Zamboanga scores twin wins in PCAP online chess
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 03 Mar 2022
MANILA---Zamboanga Sultans scored twin victories in the 2nd season of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All Filipino Conference online chess tournament virtually held at Chess.com Platform on Wednesday night.
The Sultans started things off with a 16-5 triumph over Cagayan Kings and followed it up with a 11.5-9.5 win over Caloocan Loadmanna Knights to raise their record to 16-7 in the Southern Division.
Zamboanga made its presence felt in the blitz against Cagayan on wins by National Master Paulo James Florendo, Shela Khan Sepanton, Fide Master Belsar Valencia, National Master Joey Albert Florendo, National Master Raymond Salcedo and National Master Zulfikar Sali.
Paulo James Florendo defeated Don Tyrone delos Santos, Sepanton nipped April Joy Ramos, Valencia trounced Ricardo Martin, Joey Albert Florendo smashed Marc Francis Balanay, Salcedo outplayed Jake Tumaliuan and Sali crushed Marc Francis Balanay.
United States Master Jojo Aquino defeated National Master Dale Bernardo to prevent a possible shut out loss of Cagayan.
The Sultans dumped the Kings in the rapid match behind Bernardo, Valencia, Joey Albert Florendo, Salcedo and Sali.
Against Caloocan, Zamboanga dominated the blitz play, 5.5-1.5, behind Sepanton, National Master Butch Villavieja, Joey Albert Florendo, Sali and Salcedo.
The team was also engaged in a tight battle with Caloocan in the rapid match,6-8, behind triumphs by Villavieja and Sali and draws by Bernardo and Joey Albert.
“Team effort pulled us through these two matches,” said Sultans team owner Zulfikar Sali. “We praise each member of the team for being a contributor of this winning streak.”
In other results, the Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates settled for a split of their games on Wednesday evening as they crushed the Quezon City Simba's Tribe, 14.5-6.5, but fell to Rizal Batch Towers, 15.5-5.5. Currently, the team has a 14-9 win-loss slate.-Marlon Bernardino-
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