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Janelle Mae Frayna

Number of games in database: 216
Years covered: 2011 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2314 (2108 rapid, 2316 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2325
Overall record: +63 -64 =53 (49.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 36 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (24) 
    A13 A15 A14 A10 A11
 Sicilian (18) 
    B51 B23 B27 B31 B52
 King's Indian (7) 
    E71 E67 E63 E95
 Queen's Pawn Game (7) 
    E00 A50 D02 A41
 English, 1 c4 e5 (6) 
    A20 A25 A29 A21
 English, 1 c4 c5 (6) 
    A37 A39
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (14) 
    B12 B18 B10 B13
 Grunfeld (13) 
    D85 D78 D94 D97 D90
 French Defense (11) 
    C18 C07 C17 C01 C00
 Slav (10) 
    D10 D11 D12 D14 D17
 Alekhine's Defense (10) 
    B03 B04
 French Winawer (6) 
    C18 C17 C15
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J M Frayna vs O Gamboa Alvarado, 2014 1-0
   J M Frayna vs A Bivol, 2016 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship (Girls) (2016)
   Asian Continental (Women) (2019)
   World Junior Championship (Girls) (2014)
   Budapest Olympiad (Women) (2024)
   World Junior Championship (Girls) (2011)
   Istanbul Olympiad (Women) (2012)
   Batumi Olympiad (Women) (2018)
   Chennai Olympiad (Women) (2022)
   Tromso Olympiad (Women) (2014)
   Baku Olympiad (Women) (2016)
   Sparkassen Open-A (2024)
   Biel Master Open (2024)
   9th HDBank Masters (2019)
   FIDE Online Olympiad (2020)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Semana Santa Open
   J M Frayna vs C Gloeckler (Apr-20-25) 1/2-1/2
   J M Frayna vs M Szpar (Apr-18-25) 0-1
   J M Frayna vs V Prraneeth (Apr-17-25) 0-1
   A Mensing vs J M Frayna (Apr-15-25) 0-1
   J M Frayna vs H Stefansson (Apr-14-25) 0-1

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JANELLE MAE FRAYNA
(born May-19-1997, 28 years old) Philippines

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Women's GM(1) Frayna received this title in September of 2016. After 9 (of 13 total) rounds, she met (eventual tournament winner) Dinara Saduakassova at the World Junior Championship (Girls) (2016), holding at the top score group throughout until Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda delivered her her first loss. She finished with 8.5/13 points, enough for share of 4th-8th overall (or 5th when factoring in tie-breaks). Frayna played top board for the Philippines' 2016 women's Olympiad team(4).

References / Sources

(1) https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.... (Women's GM norm requirements allow for an IM to count in the factoring of a number of WGM players met, but also require a title-performance rating floor (see http://ratings.fide.com/title_appli... for details) to be met), (2) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr233... (round-by-round rankings chart), (3) http://wjcc2016india.com/rules/, (4) http://www1.bakuchessolympiad.com/c... .

Wikipedia article: Janelle Mae Frayna

Last updated: 2017-08-09 08:55:40

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 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 216  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C Divyasree vs J M Frayna 0-1472011World Junior Championship (Girls)B03 Alekhine's Defense
2. J M Frayna vs H Tohirjonova  0-1362011World Junior Championship (Girls)A20 English
3. A Imeeva vs J M Frayna  1-0622011World Junior Championship (Girls)B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
4. J M Frayna vs Z Edes  ½-½312011World Junior Championship (Girls)A13 English
5. E Guo vs J M Frayna  0-1372011World Junior Championship (Girls)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
6. J M Frayna vs A Romero Echeverria  0-1242011World Junior Championship (Girls)A37 English, Symmetrical
7. M Gevorgyan vs J M Frayna  0-1362011World Junior Championship (Girls)B03 Alekhine's Defense
8. J M Frayna vs D Hannes 1-0352011World Junior Championship (Girls)A13 English
9. K Tsatsalashvili vs J M Frayna  1-0612011World Junior Championship (Girls)D85 Grunfeld
10. J M Frayna vs C Forestier  1-0622011World Junior Championship (Girls)A13 English
11. N Kazimova vs J M Frayna  0-1222011World Junior Championship (Girls)D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
12. J M Frayna vs J Eric  0-1432011World Junior Championship (Girls)A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
13. C Heredia Serrano vs J M Frayna  ½-½502011World Junior Championship (Girls)B03 Alekhine's Defense
14. Ghazala Shabbir Khuaja vs J M Frayna  0-1322012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)D80 Grunfeld
15. J Krivec vs J M Frayna 0-1292012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
16. A Isaeva vs J M Frayna  0-1392012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)E81 King's Indian, Samisch
17. J M Frayna vs L Mendoza Velazquez  1-0402012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)A37 English, Symmetrical
18. J M Frayna vs C van der Merwe  ½-½642012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)A20 English
19. J M Frayna vs S Milliet  0-1282012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)A13 English
20. J M Frayna vs M I Oliveira  ½-½652012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)A15 English
21. J M Frayna vs R Goletiani  ½-½522012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)A15 English
22. J M Frayna vs E Cosma  ½-½562012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)A13 English
23. N N Azman Hisham vs J M Frayna  ½-½492012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)D90 Grunfeld
24. J M Frayna vs A Dimitrijevic  0-1492012Istanbul Olympiad (Women)A15 English
25. J M Frayna vs Y Hou  0-1432013Incheon op (Women) 4thA10 English
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Aug-16-16  pinoymaster77: Correct me if Im wrong, but PHI never had a World Juniors champ? Pagkaalam ko Banjo Barcenilla won the Asian Juniors before.

