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IMs Chito Garma and Efren Bagamasbad, and Marlon Bernardino during the PSA Forum on Tuesday World Senior Chess

IMs Chito Garma and Efren Bagamasbad, and Marlon Bernardino in the course of the PSA Discussion board on Tuesday. Garma and Bagamasbad will compete within the FIDE World Senior Chess Championships subsequent month.  –HANDOUT PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines– For senior gamers Chito Garma and Efren Bagamasbad, it’s by no means too late to turn out to be a grand grasp.

The 2 Filipinos will attempt to obtain the exceptional feat as they characterize the nation within the upcoming thirty second FIDE World Senior Chess Championships in Porto, Portugal from Nov. 16-29.

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A two-time Olympian, Garma is competing within the 50-above class, Bagamasbad within the 65-plus, and one other member in Mario Mangubat can also be entered within the 50-plus division.

READ: Sadorra claims scalp of one other tremendous GM at Chess Olympiad

Garma, Bagamasbad, and Philippine delegation member Marlon Bernardino appeared in Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters Affiliation (PSA) Discussion board and gauged the nation’s possibilities of competing towards the world’s finest senior chess gamers subsequent month.

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Topping the event meant outright grand grasp title for the Filipinos.

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“It feels nice to be known as a world senior champion as a result of it comes with the grand grasp title,” stated Garma, who represented the nation within the 1990 and 1992 Chess Olympiad held in Yugoslavia and Manila, in Filipino.

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“That’s why that is additionally an inspiration for the youthful gamers, as a result of if we older ones can nonetheless do it, then much more so for the younger ones,” added the Worldwide Grasp, who simply turned 60 final July.

The 2 elder gamers will attempt to turn out to be the Philippine’s newest GM after 20-year-old Daniel Quizon, who earned the title after beating GM Igor Efimov of Georgia within the final World Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary.

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Each Garma and Bagamasbad earned the appropriate to characterize the nation within the two-week meet after topping their respective classes within the twelfth Asian Senior Chess Championships held in Tagaytay Metropolis final yr.

READ: Chess Olympiad: PH males momentum halted by loss to Armenia

Throughout the identical meet, each Worldwide Masters earned their second GM norms.

Mangubat, a Nationwide Grasp who is predicated in Cebu, completed third behind Bagamasbad in the identical event – with IM Aitkazy Baimurzin of Kazakhstan inserting runner up – to finish the three-man Philippine group to the annual world competitors first performed in Germany again in 1991.

“Chito and I’ll do our greatest to get the very best end. Positively, we are going to go on the market and provides our all. As I stated, neglect concerning the stress and simply keep targeted,” stated Bagamasbad.

GM John Nunn of England received the 65-and-above class in final yr’s occasion in Terrasini, Italy, whereas his countryman GM Michael Adams dominated the 50-and-above class.



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“We’ve a giant likelihood. I hope we’ll be lucky once we get there,” added Garma.



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