Balbona-A tops IBP-PICPA chess

TEAM Balbona A ruled last weekend’s IBP-PICPA Inter-Team Chess Tournament held at the back of the Deep Blue Chess inside SM City Cebu.
The tournament, organized by both the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)-Cebu Chapter and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines’ (IBP) Cebu Province Chapter, saw Team Balbona A emerging at the top of the competition after accumulating 13 points.
Team Balbona B came in second with 10 points and Team Autoliv completed the top three with 10 points.
Team Balbona A walked away with P12,000; Team Balbona B received P8,000; and P6,000 went to Autoliv.
Balbona A is composed of Merben Roque, Richard Natividad, Romil Wadin and Jessa Balbona. The team finished the final round pairing with a 3-1 win against Team Jun Abines.
Around a dozen teams competed in the two-day tournament held in line with the celebration  of Law Week of IBP.

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