Quizon clips Mongolian International Master

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino Daniel Quizon downed fellow International Master Dambasuren Batsuren of Mongolia in the seventh and final round and then edged the latter and two others via tiebreak to rule the Zone 3.3 qualification of the Asian Juniors Online Chess Championships Friday night.

Stranded in a share of third and a full point behind erstwhile solo leader Batsuren going into the last round, Quizon, 15, showed nerves of steel to pull off the late win and forge a four-way logjam at the helm with the former, another Filipino Chester Neil Reyes and Vietnamese FIDE Master Le Minh Hoang with 5.5 points apiece.

But Asia’s and the county’s blitz king emerged with the highest quotient score of 25.5 to add another title to his long list of triumphs.

Quizon advanced to the finals along with Batsuren and Reyes, who downed Malaysian Ang Ern Jie Anderson, set on Thursday.