Kenneth still on top at the 2016 National Junior Open

MELWYN KENNETH BALTAZAR

Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar of Colegio de San Juan de Letran defeated Romulo Curioso of Lyceum of the Philippine University in the 3rd round of the 2016 National Junior Open Chess Tournament held at the Philippine Sports Commission Athletes Dining Hall to share the lead with two other .Its the battle between two NCAA individual champion.Kenneth is the Board 1 champion of the 91st NCAA Senior Chess Championship while Curioso is the Board 5 champion. Meanwhile top seed IM Paolo Bersamina was held to a draw by high schooler Dale Bernardo of Far Eastern University to share 4th to 11th place with 2.5 points.

Ranking Crosstable after Round 3
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	Pts	Wins	Draws	Loses
1	3		BALTAZAR Melwyn Kenneth	2179	3	3	0	0
2	5		MORADO Jeth Romy	2123	3	2	0	0
3	31		LABOG Mark Kevin	2288	3	3	0	0
4	1	IM	BERSAMINA Paulo	2378	2½	1	1	0
5	11		MICIANO John Marvin	2044	2½	2	1	0
6	14		BERNARDO Dale	1991	2½	1	1	0
7	2	WIM	FRAYNA Janelle Mae	2285	2½	2	1	0
	15		LLANTADA Kyz	1985	2½	2	1	0
9	32		MENDIOGARIN Jhoemar	2111	2½	2	1	0
10	17		GRASPELA Coellier	1979	2½	2	1	0
11	16		EVANGELISTA Paul Robert	1981	2½	2	1	0
12	21		CURIOSO Romulo	1929	2	2	0	1
13	8		JOTA Jonathan	2078	2	1	0	1
14	12		FORTIN Artrino Paul	2033	2	2	0	1
	27		QUIZON Daniel	1777	2	2	0	1
16	23		GARONG Stevenson	1915	2	0	2	0
17	10		SEVILLANO Rhenzi Kyle	2059	2	1	2	0
18	22	CM	PANGILINAN Stephen Rome	1928	2	2	0	1
19	7		CARANYAGAN Carlo	2089	2	1	2	0
20	4		CASTRO Jose Carlo	2123	2	1	2	0
	19	CM	FAGON Romy	1964	2	1	2	0
22	44		AZOTE Ahmad Ali	1985	2	1	0	1
23	6		MEDINA Vince Angelo	2117	2	2	0	0
	25		VINLUAN Brylle Gever	1873	2	2	0	1
25	18		BERNARDO Darry	1966	2	2	0	1
26	30		BACOJO Mark Jay	1619	2	1	2	0
27	36		ARIAS Joshua	2025	2	2	0	1
28	38		PALASIGUE Gal Brien	2019	1½	1	1	1
	52		GADDI Johann Cedrick	1945	1½	1	1	1
30	53		AQUINO Jethro Dino	1938	1½	1	1	1
31	29		MORDIDO Justine Diego	1641	1½	1	1	1
32	50		DADULA Peter John	1955	1½	1	1	1
33	34		INONCILLO John Christopher	2029	1½	1	1	1
	42		OCSAN Melito	1988	1½	1	1	1
35	26		CERVERO Tristan Jared	1785	1½	1	1	1
36	33		BUSA Nelson Jr.	2040	1½	1	1	1
37	20		ABUTON Kristian Glen	1931	1½	1	1	1
38	55		LABANDA Jarvey	1933	1½	1	1	1
	57		RIVERA Jeff Russell	1913	1½	0	1	1
40	45		DAIT Arvin Chester	1984	1½	1	1	1
41	62		AGUILAR Arvie	1850	1½	1	1	1
42	64		PAGALA Izrie Phileo	1808	1½	1	1	1
43	56		YONGCO Joshua Michael	1932	1½	1	1	1
44	35		ALMODAL Antonio Iii	2026	1½	1	1	1
45	48		PALASIGUE Bien Bryan	1964	1½	1	1	1
46	40		ONCITA John Philip	2006	1	1	0	2
	46		PARADO Jeremy Lorenz	1981	1	1	0	2
48	63		PILIEN Elijah Derek	1809	1	0	0	2
49	13		RILLORAZA Istraelito	2033	1	1	0	2
50	54		LUCHINA Christian David	1935	1	1	0	2
	60		BALQUIN Alfredo Jr.	1880	1	0	0	2
52	39		IGNACIO Robin B.	2008	1	1	0	2
53	47		ERESE James Michael	1971	1	1	0	2
54	66		SANTOS Michael Kent Angelo	1777	1	1	0	2
55	24		ARAGONES Jerome Angelo	1892	1	0	2	1
56	61		ANCHETA Carl Jaedrianne	1859	1	1	0	2
57	51		BASILGO Adrian Basil	1953	½	0	1	2
58	67		ORENSE James Deniel	1736	½	0	1	2
59	65		ORENSE David Joshua	1791	½	0	1	2
60	59		LABASANO Mac Quay	1892	½	0	1	2
61	72		PUNZALAN Ricky Rose	0	½	0	1	2
62	73		RUIZ Jose Mar	0	½	0	1	2
63	9		JACUTINA John Merill	2060	0	0	0	0
	28		PALMA Lee Roi	1756	0	0	0	0
	37		BUDOSO Eliseo	2021	0	0	0	0
	41		OLAN Sean Andrew	1993	0	0	0	0
	43		VILLEGAS Christian	1986	0	0	0	0
	49		NOURI Alexander	1960	0	0	0	0
	58		MIRANDA Neil Richmond	1905	0	0	0	0
	71		GONZALES Ron Francis	0	0	0	0	3
71	70		COLLERA Alexander	0	0	0	0	2
72	68		PILIEN Aaron Gavriel	1727	0	0	0	3
	69		VALENZUELA Kristian Elvin	1709	0	0	0	2

