Woman National Master Jersey Marticio slipped from the top spot after eight rounds in the FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth Girls U14 Sunday. Marticio yielded to second seed Woman FIDE Master Alexandra Shvedova of Russia in the seventh round then bounced back with an eighth-round...
Jersey Marticio Woman National Master Jersey Marticio posted back-to-back victories to lead after six rounds in the FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth Girls U14 championships over the weekend. Marticio, an incoming Grade 9 student of Pulo National High School in Cabuyao, Laguna, first...
Christian Mark Daluz of season host Letran completed a perfect campaign in the juniors division as he downed Lyceum of the Philippines University's Leonel Escote in the finals of the 96th NCAA chess tournament Saturday, July 17. Daluz, a 19-year-old FIDE Master, went undefeated in five matches of...
Janelle Mae Frayna Janelle Mae Frayna crashed out of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2021 in Sochi, Russia after losing to Hoang Tranh Trang of Hungary Tuesday night. The 24-year-old Frayna, the country’s first and only Woman Grandmaster, forced a 1-1 tie in the first playoff tiebreaker before...
Janelle May Frayna Woman Grandmaster Janelle May Frayna pulled the rug from under Hoang Tranh Trang of Hungary to stay alive in the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2021 in Sochi, Russia Tuesday night. Frayna, 24, smashed Hoang after 41 moves of a Dutch Defense to tie their opening-round matchup at 1-1 and...
Unheralded April Joy Claros saw her fairytale run end after yielding to Indonesian Laysa Latifah, 2-0, in the quarterfinals of the girls 14-under of the FIDE World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships Monday. The 13-year-old Claros had a chance to level the score after dropping the first of...
April Joy Claros stunned third seed Martyna Starosta of Poland in their “Armageddon” tiebreak game to gatecrash into the quarterfinals of the girls’ Under-14 FIDE World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships Sunday. Seeded only 14th out of the 16 who made it to the knockout phase, the...
April Joy Claros and Michael Concio Jr. pulled off impressive victories to lead their respective divisions after five rounds in the Asian qualifier of the FIDE World Youth Rapid Championship Saturday. Claros, who made it in the tournament via wildcard entry, downed United Arab Emirates’ Mohamed...
Al Basher Buto showed he deserved his spot in the Philippine team after winning his first two games to seize a share of the lead after two rounds in the qualifying stage of the 2020 FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships Friday. Buto, the Cainta-based wunderkind who traces his...
Philippines Team 1 absorbed a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Russia Team 1 to kiss its semifinal bid goodbye at the end of the seven-round preliminaries of the 1 st FIDE Online Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities Friday. FIDE Master Sander Severino, Henry Lopez and Darry Bernardo yielded...
Philippines Team 1 rode on victories by Darry Bernardo and Cheyzer Crystal Mendoza as it downed Ukraine Team 1, 3-1, to climb in a four-team tie for second after the sixth and penultimate round of the 1st FIDE Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities Thursday. Mendoza trounced Irina...
Philippines Team 1 leaned on Sander Severino and Darry Bernardo as it salvaged a 2-2 draw against Israel to remain in the top 10 after four rounds of the 1st FIDE Online Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities Tuesday. Trailing 2-0 after Cheyzer Crystal Mendoza and Henry Lopez suffered painful...
