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                    [ArticleID] => 2199749
                    [Title] => Frayna powers Philippines over Angola in Chess Olympiad
                    [Summary] => Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna leaned on her endgame creativity in clawing her way out of trouble and into a victory to power the Philippines to a 3.5-.5 rout of Angola.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-08-02 11:39:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806959
                    [AuthorName] => Joey Villar
                    [SectionName] => Sports
                    [SectionUrl] => sports
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/12/19/frayna2021-12-1722-10-17_2021-12-19_23-23-39810_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 609503
                    [Title] => Antonio ban stays - NCFP
                    [Summary] => 

The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) stood pat on its decision to drop GM Joey Antonio from the five-man national team competing in the World Chess Olympiad set Sept. 21-Oct. 3 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369604 [Title] => Onischuk trims Laylo; So upsets Paragua [Summary] => Top seed American Grandmaster Alexander Onischuk fought back from a losing position and triumphed over Filipino International Master Darwin Laylo in the 2006 President Arroyo Cup yesterday also marked by an upset by 13-year-old IM Wesley So of GM Mark Paragua at the Duty Free Fiesta Mall.

Onischuk, No. 40 in the world with a 2668 Elo rating, sacrificed a rook for a bishop, a pawn and the initiative to avoid upset at the hands of the 26-year-old Laylo in the third round.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340309 [Title] => Chess: Best for RP women, woes for men [Summary] => Relegated to the background in countless Chess Olympiads, the Philippine women’s squad finished way ahead of its counterpart this time, finishing 26th despite a final round setback to Slovenia Sunday.

While the GM Mark Paragua-led men’s team wallowed in 44th place, its worst in years, the RP ladies of Sheerie Joy Lomibao, Catherine Perena, Sherily Cua and Beverly Mendoza gave the country something to be proud of with a remarkable performance against the best of the lot.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264942 [Title] => Mariano backs out of chess finals [Summary] => Saying there is no reason to play in a tournament without a level playing field, Grandmaster Nelson Mariano II yesterday backed out of the National Chess Championships, leaving one talented player out of the national team competing in next month’s Chess Olympiad.

"I have decided not to join the National Championships because of unjust and unfair policies," Mariano told The STAR, three days before the start of the Olympiad qualifier in Tagaytay. "There is no use of playing when there is no level playing field."
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 194321 [Title] => Sandigan finds Campo guilty [Summary] => The Sandiganbayan sentenced yesterday to one year and 10 months imprisonment Florencio Campomanes, the honorary president of the Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE), for "failure to render account on the disbursement" of the Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC’s) funds for the June 6-25, 1992 World Chess Olympiad amounting to P12.8 million.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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