MANILA— Forcadas Gonzales Andrew scores 7.5 points to win the championships crown of the latest Sir Leoncio Miñano Montaño Birthday B chess Tournament. The event was held via lichess platform last October 15, 2021, with a time control of 5 minutes and zero increments.
Forcadas Gonzales Andrew was a 1-point deficit from the four leader boards on the penultimate round led by Jerick Concepcion Faeldonia needed a full point in the last round to equalize to the top. In the final round, Jerick Concepcion Faeldonia was defeated by Vergel Fajilan using Queens Pawn Opening and Gonzales outplayed Yosef Immanuel Tanguilan Morada in the 36th move of Grob’s attack g4, and get a higher tiebreak of 43.75 and emerge as the champion.
The complete list of winners are: 1st- Forcadas Gonzales Andrew 2nd- Jerick Concepcion Faeldonia 3rd- Orly Jon Pascual 4th- Vergel Fajilan 5th- Jojo Forcadas 6th- Noe Ramon 7th- Jemaicah Yap Mendoza 8th- Yaneah Sofia Tanguilan Morada 9th- Meliton Yu 10th- Yosef Immanuel Tanguilan Morada.
