MANILA, Philippines — Filipino FIDE Masters Christian Gian Karlo Arca and Ivan Travis Cu settled for a pair of podium finishes in separate classes within the fast occasion to shut out the nation’s marketing campaign within the ninth Jap Asia Youth Chess Championships in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China Tuesday.
Arca couldn’t recuperate from a sixth and penultimate-round defeat to Mongolian FM Ganbat Tenguundalai and settled for the silver within the open Underneath-16 part that was finally topped by the latter.
It was the identical destiny by Cu, who fell to Mongolian FM Khishigbat Ulziikhishig within the fifth spherical and wound up with the bronze within the premier U18 class that the latter finally received.
It wasn’t a foul end for each Grandmaster prospects, as Arca additionally ended up with a normal gold and a blitz bronze, whereas Cu had the blitz mint within the bag the day earlier than.