ASIA’s first chess grandmaster (GM) Eugene Torre will hold simultaneous exhibition games as part of Mapua Foundation Day on Jan. 26 (Saturday), 11 a.m. at the Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT) Gym in Muralla Street, Intramuros, Manila.
Mr. Torre will play against select students and alumni during the event organized and hosted by the Mapua Filipino-Chinese Alumni Association led by its President, Edmond Aguilar, and former President Victor Lau, in cooperation with Mapua head coach Boyet Tardecilla and Nelson Laroza Salazar, Board 1 of Mapua Chess Team and member of the 1st NCAA Chess Team Champion of 1976.
Among those invited to play representing alumni and students are 1) Mr. Salazar, Alumni (Sword & Castle), 2) Resito David, Alumni (CE-EnSe), 3) Alumni (FIL-CHI), 4) Alumni (EE), 5) Alumni (ECE-COE) 6) Paolo Angelo Garcia (ME), 7) Jaime Cacho, Alumni (CHE-CHM) based in California, USA and will participate thru chess.com, 8) Melchor Pilones (FACULTY-CE), 9) Kasparob Andres (EE) Varsity Sr., 10) Aldus Austria (IE) Varsity Sr., 11) Paul Relativo (GE) Varsity Sr., 12) Paolo Medina (K12) Varsity Jr., 13) Stephen Von Estavillo (K12) Varsity Jr., 14) Kenzo Suarez (K11) Varsity Jr., 15) Christian Thompson (K11) Varsity Jr. and 16) John Reggie Salinas (K11) Varsity Jr.
In the 2010 edition held at Mapua Library, Mr. Torre tallied 14 Wins and 2 Draws (Mr. Salazar and board 3 player of MIT team). — Marlon Bernardino
