2025 Palarong Pambansa Standard Chess Championship Elementary Boys

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33 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 May 2025 to 29 May 2025 in Batac City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Top 10 Elo average was 1663, and top seed was Miyka Lapad (🇵🇭 PHI, 1766).

John Randall Peralta (🇵🇭 PHI, 1565) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Miyka Lapad (6.0) and Triton Blue Ares Garcia (5.0). Peralta shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Casey Josh Barinan (1597) beat Neil Angelo Balines (1705), a +108-point gap.

Location

🇵🇭Batac City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

Dates

26 May 2025 → 29 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇭Miyka Lapad1766

Avg top 10

1,663

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇵🇭Philippines×32

Top 3

🥇
John Randall Peralta
🇵🇭PHI·1565
6.0pts·1879perf+66.0
🥈
Miyka Lapad
🇵🇭PHI·1766
6.0pts·1863perf+22.0
🥉
Triton Blue Ares Garcia
🇵🇭PHI·1655
5.0pts·1813perf+38.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Lapad6Peralta6Garcia5Yanong5Boyo5Beltran4.5

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Miyka Lapad held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Peralta takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Miyka Lapad drew with John Randall Peralta (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Miyka Lapad	*	½	—	—
2John Randall Peralta	½	*	½	1
3Triton Blue Ares Garcia	—	½	*	0
4Carmelo Yanong	—	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Peralta, John Randall	1565	PHI	+32B	+10B	+20N	=3B	=2N	+4N	+9B	6.0	27.0	28.5	23.00	1879	+66.0
2	Lapad, Miyka	1766	PHI	+29B	+18N	+16B	+11N	=1B	=6N	+5B	6.0	26.5	28.5	23.25	1863	+22.0
3	Garcia, Triton Blue Ares	1655	PHI	+28B	=17N	+22B	=1N	−4B	+18N	+6B	5.0	25.5	28.0	18.25	1813	+38.8
4	Yanong, Carmelo	0	PHI	+33N	−7B	+31N	+21B	+3N	−1B	+11N	5.0	24.0	25.5	15.00	1640	0.0
5	Boyo, Walter Fenix	0	PHI	−10N	+32B	+26N	+20B	+17N	+9B	−2N	5.0	23.0	24.5	14.50	1630	0.0
6	Beltran, King Xyan	1645	PHI	=22B	+15N	+17B	+16N	=11B	=2B	−3N	4.5	26.0	29.0	17.50	1684	+14.4
7	Givero, Gabriel	1629	PHI	+12B	+4N	−11B	−9N	+30B	=8N	+19B	4.5	25.0	27.0	16.75	1411	-22.8
8	Instrella, Runhigh Yohan	1554	PHI	−9N	=19B	=13N	+31B	+23N	=7B	+16N	4.5	22.5	24.0	14.00	1828	+28.8
9	San Juan, Chrexus Allen	0	PHI	+8B	−16N	+24N	+7B	+10B	−5N	−1N	4.0	27.5	30.5	16.00	1631	0.0
10	Lidua, Kier Nelson	1665	PHI	+5B	−1N	+21N	+14B	−9N	=11B	=12B	4.0	27.0	30.0	16.00	1605	-10.0
