By Kristel Satumbaga
International Master Daniel Quizon lived up to his reputation as one of the country’s fastest chess players after downing FIDE Master Deniel Causo in the final round to capture the third leg of the Rising Phoenix Online Tournament Tuesday night.
IM Daniel Quizon is among the chess players competing in online chess tournaments amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (From Daniel Quizon’s Facebook)
With the win, the 15-year-old Quizon accumulated 48 points to rule the tournament done at the chess application “lichess” and add another victory to his list of blitz achievements including the Southeast Asian Games qualifier and the Asian Juniors Chess Championships last year.
The Cavite-based Quizon, who is coming off runner-up finishes in the first two legs of the Philippine National Bullet Championship, joined IM Richelieu Salcedo and Letran’s Christian Mark Daluz as Rising Phoenix leg winners.
Asian Para Games gold medalist FM Sander Severino drew with GM Darwin Laylo to wind up second along with Mark Jay Bacojo with similar 44 points.
Severino, however, gained the higher placing due to superior tiebreak.
Bacojo settled for third while FM Arden Reyes came in fourth with 41 points.
Meanwhile, Daluz claimed the Chesstropolis Grand Prix title also on Tuesday by finishing with 171 points.
Chess players have flocked to online chess tournaments amid the COVID-19 threat and tournaments coming aplenty with at least two tournaments daily.
Among the groups hosting online chess events apart from the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, Rising Phoenix and Chesstropolis are the United Queens Chess Club, which launched the 1st Women’s Online Bullet Championship also at lichess on Wednesday.
Among the participants were Janelle Mae Frayna, the country’s first Woman GM, and Olympiad veterans WIMs Bernadette Galas and Marie Antoinette San Diego, WFMs Allaney Jia Doroy and Cherry Ann Mejia.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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