THE Davao City Durianburg Stallions, best remembered for winning the Philippine Chess League Season 4, ruled the inaugural show of the Association of Chess Amateurs in the Philippines Inc. (Acapi) Online Chess Team Tournament on Tuesday, February 13 via chess.com platform.
The Stallions owned by chess patron and lawyer Jose Dionisio ‘Jong’ Guevarra Jr emerged champion both in the Acapi’s 1st President’s Cup Chess Team Skirmishes II’s Open and Youth divisions while making the top 3 in the Under-12, female and PWD categories of the latest chess league nation-wide for amateur players.
Overpowering the Panabo Knights Chess Club (72.0 points) and San Juan- Crame PPKGCC (56.0) with their total score of 95.0 points in taking the Open division crown, the Davao Durianburg Stallions also edged their neighbors from Panabo City, 34.0 to 33.0 in the Youth division championship.
The Imus-CEFAG-PPKGCC pawnpushers finished third with 22.0 points to show.
Tuguegarao Team A, meanwhile, dominated the Under-12 section with an aggregate of 57.0 points over second-placer Valenzuela City White Knights (32.0) and third-running Davao Durianburg Stallions (26.0).
This, as the Laguna White Knights took control in the female bracket with their overwhelming 17.0 points over Davao Durianburg (14.0) and Imus-CEFAG-PPKGCC (9.0) as Caloocan held its ground in the battle for Persons With Disability (PWD) with a 17.0 output against Davao Durianburg’s 14.0 and Bicol Chess Player’s Advocates’ 13.0 points.
In the only corner of the Acapi chess fight where Davao failed to crack the top three, the Imus, Cavite chessers garnered 18.0 points to lord it over in the Senior division over Las Piñas (13.0) and Bicol (12.0).
According to Acapi’s founding head, Arena Grandmaster Rey Urbiztondo some 447 players composing a total of 101 teams from all over the country have participated in the online amateur chess team tourney’s successful debut.
“We have so many amateur chess players around the country young and old alike that will be allowed to develop their chess skills including the PWDs. This is good for Philippine chess,” said Urbiztondo.
“The Acapi League is assured of three conferences in a year and is expecting more teams in the second conference,” added Urbiztondo, who is also board director of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines.
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