The country’s top young players headed by Mhagie Gerriahlou Sebastian, Ruelle Canino and Antonelle Berte Racasa will figure in the battle of wits as the National Age Group Chess Championships presented by Malolos Mayor Christian “Agila” Natividad unfolds on Tuesday the Robinsons Place Malolos.
MANILA The country's top young players headed by Mhagie Gerriahlou Sebastian, Ruelle Canino and Antonelle Berte Racasa will figure in the battle of wits as the National Age Group Chess Championships presented by Malolos Mayor Christian "Agila" Natividad unfolds Tuesday at the Robinsons Place Malolos. Sebastian will compete in the premier girl's'under-18 division, Canino in the U14 and Racasa in the U16 in this six-day event staking slots to the Asean Youth Championship tentatively set in Bangkok, Thailand this year. Sebastian, a Far Eastern University standout, in particular, will be the player to watch out for after she topped the national junior girls championship last year at the PACE in Quezon City. The event will consist of the top 12 finishers who qualified via the online regional elimination and semifinal rounds in the boys and girls U12, U14, U16 and U18 categories. "The future of Philippine chess could be coming from this batch, that's why we k
Janelle Mae Frayna (fourth from left) poses with her trophy and certificate after winning the National Women's Chess Championship title Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna outplayed Shania Mae Mendoza in the 11th and final round to capture the National Women’s Chess Championship title at the PACE
TOP seed Janelle Mae Frayna unloaded a vicious kingside onslaught to hammer out a 36-move King’s Indian victory over Marian Calimbo and leapfrog to the top after the eighth round of the Philippine National Women’s Chess Championships at the PACE Building in Quezon City on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Frayna, the…
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