Last Friday in Aqueen Hotel in Paya Lebar, Singapore a QCD SG Chess League 2018 was held where Eliodoro "Louie" Polistico of the Philippines manage to save the chess team on possible of losing after he manages to make it tied after he won that helped their standing with a 2-2 draw against the team Pawnstar where both of them are equally in top 2 positions after six rounds of matches.
Cavite's bet Polistico who is a chess trainer and FIDE trainer won against Kum Hong Koh on their English Opening in Board 4.
While both Lincoln “Linky” Yap and International Master Rico Mascarinas in their Board matches resulted in a draw on their series.
Yap of Cebu equally acquire the same points with Alexandru Crivoi in their Italian Game while International Master Mascarinas of Cebu who was also an eight-time member of World Chess Olympiad resulted in a draw also against Jonathan Koh.
After six rounds of matches, the Philippines achieved second place with a total of 9 match points which is behind the current leader of Singapore Pawnstars with 10 match points.
Their win has gained two points and the draw that has the equivalent of half points that resulted in the points into zero in system format.
Singapore Chess Federation and QCD organized such tournament with tournament director John Wong Fan Kong and Chief Arbiter Christopher Lim.
My Opinion About This Article
It was really a great event that was organized by both Singapore Chess Federation and QCD where many Filipinos showcase their talents in chess sports. This can be a test of both intellect and skills in chess.
Note: To follow rules and regulation in Scorum translation community. I translate this article as per my own understanding, by which no Google Translation was used in this article.
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