NCR'S top bet for 2012 Palarong Pambansa Chess ousted!!

National Capital Region top bet for gold medal in the 2012 Palarong Pambansa Bryan Barcelon  of University of the East and Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar of Colegio de San Juan de Letran  fails to make it ,finishing only 4th and 5th respectively in the 2011 Palarong Maynila Chess Tournament held November 14-18 2011 at the P.Gomez Elementary School. Fifteen years old 1st year high school student Ryan Christian Magtabog of National University scored an unexpected victory against Barcelon in the six round , a Bf3 move instead of Bg2  allows Magtabog  a Queen against a Rook advantage or a  threat of a mate. Kyz Llantada of Arellano defeated Christian Dave Cabida of Letran in 40 moves of a Scandinavian Game  to qualify for the other spot. Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar ousted 2011 Palarong NCR champion Bryan Barcelon winning in 75 moves of a London System in the last round. In the High School girls division,Karen Enriquez of Adamson University and Mary Joyce Fuerte of Colegio de San Juan de Letran  both sweep their board assignment winning 7out 7 games to makes it to the 2012 Palarong NCR set on February next year.   In the Elementary level Stephen Rome Pangilinan now playing for Paco Catholic School and DCS -Manila's  Anatoly Pascua Jr of Obrero Elementary School will represent Manila in the Elementary boys division. Ma Gloria Paat and Anne Klein Polancos both from the DCS-Manila will represent Manila in the girls division.

2011-2012 Palarong Maynila High School Chess Team Tournament
Final Ranking
Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	MP
1	Arellano University	*	2	½	2	1	2	2	2	2	13½	13
2	National University	0	*	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	13	13
3	University of the East	1½	0	*	1	½	2	2F	2	2	11	11
	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	0	1	1	*	1	2	2	2	2	11	11
5	Adamson University	1	0	1½	1	*	1	2	2	2	10½	11
6	Manila Division of City Schools	0	0	0	0	1	*	2	2	2	7	7
7	Jesus is Lord	0	0	0F	0	0	0	*	2	2	4	4
8	Philippine Cultural College	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	2	2	2
9	Philippine Tiong Se Academy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0	0

2011-2012 Palarong Maynila High School Chess Team Tournament
Round 1
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	2	Jesus is Lord	0 - 2	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	9
2	3	Manila Division of City Schools	1 - 1	Adamson University	8
3	4	Philippine Tiong Se Academy	0 - 2	Arellano University	7
4	5	Philippine Cultural College	0 - 2	National University	6
5	1	University of the East	0 -	Bye
Round 2
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	7	Arellano University	2 - 0	Philippine Cultural College	5
2	8	Adamson University	2 - 0	Philippine Tiong Se Academy	4
3	9	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	2 - 0	Manila Division of City Schools	3
4	1	University of the East	2F - 0F	Jesus is Lord	2
5	6	National University	0 -	Bye
Round 3
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	3	Manila Division of City Schools	0 - 2	University of the East	1
2	4	Philippine Tiong Se Academy	0 - 2	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	9
3	5	Philippine Cultural College	0 - 2	Adamson University	8
4	6	National University	0 - 2	Arellano University	7
5	2	Jesus is Lord	0 -	Bye
Round 4
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	8	Adamson University	0 - 2	National University	6
2	9	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	2 - 0	Philippine Cultural College	5
3	1	University of the East	2 - 0	Philippine Tiong Se Academy	4
4	2	Jesus is Lord	0 - 2	Manila Division of City Schools	3
5	7	Arellano University	0 -	Bye
Round 5
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	4	Philippine Tiong Se Academy	0 - 2	Jesus is Lord	2
2	5	Philippine Cultural College	0 - 2	University of the East	1
3	6	National University	1 - 1	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	9
4	7	Arellano University	1 - 1	Adamson University	8
5	3	Manila Division of City Schools	0 -	Bye
Round 6
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	9	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	0 - 2	Arellano University	7
2	1	University of the East	0 - 2	National University	6
3	2	Jesus is Lord	2 - 0	Philippine Cultural College	5
4	3	Manila Division of City Schools	2 - 0	Philippine Tiong Se Academy	4
5	8	Adamson University	0 -	Bye
Round 7
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	5	Philippine Cultural College	0 - 2	Manila Division of City Schools	3
2	6	National University	2 - 0	Jesus is Lord	2
3	7	Arellano University	½ - 1½	University of the East	1
4	8	Adamson University	1 - 1	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	9
5	4	Philippine Tiong Se Academy	0 -	Bye
Round 8
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	1	University of the East	½ - 1½	Adamson University	8
2	2	Jesus is Lord	0 - 2	Arellano University	7
3	3	Manila Division of City Schools	0 - 2	National University	6
4	4	Philippine Tiong Se Academy	0 - 2	Philippine Cultural College	5
5	9	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	0 -	Bye
Round 9
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	6	National University	2 - 0	Philippine Tiong Se Academy	4
2	7	Arellano University	2 - 0	Manila Division of City Schools	3
3	8	Adamson University	2 - 0	Jesus is Lord	2
4	9	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	1 - 1	University of the East	1
5	5	Philippine Cultural College	0 -	Bye

2011 Palarong Maynila High School Girls Chess Team Tournament
Final Ranking
Rank	Team	Gam.	+	=	-	Pts.	MP
1	Adamson University	7	6	1	0	13	13
2	National University	7	4	1	2	9½	9
3	University of the East	7	3	3	1	8½	9
4	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	7	1	6	0	7	8
5	Arellano University	7	1	4	2	6	6
6	Manila-Division of City Schools	7	2	2	3	6	6
7	Philippine Cultural College	7	1	3	3	5	5
8	Jesus is Lord	7	0	0	7	0	0

2011 Palarong Maynila High School Girls Chess Team Tournament
Round 1
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	1	Adamson University	2 - 0	Manila-Division of City Schools	8
2	2	University of the East	1 - 1	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	7
3	3	Jesus is Lord	0 - 2	Arellano University	6
4	4	Philippine Cultural College	0 - 2	National University	5
Round 2
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	8	Manila-Division of City Schools	0 - 2	National University	5
2	6	Arellano University	1 - 1	Philippine Cultural College	4
3	7	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	1 - 0	Jesus is Lord	3
4	1	Adamson University	2 - 0	University of the East	2
Round 3
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	2	University of the East	2 - 0	Manila-Division of City Schools	8
2	3	Jesus is Lord	0 - 2	Adamson University	1
3	4	Philippine Cultural College	1 - 1	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	7
4	5	National University	2 - 0	Arellano University	6
Round 4
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	8	Manila-Division of City Schools	1 - 1	Arellano University	6
2	7	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	1 - 1	National University	5
3	1	Adamson University	2 - 0	Philippine Cultural College	4
4	2	University of the East	2 - 0	Jesus is Lord	3
Round 5
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	3	Jesus is Lord	0 - 2	Manila-Division of City Schools	8
2	4	Philippine Cultural College	1 - 1	University of the East	2
3	5	National University	0 - 2	Adamson University	1
4	6	Arellano University	1 - 1	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	7
Round 6
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	8	Manila-Division of City Schools	1 - 1	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	7
2	1	Adamson University	2 - 0	Arellano University	6
3	2	University of the East	1½ - ½	National University	5
4	3	Jesus is Lord	0 - 2	Philippine Cultural College	4
Round 7
No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	4	Philippine Cultural College	0 - 2	Manila-Division of City Schools	8
2	5	National University	2 - 0	Jesus is Lord	3
3	6	Arellano University	1 - 1	University of the East	2
4	7	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	1 - 1	Adamson University	1