Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Pereña, Cua finished strong in Women's Rapid

Congratulations to RP's WFM Catherine Pereña and WFM Shercila Cua for a strong showing in the preliminary round of the 3rd Asian Indoor Games - Women Rapid in Vietnam.

Pereña and Cua were ranked No.5 and No.7 respectively after nine rounds in a 33-player strong battlefield which included GM Hou Yifan (2585), GM Zhao Xue (2542), GM Zhu Chen (2488) and IM Harika Dronavalli (2474).

Notably, Pereña (6.0 points) almost made it to Top 4 for the semifinal round, just half a point off GM Zhao Xue (6.5 points). Cua also scored 6.0 points.

Interestingly, the top 4 seeded players mentioned above were the ones who made it to the semis.

In the finals, No.1 seed GM Hou Yifan faces No.3 seed GM Zhu Chen.

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