FIDE World Junior Championship U20 officially ended on Friday, October 25th, 2019 in New Delhi, India. The competition brought together the strongest teenagers from across the globe. The open section had 94 players, including 15 grand masters taking part in the event. The girls’ section attracted 95 participants.
After 10 rounds in the open section a student of Texas Tech University, Evgeny Shtembuliak (Ukraine, 2577) was a half-point ahead of Aram Hakobyan (Armenia, 2561), Miguel Santos Ruiz (Spain, 2560) and Shant Sargsyan (Armenia, 2580). In the final 11 round, the leader beat Volodar Murzin and took the title with an excellent score 9 out of 11, whereas Sargsyan prevailed in the key game with Santos Ruiz and became second.
In the girls’ section two-time World U18 Girls Youth Championship winner Polina Shuvalova (Russia, 2412) reeled off four victories in a row in the second part of the event and by the final round created a full point margin from her main competitor Mobina Alinasab (Iran, 2239). By making a draw with black in the final round Polina secured gold. The Iranian won her final game and finished a half-point behind the champion.
FIDE World Junior Championship in New Delhi is heading down the home stretch to the second round this week. The strongest teenagers from across the globe enjoyed a rest day on Sunday before starting the second round of the tournament yesterday with 5 more games to go.
After six rounds Evgeny Shtembuliak (Ukraine, 2577) and Aram Hakobyan (Armenia, 2561) are tied for the lead in the open section with 5 points each. They are paired to meet in round 7, with Shtembuliak having White. Both leaders have been undefeated so far. Eight players including the 14-year old Indian prodigy, the winner of the World Youth Championship U18 Praggnanandhaa thrill the leaders with a half-point.
Mobina Alinasab (Iran, 2239) is the sole leader in the girls’ section with 5.5 points. She conceded only half-a-point in the encounter with the World Youth Chess Championship U18 winner Polina Shuvalova (Russia, 2412) who is breathing down the leader’s neck with 5 points.
FIDE World Junior Chess Championship (U20) 2019 officially kicked-off on Tuesday in the Indian capital New Delhi. This is the second big event happening in India in the month of October after the successful completion of the World Youth Championships a few days ago. The open section of the World Junior has 94 registered players including 78 titled players with 15 GMs and 31 IMs. Notably, there are also 18 players above the rating of 2500.
The girls’ section attracted 95 participants including Amin Tabatabaei (2642), Zhu Jiner (2507), as well as, other top-rated U20 women players across the globe are taking part in the tournament as rating favourites in their respective categories.
The top seed of the tournament is GM Amin Tabatabaei, even though Iranian GM Tabatabaei is the favourite, he will be provided stiff resistance from Aravindh Chithambaram and Karthikeyan Murali, second and third seeds of the competition respectively.
The newly crowned World Youth Chess Championship winners U18 Open and Girls category 14-year old Praggnanandhaa and Polina Shuvalova are also in New Delhi and will try to repeat a dose of their Mumbai success. The participants will play 11 rounds Swiss system; the world junior champions will be crowned on October 25.
D.V. Sundar, honorary Vice-President of FIDE in his speech highlighted that “during the elections, I was in the opposing team of Arkady Dvorkovich. We lost to a very desirable candidate. A few minutes after the defeat Dvorkovich came to me and said, I do not know if you are going to fight for the Vice President’s spot, but I would like to have you as an honorary Vice President. At that point I realized that he was not a politician but a statesman. Later Dvorkovich confirmed this by saying, “It doesn’t matter to me whether someone gave me a vote or not. The most important thing is to work together for the development of chess” said Sundar.
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich congratulated the Indian Chess Federation on the successful organization of the recently completed World Youth Championship and stressed the importance of youth and junior chess.
Most Vietnamese might assume that the country’s first female billionaire would be standoffish and difficult to know. But Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo, who is one of 25 women on Forbes’ 2019 Asia’s Power Businesswomen’s list, is admired for her friendly manner and desire to support and inspire younger generations.
