National Master and international chess arbiter Edgar de Castro, member of the Philippine team to six Chess Olympiads, passed away on Sept. 28 in Alexandria, Virginia after battling cancer for two years. He was 82.
A beloved husband, father and grandfather, De Castro had always been a chess enthusiast until the latter part of his life.
He served as secretary general of the Philippine Chess Federation, forerunner of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, and wrote a widely read chess column for The STAR for years.