Severino finishes 2nd place at Chinese Taipei chessfest
Severino finishes 2nd place at Chinese Taipei chessfest
FIDE MASTER (FM) Sander Severino drew with countryman Grandmaster (GM) Joey Antonio in the ninth and final round to finish a strong second in the Chinese Taipei Chess Association International Open on Tuesday.
Mr. Severino, a multiple Asian and ASEAN Para Games gold winner, finished undefeated with seven points on five wins and four draws, or just half a game behind eventual champion GM Sayantan Das of India.
The Silay City, Negros Occidental native had a chance to tie first and beat Mr. Das for the crown due to a higher tiebreak score.
But he couldn’t get the victory and settled for the truce instead for the runner-up finish.
Mr. Antonio, Jasper Rom and Darry Bernardo, finished in a five-player logjam at No. 3 with 6.5 points apiece and ended up fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, after tiebreaks were applied.
Hungarian GM Gergely Aczel was third while Spain’s Aitor Garcia-Ruiz Fuentes was eighth.
Rounding out the top 10 were Australian World GM Zhang Jilin, another Filipino FM Roel Abelgas and Japanese International Master Ryosuke Nanjo. — Joey Villar
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