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                    [Title] => Chess memories
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In a previous column, I mentioned our national team’s debacle in the 41st World Chess Olympiad held in Tromso, Norway recently.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135707 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1661646 [AuthorName] => Raffy T. Uytiepo [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1322889 [Title] => Pichay, Tolentino magkaiba ng kinatigan [Summary] =>

Inaasahang magiging kontrobersyal ang eleksyon sa FIDE, ang international chess federation, matapos pu­manig sa magkaibang kandidato sina National Chess Fe­deration of the Philippines (NCFP) president Butch Pi­chay at secretary-general Bambol Tolentino.

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Top officials of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines may come to a head-on collision after its president Prospero "Butch" Pichay and secretary-general Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino have different sentiments in terms of preference in the coming FIDE or International Chess Federation elections in August this year.

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Former world champion Gary Kasparov’s bid in running for the presidency of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) is a tacit admission that the world chess body is now a healthy organization, according to incumbent FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

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Visiting former world chess champion Garry Kasparov always has a soft spot for Manila, the vibrant city that provided the venue for one of his many achievements in a stellar career.

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Asian Chess Federation deputy vice president Casto “Toti” Abundo will run as the secretary general of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) under the ticket of incumbent president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who is seeking a sixth straight term as head of the world chess body.

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Mel Paulino Abundo, husband of former PSC commisisoner Tisha Abundo and brother of International Chess Federation (FIDE) general secretary Casto “Toti” Abundo, passed away Saturday night after a bout with diabetes. He was 63.

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The top achievers of Philippine sports in the year just passed get its well-deserved recognition as the country’s sportswriting fraternity honors them in formal rites today during the 2010 PSA-Coca-Cola Annual Awards Night at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel.

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A diverse field of personalities considered achievers in their own rights will be the recipient of a short but meaningful tribute during the PSA-Coca-Cola Annual Awards Night set Saturday at the Manila Hotel.

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Senator Chiz Escudero and Pia Cayetano, along with Smart and PLDT chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, are just among the long list of friends of local sports expected to add glitter and glamour to the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA)-Coca-Cola Annual Awards Night at the Manila Hotel on March 5.

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