Born in Hanoi in 1970, Thảo, CEO and president of Vietjet Air, is known in Southeast Asia as a powerful female leader with internationally renowned achievements in the aviation sector.
After earning a bachelor’s degree in finance and credit and a PhD in economics from universities in Russia, Thảo began trading commodities in Eastern Europe and Asia.
While working as a trader, Thảo predicted that demand for air travel would rise dramatically in Vietnam. In 2011, she launched the budget airline VietJet Air and took it public in February 2017. Since its launch, the airline has been a roaring success, and has helped put air travel within the reach of millions of Vietnamese.
As the only woman to have started and run her own commercial airline, Thảo epitomises the values of the “Powerful Businesswoman” who defies stereotypes and breaks barriers.
Besides her renown in the aviation sector, Thảo, with her knowledge and enthusiasm in finance and banking, has greatly contributed to improving HDBank, a private joint-stock commercial bank, where she is the permanent vice chairwoman of the board of directors.
As a key shareholder of the bank, she was instrumental in helping HDBank become one of the top 40 banks in Vietnam. Prior to her work with HDBank, she was one of the founders and leaders of Techcombank and VIB.
Her stunning achievements are no surprise to those who have known her since she was a student in Russia.
“Our young years are filled with memories about a lovely girl with a sweet Hanoi accent and an energetic singing voice that kept the cold away in Russia through the song ‘A Million Roses’,” a businessman recalls.
“At that time, we all could see that she had a talent in business, which would help her career in the future. Years later, we were not surprised to see that she began work at Techcombank and VIB, and then had great achievements at HDBank,” he adds.
For Thảo, who was also on Forbes’ Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2016 list, “nothing is impossible”.
“I have always aimed big and done big deals. I have never done anything on a small scale. When people were trading one container of goods, I was already trading hundreds of containers,” she says.
Inspiring leader
Despite her great achievements and fortune, Thảo is modest and easygoing, especially with young students and the poor. She often stops to chat with customers and spends a great deal of time and money on charity activities.
With a desire to create connections between owners of large enterprises and younger generations, Thảo often meets and shares experiences with young people to send the message that they play a vital role in the bright future of Vietnam.
She also devotes time to many charity programmes such as “Wings of Love”, which each year offers scholarships to poor students and gives clothes to children living in remote areas.
Thảo has been a sponsor of the HDBank International Chess Tournament and HDBank Chess Cup
For the past 10 years, Thảo has been a sponsor of the HDBank International Chess Tournament where the world has been introduced to top Vietnamese players such as Quang Liêm and Trường Sơn. She is also a sponsor of HDBank Chess Cup and the HDBankFutsal tournament, which promotes the physical fitness of Vietnamese youth.
Through her frequent meetings and visits with local and international students, she continues to support and nurture future generations of leaders. At meetings with Thảo at HDBank and Vietjet, many international students at Imperial College London, Harvard Business School, and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College have all expressed their admiration of Vietnam, calling it “an Asian dragon that has awakened”.
What international students admire most is Việt Nam’s culture and dynamic society, its creativity, and its breakthroughs in private businesses in an emerging Asian economy, Thảo says.
With a staff of nearly 30,000 people at Vietjet, HDBank and HDSaison, Thảo is viewed as a “captain” whose philosophy of business is trusted and admired by her employees.
Her lasting philosophy is to create jobs and employee happiness and advancement, as well as better serve customers, contribute to the State budget, and develop the economy to achieve a civilised and prosperous community.
Thảo also takes seriously her corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, with her desire to contribute to charities and make a better community. She has organised, for example, a series of praying ceremonies and has built historical monuments that follow the motto “when you drink water, think of its source”, to pay tribute to the people who have sacrificed their lives for the homeland during wartime.— VNS
Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo, CEO of Vietjet Air, Viet Nam’s first self-made female billionaire, is well known in Asia and has been named one of 25 women on Forbes’ list of Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2019.
