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MANILA — Nagbigay ng suporta ang Hotel Sogo sa grupo ni GM Rogelio Madrigal Antonio, Jr., na pangungunahan ang PH chess team campaign sa 2023 Bob Wade Masters and Challengers na iinog sa 13-21 Enero 2023 sa Howick Community Church Complex sa Auckland, New Zealand.
Makakasama ni Antonio sina National Master Almario Marlon Quiroz Bernardino, Jr., Woman National Master Antonella Berthe Murillo Racasa, at Roberto Manggaran Racasa.
“We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Hotel Sogo by throwing its full support to PH chess team campaign to the 2023 Bob Wade Masters and Challengers to be held on January 13 to 21, 2023 at the Howick Community Church Complex in Auckland, New Zealand,” ani Roberto Manggaran Racasa, ang PH Team Delegation Head.
“We would like also thanks to New Zealand Chess Federation Inc., Vice President International Organizer Paul Spiller for inviting us to participate in the said International Chess Tournament,” dagdag ni Roberto na certified FIDE National arbiter, father/coach ni WNM Antonella Berthe Racasa.
Masisilayan ang 60-anyos na si Antonio (Elo 2397) sa Masters Division, Standard Event, Single Round Robin Format na kinabibilangan nina GM Elshan Moradiabadi ng USA (Elo 2514), GM Samy Shoker ng Egypt (Elo 2491), FM Ben Hague ng New Zealand (Elo 2381), IM Gary Lane ng Australia (Elo 2343), IM Herman C. Van Riemsdijk ng Brazil (Elo 2265), FM Stephen Lukey ng New Zealand (Elo 2130), FM Robert W. Smith ng New Zealand (Elo 2130), at CM Felix Xie ng New Zealand (Elo 2103).
Tampok ang 45-anyos na si Bernardino (Elo 2035), veteran sportswriter at radio commentator bilang second seed sa Challengers 2 section habang ang 15-anyos na si Racasa (Elo 1504) ay ninth seed. (MB)
