5th GATE chess cup registration now open

By ALEX ROMEO R. FERNANDEZ

DAGUPAN CITY—The Pangasinan Chess League (PCL) is now accepting

registration online for the 5th Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. Cup Open
Chess Tournament which will be held at the Provincial Training and
Development Center (PTDC) in Lingayen, Pangasinan on Dec. 21-22.

The tournament offers the following cash prizes for the Open Category—
P25,000 (first place), P20,000 (second place), P15,000 (third place),
P10,000 (fourth place), P7,000 (fifth place), P5,000 (sixth place) and
P2,000 each (seventh to fifteenth place).

For the Kiddie Category (born 1999 or later), the prizes are P7,000 (first
place), P5,000 (second place) P3,000 (third place), P2,000 (fourth place)
and P1,000 each (fifth to tenth place).

A cash prize of P1,000 will also be awarded to each of the top three female
and top three senior (60 years old or above) players. 
Pangasinan players will also receive cash prizes, which include P1,000 each
for the top three scorers and P500 each for the fourth to tenth placers.

To register, visit the PCL Facebook page

at www.facebook.com/pangasinan.chessleague and download the
registration form from there. Next, send the accomplished form to
pangasinanchessleague2013@gmail.com, and then deposit registration fee
to Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. account number 9007175314.

Successful registration will be confirmed through text.

Online registration runs until 3:00 p.m. of Dec. 19.

A walk-in registration day has also been set at the Narciso Ramos Sports
and Civic Center (NRSCC) in Lingayen town on Dec. 20, from 3:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m.

Rates for walk-in and online registrations are as follows: Open Category—
P150 (residents of Pangasinan) and P350 (non-residents of the province),
and Kiddie Category—P100 (residents of Pangasinan) and P250 (non-
residents of the province).

Registration is free for the participants of the 3rd Amado T. Espino Jr.
Chess Clinic and the Angguan tan Ehersisyo provincial sports fest.

The organizers will also accept registration on site on Dec. 21 at 8:00 a.m.
to 10:00 a.m., according to these rates, regardless of residency: Open
Category--P500, Kiddie Category—P350.

Free billeting quarters at NRSCC will be provided for the participants.

The tournament, sanctioned by the National Chess Federation of the

Philippines (NCFP) and organized by the provincial government of
Pangasinan and the PCL, is the concluding event of the annual Pangasinan
Chess Festival this year.

For more information, contact PCL President Juan Vicente R. Sison, 0905-
385-2274; PCL Secretary General German C. Francisco, 0919-565-8981;
and Chief Arbiter Ricardo P. Yuson, 0908-253-0571, or visit the PCL official
Facebook page. (ARRF/PCL)