Lady Agilas advances, men’s team falters in Asian online chess

The Philippines defeated Sri Lanka in two matches to advance to the semi-finals in the women’s division of the 2020 Asian Nations Online Chess Cup on Friday.

Female grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna and female international master Jan Jodilyn Fronda and Kylen Joy Mordido clinched the Philippines 3.5-0.5 win over Sri Lanka in the first of two quarterfinal matches. final to gain the initial advantage.

Frayna knocked down M Tharushi Sandeepani on the first board, Fronda defeated Ashvini Pavalachandran in the second and Mordido attacked WIM SD Ranasinghe in the fourth.

WIM Bernadette Galas tied with THD Niklesha Tharushi on the third board to complete the one-sided victory.

With only one win in the second and final match to claim a spot in the semi-finals, Fronda quickly delivered and repeated over Pavalchandran to wrap it all up for Lady Agilas regardless of the results of the rest of the boards, which were being played at the time of publication. .

They will face the winner between Iran and Southeast Asia’s neighbor Indonesia in the semifinals on Saturday.

The triumph of the Philippines made up for the defeat of their male counterparts to the second-seeded Kazakhs.

Kazakhstan shut out the Agilas, 4-0, in their first game and succumbed in the second game, 3-1.