11	Romualdez, Danry Seth	1654	PHI	+31N	+23B	+7N	−2B	=6N	=10N	−4B	4.0	27.0	28.5	13.25	1676	+5.2
12	Gumaan, Hamza	0	PHI	−7N	+33B	=25N	=13B	+20N	=16B	=10N	4.0	22.0	23.5	11.75	1622	0.0
13	Baguio, Alexander Jess	0	PHI	=27B	−22N	=8B	=12N	=21N	+26B	+23N	4.0	20.0	22.5	12.50	1530	0.0
14	Tabamo, Mateo Xander	0	PHI	−17B	+28N	+27B	−10N	−18B	+24B	+21N	4.0	19.5	22.0	11.00	1529	0.0
15	Pagatpatan, Ruel	0	PHI	=21N	−6B	−19N	+29N	+?B	=17B	+20N	4.0	19.5	19.5	8.25	1602	0.0
16	Bautista, John Kristoff	1640	PHI	+19N	+9B	−2N	−6B	+26B	=12N	−8B	3.5	26.5	29.0	12.00	855	-57.6
17	Sotaridona, Jay Emmanuel	1431	PHI	+14N	=3B	−6N	+25B	−5B	=15N	=18B	3.5	26.0	29.0	13.25	1607	+36.0
18	Munsing, Aidh Naveen	1610	PHI	+26N	−2B	=23N	=19B	+14N	−3B	=17N	3.5	25.0	27.5	11.50	1344	-38.4
19	Guillermo, S J Samuel Raphael	0	PHI	−16B	=8N	+15B	=18N	=22B	+27N	−7N	3.5	23.0	25.5	12.00	1568	0.0
20	Muanag, Mart Lean	1658	PHI	+24N	+25B	−1B	−5N	−12B	+22N	−15B	3.0	25.0	28.0	9.00	1690	+4.8
21	Barinan, Casey Josh	1597	PHI	=15B	+27N	−10B	−4N	=13B	+30N	−14B	3.0	23.5	25.5	8.50	1684	+9.2
22	Duran, Ralph Oliver	1613	PHI	=6N	+13B	−3N	=23B	=19N	−20B	=25N	3.0	23.0	26.0	11.00	1426	-38.8
23	Pinlac, Donatelo	0	PHI	+?B	−11N	=18B	=22N	−8B	+31N	−13B	3.0	20.5	20.5	4.75	1530	0.0
24	Brin, Rusell Rein	0	PHI	−20B	+30N	−9B	−26N	+28B	−14N	+27B	3.0	18.5	20.5	7.00	1681	0.0
25	Ferrer, Seigneur Juancho	1516	PHI	+30B	−20N	=12B	−17N	−27B	+33N	=22B	3.0	18.0	19.5	7.00	1279	-42.4
26	Moral, Lorjay Kurt	0	PHI	−18B	+29N	−5B	+24B	−16N	−13N	=?B	2.5	21.0	21.0	5.00	1336	0.0
27	Balines, Neil Angelo	1705	PHI	=13N	−21B	−14N	+32B	+25N	−19B	−24N	2.5	20.5	22.0	6.50	1557	-15.2
28	Cerbo, David Xeph	0	PHI	−3N	−14B	+?B	−30N	−24N	+29B	=32N	2.5	17.5	17.5	2.75	1617	0.0
29	Bacar, Datu Khael	0	PHI	−2N	−26B	=32N	−15B	=31N	−28N	+30B	2.0	18.5	20.0	3.50	966	0.0
30	Suarez, Ferdie Zyriel	0	PHI	−25N	−24B	+33N	+28B	−7N	−21B	−29N	2.0	18.0	19.5	4.00	781	0.0
31	Colas, Andrei Moraine	0	PHI	−11B	+?N	−4B	−8N	=29B	−23B	−33N	1.5	20.0	20.0	1.00	1470	0.0
32	Salaguinto, Prince Zeus	0	PHI	−1N	−5N	=29B	−27N	=33B	−?N	=28B	1.5	19.5	19.5	3.00	815	0.0
33	FIDE 521067082	0	—	−4B	−12N	−30B	−?N	=32N	−25B	+31B	1.5	17.0	17.0	2.25	747	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Peralta, John RandallPHI
+66.0
6.0 pts · #4
2Garcia, Triton Blue AresPHI
+38.8
5.0 pts · #1
3Sotaridona, Jay EmmanuelPHI
+36.0
3.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Bautista, John KristoffPHI
-57.6
3.5 pts · #31
2Ferrer, Seigneur JuanchoPHI
-42.4
3.0 pts · #27
3Duran, Ralph OliverPHI
-38.8
3.0 pts · #19

Biggest upsets

R2+108 Elo gap
Barinan, Casey Josh1597 beat Balines, Neil Angelo1705