National Chess Federation of the Philippines
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The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) is a non-profit organization
, the governing chess
organization within the Philippines
, and one of the member federations of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs.
The Philippines have produced ten chess Grandmasters (GM), including GMs Eugene Torre, Rogelio Antonio, Wesley So
, Darwin Laylo
, Jayson Gonzales
, Bong Villamayor
, Joseph Sanchez, Mark Paragua
and Nelson Mariano II
(inactive). IM Ronald Dableo is GM in waiting after achieving 3 GM Norms, and needs to raise his Elo rating
to 2500 points in order to get the full GM status.
Non-profit organization
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, the governing chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
organization within the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, and one of the member federations of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs.
The Philippines have produced ten chess Grandmasters (GM), including GMs Eugene Torre, Rogelio Antonio, Wesley So
Wesley So
Wesley So is a Filipino chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he achieved the GM title at the age of 14 years, 1 month and 28 days, making him the 8th youngest person to achieve the Grandmaster title in the history of chess. Before becoming a Grandmaster, So had become the youngest Filipino...
, Darwin Laylo
Darwin Laylo
Darwin Laylo is a Filipino chess Grandmaster.Laylo won the Philippine national championship in 2004 and 2006. These wins earned him a place on the Philippine Chess Olympiad teams in the 2004 Calvià Olympiad and in 2006 at Turin....
, Jayson Gonzales
Jayson Gonzales
Jayson Gonzales is a Filipino chess Grandmaster .He played for the Philippines in the Chess Olympiads of 2004 and 2008. In 1998, he won the Southern California Open. In 2001, he tied for 4-5th with Alan Sayson in the Philippine Chess Championship...
, Bong Villamayor
Buenaventura Villamayor
Buenaventura "Bong" Villamayor is the Philippines 4th International chess Grandmaster.-Achievements:-External links:...
, Joseph Sanchez, Mark Paragua
Mark Paragua
Mark Callano Paragua is a Filipino chess Grandmaster. He was born in the Philippines to Flordeliza Callano and Ricardo Paragua, who is also his coach...
and Nelson Mariano II
Nelson Mariano II
Nelson Mariano II is the Philippines fifth International Chess Grandmaster and the last Asian Junior Chess Champion from the Philippines since 1994.-Life and career:...
(inactive). IM Ronald Dableo is GM in waiting after achieving 3 GM Norms, and needs to raise his Elo rating
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
to 2500 points in order to get the full GM status.
See also
- Department of Education (Philippines)Department of Education (Philippines)The Department of Education , is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the management and governing of the Philippine system of basic education. It is the chief formulator of Philippine educational policy and is responsible for the Philippine primary and secondary...
- Philippine Olympic CommitteePhilippine Olympic CommitteeThe Philippine Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines.-About the POC:The POC is a private, non-governmental organization composed of and serve as the mother organization of all National Sports Associations in the Philippines...
- Philippine Sports CommissionPhilippine Sports CommissionThe Philippine Sports Commission was created through Republic Act No. 6847 in 1990 to serve as the "sole policy-making and coordinating body of all amateur sports development programs and institutions in the Philippines"...