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The chess
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converges in Manila this June tor the
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Chess Olympiad
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competing
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international masters, FIDE masters
and
national masters are matching
wits
in the biggest
chess
spectacle of
all
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June
1992
CORY
CITES'PAWI\
POWER'
AT
OLYMPIAD
OPENING
By Noel
Albano
With
twenty-three
days
left
in office,
President Corazon C.
Aquino
Sunday
night
recalled
the
scenes
of
the
EDSA
Revolt
which
swept
her
to
power in
1986
and said
it
was
"pawn
power"
and
not
"queen
power"
which
toppled
Ferdinand
Marcos'
dictatorship.
Keynoting
the gala
opening
of
the
30th
Chess
Olympiad
at
the
PICC
Plenary
Hall,
the
Pre-
sident,
resplendent
in
a
yellow
dress, was
in
a celebratory mo-
od,
her
tone
both
serious
and
light
as
she
prepares
to wind
down her
term six
years
and
four
months after being instal-
led
to office
by
a
popular,
bloo-
dless
uprising.
FOCMAN
Chairman
FranHin
M.
Drilon
(center)
and Vice Chairman
Cecilio
G.
Hechanova
presenting
a
unique
gifi
to
Presideru
Corazon
C.
Aquino
during
the opening
ceremony
beside the
president,
basking
in
the
glory
of
his
election
triumph
which is
all
but certain
except
for
the
final tally
of
votes
and
official
proclamation
of
the
winner by
Congress.
national singing
star
l-ea
Salon-
ga.
The
three were
lauded
by
the President
for
the
success
of
the
Olympiad, which
drew
a
record
ll2
participating
coun-
tries.
because
of
queen
power but
be-
Once,
when the
president
cause
of
pawn
power
which
was
interrupted
by
applause af-
everybody
calls
today
people
ter
talking
about
People
Power,
power,"
said the President,
who she
glanced back at the
head
will
step
down
June
30
and hand
table and
flashed a
"thumbs-up"
over power
to
the Republic's
sign
as
his
logo
to
signify
people
empowerment
the
essence
next president.
of
the
EDSA
Revolt.
Mrs.
Aquino
paid
tribute
to
Executive
Secretary
Fran-
athletes
and
chess
players
for
their
remarkable discipline
and
klin Drilon,
chairman
of
the
Or-
unmatched
drive
for
excellence
ganizing
Committee
FOCMAN
and then
declared,
"Let
the
ga-
'92,
FIDE
president Florencio
mes
begin...
thd lessons are
all
Campomanes and
Cecilio
He-
chanova,
chairman
of
the
Phi-
there
waiting
to
be learned."
lippine
Sports
Commission
and
Ex-defense
chiwf
Fidel
Ra-
vice-chairman
of
the
Organi-
mos, her
successor
in
waiting
zing
Committee,
joined
the
two
and the man
who
hel@
launch
leaders
in
the
presidential
table
the
People
Power Revolt
in
during
the
75-minute
opening
1986,
sat
in
the
presidetial
table
which
topbilled
Filipina
inter-
"We
did well
in
1986 not
The
opening
ceremony,
which
also featured the
world
famous Bayanihan
dancers,
drew
raves
from
the huge
crowd
of
diplomats,
government
offi-
cials,
delegates, sponsors
and
players, led
by world
champion
Garry
Kasparov
of
Russia.
"This
is
one
of
the
best
Olympiad
opening
I've
seen
in
years,"
said
Kasparov.
"Presi-
dent
Aquino
had
a
great
speech,
Miss
Salonga
is
terrific
and the
(Bayanihan)
dancers are
truly
world
class."
Other
leading players like
England's
Nigel
Short
and
Mur-
ray
Chandler,
India's
Viswana-
than
Anand and
Ukraine's
Vassily
Ivanchuk
shared
Kaspa-
rov's
views.
exile after
a
fomty
February
l9t6-
rEidfo
Wh€n offered
a
draw by
I(a-
qEUt,
qr
the
second
move,
the
Kasparov
added that the
or-
ganizers
(FOCMAN)
deserved
a
big
hand
for
staging
"such
a
fantastic opening
ceremony.
"
In this
Chess
Olympiad, pla-
yed
in
East
Asia
for
the
first
time
and the biggest
sports con-
clave hosted
by
the Philippines,
the
President spoke warmly
about the
past
and
cited
the men
who
helped elevate
Philippine
chess
to
its
new
status.
