Young FilAm eyes more victories after world chess championship win TFC News New York, USA
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Filipino-American Megan Paragua has emerged as the world's best chess player for girls under 12 years old.
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The 11-year-old earned her first world title in late April after winning double gold at the FIDE World Cadet Rapid and Blitz Championship in Diris, Albania.
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The International Chess Federation is a Switzerland-based governing body for world chess competitions.
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The Columbia Grammar and Prep School student gave Philippine Consul General Sinan Mangalili a courtesy call on May 8.
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Thank you very much. Rooting for you in your future games.
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We hope that you would, whenever you're in this part of the city, would consider the Philippine Center your headquarters.
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Paragua and another Team USA chess player, Aiden Ling, brought home first place trophies from the tournament that drew hundreds of participants from 43 countries.
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The young Phelam clinched first place in both the Rapid and Blitz Championship.
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The championship was even attended by the Albanian President, Baram Begay, at the opening ceremony.
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Along with her titles, Paragua also took home 1,100 euros in total prize money, together with a cup, a medal, and diploma.
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So she won the Blitz game, which is like five minutes under. It's a fast-thinking chess.
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And then the Rapid is like a semi-fast and semi-long game chess. And then she won it both. It's a very competitive event.
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So winning the gold medal is very important for her, very important for us.
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The under-12 world chess champion and girl says this game of strategy changed her life for the better.
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Well, of course it's like a big impact in my life.
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It definitely changed, like, because if I didn't play chess, I wouldn't have met any of those people.
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I probably wouldn't have gone to that school. I wouldn't probably go to those places.
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That's why I think chess is like the reason. Because I'm doing all those things for chess.
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Paragua, who received her Phelan Master's title last year.
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She dreams of becoming a chess grandmaster someday.
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She has been training to do just that, and even challenges herself by playing with those who are much older than her.
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Sometimes, Paragua even plays against with not just one, but multiple opponents at the same time.
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For the fifth grader, all these trainings prepare her to win titles.
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I think the training helped a lot because it helped me refresh my mind with all the games and like, oh yeah, I remember doing this during training.
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So this is going to help me a lot.
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So I think that what I would say is the training and the confidence and I guess the talent, the hard work and stuff like that.
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Achieving her first world title is just the beginning for Paragua.
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She competes for a middle school national championship in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend,
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followed by the Chicago Open, where she will face grandmasters.
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But the Phelan is setting her sights in Missouri, where she was invited to compete in this year's U.S. Girls Junior Chess Championship in St. Louis in July.
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Dawn Tagala, ABS-CBN News, New York.
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Thank you for watching!
