International Masters Daniel Quizon and Jan Emmanuel Garcia hurdled their respective foes on Thursday to remain unscathed and atop the lead after two rounds of the Philippine National Chess Championship at the Marikina Community Convention Center. Quizon, a Grandmaster candidate from Dasmarinas, slew GM Joey Antonio while Garcia, an Olympiad…
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Published May 10, 2021, 1:52 PM
International Masters Daniel Quizon and Michael Concio Jr. came through with the needed results to clinch spots to the World Chess Cup 2021 set from Aug. 1 to 28 in Minsk, Belarus.
Quizon, 16, drew with Grandmaster Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia in 30 moves of a Queen’s Gambit Accepted while Concio, 15, outlasted Indonesian GM Novendra Priasmoro in 106 moves of a Sicilian Defense to complete a 1-2 finish in the Asian Zonal 3.3 Championship Sunday, May 9.
Quizon ended up with seven points while Concio finished with 6.5 points to emerge the first Filipinos to advance to the biennial event since United States-based Julio Catalino Sadorra qualified in Tbilisi, Georgia four years ago.
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