A promising Filipino chess player took the Chinese Taipei Chess Association International Open Tournament 2024 by storm, beating players from other countries older than her.
National Master Nike Juris Nicolas, only 11 but has been trained to compete in the boys division in local tournaments, topped the under-13 Open Standard and under-13 Open Blitz in the international competition held in Taoyuan, Taiwan from July 22 to 27.She also bagged the overall championship in the merged under-13 and under-15 age categories for boys and girls in the Standard event but settled for third place honors in the Blitz side of the merged divisions.
In the Open Blitz, the chess prodigy from Victory Christian International School tallied 7 wins and 2 losses. She defeated Adrian Tung Jan of Chinese-Taipei in round 1, Hung-Chuan Chiu of Chinese-Taipei in round 2, Cheng-Yan Yang of Chinese-Taipei in round 3, Chen- Hao Wu of Chinese-Taipei in round 4, Nok Hang Jonathan Ho of Hong Kong in round 5, Lourecel Hernandez Ecot of the Philippines in round 7 and Howard Sun of the United States in Round 8.
Filipino Chess Wizard Dominates Tournament In Taiwan
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