On WGM norms, Im not sure if 1 or 2 na. Roughly 1 was from overseas event and not sure if nakakuha WGM norm dun sa breakout performance in NCC Finals / BOGM 2014?

Under FIDE Handbook ba, for a FIDE event like the WJCC is 6.5/9 or 7/9 enough for a WGM norm?

Aug-16-16  Pulo y Gata: GM Nelson Mariano once won the Asian Jr crown, if memory serves me right. But yes, no World Jr crown for PHI, AFAIK.
Aug-16-16  Pulo y Gata: If I'm not mistaken, winning the World Jr crown gives the winner an automatic GM title. That's the case for the men's WJC; I'm not sure if the winner gets GM or WGM title in women's WJC.
Aug-16-16  pinoymaster77: Nasa RULES pala sa WJCC site :

5.The winner of the 2016 World Junior Championship u20 (open/boys) receives the GM title.

6.The winner of the 2016 World Girl Junior Championship u20 receives the WGM title.

7.The silver and bronze medalists of both categories (open/boys u20 and girls u20) receive the IM and WIM titles respectively.

8.GM and IM norms are also possible for the other players based on their performance and their opponent’s titles/ratings as per FIDE Handbook requirements.

http://wjcc2016india.com/rules/

Aug-16-16  cro777: World Junior Championship (Girls) Bhubaneswar IND (8.2), 15.08.2016

Janelle Mae Frayna (2292) - Nataliya Buksa (2261)

Open Catalan. In a drawn double rook endgame Frayna lost the thread and had to defend a worse position.

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O


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A rare line where White has a stable plus.

9…h6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Qb8 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Qd3 Nc8 16. Nd2 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ba4 21. Re1 Bb5 22. a4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nd6 24. Qg4 Qc8 25. Qxc8 Raxc8 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Bc5 Bd6 28. Bh3 Rcd8 29. Rec1 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bf1 Bxc5 32. bxc5Rxd5 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Rxc4 Rc8 35. c6 Rc7 36. Rb1 Rd6 37. Rbc1 Kf8 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. g4 g6


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This is a drawn endgame. In (double) rook and pawn endgames the kings participate very actively. It is important to seize every opportunity to move the king to the center. After 41.Ke3 the players could have soon agreed to a draw.

Here Frayna lost the tread and made several mistakes.

41. R1c2?! <41.Ke3 would practically force the draw> Rd3+ 42. Kg2?! <Of course 42.Ke4 was better> Rd4 43. Rc5? < 43.h3 was necessary. After this mistake Frayna had to defend a difficult endgame.>

43…Rxg4+ 44. Kf3 Rb4 45. R5c3 h5 46. Ke3 g5 47. Rd2 Rb6 48. Rdc2 Rb5 49. Rd2 Rd5 50. Rb2 Rd6 51. Rbc2 f5 52. Ke2 g4 53. h3 Kf6 54. Kf1 f4 55. Kg2 Kg5 56. Rc5 Re6 57. Kh2 Kh4 58. R2c4 gxh3 59. Rc3 Kg4 60. R5c4 Rd6


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61. Rg3+! <Very well played. Frayna found the correct way to hold the draw.>

