Dr. Jose P. Leviste, Sr. Chess Festival

Hi there!

Fresh from the chess news oven(my inbox), we have received the letter of invitation from Mr. Ildefonso L. Datu for this year's Dr. Jose P. Leviste Sr. Chess Festival.

Details:

The whole tournament is divided into three divisions: Grade School, High School, and College Division. Each division will employ the nine-round Swiss System tournament play with an active time control of 25 minutes per player. FIDE Laws of Chess will be employed by the tournament.

The tourney is in honor of the memory of Ateneo alumnus Dr. Jose P. Leviste Sr. (HS ’33, AA ’35), himself a good chess player. For both College and High School Divisions, P5,000.00 and a trophy will go to the top placer. The 2nd runner ups will receive P3,000.00 plus trophy; the third placers will receive P2,000.00 plus trophy. The 4th and 5th place overall finishers will receive P1,000.00 and a gold medal and P500.00 and a silver medal respectively. For the Grade School Division, P3,000.00 and a trophy will go to the top placer. The 2nd runner ups will receive P2,000.00 plus trophy; the third placer will receive P1,000.00 plus trophy. The 4th and 5th place overall finishers will receive P700.00 and a gold medal and P400.00 and a silver medal respectively.

Registration begins on March 1, 2008. The registration fee is slated at P 280.00 but individuals who register on or before March 28, 2008 need only pay P250.00 as an early bird reward. Interested parties may register at the Ateneo University Athletics Office, 2nd floor of the Blue Eagle Gym.

Students must bring their current school IDs upon registration. For inquiries you may call 4266001 loc. 4193 or 4265955 and look for Mr. Rodel Cubos or Ms. Marlyn Franco or you can text (0922) 6920503. Inquiries shall be entertained beginning March 1, 2008.

Well at least these schools are giving the same (well, hopefully!) amount of time and dedication to the game just like any other sports.

This tourney will hopefully attract most of the school teams in the land. UAAP and NCAA chess teams will hopefully join this event. Other chess teams will hopefully join this one.

GOod luck guys!