The 2020 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines draft was held on December 20, 2020 at the Quezon City Sports Club.
It is the first-ever draft held by the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP). The draft was held to determine the initial composition of PCAP's 24 teams for its inaugural 2021 season.
The draft had around 350 applicants. The draft lasted around four hours and had four rounds.
Grandmaster Eugene Torre was the first pick of the draft. The Rizal Towers selected Torre to play for them.
Draft order All 24 teams of PCAP participated in the draft, with the draft order determined through the drawing of lots. Antipolo was drawn as the first team to select a player in the draft but they made a deal with 7th team Rizal Towers to swap places in the first round in order for Rizal to be able to select Eugene Torre. Torre is a friend of the Rizal Towers owner, Ed Madrid.
Draft order Team Group 1st Antipolo Cobras North 2nd Iloilo Kisela Knights South 3rd Team Quezon City North 4th Team Iriga South 5th Negros Kingsmen South 6th Cordova Dutchess Dagami Warriors South 7th Rizal Batch Towers North 8th San Juan Predators North 9th Mindoro Tamaraws South 10th Lapu-Lapu City Naki Warriors South 11th Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates South 12th Manila Indios Bravos North 13th Camarines Soaring Eagles South 14th Olongapo Rainbow Team 7 North 15th Team Cabuyao North 16th Toledo City Chess Miners South 17th Cagayan Kings North 18th Zamboanga Sultans South 19th Cavite Spartans North 20th Isabela Knight Raiders North 21st Cebu City Machers South 22nd Caloocan Loadmanna Knights North 23rd Pasig City King Pirates North 24th Palawan Queens' Gambit North
Draft selection First round Player Team 1 Eugene Torre Antipolo Cobras (traded to Rizal) 2 Joey Antonio Iloilo Kisela Knights 3 Michaela Concio – Team Quezon City 4 Glenn Altuz Team Iriga 5 Joel Pimintel Negros Kingsmen 6 Edsel Montoya – Cordova Dutchess Dagami Warriors 7 Jose Aquino – Rizal Batch Towers (traded to Antipolo) 8 Ricky de Guzman San Juan Predators 9 David Elorta Mindoro Tamaraws 10 Merben Roque Lapu-Lapu City Naki Warriors 11 Vince Alaan Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates 12 Julio Sadorra Manila Indios Bravos 13 Mark Paragua Camarines Soaring Eagles 14 Jefer Embuido Olongapo Rainbow Team 7 15 John Paul Gomez Team Cabuyao 16 Rico Mascarinas Toledo City Chess Miners 17 Jake Tumaliwan – Cagayan Kings 18 Chito Garma Zamboanga Sultans 19 Marlon Bernardino Cavite Spartans 20 Joel Balico Isabela Knight Raiders 21 Elwin Retanal Cebu City Machers 22 Paolo Barsamina Caloocan Loadmanna Knights 23 Darwin Laylo Pasig City King Pirates 24 Shania Mae Mendoza – Palawan Queens' Gambit Source: Spin.ph
Trades involving draft picks Draft-day trades Draft-day trades were made on December 20, 2020, the day of the draft.
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