checkmate!

I've seen it before, at least four times. Like me, a lot of the visitors are drawn to it. Even my son was awed.

Maybe some of you have seen a chess board complete with all the game pieces but definitely not at their size. The school owner who also happens to own the company I work for had them sculpted from whole blocks of black and white marble. I heard that he really likes the game (of chess) so he and some of his companies holds contests in schools nationwide. In fact the current chess greats are often invited here in the Philippines through his initiative.

Some people (from one of the sister companies of the company I work for) were trying the chess pieces when I got there.

The chess "pieces" were really heavy (marble!), that they contented themselves in just looking at the huge chess set. There was a short drizzle earlier so the floor board was also a bit slippery. So, it was not really a good idea to play chess then.

rules for the players

The chess "set" is located beside the main theater/sports arena of what is now one of the best if not THE best private university in Batangas. The students there are being trained in robotics from grade school onwards. In fact they won in the 2006 World Robot Olympiad in China besting 30 other entries from 20 countries.

I am not pushing for the school here but I am only impressed.

That's me when something impresses me. I kept on blabbering about it until I get tired... :)
I really like the school. It is well equipped, in fact there are more computers than the students. Each student is assured of quality education that is at par with what the best schools in Metro Manila (and one can say even the world and there's no exaggeration in that!) can offer.