Cavite Spartans pulled off a win over the highly rated Pasig City King Pirates
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 16 May 2021
MANILA, Philippines---Lesser-known Arena Grandmaster Voltaire Marc Paraguya shocked Olympiad veteran and Grandmaster Darwin Laylo on board five to help lift the Cavite Spartans to a 11-10 win over the Pasig Kings Pirates in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines’ (PCAP) online tournament dubbed as Grandmaster Wesley So Cup, Saturday, May 15, 2021.
Paraguya fought hard Laylo to a draw in helping the Spartans nail their first win at the start of the said competition being held at online platform chess.com.
Paraguya and Laylo agreed to a draw after 30 moves of Queen's Pawn Opening, Mikenas Defense in their Rapid Game encounter.
"The Cavite Spartans pulled off a win over the highly rated Pasig City King Pirates. The Spartans' come from behind victory was simply phenomenal as they played without any GM in their team but managed to score 11-10 over King Pirates with 3 GMs as their top board players. Kudos to the Cavite Spartans," said Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Deputy Director General for Policy and Planning Theo Panga, staunch supporter of Cavite Spartans that includes Rep. Jon-Jon Ferrer, Mayor Ony Ferrer of General Trias City, Cavite, coach Ederwin Estavillo and assistant coach Israel Landicho.
Winners for Cavite were Melizah Ruth Carreon, International Master Petronio Roca, Jayson San Jose Visca and Renie Malupa.
Carreon routed Woman Fide Master Sherily Cua on board 3, Roca trounced National Master Master Rudy Ibanez on board 4, Visca crushed Carl Espallardo on board 6 while Malupa outplayed Jaymarc Gutierrez on board 7.
Filipino Grandmaster Roland Salvador and Singaporean Grandmaster Kevin Goh Wei Ming led the Pasig side. Salvador beat Singaporean Arena International Master Wagish Kumar Rai on board 1 while Goh Wei Ming edged Lourecel Hernandez Ecot on board 2.
Cavite defeated Pasig, 9-5 in Rapid portion. Earlier, Pasig beat Cavite, 5-2, in blitz side.
Pasig blitz portion winner were IM Eric Labog Jr., Goh Wei Ming, Cua, Ibanez and Laylo against Rai, Ecot, Carreon, Roca and Paraguya.
Visca and Malupa, the two survivor of Cavite, on the other hand, winner over Cromwell Sabado and Gutierrez, in order.
The Cavite Spartans will face Manila Indios Bravos and Isabela Knight Raiders on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
Manila bested inaugural winner Laguna Heroes, 2-1, in the Armageddon tiebreak while Isabela waylaid Olongapo Rainbow Team 7, 11-7.-Marlon Bernardino-
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