The Northern Luzon eliminations will be held at the Paseo Reale’s function hall at Rizal cor. Aguinaldo Sts. in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.
To join, log on to www.shell.com.ph. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis with a fee pegged at Php 50. You may also register at selected schools, chess clubs and municipal/provincial government offices and at various Shellane Showrooms nationwide.
For details, contact leg coordinators Mariano Cabugos at (078) 844-0513 or Alex Dinoy at 0922-8288510 or 0916-6882682.
As in past Tuguegarao stagings, competition is expected to be intense in the 14-and-under and 20-and-under age group categories with the top three finishers in both divisions advancing to the national finals slated in October 2009 in Manila.
Pilipinas Shell sponsors the annual Shell Active Chess championships, in support of youth as part of the company’s overall Sustainable Development commitment. The circuit kicked off last weekend with the NCR elims at the SM Mall of Asia. Batangas will host the third leg of the nation’s longest running, grassroots-based chess tournament on July 18-19 for the Southern Luzon elims, while Naga City will stage the Southern Luzon qualifier on Aug. 1-2. The fifth leg will be held in Cebu for the Central Visayas elims on Aug. 15-16, while Iloilo will hold the Western Visayas elims on Aug. 29-30. The talent-search circuit winds up on Sept. 19-20 for the Mindanao leg in Davao.
This year’s Shell Active Chess, endorsed by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, is backed by Shell Fuels, Shellane, Shell Helix and McDonald’s, in partnership with SM Supermalls and Paseo Reale Cagayan.
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