WIM Mariano finishes second in the Women’s Blitz Chess Championship in Stockholm, Sweden
WIM Mariano finishes second in the Women’s Blitz Chess Championship in Stockholm, Sweden
Past Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Sun 4 September 2022
MANILA—Woman International Master Cristine Rose Mariano-Wagman took home second place in the Women’s Blitz Chess Championship held at the Elite Hotel Palace in Stockholm, Sweden over the weekend.
5-time National Open champion Mariano earned 7.0 points on six wins, two draws and one loss.
Grandmaster Pia Cramling took the crown with 8.5 points from eight wins and one draw while Woman Fide Master Anna Cramling settled for third with 6.5 points from six wins, one draw and two losses.
Mariano, Academic Chess Society’s pride Umeå chess club had the chance to win the title but she offered a draw in round 4 with eventual champion Cramling which the latter accepted.
“With my great respect for my idol GM Pia Cramling, that’s why I’m offering a draw,” Mariano said in a vernacular.
Mariano succumbed to WFM Anna Cramling in Round 5 but bounced back after halving the score with Ofelia Thornqvist in Round 6.
Mariano then won the next three remaining rounds to tie for second place.
Ofelia Thornqvist and Woman International Master Viktoria Johansson shared fourth to fifth places with 6.0 points each, while Julia Ostensson and Cajsa Lindberg were tied for sixth to seventh places with 5.0 points each.
Completing the top 10 were eight Woman International Master Irina Tetenkina (4.5 points), ninth Lavinia Valcu (4.0 points) and tenth Linn Olsson (4.0 points).
Last week, former Philippine Airforce chess team top player Mariano placed eleventh in the Stockholm Open lightning 2022 Chess Championships at the Stockholm Chess Salon in Stockholm, Sweden.
Umeå, Sweden-based WIM Mariano, a culinary student at Astar School finished 15th in the Stockholm Open Standard Chess Championships.-Marlon Bernardino-
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