While most Filipino sports fan are on looking for news about the Azkals and basketball, a Philippine team is currently beating the world's top teams in .... Chess. Maybe some of our officials, do not consider this as a sport but at least the team led by veteran Eugene Torre is showing that Filipinos can be world beaters. It is funny though very few of our local media outlets write about the exploits of our chess grandmasters. Maybe, they will start writing about them tomorrow as the Philippines just beat 11th seeded England to remain the top 10 in this year's Olympiad. The Olympiad is only held every two years and our country is seeded 35th in this year's edition. In which sport do we have a Philippine team that is in top 40 of world rankings? Only Chess, not basketball and definitely not football. While pundits are happy with our 150th ranking in FIFA, nobody is even bothering to write about out top 10 placing in the Olympiad after Round 7. Many are disappointed with the 0-0 result of the Azkals against Cambodia, only few enthusiasts know that the Pinoys won 3-1 over England in the Olympiad. Will we just bask in mediocrity? When will we start giving credit and funds to the right endeavor? ;)
Congratulations to the PINOY Woodpushers for beating England Chess Team in the ongoing 2012 Chess Olympiad, ang galing ninyo. We are proud of you, keep it up, mga idol (Torre, So, Barbosa, Paragua and Dimakiling).
ReplyDeleteTulog pa mga writers nila, maya-maya meron na rin yan. And I think it's understandable, hindi naman kasi ganun ka-accessible sa isip ng iba nating kababayan ang larong ito. It's hard to follow you know. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with john ultra. Sinusulat din naman kahit papano ang updates sa chess olympiad, medyo late na nga lang ang labas siguro dahil na rin sa difference ng oras at tagal ng results (past 2AM na natapos laro ni Barbosa). Saka, ang followers ng particular sports ay relative. Di lahat fanatic ng football, basketball, o chess. Kung di naman maingay sa tingin mo ang pagkapanalo ng RP Chess team over England, di ibig sabihin nito ay iilan lang sa mga pinoy ang sumusubaybay dito. WAg masyadong nega...hehehe
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