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Philippines assured of slot in FIDE World Cup ’21 Joey Villar © STAR/ File Philippines assured of slot in FIDE World Cup ’21 MANILA, Philippines At least one Filipino will get to play in the FIDE World Cup 2021 set late this year in Minsk, Belarus. This after the Philippines received one of the 100 seats allotted by FIDE, which recently increased the number of participants from 128 to 206. The biennial event awards a couple of berths in the Candidates Tournament, an eight-player double round-robin event to decide the challenger for the World Championship. “The top 100 countries all over the world were given wild card seats and we will give that one spot to our national champion this year,” said National Chess Federation of the Philippines executive director Cliburn Orbe.

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