By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA
Grandmaster Joey Antonio and Grandmaster-candidate Ronald Dableo lead a big cast vying in the Woman Fide Master Sheerie Joy Lomibao-Beltran Rapid Open Chess Championship set Sunday at the Open Kitchen in Rockwell Mandaluyong City.
Antonio and Dableo, who would become a GM if he reaches 2500 in rating, are among the favorites in a field that also included GM Darwin Laylo, and IMs Daniel Quizon, Jan Emmanuel Garcia, Ricardo de Guzman, Angelo Young, Barlo Nadera and Chito Garma.
A total of P110,000 in cash prizes will be up for grabs in the National Chess Federation of the Philippines-sanctioned tournament bankrolled by former Olympian Lomibao-Beltran in close cooperation with Ms. China Aurelio and Ms. Mimi Casas of Open Kitchen.
The champion will earn P10,000 plus a trophy and iPhone mobile phone. The second placer will get P7,000 plus medal, third placer will receive P5,000 plus medal, fourth placer will bring home P3,000 plus medal while the fifth placer will pocket P2,000 plus medal.
Sixth to 10th placers will go home P1,000 each plus a medals while 11th to 20th placers will take P500 each.
Fossil Watches plus P1,000 each awaits for the category winners top media, top PWD, top Kiddy (14 years old and below), top Junior (16 years old and below), top Senior (50 and above), top Non Master and top Executive while Tablets for top 8 years old and below boys and girls.
