Philippine Chess Championship
The Philippine Chess Championship is organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).
Champions before 2008
[edit]Battle of the Grandmasters
[edit]Since 2008 the final stages of both the open and women's championship, dubbed "Battle of the Grandmasters", have been round-robin tournaments held concurrently.
Year Place Open Champion Women's Champion 2008 Manila John Paul Gomez[5] Catherine Pereña[6] 2009 Dapitan Wesley So[7] Shercila Cua[8] 2010 Tagaytay Wesley So[9] Rulp Ylem Jose[10] 2011 Manila Wesley So Rulp Ylem Jose[11] 2012 Kalibo Mark Paragua Catherine Pereña[12] 2013 Manila John Paul Gomez, on tiebreak over Oliver Barbosa Janelle Mae Frayna[13][14] 2014 Manila Eugenio Torre Catherine Pereña[15] 2015 Manila Richard Bitoon[16] Jan Jodilyn Fronda[16] 2016 Manila Rogelio Antonio Jr. Janelle Mae Frayna[14] 2017 Manila Haridas Pascua Bernadette Galas 2018 2019 Quezon Rogelio Barcenilla[17] Jan Jodilyn Fronda [18] 2020 2021 Cebu for open, Quezon City, Manila for women's Daniel Quizon[19] Janelle Mae Frayna[14]
Juniors & Girls Division
[edit]Year Place Junior Champion Girl's Champion 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Wesley So[20] 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Quezon City, Manila[21] Alekhine Nouri[21] Mhage Gerriahlou Sebastian[21]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lontoc Jr., Ramon (1976). Fifty Golden Years of Philippine Chess History. Manila: PMI Colleges. p. 2.
- ^ O'Connell, Kevin J., ed. (1977). Batsford's FIDE Chess Yearbook 1976/7. London: B. T. Batsford. p. 128.
- ^ "1990 PHILIPPINES NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP". 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ Villar, Joey (2001-04-12). "Seems like old times for GM Torre". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ^ "IM John Paul Gomez wins the Philippines chess championship". 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "PBattle of Grandmasters (Women)". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Wesley So Wins Philippines Championship". 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Phoenix Petroleum & Dapitan City Battle of GMs-Women". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Wesley So Wins 3rd Battle of Grandmasters". 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "National Championship - 3rd Phoenix Battle of Grandmasters (women)". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "National Championships: 4th Battle of the Grandmasters". NCFP. 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Paragua tops 'Battle of the GMs'". NCFP. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "GM Gomez captures Battle of the Grandmasters crown". The Manila Times. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ a b c "Woman GM Frayna clinches 3rd national title". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "2014 National Open Chess Championships / Battle of Grandmasters". NCFP. 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ a b "Final round - Battle of the Grandmasters | Chess News (NCFP)". 2017-01-03. Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ "Barcenilla wins 1st national title since 1996". Rappler. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "WIM Fronda bags national women's chess title". Philippine News Agency. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Bright future awaits teen Quizon after ruling 2021 National Chess Open". Rappler. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "At 14, Wesley So is Philippines' new ace!". thechessdrum.net/. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ a b c "Nouri, Sebastian overcome Mindanao rivals to rule national juniors chess". Rappler. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-01-12.