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Let's celebrate October 16 on my birthday the whole day and evening. Let's eat our favorite and delicious foods and deserts, drink a healthy red wine and your favorite drinks, sing your favorite songs, play chess and of course dance my favorite Ballroom Dancing. While you are enjoying your food, desert, wine, drinks, songs, chess and my favorite Ballroom Dancing, greet me and say Happy Birthday to me (Ray Duque III) on October 16. Enjoy and cheers to all on my birthday on October 16. Ray Duque III, GMBD   My Birthday Cake and My Ballroom Dance   Ray Duque III, GMBD, celebrate my birthday on October 16 all day and night.

01. A member of a Middle East chess team tried to buy one of the girls working for the organizers at the Buenos Aires Olympiad for one million dollars. The offer was refused. 02. At the Buenos Aires Olympiad, Hans Ree was told a joke and laughed so hard he fell out of bed and broke his leg. 03. Blackburne (Joseph Henry 1841-1924) once walking round the boards during a simultaneous display, drained his opponent's glass saying, when rebuked, 'he left it en prise and I took it en passant' 04. Blackburne was once arrested as a spy because he sent chess moves in the mail and it was thought that the moves were coded secrets. 05. Blindfold chess was forbidden by law in the former Soviet Union because it was considered artistically pointless and harmful to one's mental health. A view often held in countries where there's been blindfold exhibitions. 06. Bobby Fischer once withdrew from a chess tournament because a woman was playing in the event (she was Lisa Lane and U.S. woman champion). 07. Botvinnik has played every World Chess Champion of this century. 08. Bronstein once took 50 minutes to make his first move. 09. Capablanca had the mayor of Havana clear the tournament room before he would resign his game to Marshall in 1913. 10. Capablanca was never checkmated. TANONG: 01. Saan nagtapos ng college si Sir Ray Duque III? 02. Ano ang kanyang natapos sa college? 03. Marami bang naging GFs si Sir Ray Duque III sa mga tinuruan niyang sumayaw? Mga kasama: Nagtatapos sa araw na ito, October 16, 2010 ang seryeng TRIVIA na alay natin sa taong MAS UNANG IPINANGANAK sa ating lahat... hehehe mahirap kasing sabihin ang "pinakamatanda" sa ating lahat... pero ayan nasabi ko rin! Siya po si Sir Ray Duque III... "ANG BITHDAY BOY", ang taong masayahin, mapagpakumbaba, hindi po lets-maku, mahilig lang pong ulit-ulitin ang mga sinasabi niya... at laging natutuwa kapag natatawa siya! ANG HINDI PO ALAM NG MARAMI... ANG ATIN PONG LEADER NA SI 'IDOL KO', bongrevillajrANG MAY IDEA PARA I-AKDA KO ANG SERYENG ITO BILANG REMEMBRANCE SA KANYANG KAARAWAN... WALA PONG KATUMBAS NA HALAGA PERO ITO PO AY MUNTING ALAALANG GALING SA PUSO! Magkakaroon pa rin ng susunod na seryeng TRIVIA... abangan ninyo, bilang tribute sa taong malapit nang magdiwang ng kanyang kaarawan! HAPPY 65TH BIRTHDAY, SIR RAY DUQUE III!

Let's celebrate October 16 it's coming. Let's eat our favorite and delicious foods and deserts, drink a healthy red wine and your favorite drinks, sing your favorite songs, play chess and of course dance my favorite Ballroom Dance. While you are enjoying your food, wine, desert, songs, chess and my favorite Ballroom Dance, greet me and say Happy Birthday Ray (Me) on October 16. Enjoy and cheers to all on October 16. Ray Duque III, GMBD

Panoorin ninyo yong sayaw ko. Simple dancing lang ito. Heto ang link: https://youtu.be/TQINdemEt3M Pagka panood ninyo, paki sabi sa lahat nang kakilala ninyo na panoorin din nila. Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat. Ray Ray Duque III (GMBD), USA

