DAVAO CITY---Two promising young chess players from region 11 brought honors to their locality after they won third place in a national online chess tournament last July 18,2020.
James Catayas, a resident of Buhangin, Davao City won third place in the under 12 elementary division of the Wilfred Gabriel Neri 2nd Month birthday tournament.
Catayas, a veteran in local, national and international chess tournament won P100 and Chess Ebook as prizes.
In the under 16 high school division of the same chess tourament, Jerime Pullos of Panabo City, Davao del Norte also won third place.
Pullos won P100 and Chess Ebook as prizes.
Some of the top young chessers all over Philippines joined the tournament to celebrate the natal day of Wilfred Gabriel Neri.
Many online chess tournaments are done to celebrate the birthday and death anniversary of someone.
Before COVID-19, birthday and death anniversary tournaments were not as plenty and frequent unlike today.
While the birthday and death anniversary tournaments offers less prizes than offline tournaments it is more meaningful and intimate for the participating chessers.
Many chessers who joined these tournaments are not really after the prizes but the chance to honor the natal day of death of someone.
It is safe to say that among the sports around the world, chess is the more active in this time of COVID-19.(Romeo Braceros Jr.)
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