2016 NATIONAL JUNIORS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
OPEN
Round 3 on 2016/04/24
Bo.	Name	Pts	Res.	Pts	Name
1	BERNARDO Dale	2	½  -  ½	2	BERSAMINA Paulo
2	CURIOSO Romulo	2	0  -  1	2	BALTAZAR Melwyn Kenneth
3	PANGILINAN Stephen Rome	2	0  -  1	2	MORADO Jeth Romy
4	MICIANO John Marvin	2	½  -  ½	2	MENDIOGARIN Jhoemar
5	LABOG Mark Kevin	2	1  -  0	2	FORTIN Artrino Paul
6	FRAYNA Janelle Mae	1½	1  -  0	1½	ABUTON Kristian Glen
7	CASTRO Jose Carlo	1½	½  -  ½	1½	BACOJO Mark Jay
8	CARANYAGAN Carlo	1½	½  -  ½	1½	GARONG Stevenson
9	FAGON Romy	1½	½  -  ½	1½	SEVILLANO Rhenzi Kyle
10	LLANTADA Kyz	1½	1  -  0	1½	INONCILLO John
11	BUSA Nelson Jr.	1½	0  -  1	1½	EVANGELISTA Paul Robert
12	GRASPELA Coellier	1½	1  -  0	1½	PALASIGUE Gal Brien
13	LABANDA Jarvey	1½	0  -  1	1	JOTA Jonathan
14	MEDINA Vince Angelo	1	1  -  0	1	ONCITA John Philip
15	RILLORAZA Istraelito	1	0  -  1	1	AZOTE Ahmad Ali
16	ERESE James Michael	1	0  -  1	1	BERNARDO Darry
17	VINLUAN Brylle Gever	1	1  -  0	1	PARADO Jeremy Lorenz
18	AQUINO Jethro Dino	1	½  -  ½	1	CERVERO Tristan Jared
19	QUIZON Daniel	1	1  -  0	1	LUCHINA Christian David
20	MORDIDO Justine Diego	1	½  -  ½	1	YONGCO Joshua Michael
21	ALMODAL Antonio Iii	1	½  -  ½	1	RIVERA Jeff Russell
22	PILIEN Elijah Derek	1	0  -  1	1	ARIAS Joshua
23	ARAGONES Jerome Angelo	½	½  -  ½	1	AGUILAR Arvie
24	LABASANO Mac Quay	½	0  -  1	½	OCSAN Melito
25	DAIT Arvin Chester	½	1  -  0	½	PUNZALAN Ricky Rose
26	ORENSE David Joshua	½	0  -  1	½	PALASIGUE Bien Bryan
27	ORENSE James Deniel	½	0  -  1	½	DADULA Peter John
28	BASILGO Adrian Basil	½	0  -  1	½	PAGALA Izrie Phileo
29	RUIZ Jose Mar	½	0  -  1	½	GADDI Johann Cedrick
30	IGNACIO Robin B.	0	1  -  0	0	PILIEN Aaron Gavriel
31	VALENZUELA Kristian	0	-  -  +	0	BALQUIN Alfredo Jr.
32	COLLERA Alexander	0	0  -  1	0	ANCHETA Carl Jaedrianne
33el	SANTOS Michael Kent	0	1  -  0	0	GONZALES Ron Francis

