ANTONIO IS NEW RP CHESS KING
Makati City, March 4, 1998 - Joey Antonio fashioned a 44-move draw in Game 12 of his match against Eugene Torre, to emerge as winner of the Centennial Duel at the Landbank Multipurpose Hall.
Antonio, 36, calked up 6.5 points to Torre's 6.0 to clinch the P500,000 champion's purse. Forty six-year-old Torre received P350,000.
It was the first time Antonio and Torre faced each other officially. The two had been teammates in several national teams, the last of which was last July in the Asian qualifying match against Kazakhstan for the world team championship in Cairo, Egypt. The Philippines lost.
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