MANILA, Philippines — Filipino teenage FIDE Grasp Ivan Travis Cu dominated the blitz part within the premier Below-18 occasion of the ninth Jap Youth Championships in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China final Monday.
The 16-year-old from Xavier completed unbeaten with 8.5 factors out of the attainable 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 largest feat up to now got here in final 12 months’s Worldwide Grasp Closed tilt in Hanoi, Vietnam the place he fell in need of the title and finally ended up second.