here in South East Asia, Chess is quite profitable profession for the Philippines so there are many masters from Philippines
that my guess, the tournament i just went to was dominated by them
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mitchellhan wrote:
here in South East Asia, Chess is quite profitable profession for the Philippines so there are many masters from Philippines
that my guess, the tournament i just went to was dominated by them
Asian players have always been a force to reckon with, even way back to the OTB tournaments from the 70's to this day. 
Hi,
I was wondering why there are so many (strong) chess players from the Philippines at chess.com?
Is chess a national sport in that country or something?
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