World Chess Olympiad-bound Janelle Mae Frayna, Jan Jodilyn Fronda and Ruelle Canino made significant gains with solid performances in the Sparkassen Trophy tilt in Dortmund, Germany over the weekend.
Frayna, the country’s first and only Woman Grandmaster thus far, downed German FIDE Master Timo Kuppers in the ninth and final round to finish with 5.5 points for a share of 37th place.
From their performance, Frayna earned 23 elo rating points and should have her current rating increase to 2185 from 2162 while Fronda jumped from 2089 to 2140 after gaining 51 rating points. Canino, 16, for her part, was equally impressive as she ended up with five points despite defaulting her first three games after some travel hitch and losing her fourth-round duel with India’s Arun Manukonda.
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