The Indian team (left to right) of WGMs V. Varshini and Seshadri Srija and WIMs Mukherjee Arpita and P. Michelle Catherina, won the Asian University Women’s Chess Championship with a total of 25.5 points from 9 rounds.
The event was hosted by the Indonesia University Sports Federation (IUSF) and organized by Universitas Gunadarma under the auspices of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) and Asian Chess Federation (ACF). 2-12 September 2021 on Tornelo.
The Iranian team (left to right) of Safoura Ghane, WFM Tannaz Azali and WIMs Anahita Gholami Orinmi and Vesal Hamedi Nia scored 25 points for Silver medal.
The Malaysian team (left to right) of WFM Tn i Ting, WCM Sivanesan Nithyalakshmi, WIM Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar and WFM Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar score 21 points for bronze with a better tie score break over host Indonesia.
WGM V. Varshini of India won the individual championship alone in first place with 7.5 points followed by Safoura Ghani of Iran in second place with 7 points and WFM Tannaz Ghani of Iran in third place with 6.5 points and the better tie break score. Here are the top 8 awardees:
Participating countries are China, Indonesia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Oman, Palestine, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and United Arab Emirates.
Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings and standings and to download games.
Watch women’s games on:
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-asian-university-womens-chess-championship
https://www.chess.com/events/2021-asian-university-womens-chess-championship
https://live.chessbase.com/watch/Asian-University-Chess-ch-Women-2021/
https://live.followchess.com/#!asian-university-chp-w-2021
The event is hosted by the Indonesia University Sports Federation (IUSF) and organized by Universitas Gunadarma under the auspices of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). The AUSF and ACF had entered into a Memorandum of Agreement last year to promote chess in Universities,