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                    [Title] => FIDE sets   probe on NCFP official
                    [Summary] => Newly-installed FIDE secretary-general Ignatius Leong and Zone 3.2a president Dang Tat Thang will file a report to the World Chess Federation regarding complaints against embattled National Chess Federation secretary-general Sammy Estimo.


But the two, who are on a short visit here, suggested that the NCFP under athletics chief Go Teng Kok will have to resolve the matter internally so as not to affect its preparations for the 23rd Southeast Asian Games slated Nov. 27-Dec. 5 in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263256 [Title] => RP chessers dominate KL tourney [Summary] => KUALA LUMPUR — The Philippines swept the last four rounds to clinch the team rapid title and cap its fruitful stint in the First Dato Tan International Open chess tournament here Tuesday night.

The Filipino chessers marked that roll with a trio of 2.5-1.5 wins over fancied rivals Vietnam, Mid-Valley A of China and Gila Chess Club of Uzbekistan in the sixth, seventh and ninth rounds, respectively, boosting their tally to 25.5 points to best 49 other squads and bag the top pot of $3,000.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246506 [Title] => Players’ dad scores Estimo on chess row [Summary] => An angry Nelson Mariano Sr. yesterday lashed out at Sammy Estimo, National Chess Federation of the Philippines secretary general, and Grandmaster Eugene Torre for depriving three of his chess-playing children of their allowances to separate overseas tournaments.

"Why should I not be angry? Three of my children were involved and denied of their allowances because of what Estimo and Torre have done," said the elder Mariano, father of International Master Nelson Mariano II, Women’s International Master Cristine Rose and junior player Nelson Mariano III.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246226 [Title] => NCFP freezes bank accounts; Estimo denies rap [Summary] => Lawyer Constantino Marcaida, National Chess Federation of the Philippines treasurer, yesterday ordered the freezing of accounts of the NCFP in two banks controlled by relieved NCFP secretary general Sammy Estimo.

Acting on NCFP Board Resolution No. B-02, Marcaida wrote the Bank of Philippine Islands branches in Timog Avenue and Capitol Hills, Quezon City "for the said account be frozen starting from your receipt (of this letter) hereof until further notice from the Federation."
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 239664 [Title] => Chessers charge NCFP of forgery [Summary] => Members of the national team who competed in the World Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia two years ago yesterday claimed that the National Chess Federation of the Philippines forged their signatures to obtain money from the Philippine Sports Commission that was meant for their training allowances that they never got.

In 2002, the NCFP got P1,128,000 from the PSC as reimbursement for "training allowances" of the national team to the Bled Olympiad and for the expenses it incurred in organizing the National Open chess championship during the same year.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236588 [Title] => Move to oust NCFP sec-gen snowballs [Summary] => More charges and allegations were hurled yesterday as more players, led by eight International Masters, joined the clamor for Sammy Estimo’s ouster as secretary-general of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).

Grandmasters Joey Antonio and Bong Villamayor were the first to ask for the head of the chess official whom they charged with mismanagement of NCFP affairs and whom they blamed for the absence of a sound program that would benefit the majority.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202300 [Title] => SEAG rapid chess elims up [Summary] => After a two-week break, the quest for the country’s representatives to the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games chess rapid event resumes with a two- part championship round starting today at the Social Hall of the Department of Interior and Local Government, eighth floor, A. Francisco Gold Condominium II, EDSA, Quezon City.

The first part of the double round-robin grand finals will be held from April 11-14, while the second part will resume on April 21-24 after the Holy Week break.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 200242 [Title] => SEAG active chess elims starts today [Summary] => The quest for the five slots for the active/rapid category of the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games begins today when the 11-round elimination in the Shell National Open Active Championship is staged at the Immaculate Conception Multi-Purpose Bldg., 41 Lantana St., (along New York St.), Cubao, Quezon City.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185537 [Title] => Paragua, nakisosyo sa 3rd place [Summary] => Tinapos ng Philippines ang kanilang kampanya sa World Youth Chess Championships 2002 nitong weekend sa Hersonissos, Crete, Greece sa tatlong panalo, isang draw at tatlong talo.

Nakipaghatian ng puntos si GM candidate Mark Paragua (ELO 2476) sa boys U18 champion na si GM Ferenc Berkes (ELO 2545) ng Hungary sa huling round upang ilista ang walong puntos na kagaya ng iskor ni Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna at Armenian Tigran L. Petrosyan at magsosyo sila sa third place.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185199 [Title] => Paragua continues chess siege [Summary] => Grandmaster (GM) candidate Mark Callano Paragua (ELO 2476) and University of the East (UE)-Manila campus bet Aices Salvador, gave warmth to the otherwise cold-as -the-weather ninth round performance of the Philippine contingent to the World Youth Chess Championships 2002 in Hersonissos, (Heraklio) Crete, Greece.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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