The champion in the elementary/grade school category of the recently held 4Th Xavier Interscholastic Invitational Chess Tournament is non-other Paulo Bersamina.
Currently a grade 4 student at the La Salle Greenhills on an athletic scholarship grant. At a very young age, he has had major chess achievements locally and internationally.
Paulo started to play chess when he was 4 years old. His two older brothers taught him the moves. Then his father taught him the fundamentals. He started to play tournament chess when he was 6. He honed his skills playing against members of the Meralco Chess Club when he was 7. Up to now, Paulo and his brothers and father are still members of the Meralco Chess Club.
Here's some details of Paulo:
Paulo S. Bersamina
Date of Birth: February 1, 1998
Place of Birth: Manila
Father: Norlito G. Bersamina
Mother: Rosalie S. Bersamina
Achievements:
Champion – 2006 National Age Group Chess Championship (8 year old-under)
Champion – 2006 ASEAN Age Group Rapid Chess (8 year old-under) Jakarta
Champion – 2006 ASEAN Age Group Blitz Chess (8 year old-under) Jakarta
Top Performer 8 yr. old-under- 2006 Lance Cabrera Rapid Chess Tournament
Champion – 2006 1st IA Gene Poliarco Rapid Chess Tournament(14 yr old-under)
Silver Medalist – 2006 ASIAN Schools Chess Festival (9 yr old-under) Singapore
Member – 2007 NCR Champion Manila Team (Grade School)
3rd Place – 2007 NCR Meet (Grade School)
5th Place – 2007 National Age Group Chess Championship (10 yr old-under)
2nd Place – 2007 Shell Active Chess Iloilo Leg (14-under)
Finalist – 2007 Shell Active Chess Grand Finals (14-under)
Board 1 Gold Medalist – 2007 PRADA (Grade School Division)
Member – 2007 PRADA Champion- La Salle Green Hills Chess Team
Top Performer 12 yr old-under – 2007 Hon. Prospero Pichay Chess Challenge
Champion – 2008 Mandaluyong Meet (Grade School)
Champion – 2008 4th Xavier Invitational Chess Championship (Grade School)
ACADEMICS:
Grade 1 – First Honors, Star Section (PBES)
Grade 2 – Second Honors (UE)
Grade 3 – Second Honors (UE)
Grade 4 – LSGH. He is not in the Top 5 as of the 2nd Trimester. But he is Outstanding in Conduct and has a weighted average of 91. As of the 2nd Trim, his lowest grade is 83-Science, and the highest is 96-Math. Paulo is well above the ceiling of 84 (weighted average) with no grade lower than 80 set by LSGH for their varsity players this 2008.
Something is missing under the achievements headin and I know very well what it is.... I was there last December when Pao won the Top Kiddie in the Challenge Category of the 2nd Pichay Cup held at the Duty Free Fiesta Mall.
Right? It was in this venue where our very young GM Wesley So capture the GM title and another kababayan, Ino Sadorra taking in his 1st GM norm. Was I right my dear (Brit accent!)
More power to you Paolo! Let this Royal game guide you to become a better member of society.
AS what Mr. Bobby Ang said, "Chess is suppose to make you a better person".
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