MANILA, Philippines — Filipino teenage chess sensation Ivan Travis Cu is slowly however certainly realizing his Grandmaster potential.
The 16-year-old FIDE Grasp gave a glimpse of it by dominating the blitz part within the premier Below-18 occasion of the ninth Jap Youth Championships in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China Monday.
The eleventh grader from Xavier completed unbeaten with 8.5 factors out of the potential 9 on eight victories, together with a final-round conquer Mongolian Chuluuntuul Erkhembayar, and a draw.
It was a formidable effort for a participant whose greatest feat thus far got here in final yr’s Worldwide Grasp Closed tilt in Hanoi, Vietnam the place he got here a last-round win in need of the title and finally ended up second.
It additionally got here a day after he fell in need of a podium end and wound up fourth in the usual occasion that was topped by countryman FM Christian Gian Karlo Arca.
On this one, Arca completed tied for No. 2 with Chinese language Chen Kailin with seven factors every however misplaced on tiebreaks and settled for the bronze.