Forty eight players, including the leading junior players and a slew of rising stars, gear up for a fierce showdown in three divisions in the Shell National Youth Active Chess Championships grand finals slated October 1 to 2 at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong.

The elite field, which survived the gruelling five-stage regional elims, makes its final build up for the big event, a nine-round Swiss system tournament sponsored by Pilipinas Shell with time control of 20 minutes with five time-delayed mode (Bronstein system).

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