Outdoor Chess Tournament in Luneta Chess Plaza

PCCO (Pinoy Chess Club Online) a popular Chess Group in Facebook, never run out of Chess activities, aside from their regular Online Chess Tournaments that they pioneer in the Philippines, they also venture into over the board tournaments this time the Luneta Blitz Chess Tournament, an outdoor chess tournament, details below: 

This event will now be on its 4^th staging sponsored by former Olympian US based WNM Susan Itaas, with the help of Luneta Chess Club officers led by another Olympiad veteran IM Chito Garma as their President, NA Boyet Tardecilla, Luneta Chess Plaza Officer in charge Ate Perla and Sir Eugene, and of course Dr. Jenny Mayor Dental Clinic.  

PCCO co organize this event to give their online participants a venue to meet and play each other personally, make friends with everyone not just in Facebook and encourage healthy competition among each other, the prizes is just a bonus.

Luneta Chess Plaza is a relaxing place aside from the fact that it is located in the heart of Manila, it is in the center of Rizal Park one of the most visited place in the Philippines, the Chess Plaza itself was covered by trees that serve as it’s shade from scorching heat and the pollution brought about by vehicle emissions around Metro Manila.

PCCO made a great event and venue for its Chess activities in this Luneta challenge, they are the first to introduce Online Chess Tournaments in the Philippines, now an outdoor Chess tournament, it is also worth mentioning here that they are also the first Online Chess Club to be affiliated in the NCFP (National Chess Federation of the Philippines) a feat that only Sir Noel Morales did for the love of Chess, for the readers information PCCO has now almost 9,000 members and most sponsors came from its members.

For interested sponsors they need to inform Sir Noel in advance so that a sponsorship can be possible in their desired date as there are also considerations like the NCFP events and other important tournaments and holidays, so if you wish an event to be played on your birthday as the practice now you need to arrange it to Sir Noel Morales as early as possible.

So mark the date its May 17, 2015 in the famous Luneta Chess Plaza, unfortunately it is limited to only 40 participants on a first come first serve basis.

For more details visit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/surigaocitychessclub/

Note: 

PCCO: Pinoy Chess Club Online: https://www.facebook.com/groups/surigaocitychessclub/

NCFP: National Chess Federation of the Philippines

WNM: Women National Master

IM: International Master

NA: National Arbiter