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India convincingly ousted Mongolia while Indonesia edged out the Philippines to reach the final stage of the Asian Online Nations Cup in Chess.com. Replay games on chessbomb. Visit chess-results.com for individual results and to download games. Follow @Asianchess on twitter.

India outclassed Mongolila 3.5-0.5 in the first SF round on wins by WGM R. Vaishali, IM Padmini Rout and WGM P.V. Nandhidhaa over Mongolians IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul, WIM Bayarjargal and WIM Boldbaatar Altantuy, respectively. Davaakhuu Munkhzul saved Mongolia from a shutout by holding WGM Mary Ann Gomes to a draw.

The team playing catch up usually overextends themselves and in the second round India blanked Mongolia 4:0 to seal their place in the final.

Indonesia edged the Philippines 2.5-1.5 in the first round on the sole win by very strong Chelsie Monica Sihite over Bernadette Galas as the other three boards were drawn.

In the second round, Indonesia again edged the Philippines 2.5-1.5 on wins by IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar and Medina Warda Aulia against WGM Janelle Mae Frayna and WIM Jan Jodilyn Fronda. Kylen Joy Mordido countered fore the Philippines over WIM Dita Karenza while  the board 3 game was drawn between Shania Mae Mendoza of the Philippines and Chelsie Sihite of Indonesia.

 

India ousted Kazakhstan while Australia eliminated Iran to set the stage for the exciting final clash in the Asian Nations Cup Open on Chess.com. Watch live games 10am tomorrow Sunday (UAE time GMT+4) on chessbomb. Visit chess-results.com for individual results and to download games. See the bracket chart. Follow @Asianchess on twitter.

India edged Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5 in the first Semifinal round powered by Indian GM Adhiban’s win over Kazakhstan GM Rinat Jumabayev as the other three boards were drawn. In the second SF round, GMs B. Adhiban, Sarin Nihal and S. P. Sethuraman beat Kazakhstan GMs Rinat Jumabayev, Rustam Khusnutdinov and Anuar Ismagambetov, respectively. IM Denis Makhnev saved Kazakhstan from a shutout by beating GM Krishnan Sasikiran.

Iran started strong with a 2.5-1.5 victory over Australia in SF round 1 on the win by GM Amin Tabatabaei over GM Max Illingworth as the other three boards were drawn.

But Australia got their revenge in the second round on wins by GMs Anton Smirnov, Temur Kuybokarov and Max Illingworth over Iran’s Puya Idani, Parham Maghsoodloo and Amin Tabatabaei, respectively. GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami saved Iran from a shutout by holding GM Moulthun Ly to a draw. Australia had lady luck on her side as Parham made a mouse slip on the 18th move and resigned immediately after losing a piece

And then there were four. Iran, Australia, India and Kazakhstan conquered their respective opponents in Friday’s Quarterfinal matches of the $20,000 Asian Online Nations Cup Open Chess Team Championship in Chess.com.

Iran eliminated Singapore 4:0 in the first match and played to a 2:2 draw in the second. Kazakhstan blanked the Philippines 4:0 and followed up with 3:1 score in the second match. Australia crushed Indonesia 3:1 in the first round then clinched the slot with a 3.5-0.5 thrashing in the second round. India edged Mongolia 2.5-1.5 in both rounds to qualify for the Semifinals.

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The stage is set for exciting Semifinal matches between India and Kazakhstan and between Iran and Australia. There shall be two matches in each duel. The first named has white on boards 1 and 3 and black on board 2 and 4 in the first match and reverse colors for the return match.

Watch live games 10am Saturday, 24 Oct. on Chess.com and on chessbomb.

