Promising chess player Al Basher Buto won the first gold medal for the Philippines in the 18th Asean Age-Group Chess Championship being held in Kuantan, Pahang in Malaysia.

Buto was undefeated in seven games, good enough to secure the top honors in the boys’ eight-under division of the tournament sanctioned by the International Chess Federation.

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