5-year-old Banawa tops National Age Group Chess Championships

JODIEL CHLOE BANAWA, a five-year-old woodpusher from Alicia, Isabela, asked her father Joel, an International Master, to teach her chess a year ago out of curiosity. Exactly one year after learning the royal game, she is now a national champion. It happened on Saturday night after Ms. Banawa bested older opponents and topped the Under-8 […]