Harley Palangchao
Sports, 7/17/2011
Sports, 7/17/2011
University of the Cordilleras chess team member Frederick Bintudan scored a perfect nine to take the third week of the on-going Weekly Blitz Tournament at the Baguio Center Mall (BCM) activity area.
Bintudan won over fellow players from other Baguio-Benguet Educational Athletic League schools to join Mark Castillo and Wilbur Suanding in the roster of winners this quarter.
With the win, Bintudan, Castillo, and Suanding have chances of joining first quarter winner John John Mendoza in the year ending finals of the tournament.
Geron Bas-ong of the Cordillera Career Development College lost twice for seven points to take second spot of the senior’s side, which is open to 13 years old and above. He lost to University of Baguio’s Lance Kindipan for his seven points.
Brylle Vinluan of the UB Laboratory Elementary School scored a perfect eight to take the third week of competition in the kiddies’ side, which is open to 13 years old and below.
Mark Limocon ended up fourth with 5.5 points as UB’s elementary and high school players dominated the kiddies division.
Vinluan this joined weekly winner Mark Quitlong of Baguio City National High School and the older Limocon, Marvin, also of UBLES.
BCM, meanwhile, announced it will serve as venue of the True Colors Inter-school Chess and Word war Tournament on Aug. 13 to 14 following the signing of an agreement between organizer We Can and the BCM.
Bintudan won over fellow players from other Baguio-Benguet Educational Athletic League schools to join Mark Castillo and Wilbur Suanding in the roster of winners this quarter.
With the win, Bintudan, Castillo, and Suanding have chances of joining first quarter winner John John Mendoza in the year ending finals of the tournament.
Geron Bas-ong of the Cordillera Career Development College lost twice for seven points to take second spot of the senior’s side, which is open to 13 years old and above. He lost to University of Baguio’s Lance Kindipan for his seven points.
Brylle Vinluan of the UB Laboratory Elementary School scored a perfect eight to take the third week of competition in the kiddies’ side, which is open to 13 years old and below.
Mark Limocon ended up fourth with 5.5 points as UB’s elementary and high school players dominated the kiddies division.
Vinluan this joined weekly winner Mark Quitlong of Baguio City National High School and the older Limocon, Marvin, also of UBLES.
BCM, meanwhile, announced it will serve as venue of the True Colors Inter-school Chess and Word war Tournament on Aug. 13 to 14 following the signing of an agreement between organizer We Can and the BCM.
