Retanal, who was also the champion in the Kadayawan sa Dabaw Open Chess Festival, got 22 points while Diano had 18 points.
Retanal pocketed the P1,500 cash prize while Diano settled for the runner-up purse of P1,000.
Richard Natividad, who earned 5.5 points, placed third in the seven-round Swiss System format chessfest that attracted 50 woodpushers. He received P500.
Retanal is also seeing action in the 6th Asian Individual Chess Side Event Chess Championship that opened Tuesday in Cebu City.
Retanal's Cebu stint is funded by Malita Mayor Benjamin Bautista, former congressman Claude Bautista, Malita Chess Association president Jorge Alcoy, Kagawad Cecil Rabaya, John Arab and Gemma Fe Musa family. (MLSA)