61…Kf5 62. Rxh3 Kg5 63. Rc5 Re6 64. Rhc3 Kf5 65. Kh3 Rd6 66. Rc2 Rd3+ 67. Kh2 Rd6 68. Kh3 h4 69. Re2 Re6 70. f3 Kf6 71. Re4 Rcxc6 72. Rexe5 Rxe5 73. Rxc6+ Kg5 74. Rc8 Re1 75. Rc5+ Kg6 76. Kxh4 Rg1 77. Rc4 Kf5 78. Rc5+ Kf6 79. Rc6+ Ke5 80. Rc5+ Kf6 81. Rc6+ Kf5 82. Rc5+ Kf6 83. Rc6+ Kf5 Draw

GM Susan Polgar as a coach works a lot on endgames with her SPICE chess team at Webster.

Aug-17-16  cro777: In round 9 Frayna drew with the black pieces against the top seed WGM Saduakassova Dinara (2423) from Kazakhstan. It was important not to lose this game. The Queen's Gambit accepted is one of the most reliable ways for Black to achieve this goal. Saduakassova opted for the Queen’s Gambit Accepted endgame (8.dxc5).

Frayna missed her winning chances in a double rook endgame:

Saduakassova – Frayna. Position after 29.Rg3


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Here Frayna missed a clear win (she played 29…g6).

In rook endgames time is an important factor. It was not necessary to defend the g7-pawn, far-advanced pawns are the decisive factor here:

29…b3! 30. Rxg7 (30. Rb1 g6 31. Re3 d4 32. Re7 Rc8) 30... Rxb2 31. Rb7 d4


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The Russian derby between WIM Alina Bivol and WIM Dinara Dordzhieva ended in a win for Alina, who was playing with the black pieces. Thus, Frayna and Bivol now lead the girls’ section with 7.0/9.

Aug-17-16  gokusano: Sayang. Anyway, she's still leading the tournament. With four rounds to go she has a good chance of winning it. Thanx for the analysis cro777, you are a great help for us here. Go janelle go, go go!
Aug-17-16  Virgil A: That was the top seed she almost beat.
Aug-17-16  pinoymaster77: Here's the round 9 recap from WJCC site, it mentions WGM norm for WIM Dinara despite the loss, but how about for WIM Frayna who has much higher 7pts after 9 games ?

Black Wednesday as Xiong beats Maghsoodloo, and Karthikeyan loses

ˆ@August 18, 2016

It was a black Wednesday at the top tables as Parham Maghsoodloo lost to USA¡¦s GM Jeffrey Xiong, while GM Murali Karthikeyan of India lost to Polish IM Nasuta Grzegorz, whose Sicilian from the black side ended up triumphing.

Natusa Grzegorz

Therefore, Xiong now leads the leaderboard with 7.5/9, while Grzegorz is following him closely on 7.0/9. Indian hope Karthikeyan is left stranded at 6.0/9 Joining him at the same score is GM Aravindh Chithambaram, who managed to beat country-mate Arjun Kalyan. Seven players made 9-game IM norms ¡X Parham Maghsoodloo, Xu Yinglun, Irakli Beradze, Xu Yi, Bozidar Ivekovic, Harsha Bharathakoti, Srijit Paul and Rakesh Kumar Jena. Odisha¡¦s local star FM Rakesh Kumar Jena brought in the much-needed cheer for the local camp with his second IM norm in his career.

Alina Bivol

The girls¡¦section saw some fireworks as the Russian derby at the first table between WIM Alina Bivol and WIM Dinara Dordzhieva ended in a win for Alina, who was playing with the black pieces.The top seed WGM Dinara Saduakassova drew with Filipino WIM Frayna Janelle Mae. Thus, Alina and Frayna now lead the girls¡¦ section with 7.0/9. WIM Dinara Dordzhieva, despite losing her game, made a WGM norm, while WFM Alinasab Mobina of Iran and India¡¦s Priyanka K. made WIM norms.

Aug-18-16  pinoymaster77: WIM Janelle is clearly winning na, will win a piece, signs of SOLO lead !?

