1st MERALCO Summer Workshop

Alice Cooper once sang School's out for summer! The closing of the classrooms was replaced by the opening of the chess sets and books as MERALCO Chess Club launched the 1st Summer Chess Workshop for dependents or children of MERALCO employees.

NM Erwin Carag, Head Coach of La Salle Green Hills, was recalled to conduct his second set in this hot summer vacation as drought starts to hit various parts of the Philippines. For the record, this was the 5th consecutive workshops in as many months starting in Dec 2009 with GM Bong Villamayor.

The topic was from the book Best Lessons of a Chess Coach - Chapter: Strike While the N is Hot and it features the Sicilian Grand Prix.

After the morning lecture by NM Carag, a tournament among the 11 participants followed and was supervised by NM Ed Agagon. Rhal managed 2.5 points for a tie for 4th to 5th place. The top 3 were JC Andan, Jonalyn Abajon, and Josh Tan.