2nd GMA Cup

Hi there!

The 2nd GMA Cup is happening on November 21, 2007 at the Duty Free Festival Mall, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Manila, Philippines.

Same place, same time of the year (last year's GMA Cup was held in November too!)...More players from different countries I believe.

Hopefully! Really hoping, NCFP could do the following starting this week:

1. REACTIVATE NCFP Website
2. PROMOTE the said event thru the mainstream media(newspapers, radio plugs & TV Ads)
3. BE ONE as a Federation!

This is a very great chance for our players to snatch the norms and titles they've been aspiring for!

Interestingly, I heard from one of our buzz(ers) the reason why the site and the forum is inactive aside from monetary is that it has become a venue for posters of negativity about the NCFP. Hay naku!

One would ask why in the first place put it up when all you read about it is the inability of the Officers of the Fed to promote its goals and objectives.

Well anyway, we have The Weekender of Mr. Manny Benitez, CHess Piece by Sir Bobby Ang, Philippine Chess Forum by PINOYCHESS (handle name), we have Boy Pestano of Journal Onlinem we have NM Marlon Bernardino for his chess news reporting and his blog, http://chessnewsphilippines.blogspot.com and yours truly of Philippine CHess Chronicles. Not to mention our contributors, NM Erwin Carag, Mr. John Manahan and Lilet Bersamina who at some point generously give news about local and foreign events.

I don't know how this 2nd GMA Cup will push thru, I really hope it will be a successful one!

Till then!