IMRico Mascarinas

Rico Mascariñas was born in Cebu City in 1953 and became an IM in 1978. He represented the Philippines at eight Olympiads between 1976 and 1992. At Lucerne in 1982 he went undefeated with 7½ points from nine games, winning the second-board gold medal. He also played second board on the Philippine team that finished seventh at the 1988 Olympiad.

Mascariñas won individual golds in the Asian Team Championships, including a perfect seven wins from seven games in 1979. He competed in the 1990 Manila Interzonal and finished third in the 2000 Vũng Tàu zonal. After moving to Singapore, he coached junior players and won the 2006 and 2009 editions of the Vision Masters tournament. He received the FIDE Instructor title in 2004.