MANILA -- Newly minted Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Janelle Mae Frayna
defeated International Master (IM) Olga Zimina to lead the Philippines
to a 2.5-1.5 victory over Italy in the 10th and penultimate round of the
42nd World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan Monday night.
She also added the men's IM title to her list of achievements.
The 20-year-old Frayna took the IM title after scoring seven points
on five wins and four draws against a lone loss, the day after she became the very first Filipina to obtain the WGM title.
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