Replay games from Quarterfinal Matches

Round 1 on 2020/10/23 at 10:00
Bo.	Iran	–	Singapore	4:0	CHESS.COM LINKS
1/1	Idani, Pouya (w)	–	Goh, Wei Ming Kevin (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823630
1/2	Maghsoodloo, Parham (b)	–	Tin, Jingyao (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823718
1/3	Tabatabaei, M.Amin (w)	–	Hsu, Li Yang (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823752
1/4	Gholami, Aryan (b)	–	Liu, Xiangyi (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823820
Bo.	Kazakhstan	–	Philippines	4:0
2/1	Jumabayev, Rinat (w)	–	Paragua, Mark (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823926
2/2	Khusnutdinov, Rustam (b)	–	Barcenilla, Rogelio (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823976
2/3	Ismagambetov, Anuar (w)	–	Bersamina, Paulo (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824031
2/4	Makhnev, Denis (b)	–	Pascua, Haridas (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824086
Bo.	Mongolia	–	India	1.5:2.5
3/1	Amartuvshin, Ganzorig (w)	–	Nihal, Sarin (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824198
3/2	Bilguun, Sumiya (b)	–	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824254
3/3	Batchuluun, Tsegmed (w)	–	Sethuraman, S.P. (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824301
3/4	Gan-Erdene, Sugar (b)	–	Sasikiran, Krishnan (w)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824357
Bo.	Indonesia	–	Australia	1:3
4/1	Taher, Yoseph Theolifus (w)	–	Smirnov, Anton (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824467
4/2	Megaranto, Susanto (b)	–	Kuybokarov, Temur (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824519
4/3	Priasmoro, Novendra (w)	–	Illingworth, Max (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824571
4/4	Setyaki, Azarya Jodi (b)	–	Ly, Moulthun (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824646

Round 2 on 2020/10/23 at 11:10
Bo.	Singapore	–	Iran	2:2	CHESS.COM LINKS
1/1	Goh, Wei Ming Kevin (w)	–	Idani, Pouya (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005323
1/2	Villamayor, Buenaventura (b)	–	Maghsoodloo, Parham (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005413
1/3	Tin, Jingyao (w)	–	Tabatabaei, M.Amin (b)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005453
1/4	Hsu, Li Yang (b)	–	Gholami, Aryan (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005509
Bo.	Philippines	–	Kazakhstan	1:3
2/1	Paragua, Mark (w)	–	Jumabayev, Rinat (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005630
2/2	Barcenilla, Rogelio (b)	–	Khusnutdinov, Rustam (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005688
2/3	Bersamina, Paulo (w)	–	Ismagambetov, Anuar (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005747
2/4	Gomez, John Paul (b)	–	Makhnev, Denis (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005817
Bo.	India	–	Mongolia	2.5:1.5
3/1	Adhiban, B. (w)	–	Amartuvshin, Ganzorig (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005923
3/2	Nihal, Sarin (b)	–	Bilguun, Sumiya (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005984
3/3	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (w)	–	Batchuluun, Tsegmed (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006027
3/4	Sasikiran, Krishnan (b)	–	Gan-Erdene, Sugar (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006091
Bo.	Australia	–	Indonesia	3.5-.5
4/1	Smirnov, Anton (w)	–	Taher, Yoseph Theolifus (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006227
4/2	Kuybokarov, Temur (b)	–	Megaranto, Susanto (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006282
4/3	Illingworth, Max (w)	–	Priasmoro, Novendra (b)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006346
4/4	Ly, Moulthun (b)	–	Setyaki, Azarya Jodi (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006396

And then there were four women’s teams. India, Philippines, Mongolia and Indonesia beat their respective opponents in the Quarterfinal Matches of the Asian Online Nations Cup Women’s Chess Team Championship on 23^rd October in Chess.com. Visit chess-results.com for individual results and to download games.

India blanked Kyrgystan 4:0 in the first round then followed with a 3.5-0.5 thrashing for a lopsided victory.

The Philippines beat Sri Lanka twice with similar 3.5-0.5 scores.

Vietnam beat Mongolia 2.5-1.5 in the first round but Mongolia turned the tables in the second round by beating Vietnam 3.5-0.5 to win by game points tie break.

