Monday, November 3, 2008

A brilliancy by Jan Jodilyn Fronda

Of the so many games played by members of the RP Team to the recently concluded WYCC 2008, I pick one of the games of Jan Jodilyn Fronda as my favorite (out of those that I have replayed only).

Well, Jodilyn Fronda was one of the best performers of our team -- being one of the trio (together with Cheradine Chardee Camacho and Cherry Ann Mejia) who won the historic first medal won by the Philippines in WYCC for the Girls 14 category.

If there's a brilliancy award in WYCC 2008, I would definitely nominate Fronda's Round 9 game. Here's why:

[Event "World Youth Chess Championships 2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "28.10.2008"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Bayarmaa,Bayarjargal"]
[Black "Fronda,Jan Jodilyn"]
[Result "0-1"]

Position after 35.Rc8. Actually, Fronda was already winning at this stage. Fritz 11 evaluated the position at (-8.59). But wait, there's a brilliancy that served as an icing on the cake in this particular game.

Black to move. Fronda GOT the recommendation of Fritz 11 for Black's 35th move. Can you guess the move that improved Black's positition to (-12.16, Depth = 17/38, 666 kN/s)?

Watch the full game here. (No java needed. Simple graphics.)
Watch the full game here. (Java needed. Better graphics.)

Here is Froda's performance in WYCC:

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