APAS Wood Pushers

Congratulations to Vic Glysen Derotas, MA in Psychology student, for being named UAAP Season 88 Women’s Chess Blitz MVP! ♟️🏆

Your achievement is a testament to the power of focus, strategy, and psychological resilience—qualities that define both excellence in chess and in the field of psychology. May this victory inspire continued mastery, both on the board and beyond.

We celebrate your brilliance and determination! 💛

𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒐 𝑭𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑰𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒐 𝑹𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏-𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔."

📅 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬
Date: September 20 - 21 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 8:00 AM onwards
Venue:
September 20 (Day 1) - Argao Sports Complex
September 21 (Day 2) - Municipal Training Center
Eligibility: Open to all chess enthusiasts

📝 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭
Type: Swiss
No of Rounds: 9
Time Control: 15 + 10
Local ratings for September 2025 will be used to seed the players

💳 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐞
Argaoanon/Titled Players: FREE
Regular: P500
Discounted*: P300
*Discounted registration includes Seniors, PWDs, Ladies, and Kids 12 years old and below

🎯 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐰!
To register simply follow this steps:
1. Send GCash payment to 0956 500 6703 (Merry Joy Montejo) or scan QR Code
2. While sending payment, please add the following details:
• Registrant's Name:
• Age:
• Gender:
• Indicate if Argaonon, Titled Player or PWD
3. Registration deadline is on September 19, 2025.
4. Strictly no onsite registration.

🏆 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬
𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔
Champion – P25,000 + Trophy
2nd Place – P20,000 + Medal
3rd Place – P10,000 + Medal
4th Place – P7,000
5th Place – P5,000
6th Place – P4,000
7th Place – P3,000
8th Place – P2,000
9th Place – P2,000
10th Place – P2,000
11th Place – P1,000
12th Place – P1,000
13th Place – P1,000
14th Place – P1,000
15th Place – P1,000

𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝑨𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏
Champion – P2,000 + Medal
2nd Place – P1,500 + Medal
3rd Place – P1,000 + Medal

𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔
Top Senior – P1,500 + Medal
Top PWD – P1,500 + Medal
Top Female – P1,500 + Medal
Top U17 – P1,500 + Medal
Top U12 – P1,500 + Medal

💯𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
• Tournament Rules: bit.ly/ArgaoOpen2025Rules
• Event Schedule: bit.ly/ArgaoOpen2025Sched
• Official Results: bit.ly/ArgaoOpen2025Results
• List of Participants: bit.ly/ArgaoOpen2025List
• Event Post: bit.ly/ArgaoOpen2025Event
• Map of Venue:
Argao Sports Complex: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hwwktLd85r6gCC738
Municipal Training Center: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MrBRqiUQCp2hcx4H8
• Livestream Links: fb.com/CebuSchoolofChess

🤵 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐔𝐬
• Kevin R. Yap - 0945 855 9800
Cebu School of Chess

• Hector Villamora - 0922 598 5527
Argao Chess Wizards

• Merry Joy Montejo - 0956 500 6703
Secretary of the Vice Mayor