It was a grand show by the guest speakers at the grand opening of the 2011 Shell National Youth Active Chess Championships Grand Finals held in SM Megamall Event Center in Mandaluyong City. GM Eugene Torre wows the crowd by singing a tagalog song and again his timely advice to all aspiring chess players that in order to succeed in chess, one must eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. One speaker told the audience that one needs 10,000 hours of playing chess to reach the master strenght. If calculation is right, that is equivalent to 30 years of playing chess, if one played one hour a day. (365 days/1 year @1 hour/day).
After a very longggggg opening program that lasted for almost two hours, that reset the morning game, the Chief Arbiter suddenly announced that six(6) rounds will be played instead of the scheduled five (5) rounds for the day as agreed in the technical meeting the night before in the dinner meeting held at Mang Inasal in Robinson,Mandaluyong City. So six rounds will be played Saturday and three(3) rounds Sunday for the Boys Division and six(6) rounds Saturday and four(4) rounds Sunday for the Girls Division.
Final Standings
Girls Juniors Division
Rank Name
1st Karen Jean Enriquez 10 .0 points
2nd Crissa Canada 4.5 points
3rd Rowelyn Joy Acedo 4.5 points
4th Brena Mae Membrere 4.5 points
5th Crizelle Geron 4.0 points
6th Jessa Marie Balbona 2.5 points
Boys Kiddies Division
Rank Name Points
1st Jerad Docena 8.5 points
2nd Austin Jacob Literatus 8.0 points
3rd Kyle Rhenzie Sevillano 6.0 points
4th Daryl Unix Samantilla 5.0 points
5th Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar 5.0 points
6th Nezil Arj Merilles 4.5 points
7th Allan Pason 4.0 points
8th Kenneth Norman Honculada 3.0 points
9th Janleigh Aguete 1.0
10th Alder Baldwin Jallorina 0
GIRLS DIVISION - KIDDIES
ROUND 1
Derotas,Vic Glysen - Alcaraz,Cryzelline Jill 1-0
Canape,Ynna Sophia - Mendoza,Shania Mae 0-1
Magro,Jellie Ann - Yngayo,Dhonna draw
ROUND 2
Alcaraz,Cryzelline - Yngayo Dhona 0-1
Mendoza,Shaina Mae - Magro,Jellie Ann 1-0
Derotas,Vic Glysen - Canape,Ynna Sophia 0-1
ROUND 3
Canape,Ynna Sophia - Alcaraz,Cryzelline Jill 1-0
Magro,Jellie Ann - Derotas,Vic Glysen 0-1
Yngayo,Dhona - Mendoza,Shaina Mae 1-0
ROUND 4
Alcaraz,Cryzelline Jill - Mendoza,Shaina Mae draw
Derotas,Vic Glysen - Yngayo,Dhona 0-1
Canape,Ynna Sophia - Magro,Jellie Ann 1-0
ROUND 5
Magro,Jellie Ann - Alcaraz,Cryzelline Jill 1-0
Yngayo,Dhona - Canape,Ynna Sophia 0-1
Mendoza,Shaina Mae - Derotas,Vic Glysen 1-0
ROUND 6
Alcaraz,Cryzelline Jill - Derotas,Vic Glysen 0-1
Mendoza,Shaina Mae - Canape,Ynna Sophia 1-0
Yngayo,Dhona - Magro,Jellie Ann draw
ROUND 7
Yngayo,Dhona - Alcaraz,Cryzelline Jill 1-0
Magro,Jellie Ann - Mendoza,Shaina Mae 0-1
Canape,Ynna Sophia - Derotas,Vic Glysen 0-1
ROUND 8
Alcaraz,Cryzelline Jill - Canape,Ynna Sophia 0-1
Derotas,Vic Glysen - Magro,Jellie Ann 1-0
Mendoza,Shaina Mae - Yngayo,Dhona draw
ROUND 9
Mendoza,Shaina Mae - Alcaraz,Cryzelline Jill 1-0
Yngayo,Dhona - Derotas,Vic Glysen 0-1
Magro,Jellie Ann - Canape,Ynna Sophia 0-1
ROUND 10
Alcaraz,Cryzelline Jill - Magro,Jellie Ann 1-0
Canape,Ynna Sophia - Yngayo,Dhona draw
Derotas,Vic Glysen - Mendoza,Shaina Mae 0-1