LAOAG City—Woman International Master Janelle Mae Frayna turned back Austin Jacob Literatus in their anticipated match-up in the Open-20 category, even as Allaney Doroy, Marjeri Janapin and Mark Jay Bacojo remained as the only players with perfect scores going into the last two days of the 2016 National Age-Group Chess Championship Grand Finals at the Mariano Marcos State University campus here.
The 19-year-old Frayna, a psychology student at Far Eastern University, raised her total to four points after five rounds, while Literatus, an IT student at National University, dropped to second spot in a tie with Kyz Llantada, who recorded a win and a loss in the previous two rounds.
But it was Doroy, Japitana and Bacojo, who continue to turn heads as they remained unscathed after six rounds in their respective categories in the tournament organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines and hosted by the provincial government of Ilocos Norte.
Doroy, a native of Agusan del Sur who moved to Manila to study at the National University, had so far collected six points in as many rounds in the girls’ Under-16, while Japitana, a resident of Taguig City, also remained perfect with a similar six-point output.
Bacojo, meanwhile, whitewashed all his six opponents so far to pace the boys’ 10-under category.
In the girls’ Under-20, top seed and Woman National Master Bernadette Galas grabbed the solo lead after six rounds.