WGM Frayna keeps her World Cup bid alive by beating WGM Khalilova - BusinessWorld Online

WGM Frayna keeps her World Cup bid alive by beating WGM Khalilova - BusinessWorld Online

THE Philippines’ Janelle Mae Frayna resuscitated her World Cup bid by blasting Uzbekistan’s Madinabonu Khalilova in the seventh round of the Asian Individual Chess Championships in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. The 28-year-old many-time national women’s champion showed pin precision in mangling Kalilova’s Sicilian Defense and tore down brick by brick the latter’s kingside defense with a decisive mating attack. When it was over, the en…