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                    [Title] => Joey earns  crack at 5 SEAG chess golds
                    [Summary] => Grandmaster Joey Antonio will have a chance to win  a maximum of five of the eight gold medals at stake in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games slated Nov. 27-Dec. 5 in Tagaytay City after topping the blitz qualifier recently.


Antonio, currently RP’s No. 3 behind International Master Mark Paragua and GM Eugene Torre, completed a four-match sweep of the men’s blitz elimination tournament at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium by trouncing fellow GM Nelson Mariano II that solidified his claim as the country’s blitz king.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => 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] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264877 [Title] => Kampanya para sa GM title pinatatag ni Paragua [Summary] => Pinalakas ni International Master Mark Paragua ang kanyang kampanya na maging ikaanim na Grandmaster nang kanyang talunin si GM Ramil Hasangatin ng Russia sa fifth round noong Lunes ng gabi sa 2nd Alushta GMT sa Alushta, Crimea, Ukraine.

Dahil sa panalong ito ni Paragua, na kulang na lamang ng isang GM-norm upang makamit ang GM title, nananatiling malinis ang kanyang kampanya sa 16-man event na ito na ito kung saan mayroon na siyang dalawang panalo at tatlong draws para makalikom ng 3.5 puntos.
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Ito ang naging tugon ni Nelson Mariano, ang bagong Grandmaster kahapon hinggil sa plano ng National Chess Federation of the Philippines na pagkalooban ng seeded slot si International Master Mark Paragua sa 36th Chess Olympiad na gaganapin sa Majorca, Spain sa October 13.
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Ginapi ng 20-anyos na si Paragua na tangka ang kanyang ikatlo at final norm na siyang magbibigay sa kanya ng Grandmaster title ang WGM/IM na si Olga Alexandrova ng Ukraine sa third round matapos ang 50 moves ng Sicilian Defense-Scheveningen variation.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264627 [Title] => Maging kinatawan sa Olympiad tinanggap ni Paragua [Summary] => Mabilis na tinanggap ni International Master Mark Paragua ang hamon na pamunuan ang kampanya ng Philippines ngayong taong World Chess Olympiad na gaganapin sa Majorca, Spain sa susunod na buwan.

Ito’y makaraang mabatid na naglabas ang National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) ng resolution na nagbibigay sa highest rated male player ng bansa na awtomatikong seeded sa team para sa Southeast Asian Games at Asian Games at maging sa World Chess Olympiad.
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Dahil inaprobahan noong Biyernes ng mga board directors ng National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) ang resolution na nagsasaad na ang mga awtomatikong seeded at top-rated players ng bansa ang siyang isasabak sa Olympiad at Southeast Asian Games.
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Fresh from his rousing victory in last week’s first Alushta GM tourney, where he also obtained his second GM norm, Paragua needs to score at least 12 points in the 18-player closed tournament to gain his third and final GM result.
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The 20-year-old Paragua beat IM Elina Danielian of Armenia in the 14th and penultimate round to seize the solo lead in the Alushta GM Tournament in Ukraine.

He now has 10.5 points, half-a-point ahead of IMs Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine and Roman Ovetchkin of Russia and at least two points clear of his other pursuers.
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Ito’y matapos na talunin ng 20-anyos na si Paragua ang kapwa niya IM na si Elina Danielian ng Armenia sa 14th round at penultimate round upang lalong patatagin ang kanyang kapit sa solong pamumuno sa pagpapatuloy ng Alushta GM Tournament sa Alushta, Ukraine.
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