Younger children usually follows what their parents do. But for Ernie Baltazar it was the other way around.Ernie Baltazar,father of National Age-Group and Palarong Pambansa champion Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar, follow what his son do,joined the 2010 ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championship held in Traveller's Hotel, Subic Bay, Philippines.
Ernie , a chess amateur, never joined any national or international tournament until this one.Nobody expected that the elder Baltazar will win any medals.Relatively unknown,no national rating ,no local rating and no tournament experience he beat to the finish 2008 ASEAN gold medalist National Master Edmund Legaspi of the Philippines;2009 ASEAN gold medalist Le Thien Vi of Vietnam,FIDE rated Pricha Srivatanakul of Thailand,N Y Wong of Singapore,Ngo Duc Thang and Lam Tuyet Mai also from Vietnam.He also won against Joel Pineda,Salvador Mangalindan and Ernesto Sayo of Dep-Ed.He was glad that he garnered a total of 3 gold and 1 bronze in the Standard,Rapid and Blitz events of the Senior 50+ on his first try.A fourth gold slipped away when he loss to International Master Chan Pen Kong of Singapore,in a Q+R + 5 pawns against Chan Q+N + 3 pawns ending,Ernie's Queen slips from f6 to f7 square; losing the Queen and the gold. He now set his sight on a higher plane: a grandmaster titles at the age of 60.
| Final Ranking | ||||||||||
| Rank | SNo. | Name | Rtg | Pts | Wins | Draws | Loses | BH. | SB. | |
| 1 | 10 | IM | Chan Peng Kong | 2267 | 8½ | 8 | 1 | 0 | 36½ | 34.25 |
| 2 | 6 | Ibanez Rudy | 0 | 7½ | 7 | 1 | 1 | 37½ | 26.00 | |
| 3 | 4 | Ernesto Baltazar | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | |
| 4 | 7 | Ngiyam Yee Wong | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 18.00 | |
| 5 | 3 | Le Thien Vi | 0 | 4½ | 4 | 1 | 4 | 40½ | 14.75 | |
| 6 | 1 | Joel Pineda | 0 | 4½ | 4 | 1 | 4 | 40½ | 12.00 | |
| 7 | 2 | Legaspi Edmundo | 2126 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 11.00 | |
| 8 | 8 | Srivatanakul Pricha | 1803 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 9.50 | |
| 9 | 5 | Ngo Duc Thang | 0 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 43½ | 3.75 | |
| 9 | Lam Tuyet Mai | 0 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 43½ | 3.75 |
FINAL STANDINGS ASEAN UNDER-14 OPEN DIVISION BLITZ EVENT
| Rank | Name | Rtg | Pts | Wins | Draws | Loses | BH. | SB. | |
| 1 | Le Tuan Minh | 2091 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 50½ | 38.75 | |
| 2 | Batucan John Ray | 0 | 6½ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 48½ | 33.50 | |
| 3 | CM | Le Huu Thai | 1947 | 6½ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 31.00 |
| 4 | Docena Jerad | 1962 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 49½ | 30.50 | |
| 5 | Literatus Austin Jacob | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 31.25 | |
| 6 | Christian C Nanola | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 29.25 | |
| 7 | FM | Che Quoc Huu | 1900 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 28.50 |
| 8 | Baltazar Melwyn Kenneth | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 40½ | 22.00 | |
| 9 | Medina Vince Angelo | 1963 | 5½ | 4 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 29.00 | |
| 10 | Sean Winshand Cuhendi | 1685 | 5½ | 5 | 1 | 3 | 40½ | 25.25 | |
| 11 | Verano Dante Leonardo | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 43½ | 17.50 | |
| 12 | CM | Le Thanh Tai | 1807 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 19.00 |
| 13 | Pason Allan | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 41½ | 22.50 | |
| 14 | Merilles Nezil Arj | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 22.00 | |
| 15 | Peres Carl Angelo | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 20.00 | |
| 16 | Balbona Felix Shaun | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 20.25 | |
| 17 | Cabual Gino Divino | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 39½ | 21.00 | |
| 18 | Mejia Giovanni | 0 | 4½ | 4 | 1 | 4 | 47½ | 23.00 | |
| 19 | CM | Le Minh Hoang | 1963 | 4½ | 4 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 18.00 |
| 20 | Iskandar Bin Abdullah | 1865 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 15.50 | |
| 21 | Chin Matthew Peter | 1958 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 16.00 | |
| 22 | Lim De Dao Linson | 1756 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 16.00 | |
| 23 | Salcedo Ben Christian | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 36½ | 11.00 | |
| 24 | Taganas Harold | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 9.00 | |
| 25 | Bautista Joshua | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 31½ | 10.00 | |
| 26 | Aguete Janleigh | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 31½ | 7.00 | |
| 27 | Merilles Zejih Angelo | 0 | 3½ | 2 | 1 | 5 | 39½ | 10.25 | |
| 28 | Eufemio Micko | 0 | 3½ | 2 | 1 | 5 | 38½ | 10.00 | |
| 29 | Lim Winsen | 0 | 3½ | 2 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 6.25 | |
| 30 | De Leon Luke Matthew | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 37½ | 10.00 | |
| 31 | Cajigal Jehiel Vikoh | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 7.50 | |
| 32 | Llantada Kyz | 0 | 2½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 28½ | 2.75 | |
| 33 | Robi Abundo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 34½ | 0.00 |
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