By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna crushed Uzbek Madinabonu Khalilova of Uzbekistan in the seventh round and revived her title bid in the Asian Individual Chess Championships in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, May 13. The 28-year-old Olympiad veteran needed 39 moves of a Sicilian Defense to propel her back into the Top 10 where she shared sixth place with six others with 5 points apiece in this nine-round meet. The enlisted Army personnel also moved one point behind co-leaders WGM Seshadri Srija of India and Bat-Erdene Mangunzul of Mongolia, who have six points each. Frayna needs to keep her momentum going if she is to win her last two matches, including against the fourth-seeded Chinese International Master Song Yuxin in the eighth and penultimate round for a chance to finish in the top two where a berth in the World Cup is on offer. Other PH bets – Marie Antoinette San Diego and Bernadette Galas – are virtually out of with 3.5 points each while Jan Jodilyn Fronda had three points. In the open section, Filipinos Pau Bersamina and Jem Garcia continued to trail the leaders with four points apiece while Daniel Quizon had three points.