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The 20-year-old chess player lost a game after making 40moves in the Modern Defense. This put him in a tie for sixth place with 10other players, and he ended up in ninth place overall after tiebreakers were used.
Ohanyan and Kazakhstan's IM Kazybek Nogerbek both finished in the same position. Nogerbek won the title because he had a higher tiebreak score.
However, Quizon may have been the one who wanted to win the game when Ohanyan was running out of time. He wanted to become the first Filipino world juniors' champion and get a Grandmaster title.
But unfortunately, it wasn't meant to happen.
Quizon had support from the Kamatyas Chess Club's David Almirol, Jr. and IM Roderick Nava. Daniel had two opportunities to tie the game, but unable to see that. This turned out to be a big mistake, as it ended up losing the game by capturing the wrong piece with his knight.
If Quizon had just gotten a draw, he would have been in second place because he had a high tiebreak score.
If he had gotten second place, it would have been the best a Filipino has done in the event since Banjo Barcenilla got third in 1991.
On the brighter side, Quizon's rating went up by 9. 1 points to 2457. 1 He's getting closer to reaching a rating of 2500, which would make him a full-fledged GM.
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