he was joined by fellow untitled players Cesar Caturla and Jesus Rafael Maninang to win gold medals in Board 4 and 2nd Reserve Board, respectively, where Team Philippines also bagged the gold medal. In the 1977 championships played at Auckland, New Zealand, Mascariñas played Board 2 for the first time in his career and immediately made his presence felt as he won the Bronze Medal scoring 6 points in 8 games with a performance rating of 2444 as compared to his ELO at that time of 2345. Team Philippines again won the gold medal in this edition where all 5 Filipino players won medals: Eugene Torre winning Gold in Board 1, Glenn Bordonada also Gold in Board 3, another Gold for Maninang in Board 4 and Bronze for Luis Chiong in the 1st Reserve Board. In the 1979 edition, he won all his 7 games en route to winning the gold medal in Board 2 with a very impressive performance rating of 3029 as compared to his 2395 ELO rating at that time where Team Philippines copped the Gold Medal once again. In the 1981 edition held at Hangzhou, China, Mascariñas played Board 3 and placed 4th with a score of 4.5/7 registering 3 wins, 3 draws and losing once with a performance rating of 2373 which was a shade below than his 2385 ELO rating. Team Philippines again won the gold medal, its fourth in 4 editions. It was back to Board 2 for Mascariñas in the 1983 edition played at New Delhi, India where he placed 5th with a rather mediocre score of 4.5/9 (+3, =3, -3) with a low performance rating of 2258 as compared to his 2425 ELO rating. Team Philippines won the silver medal in this edition. In the 1986 edition held at Dubai, he went undefeated in 6 games manning Board 3, winning 5 and drawing 1 to score an outstanding 5.5/6 with a performance rating of 2649 as compared to his ELO rating of 2405 winning the gold medal in the process. It was an overpowering performance by Team Philippines which again won the Gold Medal as 5 of the 6 Filipino players won medals; 4 golds (IM Andronico Yap in Board 2, Chito Garma and Ronald Cusi in the 1st and 2nd Reserve Boards) and 1 silver (IM Ricardo de Guzman in Board 4) with Torre the lone casualty as he placed