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After holding reigning titlist Woman International Master Jan Jodilyn Fronda to a draw with black in the penultimate round, the 24-year-old Frayna smashed the King’s Indian defense of second-seed Woman Fide Master Shania Mae Mendoza in 43 moves to stay a full-point clear ahead of the field with a total of 8.5 points.
Determined to inch closer for the title, Frayna immediately went for an all-out attack, culminating with a Rook sacrifice that forced Sadey’s resignation after seeing an inevitable mate coming with a Knight-backed Queen check on the seventh-rank
The Orange hoopsters of team-playing managers Ven Camon Shimomae, Jerry Suyao, and Jerry Tamayo turned down the challenge of the youth-powered Team Red, 75-57 to win the club’s Christmas and 30th Year Anniversary Games at the Macanhan covered court in Barangay Carmen, over the weekend.
Rebounding from a spate of losses after her sensational opening-round victory over the country’s lone Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna, the small but terrible Canino drew with reigning titlist Woman International Master Jan Jodilyn Fronda after a long 65-move London System tussle in yesterday’s ninth round marked with heavy wins ― fighting chess style.
In a dominant endgame position where the gifted lass enjoyed a quality-up advantage that would leave her an unmolested two pawns-queening, the top-seeded 24-year-old Frayna resigned after a marathon 96 moves of the London System-Barry Attack variation.
With the prolific leadership of Anton Pabillore, Janjan Hengania, and Owen Ubay-Ubay off the backcourts, the troika of Stev Panaz, Allan Enteria, and Charome Marte each scored twin-digit numbers in their respective quarters.
“She may be the youngest but she can pull off a surprise. Our training was meant to deal with older rivals,” said Canino’s coach and trainer Jaime Joshua Frias II.
Reigning champ Team Orange, backed by Suyao Trucking Services and reinforced by Erwin Raagas, Christopher Carretas, Anthony Pabillore, Allan Enteria, and Charome Marte, takes on the youth-laden Team Gray in the Saturday morning opener. While the Black team of club president Wingmark Mercado will have the solid frontcourts of Jojo Mahistrado and Janjan Arcaya in their preliminary match with Team Red.
The newly-wed Chavez from Barangay Bonbon, Cagayan de Oro City, and an alumnus of the Far Eastern University senior varsity team, defeated fellow Army man Carlo Magno Rosaupan to hike his total to 6.5 points and receive P10,000 for the fourth-place honor.
The 17-year-old Quizon played through undefeated to become the youngest and the smallest participant to rule the 2021 Philippine National Chess Championship concluded on Tuesday night, December 14 at the plush Solea Hotel and Resort in Mactan, Cebu.
The Dasmariñas City, Cavite pride Quizon annihilated the three Grandmasters in the field ― Darwin Laylo, Janelle May Frayna, Rogelio Antonio Jr ― midway of the 2021 Philippine National Chess Championship Grandfinals at the Solea Hotel and Resort in Mactan, Cebu.
The Mindanao pride Reymart Gaballo from Polomolok, South Cotabato lost for the first time in a stinging way but gained valuable experience on how to deal with a high-caliber tormentor who happens to be his ring idol.