The almost complete Palau Chess to 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway have a photo session by GMA News Bernadette Carreon on July 15, 2014. From left, standing, CM Bernardo Garcia, NM Roberto Hernandez, NM Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., Eric Ksau Whipps, Dennis Gonzales, Jeffrey Balbalosa. Sitting, left to right, Angelica Parrado, Baby Edna Mission and Joy Flores Whipps. Not in the photo are Board 4 (Women) Desitiny Sisior and Board 3 Gladys Anne Paloma, who is in Philippines already a few days earlier.
(Photo by Bernadette Carreon)
Pinays to represent Palau in
Norway Chess Olympiad
July 14, 2014 4:01pm
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The small island nation of Palau is
sending a delegation to the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Norway next month — and some
of the players are Filipinos!
Philippine Honorary Consul Eric Ksau Whipps, the delegation's head, said five of the 12 players are Filipinas — Angelica Parrado, Baby Edna Mission, Gladys Anne Paloma, Joy Flores Whipps, and Destiny Sisior who, at 10 years old, is the youngest to compete in the Olympiad.
Philippine Honorary Consul Eric Ksau Whipps, the delegation's head, said five of the 12 players are Filipinas — Angelica Parrado, Baby Edna Mission, Gladys Anne Paloma, Joy Flores Whipps, and Destiny Sisior who, at 10 years old, is the youngest to compete in the Olympiad.
Philippine Consul to
Palau Eric Ksau Whipps (middle, standing) and the Filipino chess players who
will be representing Palau in Norway Chess Olympiad. Left to right: Bernardo
Garcia, Roberto Hernandez, Cyril Tomas Montel, Dennis Gonzales and Jeffrey
Balbalosa. Sitting, left to right: Angelica Parrado, Baby Edna Mission and Joy
Flores Whipps. Photo by Bernadette H. Carreon
Sisior, daughter of Parrado, is the
top player for Women’s Junior category along with 13-year-old Filipino–Palauan
Ksau Flores Whipps.
Meanwhile, another young Filipino-Palauan player, nine-year -old Kayah, Ksau's sister, though not competing in Norway next month, would have a chance to compete in the World Youth Chess Championships in South Africa this September.
Eric Whipps said the players “have been training for hours on their own every day and also have been in several competition with one ongoing to help improve on their skills.”
Very few women are playing chess in the Pacific, Whipps said. However, the women’s team is composed of dedicated players who, by their sheer determination, are giving both Philippines and Palau something to be proud about.
Whipps noted that Parrado is one of the highest-rated player in the Pacific.
Not to be outdone, five Filipinos in the men’s category are also part of the Palau team flying to Norway for the competition. They are Roberto Hernandez, Cyril Tomas Montel Jr., Bernardo Garcia, Dennis Gonzales and Jeffrey Balbalosa.
Hernandez and Balbalosa are also mentoring young Palauans who are showing enthusiasm in chess. —KBK, GMA News
Meanwhile, another young Filipino-Palauan player, nine-year -old Kayah, Ksau's sister, though not competing in Norway next month, would have a chance to compete in the World Youth Chess Championships in South Africa this September.
Eric Whipps said the players “have been training for hours on their own every day and also have been in several competition with one ongoing to help improve on their skills.”
Very few women are playing chess in the Pacific, Whipps said. However, the women’s team is composed of dedicated players who, by their sheer determination, are giving both Philippines and Palau something to be proud about.
Whipps noted that Parrado is one of the highest-rated player in the Pacific.
Not to be outdone, five Filipinos in the men’s category are also part of the Palau team flying to Norway for the competition. They are Roberto Hernandez, Cyril Tomas Montel Jr., Bernardo Garcia, Dennis Gonzales and Jeffrey Balbalosa.
Hernandez and Balbalosa are also mentoring young Palauans who are showing enthusiasm in chess. —KBK, GMA News
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