Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Hechanova a matsayin shugaban kasa, Philippines ta sami nasarar kammala gasar farko a gasar wasannin kudu maso gabashin Asiya ta 1991 da Manila ta shirya, bayan da suka rasa babban taken zuwa Indonesia, da zinare 1, 92-91. An san shi da "Mu'ujiza ta '91". Daga cikin nasarorin da ya samu a wannan wa'adi akwai karbar bakuncin gasar Olympiad ta Chess ta 30
a Manila, da ake kira a matsayin babbar babbar gasar chess a duniya. Rasha ta lashe kofin zakarun maza. Hakanan yana da alhakin farfado da Kungiyar Wasannin Wasannin Makarantu Masu zaman kansu a 1990, da kuma kafa Cibiyar Wasannin Wasanni ta Kasa da Cibiyar Kula da Lafiyar Wasanni ta Philippines.