A record 649 players from 33 countries are competing in the 26th Asian Youth Chess Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings and the Kazakhstan Chess Federation instagram site for photos and videos.
Asian Chess Federation Vice President GM Darmen Sadvakasov, first Vice President of Kazakhstan Chess Federation, delivering the welcome address.
The Rapid Chess Championship will be held in the first two days.
Here is link for live broadcast on lichess.
Anvar Saidenov (right) Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan and Erden Khairullin, Press Officer of the Mayor’s Office of Almaty, make the ceremonial moves for the boys’ division.
Baglana Musina (right), President of the Freedom Shapagat Foundation and Asian Chess Federation Vice President GM Darmen Sadvakasov, first Vice President of Kazakhstan Chess Federation, make the ceremonial moves among the girls division. Looking on at left is WGM Gulmira Dauletova, Executive Director of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation.