General Santos inmates place 5th in FIDE chess tiff for prisoners
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines made a good account of itself as it finished a solid fifth place in the first FIDE Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners Thursday.
Represented by inmates from the General Santos City Jail, the Filipinos lost to the Mongolians, 1.5-2.5, and to the Russians, 1-3, to end up third in Group A of the two-group finals.
The country ended up fifth overall as it had a better score than the third placer in Group B, USA-Chicago, 12.5-10.
Mongolia and Zimbabwe were playing for the crown at press time.
It was a respectable finish for the country in the event that drew 42 teams from 31 nations.
The squad, coached by Jail Officer 1 Cedrix Cabangal and trained by Winston Silva, topped Group 1 by edging Mongolia in the tiebreak in the group stages but just could not sustain the momentum and faltered in the finals.
The Philippines, however, turned back Georga 1, 3-1, Palestine, 3-1, and Germany, 4-0, to salvage some measure of pride.
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