in rapid chess,
Fr Sulit Froilan Jr., Philippines.
and Italian Open Chess Championship,
in rapid chess P30,
took place
at the Marianist Institute,
viale Manzoni 5, Rome,
on November 30 and December 1, 2018,
at the distance of 9 rounds with the Swiss system.
30 minutes per game for each player.
| Place | Points | Last and first name | Country and town |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.5 | Fr Sulit Froilan Jr. | Philippines |
| 2 | 6.5 | Fr Cicchese Gennaro | Italy |
| 3 | 6.5 | Fr Piro Valerio | Italy |
| 4 | 6.0 | Escobar Maja Manuel | San Salvador |
| 5 | 6.0 | Fr Drążk Dariusz | Poland |
| 6 | 5.0 | Fr Mejzner Mirosław | Poland |
| 7 | 4.5 | Fr Kowalczyk Dariusz | Poland |
| 8 | 1.0 | Fr Di Tora Marcello | Italy |
| 9 | 1.0 | Dc. Cutinelli Giampiero | Italy |
| 10 | 1.0 | Fr Suciu Antoniu | Romania |
Above; the first three from the International Championship of Italy.
From left:
Fr Piro Valerio, Naples, Italy, 3rd place,
Fr Sulit Froilan Jr., Philippines, 1st place,
Fr Cicchese Gennaro, Rome, Italy, 2nd place.
Above; the first three from the Italian Championship.
From the left:
Fr Di Tora Marcello, Catania, Italy, 3rd place,
Fr Cicchese Gennaro, Rome, Italy, 1 place,
Fr Piro Valerio, Naples, Italy, 2nd place.
Father Sulit Froilan (FHILIPPINES) is the new chess world champion of the 5th Clericus Chess 2018, which ended at 13.00 December 1, 2018 in Rome, at the Istituto Santa Maria of the Marianists in Viale Manzoni 5.
Father Sulit Froilan is a a young Filipino priest who lends his priestly service to north-east Italy in Trieste.
It is confirmed Italian Champion Father Gennaro Cicchese (Italy).
Father Gennaro Cicchese is a professor of Philosophical Anthropology at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.
The tournament was the most exciting of the five editions played so far, as it was fought and, until the last round of the game, there were four to contend the title.
Friday November 30 it was totally full the room with the conference "The importance of sports promotion to promote preagonism and competitive spirit in sport (with analysis on Chess case)" with speakers Giuseppe sgrò (Psychologist and expert/teacher CONI-Lombardia and UISP) and Andrea Rossi (instructor-tutor FSI-Italian Chess Federation and author of the "Scacchetesi-Catechism with chess").
The event was sponsored by: Rome City, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio Region, C.O.N.I., F.S.I. - Italian Chess Federation, U.I.S.P. - Italian Sport for All - Coordination Chess.