Mapua University @100… DON TOMAS CENTENNIAL CHESS CUP ISINULONG ANG GM TORRE RAPID & BLITZ TILT

INIHAHANDOG ng Don Tomas B. Mapua Centennial Chess Cup ang  GM Eugene Torre Rapid and Blitz Chess Tournaments na isusulong  sa Enero 18, 2025.

Ipagdiriwang ng Mapua University anģ 100th Founding Anniversary nito  sa  Enero 25, 2025 kung kaya nakahanay ang mga kaganapan kaugnay ng komemorasyon ng makabuluhang okasyon.

Panimula bilang  buwenamanong kaganapaņ ng sanlinggong selebrasyon ang   Don Tomas B. Mapua Centennial Chess Cup tampok ang  GM Eugene Torre Rapid and Blitz Chess tournaments na nakapaloob ang   100 chess board matches na inorganisa ng  Mapua Fil-Chi Alumni Association,sa pamumuno ni president Engr.Rudy Niu sa kooperasyon ng  Mapua PE Department at MUSEO. 

Gaganapin ito sa Mapua Gymnasium sa  Intramuros, Manila.

Ang Rapid & Blitz tournament ay eksklusibo para sa  Mapua community of Alumni, students, professors, at employees.

Inisponsoran ng ng National Association of Mapua Alumni (NAMA) Affiliate organizations and corporate sponsors  ang mga partisipante ng  ‘FREE registration.

Tournament director ng tagisan si Arena Grandmaster Almario Marlon Quiroz Bernardino Jr.

Ang  Rapid Champion ay tatanggap ng  trophy at ‘run away with the lion’s share of P10,000’. The second to third placers will also receive trophies and P7,000 and P5,000, respectively. The fourth to tenth will receive medals and P1,000 each.

The Blitz Champion will receive a trophy and earn P5,000, while the second and third placers will go home with trophies and P3,000 and P2,000, respectively. The fourth to tenth placers will each receive medals and P500,” ayon kay Èngr.Nelson Salazar.”Among the participants are yours truly(former Mapua Champion and Board 1 of Mapua Chess Team that captured the 1st NCAA Chess Team Championship), Engr. Elias Ang, Engr. Michael Angelo Palma, Engr. Bren Sasot, Engr.  Jay Arcenal, Engr. Ferdinand Olivares and members of the Mapua NCAA Junior and Chess Team.”