Grandmaster Bong Villamayor, one of the lead trainers in the Singapore Chess Academy, has agreed to handle the training of Raul "Rhal" Sol Cruz, Jr. in view of the coming ASEAN Primary Sports Olympiad in Indonesia in November. Rhal or Junior is one of the 3-boy team of La Salle Green Hills that was picked by the Department of Education to represent the Philippines in the said event.
The initial session was basically the assessment of Rhal's playing level. GM Bong gave him a few endgame and middle game positions to solve and tested his replies to the major opening systems; Ruy Lopez, four Knights, Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann, and Q's Gambit.
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