The
names
were
familiar
-
gran-
dmaster
Eugene
Torre, still
an
icon
in
Philippine
Chess,
GM
Rosendo Balinas
Jr.
who
came
after
him
but
never
reached the
same
heights,
and
Campoma-
nes, under whose term
the
ne-
Pnesident'reluctantly"
accep-
The
President
Hfwise
Hi'
ted and shook
hands
with
the
vered classic
quotes
from
the
highest-ranked player
in
chess
chess
rrrsgrs-
She recalhd
history.
Tartakover, who
observed
As
the competition
gets
un-
chess
is
a
garne
whose
winner
is
a
player who
makes tlre
second-
der
way,
the
Philippines
faces
.to-the-last
mistake.
She
also
the tough
task
of
breaking into
quoted
Capablanca
and
Alelfii-
the
top
ten
and matching its
ne,
who
are among the
legends
seventh-place
finish in
Greece
in
1988.
of world
chess.
"We
will
do our
best,"
said
Later,
after
the ceremony,
the
President
joined
across
a
Torre,
who
leads the
first
of
chess
table
by world
champion
Garry
Kasparov
of
Russia, the
most
powerful
breakaway
Re-
public
of
the Soviet
Union, for
the ceremonial opening
of
the
19-day
Olympiad. Mrs.
Aqui-
no
opened
with
a Queen's Gam-
three Philippine
teams
fielded
in
the
Olympiad.
"The
team
is
ready
to
take up
the challenge."
The
roafl
ahead
is rocky for
Torre
and
company.
But
the
nation
cheers
them
on.
wly-independent
republics
of
bit.
the
former
Soviet
Union
and
Yugoslavia
and South
Africa
have
been readmitted
to
the
world
chess
body.
Players
and
coaches
from
the
competing
nations had
their
em-
blems displayed
in
the
Parade
of
TOUGH
TIME
FOR TOP
TEAMS
By
Ignacio
Dee
"I
was
just
lucky.
There was
a
There
are no more
easy rounds
for
the
top
chessplaying nations
in
the
world. At
the top
of
the dais
at
the
PICC,
the
two
Philippine
teams,
Egypt
and Singapore
stole the
[im-
point
that
he
was
better,
but
he
had
little
time left
with
my
half-and-hour
for eight
moves
to
his
10
minutes
for
Flags and arranged
neatly in
racks at the
Plenary
Hall, just
across the Reception
Hall
where
the
matches
are
scheduled up
to
June 25.
old Wong,
a
physician by training
and
who
is
studying
to
become
a
psychiatrist.
light from
the top
teams.
Russia, even
without
world
champion
Garry
Kasparov,
was ex-
pected to
waltz over
the Philippines
"Bn.
But
it
took them nearly
six
hours to post
a
4-0
score,
like
the
Netherlands'
sweep
of
New
Zea-
land.
England
absorbed a
shock
Ioss
by
Jonathan Speelman to
Wong
Meng-
But
the
homecrowd
was
thrilled
at the
exploits of
even
During
her
speech,
the Pre-
sident's
tone was
often
serious
and
reverential. But
she
also
spoke
in
half-jest
and
drew in-
stant
laughter
from
the
jampac-
ked
crowd.
"Sacrifice
the
pines
"C'.
to
the
United
States,
which
was
for-
ced
to
fight
urtil
the end. The
crowd
even
sat
on the
floor in front of
the
TV
monitors,
and
clogged the
spec-
tators area
for
the
Philippines'
"
A.
match
against
Jamaica
which
the
Fi-
the
Philip-
The
Filipinos
lost
3.5,-.5
lipinos won,
3-1.
National Master
Fernie Dongui-
nes
played
the
Panov-Botvinnik
At-
queen,"
she
said, recalling
the
classic advice given to
Marcos
to
save
faltering
regime
in
the
eighties.
Heedless,
Marcos ul-
timately
faced
the
anger
of
"pawn
(or
people)
power"
which
sent
him packing
off
to
kong
of
Singapore
in whipping
the
chessplayers
from
the
Lion City,
3-
1,
while
Imam
Abendabbi and
As-
sem
Afifi
got
away
with
draws
tack
against Yasser
Seirawan's
Caro-Kann
and instead
of
the
scrap-
py play
the
Filipino
is
known for,
continued
on
page 5
against Alexander
Belyavsky
and
Oleg Romanishin
in
Ukraine's
3-l
tally
against Egypt.
LEA:
THERE
IS
LIFE
AFTER
MISS SAIGON
by Noel
Albano
Lea
Salonga,
after
Miss
Saigon
is
a
plumpish,
ebullient slar who
after
conquering West End and Broadway
and becoming
an international singing
sensation,
is
all
set
for
the
ultimate
advenfure
in her
career
--
the conquest
Anthem
during
the break
from
Miss
Saigon
in
Lon-
don.