I'm now 17 years at chess.com and still counting. On this day, I registered to this site on September 21, 2007, 17 years ago today. I'm one of the oldest Filipino-American members in this site. Some of the Filipinos and Filipino-American who registered here before and after I registered here were no longer here but maybe they came back with another name or username. In my 17 years at chess.com, I'm an owner, SA and admin of several Filipino and non-Filipino groups/teams. I created a several Filipino groups/teams at this site. I founded the Pinoy Chess Philippines on November 27, 2009. Pinoy Chess Philippines - Chess Club - Chess.com I'm posting at the notes, forums, news, events of some Filipino and non-Filipino groups/teams and also posting at the forum and blogs of chess.com. I'm playing chess online, live chess, team matches, chess tournaments. I have some friends here and chat with them at the group/team notes. I posted some stories at the notes, forums, news, event. I have also some pictures in almost every group/team I joined. I'm creating team matches with my name as a title of the team matches. I'm also mentioning to my friends about the ballroom dancing which is my hobby. I like Ballroom Dancing so much. My name also appeared at the chessopedia when there was still that article but I think it was already abolished. My name is also on the Internet and anywhere. I'm enjoying my stay here at chess.com and hopefully I will be here for many, many more years to come. Thank you all,Ray Duque III (GMBD), USA

Marami akong hobby pero ang pinaka hobby ko sa lahat ay Ballroom Dancing (Tango, ChaCha, Salsa). Hobby ko ring maglaro ng chess, maglakad, magluto, mag basketball noong bata pa ako, mag golf, umarte sa harap ng kamera noong nasa pelikula pa ako pero mas gustong gusto ko ang mag sayaw ng ballroom/Latin dancing.

May Filipino Club House din sa public forum na itinatag/itinayo ko. Meron din sa ibang team at sa ibang chess sites. Kung mapapadako kayo dun ay basahin ninyo yon at mag post din kayo. Dito man ay mag post kayo. Makikita ninyo ako sa friendly sites, chess sites, web sites, in short sa internet. Let's discuss anything here. We can not talk together here because we are all in the different teams. This is the reason I established a chat for all Filipino players here especially at the public forum. Mga kababayan, kateammates, kaibigan, kapatid, marami na tayo dito sa chess site na ito at sa team nating Pinoy Chess Philippines kaya nag tatag ako nang isang forum dito para dito tayo mag batian, mag tanugan, mag kuwentuhan, at kung ano ano pang mga dapat nating ilagay at sabihin sa isat isa. Uumpisahan ko ang sasabihin ko sa inyo at mag papakilala tuloy ako. Ako ay si Ray (Ray Duque III). Isa siguro ako sa pinakamatandang Filipino dito sa Chess site na ito na Senior Citizen na. Dating naging Bit player actor sa Pilipinas, Nandito na ngayon sa New York City at retired na. Mahilig sa ballroom dancing kahit matanda na at gusto pa ring bumalik sa Pilipinong pelikula kung may pagkakataon. Bumabati ako sa inyong lahat na mga Filipino dito ng Magandang umaga, tanghali, hapon at gabi at fiesta opisyal. Nag tatag din ako nang Filipino Club House sa ibang chess sites sa forum kaya lang hindi lahat ng sinamahan kong sites ay meron nito. Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat at sana magamit natin itong topic nating ito. Ang inyong kabayan, Ray Ray Duque III (GMBD), USA

Your quote. Post naman kayo dito. Uumpisahan ko. Dancing is an exercise to the body and chess is an exercise to the brain. RayRay Duque III (GMBD), USA

7 ROUNDS SWISS ELIMINATIONS PLAYERS W D L MP TB GP 1 Just_Push_IT 6 1 6.5 23.75 7 2 ate_monang 6 1 6 16.5 7 3 PrinceCupid 5 1 1 5.5 14.75 7 4 Steelshard-Dragon 5 1 1 5.5 14.25 7 5 AegwynnMagna 4 1 2 4.5 12.75 7 6 waphang 4 3 4 8.5 7 7 junrC 3 1 3 3.5 6.75 7 8 Gollum25 3 1 3 3.5 5 7 9 rucan120 3 4 3 10 7 10 badonggarci 3 4 3 8 7 11 TULAKERO 2 2 3 3 8.25 7 11 mike_71 2 2 3 3 8.25 7 13 jack-saludo 2 5 2 2 7 14 SillyDragon 1 1 5 1.5 1.5 7 15 jpen2500 1 45 0.5 1.25 x 16 PrinceMiner x x x x x x *Neustadtl Sonneborn-Berger score is used for tie-break calculation. *Top eight (8) Players will advance to the Playoffs.

