10th ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championships Round 7

The Filipino bets had their hardest day so far in the 10th AAGCC as the 25-player RP contingent produced its lowest number of wins in Round 7 of this nine-round event.

RP bets’ winning matches greatly dropped to 5 in the seventh round from as many as 12 in the sixth round.

The slowdown was bannered by the broken six-game winning streak of the hottest RP bet so far in the event – Cherry Ann Mejia – who settled for a draw against her opponent in Round 6.

After seven rounds of play, five RP bets are in a good position to snatch good medals. Mejia (Girls 14), Sheider Nebato (Open 20), Akiko Suede (Girls 16), Jedara Docena (Girls 20) are all ranked No.1 in their respective age-category and are poised to bring home the gold.

Lennon Hart Salgados (Open 16) is tied from No.1 to No.2 spot in his category and is also a strong contender to win a gold medal.

Notably, Nebato – RP’s reigning Under-18 champion – came out to be the surprise in his category as he beat seeded No.2 FM Nguyen Duc Hoa (2342) of Vietnam in the fourth Round and drew with No.1 seed FM Chan Yi-Ren Daniel (2375) of Singapore in the fifth round to snatch the top spot. Nebato is one of the four players in his category who are untitled and unrated.

RP bets’ performance through Round 7