FRANCOIS Marie Magpily kept her poise in the stretch then nipped four others in the tiebreak to capture the juniors crown and also the Top Female award in the Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship’s NCR leg held at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall last Sunday. 8 Michael Erese to finish with 7.5 points. Gonzales, Erese, Carl Ancheta and Joshua Navarro also wound up with 7.5 points but Magpily, playing out of Gen. Pio del Pilar National High School, took the crown on superior tiebreak score to become the first female player to win an overall division crown. Magpily flashes the thumbs-up sign after capturing the juniors crown and the Top Female award in the 25th Shell Active Chess Championship’s NCR leg held at SM Mall of Asia. Bernardo also ended up tied for first with Jeth Morado and Darry Bernardo at 7.5 points but beat his fellow FEU bets for the 17-20 crown via tiebreak.

Source: The Standard July 10, 2017 11:37 UTC