National Chess Federation of the Philippines

rdf:langString National Chess Federation of the Philippines

rdf:langString The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) is a non-profit organization, the governing chess organization within the Philippines, and one of the member federations of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs. The Philippines has produced ten chess Grandmasters (GM), including GMs Eugene Torre, Rogelio Antonio, Wesley So, Darwin Laylo, Jayson Gonzales, Bong Villamayor, Joseph Sanchez, Mark Paragua, and Nelson Mariano II (inactive). IM Ronald Dableo is GM in waiting after achieving three GM Norms and needs to raise his Elo rating to 2,500 points to get the full GM status. Wesley So now represents the United States of America after his successful transfer to the United States Chess Federation in November 2014.