Quizon second in Hanoi Grandmaster tourney

MANILA, Philippines — Olympiad-bound International Master Daniel Quizon continued his strong showing as he finished second in the second group of the two-bracket Hanoi Grandmaster Closed Tournament in Vietnam recently.

Quizon, who topped the National Championship in Marikina last January to secure a spot to the Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary this September, actually finished tied for first with Vietnamese GM Tran Tuan Minh with six points apiece of a possible nine.

But the World Cup veteran’s sixth-round defeat to Tran sealed the title for the latter while shoving the former to second.

Filipino GM Darwin Laylo was part of Quizon’s bracket, finishing sixth out of 10 with four points.

IM Michael Concio was pegged in the first group where he finished fifth with 4.5 points.