By Lily O. Ramos
MANILA, (PNA) -— Filipino youth chess contenders Jerad Docena and Jan Jodilyn Fronda both lost to higher-rated opponents in the 12th round of the 2013 World Junior Chess Championship Thursday in Kocaeli, Turkey.
Docena surrendered to Belarus’ FIDE Master Vitaly Meribanov after 35 moves of Sicilian Defense of the Najdorf Variation in the boys’ Open Division with a total of 6.0 points.
On the other hand, Fronda bowed to Woman Grandmaster(WGM) Wang Jue of China after 34 moves of Sicilian defense, Dragon Variation in the Girls’category for 6.5 points.
Top-seed GM Yu Yangyi of China defeated GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia after 62 moves of Sicilian defense, Maroczy Bind encounter to stay on top in the boys’ Open division with 10.5 points.
Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia subdued WGM Meri Arabidze of Georgia after 101 moves of Dutch Defense skirmirsh to lead with 9.5 points in the Girls’ division.