BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA
Winning Chess 960 or Fischer-Random is getting a good habit for Grandmaster Joey Antonio.
On Wednesday night, the 54-year-old Antonio claimed his second title after topping the third leg of the Cesar Orbe Memorial Chess 960 Series done on online app, chess.com.
Antonio bested Jan Roldan Oriendo of Marikina City in the 11th and final round to finish tied for first place with FIDE Master Narquinden Reyes, Ellan Asuela, John Michael Silvederio of Iloilo City and FM Alekhine Nouri with 8.5 points apiece.
But Antonio emerged with the highest tiebreak score of 59.5 to claim his second crown after reigning supreme in the first leg two weeks ago.
Reyes (55.5) took second, Aseula (54.75) third, Silvederio (50) fourth and Nouri (48.75) fifth in this weekly tournament organized by National Chess Federation of the Philippines executive director Cliburn Orbe.
Also making it to the top 10 were Grandmaster Darwin Laylo, Oriendo, Johann Cedrick Gaddi of Taytay and Romeo Sadia III of Escalante.
Meanwhile, Karl Ochoa continued his winning streak as he snared two titles in the Day Three Santos Optical at PCBA Arena and another Chestropolis Arena tournament on the same day.
Ochoa scored 76 points at PCBA ahead of Asian Para Games gold medalist Henry Lopez with 74 and then edged younger brother Kyle, whom he had the same score of 36, via tiebreak hours after to register his sixth tournament triumph in the last four days.
