KUALA Lumpur, Malaysia - Hindi mapigilan ang pananalasa ni International Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia matapos pangunahan ang top board ng KL Chess Kids Team Alpha sa kampeonato sa katatapos na ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Team Chess Championship nitong Sabado.
Si Garcia na head coach ng Ateneo de Manila University chess team ay pinadapa si Grandmaster Susanto Megaranto para selyuhan ang KL Chess Kids Team Alpha sa 3-1 win kontra sa Kab. Bekasi A Indonesia sa ninth at final round.
Bukod kay Garcia, ang iba pang miyembro ng KL Chess Kids Team Alpha na suportado ni Jaya Kumar Lechmanan ay sina Board 2 International Master Paulo Bersamina, Board 3 Fide Master Austin Jacob Literatus at Board 4 Vince Angelo Medina.
Tabla si Bersamina kay International Master Farid Firan Syah, namayani si Literatus kay International Master Anjas Novita at table naman si Medina kay Rida Mutiani ayon sa pagkakasunod.
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Sina Bersamina, Literatus at Medina ay mga miyembro at produkto ng multi-titled National University (NU) chess team nina team manager Samson Go at head coach United States Chess Federation (USCF) Master Jose “Jojo” Aquino Jr.
Tumapos ang KL Chess Kids Team Alpha na suportado ni Jaya Kumar Lechmanan ng eight wins at one one loss, 16 Match Points at 26.5 board points sa nine outings.
Ang PT Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok A Indonesia na kinabibilangan naman nina IM Sean Wishand Cuhendi, IM Lutfi Muhammad Ali, FM Yoseph Thelifus Taher at FM Ivan Maxmillian Putra ay tumapos ng ika-2 puwesto matapos makaungos sa fellow 15 Match Points 3rd placer Tagaytay City Chess Team ni NCFP Secretary-General at Congressman Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino Jr. sa tie break points.
Ang Tagaytay City Chess Team ay binubuo nina IM Angelo Young, GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., Rodolfo Panopio Jr. at Antonio Chavez Jr.
Ang mga nakapasok sa top 20 place ay sina ACA Men’s Team A, PeBT Selangor, East Java, PT Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok B, Jakarta A Team, KL Chess Kids Team Beta, The Discovered Attackers, Marfori, Philippines, PPCT A, ACA Men’s Team B, Kab. Bekasi A Indonesia, City of Dasmarinas, PT Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok Puti, Jakarta B Team, Kab. Bekasi A Indonesia, Penang State Team at Raja Murjah.
Mismong si Arkady Dvorkovich, former Deputy Prime Minister at former Assistant to the President ng Russian government na tumatakbo bilang FIDE President ang nanguna sa closing rites kasama sina former Women’s World Champion Grandmaster Zhu Chen at tournament director Hamid Majid ng ng Malaysian Chess Federation.
