We received 5 comments from Mr. Alex Ramos, program coordinator of Chess (I suppose from DLSU-LSGH) and somehow, it was long and well-explained regarding the "last post".
Mr. Ramos, thank you for your comments and this will surely add thrill to our community of readers. For one, as what the late freedom fighter and publisher of Philippine Star, Mr. Max Soliven says, "one cannot become a journalist unless he doesn't irk someone else's feelings..."
Here's your request to have your comments published. Geeh! I love this!
Mr. Kiko,
It is nice of you to watch the Chess games at your most convenient time. Hardly am I impressed by your comments of being a good doer and righteousness attitude.
I too am a La Sallian and have watched the games. Pardon my reaction but you are not any close to what you have commented against the poor defenseless boys who is the object of your commentary.
Di ba it is best to double check your information before your start lambasting others specially if it pertains to querstionable incidents. Much more you are placing a negative description aginst another person. Kawawa naman ang mga bata no way to defend themselves.
I can answer you point by point if only to enlighten your very biased observation coming from an insider who have been watching at a closer view of the games.
True Board 4 of CSB-LSGH lost due to a technical rule of 20 moves...
NCAA rules do not allow talking without permission of the arbiter during games.
an hour earlier the LSGH boys were being reminded of the rules.
There was never an instance that the boys were all milled around the back of the poor UPHC boys.
Are you familiar with NCAA Rules/ If not please read so that before you start shooting from the hip you know the rules that the boys are following then it will enlighten you. all the boys after the games are required to step out of the playing area.
Do you know how strict the rules are that we porselves police the area itself because any infraction may coz the participants penalties.
You say or insinuated Board 3 and Board 2 players were arguing, It never occurred but a simple conversation since the arbiter and game officials were there at the time of the incident. If the boys were caught talking they can be disqualified. Instead the boys had to vent their comments subtlely to the coaching staff standing and sitting right next to them in the bench. I do not find any rudeness on the part of the boys but mainly self expression of dissatisfaction and there was never any instance that the boys were nasty or on the verge of fighting.
You dont know the relations of the boys to each other so you have no right to judge them.
Lstly the board one player pointing to the poor boy of UPHDC neither occurred instead a few minutes after the board 4 loss, LSGH Board 1 player raised his right hand to call the attention of the Arbiter also to report the infraction of the board one player of UPHDC. He was pointing to the clock and not the person.
I wonder how you can interpret things out of context to the extent of of maligning the boys of their true values. There was never an instance of any display of disrespect to anyone much more create a scene to dishonor the name of our alma mater.
Maybe next time before you start writing negative comments piliin mo ang facts mo na correct factual and most of all compassionate because you are writing about minors. Boys are boys but being La sallians they know they are bound by the school regulations when they go out to represent the school.
I was there and I am answering you point blank that your comments against the LSGH boys is wrong, misplaced and full of wrong information.
I hope this will be an enlightenment for you. We too were present and are not blind nor deaf. we know the truth and the truth shall prevail.
July 24, 2007 11:53:00 AM PHT
Alexander said...
One more thing if you truly want to understand the way NCAAChess games are played please stay and observed for one month then you would understand how the games are played.
Since you have access to many information get a copy of the Rules. If you have a hard time I would gladly assists you and give you an interview.
I have followed NCAA Chess for the last Six years and have seen its ups and downs....
I have never seen at any of the six years the boys from any of the participating schools being nasty towards each other wether teammates or against other boys from the other schools.
The NCAA Chess Management Committee sees to it that the boys and coaches follow the rules to the letter or they are penalized.
The Arbiter is a witness to all of these events which he judegs fairly.
Walang barumbado sa NCAA Chess tournaments.
Kung teacher ka nga then you should know boys behavior and could easily determine a negative attitude from a positive attitude.
I hope I am reaching out to you to refrain from maligning helpless boys who have no way of confronting an adult like you who is widely educated and have resources to watch international tournaments.
Responsible adults lalo na highly educated adults are more mature and understanding and are very careful about their choice of words too.
If you truly care about the state of Chess in the country you support the youth you do not malign them publicly for all their weaknesses and follies.
You educate them, advise them and encourage them and you show by example right conduct and behavior.
Thank you and I hope you will publish my too reactions to your comments.
It just pains me to hear an adult maligning young boys.
Alex Ramos
Program Director
Chess
July 24, 2007 12:06:00 PM PHT
Anonymous said...
Hey Mr Kiko,
I wonder you have failed to post my responses to you about how you ridiculed hapless young players... would you mind letting your readers read the otherside of the story...
