Pishgam Novin 2 Wins Asian Academies Hybrid Chess Championship

Pishgam Novin 1 of Iran held to a draw erstwhile solo leader Elegant International Chess Academy of Bangladesh to allow Pishgam Novin 2 to overtake and win the Asian Academies Hybrid Chess Championship held 20-27 November 2021 on Tornelo.

Pishgam Novin 2 and Elegant International Chess Academy finished with identical 12 match points each but Pishgam won the tiebreak with 23 game points over Elegant’s 19.5 game points for silver.

Bronze went to Pishgam Novin 1 (photo above) with 17 match points. Pishgam 1 team: Girls: Dashtpeyma, Helia- Gholizade, Roomina- Heydari, Simon and Boys: Babei, Amirhossein- Sadeghi, Ali

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Awards are given to the top 3 in each age group based on performance rating:

Awards ceremonies will be held 10:00 (Dubai time) tomorrow Sunday.

Sri Lanka National Chess Academy, from left: Amarathunga Piyumi Uthpala, Indrajith J A K N T, Amarathunga Kosala Sandeepa Chamikara, De Silva L M S T, Newansa M Esandi and Sendanayake Anujana Hasandi

The Basir Memorial Chess Academy of Bangladesh.