The gender gap in sport may be narrowing, but in the game of chess women may never reach the levels of their male counterparts – according to the world’s best female player.
University of Oxford student Hou Yifan said the cerebral game won’t get a female world champion for decades because women “are less focused” than men, don’t train as hard and are at a physical disadvantage.
The 25-year-old, who is often referred to as the Queen of Chess’, has opened a row in the normally genial world of chess.
Her comments follow a controversial claim by English Grandmaster Nigel Short that men and women should just accept they are “hard-wired very differently”.
Short, who was widely criticised for his stance, said he “would have been ripped to shreds as a misogynist dinosaur” if he’d said the same as Hou.
Speaking to chess.com, Hou said: “Theoretically, there should be a possibility that a woman can compete for the title in the future, but practically I think that the chances of this happening in the next few decades are very small.
“I do think the average rating of female players could improve, but the gap between the top women right now and the players competing for the world title is really quite large.
“But if you look at any sport, it’s hard to imagine girls competing at the same level as men.
“I think there is a physical aspect because chess exhausts a lot of energy, especially when games last 6-7 hours, and here women could be more disadvantaged.
“But in general, I think women train less hard at chess compared to men while they’re growing up.
“In China, girls tend to think more about university, and then things like family, life balance… while boys are more focused and persistent on that one thing.
“This makes a big difference. The ones who put greater effort in achieving better results. But I also think there are external factors too.”
In chess, there is the World Championship which is open to all and is currently held by the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. Since its inception in 1886, all 16 undisputed champions have been men.
There is also a parallel Women’s World Championship and women-only tournaments designed to encourage female participation in the sport.
Hou Yifan Plays against World Champion Magnus Carlsen
However, while Hou is a four-time winner of the women’s crown, in recent years she has chosen not to compete in women’s events in order to compete against higher-ranked players.
Hou, who became a Grandmaster aged 14, is the number one ranked female player but number 87 among men and women. She is one of just three women, along with Judit Polgar and Maia Chiburdanidze, to have cracked the world’s top 100.
However, there is a big gap between Hou’s rating and the top men. By comparison, Hou’s current rating is 2659, while world number one Carlson is more than 200 points higher on 2876.
The next strongest female player is another Chinese player, Wenjun Ju, way back at world number 288 with a rating of 2586.
Hou said: “Growing up, female players are told, ‘If you win the girls’ title, we’ll be really proud of you, and this is a great job!’ It’s unlikely that any of them were told, ‘No, you should be fighting for the overall title!’
“Girls are told at an early age that there’s a kind of gender distinction, and they should just try their best in the girls’ section and be happy with that. So without the motivation to chase higher goals, it’s harder for girls to improve as fast as boys as they grow up.”
Asked if she believes there are any gender differences in the way men and women play the game, Hou added: “To me, in all aspects of life, sometimes women and men tend to see the same thing from completely different perspectives, and that also comes into chess.
“I suspect that the male perspective on chess favours men, perhaps when it comes to the emotional aspect of the game and making practical and objective decisions.
“To put it simplistically, I think male players tend to have a kind of overview or strategy for the whole game, rather than focusing too much attention on one part of the game. It could be interesting to explore this further. I need to do more research to answer this properly!”
The World Youth Chess Championship was held at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel in Mumbai, India is in the books. Youngsters from 66 countries were competing in the Girls U14, Open U14, Girls U16, Open U16, Girls U18, and Open U18 categories.
The championship ended on a high note for India. The home team won 7 medals more than any other country including one gold in the Open U18 category taken by the 14-year old prodigy Praggnanandhaa. Red-hot from this event the Indian teenager is heading to New Delhi to participate in the U20 Championship that starts on October 14.
