NM Roque, who plays for the Toledo-Xignex Trojans in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines , pocketed the P8,000 purse and the trophy for ruling the tournament which fielded in over 120 woodpushers.He had a near-perfect campaign after tallying 8.5 points in the nine-round Swiss system competition.
He snapped his six-match winning streak when he had a draw against his fellow Trojan Allan Pason in the seventh round. Pason went on placing second overall with 8.0 points.However, NM Roque went on to win the last two rounds against another Trojan Ronald Ganzon and Michael Pinar. The organizer of the tournament, Roy de la Cruz told CDN Digital that this is their first time to host a chess tilt featuring pro and amateur woodpushers.Trojans eye win in next match to tighten grip on 3rd spot of PCAP online chess“Hopefully this will be a yearly event as to the number of civil engineers, I am sure that majority know how to play chess,” said de la Cruz.
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