Frayna, Janelle Mae (PHI) - Michelle Catherina, P (IND)

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World Junior Championships U20 - Girls 2016 round 10

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 a6 13. e4 b5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. c5 Nh5 17. Be3 g6 18. b4 Ng7 19. a4 Bc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra5 Bd8 22. Ra3 Nf5 23. Qd3 Bf6 24. Bh3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Ra8 26. Rda1 Qb7 27. Bf1 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Rb8 29. Ra5 Bd8 30. Ra3 Bf6 31. Ra5 Bd8 32. Ra2 Kg7 33. Qd1 Bg5 34. Kf2 Qc8 35. Ra7 Ra8 36. Rxa8 Qxa8 37. Bxb5 Bxb5 38. Nxb5 Qa2+ 39. Qe2 Qb1 40. c6 Qf5+ 41. Kg2 *

Aug-18-16  Virgil A: Great day indeed PM77 for WIM Frayna. No holding back the pawns this time. All in 40.c6
Aug-18-16  pinoymaster77: Janelle got the right continuation, pero may 2 queens na sya eh ayaw pa mag resign ni WIM Catherina, gusto pa yata mag 3 queens si Janelle ah

Drawish yung top board kay WIM Bivol, so napipinting Janelle will grab the SOLO lead !

Aug-18-16  pinoymaster77: Catherina finally resigns, WIM Frayna now 8/10.

WIM Bivol trying to press for a win at top board to keep in pace...

Aug-18-16  epistle: A Torre in the making: loves her country, respects her parents, and with a genuine religiosity.
Aug-18-16  jaimenarin: Congrats Janelle for the win!
Aug-18-16  kramrich: Frayna is solo leader again! Bersamina scalps GM Wagner! Great day for Philippine Chess!
Aug-18-16  ambongtumbong: congrats WIM Janelle...
Aug-18-16  cro777: An instructive strategic error by Indian WIM Catherina Prince Michelle in round 10.

Frayna - Michelle. Position after 35.Ra7


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The bishop pair needs space to be effective. The side with the bishop pair needs to open the position.

Therefore, in the diagram position the correct move was 35…e5!

35…e5 36.Bg2 Ra8 37.Rxa8 Qxa8 38.dxe5 d4 39.Bxc6 Bxe3+ 40.Kg2 Qxc6+ 41.Qf3 Qa6 42.Qf6+ Qxf6 43.exf6+ Kxf6 44.Nxb5 d3 45.Kf3 Bg1


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35…Ra8? was an oversight (Michelle probably forgot that after the rook exchange the b-pawn would not be defended).

Catherina Prince Michelle also participated in the World Junior Chess Championship last year:

http://wjcc2015.fide.com/2015/09/07...

Aug-18-16  pinoymaster77: Another sage analysis by cro777 on the game last night
Aug-18-16  pinoymaster77: These 2 WIM Frayna and IM Paulo were the 'future' and the future is now in the present, they're the 2 key NCFP players.

Eversince her Bicol days, Janelle got the early lessons from NM Bagy who promptly endorsed her to GM Jay for the FEU team ,and since then no turning back from UAAP MVP to National Juniors champ, and forthcoming 3rd Olympiad stint? (her CG games start with 2012 Olympiad).

There's a natural timeline to a female chess player's career with many dropping out after college graduation and marriage / having family, so many young players are also in the Olympiad team like Fronda Bernales Mendoza with only Perena-Secopito being a Mom. Youngsters like San Diego, Doroy and Bea Mendoza are waiting for their turn.

For IM Paulo, sana mabuo sila nila IMs Pascua, Garcia and NM Docena to be ready for Olympiad level play for the next gen. It will be IM Pau's 2nd Olympiad in Baku.

Aug-18-16  Pulo y Gata: It's admirable that Janelle is representing the country at a time like this. One does not represent his or her country only in time of plenty; one represents the country in time of need. Otherwise one is just like a sellsword of yore, a hired hand out for his or her own profit.

Admirable young lady whose beautiful face is matched with an even more beautiful disposition and an excellent functioning brain. Go, Janelle!

Aug-19-16  MCDreamz: Janelle should move to Minnetonka and join forces with Wesley So. Lotis Key will take good care of her.

In corrupt Philippines, some politico and politico lackeys like the Kabayo Faces aka weirdlings will just take advantage of her.

Aug-19-16  gokusano: Well, I guess you won't be able corrupting the pristine mind of the beautiful girl. She loves her parents very much. Ingratitude is still not yet in her mind, unless someone with a fork tongue inveigles her with subterfuge.
Aug-19-16  gokusano: Maybe porky tongue. Taba na eh... hehehe
Aug-19-16  MCDreamz: Ho hum hirit by ugoku.
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