Russia netted 5 medals, producing 3 champions. It is worth mentioning that Polina Shuvalova successfully defended her title in the Girls U18 category and became the two-fold champion. Leya Garifullina scored an equal amount of points with Nazerke Nurgali but won gold thanks to better tie-breaks in the Girls U16 category.
The FIDE International Organizer Seminar was held in Oman, Muscat, from the 24th to 27th August 2019.
It was organized by the Oman Chess Committee in cooperation with Asian Chess Federation, and under the auspices of FIDE Events Commission. The venue of the seminar was the Oman Sports Complex.
The Lecturer was FIDE Lecturer IO/IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE), FIDE Rules Commission Chairman. The Language of the Seminar was Arabic. The lectures were held daily from the 24th to 27th August 2019, from 17.00-21.00 Muscat Time (+4 GMT). The examination test was held on the 27th of April 2019.
Thirty (30) participants were registered from two (2) federations, BRN and OMA. Twenty-eight (28) of them passed the examination test which was held after all lectures on the 27th of August 2019. The Seminar will give FIDE IO norm, according to the Regulations for the FIDE Events Commission after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board meeting.
The coffee break was provided by the organizer every day. All participants were provided with a file covering all seminar materials.
The following participants passed the exam successfully:
The newly united Pakistan Chess Federation held the Lahore District Junior Qualifying National Rated Chess Championship last September in Lahore. Pakistan Chess Federation Chairman Abdus Salim and Vice President/Delegate Amin Malik awarded medals in the presence of Chief Guest Naser Ullah Rana, Director of the Pakistan Sports Board Coaching Centre Lahore (PSBCC).
Pakistan players are benefiting with more chess activity following the recent merger of the factions in the Pakistan Chess Federation initiated by Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan and Secretary General Hisham Al Taher.
U-14 Boys Category : Gold: Muhammad Ibrahim, Silver: Bilal Naeem Lukhesar, Bronze: Ismail Mustafa Syed
U-16 Girls Category : Gold: Maiza Shabkhez
U-16 Boys Category : Gold: Muhammad Abdullah Farid, Silver: Sher Shah Mir, Bronze: Muhammad Rustam Ali Ch
U-18 Boys Category : Gold: Ahmad Zaheer, Silver: Ramooz Tahir, Bronze: Khizaer Hassan Khan
U-20 Girls Category : Gold: Palwisha Javed
U-20 Boys Category : Gold: Huzaifa Ahmed, Silver: Abdullah Ahmed, Bronze: Umair bin Asim
Pakistan Chess Federation Chairman Abdus Salim and Vice President/Delegate Amin Malik awarding medals to the winners in the presence of Chief Guest Naser Ullah Rana, Director of the Pakistan Sports Board Coaching Centre Lahore (PSBCC).
Group photo with winners in the various categories.
Players benefit from the unity in Pakistan chess with more chess activity.
India dominated the Western Asia Youth Chess Championships 2019 organised excellently by the Delhi Chess Association on behalf of the All India Chess Federation and the Asian Chess Federation from 4th to 11th September 2019 at the Tivoli Grand Resort Hotel in New Delhi.
A total of 408 players from ten Western Asian countries (FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.7 federations, namely India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and the UAE,participated in 16 different age categories and played under Standard, Rapid and Blitz format.
Mr. Berik Balgabaev, Advisor to the FIDE President inaugurated the championship in the presence of Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan, Deputy President Asian Chess Federation; Mr. Husan Turdialiev, President Asian Zone 3.4; Mr. Khurshed Vatanov, FIDE Delegate of Tajikistan Federation; Mr. Naresh Sharma, Joint Secretary of All India Chess Federation; Mr. R Hanumantha, Secretary of United Karnataka Chess Association and Mr. AK Verma, Secretary of Delhi Chess Association. During the ceremony Mr. Balgabaev conveyed the good wishes message of FIDE President Mr. Arkady Dvorkovich to all the participants and officials.