Lea looked
a
little
plump
but well-rested
and
radiant
after
a
year of
gruelling daily
performan-
ces
in Broadway
as
the
lead
of Hollywood.
star
Kim in
the
Cameron
After
a
scheduled
appearance in
the
Seville
Exposition '92
in
Spain this
Mckintosh production
of
"Miss
Saigon.
"
In
her trea-
sure
trove
are
some
of
the
most prestigious
awards
in
month,
the
2l-year-old is
set
to
fly
back
to
the
United
States
for
a
concert
tour during
the
third
quarter
of
the
year
in what could
introduce her
to
wider
audiences
and
expand
her
appe-
al
beyond
the
stage.
the
performing arts
--
a
[-arry
and a
Tony,
a
tribute
to
her
great talent and
sheer
discipline
as
a
singer.
"The current
challenge
for
Lea
is
to maintain
and sustain that
high
level
of
competence
and
popularity,
"
said
Dong
Alegre, a
l-year-old
musical
artist
to
the
Miss
Saigon
star.
changed
for
her
after
Miss
Saigon,
the
role
that
catapulted her
Life
has
not
to world
fame
when
she
For
one
brief
moment,
Lea
appea-
red
in Manila ard
gracal
the
opening
Sunday
night
of
the 30th
Chess
Olym-
piad,
the
first
to
be
held in
East
Asia
and the
most prestigious sports concla-
started
performing in Lon-
don's West End.
"I
am
ba-
sically
the
same
in
values
*-J*-...
Lea Salonga:
Filipino
internationol
star
the
Walt
Disney
production
of
Alad-
and everything,"
she asser-
ted.
ve
hosted
by
the
Administration
of
President
Aquino. With
the
voice that
has
captivated
audiences
worldwide,
Lea
sang the
Philippine
national
an-
them
and
two
other
hit
songs
before
an
international
audience that included
diplomats
and
the luminaries
of
the
chess
world,
led
by
world
champion
"The
impressive
thing
about
Lea
is
that
she has
not
been spoiled
by
star-
din, while
the Cameron Mckintosh
production of
Les
Miserables on
Bro-
adway beckons to
her
and
chances are
Lea
may
decide
to
join
the cast.
dom,"
noted
Alegre.
"She
will
always
come
back to Manila
although
her
career
is in
the
United
States.
It's
a
privilege
for
her
to come
back.
She
considers
the
Philippine
her
home.
"
'The
door is open
for
the
role.
The
producers
want
her
by
August,
" Ale-
gre
revealed.
Garry
Kasparov of
Russia.
She
took
a giant leap
in
her career
as a
recording artist
in
America
by
"It
always feels
good
every
time
I
come home to
perform.
It's
one thing
I
love
to
do,
'
gushed Lea
after
the
Olympiad's
gala opening at
the
plena-
ry
hall
of
the
plush
Philippine
Interna-
tional
Convention Center
on
Roxas
Boulevard.
Backing
her
up was
the
36-piece
Manila
Chamber Orchestra
trnder the baton
of
Prof.
Sergio
Esmil-
signing
an
exclusive contract with
Atlantic
Record. The
door
to Miss
Saigon
for
a
new
season
of
performan-
cqs
remains
open, said
Alegre,
but Lea
is
eyeing to
scale
new heights.
But
perhaps
Lea's
greatest hope
-
after fulfrlling
her
immediate
commit-
is to
enter
the
prestigious Yale
school
for
theater and
music. This
has
ments
-
been
the
breeding ground
of
many
successful
Hollywood
strars, among
them former
child
star
and
Oscar
awardee Jodie Foster.
Next
month after
a
stint
in
Seville,
Lea
is
scheduled
to
appear
at
the
Hol-
lywood
Bowl in
California
for
a one-
la.
Lea last
appeared before
local
au-
diences
in
December
1991
when
she
did
the
highly
successful concert
"
A
Miss
Called
Lea.
" At
the
Inde-
pendence
Day rites
at
Rizal Park
in
June 1990,
she also
sang the
National
night
performance
in
another
Broadway classic, The
King
and
I,
which
will
star Oscar
awardee
Ben
Kingsley.
She
will
sing
two
songs
playing
the role of Tuptin.
Discipline
and a
certain
kind
of
self-denial
are the
key
factors
that
could spell
success
for
Lea
in
Holly-
wood.
So
far
Lea has shown
a stern
stuff to
succeed,
but
she
has
to display
more than the
courage
of
a
performer
who
sang and danced
in
a
string
bikini
as
Kim to
conquer
the
Olympian
heights
of
Hollywood.
In
August
and
September,
she
will
do the female
lead
voice of
Jasmin
in
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