The opening day of the SP Hector Frangue Open Chess Tournament kicks off with a big blast! 78 players joined the tournament divided into 2 categories: elementary and open. 30 elementary students joined the elementary category while 48 players joined the open category. The chess club was fully occupied up to the second floor of the building. Lunch was free for the first day. Chess players from the towns of Pandan, Tibiao, Patnongon, Belison, Laua-an, Tobias Fornier, Hamtic, Valderrama, Bugasong, and San Jose participated. Atty. Hector Frangue in good humor said that the tournament was held at Valentines Day because he is still single and not dating anybody at the moment. Hon. Hector Frangue encouraged players from other towns to form their chess clubs in their respected towns. He hopes to sponsor an interclub chess tournament someday. SP Frangue also encouraged those present to support chess as he noted that the Department of Education has already accepted the fact that chess helps in the mental development of a student. The tournament is on a seven round Swiss system format, one hour play to finish. No registration fee is required.
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