PANGUNGUNAHAN ni Olympic bound International Master (IM) Jan Emmanuel Garcia ang ilan sa country’s top woodpushers sa pagsambulat ng Candidate Master (CM) Jerish John Dalde Velarde 12th Birthday Cup- PCCOnline Chess Challenge two (2) minutes blitz, ‘Knock-Out’ Format sa Agosto 13 sa Pinoy Chess Club Online Facebook site.
Si Garcia, head coach ng Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) chess team ay abala sa kanyang paghahanda sa nalalapit na 43rd Chess Olympiad sa Setyembre 23 hanggang Oktubre 6, 2018 sa Batumi, Georgia.
Kalahok din sina International Master (IM) Paulo Bersamina, International Master (IM) Joel Pimentel Jr., Fide Master (FM) Alekhine “Bbking” Nouri, Fide Master (FM) Nelson “Elo” Mariano III,Fide Master (FM) Narquingden Reyes, (WFM) Woman Fide Master Cherry Ann Mejia, Fide Master (FM) elect Daniel Quizon, National Master (NM) Nicomedes Alisangco, National Master Alcon John Datu;
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National Master Raymond Salcedo, National Master (NM) Marc Christian Nazario, Woman National Master (WNM) Jean Karen Enriquez, Jeth Romy Morado, Walt Allen Talan, Rowell Roque, Luffe Magdalaga, Alfred Rapanot at Jerome Villanueva, at iba pa.
“Enjoy and good luck, players.” said tournament director Fide National Arbiter (FNA) engineer Edilberto Alve Velarde Jr., ama ni Candidate Master (CM) Jerish John Dalde Velarde ng Lapu Lapu City, Cebu.
“GM’s and IM’s participants will be advancing automatically to round 2 with respect to their status and at the same time attract more player.” sabi ni PCCOnline facilitator FNA Noel Morales.
