Philippines’ Paez keeps share of lead
by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Woman Candidate Master Alexandra Sydney Paez of the Philippines battled to a draw with Woman International Master Govhar Beydullayeva of Azerbaijan and and kept a share of the lead after the fifth round of the FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth 2021 chess championship on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 virtually held at Tornelo Platform.
The online Arena International Master Paez, a Grade 12 student of Malayan College of Laguna, split the point with the higher-rated Beydullayeva who handled the disadvantageous black pieces after 38 moves of Catalan Opening.
The draw, however, was enough to keep Paez in the thick of the fight for the leadership board in the Girls 18 and under with 4.5 points on four wins and one draw in this 104-player FIde-World Chess Federation competition.
The 17-year-old campaigner from Cabuyao City, Laguna, one of the top players of Mayor Atty. Rommel “Mel” Gecolea is tied for the lead with WIM Ngoc Thuy Duong Bach of Vietnam, WFM Aliaksandra Tarasenka of Belarus and WCM Bristy Mukherjee of India.
In the Open 10 and under section, National Master Oshrie Jhames “OJ” Constantino Reyes of Santa Rita, Pampanga checkmated Gorkem Unsal of Turkey after 60 moves of Sicilian defense while Phil Martin Casiguran of Caloocan City yielded to Dimitri Aeschbacher of Switzerland after 34 moves of Ruy Lopez Opening.
Reyes whose stint here is being supported by Governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda and Vice-Governor Lilia “Nanay” Pineda raise his total 4 points while Caisguran remains at 3.5 points.
Sri Lanka’s Onlei scores 4 out of 6 at the halfway Mark
Oneli Vithanawasam (photo above) of Lyceum International School, Wattala is in a fair position with 4 points out 6 games tied in 13th position in the under 18 Girls event of the above Championships. Oneli beat Ahmed Walijah (Top seed in the event, Bangladesh), Kazi Zarin Tasnim(Bangladesh), Chua Jia-Tien(Malaysi), Drew with Ilyina Lada and Sai Divya M and lost only 1 game to Pipia Ekaterine(Georgia) In her 6 games. Nemindi Linaya Ramanayake of Bandaranayake Central College is having 2 ½ points out of 6 games.
RB Sethum Samaraweera of Richmond College scored 3 ½ points out of 6 games in the under 10Yrs Open event, After having 2 bad games at the start losing to Isai Alveraize(Bolivia) and D Altensoyombo (Mongolia) he recovered with a forfeit point with Daniel Efraim(Estonia), Kim Listratov(Russia) and Rashid Rayan (Bangladesh) with a draw against Data Qulabegashvili(Georgia). KG Wimalarathne(Kingswood College) of has 2 ½ points and DDLD Dandeniya of Maliyadeva College has 2 both out of 6 games.
The FIDE Online World Cup 2021 – Youth and Cadets conducted by the International Chess Federation is organized by the Georgian Chess Federation this year. The World Cup has 10 category events for under 10, 12,14,16 and 18 years Open and Girls. The event is held online in the Tornelo platform from 1st to 30th August 2021 with 10 rounds per each category. The event started with two categories, under 10 Open and under 18 Girls to have it from 1st to 5th having 2 games each. Other categories also will follow giving 5 days per two categories, one open and one Girls.
A total of 227 players in the under 10 Open and 104 players in the under 18 yrs Girls event from 108 countries are participating in the event. Four more games are expected in Tornelo platform on 4th and 5th of August 2021.
You may get the tournament details from the following links
https://chess-results.com/tnr565782.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=6&flag=30&zeilen=99999
https://chess-results.com/tnr565791.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=6&fedb=SRI&flag=30