UAAP Season 81
2018-2019 UAAP Chess Team Tournament (Girls)
1st Floor, QPAV Building, UST, España St., Manila
Sept. 19-Oct. 28, 2018
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (NU) 37 points, 20 match points.
bd01 (board 1) WFM (Woman Fide Master) Allanney Jia Doroy 9/10, bd02 Jesca Docena 8.5/10, bd03 Vic Glysen Derotas 10/10, bd04 Princess Nicole Ballete 3/3, bd05 Natasja Jasmine Balabbo 6.5/7. Team Captain: WFM MDoroy, Team Coach: Jose Aquino Jr, Mark Anthony Bernales, Team Managers: Samson Go, Manny Go.
UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS (UST), 24.5 points, 12 match points.
bd01 Francois Marie Magpily 7.5/10, bd02 Iris May dela Cruz 0/1, bd03 Eula Djemarie dela Cruz 5.5/10, bd04 Marjeri Janapin 4.5/10, bd05 Precious Day Yecla 7/9. Team Captain: Francois Marie Magpily, Team Coach: Peter Lim.
ADAMSON UNIVERSITY (AdU), 24.5 points, 12 match points.
bd01 Sofia Carmela de Guzman 1/1, bd02 Jallen Herzchelle Agra 0/3, bd03 Robelle de Jesus 7.5/10, bd04 Jarel Renz Lacambra 5.5/10, bd05 Rheam de Guzman 5.5/9, bd06 Precious Eve Ferrer 5/7. Team Captain: Robelle de Jesus, Team Coach: Christopher Rodriguez.
FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY (FEU), 24 pts, 12 match points.
bd01 Ruth Joy Vinuya 4/8, bd02 Natori Biazza Diaz 8/10, bd03 Ma. Ann Joy Baclayon 1.5/4, bd04 Rizalyn Jasmine Tejada 0/2, bd05 Ledj Janalyn Barcenas 5.5/8, bd06 Divine Grace Luna 5/8. Team Captain: Rizalyn Jasmine Tejada, Team Coaches: GM Jayson Gonzales, Vicente Venice, Team Manager: Atty. Ruel Canobas, Asst. Team Manager: WFM Shania Mae Mendoza.
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY (ADMU) 6 pts, 4 match points
bd01 Ammeliah de Guzman 2/10, bd02 Alieli Winky Choi 0/10, bd03 Shariz Ngo 2/10, bd04 Mary Grace Catapang 2/10. Team Captain: Shariz Ngo, Team Coach: Ildefonso Datu.
DELA SALLE-ZOBEL (DLS-Z), 4 points, 0 match points.
bd01 Marianna Isabella Pecio 0/6, bd02 Esther Joy Vallee 0/10, bd03 Glesit Marie Tatoy 4/10, bd04 Anne Jelyne Perez 0/9, bd05 Beatrize Ysabelle Escalona 0/5. Team Coach: WIM Mikee Charlene Suede.
Individual Medal Awardees
Most Valuable Player: WFM Allanney Jia Doroy NU
Rookie of the Year: Precious Day Yecla UST
Board 1:
Gold — WFM Allanney Jia Doroy 9/10; Silver — Francois Marie Magpily UST 7.5/10; Bronze — Ruth Joy Vinuya FEU 4/8
Board 2:
Gold — Jesca Docena NU 8.5/10; Silver — Natori Blazza Diaz FEU 8/10; Bronze — Aleli Winky Choi ADMU 0/10; Bronze Esther Joy Valle DLS-Z 0/10
Board 3:
Gold — Vic Glyson Derotas NU 10/10; Silver — Robelle de Jesus AdU 7.5/10; Bronze — Eula Djemarie dela Cruz UST 5.5/10
Board 4:
Gold — Jarel Renz Lacambra AdU 5.5/10p; Silver — Marjeri Janapin UST 4.5/10; Bronze — Mary Grace Catapang ADMU 2/10
Board 5:
Gold — Natasja Jasmine Balabbo NU 6.5/7; Silver — Precious Day Yecla UST 7/9p; Bronze — Ledj Janalyn Barcenas 5.5/8
Board 6:
Gold — Precious Eve Ferrer AdU 5/7; Silver — Divine Grace Luna FEU 5/8; Bronze — no qualifier
In a further recognition of the rise of women’s chess in the Philippines, the UAAP this year introduced a new division in chess competitions, with a girls’ division added to the current Men’s (College), Women’s (College) and Boys (High School) contests.
