The pride of Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro actually ended in a tie for first place with Elech Dawa of Remate/Hataw, Celso Quijano of Manila Bulletin/Tempo and Orlando Primo of X-Files/Police Files with 4.0 points.
But Cruz, a former Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) chess team stalwart, got the champion’s trophy for besting second placer Dawa, third placer Quijano and fourth placer Primo in the tiebreak.
Tying for eight to 10th places were Michelle Borlongan of Bulacan Herald, Maria Angela Gonzales and Jun Borlongan of Bulgar.
Villota and Cortez shared the top senior player award while Michelle and Maria Angela shared the top lady award.
National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) Executive Director Grandmaster Jayson Gonzales and Dr. John Teope of 1-Prodem attended the opening ceremonies of the tournament to give inspirational messages to the participants.
The one-day tournament sponsored by the 1st Philippine Pro-Democracy Foundation, Inc. in close cooperation with the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), National Press Club (NPC) and the Philippine Academy for Chess Excellence (PACE) applied the Swiss System format with 25-minute time control. Marlon Bernardino
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