as Champion having beaten Team Fischer in their own match. third place went to Team Topalov.

Final standing:

1. Team Anand - 7.0 pts.
2. Team Fischer - 7.0
3. Team Topalov - 6.5
4. Team Alekhine - 6.0
5. Team Capablanca- 3.5

Below are the pictures of the event.


( Playing blitz while waiting for lunch )




( Kainan na !! )




( Battle of the sexes over the 64 square board. Nofre Reyes vs. lone female player May Micayabas. In deep thought is Cris Yap wearing green t-shirt.













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