PSU Chess Club

♟️🏆 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠🏆♟️
𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗖 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗰, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗾𝘂𝗲, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘰𝘧 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝘀.

✨ 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘 ✨𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵-𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴.
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉, 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗣𝗦𝗨 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿.

🤝🏻 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘 🤝🏻𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦.

🎉 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦, 𝗣𝗦𝗨 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠!🎉𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙣. 💙💛

♟️✨ CHECKMATE YOUR CHANCE!✨♟️
Are you ready to make your move? The STRASUC 2025 Chess Tryouts are here! 🔥

This is your moment to show not just your skill, but your passion, strategy, and love for the game. Every move matters—every player counts. 🌟

📌 Important Reminder:
Before the official tryouts, we will be holding an online tournament through Lichess. This tournament will serve as your pathway to the official tryouts. A tournament link with a password will be sent to your PSU corporate email once we have reviewed your registration form. Please ensure you use your PSU email when registering, as submissions without it will be considered invalid.

⏳ Registration will officially close at 5:00 PM on Thursday, September 18, 2025.
Don’t wait until the last minute—secure your spot now!

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🙏 We sincerely apologize for the limited slots and greatly appreciate your understanding.

⚡ Don’t miss your chance to represent Palawan State University.
The board is waiting—will YOU be the next to rise? ♟️🔥

White played Re1 and Black took the rook at a1. What did our ka-tulak play to make up for the lost rook and still maintain an advantage?

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐂 𝐎𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐬🎉

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 It was a test of resilience, focus, and passion. every game was a nerve-wracking showdown, where intellect and determination collided, proving that chess is truly a battle of the mind.

𝗧𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲!
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒔, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠.

𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎, 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓅𝒾𝑒𝒸𝑒.

𝙉𝙤𝙬, 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 "𝘾𝙃𝙀𝘾𝙆𝙈𝘼𝙏𝙀!!" 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙. 𝙷𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙿𝚂𝚄 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙲𝚕𝚞𝚋 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍! 🏆👏

Happiest Birthday to PalSU Chess Master Jina Theresa J. Tero!

Cheers to another year of brilliance, both in the game of chess and in the game of life. May every move you make be strategic, and every moment be filled with joy.

Happy Birthday! Here's to another year of grandmaster-worthy adventures!♟️♟️♟️
- PSU Chess Club

𝕷𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘, 𝕶𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖐!

Here are a 𝔣𝔢𝔴 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔰 about 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔰𝔰! Take heed, as these are actually some fun facts that are important about its history!

𝔎𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔤𝔞 𝔎𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔩𝔞𝔨𝔰!

Caption and Pubmat by: Juneleven Dela Victoria
Prepared by: Diether Bryan A. Bacosa

𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟, 𝕜𝕒-𝕋𝕌𝕃𝔸𝕂!

Do you see the chess position below? This was glorious scene was from the battle of Krogius-Martyushov, Tula, 1949. White is to move at this point.

Think you got what it takes to achieve that inner 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻 in you? Show Palawan State University that you’re the next 𝖂𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖎𝖔𝖓 and solve today’s ℙ𝕦𝕫𝕫𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕒𝕪!

𝔾𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕝𝕦𝕔𝕜, 𝕞𝕘𝕒 𝕜𝕒-𝕋𝕌𝕃𝔸𝕂!

CAPTION BY: Juneleven B. de la Victoria
PUBMAT BY: Juneleven B. de la Victoria
PUZZLE PROVIDED BY: Diether Bryan Bacosa

𝕄𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕟𝕒, 𝕞𝕘𝕒 𝕜𝕒𝕋𝕌𝕃𝔸𝕂!

This coming January 28,2024, we shall be holding our very first 𝓖𝓔𝓝𝓔𝓡𝓐𝓛 𝓐𝓢𝓢𝓔𝓜𝓑𝓛𝓨 at the 𝓟𝓢𝓤 𝓖𝓨𝓜𝓝𝓐𝓢𝓘𝓤𝓜 for our beloved 𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁. This may be a first move for newly emerged chess addicts for me and you alike, but wait until you see our endgame!

May we all see you there on that glorious and marvelous day! We’ll be 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓬𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 for your presence, 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖!

CAPTION BY: Juneleven B. de la Victoria
PUBMAT BY: Juneleven B. de la Victoria