The National University (NU) Lady Bullpups completely dominated the event by winning all ten of its matches, in seven of which it scored a 4-0 whitewash. They also won the individual gold medals on boards 1 (Doroy), board 2 (Jesca Docena), board 3 (Derotas) and board 5 (Balabbo), as well as the Most Valuable Player award (Doroy).
The only one who could compete with Allenney Jia Doroy on top board was UST’s Francois Marie Magpily, originally from General Pio Del Pilar National High School. Magpily, I believe she was the 2017 overall champion (meaning no distinction is made between boys and girls – I wonder if any other girl has ever accomplished such a feat?) of the NCR leg of the Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship, Junior Division.
[UST] Magpily, Francois Marie E. — [NU] WFM Doroy, Allanney Jia G. [B07]
2018-19 UAAP Chess (H. S. GIRLS) 1st Flr., QPAV Bldg., UST, España (5.2), 06.10.2018
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.f3 c6 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.0–0–0 Qa5 8.Kb1 b5 9.Bd3 Nb6 10.e5 Nfd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd2 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Bxd2 Kxc7 14.f4 Be6 15.Nf3 a5 16.Rhe1 h6 17.exd6+ Kxd6
[17…exd6 18.Bxg6]
18.h3 Nc4 19.Bc1 a4 20.Re2 Bd5 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5+ Kc7
Allenney Jia saw that this allows Bxb5, but could not bring herself to play 22…Ke6 23.g4 where her king might be trapped in the center of the board.
23.Bxb5 Bxa2+ 24.Kxa2 cxb5 25.Rd5 Kc6 26.Red2 f6?
Definitely a mistake, as White now drives a wedge into the opponent’s position. Better is 26…Rhc8 followed by …e7–e6.
27.Rd7 Rhe8 28.e6 f5 29.R2d5
Magpily just needs one tempo to play Be3 and it is all over.
29…a3 30.b3 Kb6 31.Be3+ Ka6
POSITION AFTER 31…KA6
32.Kxa3
White misses the forced mate 32.Rc5 (threatens Rc6+ then Bc2+) 32…Red8 (32…Rac8 33.Rc6+ Rxc6 34.Ra7#) 33.Rc6+ Ka5 34.Bb6+ Kb4 35.Bc5+ Ka5 36.Rxd8 Rxd8 37.b4+ Ka4 38.Ra6#. Anyway, no matter, she is still winning anyway.
32…Bf6 33.Rc7 Rec8 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Rd7 Ra8 36.Kb4 g5 37.g3 gxf4 38.gxf4 Bh4 39.c3 Bf6 40.Bf2 h5 41.Rc7 h4 42.c4 bxc4 43.Kxc4 Ka5 44.Bc5 Ra6 45.Rd7 Bb2 46.Rxe7 1–0
WFM Allanney Jia Doroy is of course the powerhouse in Philippine girls’ competitions. This pride of Nazareth School of National University was the 2017 Asian Schools Champion Under-17 in both standard and rapid chess divisions. She also won the silver medal in the blitz category.
It would be terribly unfair to her if I just showed you the above game, for Doroy won all her other games, including the following revanche from round 9.
WFM DOROY, Allanney Jia G — MAGPILY, Francois Marie E [A36]
2018–19 UAAP Chess (H. S. GIRLS) 1st Flr., QPAV Bldg., UST, España (9.1), 27.10.2018
1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 e5 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.0–0 d6 8.Rb1 Rb8 9.a3 b6 10.b4 Bb7 11.d3 Qd7 12.Nd5 Nd8 13.d4 Nxd5 14.cxd5 exd4 15.exd4 cxb4 16.axb4 0–0 17.Nc3 f5 18.b5 Qc7 19.Ne2 Qc4 20.Ba3 Nf7 21.Nf4 Rfc8 22.Rb4 Qa2?
