FIDE Master Alekhine Nouri and Ruelle Canino dispatched their respective foes to close in on topping their divisions yesterday in the National Juniors Chess Championships at the PACE center in Quezon City.
Nouri, 15, smashed Christian Olaybal and Johnmari Joseph Lu to pace the boys’ side with six points after seven rounds while Canino, 13, downed Bea Mendoza to stay atop the girls’ section with seven points after the eighth and penultimate round.
Both Nouri and Canino took the lead after watching their erstwhile co-leaders–Adrian Othniel Yulo and Mhage Sebastian– held to draws by Ronald Canino and Vic Glysen Derotas, respectively.
Yulo has 5.5 points while Sebastian 6.5 in this event supported by NCFP president Butch Pichay, PSC chairman Butch Ramirez, POC president Bambol Tolentino and Chess Movement, Inc. chairman Dr. Ariel Potot.
