TOP seeds Laguna Heroes led the march in the North division while the Iloilo Kinsela Knights towed the roster from the South side heading into the semifinals of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Joining the Heroes in the division semifinals were the San Juan Predators, Manila Indios Bravos and the Caloocan Loadmanna Knights.
Completing the South cast were the Camarines Soaring Eagles, Negros Kingsmen and the Toledo Trojans.
The division semifinals are set on Saturday with Laguna facing and Caloocan meeting San Juan in the North, and Toledo taking on Iloilo and Camarines battling Negros in the South. The matches will be streamed on PCAP’s facebook page starting at 7.p.m.
The Heroes beat the Antipolo Cobras in straight sets, the Predators routed the Pasig City King Pirates and the Indios Bravos survived a tough challenge from the Rizal Batch Towers to advance to the semifinals.
The Knights, however, had to face Cavite Spartans in an Armageddon tiebreaker after they split their quarterfinal match up with Caloocan winning the first duel, 14.5-6.5, but yielding the second, 8.5-12.5.
The Knights, Soaring Eagles and Negros Kingsmen disposed of the Cordova Dagami Warriors, Mindoro Elgin Tamaraws and the Lapu Lapu Naki Warriors, respectively, in the knockout quarterfinals, with the Trojans pulling off a shocker in the division after beating the Zamboanga Sultans.