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Daniel Quizon (born November 10, 2004) is a Filipino chess player and the current Philippine Chess Champion. [2] He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2024. [3] He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021, [4] where he was defeated 1.5-0.5 by Evgeny Bareev in the first round. [5]
The Toledo City Chess Miners changed their name to the Toledo City Trojans before the start of the season. [2] The Davao Chess Wizards changed their name to the Davao Chess Eagles before the start of the season. [4] The Camarines Soaring Eagles & Iriga City Oragons were merged into Camarines-Iriga before the start of the 2022 PCAP 2nd Conference.
The Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) was formed by Filipino lawyer Paul Elauria who also became the league's first commissioner. [1] The league was launched in 2020, although plans relating to the establishment of the first professional chess league in the Philippines has already been made years ago.
The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) is the governing chess organization in the Philippines. [2] It is a non-profit organization and a member of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and part of the Philippine Olympic Committee. [3] [4]
Gomez has been a many-time member of the Philippine Team at the Chess Olympiad. At the 38th Chess Olympiad (2008) held in Dresden, Germany when he was still an International Master (IM), he played Board 4 for the Philippines finishing as the team's top scorer with 7.5/11 on the strength of 5 wins, 5 draws and a solitary loss for a winning percentage of 68.2% with a Tournament Performance ...
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen dropped out of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Dec. 27 after refusing to ditch his denim as "a matter of principle"
Team Philippines achieved its initial highest finish of 11th place at the 1974 Chess Olympiad which was improved on by the 1988 Philippine Team. Bronze Medal (Individual Standings, Board 1): 24th Chess Olympiad (1980 Valletta, Malta) where he scored 11 points in 14 games (nine wins, four draws, and one loss) for a winning percentage of 78.6% ...
While completing in the 2016 Chess Olympiad, Fronda's endgame win against GM Bela Khotenashvili was pivotal to the Filipina team's upset of Georgia in the second round. [10] [11] Fronda, after teaching chess in Singapore at the Asean Chess Academy for two years, again won the women's national chess championship of the Philippines in 2019.