Iran edged Indonesia 2.5-1.5 in the first round but Indonesia reversed with similar 2.5-1.5 score against Iran in the second round. The tie was broken by Berlin points which gives greater weight to higher boards, i.e. 4 points are awarded to board 1, 3 points to board 2, 2 points to board 1 and 1 point to board 4. Indonesia emerged with 11 Berlin points against 9 for Iran.

The Semifinals start 10am (UAE time GMT+4) Saturday 24 Oct. India faces Mongolia while Indonesia is paired with the Philippines. Watch live games on chessbomb.

Replay games from Quarterfinals

Round 1 on 2020/10/23 at 10:00
Bo.	India	–	Kyrgyzstan	4:0	CHESS.COM LINKS
1/1	Vaishali, R (w)	–	Samaganova, Alexandra (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824762
1/2	Kulkarni, Bhakti (b)	–	Zairbek Kyzy, Begimai (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824835
1/3	Padmini, Rout (w)	–	Omurbekova, Diana (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824889
1/4	Nandhidhaa, P V (b)	–	Abaeva, Aiana (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824951
Bo.	Sri Lanka	–	Philippines	.5-3.5
2/1	Sandeepani, M Tharushi (w)	–	Frayna, Janelle Mae (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825045
2/2	Pavalachandran, Ashvini (b)	–	Fronda, Jan Jodilyn (w)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825092
2/3	Tharushi, T H D Niklesha (w)	–	Galas, Bernadette (b)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825135
2/4	Ranasinghe, S D (b)	–	Mordido, Kylen Joy (w)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825217
Bo.	Iran	–	Indonesia	1.5-2.5
3/1	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat (w)	–	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma (b)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825327
3/2	Alinasab, Mobina (b)	–	Aulia, Medina Warda (w)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825376
3/3	Mahdian, Anousha (w)	–	Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825456
3/4	Zahedifar, Anahita (b)	–	Karenza, Dita (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825506
Bo.	Mongolia	–	Vietnam	1.5-2.5
4/1	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag (w)	–	Pham, Le Thao Nguyen (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825618
4/2	Bayarmaa, Bayarjargal (b)	–	Vo, Thi Kim Phung (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825677
4/3	Altantuya, Boldbaatar (w)	–	Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825725
4/4	Munkhzul, Davaakhuu (b)	–	Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien (w)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622825794

Round 2 on 2020/10/23 at 11:10
Bo.	Kyrgyzstan	–	India	.5:3.5	CHESS.COM LINKS
1/1	Samaganova, Alexandra (w)	–	Vaishali, R (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623020303
1/2	Zairbek Kyzy, Begimai (b)	–	Kulkarni, Bhakti (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623006518
1/3	Omurbekova, Diana (w)	–	Padmini, Rout (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623006563
1/4	Sovetbekova, Nurai (b)	–	Nandhidhaa, P V (w)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623006627
Bo.	Philippines	–	Sri Lanka	3.5:.5
2/1	Frayna, Janelle Mae (w)	–	Sandeepani, M Tharushi (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623006743
2/2	Fronda, Jan Jodilyn (b)	–	Pavalachandran, Ashvini (w)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623006803
2/3	Mendoza, Shania Mae (w)	–	Tharushi, T H D Niklesha (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623006868
2/4	Mordido, Kylen Joy (b)	–	Ranasinghe, S D (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623006919
Bo.	Indonesia	–	Iran	1.5:2.5
3/1	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma (w)	–	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat (b)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623007030
3/2	Aulia, Medina Warda (b)	–	Alinasab, Mobina (w)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623007086
3/3	Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias (w)	–	Zahedifar, Anahita (b)	1-0	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623007144
3/4	Anggraini Mukim, Nadya (b)	–	Asadi, Motahare (w)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623007224
Bo.	Vietnam	–	Mongolia	.5:3.5
4/1	Pham, Le Thao Nguyen (w)	–	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623007338
4/2	Vo, Thi Kim Phung (b)	–	Bayarmaa, Bayarjargal (w)	.5-.5	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623007400
4/3	Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung (w)	–	Altantuya, Boldbaatar (b)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623007466
4/4	Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien (b)	–	Munkhzul, Davaakhuu (w)	0-1	https://www.chess.com/live#g=5623007527

It’s win or die in the exciting Women’s knockout Quarterfinal matches of the Asian Online Nations Cup Chess Team Championship starting 10am (UAE time GMT+4) Friday 23rd October. Watch live games on chessbomb or click chess.com links below for your favourite team. There will be two matches for each duel. The first named team below shall play white on boards 1 and 3 and black on boards 2 and 4 in the first match and reverse colors for the return match. Visit chess-results.com for pairings and to download pgn files. Follow twitter @Asianchess.

