IM Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakhstan won the Asian Women’s Continental Online Chess Championship held 23-25 Augusut 2021 on Tornelo and became the Asian continental nominee to the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss this October in Riga, Latvia. Watch the closing ceremony on 
youtube (video by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh).
Assaubayeva, 17, finished alone in first, undefeated with 7.5 points. WIM Ning Kaiyu of China won the silver medal with 7 points. Bronze medal went to WIM Turmunkh Munkhzul of Mongolia with the highest tie break among 5 players tied with 6.5 points each.
Nine WGMs, 8 IMs and 22 WIMs competed in the strong field of 74 players from 15 countries, namely Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.
The tournament was a Swiss system of 9 rounds with time control of 25 minutes plus increment of 10 seconds per move. Players were monitored closely with front and side/panoramic cameras.
Games were broadcast live in:
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-asian-womens-online-chess-championship
https://www.chess.com/events/2021-asian-womens-online-chess-championship
https://live.followchess.com/#!asian-online-chp-w-2021
https://live.chessbase.com/watch/Asian-Women-Online-Chess-Ch-2021/
Visit chess-results.com for round by round results, standings and to download games.
Here is tournament record of Assaubayeva
In the critical 6th round, Assaubayeva beat solo leader WIM Sakshi Chitlange of India and showed her tactical prowess with this exchange sacrifice 25.Rxe4!