In the opening day, 7-round Rapid events were held as expected the host India dominated the medal tally by winning 43 medals, which include 15 gold. Uzbekistan secured Gold in Under-18 Open category while Tajikistan, Bangladesh placed in the medal tally with solitary silver while Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka contented with winning bronze.
In the 9 round Swiss System with standard time control, India once again proved their mettle by winning 41 medals out of 48 in which 14 each were Gold and Silver. Uzbekistan secured one Gold and Two Bronze while Kazakhstan secured single Gold. Tajikistan and Sri Lanka made their presence in medal tally with solitary silver and Kyrgyzstan with a bronze.
On the final day afternoon, Blitz championships were held and India again dominated this format also by winning 41 Medals with 15 Gold. Uzbekistan won 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze while Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka won silver each and Iran completed the medal by solitary bronze.
At the end of championship, India emerged as overall winners with 125 medals out of which 44 were Gold while Uzbekistan secured runner up trophy with 8 medals and Kazakhstan finished as second runner up with 3 medals.
In a colourful closing ceremony, Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan, Dy President Asian Chess Federation; Mr. Husan Turdialiev, President Asian Zone 3.4; Mr. Dharam Bahadur Lama, Secretary Nepal Chess Association, Mr. Khurshed Vatanov, FIDE Delegate Tajikistan Federation; Mr. R Hanumantha, Secretary United Karnataka Chess Association and Mr. AK Verma, Secretary Delhi Chess Association gave away the prizes and medals to the winners.
MEDAL WINNERS : STANDARD
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U20O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
FM
Abdisalimov Abdimalik
UZB
2409
7.5
Silver
FM
Rajdeep Sarkar
IND
2364
7.5
Bronze
IM
Mendonca Leon Luke
IND
2385
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U20G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
WIM
Chitlange Sakshi
IND
2159
7
Silver
WIM
Vantika Agrawal
IND
2304
6.5
Bronze
WIM
Abdusattorova Bakhora
UZB
2109
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U18O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Srijit Paul
IND
2310
7
Silver
FM
Thilakarathne G M H
SRI
2397
6
Bronze
FM
Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali
UZB
2288
6
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U18G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
WCM
Mrudul Dehankar
IND
2198
8
Silver
Priyanka K
IND
2169
7.5
Bronze
Pandey Srishti
IND
1928
6
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U16O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
FM
Abdilkhair Abilmansur
KAZ
2189
6.5
Silver
Mohamed Anees M
IND
2038
6
Bronze
Ajay Karthikeyan
IND
2206
6
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U16G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Greeshma Anand Dhumal
IND
2042
7
Silver
WFM
Salonika Saina
IND
2100
6.5
Bronze
WCM
Chinnam Vyshnavi
IND
1668
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U14O )
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Jain Kashish Manoj
IND
1870
7
Silver
Karthik Sai Ch
IND
2033
7
Bronze
Bhavesh Mahajan
IND
2085
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U14G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Bhagyashree Patil
IND
1744
8
Silver
Abrorova Sabrina
TJK
1687
7
Bronze
Velpula Sarayu
IND
1692
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U12O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Chilukuri Sai Varshith
IND
1813
6.5
Silver
Sahib Singh
IND
1556
6
Bronze
Bagwe Gaurang
IND
1788
5.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U12G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Tejaswini G
IND
1553
6.5
Silver
Sai Mahati A
IND
1281
6.5
Bronze
Kheerthi Ganta
IND
1490
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U10O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Mayank Chakraborty
IND
1751
7.5
Silver
Daakshin Arun
IND
1691
7
Bronze
Aakash G
IND
1655
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U10G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Palak Mohapatra
IND
1406
5.5
Silver
Pournami S
IND
1325
5
Bronze
Sachi Jain
IND
1282
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U8O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Vivaan Vijay Saraogi
