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Casiguran draws with GM

Joey Villar - The Philippine Star
November 16, 2026 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — Youthful Phil Martin Casiguran continued his fairy tale run by holding top seed Grandmaster Evgeny Romanov of Macedonia to a shock 37-move draw of a Sicilain to stay half a point off the pace after six rounds of the Misamis Occidental Philippine International Chess Championship at the AMORAP in a beautiful coastal town of Sinacaban yesterday.

The result kept the 15-year-old FIDE Master unbeaten with 4.5 points on three victories and the same number of draws.

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