GM Antonio spearheads Racasa Birthday Online Chess Celebration entries
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 22 Oct 2020
Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. will be the man to beat in the Robert Racasa Birthday Online Chess Celebration bullet tournament on October 24, 2020, Saturday, 10 pm at lichess.org.
Though already 58 years old, Antonio still wields sharp form with his bullet rating of 2523, one of the highest in the field that also includes Grandmaster Darwin Laylo, International Master Joel Pimentel, Emmanuel Senador and Danilo Chito Garma, Fide Masters Roel Abelgas, Randy Segarra and Jony Habla, National Masters Marc Christian Nazario, Elwin Retanal, Giovanni Mejia at Alexander Lupian.
The one minute bullet play to finish, Arena 2 hours duration tournament, sponsored by birthday celebrant Robert Racasa, godfather of Philippine Memory, and his wife Marife Berthe Murillo-Racasa, organized by Bayanihan Chess Club, dangles a total pot prize of P3,000. Special prizes per win against GM is P100 and P50 for draw.
Also seeing action are AGM Glenn Lemen, AGM Hermie Cagatin, IM Elect Dale Bernardo, FM elect Mark Jay Bacojo, Sherwin Tiu, Ellan Asuela, Kevin Arquero, Ricky Batcho, Paul Sanchez, Kimuel Aaron Lorenzo, Kyle Ochoa, Ricardo Jimenez, Andrew Elpedes, Rowel Roque, Genghis Imperial and Noel Jay Estacio.-Marlon Bernardino-
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