Final standings: Men - La Salle 40.5, Adamson 37.5, UST 33.5, FEU 30.5, NU 30.5, Ateneo 23.5, UP 17, UE 11.5.
Women - FEU 44, La Salle 43, UP 31.5, NU 27.5, UST 23, Adamson 21, UE 17, Ateneo 17.
La Salle finally ended its drought in men's chess, claiming the championship with a 3-1 victory over Adamson last Sunday at the Henry Sy, Sr. Building inside its Taft campus.
The Falcons had a chance to end a 25-year drought, but Rookie of the Year and MVP NM Jerad Docena and Franz Grafil ensured that the Green Woodpushers' decade-long drought will end instead with a 40.5-point total.
Adamson will have to settle for back-to-back runner-up finishes with 37 points, followed by UST at 33.5. Deposed champions FEU ended up in fourth place with 30.5.
On the women's side, FEU bucked a 2.5-1.5 loss to defending champions La Salle, managing to hold on to the championship by a solitary point, 44 to 43. A Board 2 win by Shania Mae Mendoza over fellow WFM Cherry Mae Mejia proved to be enough to clinch the title for the Recto-based pawn-pushers, given that the highly anticipated match-up between WIMs Jan Jodilyn Fronda and Janelle Mae Frayna ended in a stalemate.
Mendoza was rewarded with the Rookie of the Year plum, while Frayna took home the MVP.
In the Juniors division, NU's 37.5 points was enough to claim the title over FEU-Diliman (33) and Adamson (32). The Bullpups' Ryan Magtabog was named as the MVP, with UE's Lee Roi Palma was awarded the Rookie of the Year.
The collegiate gold medalists for each board are the following:
Board 1: IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia (Ateneo) / Frayna (FEU)
Board 2: Docena (La Salle) / Mejia (La Salle)
Board 3: Kevin Labog (Adamson) / WIM Bernadette Galas (La Salle)
Board 4: Christian Flores (UST) / Venice Vicente (FEU)
Board 5: Nigel Galan (La Salle) / Nikki Yngayo (FEU)
Board 6: Justin Corpin (UP) / Cyamie Villanueva (FEU)
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