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CEBU CITY, Philippines — National Master (NM) Jerish John Velarde put on a stellar performance, bagging two gold medals in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Age Group Chess Championships Zone 3.3 last Thursday, April 22.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Team Cebu’s National Master (NM) Merben Roque and junior woodpusher Jerish John Velarde struck big wins after the fifth round of the ongoing Asian Zonal 3.3 Chess Championships. NM Roque continues to ascend…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—- In a very rare opportunity, Cebu has been chosen as one of the hosts of a major international wood pushing tournament, the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) Asian Zonal 3.3 Chess Championships 2021 that…
Pride of Lapu-Lapu From now on, he shall be known as Candidate Master (CM) Jerish John Velarde. The 12-year-old Velarde of Lapu-Lapu City was officially handed the CM title by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines…
WITH just a single round remaining in the nine-round standard division competition, it seems that only one Cebuano player, Jerish John Velarde, has a chance of salvaging a medal in the 19th ASEAN+ Age Groups Chess in…
Chess phenom, 12-year-old Jerish John Velarde of Lapu-Lapu City, impressively recovered from a rough start in the Under-12 standard division of the ongoing 19th ASEAN+ Age Groups Chess in Davao City by climbing from the 13th place…
LAPU-LAPU City’s Jerish John Velarde finished fifth in the under-12 blitz competition in the ongoing Asian Youth Chess Championships 2018 in Thailand yesterday. He finished the nine-round competition with 6.5 points coming from six wins, two losses…
LAPU-Lapu City’s Jerish John Velarde was off to a decent start in the blitz competition of the ongoing Asia Youth Chess Championships 2018 in Thailand. Velarde, who won a bronze in the rapid event but struggled in…
LAPU-LAPU City’s chess phenom Jerish John Velarde suffered his third loss in the under-12 standard division of the ongoing Asian Youth Chess Championships in Thailand yesterday. This, after the 12-year-old Velarde, who served as the 24th seed…
LAPU-LAPU City’s Jerish John Velarde continued his winning ways with three rounds left in the under-12 standard competition of the ongoing Asian Youth Chess Championships 2018 in Thailand. The 24th-seed Velarde won against eighth-seed Dias Alimbetov of…
LAPU-LAPU City’s chess phenom Jerish John Velarde remained at the 32nd spot after five rounds in the 12-under division standard competition of the ongoing Asian Youth Chess Championships 2018 in Thailand. The 12-year-old Velarde won against Thailand’s…
LAPU-LAPU City’s chess phenom Jerish John Velarde hit a wall in the fourth round of the 12-under standard division competition of the Asian Youth Chess Championships 2018 in Thailand yesterday. The 12-year-old wood pusher, who won a…
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