IND
1498
8
Silver
Rosh Jain
IND
1616
8
Bronze
Nimay Agrawal
IND
1152
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U8G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Aggarwal Tashna
IND
1110
7
Silver
Sequeira Jennica
IND
0
6.5
Bronze
Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi
IND
1066
6
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U6O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Madhvendra Pratap Sharma
IND
1084
7
Silver
Nijesh R
IND
0
6.5
Bronze
Joshi Aditya Shripad
IND
0
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championship-2019 (U6G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Diya Digamber Sawal
IND
0
8
Silver
Aadya Ranganath
IND
0
7.5
Bronze
Sharabidinova Aliia
KGZ
0
6
MEDAL WINNERS : RAPID
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U20O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Sankalp Gupta
IND
2246
6
Silver
IM
Rahul Srivatshav P
IND
2027
5.5
Bronze
FM
Anuj Shrivatri
IND
2064
5.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U20G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
WIM
Aakanksha Hagawane
IND
1822
7
Silver
Bakshi Rutuja
IND
1932
5
Bronze
WFM
Savitha Shri B
IND
1639
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U18O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
FM
Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali
UZB
1933
5.5
Silver
Srijit Paul
IND
1924
5
Bronze
Arjun Gupta
IND
1644
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U18G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Priyanka K
IND
1778
6.5
Silver
WCM
Jyothsna L
IND
1749
5.5
Bronze
Pandey Srishti
IND
1988
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U16O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Jayachandra Srinivas Vellanki
IND
1467
5.5
Silver
Mohamed Anees M
IND
1567
5.5
Bronze
FM
Abdilkhair Abilmansur
KAZ
1986
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U16G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
WCM
Bristy Mukherjee
IND
1569
6
Silver
WCM
Chinnam Vyshnavi
IND
1424
5.5
Bronze
Dahampriya H K T Dewnethmie
SRI
1448
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U14O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Abinandhan R
IND
1718
6
Silver
Aditya Varun Gampa
IND
1426
5
Bronze
CM
Nikhil Magizhnan
IND
1855
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U14G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Shivika Rohilla
IND
1363
6
Silver
Abrorova Sabrina
TJK
1222
5.5
Bronze
Velpula Sarayu
IND
1511
5.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U12O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Bagwe Gaurang
IND
1473
6.5
Silver
Sahib Singh
IND
1698
5.5
Bronze
Shaik Sumer Arsh
IND
1695
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U12G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Tejaswini G
IND
1462
6
Silver
Ratnapriya K
IND
1591
5.5
Bronze
Cera Dagaria
IND
1457
5.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U10O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Daaevik Wadhawan
IND
1562
6
Silver
Wanjari Krupal
IND
1075
5.5
Bronze
Daakshin Arun
IND
1441
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U10G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Sachi Jain
IND
1282
6.5
Silver
Panchal Hiya
IND
1175
6.5
Bronze
Kukreja Suguna
IND
1148
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U8O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Vaz Ethan
IND
1251
6.5
Silver
Rosh Jain
IND
1176
6
Bronze
Aaryaveer Agarwal
IND
0
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U8G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi
IND
1096
6.5
Silver
Warsia Khusbu
BAN
1237
6
Bronze
Aggarwal Tashna
IND
1110
5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U6O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Nijesh R
IND
0
5.5
Silver
Havish Kovidh Tadavarthy
IND
0
5.5
Bronze
Joshi Aditya Shripad
IND
0
5.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Rapid Chess Championship-2019 (U6G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Diya Digamber Sawal
IND
0
7
Silver
Rammadugu Geethika Sri
IND
0
6
Bronze
Srijita Das
IND
0
5
MEDAL WINNERS : BLITZ
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U20O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
IM
Rahul Srivatshav P
IND
2302
7
Silver
WIM
Divya Deshmukh
IND
2081
7
Bronze
FM
Abdisalimov Abdimalik
UZB
2348
