Rai Enzo Batara

Punishing blunders, grinding through skirmishes, and playing with complete accuracy until the endgame are the characteristics of a typical NCAA chess game under Standard time controls. Now, the season of chess returns once more with a fresh outlook for the Senior and Junior teams as round 1 kicks off at the Pearl Manila Hotel. We’ll be covering the highlights of the seniors and juniors. Seniors Coming on top of the leaderboards with a shock sweep, the LPU Pirates bring on their top form as...

The esports industry has finally made its debut within the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s roster, joining its diverse array of sports events.

How the NCAA player would play out the Middlegame would still be distinctive from their rivals. Each playing style can be boiled down to two simple labels: tactical and positional.