Bersamina downs GM, rises in world junior chess

International Master Paulo Bersamina bested Indian Grandmaster Grover Sajah and Norweigian IM Tari Aryan, respectively, to share fourth to 11th places in the World Junior Chess Championships in Pune, India. After nine rounds, Bersamina had 6.5 points, half a point behind co-leaders GMs Yi Wie and Lu Shanglei of China and Vladmir Fedoseev of Russia with four rounds to go. In the distaff side, WIM Janelle Mae Frayna pooled 5.5 points and WIM Jan Jodilyn Fronda 5.0 to be in the middle of the pack. Roy Luarca