by Marlon Bernardino
JERAD DOCENA AND JAN JODILYN FRONDA were able to quickly recover from a dismal first day after winning their respetice rivals in Round 2 of the on-going World Junior Chess Championships 2013 in Hatay, Turkey on Sunday.
After stumbling in the opening day with a frustrating loss to IM Andrey Stukopin (ELO 2522) of Russia on Saturday, the Tagubaas, Antequera Bohol native Docena (ELO 2227) didn't go wasted time to beat Mert Kilic (ELO 1843) of Turkey in the Boys division.
The San Andres, Manila based Fronda (ELO 2038) on her part, who bowed to WGM Dinara Saduakassova (ELO 2326) of Kazakhstan in the openiong round, nipped Shyngys Kyzy Aijarkyn (ELO 1780) of Kyrgyzstan in the Girls division.
In the third round, Docena will meet IM Richard Wang (ELO 2430) of Canada while Fronda opposite WGM Rout Padmini (ELO 2312) of India.
Docena and Fronda, both won the National Junior chess championships for Boys and Girls to represent the country in the said World Junior chess meet.
Docena and Fronda are accompanied by International Master Yves Ranola as coach whose trip supported by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, Bayan Muna Party-list group, Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine Olympic Committee.
GM Yu Yangyi (ELO 2662) of China and WGM Alina Kashlinskaya (ELO 2434) of Russia, both the tournament top seeds.
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