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Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:34 |
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Chess for a cause
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 Filipino chess grandmasters Eugene Torre (right) and Jayson Gonzales (left) conducted a rare back-to-back simultaneous exhibition against 50 players at the Meralco Center on July 24, 2010. GM Torre notched 21 wins and four draws against Kim Zafra of Energy Development Corporation, Sonny dela Rosa of Antipolo City and junior players Paul Benjamin Casiano and Rhal Sol Cruz Jr., while GM Gonzales posted 23 wins and two draws against junior players Julius Gonzales of Marikina and Raymond Dagan of Caloocan. The activity was for the benefit of Tahanan Walang Hagdanan, a home for wheelchair-bound persons in Cainta, Rizal that was submerged in the floodwaters of typhoon Ondoy last year.
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