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U20G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
WFM
Lakshmi C
IND
1689
8.5
Silver
WIM
Vantika Agrawal
IND
1775
8
Bronze
Bakshi Rutuja
IND
2022
5.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U18O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Srijit Paul
IND
2077
7
Silver
FM
Thilakarathne G M H
SRI
1949
6.5
Bronze
FM
Aaryan Varshney
IND
2215
6
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U18G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Priyanka K
IND
1893
7
Silver
WCM
Mrudul Dehankar
IND
1731
7
Bronze
WCM
Jyothsna L
IND
1818
7
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U16O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
FM
Ajay Karthikeyan
IND
2077
8.5
Silver
FM
Abdilkhair Abilmansur
KAZ
2076
7
Bronze
Ayushh Ravikumar
IND
1378
6
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U16G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
WFM
Salonika Saina
IND
1784
9
Silver
WCM
Bristy Mukherjee
IND
1664
7
Bronze
WCM
Arushi Kotwal
IND
1398
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U14O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Sharipov Davron
UZB
1722
7
Silver
CM
Nikhil Magizhnan
IND
1965
6.5
Bronze
Bhavesh Mahajan
IND
2125
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U14G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Bhagyashree Patil
IND
1636
8
Silver
Bobomurodova Maftuna
UZB
1456
6.5
Bronze
Shivika Rohilla
IND
1404
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U12O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Adalja Vanssh A
IND
1391
8
Silver
Mrithyunjay Mahadevan
IND
1314
7.5
Bronze
Shaik Sumer Arsh
IND
1695
6
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U12G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Kheerthi Ganta
IND
1490
7.5
Silver
Rout Yashita
IND
1308
7
Bronze
Jahnavi Sri Lalita Mareddy
IND
1389
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U10O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Wanjari Krupal
IND
1383
9
Silver
Md Imran
IND
1666
6.5
Bronze
Mayank Chakraborty
IND
1592
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U10G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Sachi Jain
IND
1282
8
Silver
Sanikommu Manasvi
IND
1287
7
Bronze
Debapriya Manna
IND
1210
6
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U8O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Rosh Jain
IND
1136
8
Silver
Vaz Ethan
IND
1200
7
Bronze
Ubaydullaev Mukhammadiso
UZB
0
7
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U8G)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi
IND
1068
8.5
Silver
Sequeira Jennica
IND
0
6.5
Bronze
Prishita Gupta
IND
1016
6.5
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U6O)
Medal
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Gold
Mithilesh P
IND
0
7.5
Silver
Madhvendra Pratap Sharma
IND
1084
7.5
Bronze
Kakavand Ramtin
IRI
1190
7
Western Asian Youth & Junior Blitz Chess Championship-2019 (U6G)
Talal Alzaim of Syria and Tolegen Nukin of Kazakhstan won the over 50 and over 65 categories, respectively, in the Asian Seniors Chess Championship organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation 8-18 September 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The Asian senior Championship was held for the first time in Almaty; and more than 70 chess players from 16 countries took part. In the 65+ category, Kazakhstan took the entire set of medals and in the category over 50 silver and bronze medals.
Elena Ankudinova from Pavlodar won the gold in the women’s section in the 50+ category for the former world champion among seniors. Nadezhda Iskichekova of Almaty took the first place in the category over 65 among women.
In the blitz and rapid championships, Kazakhstan won a full set of medals. In the category over 50 years old, Serikbay Temirbayev took the gold, and in the category over 65 years old – Tolegen Nukin. In the blitz, in the 50+ category, the best result was shown by Jamshed Isaev from Tajikistan, and in the category over 65 years old – Sabyr Syzdykov from Kazakhstan.
“I would like to note the high level of organization of the championship,” said Australian participant Peter Frost, “It was one of the best tournaments of all ten Asian championships among seniors in history. However, we, in turn, will be happy to host Kazakhstan athletes and repay them with the same warm welcome.”
