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SPORTSxpressMMetroEExpress SPORTSwww.metroexpressnews.yolasite.com Manila, PHILIPPINES July 22-July 29, 2011

AFPI national rapid chessqualifying successfully held

The AFPI National Rapid ChessChampionships was successfullyheld over the weekend at the Phil-ippine Army Gymnasium in FortBonifacio, Makati City.

The two-day tournament was or-ganized and sponsored by the Ar-tillery Foundation of the Philip-pines, Inc. (AFPI) with full supportof the National Chess Federationof the Philippines (NCFP) and incooperation with Philippine Acad-

emy for Chess Excellence (PACE)and participated in by all Filipinochess players, titled and untitled.

NCFP president, Prospero A.Pichay, Jr. also announced that theevent will also be one of the basisfor the selection of the country’srepresentatives to the Rapid Chesscompetition in the 2011 SoutheastAsian Games (SEAG) in Indone-sia this coming November and spe-cial qualifying leg for boys and

girls, 17 years old and below, forthe Singapore Youth Chess Festi-val on December.

Pichay also added that “this openchessfest is also a golden opportu-nity for all Woodpushers aspiringto play for the Philippine flag ininternational competition.”

The tournament was divided intothree categories, namely: Open Divi-sion, Women’s Division and KiddiesDivision (14 years old and below).

Aside from the berths for SEAG,

also at stake were cash prizes, tro-phies and medals to be awarded toall winners in each category withtop prizes of P20,000 for the opendivision champion, P5,000 forwomen’s champion and P4,000 forthe top kiddie.

Meanwhile Lt. Gen. ArthurTabaquero, chief of Eastern Mind-anao Command and Col. PedroBiasbas, chairman and executivedirector, respectively, of the orga-nizing AFPI, welcomed and appre

ciated the acknowledgement ofNCFP for making this event as anational level competition.

Among the early entries are GMsWesley So, Rogelio “Joey” Anto-nio Jr. Mark Paragua, Darwin Lay-lo, and John Paul Gomez. Interest-ed may still register to the follow-ing contact persons: Capt. SharonGomez (CP0922-8916538), 845-9555 (loc 6677); PACE (473-7008); and NCFP secretariat(CP0923-7309445).

JUNE proved tobe a merry month forchessers Julio Catali-no Sadorra of Cavite,Chardine CheradeeCamacho of Aringay,La Union and Cathe-rine Perena of Ca-loocan City who nowofficially a chessgrandmaster andwoman internationalmasters, respectively.

The good news came from noless than National Chess Federa-tion of the Philippines (NCFP)president/ chairman Prospero“Butch” Pichay Jr.

“Ino (Julio Catalino Sadorra) isnow officially a chess grandmas-ter. He was formally recognized bythe World Chess Federation(FIDE), as well Cheradee (Char-dine Cheradee Camacho) and

Sadorra is newest Phl GM; Perena, Camacho net IM titles

THE TOP 3 winners show off their trophies with officials from the organizing National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) in the recentChairman Prospero Pichay Chess Cup Championships at the Travelers Hotel in Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Standing first row: Asia’s First GM EugeneTorre (NCFP Players Council Head), Red Dumuk (NCFP Treasurer), GM Jayson Gonzales (NCFP Executive Director), Atty. Edmundo Legaspi (NCFPDirector) and International Arbiter Gene Poliarco (NCFP Administrative Officer Head). Standing at second row: GM Li Shilong of China (3rd place), GMDarwin Laylo of the Philippines (Champion) and GM Wen Yang of China (2nd place) -M. Bernardino

Catherine (Perena),both officially a wom-an international mas-ters ,” said Pichay.

According to Pichay,this developed aftermembers of the WorldChess Federation,FIDE (Federation In-ternationale desEchecs), met last June4 to 7 during the 2nd

Quarter FIDE presidential boardmeeting in Al Ain, United Arab Emir-ates and recognized their title status(GM and WIM’s).

