NAASCU

NEW ERA & FATIMA CHESS CO-CHAMPIONS

OLFU & NEU Woodpushers

Defending Champion New Era University Hunters held their ground as the new kids on the block, the Our Lady of Fatima University Phoenix unleashed gave it their all as the two teams were declared Co-Champions in the recently concluded 10^th National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges & Universities Chess Tournament at the University of Makati. Both schools ended up with 20.5 points as they ended tied after seven grueling rounds which took three days to finish. On the distaff side, the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasay scored 12.5 Pts to lead the Pasay based girls a huge 2 point lead against the second running Centro Escolar University.

OLFU vs. NEU

Troy Enerio of Our Lady of Fatima University stood tall among all the other woodpushers as he was given the Gold Medal in Board one. His play was instrumental for the Phoenix to tie the Hunters. Another Phoenix was given a gold as Mark Anthoy Co lorded it over the second board. On the other hand it was New Era’s Arnel Berdon and Byron Garcia who took the Gold for the third and fourth boards respectively as these Gold medalists paced the field by scoring at least six points.

GOLD MEDALISTS

Mark Co (B2-OLFU) Troy Enerio (B1-OLFU)

Arnel Berdon (B3- NEU) Byron Garcia (B4 -NEU)

The battle came down to the last match up as New Era was upset by the AMACU Titans. What was perceived as a sweep by the Hunters came down to a 2-2 draw that stymied the Hunters quest to become solo champs. This scenario gave the Fatima Phoenix much to celebrate as they literally rose to the top by beating the St. Clare Saints in the penultimate round 3.5 - 0.5, this scenario was enough to give them a tie for the top spot. St. Clare hung tough and still got the third place. In the Women’s division it was PLP all the way as the team of Board 1 Gold medalist Realyn Casano, Board 2 Silver Medalist Daena Rivera and Board 3 Gold medalist Paola Asuncion would surrender only one point at most to all their opponents as they went away with plenty to spare.

The Chess Scene

TEAM AWARDS MEN'S DIVISION

1 - NEW ERA UNIVERSITY 20.5

1 - OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY 20.5

3 - ST. CLARE COLLEGE 17.0

4 - PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG PASAY 16.0

5 - UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI 11.0

6 - CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY 10.5

7 - AMA COMPUTER UNIVERSITY 8.5

8 - STI COLLEGE 8.0

The Girls mingle together

TEAM AWARDS WOMEN'S DIVISION

1 - PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG PASAY 12.5

2 - CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY 10.5

3 - OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY 8.5

4 - UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI 7.0

5 - NEW ERA UNIVERSITY 4.5

6 - ST. CLARE COLLEGE 3.0

GOLD MEDALISTS (WOMEN)

MILDMAE FERNANDEZ (B1-CEU) REALYN CASANO (B1-PLP)

JENIELLY LOU SALDO (B1 - UMAK) PAOLA ASUNCION (B3 - PLP)

ZELDA MARIZ DIA (B2 - CEU)

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

MEN'S DIVISION

GOLD MEDAL
BOARD	NAME	SCHOOL
1	TROY ENERIO	OLFU
2	MARK ANTHONY CO	OLFU
3	ARNEL BERDON	NEU
4	BYRON GARCIA	NEU
SILVER MEDAL
BOARD	NAME	SCHOOL
1	REYNALD RAMOS	ST. CLARE
2	ALLAN GRAGASIN	NEU
3	JOHN DELOS SANTOS	PLP
4	RAISEDIA AGUAM	OLFU
BRONZE MEDAL
BOARD	NAME		SCHOOL
1	RONALD HERMIDA		STI
	CHRISTOPHER CADIZ		PLP
2	DARWIN CASTELLANO		ST. CLARE
3	GERARD RODRIGO		OLFU
4	REFORADO VITEÑO		ST. CLARE

WOMEN'S DIVISION
GOLD MEDAL
BOARD	NAME	SCHOOL
1	MILDMAE FERNANDEZ	CEU
	REALYN CASANO	PLP
	JENIELLY LOU SALDO	UMAK
2	ZELDA MARIZ DIA	CEU
3	PAOLA ASUNCION	PLP

SILVER MEDAL
BOARD	NAME	SCHOOL
1	CLAUDINE ABERIN	OLFU
2	DAENA RIVERA	PLP
3	DILANIE DICAMOS	UMAK

BRONZE MEDAL
BOARD	NAME	SCHOOL
1	CHARMAINE MIGUEL	NEU
2	SHAIRA CRUZ	NEU
	RIZA ALER	OLFU
3	JEANINE PLAZA	OLFU