Registration period has passed, and only a handful of players have registered..but the show must go on!! Before the tourney commences, let us determine who will be included on the final roster....so all the listed players below,, just comment "PRESENT"..... List of registered/approved players: rucan120 confirmedJust_Push_IT confirmedTULAKERO confirmedate_monang confirmedSteelshard_Dragon confirmedjpen2500 confirmedPrinceCupid confirmedjunrC confirmedSillyDragon confirmedwalton88Asegz_7PrinceMiner confirmedmike_71 confirmedjack-saludo confirmedbadonggarci confirmedGollum25 confirmedAegwynnMagna confirmedwaphang confirmedbomboklat004ZackThePug disqualified not enough rapid games Note: Activity Test will be observed until Tuesday, Feb. 26......any player who does not comment here, will be regarded as "No Activity" and will not be included in the final roster... Reminder: Tournament Prizes are as follows; CHAMPION - 500 load Runner-up - 300 load 3rd Placer - 100 load

What do you think of chess, a sport or a game? Why? Your opinion, please.

May we know who taught you how to play chess. Thank you for your respond. I learned how to play chess by watching my friends playing chess when I was still young in the late 1950s, but I stoped playing the game because I was appearing in the movies and was dancing the ballroom dancing. I just started playing chess again in the 1990s but not concentrating it because I'm just playing the game for fun, to make more new friends, to refresh/exercise my brain. I don't even read chess books and moves. Ray Duque III (GMBD), New York City

Note: Thank you for all our members for the participation and cooperations to our activities here in our groups, in order to give our return to you, we are conducting a tournament with prize through load, sponsored by our admins. Rules: 1. Tournament Hosted by Team Philippines United. Open to all members of sir Ray Duque's Teams/Groups, Ray Duque III Club Int'l, Chess-Daance-Music-Sports: R. Duque III, Pinoy Chess, Philippines, TPU,PCCO,PCO 2. Format: 3 mins Blitz at chess.com live chess. 7 swiss round. 1 round per day only. 3. Result will be post at the forum "1st Ray Duque Chess Tournament". Result will be post by the winning player or in case of draw, agreed by both player who will be the one to post. 4. Registration format: Complete name/cp number(smart,TNT,sun,globe,TM only)/Location. Incomplete format will be forfeited in joining this tournament. A. Members B. Admins are also welcome C. Player(s) residing outside Philippines, can also join but the registered cp number are the only valid number. In case of winner, you can use the cp number of your relatives/Family member (this will be use for the prize) D. Registration will start October 10, 2016 and ends October 26, 2016. Registration group will be at "Team Philippines United" title "1st Ray Duque Chess Tournament". No other group forum to post on the comment. this is only a news forum to our group. E. Tournament will start at October 28, 2016 - November 03, 2016. Final results will be on November 05, 2016, also the awarding of Prize. 5. Prize is through Load A. Champion - PhP100.00 B. 2nd - PhP50.00 C. 3rd - Php30.00 D. 4th - PhP20.00 6. In case of tie score. Buchholz Tie-Breaks, Sonneborn-Berger-Tie Break may apply in order to break the score. 7. No post, No result, score 0-0 will be given to both players. 8. No cheating, once caught on cheating, score will be given to the losing opponent even a draw result will occur. 9. In case cheating will be detected at the final results, the result will be given to the next rank. Thank you and God bless to all.!!!

Happy Birthday to all April celebrants. Hope you will enjoy your birthday. Belated Happy birthday for January, February and March.

