JEM VS JM--International Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia Registers 1st win in the 2014 Asian Juniors Chess Championship in Tagaytay National Master John Merill Jacutina admits he blundered in the opening as he responded to IM Garcias D4. After more than an hour of struggle, they reached a typical rook ending but IM Garcias more superior technique forced the very young National Master Jacutina to resign. . In the lowest board unrated Renz Santos underestimated the power of the advanced pawns in the center which plowed into his camp nearly unopposed. His brave king fought them in the frontline aided by two not-so-well-managed rooks. His opponents precise calculations gave him very little space to move from the middle game until the endgame where his king is imprisoned by the enemys rook in the h file, forcing him to surrender. Nepalese Bibek Thing, a neighbor and acquintance of the Giri Family, originator of the supergrandmaster Anish Giri, admits his countrys inablility to finance and maintain a brilliant chess player economically, but his performance in the 1st round proved that even a country which struggles econimically and politically can still demonstrate intellectual brilliance. Tomorrows round 2 will start at 9 a.m.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 08:57:03 +0000
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