“I can’t reduce my success to aformula, but it comes down to hardwork and faith,” said Sadorra, asophomore majoring in appliedmathematics at the University ofTexas-Dallas, USA.

The 25-year-old Sadorra hasachieved his third and final GM

norm at the UT Dallas Grandmas-ter Invitational Underwritten byTurner Construction Company,when he beat Grandmaster Alex-ander Shabalov in Round 10 lastMarch.

“I felt so elated – and relieved,”Sadorra said of the title-clenching

moment. “Many International Mas-ters are burdened by the unattainedtitle. Some masters never get it.”added Sadorra, who tallied 6 pointson five wins, two draws and twoloses and joints 10th place duringthe 20th Annual Chicago Open lastMay 26 to 30 at the Westin Chi-

cago North Shore Hotel in Wheel-ing, Illinois.

His live Elo rating of 2508breached the 2500 benchmark fora GM title, making Sadorra thecountry’s 14th GM. His next tour-nament is the US Open set on Au-gust. Marlon Bernardino

Sadorra ponders on his move.

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AVIATION TODAY

SUBIC Freeport — OmniAviation Corporation (OAC), aflight instruction and aviationservice provider based in ClarkField, is literally ready for take-off as the very first aviationschool in the country today andsecond only the whole of Asia tointroduce the revolutionaryRedbird flight simulators.

OAC president and chairman Ret.Captain Ben Hur Gomez said thenew “Redbird LD” AdvancedAviation Training Device(AATD) and supporting “RedbirdTD” Glass Cockpit Simulator areof utmost importance to anyflight school like Omni as it willenhance their students’ aircrafttraining in line with global flightcrew training expectations.

Now up and humming at Omni’sflight school branch here, the US-made Redbird LD is only thesecond simulator of its type inAsia assembled in partnershipwith Global Training SolutionsProvider Blackhawk Inc.

“We’re very pleased that wepartnered with Blackhawkbecause now we can offer ourstudents this level of advancedsimulator,” said Capt. Gomez.

“The use of Redbird simulatorsto train our students dramaticallyenhances the overall trainingexperience. Incorporation ofrealistic scenarios enablesstudents to develop a higher levelof pilot decision-making therebyimproving aviation safety. Ourstudents will graduate betterprepared to handle emergencies.The experience of flying thesesimulators will be of tremendousvalue to student pilots from dayone in their

Omni Aviation Corp introducesstate-of-the-art Redbird LD flight simulator

FAA & CAAP-approved sims to provide students with realistic training experience

training,” Capt. Gomez added.

Omni’s Redbird “LD” simulator hasinterchangeable cockpits and controlforce loading and allows for singleengine training in a standard Cessna172 configuration and multi-enginetraining in a Piper Seneca.

The supporting Redbird “TD”simulator replicates a GarminG1000 equipped “Glass Cockpit”version of the Cessna 172, featuringa digital cockpit similar to whatairline pilots experience when theytransition to Airbus and Boeingaircraft, explained Blackhawk’sManaging Director Trevor Evans, aformer US military pilot.

The Redbird’s full replica cockpit islined with wraparound computerscreens where a real plane’s wind-screen would be and houses acontrol panel with all the buttonsand knobs normally found in a smallaircraft.

Equipped with six monitors dedicat-ed only to external views and twomonitors for the instrument panel,this high-quality, wrap-around visualsystem helps pilots experience thesensation of flight and enhances

training by allowing the pilot topractice procedures and maneuversthat are not possible with other flighttraining devices.

A computer program allows Omni’sinstructors to simulate differentflight conditions due to turbulence,weather conditions and aircraftsystems failure with the touch of astylus on a large handheld screen,letting would-be pilots test theirmettle before they are plunged intoreal in-air experiences.

The Redbird also includes anintercom system that is compatiblewith standard pilot headsets. Thisallows the instructor to act as AirTraffic Control so the student canbuild radio communication skills.