Top board players are, above from left, WGM R. Vaishali of India, WGM Janelle May Frayna of the Philippines, IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat of Iran and IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen of Vietnam.

Top board plahers are, below from left, Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia, IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma of Indonesia, Fernando G W Nethmi L of Sri Lanka and WFM Samaganova Alexandra of Kyrgyzstan.

(Click to watch live games 10am UAE time Friday)
India	vs.	Kyrgyzstan
Sri Lanka	vs.	Philippines
Iran	vs.	Indonesia
Mongolia	vs.	Vietnam

It’s win or die in the exciting knockout Quarterfinal matches of the Asian Online Nations Cup Chess Team Championship starting 10am (UAE time GMT+4) Friday 23rd October. Watch live games on chessbomb or click chess.com links below for your favourite team. There will be two matches for each duel. The first named team below shall play white on boards 1 and 3 and black on boards 2 and 4 in the first match and reverse colors for the return match. Visit chess-results.com for pairings and to download pgn files. Follow twitter @Asianchess.

Above are top board players, from left, GM Kevin Goh of Singapore, GM Idani Pouya of Iran, GM Rinat Jumabayev of Kazakhstan and GM Mark Paragua of Philippines.

Below are top board players, from left, FM Amartuvshin Ganzorig of Mongolia, GM B. Adhiban of India, IM Taher Yoseph Theolifus of Indonesia and GM Anton Smirnov of Australia.

Click to watch live games 10am UAE time Friday 23rd October
IRAN	VS.	SINGAPORE
KAZAKHSTAN	VS.	PHILIPPINES
MONGOLIA	VS.	INDIA
INDONESIA	VS.	AUSTRALIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Asian Online Nations Cup resumes 10am (UAE time GMT+4) Friday, 23rd October with the exciting quarterfinal knockout matches in both the open and the women’s divisions. Visit chess-results.com for team pairings and to download pgn files. Games are also broadcast on chessbomb.com.

David and Goliath matches for men pit Iran vs. Singapore, Kazakhstan vs. Philippines, Mongolia vs. India and Indonesia vs. Australia. The first named have white on boards 1 and 3, black on boards 2 and 4. There will be two matches per duel, with colors reversed for the rematch. In above photo are GM Kevin Goh of Singapore, left, and GM Idani Pouya of Iran, their top board players.

Follow twitter @Asianchess and there you can see the Bracket chart for men.

Women’s quarterfinal matches pit India vs. Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka vs. Philippines, Iran vs. Indonesia and Mongolia vs. Vietnam. In photo are top board players WGM R. Vaishali, left, of India and WFM Alexandra Samaganova of Kyrgyzstan. See the women’s Bracket chart.

Follow live games of your favourite teams. Here are links for Open matches.

No.	Team	RtgAvg	Captain	Team link
1	India	2609	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	https://bit.ly/3jPzHuk
2	Kazakhstan	2516	Kotsur, Pavel	https://bit.ly/3ddpNA2
3	Iran	2516	Shafiei, Alireza	https://bit.ly/3dfySse
4	Philippines	2482	Torre, Eugeino	https://bit.ly/34Bl1Zm
5	Austrailia	2429	Sandler, Leonid	https://bit.ly/3iIfGUU
6	Singapore	2410	Nisban, Jasmin	https://bit.ly/36NePjq
7	Indonesia	2321	Liem, Kristianus	https://bit.ly/34BtRWZ
8	Mongolia	2285	Bayar, Anu	https://bit.ly/3lqvU6W

Here are live game links for Women’s matches.

