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Janelle Mae Frayna has completed her ascension back to the top.

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Janelle Mae Frayna just secured her seventh World Chess Olympiad appearance in Samarkand, Uzbekistan this September.

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Janelle Mae Frayna continued to inch closer to reclaiming the Philippine National Women’s Chess Championship crown as she drew with Kate Ordizo to tighten her grip of the solo lead with two rounds to go in Malolos, Bulacan.

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Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna played true to form as she hurdled her first two assignments to zoom to the early share of the lead with fellow Olympiad veteran Bernadette Galas.,

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Filipina Janelle Mae Frayna achieved another milestone after she topped the ladies blitz section of the 31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in the United Arab Emirates.

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Janelle Mae Frayna just secured her seventh World Chess Olympiad appearance in Samarkand, Uzbekistan this September.

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Janelle Mae Frayna continued to inch closer to reclaiming the Philippine National Women’s Chess Championship crown as she drew with Kate Ordizo to tighten her grip of the solo lead with two rounds to go in Malolos, Bulacan.

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Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna played true to form as she hurdled her first two assignments to zoom to the early share of the lead with fellow Olympiad veteran Bernadette Galas.,

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Filipina Janelle Mae Frayna achieved another milestone after she topped the ladies blitz section of the 31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in the United Arab Emirates.

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