Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga farkon 1950s zuwa tsakiyar 1960s Meliton Borja na ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan chess na Filipino. Ya lashe gasar zakarun Philippines sau biyu: a 1953 da 1957. Meliton Borja sau uku ya wakilci tawagar Philippines a gasar Chess Olympiads (1958
, 1960, 1964). A shekara ta 1958, a tebur na uku ya lashe lambar tagulla ta mutum a gasar Chess Olympiad.