This incautious move lands Black into a lot of trouble to extricate her queen. Better is 22…Qc2
23.Ra4 Qc2 24.Rxa7 Qc4 25.Qb1! Bxd4
[25…Bxd4 26.Rc1 Bc3 27.Rc2 followed by Qc1 wins a piece]
26.Rc1
The queen has nowhere to go.
26…Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Qd4+ 28.Kf1 g5 29.Rxc8+ Rxc8 30.Ne2 Qe3 31.Rxb7 Qxa3 32.Qxf5 Rf8 33.Bf3 Qa1+ 34.Kg2 Qe5 35.Qxe5 Nxe5 36.Be4 h5 37.Nd4 g4 38.Nf5 Ra8 39.Ne7+ Kh8 40.Ng6+ Kg8 41.Nxe5 1–0
The NU team this year was a virtual all-star squad. Aside from Doroy they also have Jesca Docena, originally from Wesleyan College and another prodigy from the chess-playing Docena Family.
[NU] DOCENA, Jesca R — [UST] DELA CRUZ, Iris May A [B31]
2018-19 UAAP Chess (H. S. GIRLS) 1st Flr., QPAV Bldg., UST, España (5.2), 06.10.2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0–0 Bg7 5.c3 d5 6.Qa4 Qd6 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.d4 Bd7 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Be3 Qd6 11.Na3 e6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Nc4 Nge7 14.Bf4 Qd8 15.Nd6+ Kf8 16.Nxb7 Qc8 17.Nc5 Be8 18.Ba6 Ne5 19.Bxc8 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Bxa4 21.Rd8+ Be8 22.Nd7+ Kg8 23.Rxe8+ Bf8 24.Rxf8+ Kg7 25.Be5+ Kh6 26.Rxh8 Rxc8 27.Rxc8 Nxc8 28.c4 Kg5 29.c5 h5 30.c6 Kf5 31.c7 g5 32.Rc1 g4 33.fxg4+ hxg4 34.Rc5 Kg6 35.Bf6 Kh7 36.Nf8+ Kh6 37.Rg5 Nd6 38.Rg8 Nf5 39.Rh8# 1–0
NU’s 3rd board, Vic Glysen Derotas, scored a clean sweep of all her matches — 10 out of 10. Ms. Derotas was formerly with the University of San Carlos Basic Education Department before moving to National University.
She was the Girls Kiddies Champion in the 2012 Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship.
[NU] DEROTAS, Vic Glysen G — [UST] JANAPIN, Marjeri G [A25]
2018-19 UAAP Chess (H. S. GIRLS) 1st Flr., QPAV Bldg, UST, España (9.1), 27.10.2018
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 f5 5.b3 Nf6 6.Bb2 Bd7 7.e3 Qe7 8.Nge2 g5 9.a3 0–0–0 10.Qc2 Qf7 11.0–0–0 Ng4 12.Rdf1 f4 13.Bd5 Be6 14.gxf4 gxf4 15.exf4 Nd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Nb5 c5 18.Bxe6+ Qxe6 19.f3 Nf6 20.Nxa7+ Kb8 21.Nb5 Bh6 22.Re1 Qd7 23.b4 Rhe8 24.Qa4 Qc6 25.Qa7+ Kc8 26.bxc5 dxc5 27.Re5 Rxe5 28.fxe5 Ne8 29.a4 Kd7 30.Re1 Ke6 31.Qa5 b6 32.Qa7 Rd7 33.Qb8 Re7 34.Bxd4 Kf7 35.Be3 Bxe3 36.Rxe3 Qe6 37.Re4 Rd7 38.Nd6+ Nxd6 39.exd6 Qxd6 40.Qe8+ Kf6 41.Qh8+ Kg6 42.Re2 Qd4 43.Qe8+ Kf6 44.Qe6+ Kg7 45.Rg2+ Kf8 46.Rg8# 1–0
We expect to see the NU Lady Bullpups dominate the Girls’ competition for a few more years.
Bobby Ang is a founding member of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) and its first Executive Director. A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), he taught accounting in the University of Santo Tomas for 25 years and is currently Chief Audit Executive of the Equicom Group of Companies.