You know as I was reading again your post of that fateful Sunday Chess game... I noticed you were too kind to say the trumpling of the Letran Juniors of their opponents but not so kind to the CSB LSGH team.
Another observation if truly you were there as you say so, of all the highlights of the day you never mentioned the bigger story of the day. Are you aware of it?
Maybe because you have not posted my own comments to your commentaries is that you really did not know what happened that day and simply what you wrote was a product or a feed from another source similarly as I have read your previous postings in your blogs.
Tsk tsk tsk... looks like you failed to notice how the Letran players hounded the CBS-LSGH players while they were playing at the moment when they should be playing against JRU.... whats the score really.... our Letran players are exempted from your ridicule that they too were looking over the shoulders of the CSB=LSGH players... dont you find it funny ...
Oh I smell something fishy... some real bias to favor one team over the other.
You see if truly the CSB-LSGH boys committed something they should have been penalized... so what violation did they commit, what crime or what sin have they committed to be ridiculed by a highly educated person who has resources to compare excellent chess games.... to the extent of turning a blind eye to the same misdemeanor your favorite team has committed too....
I can't blame you for seeing green only then maybe on the otherhand you maybe not seeing the truth or real facts of the day...
I truly admired your previous posts but for a simple boo boo of maligning and giving judgement to a bunch of hard playing youthful chess players I have lost the respect to you....
I will tell you more.... as the LSGH boys were to depart the playing venue... since they were placed at the inner part of the activity center, they had to pass by the other tables of the other teams.... did you ever notice that departure.... I doubt it.... anyway as they passed the UPHD table the players came forward and extended warm congratulations to the LSGH boys which in turn they responded with a warm handshake and a pat in the back... oh yeah you were too green blinded that you did not noticed the respect of each player for each other...
As you commented the swell headed LSGH Junior players were too proud not to exchange pleasantries with the other boys..
Yup the swell headed undisciplined LSGH boys as you have described ... they are young and they have such an attitude that you don't know what shall become of them when they grow older..... well I will add some more for your info... did you notice that all teams were given a bunch of chairs and a nice plastic table... did you notice what was given to the CSB-LSGH boyss... of course you did not notice... they were given the cabinet for equipment as table and no comment or disgust was ever heard from them..... did you notice how the other teams were being fed cold drinks and hot sandwiches during the actual game and yet the CSB-LSGH boys did not enjoy the same service de luxe... did you hear them mince words of inggit or nasty remarks.... of course not..... Meron bang ganyan sa mga tournament na pinanood mo with all of those GMs and untitled players...... Well again your commentaries are the right ones only as far as you are concerend.....You wondered how we were training our boys ... well.... these boys have trained and competed for years that the bond between them cannot be broken down by a smear campaign....
The kind of discipline they have is that while in the playing area they are focused on the game and nothing else.... no comments just play their best....
Hay hay hay... just by the looks it appears your commentaries on that fateful Sunday game was not well placed as far as I am concerend simply because it has the touches of a smear campaign....blinding yourself with such ferocity to malign hapless young boys while turning your eye from the misdemeanors of the other boys... How I wonder why you just had to write a crucifixion of the young LSGH boys who only came to win honors for themselves and for our beloved alma mater....
What do you say now Mr Kiko....
July 25, 2007 1:06:00 PM PHT
Anonymous said...
Hey Mr. Kiko I am waiting that you post the reactions of the readers.... it has been more than 24 hours.....
July 25, 2007 1:08:00 PM PHT
Okey now? Here at PCC, we make sure you get published for all your rantings and ravings... By the way, this a blog, a personal blog which means, I can anytime, write, rant and rave about anything and anyone in this world wide web.
Of course, I read somewhere along those thousand lines of comments, you wished to be interviewed. But so far in our blogs' history, it's only Mr. Ang whom I felt is qualified for one. Disclaimer: Criteria and qualification is subjected to my liking!
Above all, I would like to congratulate the boys of CSB-LSGH for winning all but one match in that fateful sunday you wish to call. I sense that you are trying to catch on with Letran's points? Only if you will beat the Fronda siblings on boards 1 and 2 of the juniors.
You mentioned that nurturing of the kids should be part of my writings... well, as you wished to be read here, I guess it's your main job to nurture them and tell them that they are suppose to bond together in times of wins and losses.
Again, good luck! Is LSGH still coached by the suspended IM? Just asking.
Congratulations! You are on the cyber news!!!
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