In addition to being realistic, theRedbird also offers students flexibil-ity in their schedules.

The simulator can be used whenflying outdoors is not possible dueto bad weather perhaps even as itallows pilots to train in nighttime ordaytime flying conditions regardlessof the time of day.

The Redbird makes it possible to

repeat, pause and analyze eachmaneuver, and to eliminate unpro-ductive flight time to and frompractice areas. The students acquireand maintain much more proficien-cy, in much less time and for muchless money than traditional trainingmethods.

“Simulators have been around for along time, the military and theairlines have used them for years.You would think that most flightschools would use simulators inways that are similar to how they areused by the professionals, but thathas not been the case until recently,”Evans said.

“With the introduction of glasspanel technology, the US FAA andthe CAAP has been encouragingmore use of simulators in generalaviation and since the aircraftmanufacturers are choosing toinclude glass panels as a standard,many flight schools need to rethinktheir current policies,” Evans added.

“It shows great insight that Omnichose to pioneer the use of thesesimulators in the Philippines, what’smore, CAAP regulations now allowflights in the simulators to be

credited towards the hourbuilding requirements for pilotlicenses, which lowers the cost offlight training for the student.”

Evans and Capt. Gomez alsopointed out that there are manythings that you can do in asimulator that you would nevereven try in an aircraft.

For example, for instrument flighttraining, you could simulate onehalf-mile visibility in a severethunderstorm and low oil pressure.

For VFR (Visual Flight Rule)pilots, you can set the student upfor low visibility and bad weathercross-country scenarios that aflight school or flight instructorwould never want that pilot to tryon a real cross-country.

The US FAA and the CAAP, byemphasizing scenario-basedtraining and cockpit resourcemanagement training, are inher-ently encouraging a change inperspective between flightschools and the use of simulators.

“There’s much less stress and fearof the unknown when studentsperform the maneuvers in thesimulator,” Capt. Gomez said.“They’re more relaxed the firsttime they attempt the maneuversin an airplane because they’vealready seen or experienced themin the simulator.

But Capt. Gomez explained thatsimulators can never be consid-ered as actual substitute forperforming the maneuvers in theair. But, he said, a student’sperformance in the airplane isgreatly enhanced because they’renot encountering the maneuversfor the first time.”

Omni Aviation Corp introducesstate-of-the-art Redbird LD flight simulator

SPORTSxpressMMetroEExpress SPORTSwww.metroexpressnews.yolasite.com Manila, PHILIPPINES July 22-July 29, 2011

AFPI national rapid chessqualifying successfully held

The AFPI National Rapid ChessChampionships was successfullyheld over the weekend at the Phil-ippine Army Gymnasium in FortBonifacio, Makati City.

The two-day tournament was or-ganized and sponsored by the Ar-tillery Foundation of the Philip-pines, Inc. (AFPI) with full supportof the National Chess Federationof the Philippines (NCFP) and incooperation with Philippine Acad-

emy for Chess Excellence (PACE)and participated in by all Filipinochess players, titled and untitled.

NCFP president, Prospero A.Pichay, Jr. also announced that theevent will also be one of the basisfor the selection of the country’srepresentatives to the Rapid Chesscompetition in the 2011 SoutheastAsian Games (SEAG) in Indone-sia this coming November and spe-cial qualifying leg for boys and

girls, 17 years old and below, forthe Singapore Youth Chess Festi-val on December.

Pichay also added that “this openchessfest is also a golden opportu-nity for all Woodpushers aspiringto play for the Philippine flag ininternational competition.”

The tournament was divided intothree categories, namely: Open Divi-sion, Women’s Division and KiddiesDivision (14 years old and below).

Aside from the berths for SEAG,

also at stake were cash prizes, tro-phies and medals to be awarded toall winners in each category withtop prizes of P20,000 for the opendivision champion, P5,000 forwomen’s champion and P4,000 forthe top kiddie.

