MANILA, (PNA)–Filipina National Woman Master Jan Jodilyn Fronda (ELO 2038) defeated Turkey’s Lara Micioogullari (ELO 1585) but compatriot Jerad Docena (ELO 2227) surrendered to Lithunia’s Tomas Laurusas (ELO 2398) in the sixth round of the on-going World Junior Chess Championships 2013 on Thursday at The Ness Hotel in Kocaeli, Turkey.
Fronda tallied three points, 2.5 points behind with solo leader Indon Woman International Master (WIM) Warda Aulia Medina (ELO 2301) who collected 5.5 points in the Girls Category.
The No.11 seed Medina upset top seed Russian Woman Grandmaster(WGM) Alina Kashlinskaya (ELO 2434).
In the men’s Open Division, Docena is stuck with measly 2.5 points.
No.1 pick GM Yu Yangyi (ELO 2662) of China beat over-night co-leader No.9 GM Sethuraman S.P. (ELO 2553) of India to raise his total to 5.5 points for solo leadership in the Open Division.
In the seventh round, Docena try to bounce back in contention by facing Ozan Cingoz (ELO 1918) of Turkey while Fronda will meet Woman Fide Master(WFM)Barbara Juhasz (ELO 2169) of Hungrary.