The Philippine para chessers inched closer towards possibly delivering a slew of gold medals for the country in the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China.
This, as they paced three divisions in both individual and team events after their matches on Wednesday at the Hangzhou Qi-Yuan Chess Hall.
As the top two chessers for the country in the category, they combined for seven points in pacing the division and were ahead of the Indonesian squad of Tirto and Kutwal Appaso Shashikant by a half-point, according to national para chess coach James Infiesto. Menandro Ridor drew with Iranian Khosgani Amir Rabbi to raise his output to a pacesetting 3.5 points while Armand Subaste battled Indonesia’s Gangooli Kishan to a fighting draw and raised his score to three points.
The promising outlook in chess was in contrast to the disappointing showing of the rest of the other athletes on Wednesday.
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