Published February 12, 2021, 4:30 PM
An underdog Far Eastern University bucked all odds as it eked out a top 10 finish in the super strong Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup that was recently done online.
Darry Bernardo, a member of the national para chess team that finished fifth in the FIDE Olympiad for People with Disability last year, paced the Tams by scoring eighth out of nine on Board 4 that was highlighted by his shock win over International Master Harshit Raja from University of Missouri A.
FEU’s team A, which also consists of Jeth Romy Morado, Rhenzi Kyle Sevillano, John Merill Jacutina and alternate Kristian Glen Abuton, actually finished tied for seventh with Greece’s National Technical University of Athens A, the United States’ St. Louis University A and Russia’s Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology A with 6.5 points apiece.