Philippine Chess

[pisak]

1ST SATURDAY MAGNOLIA CHESS TOURNAMENT SET AUGUST 2

BY: MARLON BERNARDINO

THE Non-Master 1950 Below NCFP Rapid Rating reels off on August 2, 2008 9:00am at 4th Floor Dona Soledad cor. Australia Sts, Better Living, Paranaque City. A representative from Magnolia Health Tea Drinks will grace the opening of the event.

At stake in the tournament will be P 3,000 for the champion, 2nd 2,000 and 3rd 1,000. Category winners are the Top kiddie, lady, senior to receive cash and medals. Tournament format shall apply the seven round Swiss system the rate of play will be wenty five minutes per player to finish the game.

The tournament will be officiated by the National Association of Philippine Chess Arbiters, Inc. (NAPCA) and will be sanctioned by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP). Registration Standard fee is Php 250 and Kiddies is only Php 150.00. For details pls. contact Club's President Roland Roselada at 09178916190 or VP Cecil Padua 09229638274 or Dr. Bong Perez 5463714 or 09197227552.

Meanwhile, expert chess players who wants to be a teacher in chess may participate in the 3rd NAPCA Trainer and Coaches Seminar to be held on August 9, 2008 at the seminar room of Barangay Rizal Hall, Makati City. Barangay Chairman Larry Lorico will grace the opening of the seminar. Facilitator of the activity is Atty. Rommel Tacorda, Certified FIDE Instructor and FIDE Arbiter. For registration pls. contact Rolly Suarez at 7579253 or 09167716369.

[jem]

I can not understand the wisdom of this kind of tournament. Active na, Non master pa my ceiling pang 1950 rating. How can we improve our players with this kind of tournament. Lalo lang nababansot ang ating mga player imbest na lumakas.

[batilsky]

The tournament format which is active (around 25 min/player, non-master, 1950 below) caters specifically to a certain market/level in the chess community. Such tournaments primary concerned is this base of chess players. Promotion of the games, a breeding ground for would be chess master, and also a training ground for future officials/arbiter of the game. Even Wesley So used to play on such events, the great Anand when he was still young honed his skills in such tournaments in the Philippines,

if you want a stronger tournament wait for next month as back to back international tournaments of such caliber would be offered by the local federation,

[jem]

Oh common. What's obvious with this kind of format is MONEY. To attract more players to cover the prizes, payment for ushers, arbiters etc. We see many tournament of this kind everywhere on a regular basis. But OPEN ACTIVE TOURNAMENT OR NON MASTER OPEN ACTIVE TOURNAMENT VERY FEW.

The two upcoming tournament are differnt animal. They are on standard time control and both international tournament. We encourage everyone to join this tournament especially the youth. Hence, no point to compare.

[batilsky]

Absolutely, there's no comparison that's why i stated its of different level.

BTW, we do organized such tournaments not primarily to earn MONEY. Last time we organized such abono pa talaga. Tapwe lang registration pero libo premyo and lots of goodies even for non-winners, actually all the participants even get a gift pack from procter and gamble worth more than th prize they paid for the registration. Snacks were even served in the course of the tournament. Pero maganda yung organization nung tournament, wala kaming inaasahan na monetary gain from that pero masaya kasi nastage namin yung tournament ng maayos.

So please dont judge such tournaments as a waste. Marami ring nagagawa o naidudulot na buti yang mga ganyang tournaments.

[Ancient_GM]

Hi,

I fully agree with Mr. Batilsky that the tournament is a good training ground for budding players. It's also very hard to organize chess as per my previous experience. It's also even very difficult to find a venue, how much more a sponsor. All kinds of sports have categories even boxing and UFC. You dont enter in a tournament if you want to become a very strong chessplayer. It's instead better to study with a good coach and play against a strong computer/program as what young international GM's are doing now. And the fact that one of the organizers is a doctor who will earn more if he foregoes this tournament and instead practice his profession speaks a million words for the good character of this man and his love for chess and chessplayers. I hope other people who keeps on complaining will do as the proverbial saying "DO IT YOURSELF IF YOU WANT IT DONE CORRECTLY".

[Ancient_GM]

Hi,

I fully agree with Mr. Batilsky that the tournament is a good training ground for budding players. It's also very hard to organize chess as per my previous experience. It's also even very difficult to find a venue, how much more a sponsor. All kinds of sports have categories even boxing and UFC. You dont enter in a tournament if you want to become a very strong chessplayer. It's instead better to study with a good coach and play against a strong computer/program as what young international GM's are doing now. And the fact that one of the organizers is a doctor who will earn more if he foregoes this tournament and instead practice his profession speaks a million words for the good character of this man and his love for chess and chessplayers. I hope other people who keeps on complaining will do as the proverbial saying "DO IT YOURSELF IF YOU WANT IT DONE CORRECTLY".