1st Campomanes Memorial R6: Chinese players leading the Open and Women Section
GM Jun Zhao (2586)Chinese grandmaster and tournament 11th seed Jun Zhao, is currently leading the 1st Campomanes Memorial after 6 rounds with 5.5 points, a full point ahead of the chasing pack of 9...
View Article1st Campomnes memorial Cup: Jun Zhao takes the cup, photo presentations
When everybody is talking about Le Quang Liem, Wesley So, and Anton Filipov as the favorites to win the first ever staging of the Campo memorial, another unheralded young Chinese player in the name of...
View ArticleThe Philippines new chess grandmaster, IM Roland Salvador
Reports has it that the Philippines will have a new chess grandmaster, Italy based IM Roland Salvador. That makes Salvador the 12th grandmaster the country has ever produced by far.SALVADOR TOPS ITALY...
View ArticleWhere is GM Bong Villamayor?
Wondering why GM Bong Villamayor suddenly disappeared from local chess scene? Here's why. GM Villamayor is currently based in Singapore (he was previously based there prior to his return to the...
View ArticleUsing Chess for Succes in Web Design.
Here's a great news for chess players and fans who are thinking of starting a chess blog or site of their own. These days, it is very difficult to do almost about everything without having a personal...
View ArticleWith or without GM Antonio, the team moves on and is ready for the Olympiad.
With or without GM Joey Antonio in the line up, the Philippine chess team for the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia is ready for the challenge. As everybody knows by now, GM Antonio was...
View ArticleNCFP next move against Antonio maybe too personal
Although we find no wrong on the side of NCFP (National Chess Federation of the Philippines) to implement disciplinary actions to players if they decide to follow against the rules of the federation,...
View ArticleFIDE wants to acquire the "Ground Zero"
To be honest, I don't like the idea of having the land of where the twin towers used to be to be occupied by something that is not co-related with the September 11 terrorist attack in New York City....
View ArticleIlyumzhinov's plan of acquisitions of land near "Ground Zero", a mere...
A Chess Center near Ground Zero? Really? A grand scheme indeed. But Ilyumzhinov's "plan" of buying the site near where the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City used to stand can be...
View ArticleA note from Kirsan Ilyumzhinov?
Well, I'm not sure about this one. But the administrator of FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Facebook page just leave a note here on ChessHeroes blog regarding my previous post Ilyumzhinov's plan of...
View ArticleThe Philippines vs Korea Sunday Showdown
Our Philippine chess team in Khanty-Manysk Chess Olympiad needs some inspiration. Well, here's some bits of sports update from our other athletes competing abroad this weekend.The Cecil Mamiit led...
View ArticleChess Olympiad round 2: Spain vs the Philippines live.
The Philippines vs Spain round 2 match up will be featured live through chessbomb.com with computer analyst as reported by Chessdom.com. Board one battle will pit Wesley So against Alexei Shirov. This...
View Article2010 Chess Olympiad r8: Bulgaria vs Philippines
Our regular 8-5 job and those threats imposed of beating deadlines made it close to impossible to update this blog in the past week but we're back on blogging. Though quite inactive from blogging, we...
View ArticleTwo new Pinoy Chess Grandmasters, GM Rogelio Barcenilla and GM Roland Salvador
In what many believed as a long over due conferment of the title, Rogelio "Banjo" Barcenilla can finally be call a grandmaster after years of efforts and waiting to established his status, he he is now...
View Article2010 Chess Olympiad Final Round: Philippines vs Estonia
The final round of the 2010 Khanty Manyisks Chess Olympiad will be played today. In the Open section, Ukraine still holding to the lead and the Philippines is currently holding the 31st spot. They have...
View ArticleOlympiad aftermath, emotions should be checked, analyze the final match.
Just days after the Philippines fell to it's "worst" place finish in the chess olympiad, both writers and fans alike started to voice out their feelings and opinions on what went wrong. Emotions are...
View ArticleWesley So turns 17 today.
GM Wesley So turns 17 today, October 9. No other player since the days of GM Eugene Torre that captured the imagination of Philippine chess other than Wesley.CH wish Wesley So a happy birthday and we...
View Article2010 SPICE Cup puts on a record
For two straight years, GM Wesley So will be participating in the tough SPICE CUP at Texas Tech University, USA. So's performance last year produced neither bad nor impressive result, though some were...
View ArticleEuropean Chess Club Cup 2010
They call it the chess version of the "European Champions League". For good reason. The European Chess Club Cup will field 24 players rated over 2700+ that will compete for their respective clubs...
View ArticleWorld Youth Chess Championship begins today
The 2010 World Youth Chess Championship is set to begin today October 20 in Halkidiki, Greece, and will run till 31. The Philippines will be represented by FM Haridas Pascua in the Boys Under 18...
View ArticleSo, Gomez co winners of the 2010 NCFP training tournament for the Asian Games
sIt's two bird in one stone for Wesley So. He tied first with GM John Paul Gomez and got some needed sparring partners as preparation before he fly off to Texas USA for the 2010 SPICE Cup tournament....
View ArticleA win that matters
It will end in a victory one way or the other. Fortunately, it ends in a victory and Wesley is good to go again. It was like having your first taste of glass of water after spending some time in the...
View ArticleGarry Kasparov: world technology is moving very slowly
You may have probably purchased a new Apple II, or a new iphone and think it's cool to have one of those "state-of-the-art", "space age" gadgets and suddenly you think that current technology is...
View ArticleReevaluating ChessHeroes blog
Promotion from work means more obligation not to mention that we're currently conducting an intensive research work on something that will take years to finish. Fact is, our multi tasking skills has...
View ArticleSilver that shines twice than usual
Man, we fought mighty China today. No chance. It was never close. No surprise. But they deserve all the merit. We still belong there on top, among the best in Asia.After beating India in the semis...
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