THE National Chess Federation of the Philippines has nominated Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna and International Master Paulo Bersamina to represent the country in the FIDE World Chess Cup.
NCFP chief executive officer Grandmasterv Jayson Gonzales said they decided to nominate Frayna and Bersamina for the two slots allotted to the country because they have no more time to hold tryouts.
Frayna, who turned 24 last Wednesday, will be the country’s lone bet in the women’s World Cup slated July 10 to Aug. 6 in Sochi, Russia while Bersamina will join IMs Daniel Quizon and Michael Concio, Jr. in the men’s edition of the same event from Aug. 1-28 in Minsk, Belarus.
Quizon, 16, and Concio, 15, clinched their spots by topping the Asian Zonal 3.3 Championships two weeks ago.
Frayna was actually in the final month of her Army training but had to cut it short after she was called upon for the World Cup and the Hanoi Southeast Asian Games in November.
