Innovative MCC chess tiff slated

MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Chess Club (MCC) is holding a new chess tournament on June 12 at a venue in Metro Manila.

Dubbed MCC Quest 4 Excellence (Q4E), the event is open only to adults, aged 18 years old and above, with NCFP ratings not over 1950.

The competition involves the participation of three national masters, one international master and one grandmaster. The tournament format consists of four stages with a side event. The first stage will employ the two-round Swiss System and the players with perfect scores of two points move up to Stage 2. Thereafter, winners move up to the next stages.

Participants who get less than two points in the first stage compete in the side event, to be joined in the later rounds by the losers in the stages 2, 3 and 4 carrying over their respective scores. The side event will apply the seven-round Swiss System in selecting the top four winners.

 At stake in the one-day event is  P36,000 for the winners in each stage and the top four finishers in the side event.

Limited to 112 entries, participants must bring their own sets and clocks.

Interested parties may download the registration form at MCC website mccchess.com and email it to [email protected]. Entry fee is P300 plus five pcs. of 24g empty sachets of Milo Nutri-Up drink for grown-ups. The fee must be paid through bank deposits. Deadline for submission of entries and payments is June 8.