2016 NATIONAL JUNIORS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
OPEN
Round 2 on 2016/04/24
Bo.	Name	Pts	Res.	Pts	Name
1	BERSAMINA Paulo	1	1  -  0	1	VINLUAN Brylle Gever
2	BALTAZAR Melwyn Kenneth	1	1  -  0	1	QUIZON Daniel
3	GARONG Stevenson	1	½  -  ½	1	CASTRO Jose Carlo
4	MORADO Jeth Romy	1	1  -  0	1	MORDIDO Justine Diego
5	JOTA Jonathan	1	0  -  1	1	LABOG Mark Kevin
6	SEVILLANO Rhenzi Kyle	1	½  -  ½	1	BUSA Nelson Jr.
7	CERVERO Tristan Jared	1	0  -  1	1	MICIANO John Marvin
8	FORTIN Artrino Paul	1	1  -  0	1	ALMODAL Antonio Iii
9	MENDIOGARIN Jhoemar	1	1  -  0	1	RILLORAZA Istraelito
10	AZOTE Ahmad Ali	1	0  -  1	1	BERNARDO Dale
11	INONCILLO John Christophe	1	½  -  ½	1	FAGON Romy
12	ARIAS Joshua	1	0  -  1	1	CURIOSO Romulo
13	PANGILINAN Stephen Rome	1	1  -  0	1	AQUINO Jethro Dino
14	EVANGELISTA Paul Robert	½	1  -  0	1	PILIEN Elijah Derek
15	OCSAN Melito	½	0  -  1	½	FRAYNA Janelle Mae
16	DADULA Peter John	½	0  -  1	½	CARANYAGAN Carlo
17	GADDI Johann Cedrick	½	0  -  1	½	LLANTADA Kyz
18	PUNZALAN Ricky Rose	½	0  -  1	½	GRASPELA Coellier
19	ABUTON Kristian Glen	½	1  -  0	½	BASILGO Adrian Basil
20	ARAGONES Jerome Angelo	½	0  -  1	½	LABANDA Jarvey
21	BACOJO Mark Jay	½	1  -  0	½	LABASANO Mac Quay
22	PALASIGUE Gal Brien	½	1  -  0	½	ORENSE David Joshua
23	BERNARDO Darry	0	1  -  0	½	RUIZ Jose Mar
24	BALQUIN Alfredo Jr.	0	0  -  1	0	MEDINA Vince Angelo
25	AGUILAR Arvie	0	1  -  0	0	IGNACIO Robin B.
26	ONCITA John Philip	0	1  -  0	0	ANCHETA Carl Jaedrianne
27	PAGALA Izrie Phileo	0	½  -  ½	0	DAIT Arvin Chester
28	PARADO Jeremy Lorenz	0	1  -  0	0	SANTOS Michael Kent
29	PILIEN Aaron Gavriel	0	0  -  1	0	ERESE James Michael
30	PALASIGUE Bien Bryan	0	½  -  ½	0	ORENSE James Deniel
31	LUCHINA Christian David	0	1  -  0	0	VALENZUELA Kristian
32	YONGCO Joshua Michael	0	1  -  0	0	GONZALES Ron Francis
33	COLLERA Alexander	0	-  -  +	0	RIVERA Jeff Russell