The Philippines’ Daniel Quizon added another victim to his growing list of big fishes with a 41-move win over Grandmaster Klementy Sychev of FIDE to stay in the title hunt after seven rounds of the premier Master's section of the 30th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in United Arab Emirates Thursday night, Aug. 22.
The Philippines’ Daniel Quizon added another victim to his growing list of big fishes with a 41-move win over Grandmaster Klementy Sychev of FIDE to stay in the title hunt after seven rounds of the premier Master's section of the 30th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in United Arab Emirates Thursday night, Aug. 22.
The win catapulted Quizon back into the top 10 alongside 15 others with five points, or just a full point behind solo leader GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov of Uzbekistan with two rounds to go. It came just a day after escaping with a miraculous victory over Indian IM L Srihari in a game where he appeared hopelessly lost.
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