NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK---Filipino International Master Rico Mascariñas defeated

countryman and fellow IM Luis Chiong IV in the ninth and final round to finish runner-up in the just
concluded 2005 Singapore Open Chess Championships dubbed as 3rd Vision Masters
Tournament held at the Singapore Chess Federation headquarters in Singapore over the weekend.
The undefeated Cebuano ace Mascariñas scored five draws and four wins to raise his total of 6.5
points in nine games of play. On the other hand, Chiong, a native of Antique was stuck at 6.0 points
with the loss to Mascariñas that dropped him in a tie for 3rd to 4th placers with FIDE Master Sadikin
Irwanto of Indonesia, winner over local bet FM Goh Weiming.
Untitled Vietnamese Canh Huan Hoang emerged champion in the said chessfest after scoring 7.0
points with a last round victory over FM Bao Quang also from Vietnam.
Armenian IM Ashot Nadanian make it to the top five with 5.0 points by demolishing Thien Viet
Nguyen of Vietnam. (By Marlon Bernardino, National Master, Special to PhilBoxing.com, 11 October
2005)