Filipino Chess Super Grandmaster Mark Paragua will be at the Pinoy Musik Festival & Expo de Mayo Special Pavilion on May 17-18 at Meadowlands Expo Center Secaucus, NJ. The country's number one chess player will be conducting a simultaneous chess exhibition by playing against 50 or more opponents at the same time. Registration is $12 per person on a first-come-first-serve basis and limited to first 50 entrants. Winners of the games will be awarded with autographed Official Chess Set and Chess Clock. Drawn games will be awarded with autographed Official Chess Set. Time schedule of the games will start at 1 pm on Saturday, May 17; and 12 noon on Sunday, May 18.
Born in Manila, the 24-yr old Paragua, was already Philippines chess prodigy at a tender age of nine when he became the youngest Filipino chess master. He represented the country to the World Junior Championship during his teens and qualified in 2004 World Championship in Tripoli, Libya and World Cup Chess 2005 in Russia. He is the first Filipino to enter the World Chess Federation Top 100 Player and first to breach the 2600 Elo rating or a.k.a. “Super GM” category. 2621-rating in April 2007.
“Mac-mac”, his alias, has won several major tournaments including Philippines and Asian Championships and always represented the country in Chess Olympiad. He is currently in U.S. for a nationwide chess tour and will be in the east coast in May for the Festival. All chess enthusiasts of all ages, rated or not, are invited to join and take advantage of this rare opportunity of playing with one of our greatest chess players. To register in advance, please call (212) 682-6610 or email: sepmgzn@aol.com with "[CHESS]" in the subject. Chess coordinator is Nonoy Rafael and can be reached at 516 298-8428. or email: vvr4info@optonline.net.
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