Asia’s first Grandmaster Eugene Torre and the Philippines’ first Woman Chess Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna will lead the national team’s campaign in the Punch Your Clock University of the Philippines (UP) Vanguard Rapid and Blitz Chess Open Tournament slated on March 29 at the UP Department of Military Science and Tactics Complex in Diliman, Quezon City.

Over 300 chess players will see action in the three-day competition offering a cash prize of P500,000.

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