He also attends once-a-week online group classes held by coach Roderick Nava, an international master at chess, under the Kamatyas Training Program. His coaches told him that Marius is naturally talented in chess, but he would also spend a lot of time playing and studying.”Ĭurrently, the young chess genius has two teams of online coaches, with his main one being Jaypee Bolado from The Chess Castle Philippines, a Cavite-based online chess tutorial. We only know the basics of the game so it helped a lot that there are others that are guiding him,” Mary Ann told L!fe.īut more than that, it also took dedication and an eagerness to continuously improve, “Marius is also a very hardworking kid. “One of the very first things that we did was to find him a chess coach. His parents credit hiring a chess coach as one of the factors that helped Marius become the skilled player he is today.
However, he managed to steer the wheel into victory when he won all of the succeeding rounds, earning him fifth place in the individual category. There, Marius continued to make a name for himself as the only five year old to compete against other players aged seven to 10.ĭuring the tournament, things started out rough for Marius as he had two consecutive losses during the first day. He also achieved victory at the North Private Schools Association of Caloocan Chess competition, which led him to qualify for the NCR Palaro 2023 regionals. Uy National Age Group Chess Championships (U10 Boys), where he managed to make it to the grand finals and get seventh place at standard and sixth place at blitz. Since then, Marius made his mark in more chess competitions, such as the Mayor Darel Dexter T. But they were overjoyed upon discovering their son’s hidden talent, especially when a lot of people told Mary Ann and Julius how amazed they were by Marius’ performance at his age. Marius’ extreme interest in the game came off as rather peculiar for them, as neither of them have ever been chess players. “Now that I think about it, it felt like Marius was naturally interested in the game from the moment he saw a chess board,” she added. He started watching video tutorials and asked us if we could get him a chess coach,” Mary Ann said. “When Marius first saw a chess board, a few days away from turning five years old, he was immediately curious about the game and asked us how to play it. Sharing Marius’ story with PhilSTAR L!fe, Julius and Mary Ann said that their son’s love for chess started a few days before his fifth birthday. Despite the sport being considered difficult to master because of its hundreds of patterns, concepts, and strategies, it was no sweat for the blooming prodigy, having only learned it in just a few months.
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