Games & Gaming

The ERJHS Alumni Sports Club will hold the “Learn & Play Chess” with International Master Idel Datu, FIDE Instructor Chiara Reina Lim-Datu and FIDE Arbiter Rudy Ibañez on Friday,  June 30 at the ERJHS along Mayon Ave., Quezon City. The two-part activity will include a chess clinic for students from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m with Datu, also a certified …

First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos will make the ceremonial first serve to open the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Men’s Week 3 Pasay City leg on July 4 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Mrs. Marcos will make the serve before the 7 p.m. match between world No. 7 Japan and No. 25 China on opening day at the SM …

By Robert Andaya Games Tuesday:4 p.m. – All-Star Coaches vs LGU Bayugan6:30 p.m. – Bustamante Construction – Adamson vs Wingbe Apartelle & Adbio Medica OPC All-star8 p.m. – ARQ Builders-FEU vs Vincare Pharma-Lyceum  Defending champion ARQ Builders-Far Eastern University opens its title-retention bid against Vincare Pharma-Lyceum of the Philippines University at the start of the Mayor Kirk Asis Open Invitational …

The country’s 840-strong contingent to the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia made it a bountiful month of May for Philippine sports. The SEAG bets collared 58 golds, 85 silvers and 117 bronzes – with meet records to boot – in the 12-day joust in Phnom Penh to earn the Philippine Sportswriters Association’s nod as the top achievers for the fifth …

By Robert Andaya Far Eastern University will defend its title in the Mayor Kirk Asis Open basketball scheduled June 26-29 in Bayugan City in Agusan del Sur. Venue of the four-day competition sponsored by Bayugan Mayor Kirk Asis and Vice Mayor Kim Lope Asis and organized by Van Halen Parmis is the Lope Asis Memorial gymnasium. Also competing are UAAP …

Chess takes center stage when the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) Inter-School chess championship comes off the wraps on July 8, 9, 15 and 16. PCAP president-commissioner Atty. Paul Elauria said top universities and colleges are expected to participate in the four-day competition being held as part of the  International Chess Day celebrations on July 20. “We expect to see the best and …

By Robert Andaya Expect volleyball fireworks starting the fourth of July as world champion Italy and seven other countries take the floor for the 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. The seven other countries in the event scheduled July 4-9 are 2022 world championship runner-up Poland, 2016 Rio Olympics gold medalist Brazil, world No.8 Japan, No. 9 …

By Robert Andaya The event: the 9th FIBA World Basketball Championship. The date: October 1-14, 1978. The venues: Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City and Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila. President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos  formally declared the opening of the 14-nation basketball showcase. Yugoslavia, led by Dražen Dalipagic, defeated Soviet Union, 82-81, in overtime to  capture the championship before an adoring …

By Robert Andaya Filipino pole vault champion EJ Obiena continued his impressive showing by securing a bronze medal at the Oslo Diamond League-Bislett Games in Norway last Friday. Despite falling short of his Asian record and personal-best of 6.0 meters, Obiena’s performance was enough to land him on the podium against a strong field of athletes that included his Olympic …

Asia’s first chess grandmaster and Hall of Famer Eugene Torre will play simultaneous chess exhibition matches at the City Auditorium in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental on July 8. National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) Board of Director Engr. Rey C. Urbiztondo said Torre, the “Living Legend” of Philippine chess will hold a simul with select students and chess enthusiasts …