May suggestion ako sa ninyong lahat. Ito ay kung okay lang naman sa inyo. Magkaroon kaya tayo ng DIRECTORY dito. Ang dahilan ko ay para malaman natin kung taga saan o nasan tayo ngayon, para magtawagan tayo kung may sasabihin tayo sa isat isa, para maging mag kaibigan tayo, para mag usap tayo kahit sa telepono man lamang, kung ano pa ang dapat para sa directory natin. Uumpisahan ko ito: Name: Ray Duque III From: New York City Phone: 1-718-658-2490, Cell Phone: 1-917-531-5588 E-Mail: RADUQUE3@AOL.COM, rduque1016@yahoo.com Websites: I have so many sites more or less 100 including some other chess sites. Please visit me at my sites. Just type or search my name "Ray Duque III". Kung sakali tatawag kayo sa akin. Mag iwan kayo ng message para ako ang tatawag sa inyo dahil hindi ako sumasagot sa phone. Kung minsan ay sumasagot ako pero bihira lang yon. Salamat sa inyong lahat. Ray Ray Duque III (GMBD), New York City

May mga nagtatanong sa akin kung pano raw ang tournament at team match kaya gusto kong ipaliwanag sa inyo dito ang nalalaman ko. Tournament - Ang tournament ay dapat mag pa register ang player sa nasabing tournament. Pag puno na ang players dun sa tournament na yon ay mag uumpisa na ang laro. Team Match - Ang team match ay ginagawa ng adm at dapat i-challenge o i-accept ng kalaban na team. Pag meron ng team match ay dapat mag join ang players sa sinabing team match. Pag ini-lock ng both teams ang team match ay mag uumpisa na ang games ng team match. Pag ang player na walang kalaban sa team match ay hindi makakasali sa nasabing team match. Dapat may kalaban siya para makasali siya sa team match. Pag hindi siya nakasali sa team match ay puwede naman siya mag pagawa sa adm para sa rating niya nang makasali siya sa team match na ipinagawa niya. Sana naipaliwanag ko ng mabuti ito dun sa hindi nakakaalam kung paano nag uumpisa ang team match. Maraming salamat at good luck sa inyong lahat. Relax lang kayo sa paglalaro dahil libangan lang itong chess games.

1. You use 72 muscles to speak one word. 2. Chewing gum was initially intended for rubber substitute. 3. The melody of "The star Spangled Banner" comes from an old English drinking song, "Anachreon in Heaven". 4. When John F. Kennedy was president of the United States in the early 1960's, there was another John Kennedy who was senator in Washington and who, coincidentally has the same birthday as JFK, May 29. 5. Teflon was called "fluon" when it was first discovered in 1938. 6. The Federal Government forbids the portrait of any living person to appear in the US postage stamp. 7. Every time Joan Crawford got a divorce she change toilet seats. 8. Bela Lugosi is burried in his black Dracula cape. 9. A cat's sense of smell is ten times better than a human's. 10. Yo-yo was first used as weapon in the Philippine jungle. TANONG: 1. Nakakapag- ballroom dancing kaya si Mr. & Mrs. Ray Duque III, sa cruiser ship na kasalukuyang pinagdadausan ng birthday niya? 2. Isinunod din ba sa panagalang "Ray Duque" ang mga anak ni Sir Ray Duque III? 3. Ilang babae ang na-involved sa buhay ni Sir Ray Duque III sa buong panahon ng paninirahan niya sa Estados Unidos?

Gusto ko lang malaman ninyo na may Facebook group tayo para sa ating lahat, naglalaro man ng chess o hindi. Paki sabi naman sa mga kamag-anak, kaibigan, kakilala ninyo at sa mga kaibigan ng kaibigan ninyo, mga kakilala ng kakilala ninyo na tignan at sumama na sa group natin sa Facebook. Heto ang link ng group natin sa Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27657304737 At kung meron kayong account sa Facebook i-add naman ninyo ako para mag kaibigan din tayo dun. Heto ang link ko sa facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Ray-Duque-III/1532893832 Salamat sa inyong lahat at Mabuhay! Ray Ray Duque III (GMBD), USA

I wanted to make a topic about the ballroom dancing in general at the forum long time ago but I can't do it because you might not like it. But somebody PM me and ask me to make a topic about the ballroom dancing. I will make a topic now about the ballroom dancing, hopefully you will like it and will make a comments to this topic. Please allow me to discuss this in our own language since we are all Filipinos here. Thank you, Ray Ray Duque III (GMBD), USA