LIGAO CITY—Nine-year-old Bince Rafael Operiano will soon come back to his hometown of Oas in Albay province with great pride as the champion of the recently concluded international chess competition Eastern Asia Youth Championship Standard Rapid Blitz (U-10) held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Operiano, a Grade 3 pupil in his town’s San Isidro Elementary School and a resident of Busac village, dominated the competition involving 29 contenders from different countries, advancing through the nine rounds and finally bagging the gold medal on Saturday.
“We are very proud of his achievement, the glory is not just for us but for the country,” Bince’s mother, Rosemary Roblico Operiano, 33, told the Inquirer in a chat message on Sunday.
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Rosemary said joining the competition was tough and full of challenges due to…
