Abasolo - solo leader; 11-years old unrated boy shocked Cantonjos!
Region X Silverio Abasolo defeated Nazario Ubanan of Cagayan de Oro to grab the solo lead after five rounds of the Tonsuya Non-Masters Active Chess Tournament held at the Tonsuya Covered Court, Malabon City. The real shocker was a loss by top seed Allan Cantonjos (ELO-2191) in a Queens Pawn Game at the hands of 11-yr. old Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar. Cantonjos attacked the enemy King's position without letting up putting the young boy into defensive. However Baltazar,defended brilliantly that caused the 33- year old mainstay of Philippine Air Force,to lost by time forfeit.In other games Frederick Bernabe of Valenzuela City upset Manila Youth Game under-17 champion Michael Kevin Baltazar to move into contention with 3.5 points the same score of Allan Macala (2096) and Marlon Ricafort(2096) who drew their 5 th round game.
| RANK | NAME OF PARTICIPANTS | LOCALITY | WIN | DRAW | LOSS | TOTAL POINTS | |
| 1 | ABASOLO,SILVERIO | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.O | ||
| 2 | RICAFORT,MARLON | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | ||
| 3 | MACALA,ALLAN | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | ||
| 4 | BALTAZAR,KENNETH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | UBANAN,NAZARIO | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | BALTAZAR,KEVIN | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| 7 | SADONGDONG,FRED | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| 8 | IBANEZ,PIOKIT | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| 9 | PUNO,BAY | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| 10 | TAN,KENNEDY | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| 11 | GONIO,GERALD | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| 12 | CANTONJOS,ALLAN | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13 | NADERA,CHESSA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 14 | HABANA,EDGAR | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 15 | SARDOWA,RICARDO | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 16 | OROGO,CHRISTOPHER | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 17 | CONSTANTINO,JORAM | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 18 | LLARENA,JASON | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 19 | SANTOS,JOY | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 20 | CORDOWA,REDEN | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 21 | TUMALI,EDGAR | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 22 | MEDRANO,CHRISTIAN | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 23 | FLORES,JEROME | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | ||
| 24 | ORSINO/JOSEPH | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 25 | DEOGRACIAS,RON | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 26 | RAMIS,NORIS | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
