USC bets dominate Shell Visayas chess meet

Rhenzi Kyle Sevillano scored 3.5 points in the last four rounds to emerge solo champion in juniors division while Vic Glysen Derotas topped the children section and took the top female honors to complete the University of San Carlos bets’ domination of the Visayas leg of the Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship juniors division at SM City Event Center in Consolacion, Cebu on Sunday.

The top seeded Sevillano, in joint third after the first five rounds of the 9-round Swiss system tournament, defeated third seed Allan Pason, erstwhile joint leader Diego Claro and No. 6 Vincent Balena at resumption before halving the point with No. 2 Felix Balbona to secure the 20-and-under division crown with eight points.