Expect top-caliber Grandmasters in the world to descend to General Santos City where the five-day event will stake a total cash pot worth $100,000, or a cool Php4.2 million.
The Maharlika Pilipinas Chess League (MCPL) will host one of the biggest, if not the biggest, chess events in the country dubbed the Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival set Dec. 13 to 17 at the Family Country Hotel in General Santos City.