No.	Team	RtgAvg	Captain	Team link
1	INDIA	2284	Gomes, Mary Ann	https://bit.ly/3luePJe
2	INDONESIA	2224	Majella, Rudijanto	https://bit.ly/2SD4pKT
3	VIETNAM	2177	Lam, Minh Chau	https://bit.ly/33FnWAS
4	IRAN	2097	Pourramezanali, Amirreza	https://bit.ly/3ddq7Pp
5	PHILIPPINES	2035	Gonzales, Jayson	https://bit.ly/36L8mFF
6	MONGOLIA	1980	FI Bayar, Anu	https://bit.ly/2GF3Huq
7	KYRGYZSTAN	1702	Damir, Talapker	https://bit.ly/3lujZoQ
8	SRI LANKA	1565	Ranasinghe, SD	https://bit.ly/34Ci9LC

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to the board medalists in the Asian Online Nations Cup Chess Team Championship. Gold medalists are in photo above, from left, Board 1 GM Rinay Jumabayev of Kazakhstan, Board 2 GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia, Board 3 IM Paulo Beresamina of the Philippines, Board 4 GM Anuar Ismagambetov of Kazakhstan and Board 5 GM Aryan Gholami of Iran.

Board 1
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	2562	Kazakhstan	2559	8	2387	5	GOLD
2	FM	Amartuvshin Ganzorig	1980	Mongolia	2520	9	2361	7	SILVER
3	GM	Smirnov Anton	2367	Australia	2486	7	2416	4	BRONZE
Board 2
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2517	Indonesia	2530	7	2236	5	GOLD
2	GM	Barcenilla Rogelio	2463	Philippines	2463	8	2312	5	SILVER
3	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	2532	Iran	2421	8	2342	3	BRONZE
Board 3
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	IM	Bersamina Paulo	2286	Philippines	2546	9	2319	6	GOLD
2	GM	Tabatabaei M.Amin	2381	Iran	2511	9	2426	5	SILVER
3	GM	Illingworth Max	2498	Australia	2508	8	2417	4	BRONZE
Board 4
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	GM	Ismagambetov Anuar	2484	Kazakhstan	2570	8	2339	6	GOLD
2	GM	Ly Moulthun	2502	Australia	2394	8	2222	5	SILVER
3	IM	Hsu Li Yang	2427	Singapore	2388	8	2174	5	BRONZE
Board 5
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	GM	Gholami Aryan	2340	Iran	2542	8	2149	7	GOLD
2	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2577	India	2539	9	2218	7	SILVER
3	IM	Makhnev Denis	2453	Kazakhstan	2253	7	2193	3	BRONZE

Congratulations to Women’s board medalists. Gold medalists are, in photo from left, Board 1 WGM R. Vaishali of India, Board 2 IM Aulia Medina Warda of Indonesia, Board 3 WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung of Vietnam, Board 4 WFM Anahita Zahedifar of Iran and Board 5 WGM Mary Ann Gomes of India.

Board 1
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	WGM	Vaishali R	2149	India	2364	9	2241	6	GOLD
2	IM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2381	Indonesia	2296	9	2202	5	SILVER
3	FM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	2321	Kazakhstan	2294	9	2187	6	BRONZE
Board 2
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	IM	Aulia Medina Warda	2344	Indonesia	2306	8	2074	5	GOLD
2	WIM	Alinasab Mobina	2143	Iran	2288	9	2085	5	SILVER
3	WIM	Fronda Jan Jodilyn	2045	Philippines	2082	8	1959	5	BRONZE
Board 3
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	WGM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	2271	Vietnam	2311	8	1900	7	GOLD
2	IM	Padmini Rout	2355	India	2186	9	1910	6	SILVER
3	WGM	Dauletova Gulmira	2184	Kazakhstan	2062	9	1902	6	BRONZE
Board 4
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	WFM	Zahedifar Anahita	1961	Iran	2007	8	1856	5	GOLD
2	WFM	Munkhzul Davaakhuu	1743	Mongolia	1990	9	1736	7	SILVER
3	WIM	Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien	1853	Vietnam	1979	7	1836	4	BRONZE
Board 5
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2305	India	2544	5	1816	5	GOLD
2	WIM	Nguyen Hong Anh	1828	Vietnam	1951	5	1913	3	SILVER
3	WFM	Kamalidenova Meruert	1875	Kazakhstan	1907	5	2007	2	BRONZE

