Top seed Dale Bernardo rebounded from a fifth round setback with a sweep of his last four games, including a final round victory over No.2 Stephen Rome Pangilinan to capture the juniors crown in the 24th Shell National Youth Active Chess Championships Southern Luzon leg at SM Batangas Event Center recently.

No. 16 Emanuel Van Paler actually tied Bernardo after the nine-round Swiss system tournament with a victory over erstwhile leader Eric Labog Jr. in the last round for eight points but the top Far Eastern U bet took the title with a superior tiebreak score.

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