International Master Daniel Quizon of the Philippines and FIDE Master Munkhdalai Amilal of Mongolia stamped their class in the Eastern Asia Juniors and Girls Chess Championship 2023 – Open division at the Sabah Oriental Hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia on Tuesday, December 5.
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Quizon trounced stablemate FIDE Master Christian Gian Karlo Arca of the Philippines while Amilal turned back International Master Michael Concio Jr. of the Philippines. Quizon and Amilal share the lead at 4.5 points apiece.
National Master Jan Clifford Labog of the Philippines won in contrasting fashion.
Labog bested countryman National Master Ivan Travis Cu of the Philippines to raise his total to 4.0 points and climb to solo third.
In the Girls section, Woman FIDE Master Diajeng Theresa Singgih of Indonesia defeated Woman National Master Ruelle Canino of the Philippines to score 4.5 points and grab solo lead, a half point ahead of Woman Candidate Master Chua Jia-Tien of Malaysia who totes 4.0 points. Chua beat Woman FIDE Master Boldbaatar Altantuya of Mongolia.
Standings after Round 5:
(Open Division)
4.5 points—IM Daniel Quizon (Philippines), FM Munkhdalai Amilal (Mongolia)
4.0 points—NM Jan Clifford Labog (Philippines)
3.5 points—FM Christian Gian Karlo Arca (Philippines), IM Michael Concio Jr. (Philippines), IM Aditya Bagus Arfan (Indonesia), Wee Yin Lin (Malaysia), Muhd Faqih Aminuddin (Malaysia), Siva Kumar Nirish Kumar (Malaysia), Mohan Kavin
3.0 points—NM Ivan Travis Cu (Philippines), CM Fabian Glen Mariano (Indonesia), Jason Warren Likoh (Malaysia), Davin Sean Romualdez (Philippines), Hiew Jing Yung (Malaysia), Danry Seth Romualdez (Philippines)
(Girls Division)
4.5 points—WFM Diajeng Theresa Singgih (Indonesia)
4.0 points—WCM Jia-Tien Chua (Malaysia)
3.5 points—WFM Boldbaatar Altantuya (Mongolia), WFM Samantha Edithso (Indonesia), WCM Cecilia Natalie Liuviann (Indonesia)
3.0 points—WNM Ruelle Canino (Philippines), WFM Sunwoo Park (South Korea), Ma. Elayza Villa (Philippines), Sreekarthika Velmurugan (Singapore), Ha Yihan (Vietnam), Darwisyah Insyirah Nureen (Malaysia)