TAMPOK si Three-Time UAAP “Best Player” awardee at dating De La Salle University Taft-Manila top player Woman International Master Jan Jodilyn Fronda sa Woman Fide Master (WFM) Sheerie Joy Lomibao-Beltran Women’s Open chess championship sa Disyembre 14 sa Open Kitchen sa Rockwell Business Center sa Mandaluyong City.

Nahirang si Fronda na top Filipino performer sa 17th Asian Continental Chess Championships-2nd Manny Pacquiao Cup sa Tiara Oriental Hotel sa Makati nitong nakaraang taon.

Mapapassabak siya kina Manila Southeast Asian Games demonstration sports of team problem solving category gold medallist Woman International Master (WIM) Catherine Pereña Secopito, Woman International Master Bernadette Galas, Woman Fide Masters Cherry Ann Mejia, Allaney Jia Doroy at Samantha Glo Revita, Woman National Masters Carmelita Abanes at Francois Marie Magpily.

“I’m excited to play again. I’m ready for the challenge,” sabi ni Fronda, ang bagong national women’s chess champion na nag reyna nitong Setyembre 12 na ginanap sa Philippine Academy for Chess Excellence (PACE) headquarters sa Mindanao Ave., Project 6, Quezon City.

Ang nasabing event na punong abala sina China Aurelio at Mimi Casas ng Open Kitchen na suportado ni Woman Fide Master Sheerie Joy Lomibao- Beltran sa pakikipagtulungan nina Dr. Alfred Paez, Joel Pineda, Ryan Lopez Sauz at Byron Gabrentina Villar na may pabuyang top purse P10,000, trophy plus brand new Michael Kors watch. Ang prizes ay hanggang top 20.