Cepca monthly qualifying tourney set Feb. 23

By: 11 years ago

THE FEBRUARY edition of the Cebu Executives and Professionals Chess Association’s (Cepca) Monthly Qualifying tournament is set this Feb 23 at 2 p.m. at the Handuraw Pizza in Gorordo Avenue.
The winner of this tournament will join January edition champion Jimmy Ty, Jr. in this year’s tournament of champions set in December.
Ty, also the Tournament of Champions 2013 king, can still join the tournament and in the event of him winning the February championship, the second placer will be the one who will qualify for the December finale.
The tournament will be a five-round Swiss sytem tilt with a handicapping time control of 15 minutes for Class A players and 25 minutes for Class B players.
The champion will receive P1,500 cash, the second placer will pocket P1,000 and the third placer will take home P500. Registration fee is set at P200.
Aside from Ty, also expected to join the tournament are Cepca president Eng’r. Jerry Maratas, Jun Kidlat, Jojo Muralla, Manny Manzanares, Peterson Sia and Romy Pialan. /Correspondent JADE S. VIOLETA