By Jocelyn Uy (Inquirer)Updated 00:47am (Mla time) 07/08/2006
AN eight-year-old chess prodigy is the youngest Pasay resident to make it to the city’s Hall of Fame.
Paulo Bersamina, the overall champion in the 7th Asean Age Group Chess Championships held last month in Jakarta, Indonesia, has been included in the prestigious list, city public information officer, Manny Aun told the Inquirer yesterday.
Bersamina, of Taylo Street, Sta. Clara, won two gold medals in the chess tournament attended by children across Asia from June 10 to 20.
“We are very proud of Paulo. As a former Asian Games campaigner, it always warms my heart see a young Pasayeno doing well in sports,” Mayor Wenceslao “Peewee” Trinidad said during a ceremony held on Monday in honor of Bersamina.
The young woodpusher will be joining the mayor, a former swimmer, multi-awarded Philippine Basketball Association player Elmer Reyes, Olympic swimmer Jairullah Jaitullah, Olympic sprinter Benjamin Silva-Netto and former basketball star and television personality Freddie Webb, among others, in the Hall of Fame list.
Bersamina learned to play the game at the age of 4. The multi-awarded chess awardee, a third grader, is also a scholar at the University of the East, excelling in math and computer subjects.
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good day! thanks for featuring my son here. he is now with the la salle greenhills chess team, on scholarship.
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