MANILA, Philippines — FIDE Grasp Sander Severino drew with countryman Grandmaster Joey Antonio within the ninth and last spherical to complete a robust second within the Chinese language Taipei Chess Affiliation Worldwide Open Tuesday.
Severino, a a number of Asian and ASEAN Para Video games gold winner, completed undefeated with seven factors on 5 wins and 4 attracts, or simply half a sport behind eventual champion GM Saytantan Das of India.
The Silay Metropolis, Negros Occidental native had an opportunity to tie first and beat Das for the crown attributable to the next tiebreak rating.
However he couldn’t get the victory and settled for the truce as an alternative for the runner-up end.
Antonio, Jasper Rom and Darry Bernardo, completed in a five-player logjam at No. 3 with 6.5 factors apiece and ended up fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, after tiebreaks had been utilized.
Hungarian GM Gergely Aczel was third whereas Spain’s Aitor Garcia-Ruiz Fuentes was eighth.
Rounding out the highest 10 had been Australian WGM Zhang Jilin, one other Filipino FM Roel Abelgas and Japanese Worldwide Grasp Ryosuke Nanjo.