Meanwhile Lt. Gen. ArthurTabaquero, chief of Eastern Mind-anao Command and Col. PedroBiasbas, chairman and executivedirector, respectively, of the orga-nizing AFPI, welcomed and appre

ciated the acknowledgement ofNCFP for making this event as anational level competition.

Among the early entries are GMsWesley So, Rogelio “Joey” Anto-nio Jr. Mark Paragua, Darwin Lay-lo, and John Paul Gomez. Interest-ed may still register to the follow-ing contact persons: Capt. SharonGomez (CP0922-8916538), 845-9555 (loc 6677); PACE (473-7008); and NCFP secretariat(CP0923-7309445).

JUNE proved to bea merry month forchessers Julio Catali-no Sadorra of Cavite,Chardine CheradeeCamacho of Aringay,La Union and Cathe-rine Perena of Caloo-can City who now of-ficially a chessgrandmaster andwoman internationalmasters, respectively.

The good news came from no lessthan National Chess Federation ofthe Philippines (NCFP) president/chairman Prospero “Butch” PichayJr.

“Ino (Julio Catalino Sadorra) isnow officially a chess grandmas-ter. He was formally recognized bythe World Chess Federation(FIDE), as well Cheradee (Char-dine Cheradee Camacho) and

Sadorra is newest Phl GM; Perena, Camacho net IM titles

THE TOP 3 winners show off their trophies with officials from the organizing National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) in the recentChairman Prospero Pichay Chess Cup Championships at the Travelers Hotel in Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Standing first row: Asia’s First GM EugeneTorre (NCFP Players Council Head), Red Dumuk (NCFP Treasurer), GM Jayson Gonzales (NCFP Executive Director), Atty. Edmundo Legaspi (NCFPDirector) and International Arbiter Gene Poliarco (NCFP Administrative Officer Head). Standing at second row: GM Li Shilong of China (3rd place), GMDarwin Laylo of the Philippines (Champion) and GM Wen Yang of China (2nd place) -M. Bernardino

Catherine (Perena),both officially a wom-an international mas-ters ,” said Pichay.

According toPichay, this developedafter members of theWorld Chess Federa-tion, FIDE (Federa-tion Internationaledes Echecs), met lastJune 4 to 7 during the

2nd Quarter FIDE presidentialboard meeting in Al Ain, UnitedArab Emirates and recognized theirtitle status (GM and WIM’s).

“I can’t reduce my success to aformula, but it comes down to hardwork and faith,” said Sadorra, asophomore majoring in appliedmathematics at the University ofTexas-Dallas, USA.

The 25-year-old Sadorra hasachieved his third and final GM

norm at the UT Dallas Grandmas-ter Invitational Underwritten byTurner Construction Company,when he beat Grandmaster Alex-ander Shabalov in Round 10 lastMarch.

“I felt so elated – and relieved,”Sadorra said of the title-clenching

moment. “Many InternationalMasters are burdened by the unat-tained title. Some masters never getit.” added Sadorra, who tallied 6points on five wins, two draws andtwo loses and joints 10th place dur-ing the 20th Annual Chicago Openlast May 26 to 30 at the Westin

Chicago North Shore Hotel inWheeling, Illinois.

His live Elo rating of 2508breached the 2500 benchmark fora GM title, making Sadorra thecountry’s 14th GM. His next tour-nament is the US Open set on Au-gust. Marlon Bernardino

Sadorra ponders on his move.

Television NBN4 every Saturday at10:30am and every Sunday at 12:30pm.

In Radio DZXL 558 khz Manila and simul-cast @ all Radiocorp/Radyo Asenso Sta-tions and all RMN Stations Nationwide...

WATCH, LISTEN & lEARN!ASENSO PINOY

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GRAB A COPYOF THE METRO

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AVIATION TODAY

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