Shercila Cua

Shercila Cua started strong in Dresden Chess Olympiad, but somehow lost her momentum in the course of the tournament to finish her crusade with a 4/9 performance.

Her 4.0 points came from a 3-2-4 (win-draw-loss) record.

Alarmingly, her rating is in a steep downtrend from a maximum of 2244 Elo points (April 2006) to a minimum of 2154 (October 2008).

We wish her good luck in her future endeavors.

Here is a tactic that she successfully used to score her first full point in the very first round of the Dresden Olympiad.

White to move. Position after 19. . . Bc6. A simple tactic won a pawn for Cua and ultimately the game.

Watch the full game here.