Sadly, upon reaching the venue, I have no teammates to rely on as my brother had a misunderstanding with a chess official from the Philippines. Good things that happened were I found several multi-talented athletes from my country who are GMs, WGM, IMs, FMs and other masters who have been so supportive of our plight and that I learned much about the neighboring places in Kuala Lumpur.
Just minutes away from the start of the game, this lady from Malaysia got our names to join their team provided we pay a certain amount which we obliged. That was a big break from my twin and me as we were itching to fight big time in Malaysia.
Our team PAMA 2 suffered misfortunes not in the hands of our opponents but on our team members from other countries for they didn't score even a single victory during the whole 8 games that we played. As a consolation, my brother got a bronze medal in board 2 position scoring 6.5 out of 8 games. Congratulations bro.
Lessons learned:
1) Form a team ahead of time.
2) Bring additional funds for other expenses.
3) Scan the venue through the internet for some vital information.
Asi brothers with Jollibee
UE Players: Erwin Tabor, E. Asi, GM Nelson Mariano II, and J. Asi
GM-elect Haridas Pascua with Asi twins
Asean Chess Academy tarp with E. Asi
Asi brothers with WGM Janelle Mae Frayna
IM John Marvin Miciano, et. al.
Roberto Suelo, Jr., et. al.
GM Darwin Laylo, GM-elect Ronald Dableo, et. al.
Emmanuel Emperado, et. al.
Philippines - GM Joey Antonio, et. al.
Philippines - 2nd Place led by Haridas Pascua and Emmanuel Senador
Board 2 Bronze Medalist - Emmanuel Asi
UE Players (L-R): Robert Gene Mariano, Ronald Castro,
Malik Faizal, Emmanuel Asi, and Joselito Asi
P.S.
A word of gratitude to GM Nelson Mariano (who is now a resident of Singapore) for extending us help, to all the UE players who were there, and to all the Filipino players for making our lives easy and fine.
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