Laguna Heroes Chess team continues dominance
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 18 Mar 2021
The Laguna Heroes Chess team bagged back to back victories, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in the 2021 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino tournament at chess.com.
Laguna took a firm hold at the top spot in the Northern Conference with a 29-4 win-loss record together with San Juan Predators after dominating Isabela Knight Raiders and Manila Indios Bravos scoring 20-1 and 17-4, respectively.
Grandmaster John Paul Gomez was the top scorer for the Heroes with perfect six points — three against Lordwin Espiritu of Isabela and three against US master Ryan Dungca of Manila. Woman National Master Jean Karen Enriquez, Vince Angelo Medina and Kimuel Aaron Lorenzo also contributed to Laguna's impressive performance, whose stint is being supported by Greatech Philippines, Inc., SDC Global Choice, Jolly Smile Dental Clinic and Rotary Club of Nuvali.
Enriquez won her match against Genlaiza Bagorio (blitz) and Sheryll Andres Bordon (rapid) of Isabela and Woman Candidate Master Mira Mirano of Manila; Medina blasted Anwar Cabugatan of Isabela and Candidate Master Genghis Imperial of Manila while Lorenzo blanked Manolito Manaois of Isabela and Arena Grandmaster Glenn Lemen of Manila, in order.
Grandmaster Rogelio "Banjo" Barcenilla Jr. defeated Alvin Aguinaldo (blitz) and Servillano Obana Jr. (rapid) of Isabela but yielded to Grandmaster Julio Catalino Sadorra of Manila in blitz but bounces back in the rapid play.
Fide Master Austin Jacob Literatus, meantime beat National Master Gerardo Cabellon of Isabela but loss to International Master John Marvin Miciano of Manila in the blitz portion but prevail in the rapid format.
Fide Master Jose Efren Bagamasbad, on the other hand, nipped Francis Cabe of Isabela in the blitz event but split the point in the rapid play. He beat International Master Chris Ramayrat of Manila in the blitz portion but loss in the rapid game.
According to Arena Grandmaster Dr. Alfredo "Fred" Paez, Laguna bested Isabela, 7-0, 13-1, and Manila, 5-2, 12-2, in the blitz and rapid format.
"Manila is indeed a strong team and winning 17-4 is a great feat. We didn't expect to win by such wide margin. The Laguna Heroes really manifested great character tonight," said Arena Grandmaster Dr. Alfredo "Fred" Paez, one of the four co-team owner of the Laguna Heroes that includes engr. Benjamin Dy, engr. Jonathan Mamaril and Mr. David Nithyananthan.
The Laguna Team will next face Quezon City Simba's Tribe on Saturday, March 20, 2021.
Other member of the winning Laguna team were Candidate Master Arjie Bayangat, Engr. Benjamin Dy, Engr. Jonathan Mamaril and Mr. David Nithyananthan.-Marlon Bernardino-
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