 

 

The Indian women’s team and seven others qualified into the quarterfinals of the Asian Online Nations Cup Chess Team Championship on Chess.com. Joining India in the exciting knockout phase are, in order of finish, Philippines, Iran, Vietnam, Mongolia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan. Visit chess-results.com for results and standings and to download pgn files.

The Quarterfinals will be held 10am Friday (UAE time) 23rd October. Women’s pairings pit India vs. Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka vs. Philippines, Iran vs. Indonesia and Mongolia vs. Vietnam. Each duel consists of 2 matches. The first-named team in a duel has white on the odd-numbered boards and black on the even-numbered boards in the first match and vice versa for the return match.

In the preliminaries, the Indian team pulled away with a massive 16 match points out of a possible 18. In Monday’s three rounds, India crushed Philippines 3:1, then edged Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5 and similarly Vietnam 2.5-1.5. See photos of the Indian team.

The Philippines and Iran tallied 13 match points each. The Philippines lost to India in the 7^th round then split the point with Mongolia 2:2 and bowed to Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5. See photos of the Philippine team.

Iran drew with Mongolia 2:2 in the 7^th round, lost to Vietnam 2.5-1.5 then bounced back with a 3:1 victory over Jordan in the 9th round. The Iranian team is composed of, in photo from left, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Mobinal Alinasab (not in photo), Anousha Mahdian, Anahita Zahedifar and Motahare Asadi.

Vietnam has 12 match points in a tie with Mongolia and Indonesia. See photos of Indonesian team.

Vietnam crushed Singapore 3.5-0.5 in the 7^th round then edged Iran but lost to India 2.5-1.5 in the 9^th round. The Vietnam team is composed of, in photo below from left, IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen, WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung, WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung, WIM Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien (not in photo) and WIM Nguyen Hong Anh.

The Mongolian team is composed of, in photo from left, IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul, WIM Bayarjargal Bayarmaa, WIM Boldbaatar Altantuya, WFM Davaakhuu Munkhzul and Batkhishig Udval.

See photos of the Indonesian team. Rounding out the magic 8 are Sri Lanka and Kyrguzstan with 11 match points each.

The Sri Lanka team is composed of, in photo below from left, Nethmi Fernando, Tharushi Sandeepani, Ashvini Pavalachandran, WCM Niklesha Tharushi and WIM SD Ranasinghe.

The Kyrgyzstan team is composed of WIM Alexandra Samaganova, WFM Begimai Zairbek Kyzy, Diana Omurbekova, Nura Sovetbekova and Aiana Abaeva.

FIDE and Asian Chess Federation are conducting a FIDE Arbiters Seminar by FIDE Rules Commission Chairman Abdulrahim Mahdi in Arabic language online in Zoom.

The seminar was opened 17 Oct. by FIDE Executive Director Victor Bologan and FIDE Arbiters Commission Chairman Laurent Freyd.

Attending the brief opening ceremony were Asian Chess Federation Executive Director Casto Abundo and Treasurer Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.

Twenty four participants from 13 federations are attending the seminar, namely from France, Qatar, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, Oman, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Mauritania and United Arab Emirates.

The seminar covers the Laws of Chess (including Rapid and Blitz), Tournament Rules, System of Games, tie breaks, Swiss System and Pairing Rules, Regulations for the rating and over-the-board title, Regulations for the titles of Arbiters and Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters in four days followed by an exam. The Seminar will provide norms for the FIDE Arbiter title.