Upset rocks opening of the 2017 Eastern Asia Juniors Chess Championships

Bacolod City's Alekhine Nouri toppled top seed International Master Jingyao Tin  at the start of the Eastern Asia Juniors Chess Championships being held at Tagaytay City,Philippines.A total of twenty two players are participating  in the boys division  with fourteen coming from the host Philippines.Philippines top bet IM Paolo Bersamina was held into a draw by untitled Muhammad Kamalsyah (1879) of Indonesia.The Indonesian top bet FM Yoseph Theolifus Taher(2369) and FM Novendra Priasmoro won against Jarvey Labanda and Hhaince Patrick De Leon respectively. Also winning their 1st round assignment were FM Maung Kyaw Zaw Hei Maung (2361)of Myanmar and FM Eu Wen Aron Teh(2285) ;Daniel Quizon (2140) , CM Stephen Rome Pangilinan ;Jeth Romy Morado; John Marvin Miciano and Kyz Lantada of Marikina City. EASTERN ASIA JUNIORS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
BOYS
Round 1 on 2017/05/27 at 2:00 pm
Bo.		Name	Pts	Res.	Pts		Name
1	FM	NOURI Alekhine	0	1  -  0	0	IM	TIN Jingyao
2	IM	BERSAMINA Paulo	0	½  -  ½	0		KAMALSYAH Muhammad
3		LABANDA Jarvey	0	0  -  1	0	FM	TAHER Yoseph Theolifus
4	FM	PRIASMORO Novendra	0	1  -  0	0		DE LEON Haince Patrick
5		MORDIDO Justine Diego	0	0  -  1	0	FM	MAUNG Maung Kyaw Zaw Hein
6	FM	TEH Eu Wen Aron	0	1  -  0	0		CHAN Sheng Liang Bernard
7		MANTILLA Earl Rhay	0	0  -  1	0		MICIANO John Marvin
8		QUIZON Daniel	0	1  -  0	0		ERESE James Michael
9		PALASIGUE Gal Brien	0	0  -  1	0	CM	PANGILINAN Stephen Rome
10		MORADO Jeth Romy	0	1  -  0	0		CRUZ Jeremiah Luis
11		RADI   Dlekesha Dhane	0	0  -  1	0		LLANTADA Kyz