FORMER Philippine Christian University (PCU) top player Chester Caminong trounced Verth Alora in the eight and final round to dominate the just concluded CAAP 2000 Rapid Chess Tournament at the Ramon Magsaysay High School, EDSA-Cubao, Quezon City, over the weekend.
Caminong finished with a total 7.5 points on account of seven wins and a draw in eight outings to bag the top prize of P4,000 in the event organized by Chess Arbiters Association of the Philippines supervised Gatz Luz, Raul Cruz, Ferdie Reyes, Milo Samaniego and Danny Villanueva.
At solo second place is Ricardo Jimenez with 7.0 points, half point ahead of John Alcon Datu, Joel Cocjin and Stephen Manzanero with 6.5 points each.
Jimenez pocketed P2,000 while Datu, Cocjin and Manzanero received P800 each.
Meanwhile, the entire Philippine Chess Community is saddened by the death of former Olympian and NM Celestino Cain due to colon and abdominal complications. "I remember Celes (Cain) as one of our best chess player in the early 80's and also one of the few who succeeded in chess coaching," said chess trainer NM/IA Erwin Carag. Cain's remains was flown to Bicol by his relatives.
contributed by MARLON BERNARDINO, edited by jovie sison.
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