Canino zooms to top

MANILA, Philippines — The Ruelle Canino freight train is looking unstoppable.

The 18-year-old Canino sustained her mighty form and hacked out a 67-move win over Kate Ordizo to zoom straight to the top alongside Janelle Mae Frayna after 10 rounds of the Philippine National Women’s Chess Championship in Malolos, Bulacan yesterday.

It was the seventh point for the phenomenal Cagayan de Oro lass in the last eight rounds that she laced with six victories in this event funded by host mayor Christian Natividad and the PSC.

With that, Canino caught up with Frayna – who was hijacked by Allaney Jia Doroy into a 39-move standoff of a Caro-Kann Defense – at the helm with 7.5 points apiece.