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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Toledo Xignex Trojans break up their back-to-back matches within the Skilled Chess Affiliation of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Convention held earlier than the Holy Week break earlier this week.
The Trojans pulled off a hard-fought victory towards the Pasig Metropolis King Pirates, 12-9, however fell quick towards final yr’s Wesley So Cup champions, the Manila Load Manna Knights, 7-14, within the inter-division spherical.
Regardless of the break up outcomes, Toledo stays in charge of the Southern Division standings with a 13-2 (win-loss) document and 236 collected factors. The Bacolod Blitzers are sizzling on their heels with a 10-5 document, following their current win over the Quezon Metropolis Simba’s Tribe.
Toledo narrowly edged Pasig Metropolis of their encounter. The Trojans dropped the blitz spherical, salvaging solely two victories from Lady FIDE Grasp (WFM) Cherry Ann Mejia and Worldwide Grasp (IM) Joel Pimentel, who defeated Rowelyn Acedo and Narciso Gumila, respectively.
Toledo’s high board, FIDE Grasp (FM) Ellan Asuela, was held to a draw by Sherwin Tiu within the blitz however bounced again robust within the speedy spherical, securing a vital win over Tiu.
The Trojans took the speedy spherical, 9-5, to seal the match. Additionally delivering wins within the speedy spherical had been IM Pimentel and Diego Abraham Caparino, who bested Narciso and Jerome Villanueva. Pasig’s lone speedy victory got here from Sherily Cua towards WFM Mejia.
Nonetheless, towards the powerhouse Manila Load Manna Knights, the Trojans suffered a tricky loss. They narrowly dropped the blitz spherical, 3-4, regardless of IM Paulo Bersamina’s upset victory over Grandmaster (GM) Mark Paragua.
Carlos Edgardo Garma and IM Pimentel helped keep away from a blitz sweep with key victories in that spherical.
Manila ultimately overpowered Toledo within the speedy spherical, 10-4, with solely IM Kim Steven Yap and Garma managing to notch wins for the Trojans.
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