OPENING-day winners San Juan and Laguna clash in the first heavyweight battle in the 2021 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) First Conference on Wednesday.
The Predators, led by GM Oliver Barbosa and WIM Jan Jodilyn Fronda, and the Heroes, bannered by GM Rogelio Barcenilla, Jr. and WNM Jean Karen Enriquez, square off in one of 12 matches on the second day of competition in Asia’s first play-for-pay chess league.
San Juan clobbered the Antipolo Cobras, 18.5-2.5, while Laguna humbled Rizal Towers, 17.5-3.5, in a pair of decisive matches in the 12-team Northern Division last Jan. 16.