CHESS NEWS
La Salle, FEU bag chess titles
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Mar 2nd 2015
Recap:La Salle and FEU emerged as Season 77 champions in the men's and women's chess tournament.
Full story »La Salle, FEU move closer to chess titles
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Feb 28th 2015
Recap:La Salle will need just a draw with Adamson to claim its first men's title in 11 years, while FEU looked poised to end the Lady Archers' reign.
Full story »La Salle, FEU keep chess lead after Round 10
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Feb 21st 2015
Recap:The Archers stayed on top with 27.5 points despite inking a 2-2- truce with UP after Round 10.
Full story »Adamson, UST dislodge NU on top
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Feb 5th 2015
Recap:The Falcons and the Tigers vaulted on top with identical 16.5 points after Rounds 5 and 6.
Full story »UST stuns NU but Bulldogs remain on top
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Jan 30th 2015
Recap:The Tigers stunned the league-leading Bulldogs, 2.5-1.5 to fortify their hold of third place with 10 points after Round 4.
Full story »NU leads pack with perfect slate
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Jan 22nd 2015
Recap:The Bulldogs snacked on lowly UE to cop a league-leading 10 points in three rounds.
Full story »La Salle, NU, AdU lead men's chess
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Jan 15th 2014
Recap:La Salle, NU, and Adamson currently hold six points apiece to grab the early lead in the UAAP men's chess tournament.
Full story »La Salle officially cops UAAP milestone
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Mar 24th 2013
Recap:La Salle officially carved its niche in UAAP history as it received its first-ever general championship trophy to highlight the closing ceremony of the league’s 75th season.
Full story »La Salle is new general champion
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Mar 12th 2013
Recap:The Archers collected a whopping 293 points from 28 events in 15 sports to dethrone perennial UAAP overall titlist UST and emerge as the league’s new powerhouse.
Full story »UST dethrones FEU, grabs first title in 14 years
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Feb 19th 2013
Recap:The Tigers, who last held the men’s crown back in 1999, banked on Board 2 gold medalist Patrick Florendo’s resiliency in the deciding sheet to dethrone FEU.
Full story »La Salle posts 3-peat in women's chess
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Feb 24th 2013
Recap:The Lady Archers tallied 11 wins and three draws in a resounding display of chess wizardry and dominance all-season long to cop the title-clinching tally of 41 points.
Full story »Tigers snatch lead in men's chess
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Feb 16th 2013
Recap:The Tigers clobbered UP, 3-1, in Round 12 to overtake the erstwhile league-leading Tamaraws for the first time with a 31-point aggregate.
Full story »Tams rule Rounds 8 and 9 of men's chess
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Feb 6th 2013
Recap:The defending champion Tamaraws hiked their output to 24.5 points with a draw and a victory in Rounds 8 and 9, respectively.
Full story »La Salle grabs solo lead in women’s chess
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Feb 9th 2013
Recap:The two-time defending champion Lady Archers grabbed the solo lead with 27.5 points after nine rounds.
Full story »La Salle, UP tie for 1st in women’s chess
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Jan 29th 2013
Recap:Both the Lady Archers and the Lady Maroons now tote identical 20.5 points to share the lead at the end of the first round.
Full story »Tams cap chess 1st round on top
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Jan 28th 2013
Recap:The defending champion Tamaraws tallied a league-best 20-points in seven matches, winning six and yielding just a draw to keep perennial title-contenders UST and La Salle at bay.
Full story »FEU stays on top in men's chess
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Jan 22nd 2013
Recap:FEU stayed on top in the men's division while La Salle relinquished the lead in the women's side to cap the third and fourth rounds of the 75th UAAP chess tournament.
Full story »Tams, Lady Archers lead UAAP chess
By: Anthony Divinagracia | Jan 17th 2013
Recap:The seven-peat seeking Tamaraws chalked up 6.5 points while the Lady Archers, who are eyeing their third straight title, tallied a league-best seven markers to dominate the first two rounds of competition.
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