02/06/2026
โ๏ธ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐จ! ๐ฅโ๏ธ
More than 10 years after my last CEPCA tournament, I finally had the chance to compete again in Cebu City. This event brought back great memories from my years working in Cebu from 2011 to 2014.
One of the highlights was meeting ๐๐ฟ๐ผ. ๐ก๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น once again. During the COVID years, we first met as opponents in online tournaments. Later, we became teammates representing Cebu in the PCAP Online Cup. It's amazing how chess can turn rivals into friends and teammates.
โจ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐. It is about the ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐, and connections we build through every game.
Returning to Cebu was both exciting and challenging. The competition remains strong, but the mission continues:
โ๏ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
โ๏ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
โ๏ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐ชโ๏ธ ๐ข๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ!
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