FIDE Master Christian Gian Karlo Tade-Arca won the gold in the U-18 rapid event for men in the 21st ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championship 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Aside from the coveted gold medal, Arca also won two silver medals for the Philippines in the standard and blitz team events.
Last April 28–30, Arca also won two medals in the tough 2023 Asian U18 Mixed Doubles Chess Championship.
Arca won a gold medal in board 1 of the competition after achieving an impressive eight wins and one defeat in the tournament, attended by some of Asia's top young chess players.
The former football player also helped the Philippines get a bronze medal in the tournament with his partner, NM Franchesca Largo.
On March 18, Arca also won seventh place in the 2023 Balinas Open Rapid Chess Tournament, held at the Open Kitchen Foodhall on the second floor of the Rockwell Business Complex on Sheridan Street in Mandaluyong City.
Arca scored six points in the tournament, attended by 254 chess players, including two grandmasters, one WGM, nine international masters, and many master-caliber players.
On March 5, after an intense seven-round matches at the Vice Governor Athena Tolentino National Age Group Chess Championships in Tagaytay City, Arca won the premier open under-18 division.
Arca scored six points to rule the division and get bragging rights as the best 18-and-under chess player in the Philippines today.
On February 25, Arca also won sixth place in the tough Kamayas Invitational FIDE Rapid Chess Tournament at SM Sucat, Paranaque.
Arca finished sixth among the 150 competitors, consisting of some of the top chess players in the country. The teen chess wizard won P2,000 in cash and a medal. (Romeo Braceros Jr.).
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