FILIPINA dynamo Ruelle Canino sets out as the country’s biblical David against the planet’s Goliaths of the sport as she battles Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Anna Shukhman in the first round of the Women’s Chess World Cup that unfurled on Sunday night in Batumi, Georgia.
Ms. Canino, 17, practically flew to the Georgian capital as an underdog after having been ranked 102nd of the 107 participants with a FIDE rating of 2004.
Russians Aleksandra Goryachkina and Alexandra Kosteniuk head the ultra competitive field after they topped the last two editions of this biennial meet in 2021 in Sochi, Russia and 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan, respectively.
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